Lorinda Sorensen ND

One of the greatest comebacks in NCAA basketball history was led last night by Kelvin Sampson, a member of the Lumbee, an Indigenous and Black North Carolina tribe. His father helped fight off the Klan in the Battle of Hayes Pond. He’s the first Native coach to ever go to Final Four. DEI, baby! ✊🏽

06.04.2025 11:35 — 👍 1527    🔁 228    💬 20    📌 18

Part of me is happy to be part of the community witnessing this filibuster, the other part is absolutely angry, gutted and miserable when thinking about the reasons why it is happening.

01.04.2025 17:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘Everyone deserves clean air,’ says a Chicago EPA worker who fears her job will end Ellie Hagen is a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency. She worries proposed cuts at EPA will put people’s health at risk.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees gathered in downtown Chicago this week to protest plans to cut its staff and budget as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government.

www.wbez.org/environment/...

28.03.2025 16:36 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

An upside-down American flag hangs from El Capitan near Yosemite National Park’s Horsetail Fall on Saturday to protest the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration. Tracy Barbutes/Special to the Chronicle

Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.

23.02.2025 05:57 — 👍 15935    🔁 4227    💬 102    📌 198

I work in Lombard and had no idea this existed! This is a pharmacy I can support.

21.02.2025 14:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There are 466 species of Verbascum all over the world. How to tell them apart? Start with knowing what zygomorphic is. #plantidentification #botany #materiamedica

18.02.2025 04:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Free Seeds from FreeHeirloomSeeds.org FreeHeirloomSeeds.org is a community resource connecting people with the means to produce our own food. We offer Free Heirloom Seeds to individuals, organic gardening & sustainability resources, as we...

If you didn't garden before, you might want to try your hand at growing some things. You don't need a lot of space. You can use buckets and bags.

I just ordered some from FreeHeirloomSeeds.org
Just make a donation and pick out the seeds you want :-)

15.02.2025 21:09 — 👍 125    🔁 40    💬 17    📌 2

Valentine’s Day massacre: Uncounted throng of Wyomingites fired by Trump administration - WyoFile The government has yet to disclose how many lost their jobs, despite repeated inquiries. Many of those affected, however, shared their stories, and their fears for the agencies they once served.

Valentine’s Day massacre: Uncounted throng of Wyomingites fired by Trump administration - WyoFile wyofile.com/valentines-d...

15.02.2025 19:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Scoop: 950 Indian Health Service employees laid off. The valuable public health program is already under-staffed. All probationary staff were told they would be laid off by the Trump administration.

Scoop: 950 Indian Health Service employees laid off by Trump. The valuable health program is already under-staffed.

Audio of the announcement included an emotional IHS Deputy Director who, choking back tears, said "We stand with you."

More+audio here:
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-950-...

14.02.2025 22:06 — 👍 56    🔁 32    💬 5    📌 7