Bruce Byrne

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BioMed & computing - retired. Gardens, woodworking, birding - active Spouse, kids, grandkids - love. Democracy - stay strong.
@BrentToderian Leaving Mastodon. See you on Threads.
@shoq Unplug the TV. Tune to/stream NPR Morning Edition. Support your local NOR station.
Abortion in Colonial America: A Time of Herbal Remedies and Accepted Actions - UConn Today

UConn historians discuss abortion in Colonial America

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@adamdavidson If I need a race relations checkup by a native South African, I'm pretty inclined towards Trevor Noah over Elon Musk.
@jentaub Of course, "Charlie Pierce" is just another handle used by Congressman Santos. That's how this complementary puff piece got published. (This is a test. Do the users of the large extinct mammal service here recognize snark or will any reactions be more aviary-service like?)
Portland Oregon: Sidewalk Stamp Capital of North America — Everyday Tourist

Learn what a sidewalk stamp is and take a history tour of Portland Oregon's sidewalk stamps with the Everyday Tourist. Some date back to 1902.

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@DrLindseyFitzharris ...built decades after the death of Andreas Vesalius, the master of modern anatomical drawing. Vesalius was returning to Padua to once again join the University when he died in transit. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/historicalanatomies/vesalius_home.html
Historical Anatomies on the Web: Andreas Vesalius Home

@IngridGoree @jentaub The first time I walked into Blue Marble Bookstore I had a flash that I was in a stranger's library and I wanted said stranger to be my friend.
@dogsandcheese ...and some neurosurgery to ablate that moral center.
Court seems unwilling to embrace broad version of “independent state legislature” theory - SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled that it may not be ready to adopt a sweeping interpretation of the Constitution, known as the “independent state legislature” theory, that would give state legislatures broad power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts. Although

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