Flyaway (The MaryEllenCarter⛴️)
@flyaway.bsky.social
Jewish atheist Unitarian Universalist, autodidact, 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ally. Love nature, science, language, weather, choir, etc, etc.
#UU; ex -pilot -birder & -catmom due to #disability (#arthritis, kyphoscoliosis, #fibro, #Parkinson's); #ADHD; Marylander
#UU; ex -pilot -birder & -catmom due to #disability (#arthritis, kyphoscoliosis, #fibro, #Parkinson's); #ADHD; Marylander
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There's no gold-standard clinical proof showing cannabis is medically useful because, while most states allow its use to varying extents, it's still prohibited by the federal government – which means trials can't be conducted on it! So of course there's no evidence! Catch-22! 😡
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🧪 A 15-year review in JAMA highlights a gap between medical cannabis popularity and clinical proof. Evidence for pain and sleep benefits remains weak. Notably, nearly 30% of medical users meet criteria for cannabis use disorder.
#MedSky
#MedSky
Review of Medical Cannabis Use Finds Little Evidence of Benefit
Researchers found a chasm between the health reasons for which the public seeks out cannabis and what gold-standard science actually shows about its effectiveness.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There's no gold-standard clinical proof showing cannabis is medically useful because, while most states allow its use to varying extents, it's still prohibited by the federal government – which means trials can't be conducted on it! So of course there's no evidence! Catch-22! 😡
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The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a group charged *by Congress* with helping to preserve historic buildings, is asking a judge to block construction of Trump's grotesque #ballroom until required reviews occur, arguing that the ongoing project is illegal and unconstitutional.
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“‘The lawsuit is our last resort,’ Carol Quillen, National Trust’s CEO, said in an interview. ‘We serve the people, and the people are not being served in this process.’”
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National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a group charged *by Congress* with helping to preserve historic buildings, is asking a judge to block construction of Trump's grotesque #ballroom until required reviews occur, arguing that the ongoing project is illegal and unconstitutional.
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This article is a must-read.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This article is a must-read.
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Reposted by Flyaway (The MaryEllenCarter⛴️)
wapo.st/4a6lypq
A gift article for you to read, if you're interested.
If everything the article reports is true this 2nd guided missile, killing the two survivors, constitutes a war crime.
A gift article for you to read, if you're interested.
If everything the article reports is true this 2nd guided missile, killing the two survivors, constitutes a war crime.
How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors
The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress. Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
wapo.st/4a6lypq
A gift article for you to read, if you're interested.
If everything the article reports is true this 2nd guided missile, killing the two survivors, constitutes a war crime.
A gift article for you to read, if you're interested.
If everything the article reports is true this 2nd guided missile, killing the two survivors, constitutes a war crime.
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Sure. Let's dump all our democratic allies and team up with the evil dictators. What could go wrong?🙄
Trump team said to have discussed forming alliance with Russia and China as alternative to G7.
According to Defense One, the strategy envisaged creating a new group of leading global powers – C5 (Core 5): the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
According to Defense One, the strategy envisaged creating a new group of leading global powers – C5 (Core 5): the United States, China, Russia, India and Japan.
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
Trump team said to have discussed forming alliance with Russia and China as alternative to G7
The administration of US President Donald Trump is said to have discussed the idea of forming a new body of major powers, Core 5, which would include China and Russia, bringing traditional adversaries...
www.pravda.com.ua
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sure. Let's dump all our democratic allies and team up with the evil dictators. What could go wrong?🙄
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Democrats should be posting this far and wide.
What a slap in the face to Americans who are Chronically ill and/or Disabled. 😤😡 #Disability #medsky #HealthCare #NEISVoid #Chronicillness
What a slap in the face to Americans who are Chronically ill and/or Disabled. 😤😡 #Disability #medsky #HealthCare #NEISVoid #Chronicillness
“Under the Republican plan, the big idea is essentially to hand people about $80 a month and wish them good luck.”
US Senate unable to prevent health premium surge as senators reject competing health bills | Arizona Mirror
Senate fails to advance Republican or Democratic health care bills, leaving no solution to rising insurance premiums
azmirror.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Democrats should be posting this far and wide.
What a slap in the face to Americans who are Chronically ill and/or Disabled. 😤😡 #Disability #medsky #HealthCare #NEISVoid #Chronicillness
What a slap in the face to Americans who are Chronically ill and/or Disabled. 😤😡 #Disability #medsky #HealthCare #NEISVoid #Chronicillness
Warning! Very long thread about something of very low importance in the overall scheme of things, mainly written for catharsis, and to help anyone else who is frustrated with technology right now (because they say misery loves company).
So if you're curious read on, but feel free to just skip it.
So if you're curious read on, but feel free to just skip it.
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Oh my god. I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Apple, which suddenly stopped accepting my perfectly good credit card for my subscription payments.
Knowing calling would be a long process, I just entered my other credit card info – but it wouldn't accept that card. So I had to…
Oh my god. I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Apple, which suddenly stopped accepting my perfectly good credit card for my subscription payments.
Knowing calling would be a long process, I just entered my other credit card info – but it wouldn't accept that card. So I had to…
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Warning! Very long thread about something of very low importance in the overall scheme of things, mainly written for catharsis, and to help anyone else who is frustrated with technology right now (because they say misery loves company).
So if you're curious read on, but feel free to just skip it.
So if you're curious read on, but feel free to just skip it.
🧵
Oh my god. I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Apple, which suddenly stopped accepting my perfectly good credit card for my subscription payments.
Knowing calling would be a long process, I just entered my other credit card info – but it wouldn't accept that card. So I had to…
Oh my god. I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Apple, which suddenly stopped accepting my perfectly good credit card for my subscription payments.
