Coonie

a merry christmas greeting card with santa reindeer and elf ALT: a merry christmas greeting card with santa reindeer and elf

Merry Christmas

All these goobers posting airplanes and stars thinking they’re drones made me realize that if there was social media 500 years ago, a bunch of people would have been sharing pictures labeled “omg a mermaid” with community notes like “that’s a rock” and “manatee.”

a 5 foot tree in a living room. it's very scraggly at the top with a tall empty stem. a gold star has been placed on the highest point. a curly blond dog wearing a red and green hat sits in front of the tree. his expression implies he is less than impressed with the new holiday decor.

This is George. He loved this tree at the lot. Then he got it home and realized it's not what he pictured. 12/10

The most impressive accomplishment in Aaron Rodgers' career is that he managed to hide how extraordinarily unlikable he is for like 15 years.

a picture of a light fixture in my ceiling

I was skeptical of the drone reports at first.

I mocked people who reported them.

I laughed at them.

And then I saw one for myself and captured photographic evidence.

They’re real.

A letter from polio in support of RFK Jr., co-signed by natural selection | Opinion A letter from the highly contagious viral disease polio, written to members of the U.S. Senate in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation.

If you read one thing today, it should be this. *chef’s kiss* www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Tornado warning in SF, unidentified drones in Jersey. I give up

San Francisco reports its first flu death of the respiratory virus season San Francisco health officials Friday reported the first flu-related death this respiratory virus season, but COVID levels in the community still remain low.

“San Francisco health officials Friday reported the first #flu-related death this respiratory virus season, an adult older than 65 who had not gotten the annual influenza vaccine.” #FightFlu #Ivax2protect @sfchronicle
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Kennedy’s lawyer has asked the FDA to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine | CNN President-elect Donald Trump has praised the polio vaccine as the “greatest thing,” but a lawyer affiliated with Trump’s pick to lead the country’s top heath agency has petitioned the US Food and Drug...

President-elect Donald Trump has praised the polio vaccine as the “greatest thing,” but a lawyer affiliated with Trump’s pick to lead the country’s top heath agency has petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the vaccine used in the United States.

*Screams in acute stroke management*

We did it once we can do it again

Fifth wolf killed in unit north of Yellowstone National Park despite quota • Daily Montanan A fifth wolf was found to have been shot and killed in Wolf Management 313 earlier this month, the unit just north of Yellowstone National Park where the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission had put a...

Five wolves were killed in MT's Wolf Management Unit 313, exceeding the allotted kill quota of four. All five wolves were members of the same family - the 8 Mile Pack. A devastating and unnecessary blow.

Georgia axes maternal health panel after abortion deaths leak - BBC News Members of the task force had told ProPublica the state's abortion ban had led to women's deaths.

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The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 GBD 2021 provides valuable information for policy makers, health-care professionals, and researchers in the USA at the national and state levels to prioritise interventions, allocate resources effectively, and assess the effects of health policies and programmes. By addressing socioeconomic determinants, risk behaviours, environmental influences, and health disparities among minority populations, the USA can work towards improving health outcomes so that people can live longer and healthier lives.

U.S. falls yet further behind 👉The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 - The Lancet #health #healthcare #Medsky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Physicians are not blameless in the construction of our current health care system, but let’s not pretend we are making any decisions about anything right now. We are cogs in a wheel that is on fire.