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Brian Habing

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A few blossoms still visible in late December in our native plant garden in central South Carolina (late purple aster, coreopsis, and narrowleaf silkgrass).

A late purple aster blossom - light purple with dark yellow in the middle - and a puffball of an older one visible nearby.

Two coreopsis blossoms - yellow with brown in the middle.

Three narrowleaf silkgrass blossoms - yellow with yellow in the middle.

December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

Part of a yellow smiley face button with human bean juice on it. (The cover to the Watchmen TPB by Moore and Gibbons).

December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM

Brian Habing

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If you can chip in even a small amount, it could help make a huge difference. Thanks for considering it!

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Donate to Support Bruce's Rehab and Living Costs, organized by Mark Brodsky

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December 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM

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NPR

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President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media. n.pr/4rqeWIA

Trump vows to 'permanently pause' migration from poor nations in social media screed

President Donald Trump vowed on Thanksgiving to "permanently pause migration" from poorer nations in a blistering late-night, anti-immigrant screed posted to social media.

n.pr

November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Heart
Billy Joel
U2
Foreigner and Toto
Jon Svetkey

DanSlott @danslott.bsky.social · 23d

introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Pink Floyd
Elvis Costello
They Might Be Giants
Jonathan Coulton
and
The London Philharmonic Orchestra playing live musical accompaniment for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK at the Royal Albert Hall.

weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 23d

introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore

November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM

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Mark Seifert

@markseifert.bleedingcool.com

Life Magazine #887, November 23, 1899
Thanksgiving number.

1899: Thanksgiving is already about football.

Cover of the November 23, 1899 issue of Life magazine shows several comical figures playing football on a grassy field. The central figure is Uncle Sam, tall, thin, and wild-haired, running forward with exaggeratedly long strides while holding a large globe of the Earth instead of a football. All the players wear athletic clothing reminiscent of turn-of-the-century football gear. The scene is humorous and whimsical, drawn in soft pencil tones with “THANKSGIVING NO. 1899” printed prominently in yellow at the bottom.

November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

Childrens' letter blocks spelling out "Too" and "Slow!" with the body of a red glass turkey in the middle and its head sitting on the second set of letters. A child's craft project turkey looks on from the left.

November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

Colored children's letter blocks spelling out "Run Turkey!" and "Run!" on either side of a red glass turkey sitting on a wooden shelf.

November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

Trying out the new science standards the CDC is using for what might be causing autism:

The claim "organic food does not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that consuming organic food during pregnancy causes autism.

A graph from 1997 to 2009 showing that the correlation between $ spent on organic food and number of individuals diagnosed with autism has a correlation of 0.9971.

November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM

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Diane Duane

@diane.dianeduane.com

There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.

I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."

HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 25d

A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:

“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”

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Kentucky Public Health
KENTUCKY HEALTH ALERT
Increase in Pertussis in Kentucky
Recommendations for Identification and Prevention
November 21, 2025
Kentucky health officials are alerting providers that cases of pertussis ("whooping cough") have increased steadily across the Commonwealth in recent weeks. To date, 566 cases of pertussis have been reported in Kentucky in 2025, the highest number of cases in the Commonwealth since 2012. This follows a trend that was first announced in July 2024 when pertussis cases began increasing in Kentucky to levels not seen in over a decade. Health officials anticipate that pertussis will continue to increase during the winter months based on historic trends. Many U.S. states and other countries are also experiencing elevated levels of pertussis.
Many of the recent cases have occurred in young infants, and health officials also recently confirmed the third pertussis-related death in a Kentucky infant within the last year. This follows two other infant deaths that were announced in June. These are Kentucky's first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy. Health officials urge all Kentuckians to remain up to date on recommended pertussis immunizations and emphasize the importance of maternal immunization during pregnancy, and for all infants beginning promptly at two months of age. Health officials also encourage providers to consider pertussis as a diagnosis in addition to circulating seasonal respiratory viruses such as influenza, RSV and COVID-19.
A significant number of cases have also occurred in school-aged children, many of whom were up to date on pertussis vaccination. Immunity from vaccination or natural infection wanes over time so infections can occur in people who are fully vaccinated. However, the vaccine is known to reduce disease severity, and hospitalization among vaccinated individuals is rare.
The Kentucky Dep…

