| Curious | Old-school |
| Free-thinker | Joyful |
Those mRNA vaccine programs that RFK Jr. is killing because he claims they don't work?
The people who invented them got the f***ing Nobel Prize.
And they've saved literally millions of lives already.
WARMING HER WINGS (2012)
Acrylic on Panel - 11" x 14"
In fall, the sun sets on the west side of our property to shine through the trees. On a humid day, the light seems suspended in the thick air, spreading against the dark shapes of the trees, fanning golden brilliance across the green lawn. 1/5
Plato warned us. Over two thousand years ago, he told the story of prisoners chained in a cave, mistaking shadows on the wall for reality. They saw outlines and echoes, never the fire or the forms behind it. And when one prisoner escaped and saw the sun, he came back to free the others.
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Thank you @TheGuardian for showing US news outlets how actual journalism is done.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/04/texas-democrats-republicans-maps
I'm trying to avoid engaging in the rich political content found here, but I have to wonder why we aren't sending nutritional food that is expiring, due to the end of US Aid, to Gaza.
More than 60,000 metric tons of U.S.-funded emergency food aid are in warehouses across the U.S. and abroad., including high-energy biscuits, ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTF) such as fortified peanut paste, fortified cereals, vegetable oil, rice, and peas. It could feed everyone in Gaza for over a month.
Lightning Kills Way More Trees Than You Would Ever Believe
https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-kills-way-more-trees-than-you-would-ever-believe?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Nature @nature-ScienceAlert
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