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I used to be a lot of things, but now - other than tired and angry-I just don’t even know.
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This nation’s pets are carrying such a heavy load right now

submitted 3 days ago • 42 comments

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.

submitted 3 days ago • 156 comments

Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.

submitted 6 days ago • 213 comments

#nc11 #fl19 #ncpol #flpol

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 1376 comments

There I fixed It. gulfof.mapquest.com?name=Scrotum

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

How do you “accidentally” fire someone? Can the media stop pretending these aren’t just incredibly stupid people making stupid decisions that they aren’t qualified (or legally allowed) to make?

submitted 13 days ago • 26 comments

"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 13 days ago • 2907 comments

I love this

submitted 19 days ago • 3284 comments

If you got married and changed your name, you may not be able to register to vote if the SAVE Act passes. This law will impact millions of married women, as well as trans folks. This is not a joke, call your Congresspeople.

submitted 19 days ago • 14 comments

When you looked behind you and saw all those little footprints in the sand, that’s when several hundred random animals on the internet were carrying you

submitted 23 days ago • 20 comments

👋 legal profession! "With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 25 days ago • 351 comments

There's enough to panic about right now. Illegal cat's in Scotland isn't one of them. www.popsci.com/environment/...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

submitted 27 days ago • 1275 comments

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

submitted 27 days ago • 508 comments

Protesters at Senator Thom Tillis' office in Raleigh NC today:

submitted 27 days ago • 157 comments

Looks like TED is for sale. Chris Anderson wrote a long post today about wanting to "pass over control of the entire organization" to a new steward. This paragraph sure is something.

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Look at this point we're praying to whoever will answer us first, okay? www.popsci.com/science/devi...

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Bird flu bringing us a whole new kind of Waffle House Index: apnews.com/article/waff... (h/t @crof.bsky.social )

submitted 27 days ago • 9 comments

I’m terrible at positive self talk, so sometimes when I’m feeling bad about myself I imagine what my dog would say about me at a dogs-only cocktail party where everyone is standing around talking about their owners, and honestly it’s just the best little life hack

submitted 28 days ago • 109 comments

This Fiona Apple narrated explainer PSA on how to film (and release footage from, not livestream) ICE arrests is exactly what we need from people with production skills right now and is worth about 3 million celebrity “imagine” covers in terms of survival utility

submitted 29 days ago • 86 comments

There's a wide range of "ultra-processed foods." A recent Nature Foods paper zoomed in on this www.nature.com/articles/s43... and the graph rankings are shown below from @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/whic...

submitted 31 days ago • 13 comments

Whether you've been the "ghoster" or the "ghostee" — All Things Considered wants to hear about your ghosting experiences.

submitted 37 days ago • 31 comments

Since it looks like it's going to get busy on the public health beat again: For folks who don't know me — hi! — I've placed all my stories on a page at Authory: authory.com/marynmckenna

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

Every time I see this story it blows my mind. Feels like reading and writing outside of the digital space is now a privilege.

submitted 45 days ago • 5 comments

We're affected, too. Not that anyone asked us. 😔 www.popsci.com/environment/...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Stretch and loosen up before pushing play on this one, because there is no sitting still when soca fills the room.

submitted 49 days ago • 5 comments

Cannon denied a motion by President-elect Donald Trump's former co-defendants who sought to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the election interference case.

submitted 49 days ago • 52 comments

New evidence on ultra-processed foods (UPF) from prospectively assessment throughout 9 countries in Europe "Higher UPF consumption was associated with greater mortality from circulatory diseases, digestive diseases, and Parkinson’s disease." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

submitted 53 days ago • 14 comments

New: Meta employees are furious about a new policy that allows users to call LGBTQ+ people "mentally ill." Some have resigned in protest. Some LGBTQ+ employees have started saying they if they are 'mentally ill' they should get leave of absences from work www.404media.co/its-total-ch...

submitted 53 days ago • 394 comments

Word of the day is most definitely ‘hurkle-durkling’ (19th-century Scots): to linger in bed long after it’s time to get up.

submitted 63 days ago • 310 comments

Nobody—and I mean *nobody*—wants this.

submitted 64 days ago • 25 comments