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Settlements were meant to curb opioid epidemic. Critics say Lombardo’s budget misuses them - The Nevada Independent Experts warn that some $10 million in opioid settlement funding could be going to programs that are not directly addressing the epidemic. Lombardo disputes it.

Experts warn that some $10 million in opioid settlement funding could be going to Nevada programs that are not directly addressing the epidemic.
Gov. Lombardo disputes that claim.

Via @tabithamueller.bsky.social
@thenvindy.bsky.social
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sett...

Magic mushroom decriminalization? Nevada lawmakers want federal standards changed first By Isabella Aldrete — Democratic and Republican legislators are looking to magic mushrooms to help address Nevada’s litany of mental health care challenges and its high suicide rate. SJR10, heard Tuesday in the Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee, would call on federal agencies to recategorize psychedelic compounds such as MDMA and psilocybin (known as magic mushrooms) in federal drug law to reflect their therapeutic potential and increase research funding into those compounds.

Magic mushroom decriminalization? Nevada lawmakers want federal standards changed first

By Isabella Aldrete — Democratic and Republican legislators are looking to magic mushrooms to help address Nevada’s litany of mental health care challenges and its high suicide rate. SJR10, heard Tuesday in the…

Some dogs at the #NVLeg have more responsibilities than others.

What's next for Nevada if Medicaid cuts come from Congress? With potential cuts to Medicaid coming from Congresssome Nevada lawmakers are sounding the alarm, saying the cuts could cost the state billions of dollars in h

My colleague @tabithamueller.bsky.social discussed this topic with Evan Schreiber yesterday morning.
News 3 KVBC Las Vegas
@thenvindy.bsky.social

What's next for Nevada if Medicaid cuts come from Congress?

news3lv.com/news/arc/wha...

Just legislature things. Will Adler with SSGR moonlights as a wizard here in Nevada! Now does wizardry get in the way of his lobbying or does lobbying impact his wizardry? 🤔

Sec. 5. Initial Assessment and Strategy from the Make America Healthy Again Commission. (a) Make our Children Healthy Again Assessment. Within 100 days of the date of this order, the Commission shall submit to the President, through the Chair and the Executive Director, the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment, which shall: (i) identify and describe childhood chronic disease in America compared to other countries; (ii) assess the threat that potential over-utilization of medication, certain food ingredients, certain chemicals, and certain other exposures pose to children with respect to chronic inflammation or other established mechanisms of disease, using rigorous and transparent data, including international comparisons; (iii) assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs; (iv) identify and report on best practices for preventing childhood health issues, including through proper nutrition and the promotion of healthy lifestyles;

Trump’s latest executive order (that was no doubt written by psychopath RFK Jr.) goes after antidepressants.

As someone whose life was saved by them, you will pry my prozac from my cold dead hands.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

I figured it was just Carson getting prepared for session…. But no, it’s much worse.

Hell, absolute hell.

Calvin, lying in a nice warm bed: "BRRR, IT'S FREEZING OUT THERE! I DONT WANT TO LEAVE MY NICE WARM BED." "ON DAYS LIKE THIS, I WISH MOM WOULD COME IN, LAY AN EXTRA BLANKET OVER ME, PAT MY HEAD, AND AS I SINK INTO THE PILLOW UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE COVERS, SHE'D SAY..." CALVIN'S MOM INTERRUPTS THE THOUGHT BY YELLING, "HEY, LET'S MOVE IT!! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE CALLED YOU! YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THR BUS! LET'S GO!!" CALVIN GETS OUT OF BED. "THESE MORNINGS ARE GOING TO KILL ME."

Good morning 🥶

RFK Jr. plans to keep a financial stake in lawsuits against the drugmaker Merck RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.

RFK Jr. plans to keep collecting referral fees in lawsuits against the drug company Merck even if confirmed as HHS secretary, according to new filings with the Office of Government Ethics.

One thing before tomorrow:

Use your local libraries.

Get your card.

Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks.

Recommend titles for purchase (usually online).

Attend promoted activities.

Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires.

Tell your kids that libraries are good.

They are.

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A tower of stones from the seashore is assembled in gratitude to the rising sun as peace comes over the waters CC BY-SA 4.0 #Attribution #ShareAlike #photography by @AjmaniK.bsky.social

We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny…

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

#destiny #commonality #MLKJr #MLKDay #sunrise #photography

Trump declares U.S. will withdraw from the World Health Organization The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

The newly inaugurated president has announced his intention to terminate U.S. membership in the U.N.'s global health agency.

