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Too bad it's not Sorokin's night, but lovely to see Semyon Varlamov on the ice for an NHL game! I'm really cheering for him, being the only elite athlete to return to same level play after bilaterial knee replacement, in any high impact sport. So glad to see him! #NewYorkIslanders #Isles #Varlamov

Jonas Vingegaard is out of the Tour De France with an injury after a crash. I hate this for him. Definitely my favorite rider. It’s a less awesome race without him. #Vingegaard #TourDeFrance2026

FAFO. Enjoy your alone time. This virus should not become a big thing, but because our species doesn't deal with reality very well, it'll be a bigger deal than necessary. Healthcare workers skipping PPE protocols. JFC.

Excellent graphical summary of the course of hantavirus events on the hantavirus cruise. Don't follow the alarmists and don't follow the purveyors of toxic positivity. Follow the ones who simply present information as clearly as possible.

Psst. U.S. Congress. Wake the hell up.

Hello....is the US Congress awake? Where the F are you people?? I want all 535 of you people to make a clear, unambiguous public statement re: to what extent you stand behind Trump. @democrats.senate.gov @senategop.govpeeps.us @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social

What are your very, very best orthopedic dog bed recommendations? I don’t care about the cost. It’s time for my old girl to stop getting on the bed. Need the most comfie bed ever, so she wont’ keep trying to hop up. Thanks! #olddog #orthopedic #dogs #seniordogs

A small business to consider if you like glamorous jewelry!

Undone by freshman biology.

Man Feared to Be Cognitively Slipping After Writing Book About Wrong President

This is straight up anti-science propaganda. TV marketing shit. Zero valuable information.

Pssst

Hope they don’t need my cash…

If you can't afford eggs, you can't afford startup chickens, either. OH and then there's the Avian flu they'll eventually be infected. Do these people even hear the noise coming out of their faces?

Oh nooos. I’m a LOT more concerned for folks who didn’t vote for a conman three freaking times. Committed MAGA can’t be helped. They’ve been washed out to sea. “I thought he’d hurt someone besides me!” Sure, Jan.

Maybe annexing Canada would improve our hockey team 😁. But Orange Dude, they said no. No means no.

Roses are red And measles are too. Thanks to RFK Jr, Outbreaks just grew.

9 seconds in and we’ve had three fights? What is this stupid shit? I’m about to turn this off. I’d rather watch a documentary about paint drying. #FourNations #USA #Canada #stupid

It’s true that taxpayer data being hidden on #H5N1 is unacceptable & will likely result in the US being at fault for the next #pandemic However: you can protect yourself. Mind your dead birds & pets who might gift them to you. Invest in #HEPA filtration. Wear a well-fitting #N95 #mask. Manage risk.

It’s almost like circumventing Congress is a bad idea.

You know, I don’t hear nearly enough about Peter Thiel on the news lately.

This is what you get when you vote for someone whose tiny brain doesn’t understand the PROCESS of how science gets done.

Yes, please. If we weren’t engaged in bullying most of the world, we’d have enough cash to make up for the huge tax breaks Felon 47 has given billionaires.

Saving to read at lunchtime.

CDC is still not freely communicating. Concern about cat —> human H5N1 transmission appeared briefly this week. But you don’t have to have this information to wear a mask & avoid risky situations whenever feasible.

If DeAngelo can behave as a person, I'll be glad to have him on the Islanders for a long time. Super-slick game-winning goal. #NewYorkIslanders #LetsGoIsles

This. Do what you can, where you can, when you can. Don't expect yourself to be 100% all the time. You have to live in order to resist. It won't look the same for everyone. Living well is the best response to people trying to wreck your life.

FYI, Drosophila researchers: Folks in the biz are offering to house your cultures to keep you afloat if you're experiencing disruptions due to fires around LA.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Jen Rubin is a national treasure. The end. #JenRubin #TheContrarian

Here are the businesses who embrace DEI principles.

I wish I could read Portuguese. They know how to properly mock their fascists.

Short of a bird flu starter pack, I guess the answer is to follow the health and human services page of every state within some distance of you. NC hasn’t updated their bird flu information since November, so…I guess I’ll look at VA, TN, SC, and GA. Seems like GA’s on the ball at least… #H5N1

Here's what Felon 47's little game with the HHS is going to cost us. Even a short pause at a particularly unfortunate time could prove rather harmful to public health. For example, when bird flu is really beginning to ramp up. Hope states can plug the holes in the boat...

Ask me again why I wear a mask 99.9% of the time I’m in public (tiny allowance for the dentist). Can’t end up with long covid if you don’t get covid. 👍

I don't know shit.

Right on. And this kind of crap occurs on BOTH sides of the aisle.

Dear Congressional democrats: I won't give another time to any of you until you put your noses in a book and figure out how to *effectively* counteract the felonious fascist in the White House. I'll vote for you because the alternative is far worse, but I won't line your pockets. #FigureItOut

And this evidently already began. What this means for us is that each person will have to look more carefully at the information that's being provided to us, adopt a certain level of science literacy, weed through the BS, & make decisions based on the closest thing to the truth that you can figure.

I would be much less concerned if we humans were not collectively providing SO many chances for advantageous mutations to arise through lottery during replication. It would be so much better if we would just try harder. There's no political will in the US and no societal will, either.

From the American Heart Association.

Correct. Bird flu is widespread enough that you should not assume that it could not possibly be in your vicinity. We’re not testing enough to know for sure. Be sensible, take reasonable steps, avoid the stuff and help your fur people avoid the stuff.

Excellent thread on bird flu vaccines and why they’re not in the seasonal flu vaccine. If people can bring themselves to use an mRNA vaccine, and there’s no reason not to, we’ll be able to ramp up bird flu vaccines quickly when needed. I sure wouldn’t want to wait til next fall’s seasonal vaccine.

Respect is earned, and Donold has none. He desperately wants people to fear him. They don’t.

Everything is for sale with the Grifter in Chief.

Add this to norovirus being really active and you shouldn’t make assumptions about what illness you have. Get a test and get the proper treatment. And then avoid giving it to others, in any case.

This shouldn't be reassuring to anyone. "They had underlying conditions." So do virtually all Americans. All you have to do is include being obese as an underlying condition, which it is. Next, count up asthma, CV disease, diabetes.