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Propagate, repot, swap: how to fill your home with houseplants on a budget From decorative plants to herbs and salad greens, choose the right variety to thrive in your indoor space

Propagate, repot, swap: how to fill your home with houseplants on a budget

You can’t afford groceries, but Trump needed a gold encrusted office.
You had your healthcare taken away, but Trump needed a gold encrusted office.
You cannot afford to buy a home, or pay your rent, but Trump needed a gold encrusted office.
See a ‘me, me, me’ ‘fvkk you’ pattern here?
#ProudBlue

Women with Alzheimer’s have unusually low omega fatty acid levels, study finds Analysis of blood samples finds women with the disease have 20% lower levels, a pattern not seen in men Women should ensure they are getting enough omega fatty acids in their diets according to researchers, who found unusually low levels of the compounds in female patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The advice follows an analysis of blood samples from Alzheimer’s patients and healthy individuals, which revealed levels of unsaturated fats, such as those containing omega fatty acids, were up to 20% lower in women with the disease. Continue reading...

Women with Alzheimer’s have unusually low omega fatty acid levels, study finds

Five things to remember about war:

To the National Guard: You are not alone. If you are given an order that violates the Constitution or asks you to act unlawfully against citizens, call 877-447-4487. There is support there! The GI Rights Hotline. Don't do something you can't live with.

The Goodberrys flavor of the day is Smores.

Defend Medicaid Resource Guide / Down Home NC Members of Congress to Target (US): Senator Thom Tillis - statewide Representative Hudson (9) - Alamance and counties to the south (map) Representative Murphy (3)- Pitt and counties to the east (map...

Use this resource guide to help protect Medicaid and pressure your Congressional reps to say NO to Medicaid cuts that will devastate this vital program! Thanks to Down Home NC for the guide!

#ncpol @downhomenc.bsky.social @thegcdp.bsky.social @jginthenc.bsky.social

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BEST thing I've seen today.
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If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism. -Stephen Shore

RFKJ is out there spouting lies and dehumanizing people with autism. We want to hear from you in your own words. For those on the autism spectrum or with family/friends on the spectrum: what do you wish the world knew about people with autism?

Women's health issues are undervalued, understudied, and underfunded. We are not "mini" males...our bodies are different.

Unbelievable.

SignalGate

Trump tariffs: DHL suspends high value US deliveries The postal giant will stop shipping packages to American consumers after a rise in red tape at customs.

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An image of all agency and program eliminations proposed for HHS. Reach out to altCDC for an accessible version or filterable PDF. The alt-text box does not fit all the text contained.

🏥HHS ELIMINATIONS💀
We have created a list of all agency and program eliminations proposed in the HHS 2026 Budget.

Feds: Please let us know if you have any clarity to share.

The cuts are massive. Reach out if you would like a PDF or xlsx

@alt-hhs.altgov.info
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This is a freaking mess. The regional climate centers are incredibly vital in helping communities use weather and climate data for so many specific regional needs.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data

The IT team met to discuss insider threats - namely, the DOGE engineers, whose activities it had little insight into or control over. "We had no idea what they did," he explained. Those conversations are reflected in his official disclosure. They eventually launched a formal breach investigation, according to the disclosure, and prepared a request for assistance from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). However, those efforts were disrupted without an explanation, Berulis said. That was deeply troubling to Berulis, who felt he needed help to try to get to the bottom of what happened and determine what new vulnerabilities might be exploited as a result. In the days after Berulis and his colleagues prepared a request for CISAs help investigating the breach, Berulis found a printed letter in an envelope taped to his door, which included threatening language, sensitive personal information and overhead pictures of him walking his dog, according to the cover letter attached to his official disclosure. It's unclear who sent it, but the letter made specific reference to his decision to report the breach. Law enforcement is investigating the letter.