Knowing calling would be a long process, I just entered my other credit card info – but it wouldn't accept that card. So I had to…
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Oh my god. I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Apple, which suddenly stopped accepting my perfectly good credit card for my subscription payments.
Knowing calling would be a long process, I just entered my other credit card info – but it wouldn't accept that card. So I had to…
Oh my god. I just spent almost an hour on the phone with Apple, which suddenly stopped accepting my perfectly good credit card for my subscription payments.
Knowing calling would be a long process, I just entered my other credit card info – but it wouldn't accept that card. So I had to…
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![@climaxximus -
young jesus: mom where do babies come from
joseph: [pulls up a chair] yea mary, where DO babies come from?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreiel3tls7x5bg2jh7bidz5uffwjb5txcvbtl5ddvmauujvhcrpsqfm@jpeg)
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Ha. ha. 😒
This has happened to me several times – most recently, the lidocaine patches I had been using very successfully for many years to ease the bursitis pain I get in my hips at night was denied.
And it's going to get much worse this coming year.
🚫💊=😫😭
#NEISVoid
This has happened to me several times – most recently, the lidocaine patches I had been using very successfully for many years to ease the bursitis pain I get in my hips at night was denied.
And it's going to get much worse this coming year.
🚫💊=😫😭
#NEISVoid
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ha. ha. 😒
This has happened to me several times – most recently, the lidocaine patches I had been using very successfully for many years to ease the bursitis pain I get in my hips at night was denied.
And it's going to get much worse this coming year.
🚫💊=😫😭
#NEISVoid
This has happened to me several times – most recently, the lidocaine patches I had been using very successfully for many years to ease the bursitis pain I get in my hips at night was denied.
And it's going to get much worse this coming year.
🚫💊=😫😭
#NEISVoid
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![[pic of golden retriever with socks in his mouth] sarahsequins - I love my dog. If ever I cry, he collects up dirty socks and brings them to me. They're his favourite thing in the world and they make him happy, so they'll make me happy too. He's a good boy](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreibaypdeiihyrmcdky5gv2dxabrij3yzk7ywhs7vryhzc4xoosxbsi@jpeg)
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Let's be honest, in 2006 Time made all of us Person of the Year and that was the exact point when the concept needed to be retired
December 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Let's be honest, in 2006 Time made all of us Person of the Year and that was the exact point when the concept needed to be retired
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December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Pain management is suicide prevention
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pain management is suicide prevention
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Everything trump touches turns to shit- everything. America will never be the same. This on the people who voted for him and those who did not vote- because they just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a smart capable woman of color.
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Everything trump touches turns to shit- everything. America will never be the same. This on the people who voted for him and those who did not vote- because they just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for a smart capable woman of color.
Fascinating explanation and video of this eruption with its 1200 foot high lava fountain!
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Fascinating explanation and video of this eruption with its 1200 foot high lava fountain!
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Jamie Raskin has endured losing a child and beat cancer all while fighting for the protection of all Americans. He defines what a hero is.
RP and 💙 if you support all he has done!
RP and 💙 if you support all he has done!
January 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Jamie Raskin has endured losing a child and beat cancer all while fighting for the protection of all Americans. He defines what a hero is.
RP and 💙 if you support all he has done!
RP and 💙 if you support all he has done!
This is big:
The boat with the two murdered sailors was heading to Suriname and its cargo of drugs was to be transshipped to Europe, NOT the US. Most US drug shipping is coming from the Pacific, not the Caribbean. These strikes are *all* backed by nothing but bullshit!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
The boat with the two murdered sailors was heading to Suriname and its cargo of drugs was to be transshipped to Europe, NOT the US. Most US drug shipping is coming from the Pacific, not the Caribbean. These strikes are *all* backed by nothing but bullshit!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is big:
The boat with the two murdered sailors was heading to Suriname and its cargo of drugs was to be transshipped to Europe, NOT the US. Most US drug shipping is coming from the Pacific, not the Caribbean. These strikes are *all* backed by nothing but bullshit!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
The boat with the two murdered sailors was heading to Suriname and its cargo of drugs was to be transshipped to Europe, NOT the US. Most US drug shipping is coming from the Pacific, not the Caribbean. These strikes are *all* backed by nothing but bullshit!
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Wholesome.
December 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Wholesome.
It's even worse than you thought:
"The lack of expertise, incompetence and blatant anti-vaccine biases of the members of [RFKjr's] vaccine panel were dismaying."
"Its decisions will harm children and adults alike for years to come."
"Our nation’s public health is not in good hands."
Read:
"The lack of expertise, incompetence and blatant anti-vaccine biases of the members of [RFKjr's] vaccine panel were dismaying."
"Its decisions will harm children and adults alike for years to come."
"Our nation’s public health is not in good hands."
Read:
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's even worse than you thought:
"The lack of expertise, incompetence and blatant anti-vaccine biases of the members of [RFKjr's] vaccine panel were dismaying."
"Its decisions will harm children and adults alike for years to come."
"Our nation’s public health is not in good hands."
Read:
"The lack of expertise, incompetence and blatant anti-vaccine biases of the members of [RFKjr's] vaccine panel were dismaying."
"Its decisions will harm children and adults alike for years to come."
"Our nation’s public health is not in good hands."
Read:
A Gates Foundation report shows an extra 200,000 children under age 5 may die this year of a disease modern medicine can prevent, due to economic and political factors, most importantly significant cuts to spending in global health from the world’s largest donors, including the US.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A Gates Foundation report shows an extra 200,000 children under age 5 may die this year of a disease modern medicine can prevent, due to economic and political factors, most importantly significant cuts to spending in global health from the world’s largest donors, including the US.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.