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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · Sep 7

Long Covid / ME CFS Thread 👇

I put off getting a Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) for 2 years because of logistics and cost. It was a $3k test out of pocket and required travel to Santa Clara, CA. The other recommended location was Ithaca, NY.

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 16m

Do they though? Because how much of that is lost in court cases that show how inaccurate they are?

I mean that’s why cities stopped using them. They were losing money.

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2h

Right now I’m enjoying the blooms inside. A few of them got knocked off in the rain.

Plumeria blooms in a small glass jar of water.

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2h

Congrats on your new plumeria babies!!!

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2h

I thought we have proven over the last decade that cameras like these don’t work. Lots of cities have removed them!

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2h

The majority of them are in pots and they go in the garage if temp falls below 35 degrees F. Which has been every winter for the past 5 years. Crazy climate change stirring things up. The 2 that are in the ground give me fresh cuttings each year as they get affected by the freeze.

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2h

The majority of them are in pots. I have 2 well rooted plumerias in the ground that used to grow big but then we started getting annual freezes 5 years ago. So now they just produce for me new stalks to cut and put in pots.

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 4h

My plumerias survived the two little storms we had recently. One storm had high winds - not sure how high they got at my house but 60 mph winds were forecasted.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2d

“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”

“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”

~Center for Budget and Policy

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 2d

Social Security benefits are going up by 2.8 percent next year.

But Medicare premiums are going up by 11.6 percent. And the cost of food is skyrocketing, too.

Trumpflation is stealing your hard earned benefits.

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2d

So much deliciousness! More plumeria blooms getting ready to open. This is bringing me such joy.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #SETX #Texas #ArtYear #BloomScrolling #plumeria

2 more yellow/white plumeria blooms are about ready to open.

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2d

That is incredible perseverance and just shows how horrible the job market is these days.

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 2d

All they had to do was listen to their customers about why they stopped shopping there. It’s rather simple. But they chose to align with a fascist regime.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...

Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

So my story is I went to Hawaii over 20 years again and discovered plumerias and came home only to find out my neighbor had a bunch in pots!! 🤣🤣🤣

I had no idea! And of course the size difference was giant trees compared to a potted plant!

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

And here she is! My first 2025 bloom of the original plumeria plant that came with my house!

She smells incredible. I could sit outside by her all day.

She is going to produce a beautiful bouquet! Look at all of those buds.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography #Texas #BloomScrolling #Plumeria

A yellow and white plumeria bloom fully open.

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

Fast forward to 2025 and I’m so happy to be able to share photos of my plumeria again (the one that came with my house). Because of annual freezes in Houston the past 5 years it’s been hard for a ground rooted plant to produce flowers! But I cut off some stalks, potted them, & garage them in winter.

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

I think that picture was taken with a blackberry cell phone back in the day!

Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

My SM profile pic has been my pic since I created my first SM account in 2008. It’s a plumeria that grew in my yard shortly after I bought my house. I didn’t even know my house had a plumeria plant rooted in the yard but only made it all the more perfect I bought the house I did.

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

A pandemic will do that!

I predict we repeat the past.

1918 Pandemic
Rise of fascism and Nazis
Great Depression

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes

Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.

www.propublica.org

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

Raise your hand if you boycott articles / weather apps that use AI guidance or modeling?

AI will never be worth the cost
- stolen work from around the world
- outrageous amounts of electricity and water that we need to survive

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Mystic Quilts @mysticquilts.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have tips for requesting and working with pattern testers? In the next few months I’ll be ready to share my pattern with a select few to test and am curious on best practices.

#QuiltSky #ModernQuilting

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 3d

More than 420 state bills attacking key public health protections have been introduced in 2025. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.

Please call your state's elected officials!

2025 state bills attacking public health protections
More than 420 state bills have been introduced. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
Anti-vaccine bill introduced
Anti-flouride bill introduced
Anti-vaccine and anti-fluoride bills introduced
Anti-flouride and anti-milk safety bills introduced Anti-vaccine and anti-milk safety bills introduced
Anti-vaccine, anti-fluoride, and anti-milk safety bills introduced
Map: @luckytran • Source: Associated Press • Created with Datawrapper

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Cindy @txflygirl.bsky.social · 3d

No. No. No. Texas lawmakers calling for the shuttle to be chopped up is an idiotic move. Just no.

Please call / write Senators Cruz and Cornyn and tell them you oppose their actions. Then call House Rep Randy Weber and do the same. I would also throw in House Rep Brian Babin, another MAGA fool.

Robert Pearlman @collectspace.bsky.social · 3d

The Texas lawmakers behind the effort to (chop up?) relocate space shuttle Discovery to Houston are now calling for the Department of Justice to investigate the Smithsonian.

TX lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian

Have you heard the news that Texas' senators want to chop up NASA's retired space shuttle Discovery in order to move it from the Smithsonian to Houston? The lawmakers in question have and are now cryi...

www.collectspace.com

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