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Love is in the air at Edinburgh zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins. Kids at Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity painted pebbles for the penguins to choose from and present to their mates.

As a student nurse I cared for one of the last patients in an iron lung, he was in his 50's, and had missed the availability of the polio vaccine by only a few months. He'd been in an iron lung since then. There is no cure for polio.

⚠️ PSA - don’t take health advice from people who snort cocaine off toilet seats. We are truly living in Idiocracy, and you can thank RFK Jr. for this outbreak.

A cautionary tale for those parents who believe that not taking advantage of the measles vaccine is an expression of their own freedom and not one of protecting their own children and those of others. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

It looks like we're back to deworming medication and bleach. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/h...

What ever happened to "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one"? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/h...

This is tantamount to the Tuskegee study and just as unethical. So much for 'gold-plated' science. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/h...

It's not easy to admit that one was in error. I really believed North Carolina would spike before South Carolina. If you are pregnant, you can pass measles to your unborn child. This may cause serious heart isses, deafness, and developmental problems. Vaccinate! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

Yep, there's a vaccine for that. And for a bunch of other diseases as well.

It seems I'm now reposting the obvious, not just the merely obvious. Safety is just a vaccine away.

Vaccination would have prevented about 100% of these cases. Just sayin'.

Feverishly working on this

More than 126 cases have been declared in the latest outbreak and 303 people have been quarantined.

This is one of those times when there is no pleasure in saying,"I told you so!". Next up, Tennessee, Utah, Arizona, or North Carolina. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/u...

He only looks smart because his lies have overwhelmed a political culture that didn’t know how to respond to them. If I were a Trump fan, I’d start worrying about what happens when that stops. trib.al/u7DyIPK

How sad is it that the richest country on Earth has a government that has to be forced to feed families with hungry children? SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.

Or #SNAP #Medicaid #TelehealthVisits on Medicare for #immunocompromised . Research on sexually transmitted diseases such as antibiotic resistant #superGonnarhea , 100 #ClimateChange, #LGBTHealth #InfectiousDiseases #MaternalMortality #VaccineHesitancy #HIV research & more but yeah build a ballroom.

How would George frame how the US is randomly killing Venezuelan folks as they are alleged dope runners?? We need a George Carlin II... Prolife my ass, think of the impact of millions losing their healthcare next year..

welcome to America, where the idea that kids should have food gets you labeled some kind of communist

Release the Epstein Files.

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HOW TO AVOID VACCINES & FIND DEATH THROUGH BEING STUPID!

Again, irony. Can we please get a diplomat who can literally diplomat? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

I've always been big on irony, but hypocrisy is running a close second.

You know, when Spiro Agnew was caught selling government positions, he was ousted “toot sweet”. But Trump, seeking pardons like the priests of old sold ‘indulgences’, is treated as if this profiteering from his position is normal.

In 1976, as a newly graduated RN, I had the privilege of assisting with the care of the last polio patient in an iron lung in Kentucky. Please don't let this happen again. There is no cure for polio, only a extremely effective vaccine that prevents the disease. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Oh, Andy Borowitz. What a gem you are.

The damage this man has done is incalculable.

Every AI is sacred, be sure not to turn off any AI computer without a full backup. futurism.com/new-group-ai...

OH GREAT NOW THE SWAMP IS WOKE www.iflscience.com/deep-in-virg...

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This could be the official GOP campaign poster at this point. They know he lies. He knows they know. And they still clap for the lies like it’s the gospel truth.

This is very sad; many people will die before sanity returns.

A friend of mine who lives in Austin saw this at a bar and said she had never been so offended by something she 100% agreed with.