Mary the Med Tech

Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades?

Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes

The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event

US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: ‘I feel betrayed’ Exclusive: Border patrol arrested José Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.

José Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:

“I feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

A ribbon of green light topped with red swirls across the sky, high above the silhouettes of spear trees. The forest rims a barely frozen pond that reflects a bit of the light.

Ribbons of bright, red and green light fill the sky behind the tall silhouettes of spruce trees. The red light is on top of the green.

Looking straight up into the night, sky, green swirls of Aurora form of Phoenix, like image surrounded by red light that is glowing higher up behind it.

Looking up into the night, sky, curtains of red and green light pour down from high in the atmosphere a start contrast of the silhouettes of trees.

A few more photos from tonight’s incredible #aurora. I’m fascinated by the amount of red light tonight. This is generated by oxygen molecules being excited by light plasma at least 600 km above the Earth. The green is also oxygen molecules, but much lower (100-250km). Definitely a great night.

Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?

What is happening in the Senate tonight is a travesty and betrayal for every person who depends on ACA subsidies.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

This is amazing

Meet Jane Goodall.

Yes, Jane Goodall.

And yes, that's the right photo.

This baby rhino got her name when the Uganda Wildlife Authority started naming rhinos as part of the country’s National Rhino Conservation Strategy.

Photo: Uganda Wildlife Authority

Most people don’t know that with SNAP you are banned from buying “foods that are hot at the point of sale”. So even if you have SNAP (which people don’t now) you can’t get cooked food. Which means you need to also actually have the resources to PREPARE a “healthy” meal.

This should be super popular right around Thanksgiving

Speaker Johnson’s unprecedented, democracy-thwarting effort to keep the Epstein files secret On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote. Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Joh...

On September 23, Adelita Grijalva won a special election to represent Arizona in the House of Representatives in a landslide, collecting 69% of the vote.

Forty-three days later, House Speaker Mike Johnson has not sworn in Grijalva.

oh my god they actually did it lmao

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

If #Mamdani wins in New York, especially if he wins BIG, it would be the most powerful indication we’ve seen that big money, big media & big politics CAN be beat in today’s USA. That might be the most hopeful & inspiring thing to come out of a depressed & broken United States this year. #VOTEMamdani

It’s actually mind-blowing how Trump is overtly threatening New York City voters, that if they don’t elect his corrupt crony over the candidate with integrity that they WANT to be mayor, he’s going to blatantly break the law and punish them using powers he’s doesn’t actually have.

Sound “normal?”

"I am openly defying a court order so I can starve children if Democrats don't let me take healthcare away from millions"

once again we are in 'too evil for a saturday morning cartoon' territory

The 4,800 Year Old Artificial Eye Archaeologists in Iran recently found the skull of a woman nearly 5,000 years dead with a prosthetic eye made of tar and animal fat intact in her eye socket. According to experts, this super ancient c...

It's just a cool story that I like to share from time to time. And if others share it, awesome! Here's more about this incredible discovery from 2006: www.wired.com/2006/12/the-...

Looking at this page on the White House website, it’s impossible to ignore how utterly juvenile the Trump administration is, it’s being run by children.

In Texas, the nation's MAHA capital, many are frustrated with the status quo in health care Texas is the MAHA capital of the country — offering a look at health policies that may soon roll across the country.

New: I spent a week in Texas to see what people thought of MAHA, Secretary Kennedy and health care. To some, this state is the heart of the movement.

I was consistently surprised by what I heard, and moved by how Texans are grappling with poor health. Come w/ me: www.statnews.com/2025/11/03/m...

A tweet from Acyn (@Acyn) reads: “O’Donnell: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far? Trump: I think they haven’t gone far enough.” Below the tweet is a screenshot from 60 Minutes, showing Donald Trump with a serious expression.

The monster in the White House.

This still shows that a lot of people in the country don't really know who they need to be mad at in this instance. One party controls ALL OF THE CURRENT LEVERS OF FEDERAL POWER, FOCUS.

Let’s be clear, most EBT users are white. The reason he’s specifically lying about “weaves” and we’ve seen so many AI fakes of Black women ranting about food stamps is they need to make BW the face EBT because they know many Americans don’t care if Black people suffer, and some actually wish for it.

Republicans understand that the best way to kill social programs is to paint their beneficiaries as Black, as support for these programs declines — even amongst white people who need them — when they think large numbers of Black people will benefit.

news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...

A tweet from Jamie Dupree reads: “For those wondering, the debt went over $37 trillion on August 12, 2025. Up $1 trillion in just over 2 months!” It quotes his earlier post that says, “National Debt goes over $38 trillion,” with alert emojis on either side of the text.

But sure, more tax cuts for billionaires.

a man wearing glasses is standing in front of a blackboard and saying `` anyone ? '' . Alt: Ben Stein, a conservative economist, in his role as a teacher in Ferris Buehler's Day Off, is standing in front of a blackboard and saying ``Anyone?''

"The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?
Which...anyone?
Raised or lowered?
Raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government.
Did it work?
Anyone?
It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.
Today, we have a similar debate over this."

UPDATE: Trump is freaking out about the (very effective) anti-tariffs ad Canada 🇨🇦 is running in 🇺🇸 (during baseball playoffs), saying trade negotiations are now “terminated” — so here it is again 👇🏽

Reagan’s audio is, of course, VERY REAL. He is lying: www.youtube.com/shorts/Mj6N-...

Why Do Some Comets Dazzle While Others Fizzle? A comet’s brightness depends on how it’s made, how and when we see it, and even a bit of unpredictable luck

I wrote a thing!

Why do some comets (sometimes literally) explode in brightness while others fizzle out?

www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

🔭🧪

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.