"WE SAW A TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL." -TED CRUZ, LIKE LITERALLY 17 TIMES
apple.news ‘Sloppy’ wording this week? Ted Cruz actually called the Capitol assault a terrorist attack at least 17 previous times - CNN Politics
Read moreLadies and gentlemen, a portrait of Pete the Cat (she/her/hers) 🐈
Read moreBonsai and Lucy 🐕
Read moreA rare sighting of 4/5 pets together. Bonsai is, of course, aloof and out of frame. 🐈🐕
Read moreAMA KNOWS WHAT’S UP
American Medical Association Latest To Oppose CDC’s Shorter Covid Isolation Guidelines www.forbes.com/sites/bru…
Read moreTHE WAR ON LIBRARY BOOKS
The war on library books - Popular Information: In the coming months, you will hear a lot from right-wing politicians about the need to “empower parents” to have more influence over their children’s education. As I’ve said many times, they’ll come for your books before they ever come for your guns. 📚
Read moreI THOUGHT IT WAS SKINNY & SWEET
It just occurred to me that 9 to 5 may have very well been the first movie about “remote” work. 🍿
Read more2 MILLION CASES, 7 MILLION VACCINATIONS AS INFECTIONS INCREASE (OHIO)
Omicron variant pushes Ohio past two major COVID-19 milestones | NBC4 WCMH-TV: Going from 1.9 million to 2 million took Ohio just seven days, the shortest amount of time across the entire pandemic to reach a 100,000-case waypoint.
Read moreTHE JANUARY 6 CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY INDEX
The January 6 corporate accountability index: After January 6, these companies specifically pledged to cut off support for the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election on January 6. Since then, these companies have not donated to those Republican members of the House or Senate, leadership PACs controlled by those members, or multi-candidate committees that primarily support those members. There are currently 36 companies in this group. Airbnb, Allstate, Amazon, American Express, BASF, CBS Corporation, CISCO, Commerce Bancshares, Dow Inc.
Read moreMR. PRESIDENT
I really hope the President calls for a moment of silence on January 6th, or orders flags lowered, or signs some significant bill into law.
Read moreNOW HIRING SOCIAL WORKERS? LIBRARIES
📚 When the answers are not in books, some libraries hire social workers to help : Shots - Health News : NPR: For years, libraries have been a place people turn to for information to help them solve problems. But the challenges patrons are dealing with are increasingly beyond the scope of what most librarians are trained to handle — and that’s where social workers can fill in the gaps.
Read moreFRENCH KISSIN’ IN THE U.S.A.
🎵 music.apple.com Obviously I broke down and subscribed to Apple Music. Free for 6 mos. so we’ll see how I like it. This was one of the first suggestions it made for me. The song doesn’t hold up extremely well, but it was a good memory to listen to it.
Read moreBONSAI
This is our beautiful girl, Bonsai. She’s 13 (but doesn’t look a day over 7). She hasn’t been herself lately. Won’t eat. Refusing her heart medication no matter what we wrap it in. Just acts kind of distant. Every time I think about losing her, I cry. I can’t cope with aging, death, or dying. I don’t know how. I know it’s “just a part of life” but that doesn’t help.
Read moreRIP BETTY WHITE
📺 apple.news Betty White, working actress into her 90s, dies just shy of her 100th birthday - Reuters Well ain’t that a pisser.
Read moreAMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTIC
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post: Chances of a woman classified as obese achieving a “normal” weight: 0.8% Stop fat shaming people.
Read moreBLOG THIS SHORTCUT FOR IOS OR MACOS
Blog This Shortcut for iOS or macOS – Eclecticism: Selecting some text on a webpage and then using the Share Sheet on iOS or the Services menu on macOS will grab the webpage link and the selected text, convert it to Markdown format, convert any relative URLs in the selected text to absolute URLs, and then place the final text into a new Ulysses sheet on iOS or MarsEdit post on macOS, all ready for any final edits before publishing to your blog.
Read moreCOVID-19 VISIT RISK CALCULATOR
My COVID–19 Visit Risk Calculator (2021 - 2022): HOW SAFE WILL VISITING OR GATHERING WITH OTHERS BE DURING THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC?
Read more"THERE IS NO FEDERAL SOLUTION. THIS GETS SOLVED AT A STATE LEVEL.”
Biden shrugs, says, “I donno it’s up to y’all really,” throws up hands, walks away silently mouthing “call me” to Vice President. [www.cnbc.com](Biden says Covid surge needs to be solved at state level, vows full federal support)
Read moreANALYSIS: BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SIGNALS PANDEMIC STRATEGY SHIFT IN THE FACE OF OMICRON - CNN POLITICS
It’s fair to ask whether the Biden administration is beginning to prioritize economics over science, just as Democrats once blasted Trump for doing. apple.news Elect a liberal Republican for president and you get a liberal Republican for president.
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