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Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.social · 4h

They just killed NHANES.

Every US public health student learns about this study.

It’s given us all sorts of important knowledge about the health of Americans and they just ended it.

Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 5h

Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social · 30m

Top half of the face of a blonde-haired woman with large green eyes. You can't see her devilish smile, but she is smiling. It is the witch, Angelique.

Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social · 33m

I'm not ready for Angelique to be in 1967, I tell you I am not prepared! I still need to know Vickie's ancestry and if Peter came back with Vickie after they were hanged in 1795 and we're getting a new character every episode it seems! Now Angelique? I'm not ready! #DarkShadows

a woman with a scarf around her neck is talking on a telephone

Alt: a woman with short red hair wearing a scarf around her neck and a green jacket is frantically talking on a telephone. She is afraid.

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City of Mentor, Ohio @cityofmentor.bsky.social · 10h

DISPATCH NOTICE
Residents are advised that regular Mentor Police and Fire non-emergency lines are not working at the moment. In the interim, you can use (440) 974-5789. 911 calls are NOT AFFECTED.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 10h

"Sara" has worked in Watsonville CAs strawberries for 16 yrs. "I earn piece rate. It's raining which makes the rows slippery and the mud sticks to our shoes. It's dangerous as we still need to work fast to make enough money to pay our bills." #WeFeedYou

A farm worker harvesting strawberries in the rain wearing a plastic poncho

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Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social · 9h

The #FruitCakening has begun. Soaking fruit in rum.
These fruits are all from the USA, mostly from close-by Michigan, but the prices have gone up by a third or more.
(Figs, apricots, pineapple, cherries, citron.
Dried blueberries, raisins, golden raisins, pecans, and walnuts added after soak.)

Bright colors of dried and candied fruits all mixed together.

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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 1d

Urgent!

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries & hygiene items.

Goal is $150 to get 3 weeks worth of diabetic friendly perishables. Currently sitting at $50/$150. THANK YOU!!
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#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

Government workers 👇🏾

Lunch is on the house:

Being in the heart of downtown DC, we love that so many of our Federal employees stop by during lunch for a Donburi at China Chilcano or a Fútbol Club at Jaleo. And just because the government is shut down doesn't mean you have to miss out on your favorite lunch spot- because this time, its on us!
Join us for lunch from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM at any of our participating restaurants and enjoy a free lunch item when you present your government ID-you heard that right! Dine in with us Monday through Friday and choose your favorite: a sandwich at Jaleo, a donburi at China Chilcano, a wrap or pita at Zaytinya, or a torta at Oyamel.
We've always believed in serving our community with open arms and good food-no shutdown can stop that.

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Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social · 1d

Find a protest event near your community. This Saturday 18th.
Not necessary to register. Find an event time, place, and go!
Check weather!

www.nokings.org#map

Screen shot of blue and gold Ohio map of events on the no kings website.

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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 2d

I settled on a pattern so now to put in an hour so so a day and hopefully have these sorted by the end of the month. #halloweencraft #weaving #fiber #fiberarts

Handwoven striped towels on a floor loom in black, green, purple and orange. The weave is zigzag and points in twill. There is a LeClerc shuttle with black yarn sitting on top of the weaving.

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 1d

I shared this video through @redpopnews.bsky.social about the Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration at the Getty because it was beautiful to share our cultures and to be appreciated for who we are as Native people beyond the Hollywood tropes and Stereotypes and not as relics of the past.

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Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful work! Got you bookmarked for payday.

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 1d

HAPPY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (aka fuck Columbus day 😝)
For me making my beadwork, and for yall buying/wearing beadwork is a great way to say fuck Columbus, fuck colonizer assholes, fuck fascism. Im gonna stay celebrating my culture, the culture that they tried to wipe out from this land → cvkvlv.com

My hand holding a pair of long black beaded dangle earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

My hand holding a pair of black beaded loop earrings with red, orange, and yellow accents and silver bugle beads

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d

It's that time of year!

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · Oct 31

A cheap, boring way to make extra-potent ginger tea is by chopping up fresh ginger, putting it into a thermos, pouring hot water in, and forgetting about it for several hours. I also add fresh lemon juice and honey.

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Jennifed @jennifed.bsky.social · 1d

My next two dogs will be named Barnabas and Josette. #DarkShadows
My nephew and his wife have just welcomed a baby girl to the world and they are NOT naming her Josette. 😞
(Her beautiful name is Sienna, and we are all very happy she is here!)

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 2d

Today marks the anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard. After being lured out to the country he was beaten and tied to a fence and left for dead. For being gay.

I have a story about how his death impacted me, and it starts back in 1997, when I first moved from my birth city to Texas...
🧵(1/10)

A photo of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was beaten, tortured, and murdered for being gay back in 1998.

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Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social · 2d

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Picture of Matthew Shepard with his birth and death date, today, posted to remember him.

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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 2d

Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Want Their Stolen Moai Back.
www.fairobserver.com/culture/chil...

Chile’s Indigenous Rapa Nui Wants Its Stolen Moai Back

Rapa Nui natives are demanding the return of Hoa Hakananai'a, a venerated statue taken by the British from their island in 1868.

www.fairobserver.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @charlescmann.bsky.social · 1d

As far as I can see, there are three basic possibilities:

1) Get rid of the holiday;

2) Rename the holiday;

3) Rethink its meaning. 2/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Clio @clio.bsky.social · 1d

My kids went to Berkeley Public Schools, this was the song they learned.

Columbus Song - 1492

YouTube video by RocknMuzic

youtu.be

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 1d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 2d

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries, hygiene, and household items.

$50 for diabetic friendly perishables would be a HUGE help! Still sitting at $0 for this goal. TYSM!
💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
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Rook Killjoy (dirtyhands the ninth) @foxrook.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for this. 🩷

Disabled queer trans artist here trying to pay for diabetic friendly groceries, hygiene, and household items.

Have been out of work all year thanks to mysterious lung problems. Every cent helps! TYSM!
💕💸🏳️‍⚧️

#MutualAid #DisabilityCrowdfund

paypal.me/rookkilljoy
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