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Hey folks! Here's a roundup of news you should know about what's going on in the U.S. govt. plus a rundown of my appearances in the news. I'd love it if you read at least the first section with the important bits, but I'm going to the important bits from the top of the article into this thread […]

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Recommendation for online privacy protection for people in the resistance: DeleteMe and Block Party if you can make it go from taking 30 seconds to 30 minutes for a bad actor to find something private about you online, you’ll dramatically decrease the number of people willing to go through the […]

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Perfect! In Wyoming, the legislature has decided, that you cannot require others to address you by your preferred pronouns — thinking that this will only hurt trans people, Trump wants to persecute. So citizen Britt Boril calls in to a committee meeting […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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President Macron: If Putin is not stopped, he will not stop himself. Moldova could be next, and then Romania. Russia is an over-armed and aggressive state that operates on our borders. It carries out terrorist acts, large-scale disinformation campaigns both […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

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Get Smart Tutoring #SitcomInspiredProducts #HashTagGames

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MAS*H potatoes #SitcomInspiredProducts #HashTagGames

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Postcards to Voters now has addresses available for Josh Weil -- Democrat running in the special election for Congress in Florida's 6th Congressional district. This is a heavily GOP district, but if you want to help a long-shot campaign... They also continue to have addresses for WI Supreme […]

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Europe will take it from here. Enjoy your isolationism Mr. Trump.

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One of the most disgraceful days in American history: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-and-vance-ambush-zelensky-in-prelude-to-betrayal

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Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump's cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5312108/trump-budget-cuts-nih-cdc-cancer-iowa

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Good day, Mastodon friends. Yesterday I tooted and retooted only political stuff. Here's a personal catch-up. Having too many onions on hand, yesterday I made a recipe that I'd found for pasta with caramelized onions and sun-dried tomatoes. Suffice it to say that now I know what I'll make for […]

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[Text of the message I sent my Rep and Sens regarding preserving the National Weather Service] Feel free to adapt and use this if you wish. "I am writing to implore Representative Miller-Meeks to intervene to protect the National Weather Service. The timely weather warnings, watches, and […]

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All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

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Ready to play #MarchMaskness? Download our bracket now and make your picks. Then follow along with us throughout March to see how your picks perform. 🔗 https://covidsafescouts.com/downloadables/covidsafescouts_marchmaskness.pdf #YallMasking #StillMasking #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

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Oh no, bad news for your back and for Annie-the-Cat! I hope both of you are ok!

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The National Hurricane Center set an all-time record for forecast accuracy in 2024 But the investments in hurricane research that led to the new record are threatened by proposed budget cuts […]

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It appears that RFK Jr will be as bad for vaccines as we feared. He has cancelled (not postponed) the March meeting of the FDA advisory committee that would have determined the composition of the fall flu vaccine […]

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Multimillion-dollar Biden-era COVID-19 vax project halted by Trump’s HHS https://www.foxnews.com/politics/multimillion-dollar-biden-era-covid-vax-project-halted-trumps-hhs https://www.aol.com/multimillion-dollar-biden-era-covid-222505162.html?guccounter=1 “Kennedy issued a 90-day stop-work […]

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Some Democratic House members went above and beyond to try to stop the budget resolution. "After a month away from voting following the birth of her son Sam on Jan. 25, Rep. Brittany Pettersen reentered the House chamber Tuesday night with a light-blue swaddle nestled in the crook of her arm […]

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Hey folks! I'm supposedly going to be interviewed live on CNN today between 2:30pm and 4:00pm US/Eastern. If you have the ability to record it and make the recording available to me afterward, I'd appreciate it. Please DM me when you have the recording in hand and we'll figure out how to […]

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Ways individual Americans can help Ukraine. Organization that provides medical and other support to Ukrainian army and citizenry https://unitedhelpukraine.org Organization that provides technology and training to the Ukrainian army https://dignitas.fund Script for calling your Rep and […]

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I just called my representatives with 5 Calls. Try it: 5calls.org

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[USpol If you have a Democratic representative, here's what to tell them] Johnson is asking the House Dems to help him push the budget resolution through so as to avoid a government shutdown on Mar. 14. Josh Marshall says to tell your Dem rep to demand that Congress shut down DOGE -- stop the […]

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Good morning, Mastodon friends! I got off to a quick start, mixing up the bread dough and then heading off to Walgreens to get my passport photo. Then I had trouble keeping up any momentum. I finally did my exercises and walked Donny. It's another sunny day with highs in the 50s, so the walking […]

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Today's public health news from Katelyn Jetelina: Measles, ACIP, flu campaign, bird flu, and telehealth ending https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/measles-acip-flu-campaign-bird-flu

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Good evening, Mastodon friends. The dogs and I had lovely walks in temperatures over 50F -- highly unusual for Feb. here. Here's picture of our dinner. The tofu scramble was made from the simple recipe at the link. It needed more black salt but was very […] [Original post on med-mastodon.com]

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For my cat-lady friends on Mastodon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndl9OClJjXo

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Roman Holiday Inn (Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck) #MotelASongPoemOrLimerick #HashtagGames

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Good morning, Mastodon friends. The warming trend continues. Today's predicted high is 46F! The dogs and I had good walks yesterday and are looking forward to doing it again today. I've been writing postcards for Susan Crawford in the WI Supreme Court race, and I signed up to do some for Josh […]

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Friends who write GOTV postcards, there are at least 2 postcarding campaigns for special elections being held April 1. For Josh Weil, Democrat running for FL Congressional district 6: https://www.mobilize.us/joshweilforcongressionaldistrict6/event/754042/ For Susan Crawford, liberal running for […]

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Bridge on the River Taekwondo #MakeAMovieSporty #HashTagGames

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Here is an outstanding article about masks for protecting your health. https://www.disabledginger.com/p/were-witnessing-the-fall-of-public

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[Ukraine/Putin] Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, passionate speaks the truth about Putin's invasion of Ukraine and war crimes. Those of us with Republican House and Senate members should push them to do the same. And Tillis's constituents should contact him with thanks […]

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Good morning, Mastodon friends. This is our last sub-zero-temp morning for a while. It's sunny with a forecast high of 20F, so the dogs and I should be able to make up a little of the walking distance we've missed during the polar vortex. My husband thought yesterday's crackers weren't crisp […]

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I would not have expected Marianne Williamson to be the one with one of the most cogent presentations of our current situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A_WaYEbJoA

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I am currently watching a webinar by Democracy Forward on Navigating Challenges for Civil Servants (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQZh7iGCIIY. They have mentioned the following web sites for further information. CivilServiceStrong.org Democracy2025.org DemocracyForward.org

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I just got back from walking Donny. By comparison with the last few days, 13F and a windchill of -2F seemed pretty comfortable with the bright sun. We did only a mile and a quarter instead of our normal two miles, but it felt good. Now to give Joule her turn.

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Good morning, Mastodon friends. Well, the predicted high temperature today is 13F, the first double-digit positive high in many days. It's the beginning of a warming trend that should propel us into the upper 40s F by next week! I'm looking forward to a gardening webinar this afternoon, a […]

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This is a great action.

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VF: “In private, Republicans fear Trump might incite his followers to commit violence against them if they don’t rubber-stamp his actions… scared shitless about death threats and Gestapo-like stuff...” www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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