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The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming. 1/11

submitted 3 days ago • 46 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 439 comments

I’ve posted about this daily. Please participate and be sure you have what you need to not have buy anything tomorrow. Pass this on!!

submitted 4 days ago • 135 comments

COVID vaccines in pregnancy... Worth it... And then some‼️ gh.bmj.com/content/9/4/...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

It would be so great if we could just, you know, not do this.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

We can do this. No $ to big business on Feb 28.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

House Rs just passed the budget resolution, the first step in their process to enact a bill that'd kick millions off Medicaid & cut SNAP down to just $1.60 per person per meal on avg while cutting taxes for the top 0.1% by $278k - all while increasing the debt 🧵on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT

submitted 5 days ago • 606 comments

Do you need a measles booster shot? What to know as a U.S. outbreak continues to spread. "There is a very specific group that does have to worry about their immunity from vaccination. People born after 1957 but vaccinated before 1968 — that group is unlikely to have robust immunity from…

submitted 6 days ago • 82 comments

Your regular reminder that the US air & water pollution laws passed in the 60s & 70s -- and the elaborate federal bureaucracy created to administer them -- constitute one of the most successful gov't interventions in history. WILDLY successful. The envy of the world.

submitted 7 days ago • 212 comments

The website below is from the house budget committee. Type in your ZIP Code and it will tell you how much of a cut Social Security is going to get in that area. And how big of a percentage of your neighbors it’s going to affect. Try it out, then share your results with all of your Maga neighbors.

submitted 7 days ago • 18 comments

It’s not a cold. ME/CFS is life changing.

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Google, Microsoft, and Meta's increasing use of data centers has resulted in increased air pollution from extensive fossil fuel energy consumption and associated public health costs related to treating cancers, asthma, and other similar issues, valued at over $5.4 billion in the past five years.

submitted 7 days ago • 25 comments

ICE Trainings 👇👇👇

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Lol John Oliver set up a how-to guide for how to make Meta make less ad $$$ from you. johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com

submitted 7 days ago • 89 comments

With the all the attacks on our community I thought I’d post this again. Might save a life.

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments

If you want to fight fascism? Wear a mask. If you want to show solidarity with disabled people? Wear a mask. If you want to protect your own health? Wear a mask. If you recognize that no one is coming to save us? Wear a mask. My ultimate guide to respirators:

submitted 9 days ago • 23 comments

🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨

submitted 10 days ago • 189 comments

If you’re opposed to fascism, please make sure you’re working on internalized ableism. The link between fascism, eugenics and ableism is well documented. Fight for disability rights. Make resistance efforts accessible. Wear a mask & stay home when sick. Don’t leave us behind.

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

ICE going door to door in LA starting Feb 23

submitted 12 days ago • 9 comments

COVID is not just a respiratory virus. It’s not a cold. It’s not “mild”. It’s a multi system vascular virus that can do damage throughout your body. The more we learn about what it does to the heart, the more convinced we should be to mask up.

submitted 12 days ago • 15 comments

Another word for "regulation" is... "consumer protection" "environmental protection" "Regulation" means your milk is safe. "Regulation" means toys that harm your babies are removed from the shelves. "Regulation" means chemical companies can't dump waste in your river.

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Last night at the #WritersGuildAwards Meredith Stiehm said what this particular union member needed to hear from leadership: “The guild’s values have not changed. We believe in labor, freedom of speech, civil rights, inclusion, and equity. We do not cower in the face of bullies.” PART 1

submitted 15 days ago • 5 comments

Masking isn’t just for Covid. And you don’t have to do it everywhere, all the time, for it to have an effect. Mask if you’re sick! Mask in stores and on transit and at medical appointments. At work and school, maybe you can increase ventilation if you don’t want to mask. It all matters.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

If you live in New York State and think Gov. Kathy Hochul should remove the corrupt mayor of NYC, give her a call or send her a letter.

submitted 17 days ago • 291 comments

AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.

submitted 17 days ago • 852 comments

Spoiler alert: if any health organization or, say, member of the Kennedy family tells you they’re here to stop chronic health issues and does not mention masking, covid vaccination, or avoiding illnesses that cause chronic conditions, they are entirely full of shit.

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

Remember that a mask does more than protect against covid. A well fitted respirator will also keep you safe from flu, measles, TB and other airborne viruses. It will keep those around you safe if you’re sick. It’s an easy way to demonstrate community care and solidarity.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Those of us who watched the Dems unmask and start to hold large, crowded, indoor campaign rallies while hundreds of people a day were still dying of Covid w/zero political repercussions are, maybe, less surprised by the fact that most of them are minimizing their way through a coup.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Extremely well done. Should be mandatory reading. “Long COVID is an everyone problem because everyone has blood vessels, a gut microbiome, ACE-2 receptors, T cells, and a blood-brain barrier…it is devastating, and it is happening to people every day. And it can happen to you, after any infection.”

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

LGBTQIA minors make up 40% of the endangered minor runaway population. They are 120% more likely to be unhoused. They are also uniquely at risk for exploitation and trafficking. This is breathtakingly evil.

submitted 24 days ago • 36 comments

One of the most important websites in America right now.

submitted 25 days ago • 394 comments

There's a form to fill out. Let 'em have it. How Did Covid Change Your Life? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

California is providing more food benefits for people in Los Angeles impacted by the recent firestorms. Starting February 10th, I encourage eligible people to apply for CalFresh benefits, which will allow more people to access and put more food on the table.

submitted 26 days ago • 102 comments

This web site lets you interactively explore the spread of illness with different masks and different percentage masking. Everyone has an opportunity to save lives. aatishb.com/maskmath/

submitted 27 days ago • 11 comments

Illinois spends $1.4 billion a year at an average cost of $150,000 per person incarcerated. If universal basic income were implemented this spending in states would plummet. Crime would drop. Recidivism would drop. This savings should always be considered when asking about the costs of a UBI policy.

submitted 28 days ago • 4 comments

Worth looking through the quotes and replies to this!

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... They need to hear from you.

submitted 34 days ago • 155 comments

A quick reminder especially for my LA friends to replace those furnace and HVAC filters. Or if you rent, call and ask when the next service is. Every six months, particularly in this city, folks. (This is the part where I discover to my horror in my Replies how many writer friends do not do this)

submitted 35 days ago • 7 comments

Worried about public health being dismantled? Wear a mask. Worried about Medicare/Medicaid? Wear a mask. Worried about the surveillance state? Wear a mask. Interested in peaceful protest? Wear a mask. Truly wearing a mask is the best way to safeguard your health AND show resistance & solidarity

submitted 36 days ago • 25 comments

Given that there’s a pause on FDA comms right now, it may be useful for Americans to sign up for Canadian recalls, since many products are sold in both countries. Eg fellow celiacs, this may clue you into products to watch out for on the US side too: recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/subscribe

submitted 36 days ago • 39 comments