Kentucky Public Health
regularly in Kentucky, however an increase beyond the expected background rate has been reported in recent weeks. Though pertussis vaccination (DTaP or Tdap) is available and widely implemented, B. pertussis continues to spread in the U.S. due to lack of vaccination or timely boosters, the lack of lifelong immunity from vaccination or natural infection and the long duration of infectiousness in untreated cases.
Symptoms of pertussis usually begin with a runny or congested nose, a low-grade fever, and mild coughing; apnea/stopping breathing can also occur in infants. After one to two weeks, the cough can progress to rapid, violent (paroxysmal) coughing fits that can cause the "whooping" sound, vomiting or labored breathing. Young children are the most severely affected; most teens and adults will have mild symptoms. People with preexisting health conditions that may be worsened by whooping cough are at high risk for developing a severe infection.
Testing for Pertussis:
The preferred methods for pertussis testing include nasal pharyngeal (NP) swab or nasal wash via PCR testing or culture. PCR has optimal sensitivity during the first three weeks of cough, is widely available at commercial laboratories and has a fast turnaround time. Culture is considered the gold standard due to excellent specificity but may take longer to complete. Serology for antibodies to B. pertussis is available at many commercial laboratories, however, serologic assays are not generally recommended for primary diagnosis of pertussis due to variability and unknown clinical accuracy. The most promising serologic assays are those that measure IgG antibodies against pertussis toxin only and are collected two to eight weeks following cough onset.
Prevention of Pertussis:
Prevention of pertussis is primarily achieved through routine vaccination with DTaP (ages two months to six years) and Tdap (ages seven years and older), followed by appropriate booster doses. Vaccination of pr…

Bordetella parapertussis
B. parapertussis is a bacterium that is similar to B. pertussis and can cause pertussis-like illness but does not produce pertussis toxin. Symptoms of parapertussis are typically milder and infection may be asymptomatic.
There is no vaccine for B. parapertussis and post-exposure prophylaxis is not recommended, however treatment recommendations for symptomatic patients are the same as those for B. pertussis. B. parapertussis is not reportable in Kentucky.
Thank you for your attention to this alert and guidance. The KDPH pertussis website includes supplemental resources, including a pertussis quicksheet with additional information that providers may find useful. If you have questions regarding reporting, testing, or prevention of pertussis or other infectious diseases, please contact the Kentucky Immunization Branch at (502) 564-4478 or after hours by calling the KDPH Epidemiology on-call line at 888-9-REPORT (888-973-7678).
Our Mission: To improve the health and safety of people in Kentucky through Prevention, Promotion, and Protection

November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM

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NY Times Pitchbot

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Whether it's Donald Trump appearing 1700 times in Epstein's emails or some Democrat delegate from the Virgin Islands no one has ever heard of sending a few texts to Epstein once, both sides have their hands very dirty.

November 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

RE: Lawmakers, SCOTUS, and bemoaning the state of science education in the US.

Human biology at birth quiz:
Which, if any, of the following 5 statements are true:

(1) Everyone born with an XY chromosome pair is male and everyone born with a uterus, fallopian tubes, and vagina is female.

1/4

November 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM

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Steve Vladeck

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

We were voters 127 and 128 at our precinct for its uncontested city council race, just making the 4:00 count.

November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

Some fall color in our yard by the big bend in the road.

An American Holly in the foreground whose leaves are always green but whose berries are turning red; some 3'-5' Oakleaf Hydrangea whose giant leaves are turning rust colored and whose previously white flower sprays have dried out to a beigish-brown ; various other 20' tall trees going from from green to red, and a giant Pignut Hickory whose leaves are turning a golden-yellow.

November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

The fall rolls along...

A red glass turkey on a shelf with alphabet blocks that spell out "Gobble Gobble".

A "Welcome" doormat with a cornucopia and a pumpkin.

A pillow sitting on a chair that is a male turkey wearing a pilgrim costume with its tail spread out, sitting side-by-side with the female turkey.

November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM

Reposted by Brian Habing

Norman Rockwell Museum

@normanrockwellm.bsky.social

Happy Halloween from all of us at Norman Rockwell Museum! 👻🎃

Image credit: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). The Fiddler, 1921. Cover illustration for The Country Gentleman, October 1921. Oil on canvas. Brandywine River Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Sordoni III, 2019

October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Brian Habing

@brian-habing.bsky.social

The 2025 SC-Habing Pumpkin Family portrait.

(From Left to Right: Sunflower, Dad, Sunshine, Mom, K)

Three carved pumpkins and two small uncarved pumpkins on two rocking chairs on a porch.

October 31, 2025 at 2:26 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

UPDATE — CHARGES DROPPED against Larry Bushart, a liberal ex-cop who was in jail for 30+ days for a Trump meme post in a Charlie Kirk vigil group

(Gotta think the @philinvestigates.com piece helped)