This feels like a ✨prime✨ week to close the book on Amazon.

If you're heading to a protest tomorrow, it's important to know your rights. Consult this information from the ACLU.

Be peaceful. Be safe. Be careful. Be strong.

Everything This Administration Has Done to Undermine Public Health A running list of actions by the Trump administration that are actively deepening inequality, dismantling public health systems, and making Americans less healthy.

WTF

drjessicaknurick.substack.com/p/everything...

Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones Screening for osteoporosis is recommended at age 65, but experts say women should be proactive about bone health long before that.

"Don’t wait until menopause to strengthen your bones. Bone density begins to decline in midlife, raising the risk of osteoporosis."
www.sciencenews.org/article/bone...

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

Hands Off 2025

#HandsOff2025 Protests across the country 🇺🇸

📷@michell71078349

Shingles vaccination can cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia, study says A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too

A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.

abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wi... #BlueSky #MedSky

LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor YouTube video by Associated Press

Oh my God, I just had a full night’s sleep and Cory Booker is still going…
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There's a Surprisingly Easy Way to Remove Microplastics From Drinking Water Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.

Boiling drinking water is an effective way to remove microplastics.
www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-sur...

An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection A vaccine kept patients free of pancreatic cancer for years, yet new reports say the NIH is advising against mentioning mRNA tech in grants.

An mRNA cancer vaccine may offer long-term protection. A small clinical trial suggests the treatment could help keep pancreatic cancer from returning.
www.sciencenews.org/article/canc...

US Citizens Know Your Rights When You Travel…
#BlueSky #MedSky

don’t ever apologize for crying in an argument. you don’t owe anyone anything.