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newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.

While the US continues to regress in public health progress, 🇦🇺 Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. HPV vaccines 💉 and strong GP-led screening programs cut cases in young women to zero -- showing prevention and early detection really work!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...

Now we have a presentation from Mark Blaxill, an anti-vaccine activist responsible for the site Age of Autism, which is profoundly ableistic. He describes himself as a critic of the CDC.

He will present on the safety of the HBV vaccine.

VICP claims are not how you evaluate safety.

They appear to be helpful with reversing menopausal weight gain. Another way people gain weight despite healthy diets and regular exercise.

Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.

Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.

Don't look up!

Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.

The hypocrisy is stunning.

“Orwellian shit going on in Tennessee — Republican voters are being threatened to vote, Democratic voters are being told to vote a day late.”

👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.

And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔

Every day that goes by, the people who abused those children are going without consequence.

Children were raped.

People knew & did nothing.
Hold them accountable regardless of party or wealth.

@democrats.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

Senator Kelly is correct.

Plus a Public Service Announcement:

KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.

The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

The wealthy are only wealthy from taking money from others.

Stop spending on all but necessities.
We need to stop the “consumer spending” and demand the wealthy pay taxes rather than live off the rest of us.

I nuked the sorting ability in gmail by turning off the “smart text” option.

I don’t want AI in my emails.

Having one giant inbox is helping me unsubscribe from all those marketing emails.

Push AI = I’ve created an “unsubscribe from everything unnecessary” protocol.

AI should be opt-in only.

👇👇

Two cats. They sit precisely at the top edge of a cabinet with direct eye contact and judgement in their eyes. On the left a fluffy black cat cocks his head and wonders about the wisdom of your choices. On the right, with white paws delicately over the edge, a black tuxedo cat stares deep into your soul and weighs your existence.

The guardians at the gate

Shop small
Shop independent
Shop local (I found them when I lived in Chicago and they ship fast!)

My go-to tea home 🤓

@fridaytea.com

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Friday Afternoon Tea Tasty teas and community events in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. Custom blending services available! We offer retail and wholesale bulk tea.

@fridaytea.com in Seattle, which may be the official tea purveyor of Bluesky. They're doing a different discount each day. Today is "Small Farm Saturday" & gets you 20% off all pure teas w/code "smallfarms". This includes my personal fave, Nepali Breakfast. www.fridaytea.com

It’s that simple. This is why we were shouting form the rooftops about the dangers of RFK Jr. being in charge of HHS.

He will never, ever, admit he was wrong, nor will any of these other people.

Policy-based evidence making.

I am so sorry for the pain and loss.

Gentle hugs and a shoulder from an internet stranger.

Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday () -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, ​demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...

Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.

Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.

Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.

Support local independent coffee shops:

This is not normal.
This is not OK.

@wyden.senate.gov @repbonamici.bsky.social

What are you all allowing?

YouTube video by Law & Society Breaking Down Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving Post

The Afghan refugee settlement became a reality after Donald Trump withdrew from Afghanistan after negotiating with the Taliban. youtu.be/7Erl700U7Q4

GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”

Wanting to address this isn’t radical.

NOT wanting to is.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

No. Once a company opens their data to Palantir they aren’t trustworthy.

I know. So much surveillance… doesn’t mean I have to agree to it or make it that easy.

Ditched my Oura and don’t recommend them anymore.

No.

Hard pass.

I stopped using my Oura ring when they opened their data to Palantir.

No thanks.

I stopped using my Oura when they opened their data to Palantir.

Same.

Anyone using AI in a presentation, unless it’s a presentation on AI is suspect.

I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.

Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.

A black and white tuxedo cat just hanging out on a slightly shredded gray shower curtain.

Cats.

Do you suppose she thinks her name is “Why?!”

Waiting for my turn in the shower, it’s a bit busy right now.

So a big part of the Project 2025 goals hinges on forcing women out of the workforce. The Heritage Foundation knows that women voters hold the most power in terms of sheer numbers. If they can push you out of the workforce, they can push you out of your voting rights.