After DOJ report shows gaps in youth care, Nevada works to meet needs - The Nevada Independent Hoping to comply with federal law, the state committed more than $200 million to overhaul a children’s behavioral health system that ranked last in the nation.

The final installment of @tabithamueller.bsky.social’s piece on mental behavioral health is live! thenevadaindependent.com/article/afte... It is an incredible and raw report. Please give it a read!

The State of the State address by Gov. Joe Lombardo this Wednesday serves as the unofficial kickoff to what we like to cal #nvleg seasonthe start of the 120 days of madness in Carson City. As in years past, The Indy is sending a team of three reporters to work in Carson City full-time. So, let us introduce our legislative team for the 2025 session: First, Tabitha Mueller will be returning to Carson City as the Indy's Capital Bureau Chief. This is Tabitha's third legislative session, and she has become a scoop machine and best-sourced reporter in the state capital. The team will be rounded out by reporters Eric Neugeboren and Isabella Aldrete, both of whom bring unique and diverse skill sets and perspectives to the table.

Some ~ personal ~ news: I'm excited to take on the role of Capital Bureau Chief and government accountability reporter for @TheNVIndy. Be sure to follow our Carson City team Eric Neugeboren, Isabella Aldrete and @calvertphoto.bsky.social as we bring you the latest news from the #nvleg.

The Nevada Independent - Your state. Your news. Your voice. The Nevada Independent is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news and opinion website founded in 2017 by veteran political journalist and commentator Jon Ralston. The site and its supporting channels are focuse...

The Indy's first edition of the "Behind the Bar" newsletter for the 83rd legislative session is out at 7 a.m. Tuesday.

You don't want to miss it.

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I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.

Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.

Any others you know?

A photo of the Milky Way above some trees

A photo of the Milky Way centered above some trees

i admire the people trying to preserve the night sky

A list of snowplow name suggestions from kindergarten thru 4th grade classes including "Control Salt Delete"

Give "Control Salt Delete" kid a medal you cowards

In economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus.

As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.

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BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster Notifications from a new Apple product falsely suggested the BBC claimed the New York gunman Luigi Mangione had killed himself The BBC says it has filed a complaint with the US tech giant Apple over AI-generated fake news that was shared on iPhones and…

BBC says it has complained to Apple over AI-generated fake news attributed to broadcaster

Lawmakers asked to scrap plan for autistic girls facility in favor of gaming-backed homeless campus • Nevada Current State lawmakers on Thursday denied a request from the governor’s office to cancel plans to renovate a state-owned building to create a residential facility for girls with autism, expressing skepticism...

“We were going to renovate a building for (these girls with autism) so they had a suitable place to get services, and now we’re just displacing them, and we don’t know where we’re putting them.” - Assemblywoman Sandra Jauregui

#nvleg

🔊 Listen Now: A year later, UNLV honors memory of faculty members killed in shooting KNPR's State Of Nevada from Nevada Public Radio on NPR One | 12:00

Lovely way to learn and recover from a horrific event

Listen to: A year later, #UNLV honors memory of faculty members killed in shooting - one.npr.org/i/1263568721...

N.J. just struck a blow against banning books It's called the "Freedom to Read Act."

NJ passes a law preventing cranky fucknuts from going apeshit on school libraries and librarians.
www.nj.com/politics/202...

New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023.
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:

Meeting Nevadans’ mental health needs challenged by limited resources, isolated efforts - The Nevada Independent Nevada has nowhere to go but up on youth mental health services. A lack of sustainable funding has prevented a more unified network of care.

“Once the numbness had worn off, it was time to find somebody [the kids] could really work with, help them carry the grief better ... and there just wasn’t anything here.”

A look at Nevada's fragmented system of care:

thenevadaindependent.com/article/meet...

Meeting Nevadans’ mental health needs challenged by limited resources, isolated efforts - The Nevada Independent Nevada has nowhere to go but up on youth mental health services. A lack of sustainable funding has prevented a more unified network of care.

Part 3 of @tabithamueller.bsky.social series on adolescent mental behavioral health. thenevadaindependent.com/article/meet... Nevada only has 342 licensed psychologists and only 9 in rural communities. With a population of 3.194 million, that’s one provider for every 8,148 people.

1/ How do climate shocks reshape lives inside households? 🏠🌍
My #EconJMP explores how climate shocks can change the way household members share resources, deepening intrahousehold inequalities. This has important implications for climate resilience and policy design. #EconSky