Mask mandates return to health care facilities in parts of California.

The mandate goes from Nov. 1 to March 31, 2026. Someone tell Covid it needs to be over by then

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Here is a baby otter to end the week

Across India, mental suffering is viewed as weakness, moral failure or spiritual deficiency. For many Indians, emotional suffering is accounted for as “weak faith”, a view that traps individuals in shame and exonerates individuals of responsibility.

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Istikhar Ali writes

NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

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I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment

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On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

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UPDATE: I'm gonna need everyone to vote for this on LEGO's Ideas page. We hold these truths to be self-evident. Please and thank you.

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91 years is a good long run for most but too short for someone like Jane Goodall. Damn.

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
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i have to keep hyping this, it is release week 😭 ty for letting me fill up your skyline ❤️

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status.

He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

Trump on Monday claimed there is a link between Tylenol and autism. A Drexel University scientist who studied the topic found none.

Gupta: It is safe. That’s what the best-quality research shows. And how irresponsible, using the podium of the WH to put this out there when you’re not even offering an alternative. That is dangerous. An untreated fever is dangerous. Untreated pain in pregnancy is dangerous.

Good job, Tylenol comms team.

As someone who lived through the Tylenol scare in the 80s because some random dude was poisoning bottles, I understand that Tylenol is safe because it was so heavily scrutinized and researched. We have tamper-proof containers today because of that incident.

Deleted the below posts out of an abundance of caution. Despite the words of the Proclamation, an unnamed White House official told New York Times that they intend to apply the $100,000 only to new applicants only.

If that is correct, the implications are not as urgent.

Correcting myself since I didn't read carefully enough in my haste; this doesn't go into effect immediately, it goes into effect in 29 hours, at 12:01 AM on Sunday morning.

Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."

No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.

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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…

D obviously. You even get the boot of Italy, so most of the best options.

COVID-19 Vaccines Averted 2.5 Million Deaths, Mostly Among Older Adults jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

For no reason at all, I strongly recommend making a donation to the Committee to Protect Journalists (either one-time or monthly): give.cpj.org/campaign/667...

I really do think Ezra Klein needs to be held to account for why he gets to keep his columnist job, as a white man, for saying CK was "practicing politics the right way" while Karen Attiah, a Black woman, loses her columnist job for quoting what CK said about Black women.

Someone, plz ask him.