There is no justification. He’ll do it anyway, and every Republican in power will refuse to do anything to help the Dems stop him.

It was clear this woman has no interest in actual facts. I got frustrated and called her breathtakingly stupid. Not my finest moment, but I stand by my comment. (2/2)

I try very hard to be polite when I engage with people with whom I disagree. And I generally don’t start things on other peoples Facebook pages. But my mom shared a fact check on her Facebook page today and some woman jumped in her comments with 🍊lies. I tried to offer facts. It didn’t work. (1/2)

I just went and got it. Even if you do have antibodies, it’s not harmful to get a booster. It was faster and easier to just get the shot.

That is interesting because I just got my booster today at a CVS. They didn’t charge me. I told the pharmacist I’ve been vaccinated and am in the “maybe” category but because I work at a college I wanted to get a booster.

A photo of a woman in a gray t-shirt with a white bandaid with a red heart on it on her arm.

I got an MMR booster today! I’m not taking any chance of measles getting me.

A second judge rules against Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship:

"No court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court will not be the first," the judge said.

(via my colleague Daniel Barnes)

Major tuberculosis outbreak hits Kansas City area An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to health officials.

“An outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City area has grown into one of the largest ever recorded in the United States, with dozens of active cases of the infectious disease reported, according to health officials.”

It was down just now when I tried to access it.

Tuberculosis outbreaks are popping up and the CDC is being ordered not to communicate to WHO or the public. They are scrubbing websites of information about TB, HIV and adolescent health.

Because I can’t resist gallows humor, my cocktail tonight is a Boo Radley.

I’m starting to feel like I’m coming down with something, and I’m literally looking at my calendar for this week trying to figure out which day I can be sick if o need to. 🫠

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Am I considered IRL? 😄

All of big media is broken. All of it.

I have been subjected to a new level of captcha hell. What even is this? After 5 it wouldn’t let me click anymore. I tried four times so that I could track an order, and it wouldn’t let me.

A photo of a Manhattan cocktail sitting on a ledge with winter garland.

My photo came out a little crooked, but I’m treating myself to a Manhattan tonight. I’ve been doing damp January since I had surgery a couple of weeks ago.

Exactly.

My plan for the rest of the day is to take a hot shower, toss some laundry in and finish Season 2 of Shrinking.

We’ve now entered the Temu era of presidential appointments…🫠

I’ve had a different experience there. It feels more social to me. But it did take me some time to train the algorithm to see more of what I want and less of what I don’t.

I saw this same post and felt something was off. One tactic used to quell outrage is to throw so much outrageous false information at the public that they become numb to the truth when it matters. We all need to be careful not to participate.

Saturday afternoon cocktails

because nothing says 'I'm innocent of all charges' more than 'please don't release the report on me'

I’m pretty happy with this today.

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Beers and trivia at my favorite brewery on this cold, rainy Thursday.

I’m giving it another go!

I don’t know if the weather is matching my mood today or my mood is matching the weather.

It’s a nightmare is what it is.

I requested my archive, downloaded it on a thumb drive and deleted my Twitter account a few weeks ago. I’m on Threads a lot and here a bit. I’m glad to have finally stopped using Twitter.