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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

#botany 👍👇🍌🍓🌻🌴🍎

This public health message in a household manual from 1913 seems so relevant today… We could just add RFKJ to dirty milk, measles, ignorance and the other figures surrounding the child in this cartoon. “Protect your baby from the preventable perils surrounding it.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

Toro★rin is the mascot for yakisoba noodles from Kasukabe in Saitama. Her noodle haircut is purple like wisteria, which grows in Kasukabe.

I think Prevost is the first mathematician Pope since Gerbert d'Aurillac, is that correct?

RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalizations in the US. Nirsevimab (a monoclonal antibody) cuts RSV-related hospital stays in infants and reduces severity of other respiratory viruses. Fewer ICU visits, shorter stays—big win for babies and families. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40302169/

He is risen

I had no idea there was a protest in my lillywhte suburb today. I quick turned on my phone, crowd same on the left but went on a block more. Gonna say, I teared up halfway through.

@blueheronfarm.bsky.social space miso, mmmmm

"Yes, there’s danger in opening our gates to this statue. But there’s also danger in keeping it out… the danger of eroding the sanctity of the gift-giving process."

A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.

Indeed, currently experiencing 20 to 25 mph winds with gusts of 45 to 50 mph.

Of course, broccoli sophie006liu.github.io/vegetal/

Today is Décadi the 10th of Ventôse in the year 233. Ventôse is the month of wind. Today we celebrate the spade. #JacobinDay More information on the spade

RNA xkcd.com/3056

Well, the introductory description of Boris Johnson is, in itself, worth a read.

Oh no! I got stuck in the slush! Fortunately, a passing Icebreaker freed me. But seriously, what kind of weird conditions does it take for a rut to freeze like that

All Cormorants Are Beautiful. 🪶

And even then, not.

I mean I think the obvious answer is that no, Americans have no idea what this means for their lives the "oh shit what have we done" turn we're all hoping for is simply not going to happen until the material ramifications become clear we are going to have to touch the stove

Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal