Mandy Little

Cultures lol

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months’ pay in effort to shrink size of government WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it would begin subjecting all federal employees to “enhanced standards of suitability and conduct” and warned of future downsizing,…

Holy crap. Even some physicians who work for the VA received these letters. How does encouraging resignations when you already have a VA physician shortage help improve the VA?! www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politic...

I’m buying my groceries exclusively from Costco now, by the way. I might end up with more food than I need, but my values aren’t compromised.

Those are my bike tracks!

They look like ballerinas

One of our rural VA clinics has been short a physician for 3 years, but they finally had a candidate who was slated to start in the next few weeks. Now the offer has been rescinded due to the hiring freeze. #ThanksTrump for worsening rural healthcare access for veterans.

Wikipedia? Sorry I can’t be more help. Now plants…

Good one!!

“Now there’s nothing stopping me from changing my status to ‘In a Relationship.’” Tim Carabine, Iguana Breeder

Meta To End Fact-Checking
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Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

A colorful orange sunset reflects in the partially frozen surface of the Mississippi River with tall arches of a bridge over the river in the background. Steam from a powerplant rises in the distance as well.

A little bike ride sunset view palate cleanse. Cars streamed by next to me, none of them able to take a moment and soak up this view. I passed several other cyclists after this sitting and doing the same thing - taking in the peace and calm of a beautiful sunset.

Biden’s parting gift to Northern California: A new national monument in the remains of an ancient volcano The Sáttítla Highlands National Monument is a striking volcanic landscape that includes Medicine Lake, Glass Mountain Obsidian Flow and countless lava beds.

www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... This is marvelous (and unexpected) good news. I've been taking my geology students on field trips at Medicine Lake and Lava Beds for three decades.

Either challenger or mt st Helen whichever came first

Great video! Reminds me of my own adventures. Thanks for sharing.

Chocolate intake and risk of type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort studies Objective To prospectively investigate the associations between dark, milk, and total chocolate consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in three US cohorts. Design Prospective cohort studies. ...

🍫 Science says we should eat more (dark) chocolate!

A new @bmj.com study shows that eating dark chocolate (5+ servings/week) is linked to a 21% lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

As good an excuse as ever as Christmas draws near...

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#SciComm 🧪 🍎 #Health #AcademicSky

Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' Laysan albatross Wisdom was spotted with her new partner and egg at a Pacific Ocean refuge.

‼️This is not a drill!‼️

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross & the world’s oldest known wild bird, has laid an egg, at ~74 years old!🧪

Proud of you, Wisdom. To many more eggs in your future

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I’m wrong

It’s that time again.

Just a few minutes ago from #NautilusLive at 440m deep south of Palau. After successful #urchin collection a large #shark 🦈 visited #ROVHercules surprising everyone aboard & on shore

Watch Ethiopian wolves drink flower nectar, a first for a large carnivore Pollen coating their muzzles suggests the endangered canids may act as furry pollinators

Ethiopian wolves drink nectar and are potential pollinators of red hot pokers. And as usual with species doing weird things unexpectedly, they’re critically endangered due to human encroachment.

www.science.org/content/arti...

Gettin in on the ground floor of something?