Marie Flanigan

I don’t know what I would do in your shoes. The closest situation I’ve ever experienced was when my grandfather had a stroke and recovered as a very different man from the one my grandmother married. She learned to love the new man but it took a while.

Glad you’re feeling better. Sorry about the out of the frying pan into the fire recovery though.

U.K. dismisses ambassador to U.S. over links to Jeffrey Epstein British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired Peter Mandelson after diplomats said “additional information” emerged about his links with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired the U.K. ambassador to the United States on Thursday, after officials said “additional information” came to light about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://wapo.st/46a7hG1

I’m so glad you’re going to give it a try. I really hope it’s helpful.

If you aren’t in a family of stoke victims support group, you absolutely should be. I know you’re disinclined toward group activities but you don’t just need local friends, you need local friends who really understand what you’re going through and people in those groups absolutely do.

The aftermath is often the hardest bit. During a crisis there is all the fear and fighting to keep your adrenaline up. But the calm that follows a crisis can feel flat and depressing and now you’re living with a guy who is and isn’t the guy you married. That’s hard no matter how you look at it.

Damn that’s steep for that.

You’re allowed to have fun sometimes.

😮

I’m so sorry. That’s really rough.

I think couples counseling along with him seeing a counselor on his own is probably a good idea. The problem with self-soothing is that so often it’s counterproductive to actually feeling better long term, but the stuff that makes you actually feel better is hard to do when you’re feeling down.

I’m glad you’re here. I’m here too.

in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list

Can vitamin A treat measles? RFK Jr. suggests so. Kids are overdosing. Vitamin A supplements will not protect someone from measles, and they are not a substitute for a vaccine, infectious-disease experts said.

Vitamin A supplements will not protect someone from measles, and they are not a substitute for the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, infectious-disease experts said.

The best way to protect against a measles infection is the two-dose vaccine, experts say.

A reference to that stuff is in my current book. Weird

Congress is reversing a tax on this climate superpollutant The Senate voted to overturn an EPA rule requiring oil companies to pay a fine for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

The Senate voted Thursday to overturn a Biden-era rule that required oil companies to pay a fine for emitting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that has significantly contributed to climate change.

Been there, done that. 😫

PAX Unplugged Celebrates Decades of Tabletop Roleplaying and Board Games - Gameindustry.com PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, Pa this year focused on tabletop gaming, and the event is continuously growing in both vendors and attendees.

So fun!

As someone who was scheduled for a ‘simple’ cardiac ablation that wouldn’t take more than two hours and then SIX HOURS LATER finally woke up in the recovery room I can’t even imagine what my bill would have been. This is unconscionable.

Today’s #coffee choice. So delicious.

Cucumbers recalled after at least 68 people fall ill with salmonella Federal regulators, which have fielded reports from 19 states, say the number of people sickened may be much higher.

A cucumber recall was issued in connection with a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 68 people — including 18 who required hospitalization — across multiple states, federal officials said.

Supreme Court appears sympathetic to FDA’s rejection of flavored vapes The FDA has rejected applications for more than 1 million fruit, candy and dessert-flavored e-cigarettes and vaping liquids in recent years.

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to arguments that the FDA acted properly when it rejected applications to market fruit- and dessert-flavored liquids for e-cigarettes that the agency says are particularly attractive to young people who risk getting hooked on nicotine.

For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history.

Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.

But it's not over.

A thread.

Perception is such a weird thing.

In the town ‘Erin Brockovich’ made famous, residents still fear dirty water An ongoing struggle in Hinkley, California, to remove dangerous chemicals from drinking water demonstrates how difficult contamination can be to clean up.

An ongoing struggle in Hinkley, California, to remove dangerous chemicals from drinking water demonstrates how difficult contamination can be to clean up.

Nations fail to deliver U.N. treaty on cleaning up plastic pollution Delegates from close to 200 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

Global talks to forge a landmark treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution broke down after negotiators from more than 170 countries remained deadlocked over how to curb the world’s growing mountain of plastic waste.

Our system puts an incredible burden on the people who need the most assistance. The limits and requirements of these programs leave people in poverty - the last thing we can do is LOSE ground here. OP provides great, usable info on how to defend (and improve) what we’ve got.

Reusing plastic water bottles, to-go containers? Scientists say that’s a bad idea. Many of us reuse single-use plastics like water bottles, takeout containers and plastic bags. But is that safe?

Many of us reuse single-use plastics like water bottles, takeout containers and plastic bags. But is that safe?

Hotel life #Thanksgiving2024