It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...
If you’re on crutches, you’ll need a way to carry objects from place to place, so maybe keep tote bags near snacks and fridge, etc. Didn’t think this through after ACL reconstruction and had to eat a sandwich while leaning against the kitchen counter
WNBA star Brianna Turner has written an article denouncing the new invasive sex testing requirements of the IOC.
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A black and white photo of Katherine Johnson, the "Hidden Figure" that sent man into space
A photo of Vanessa Wyche, director of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil service member
Let it be known that Katherine Johnson was the reason for the first astronauts in space.
And now Vanessa Wyche, head of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil servant, is the responsible for the longest manned space flight in history
Do horses want cake? We conducted an investigation into statements published by @bencollins.bsky.social in the print edition of @theonion.com.
Nothing says “white men are superior” like invalidating the accomplishments of everyone who isn’t a white man so there’s no competition.
In retrospect maybe a fifty year, ideological push against all government services, expertise, and education in favor of transferring public funds to private hands might have weakened our institutions in ways that were easy to predict
Harry Potter tattoo regret rate is an order of magnitude higher than regret for Gender Reassignment Surgery and yet no one has been brave enough to suggest we legislate Harry Potter tattoos.
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Wife just told me this one:
What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam?
Trump had a plan to get out of Vietnam.
love when democrats talk about kitchen table issues as if trans people and immigrants don’t have kitchen tables 🙃
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
Our petition to NOT build in Carolina North has 1400 signatures so far. actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
These are concentration camps. And these are the numbers they're comfortable sharing.
Vaccination against whooping cough, RSV and flu during pregnancy saves babies lives, but expectant parents are sometimes unsure.
How do I know it's safe? Will it protect my baby?
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Something to remember when we hear...
There's a labor shortage.
No one's starting new businesses.
Revenue is down.
GDP is down.
Customers aren't coming in.
Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025 michiganadvance.com/2025/12/22/r...
Leaving you tonight with a reminder of the works of our forebears. The greatest generation.
Funded by moms across America mailing in their dimes to help prevent a disease they all feared.
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
A large (maybe 3 feet wide by 5 feet tall) sign on the end of a row of bookshelves that tells the “address” of books that have sensitive content.
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
I’m very sorry for your loss.
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
Meanwhile in our insane country, people will be choosing between heating their homes, buying groceries or having health insurance
The Walton family surely does
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
Missing the days when, if a scary masked man approached us on the street, WE pepper sprayed HIM, not the other way around.
The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP.
Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP.
The people who need help are not the problem.
It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
