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Joanne
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Mother, Grandmother Proud daughter of WW2 vet Retired biomedical researcher👩🏻‍🔬 🧪🧬 Rutgers and Johns Hopkins alumnus🎓📓 Knitter🧶 Reader📚 Cat Mom🐈‍⬛
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Salk’s response when asked why he didn’t patent the polio vaccine was to respond, “can you patent the sun?”

(NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
This week is cables for #showmeyourknits I knit this shawl when I was first learning how to knit. It was challenging for me at the time and has a beautiful cable and lace edge. The pattern is French CanCan.🧶 #knitsky
Happy Halloween from NY!🎃
Empire State Building wearing its pumpkin costume.
This week for #showmeyourknits is knitting horror stories specifically lost knits. My first pair of knit mittens is missing and I’m not sure how they were lost. They were in the car and they may have left on the roof while pumping gas. Here is the replacement pair. #knitsky
It’s National Black Cat Day! Here are my two.
Good question
Why is Apple, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Blackstone, Google, OpenAI, Amazon and others financing the destruction of the WH and desecration of the grounds, something that is infuriating to huge chunk of the American population? Do you hate your customers that much?
Trump destroying Eleanor Roosevelt‘s legacy (the east wing) feels a little on the nose.
Obviously this is why he lied about his intentions. He said he wasn't going to tear down any part of the White House during construction. And why the Treasury Department has told employees to stop sending pictures of the demolition out to the public.
Hats! I have plenty. This week’s #showmeyourknits theme. This pattern is my go-to hat called Bankhead, free on Ravelry and available in sizes baby to adult. I’ve made several. This one is child size made for my granddaughter.
#knitsky
Thank you! It was a fun knit.
Thank you. The yarn was a kit from #MissBabsYarns
This week’s theme is spooky knits for #showmeyourknits
This is The Haunted House Cowl by #TellybeanKnits
Also my first project using stranded colorwork knitting.
🎃👻☠️
#knitsky
Sulu has more sense than RFKjr
That’s not how you science.
Guess there was a price to pay for that gifted plane.
Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho
This man is a danger to the health of all Americans.
RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol
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My NY Republican Congressman is responsible for this. He does not work for his constituents.
OMB Director Russ Vought just canceled $8 billion in climate funding for CA, NY, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, MA, MN, NH, NJ, NM, OR, VT, and WA.

He also froze $18 BILLION for NYC infrastructure projects “to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles.”

How is this legal?
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Some of us were talking about both subjects before it was cool.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported 1,514 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the United States declared measles eliminated in 2000.

Gift link.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article)
As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.
www.nytimes.com
This week’s theme is Joy and Care. Knitting for my grandkids brings me joy. Here are mittens. Pattern is The World’s Simplest Mittens by #TinCanKnits in toddler and child sizes.
#showmeyourknits
#knitsky
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Trump had a tantrum tonight over ABC bringing Jimmy Kimmel back, even threatening to sue the network.
Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.