While investigating the data taken from the agency, Berulis tried to determine its ultimate destination. But whoever had exfiltrated it had disguised its destination too, according to the disclosure. DOGE staffers had permission to access the system, but removing data is another matter. Berulis says someone appeared to be doing something called DNS tunneling to prevent the data exfiltration from being detected. He came to that conclusion, outlined in his disclosure, after he saw a traffic spike in DNS requests parallel to the data being exfiltrated, a spike 1,000 times the normal number of requests. When someone uses this kind of technique, they set up a domain name that pings the target system with questions or queries. But they configure the compromised server so that it answers those DNS queries by sending out packets of data, allowing the attacker to steal information that has been broken down into smaller chunks. "We've seen Russian threat actors do things like this on U.S. government systems," said one threat intelligence researcher who requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly by their employer. That analyst, who has extensive experience hunting nation-state-sponsored hackers, reviewed the whistleblower's technical claims.

Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in, according to Berulis' disclosure. The attempts were "near real-time," according to the disclosure. Those attempts were blocked, but they were especially alarming. Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts - and the person had the correct username and password, according to Berulis. While it's possible the user was disguising their location, it's highly unlikely they'd appear to be coming from Russia if they wanted to avoid suspicion, cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR explained. On their own, a few failed login attempts from a Russian IP address aren't a smoking gun, those cybersecurity experts interviewed by NPR said. But given the overall picture of activity, it's a concerning sign that foreign adversaries may already be searching for ways into government systems that DOGE engineers may have left exposed. "When you move fast and break stuff, the opportunity to ride the coattails of authorized access is ridiculously easy to achieve," said Handorf. What he means is that if DOGE engineers left access points to the network open, it would be very easy for spies or criminals to break in and steal data behind DOGE. He said he could also see foreign adversaries trying to recruit or pay DOGE team members for access to sensitive data. "It would not surprise me if DOGE is accidentally compromised."

Musk’s DOGE involved in what appears to be a foreign espionage operation and data theft. They also have death threatened US federal whistleblowers and disabled security systems, deliberately allowing Russian IPs to access sensitive US federal government systems.

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Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.

This is what a critically endangered Red Wolf looks like. If we work together, we can save them 🐺

nywolf.org

Thank you!

Two new *very exciting* #handsoff events came in today: American Samoa and Puerto Rico. Send them some love tonight, y'all.

And in case you hadn't zoomed out on the map, let me do it for you, because multiple cities in Portugal, France, the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany are showing up.

NC voters, remember this. Remember #ThomTillis did NOT vote to get NC Veterans their jobs back. Actions have consequences. Vote him out.

After cutting social security, we can’t imagine a more direct attack on senior citizens than this. Dementia is one of the biggest health challenges facing seniors (and their families) today.

Sweeping cancellation of 455K voter registrations planned in Georgia About 455,000 inactive Georgia voter registrations are scheduled for cancellation this summer. It will be the largest removal since Georgia set a national record in 2017.

Alert 🚨 Georgia voters!! www.ajc.com/politics/swe...

Mark your calendars - Green Wednesday!!

#CourageousIsContaigous
#SpreadTheColor
#SupportPublicHealth

Empty seat reserved for Thom Tillis

We're at the Thom Tillis Town Hall...Think he'll show? 🐥

#ThomTillis
#NCpol

The crowd is still gathering at the Thom Tillis Town Hall. I'm standing in a packed mezzanine, and there's an overthrow chapel where guests are still being seated.

Progress North Carolina Action - NC Senator Thom Tillis is a no show yet again. At least 1,000 people did show up to discuss what concerns they have regarding how the state is being run.

www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...

#timetotossTillis #ncpol #townhall #greensboro

Hundreds gather at Greensboro town hall for Sen. Thom Tillis despite his absence Town halls across the country filled with people expressing their discontent with the current administration have made headlines in recent weeks.

Hundreds of people recently packed a Greensboro church to share their concerns about the direction of the country.

The town hall was intended to send a message to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, who was invited but was not in attendance.

Wikipedia image of Major General (Ret.) Charles C. Rogers

Defense.gov google return: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers

Defense.gov 404 - Page Not Found

https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.

Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."