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Rachel Kerestes

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Perpetually curious. Scientist by training and temperament. Tennis player. Ocean lover. Occasional mischief-maker. Executive Director @numfocus.bsky.social Views mine.

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When the music of your high school days becomes the soundtrack for figure skating at the #Olympics does that mean you’re officially old? Asking for…let’s face it…myself 🀣😝 #1990wasonlytenyearsago

10.02.2026 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Snow squall in #FernandinaBeach #Florida. The neighborhood kids are a *little* excited πŸ˜† Second year in a row we’ve had snow on #AmeliaIsland after 36 years. But please tell me how climate change isn’t real πŸ™„

31.01.2026 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Video: This Might Be the Best Sport for a Longer Life Research consistently shows that physical activity is linked to healthy aging. But do some sports confer more longevity benefits than others? Simar Bajaj, a reporting fellow for Well, explains.

There’s one sport that evidence shows helps you live a longer life - and I’d argue a better life.
Hint: it’s not pickleball 😝🎾
www.nytimes.com/video/well/m...

15.01.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year!

01.01.2026 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Happy New Year!
Making oliebollen poolside as is our Dutch folks in Florida tradition πŸ˜πŸ˜‹πŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸŠ

31.12.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Midwinter Day…

21.12.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Holiday baking in full effect

07.12.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this shit is just beyond parody, man

05.12.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 27498    πŸ” 5999    πŸ’¬ 6240    πŸ“Œ 4261
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Giving Tuesday is here β€” time to Max the Stack. Let’s sustain the tools powering global discovery. Donate today at numfocus.org/max-the-stack #NumFOCUS #MaxTheStack

02.12.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant

28.11.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with food, family, friends and football πŸ’•

27.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a reminder that that turkey likely needs to be in the fridge today if it’s gonna be thawed by Thanksgiving…

22.11.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So if Chairman Cassidy was as alarmed by this as he says he is - and he called the CDC Director and told them to take this misinformation down - and they didn't - then this would be a much bigger scandal than CDC promoting false information (which in and of itself should be a major scandal).

21.11.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is what happens when Congress abdicates its oversight role. Vaccines do not cause autism. That is settled science. Back in my day agencies used to be response to their oversight committees.

21.11.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

(Photo: my grandfather, Andrew Kerestes, WWI US Army Veteran πŸ’•πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

11.11.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Halloween!!

31.10.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pauly Shore requests a friend's father to not tax his gig so hardcore cruster
YouTube video by It's Just Weird Esoteric Media Clips Pauly Shore requests a friend's father to not tax his gig so hardcore cruster

My U10 soccer team was trying to cute with their use of Gen Z slang. Bless their hearts. But this Gen Xer hit them with Pauly Shore (buuuudddiiieeesszzz). Minds blown. (But what is he saying coach?!?!? πŸ˜†πŸ€£πŸ˜)

youtu.be/RlILZNz04Lo

16.10.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep forgetting this channel exists πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

02.10.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today I remember Leslie, Charles, Zoe, Dana, Lisa and Anthony. For 24 years now, and always. πŸ’•

11.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who announced the decision, cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as β€œimmoral” intrusions.

I can't begin to even say how much I oppose this move. It flies in the face of science and evidence. But also history. We know what happens when children aren't vaccinated because it hasn't been so long since vaccines were invented.
apnews.com/article/flor...

03.09.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Using tennis as a metaphor for policy? YES!

America Firsters Need to Take Tennis Lessons www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...

23.08.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s gonna be a great day 🀩

18.08.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you call the area β€˜the DMV’ or refer to the airport as anything other than β€˜National’ then you should excuse yourself from the conversation.

11.08.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some of you didn’t live in DC in the 90s and it shows πŸ˜†
(And FWIW I loved DC so much more then - before the gentrification and snooty restaurants and fancy apartment buildings)

11.08.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But it’s more than that. There was something ironic working to influence public policy and effectively not having a vote. There is no good reason for DC not to have statehood. Today’s actions by the President are just another reason why we need DC statehood now. Call your Senators and Representative

11.08.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t grow up in DC. I moved into the city and became a DC citizen in 2001. The years I lived in the District were wonderful. It is a great city with great people. But I hated not having Congressional representation. Taxation without representation is fundamentally un-American.

11.08.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Played a three hour match this morning from 9:30 - 12:30 then jumped in a clinic at 1 for an hour. 93 degrees, 107 heat index. But this is why we play all summer in Florida. You get to a level of conditioning that you just can’t up north.

www.instagram.com/p/DMk_B8Jugf...

30.07.2025 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BACK-TO-BACK POGI πŸ†

Tour de France 2025 winner πŸ’›

#TDF2025 | #TDFLive

πŸ–ΌοΈ Maxime LTH

27.07.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Oh Ozzy πŸ˜”

22.07.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Facts

21.07.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0