Those of us with dense breast tissue need more extensive testing than a standard mammogram. Fortunately where I live 3D mammograms are routine at no cost. Higher density increases breast cancer risk.
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Those of us with dense breast tissue need more extensive testing than a standard mammogram. Fortunately where I live 3D mammograms are routine at no cost. Higher density increases breast cancer risk.
It appears Trump is the most fearful man on the planet, afraid of death and life, surrounding himself in a city filled by the National Guard. I would not care to live my life in such a fearful way.
We need Congressional term limits. This could have prevented the current fascist regime and diminish the power of AIPAC.
Ask Epstein. 🤦
Honor these survivors for their courage. Do not criticize them for when they speak. #BelieveWomen
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday Instead of thinking about solving your whole life you just think about adding additional good things? One item at a time Just let your pile of good things grow
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IMPORTANT PSA: If you find kittens all alone, keep tbis helpful flowchart in mind. And also: —neonatal kitten need to be on a heat source & kept warm at all times, they cannot regulate their body temperature and you can kill them by feeding a cold kitten. —NEVER feed a bottle baby kitten COW’S MILK!
Kennedy must be removed from office. He has already caused a catastrophe at HHS and the CDC. I strongly suspect that he is about to use data manipulated by unscrupulous and unqualified individuals to attempt to falsely show that vaccines are in some way a net harm. He simply must be stopped.
Perhaps the only part that might be is the Trump Tower International Hotel in Chicago. We had a lovely time on our 25th anniversary in Chicago to see the Adele 25 concert. The only thing we disliked was the building across from our hotel - Trump Tower.
People aren't aware the majority of Iowa's energy is produced by wind energy. I no longer live in the midwest. We knew who trump was before he was put in office the first time. Sadly people still voted for him anyway. I want justice for the survivors and whatever that is to them.
Two remarkable Ambassadors for our Planet, 99 year old Sir David Attenborough and 91 year old Dr. Jane Goodall. They’ve dedicated their lives to educate and protect.. 🌍 #janegoodall #davidattenborough #nature #chimpanzees #wildlife #environment #drjanegoodall #jane #sirdavidattenborough #bbc #bsky
Humans are the only species on this planet actively destroying the Earth. We are all connected.
Central Coast Farm workers wish you a happy #LaborDay Campesinos de la Costa Central les desean un feliz Día del Trabajo. #WeFeedYou #SoyEsencial
I am sorry if I have offended you personally. Have a good day.
With respect I have recovering addicts in my family. All have an issue with egos. It seems to be an innate part of addiction. I have observed substance abuse turn into an addiction for something else be it power, God, or greed. I don't know that they can help themselves.
Chagas disease, long considered only a threat abroad, is established in California and the Southern U.S. It's one of the most insidious diseases you've never heard of, but Chagas is here in California and 29 other states across the U.S. share.newsbreak.com/estpo2jg?s=i16
The "blue" states will continue vote by mail and "red" states may look like the above. In this scenario blue wins. This regime has threatened social security recipients. We vote.
Caroline Kennedy warned us and Congress. A former addict is not the one for his position. I agree he is now addicted to power, greed, and his own ego.
The first of the four noble truths is the truth of suffering, and in order to understand it, you have to accept it. ‘Universal Original Purity’, by Ajahn Sumedho wp.me/pFy3u-1oq.
Our national anthem is based on war, slavery, and violence. In particular the lyrics of the third stanza are very telling. An organism incapable of change dies. This nation, the world, we live in must change or face what we have wrought for generations to come.
Night night sweet dreamies Be kind to yourself. Never let anyone, not even your own doubts, convince you that you are less than wonderful
It is not "demonic" but incredibly wasteful. Each year thousands of bicycles are left at the Reno airport. Locals are overwhelmed with trying to collect them for kids. Burning Man is for the rich. Tickets in 2025 were $500-$3000.
@jneill.bsky.social seem to recall this Basil The Great guy being on your radar over on the hellsite
The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told
During the height of the pandemic we lived in the very rural midwest, isolated, and without places nearby to shop for groceries. We were able to have cases of goods delivered to our front door safely from Amazon. We survived.
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At least SOME countries recognize the value of NATURE and all its offerings.
Beavers pause while chewing trees to listen for movements so that the tree doesn't fall on them.
I have worked in those central California fields. You have great honor. #MuchRespect 🙏🌸
Farm workers were hurrying to wrap up their day at noon on this day as the temp reached 100° in Bakersfield CA. These workers had been at work since 6am earning minimum wage for their work in the table grape harvest. #WeFeedYou
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. And now a Social Security Administration whistleblower is resigning after apparently being punished for trying to warn the public. Nothing about this fake government agency is "efficient."
it shouldn't be easier to get a gun in America than the covid vaccine
Antidepressants save lives. Guns and bullets take lives. Millions of people suffer from depression but don't kill others.
