Holly 🥄

No more laying in bed on a heating pad in pad, no more missing school/work, no more being in a very, very dark place for days before that each month suffering from PMDD.

For me, my Mirena IUD has been a miracle drug and I hear they want to ban it and it makes me want to cry.

But personally for me the reason I have one - the MEDICAL reasons I have one, not just strictly for birth control (though that would be fine on its own) make it almost a necessity.

It’s the only thing that’s regulated my very heavy cycle and the severe PMS along with it. It’s like magic-poof-gone!

We don’t know if IUD’s are covered

That means before Jan 1, we need to get an appt w a doctor as an established patient for a procedure that’s

1) Covered

2) Legal

That is the world women are living in. I’m not due for this appointment & IUD removal/insertion isn’t pleasant-it’s awkward & painful

We start Open Season for health insurance in November. All indications are that our premiums are going up by a lot.

We don’t know how prescriptions will be affected. We don’t know if our current doctors will be in network if we change to a cheaper plan because premiums on our current plans double.

Conversation at work today bw me & another excepted (working wo pay during the government shutdown) woman about why we’re going to get our IUD’s replaced slightly early.

In case:

- They’re made illegal in state/nation

- Insurance won’t cover them

- FDA pulls some crazy shenanigans

- Other

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Congratulations!!! So happy for you!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Hey everyone - if I’m more quiet than usual on my socials lately, I hope the reason is obvious. But don’t worry - I’m okay, and just because I’m not announcing all the things I’m doing doesn’t mean I’m not doing things 😉

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Just ordered this shirt to show solidarity with New Orleans, Freddie Mercury, and the DC sandwich throwing guy all in one.

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That’s a good point that I didn’t think of right away.

Sorry for this random question Robert, I do listen to BTB & if I missed it, I apologize, but what seemingly enabled the Germans to be like “holy shit we fucked up” after WW2 yet a decent portion of Americans are still not convinced that losing the Civil War was a good thing?

Poboys rise up! #neworleans

It is. Morale is low. Best of luck to mom. ❤️

Je comprends, et merci! ❤️

Oui, mais je comprends. Peut-être j’essaye et un jour c’est une réalité. Suggestions?

Je suis Acadienne & je parle un peu de français. Je voudrais travailler en France. Moi, je l’aime France - les personnes, la langue, la culture, etc.

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I guess it hurts so much because this is literally the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do with my life. Additionally, so many family members actively chose this. I have….thoughts.

Here I am at 2 years old.

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

I honestly don’t know how we ever recover from this loss of institutional knowledge. There’s no reason to do this…we learn nothing from history.

Tomorrow I will go to work and train those who come after me as best I can, like always, because I truly love NASA #nasa 🧪🔭🚀🛰️

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@bencollins.bsky.social Just in case you hadn’t already seen it…credit to Redditor u/Zodiac72826

July 19, 1969, 11:20am ET - View of Earth, looking from the #Apollo11 Command Module past the Lunar Module, from orbit around the Moon.

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This one? Yup! @khagolnomy.space

EPS

Stephen displays his inner NASA geek proudly and us space nerds take note of things like that!

You have a lot of fans at #nasa JSC, Stephen! Thank you for a wonderful memory. ❤️🚀

I didn’t think much of it. But a few weeks later, I had a package on my desk with a signed photo of Stephen Colbert (above).

He sent everyone in the room whose name was on the list an autographed pic.

Absolute class act. So kind and thoughtful. Will always be a fan. @stephencolbert.bsky.social

Framed photo of Stephen Colbert in a dark suit, red and blue striped tie, and glasses, standing with hands in his pockets against a white background. The photo is signed in black marker in the top right corner with the message: “To Holly — Be strong!” followed by the signature “Stephen Colbert.”

And he went around the room and greeted each JSC employee personally. He shook everyone’s hand and said, “Hi! I’m Stephen Colbert!”

A lot of us had brought items for him to sign, but because his flight had been delayed and he showed up late, we were told to put our names on a list.

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There was a Shuttle launch that I worked on console…STS-133 maybe?

Anyway, Stephen Colbert was at JSC to tape a bit for his show. And after the launch I went to the building he was in. After taking a nap in the car, he showed up in an orange ACES suit. That’s me with the sunglasses on my head.

There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem

This is so fucked up. Yes, it included many friends and colleagues. Yes, it makes me question how we will be able to continue safe human spaceflight as laid out in CAIB Report recommendations going forward.

Just an absolute waste of knowledge and for what? What? What has this accomplished?

Agree, but I won’t hold my breath. 😡

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This. It’s so fucking stupid.

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