The high today is supposed to be 83 and tomorrow weβve got 1-2 inches of snow in the forecast. π
The high today is supposed to be 83 and tomorrow weβve got 1-2 inches of snow in the forecast. π
Did you know there are some people who have to buy the food they eat, that itβs not prepared for them by a chef?
As opposed to the guy this guy serves under, who recently discovered the word and concept βgroceries.β
My grandmother was a staunch Republican (acquaintances with Nixon, fan of Rush, etc) but was adamantly pro-choice and once allegedly chased an anti-choice elected official in an airport so she could yell at him. I like to think it was Henry Hyde.
Hahahahaha thinking about the AI summaries Iβve seen as Iβve been researching abortion laws before and after Dobbs.
Iβm sure law professors will enjoy skewering people who adopt this tech.
I couldnβt care less about Ohio State; what strikes me about this is that itβs ANOTHER case of a womanβs life being completely disrupted by her husband making bad choices.
Daylight Savings Time sucks and should be abolished.
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Weβre out here Charles VI-ing it without a Henry IV or V.
Unsolicited advice: Any 2028 progressive candidate MUST have a Black voter strategy.
Hiring a staffer with expertise is required, not optional -- and please don't hire a Black staffer who thinks most everyday Black folk "aren't radical enough" and/or "don't wanna get free." That's a nonstarter.
Group of 8 people standing on the side of the roads with signs
This is in Milford, DE, pop. 12,000. Itβs foggy and a very cold 44, but theyβre out and people are responding.
In 2007, I heard Madeleine Albright speak & someone asked about Rice having Albrightβs father as a mentor. She said that once she commented to Rice that it was unfathomable that they both could have learned the same things from the same person and come to such incredibly different conclusions.
I cant stop thinking about this case: he was thrown away like trash.
Iβm in Upstate SC working directly on the measles outbreak. Whatβs helping reduce cases lately isnβt writing parents off. Itβs clear, credible communication that addresses confusion and misinformation. Many families just need trustworthy information from leaders they trust.
I have a kid in college whoβs a political science major who was too young during 45 to know a lot of what was going on, so yesterday when she was talking about Noem I got to tell her how Tillerson read the tweet about his firing while on the toilet.
I was trying to be really hyperbolic in response to the idea that there were hundreds of thousands of parents who were deliberately choosing to murder othersβ and their own children by deciding not to vaccinate
Again, my kids are fully vaxxed. But I have a lot of sympathy for parents who are navigating this sludge of information while they get 5 minutes of face time with a trusted clinician (if they have one).
I 100% think that if someone had sat me down when I was refusing vaccines and talked to me about it, addressed my fears, validated my prior experiences feeling unseen by clinicians, etc, I would have made different choices. This wouldnβt work for everyone, but one more kid vaccinated is good.
Rather than seeing my children as special snowflakes who could survive chicken pox or measles, I saw them as the vectors they were for infecting other peopleβs kids. I could not imagine deciding that my (incorrect) risk assessment for my own kids could then cause harm to someone elseβs.
I canβt remember exactly what led me to a course correction, but I know I read Seth Mnookinβs book The Panic Virus and that really helped put into relief how utterly ridiculous the anti-vax movement is. It also cemented for me the importance of my individual role in protecting the community.
And a lot of people had deliberately sought out the communities I was a part of b/c of their negative experiences with clinicians, especially around wanting an unmedicated birth and things like breastfeeding on demand, bed sharing, etc. Itβs easy to think someone knows their stuff when they help you
This ideology was RAMPANT in the communities I was a part of at the time. And people could cite scientific literature and use terminology to make their stance sound reasonable, and, more importantly, RIGHT. Like, there were discussions about the type of mercury in vaccines.
I opted for Vitamin K and Hep B at birth, but deliberately selected a provider for my kids who was known to be flexible on vaccination schedules. I was going by the Dr. Sears (and RFK ally) schedule. I was a SAHM and my kids were breastfed, so I figured most didnβt apply to them anyway.
She never said why and this was many years ago, so Iβd be surprised if she delays it now, but that was hard to ignore. Then I got pregnant again, and, deciding that I wanted more autonomy over my care, I fell headfirst into all things natural childbirth and parenting. This was 2009.
However. I developed HELLP Syndrome with my 1st child and my OB missed a lot of the signs. Additionally, he was rabidly anti-choice (south GA), so it was easy to dismiss his expertise. Then my 1st childβs pediatrician used a somewhat modified vaccine schedule that delayed the MMR vaccine.
I really never talk about this because it was so long ago and itβs embarrassing, but maybe itβs worth sharing while this debate ragesβand itβs something I myself am interested in the research around. Caveat before starting: my kids are FULLY vaccinated including annual Covid and flu shots.
Iβm hoping itβs his strong opinions on the subject that compel Nick Saban to have anything to do with the presidentβs anything.
I have been neck deep in pre and post Dobbs abortion policies in each state in the US for weeks now and I cannot overstate how difficult a task this is. Iβm even finding outdated information on sites that are only accessible with a paid subscription.
Look, like many things, it landed much better in my head! π€£