Gretchen

I was too, I had a good following, but I wasn’t a journalist or in the media at all. However, very, very few of the connections I thought I made transferred off the platform (even onto other platforms), and I spent so much time on … nothing. I now spend my time with my daughter.

Me too.

It feels like the latest in the continuum of people who did Spartan races and CrossFit Games and forgot how injured they got.

Someone in the local FB Mom’s group has submitted photos of their kid’s full body rash and is asking if it is chicken pox OR MEASLES.

This is why I feel like I can’t go anywhere around here.

There are no adults in the building.

I want a refund.

I mean, I had to have a induction, had to be on drip magnesium for a week to prevent seizures, and now have permanent high blood pressure… but I didn’t land in the ICU and do have a healthy child.

I hate it here.

For reference, I got two Covid boosters during my pregnancy, didn’t get COVID or give it to my baby.

I did, however, develop severe preeclampsia, and shudder to think about how much worse my outcome would have been if I had gotten
Covid during my pregnancy.

Decline in remote jobs risks shutting disabled people out of work, study finds Research project warns fall in homeworking roles could undermine efforts to reduce unemployment

Many disabled and chronically ill people are demonized for not working full-time jobs, when the truth is they can be forced out due to inaccessible policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

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Adorable!!

This is the kind of thing a rich CEO says at the beginning of a science fiction movie to establish for the audience that he is a sociopath and the villain.

This is the way:

My thought exactly.

i've decided not to listen to the audio of a teacher reporting a kindergartender because frankly I don't want to become the person that that event would turn me into. but one thing I hope we are collectively coming to grips with is what it meant that we have lived among such people this whole time

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds Wood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds..

Wood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I think the greatest gift college professors in the humanities can give to students right now is a seminar room where, for 80 minutes twice a week, nothing that happens to them is a sales pitch for an AI product.

HISTORY.

The Olympic gold medal women’s hockey game featuring USA vs. Canada was the most-watched women’s hockey game on record in the United States, according to NBC Sports.

The Peace Corps is announcing the creation of “Tech Corps”.

I am downright devastated by the Peace Corps introducing a “Tech Corps” program to push AI in developing countries. It is a disgrace to the service we have done as returned volunteers.

Valuing wildfire smoke–related mortality benefits from climate mitigation | PNAS Human-induced climate change has increased wildfire risks, associated air pollution, and health damages in North America. Despite its large potenti...

🚨🔥 NEW: Increasing mortality from wildfire smoke is directly traceable to greenhouse gas emissions. In our new paper in @pnas.org , we show that every megaton of CO2 emitted costs the US more than 10 million dollars in health costs from wildfire smoke. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

There is so much pent up demand for joy and to believe in the future.

What’s up with the US Hockey teams and Freebird?

The Mr said it’s because there’s nothing more American than Lynyrd Skynyrd.

My brother and his family knew a lot of the families affected by the Castle Peak avalanche, but they’re still planning on hitting the fresh powder tomorrow at Sugar Bowl. Ski Week fever.

My favorite spot to run is the cascade canal above Gracie, it’s got to be just as pretty right now!

I was almost run down by a kid on an e-bike or an e-motor last week while I was on a mom run club and pushing my daughter in a stroller. I don’t have time to know what the classification is, I just want the streets AND trails to be safe for my child.

How Political Chaos Is Affecting Americans’ Mental Health - Dame Magazine As political instability rises, so do anxiety, depression, and disengagement. New research shows how national turmoil is reshaping Americans’ mental health.

If you’ve felt exhausted, anxious, or numb in the face of nonstop political turmoil, you’re not imagining it and you're definitely not alone.

@sarahsloat.bsky.social looks at the research on the psychological and physical toll of polycrisis.

Like with using children as bait and eating at a restaurant then kidnapping the people who prepared it, ICE is routinely breaking taboos that have been part of human civilization since before recorded history.

U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

I’m shocked too, I’m waiting for all the details before casting blame, but this storm was forecast for quite some time, it feels irresponsible to me to have gone out knowing it was coming.