Mulling It Over

Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important

Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone

Call it a Day Of Transparency

Is there anyone out there that is mapping any delayed or cancelled federal payments ? Would be really interesting to see which towns and cities are going to be hit

In Michigan –

NIH funding:
$991 MILLION

Jobs supported:
11,965

Economic activity supported:
2.42 BILLION

Biopharmaceutical Industry Jobs:
43,741

Biopharmaceutical Industry businesses:
2,379

New Osterholm Update podcast episode! @mtosterholm & @cvdall detail how the latest fed govt moves affect public health locally and globally. Dr O also discusses the latest developments in H5N1 avian flu and the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas

www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

This seems to conflict with what DOJ said. Then again they’re probably lying to DOJ.

Celtic Traveller Throw (Ravelry)
🧶 #knit

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Trump must be held accountable for the chaos/disruption he's bringing:
- 67 people dead in the Potomac
- many more will die due to disabling of CDC, clinical trials, public health systems
- tariffs, mass deportations will raise prices for all Americans incl on food, health care, gas, day care

Photo of a pink tree peony blossom.

My favorite photo of one of my late mom’s tree peonies. It almost looks like a painting. Always makes me smile.

Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.

A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...

ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back theSkimm makes it easier to live smarter. You're welcome. Get all the info you need from AM to PM, wherever you are.

The administration took down the reproductive rights website that women need access to. So The Skimm bought a url and brought the content back. Pass this on!

Go to reproductiverightsdotgov.com

Scotland in bird flu lockdown as prevention zone established THE SCOTTISH Government has declared that the whole of Scotland is now under an avian flu prevention zone ...

NEW: The Scottish Government has declared that the whole of Scotland is now under an avian flu prevention zone

The announcement follows an exclusion zone being established in Aberdeen earlier this month following an outbreak of avian flu

www.thenational.scot/news/2488477...

Bird flu prevention zone in place across England The order, in place from midday on Saturday, comes as cases of bird flu are on the rise.

BBC News - Bird flu prevention zone imposed on England
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump Is Trying to Destroy Public Health in America The administration has forced crucial scientific activity to grind to a halt. It’s an act of national suicide.

"Scientists, despite critiques thrown around during Covid for being “too political,” are generally focused on research and care of patients. Pick your battle. For me, it’s about public health, biomedicine and healthcare in America and I’ll fight as long as I can."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

🧪 #PublicHealth is under attack in the US, and among those to fall may be a mainstay of #EpiSky and #MedSky : The CDC's MMWR. We at Broadly Epi want to introduce an open, searchable MMWR database as a response. It's a work in progress, but we will keep at it. www.broadlyepi.com/broadly-epi-...

Trump's Gag Order Halts CDC Publication MMWR did not publish as usual at 1 p.m. today

For the first time in its more than 60-year history, the CDC's Weekly Report did not go out as scheduled

"This is a concerning precedent that public health messages won't be left to public health professionals and experts, and instead will be potentially controlled by politicians,"

This is absolutely chilling.

He truly is a sociopath.

I started knitting my emotional support chicken yesterday. 🧶

Orange lily called Connecticut Yankee

Orange lily (Connecticut Yankee) from my mom’s garden in summer.
#garden

#ikebana

Shoka flower arrangement

Shoka, Ikenobo School

📌

Meta faces April trial in FTC case seeking to unwind Instagram merger Facebook owner Meta Platforms will face trial in April over the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's allegations that the social media platform bought Instagram and WhatsApp to crush emerging competition, a judge in Washington said on Monday.

Mark Zuckerberg scrapped fact-checking from Meta platforms. He's also added Trump ally Dana White to Meta's board and is helping fund his inauguration.

Why is Zuckerberg kissing Trump's ring?

Perhaps it's because of the FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Meta.

Follow the money.

It's really not about leaving the other platforms. It's about bringing people here and giving them more engagement than the other apps.

That's what people want. Engagement. Takes nothing to offer it

If there is a user on another app that you like, DM them and invite them here. Post and tag me

IF YOU BELIEVE THE MANY SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER THE FEW, this is your time.
As a decentralized platform, @bsky.app is probably the last, best chance for this to happen

This has nothing to do with me. I'm just stating the obvious.

It has everything to do with what the 1.2m @bsky.app users do.

I love Opal yarn for knitting socks. 😊
Happy New Year!

I did a quick search. Found one worsted weight that might work for you. Yarnspirations Caron Cakes. Rainbow Sprinkles.
Happy New Year!

The Knit Picks is fingering weight yarn. Would that be thick enough? Or would you need DK weight?

Partially knit sock.

I saw this on threads and bought the yarn at KnitPicks.com last week. It arrived today. Felici. Color is “Lori”. (Sorry I don’t have the name of the person who posted on threads)