Leave the fuoride.
Remove the worms.
You know who I mean.

Leave the fluoride.
Remove the lead.

Why Calgary reversed its decision on fluoride after 10 years After a decade without fluoride, Calgary had seen enough. The city’s reversal offers a critical perspective for communities debating the future of water fluoridation.

No. No bueno.
www.dentistryiq.com/dentistry/re...

Hegseth is literally denying a story that the NSC has already confirmed and in which receipts were printed verbatim.

Remember this the next time he impugns another journalist.

23andMe’s Bankruptcy Puts 15 Million Users’ DNA Info on Auction Block Millions of Americans who sent their saliva to 23andMe in the hopes of finding lost relatives or identifying health risks buried in their DNA now face seeing their genetic information sold to the high...

Millions of 23andMe users now face seeing their genetic information sold to the highest bidder as part of the company’s bankruptcy, setting up a test of existing legal safeguards around privacy and safety.

I’m sure glad the U.S. Secretary of Defense doesn’t have an unacknowledged and unaddressed severe drinking problem right now.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

Me and all former intel & DoD people:

This is a dangerous security breach, our few allies left will share less intel with us, people broke laws & should be fired

As *trans* former intel analyst:

OMG, these incompetent people are the “threat to our military’s lethality”, not trans servicemembers.

The Coming Global Health Crisis America is retreating, and China won’t fill the void.

A gut-wrenching read on the US withdrawal from global health funding: "By dismantling this architecture of vigilance, the US will create blind spots where emerging diseases can incubate before they arrive fully fledged on the country’s doorstep." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/coming...

Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say Current and former employees, and advocates for retirees, have said the changes being made would strain an already struggling system.

"The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios."

www.axios.com/2025/03/24/s...

If Democrats are on the ball, they will make sure every single person in America knows why Social Security is now unreachable.

"The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester"

Car advocates are right to worry that once you build cities for people instead of cars, those people will stop voting for the interests of the car industry.

What the Assault on Public Education Means for Kids with Disabilities The future of the Department of Education may hinge on the world views of two billionaires who abhor what they perceive as weakness and waste.

Gutting the Department of Education would deliver a terrible blow to public schools, and have an immediate and tangible impact on students with disabilities.

Louise Bourgeois, French-American (1911-2010), Sleep II, 1967, marble, 59.4 x 76.8 x 60.3 cm, two wooden timbers, c. 27.9 x 83.8 x 35.5 cm each, The Easton Foundation, New York City, New York, USA

If it feels desperate, it is.

Jack Roosevelt Robinson. Forever an American hero.

Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.

~Primo Levi

Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie 'Glory' erased from Pentagon website Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him for DEI reasons.

taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier...

Finland again ranked happiest country in the world, U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position Besides Finland, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden remain the top four and in the same order, this year’s World Happiness Report says

Finland is named the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025. U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position, #24. (Canada ranks #18 of 147 countries.) www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.com @worldhappiness.report

Edward Hopper, American (1882-1967), Hotel Lobby, 1943, oil on canvas, 81.9 cm x 103.5 cm, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

František Kupka, Czech (1871-1957), La Forme du vermillon, 1923, oil on canvas, 72 x 59 cm, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Today I find myself without words. All I can think about is how important it is that we are kind and gentle to one another in the days ahead

Defense Department pulls Jackie Robinson story The Department of Defense deleted a story on its website that highlighted Jackie Robinson's military service, with the original URL redirecting to one that added the letters "dei" in front of "sports-...

Wonder if it will move the needle that normie sites like ESPN are now covering the attempted erasure of Black folks.

Food Safety Jeopardized by Onslaught of Funding and Staff Cuts

I'm no expert but I do like eating foods and this seems pretty bad
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/h...

The Good Old Days...

Thousands sign petition to rename Nashville International Airport after Dolly Parton A grassroots effort is underway to rename Nashville International Airport (BNA) after legendary Tennessee singer Dolly Parton.

www.wsmv.com/2025/03/19/t...

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”

@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”

NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*

(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

Something to think about

This but specifically for writing.

I can't escape the feeling that what happens in the next two months is going to determine how we live for the next two decades.