Rachael

Fact check:

mRNA vaccines for respiratory viruses are meant to prevent severe illness (bad Pneumonia).

This means beefing up our immunity in the *lower* respiratory tract, eg the lungs.

Kennedy talks about the *upper* respiratory tract and vaccine efficacy in nonsensical gibberish.

ICE Set to Vastly Expand Its Reach With New Funds

These funds could sustain the National Science Foundation for 17 years and make the US a great country. Instead, they'll be used to terrorize people in the US.

💯% insane

Coercion and bribery are not diplomacy.

This could be an episode from VEEP.

For me it’s always Billy Joel and Elton John.

CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) has provided real-time data and analysis about disease outbreaks and emerging health threats without a break every week since 1960.

Until today.

Peaceful Tuesday evening.

December 29, 2024 Former President Jimmy Carter died today, December 29, 2024, at age 100 after a life characterized by a dedication to human rights.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-2...

@hcrichardson.bsky.social essay on Jimmy Carter’s life, centered on social justice, is a must-read. He was a national treasure.

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Quit the day after the election and haven’t missed it at all. Life is so much more pleasant.

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
The bird is in the oven!

Finally. This should have happened a lot sooner. Can’t tell you how happy this UNC fan is to see the back of him walk out to door.

She was a beautiful cat, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing your posts.

Vaccines save lives. The end.

Expectantly waiting for the weekend … or 2nd breakfast

#cats #catsofbluesky

What has he done to his face?

💯

Cat flat on back in front of fireplace

Can’t tell if he is relaxed…🤔

Mini Moo, Mimi, and Dipstick, three black and white “cow” kittens. Only the top of Dipsticks black ears are visible as she is hunkered down inside a cat cubby tree.

Catarina and Agnes, two shiny black young cats with striking yellow eyes.

Dashi and Miso, a fluffy brown tabby kitten and his pretty cream colored sister with grey lynx point markings

Eevee and Pikachu, a dilute tortoiseshell tabby kitten is being groomed by her buff tabby brother.

ALL of our adoptable kittens, including the extremely popular and beautiful Dashi & Miso, Mini Moo, Mimi, Dipstick, Eevee & Pikachu, and of course our longer term residents (still waiting for an app) Agnes & Catarina, & shy Turnip, are ALL now available on crits4cats.petfinder.org

Moody waterfall
#mountrainiernationalpark

Does anyone else secretly pronounce Bluesky in their head as Blue Ski?

It’s going to be a looooong 4 years.

Disgusting

Cat with paws together

Paws together

If I could 👍 this post a million times I would

Tallegeda Nights

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Inside Job How a conspiracy-spewing literal Kennedy posing as a populist outsider jolted the Democratic Party.

😬 "While waiting for his plate of meat loaf, gravy, and an iceberg wedge at an empty restaurant in Concord, New Hampshire, on the first day of June, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was gently explaining to me that nobody knows whether HIV is the sole cause of AIDS."

a man in a suit and tie is covering his face with his hands while sitting at a table . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is covering his face with his hands while sitting at a table .

Wonder what Ben Carson is thinking now after sacrificing his medical reputation for Trump.