Both Democrats & Republicans have failed this nation regarding gun control. Dems held control of both the House and Senate between 2007-2011. The last major significant gun control legislation was enacted by President Clinton in 1994.
Same rose I posted earlier fully open for #pollinators and softer pink in color—what a difference 48 hours makes! #gardening #RoseWednesday #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport 🌱
🌱 I post this every time there is a school shooting because it’s true.
I find if I practice the teachings it calms the storms around me. I do of course get angry as we all do but I am able to remember what insignificance to the whole I am. We are all connected.
Republicans have time to pettily paint over a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting because they can’t hate gay people enough, but they can’t be bothered to stop school shootings because they don’t love children enough. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
I am now a Buddhist. My first year of college our government killed students at Kent State. This nation, indeed many colonial western nations, have a long history of violence. Unfortunately the US as a very capitalist society seems stuck. Trump is a world threat. Thank you for your kind words. 🙏🌸
Our Congress is owned, corrupt, and our system broken. I'm in my seventies. I have personally been at a workplace murder-suicide, an armed robbery at a store, and a college incident n which the professor was permanently paralyzed by an angry student all from guns. #america
I am a US citizen and agree with you. It should have stopped long ago. Sandy Hook didn't change anything, 500 people wounded by a lone gunman in Vegas didn't do it, so yes the US cares more about guns than innocent lives. A sane society would stop this.
I'm so glad you and your family left the US. Statistically there are enough guns here for every man, woman, and child to have a gun. This is sheer insanity. We don't own have one in our home. I do get angry because of the times we live in but I will not take the life of another.
Pfizer just got FDA approval for 2025-2026 COVID19 vaccines for those: -Aged 65+ years -Aged 5-64 years with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19.
Here is RFK Jr.’s post about FDA approvals for COVID19 vaccines. Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax are all now approved. A list of eligible conditions for those under 65 can be found here: www.cdc.gov/covid/hcp/cl...
My wife & I both over 65 got our COVID vaccines recently. It should be available for everyone. The vaccine won't stop us from getting ill or having major side effects from those who aren't vaccinated. Thousands are at risk or will die because of RFK Jr., COVID is on the rise in my state.
Susan Monarez, the CDC Director who was sworn in a mere month ago, has been ousted. RFK Jr. is really out there “building trust”.
I have never met you in person but I can feel how good you are from miles away. I was 23 when my mama died at home with me at her side. Take care of yourself too Luna.
I'm sorry you are going through this difficult time Luna. Losing those we love is the hardest part of life. May you both have peace through this journey. My thoughts are with you. 💓
Biden could have expanded SCOTUS. He did not. Biden could have stopped sending military aid to Netanyahu. He did not. He could have stepped aside two years into his term allowing Harris to become our first woman POTUS. Egos are a hell of a drug. Here we are.
This is how you stand up to bullies and aspiring tyrants.
My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
My mother died from colon cancer when I was 23. They didn't have routine colonoscopies at the time of her death. I've had three. Now in my seventies I've lost both parents, a sister, & brother to cancers. Do what you can to live a long life. Hi to Frisco!
At today’s press briefing, Trump was asked how long he plans to keep troops stationed in Washington, D.C., and what his plans are for Chicago. He didn’t give a direct answer. Instead, he said: “I really want to be appreciated.”
I would appreciate it if he take up residence in a cardboard box atop Mt. Trashmore in Broward County, Florida.
She had more popular votes. The antiquated colonial electoral college system is a joke. 🤦
No. Perhaps we should question why President Obama told her to concede when clearly she shouldn't have. This cost our nation dearly. It was a huge mistake for her to have done so and a bigger mistake for him to pressure her. One wonders why he did. Hmm....
Thank you sir. I have many family members in wonderful Illinois. You do your state and this nation proud. 💙
I am sounding the alarm on the real crisis we face today. Donald Trump’s overreach is what our founders warned against – it is unprecedented, unwarranted, and un-American. There’s no emergency here that calls for military intervention.
We're past normal. The fascists already won round one. They control the institutions. They have their judges. They have their media ecosystem. They have their army of true believers who will excuse anything. But they don't have the money. They don't have the cities. They don't have the educated...
This regime can not control who we are. They can not control who we love, how we think, our inherent goodness, kindness, or mental freedom unless we give it away. I will not. Maintain an iron will in a silk glove.
This is 100% correct.
