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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 22h

It seems to be working so far, we'll see what the results are after a week!

Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 1d

The sweet potatoes are holding at roght around 90 degrees in this christmas lights set up I learned from YouTube! Hoping this curing process works!

#vegetablegardening #zone7a

Sweet potatoes on a pan next to a bunch of incandescent Christmas lights in an oven.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Wishing you the best, the wildlife does seem to love sweet potatoes almost as much as we do! Hard to blame them!

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 1d

Harvested my sweet potatoes today! Was really pleased with the output after having a pathetic turnout for my regular potatoes. Also tried some stir-fried sweet potato leaves, they weren't bad! Wish me luck on the curing process!

#vegetablegardening #zone7a #gardensky

Sweet potato leaves being sautéed in a frying pan

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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 5d

Not sure how St. Louis City can claim to be interested in Sustainability & Climate Change but soil itself welcoming electric and water hog data centers 🤔

Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 5d

Today’s City of St. Louis Planning Commission meeting includes a presentation & public hearing on the draft “Sustainability & Climate Plan.”

Testify via Zoom or in-person at 1520 Market St. The #PlanCommSTL is not live-streamed on YouTube.

Let’s see how the Midtown data centers fit in the plan. 👀

Screen capture image of part of page one of the PDA resolution for the draft Sustainability and Climate Plan.

Image from Rod Thomas/THO Investments presentation to a meeting of the St. Louis Midtown Redevelopment Corporation board of directors.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 5d

"A practice that would have been unthinkable under past administrations is becoming normalized: sending ICE detainees, without due process, to far-flung prisons in countries with notorious human rights records."

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

Crucial from former prosecutor @kristyparker.bsky.social: Trump might have immunity, but those who commit corrupt or illegal orders for him do not. That's why DOJ insiders are leaking word that cases against Comey and Letitia James are collapsing.

All on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2015...

Trump Threats to Jail Foes Take Darker Turn with Damning New DOJ Leaks

As ugly new information emerges about Trump’s efforts to prosecute James Comey and other enemies, a former federal prosecutor explains how his corrupt schemes are running into stiff internal resistanc...

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 7d

This is so true.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 8d

K-Pop Demon Hunters is legitimately the global cultural phenomenon of 2025 and honestly there are far worse things to be a cultural touchstone this year than a trio of young women fighting literal soul-sucking hegemony through the power of their art

E. Perkins 🎃 @hauntedpumpkin.bsky.social · 8d

Oh crap, it's back at #1 in movies again today on Netflix too. That's awesome!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10d

Important line in the story, of the US president: "...[H]is pro-Israel message sometimes appears aimed more at his conservative and evangelical Christian supporters than at American Jews, who he has complained are insufficiently appreciative of his positions on the Middle East."

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Many American Jews sharply critical of Israel on Gaza, Post poll finds

Most Jews say Israel is committing war crimes — and 39 percent say genocide — while often distinguishing between the country and its leadership.

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 11d

Trump admits Project 2025 was always the plan.

Of course it was. So many of us warned that he lied.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 14d

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012.

The infant was less than two months old and was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine.

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Mississippi Baby Dies of Whooping Cough Amid Rising Cases

A baby in Mississippi has died of whooping cough for the first time since 2012. The baby was less than two months old—too young for vaccination.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 19d

Missouri out there leading the way, LOL OMG

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 21d

The word “autism” was first used to describe behavioral differences in children in 1911 but autism has been documented using available records going back to the 1700s (definitively) and further.

Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 22d

Trying to work while feeling like this image from The Moon Wakes Up...

The planet Earth is surrounded by 3 evil, sentient gas giants with gaping, toothy smiles.

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 25d

Getting ready for a family visit...

Sign on a front door reading "Let's keep it cozy, politics-free zone.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 27d

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.

Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

www.theguardian.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 27d

~40% of Hepatitis B infections are caught in childhood. It is contagious enough that it can be spread just from sharing common household objects.

The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 27d

There’s a rumor that Kennedy’s revised, biased ACIP will move hepatitisB age up to 4, creating real access issues to parents that want to to protect babies and setting babies up for lifelong harm.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.

www.npr.org

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 28d

TF

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Tiana @lookout32.bsky.social · 28d

Cactus butt.

Fuzzy cactus with two cheek-like growths at its base.

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Progress MO @progressmissouri.bsky.social · Sep 12

Because it's WE THE PEOPLE, not politicians. Join and follow @peoplenotpolsmo.bsky.social if you think Missourians, not politicians, should have the power to make their own decisions!

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 11

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

TB is the #1 killer among infectious diseases. A new study says its toll could mount

New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.

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