Every time a soldier obeys unconstitutional orders and each state allows invasion by those same soldiers our Constitution is diminished by this regime. We are living in the midst of a coup. Martial law is here. How do we stop it? Our government, law enforcement, and SCOTUS is corrupt.
1/2 At CDC, we just received a form email saying our records (SF-50s) changed. When we checked, our union rights were gone. This comes while we’re still reeling from an armed attack on our campus fueled by disinfo from our own boss, RFKJ.
Really interesting analysis of temperature data. wapo.st/4muawgS
Trump makes stupid and easily explained and illustrated unforced error by going after the de minimis tariff exemption, affecting tens of millions of “ordinary Americans.” Democrats (so far as I can tell): 🦗🦗🦗. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Trump suggested that Washington, D.C.’s national parks could be converted into golf courses during a event with police and military officials. Speaking from the U.S. Park Police’s Anacostia Operations Facility,
If Republicans weren't traitors this man would have been removed from office and placed in an institution for the criminally insane.
6. Try to learn how to recognize AI images and videos. www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-t...
I love Illinois! 😘💙
I made a promise to the women of Illinois — as governor, I will ensure your medical decisions will be your own. Now, we continue fulfilling that promise. Public colleges will now provide contraception and medication abortion at on-campus pharmacies and student health centers.
These troops are just sitting around with nothing to do. This was nothing but a political stunt. It should be a crime to use our troops like this. Where are the Generals??? I am starting to think that the backbones of many have been removed. FB
Quite frankly I hope all ICE agents are as fit as he is. Gives people a chance to get away.
Inherently stupid tRump. He thinks we are trying to escape to Mexico and a black wall would stop us? Boats, planes, and cars. Legally.
Hold on, hold the fuck on… the Trump administration is spending $500 million taxpayer dollars to paint OUR side of the border wall black? The wall HE said MEXICO was going to pay for? That wall? But we “can’t afford” pediatric cancer research?!?
I prefer Mr. Bobby over used has been Dean.
Thousands of protestors at Begin Gate in Tel Aviv call for the release of the hostages, the end to the war and change of government. Credit Gilad Furst
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I have held out hope if this nation was taken over by a traitor from within our military would protect the people not the enemy. An open coup against the people by our own military turning Washington DC into North Korea is beyond disgusting. Shame on these useless cowards!
The Coast Guard works for ICE now. Coast Guard planes previously used for search and rescue have done hundreds of secret ICE flights in recent weeks, including two I watched from a public parking lot near BWI. My exclusive for Rolling Stone: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Dear UK This is happening in America now. Without our own rules outside the EU's safety + environmental rules it's highly probable the so-called Labour government will follow suit
#Republicans have poked the wrong bear a female bear!! 💀☠️💀
I love this! A suggestion for next time, to confuse the regime wear military garb & masks cosplaying as ICE agents but add rainbow capes. You should be able to place rainbow crosswalks freely while they scratch their heads in confusion.
Just saw all your comments from last night’s post and someone shared a pic, Orlando showed up and used chalk to bring the rainbow crosswalk back! We love this so much!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
People must have short memories. Because my wife and I are a lesbian couple and we love our black relatives we will never eat at Cracker Barrel. This place has a history of blatant discrimination against the LGBTQ & Black community. Eating there says you agree with their hate.
The fact that only some people can reply to Tom Nichols speaks volumes. There is a genocide taking place of Palestinians in Gaza. Hundreds of children are starving, are amputees, and thousands have died. Children are never the enemy. Tom wants to discuss what we call this. #Genocide 💔
In the shadows. #InsectThursday #Inverts 🌱🌿
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"Landmines have become the greatest protectors." The demilitarised zone between North and South Korea has become an ecological oasis, with nearly 6,000 species documented, including tigers, leopards, and bears. Sometimes, the best rewilding experiments are unintended. share.google/MkWWN9ajggFE...
Witnessing the rapid and extensive thawing of permafrost in Svalbard is truly impressive but deeply concerning
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In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial painted over — defacing a sacred space in the heart of Orlando that honors the 49 lives stolen in one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
These ridiculous AI generated images come at a terrible cost to our environment. The creation of one image by an individual takes as much energy as charging your phone several times. With training or widespread distribution it can cost thousands $ in energy. 🌎🌍🌏
I don't think the regime cult leader is on Bluesky. I personally find mirror images of one cult for another disgusting. Humor? No. People are being kidnapped from our streets, concentration camps built, killed through cruelty & medical neglect. Trolling will not save this nation.
For 30 years, vaccine recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics have lined up with the CDC’s plan, leading to millions of children saved from serious illness. Pediatrician @drhigginsmd.bsky.social) breaks down AAP’s split with RFK Jr.’s CDC: buff.ly/IpJBm8w 🩺 🧪