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This is Oleh Fedirets.

He is a Ukrainian University professor with a PhD in economics.

Because of Putin, he is now an anti-aircraft gunner near Bakhmut, risking his life 24/7.

War changed us all. Putin must be held accountable for Oleh not teaching at Uni this morning!
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin

SAFER Health Act from Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA16) would ban doctors from revealing a patient’s abortion info without consent, even under court order or subpoena. https://govtrackinsider.com/safer-health-act-would-ban-doctors-from-revealing-a-patients-abortion-info-without-consent-even-6652668ef4da
SAFER Health Act would ban doctors from revealing a patient’s abortion info without consent, even under court order or subpoena

Should a Republican district attorney or state attorney general be able to legally compel a physician to reveal a patient’s abortion information? Five days after the Supreme Court overturned 1973’s


GovTrack Insider

this is a neighborhood cat that comes to the door for full body rubs (including tummy) for ~5 minutes, gets up and leaves. i love her.

#CatsOfMastodon

Indigenous sports wow crowds at Arctic Winter Games https://bbc.in/40Oyucs
Indigenous sports wow crowds at Arctic Winter Games

Alaskan high kick, stick pull and kneel jump were among the competitive games in Canada this year.

BBC News

Politeness, what a concept: "We don’t get cursed at by firefighters, or clerks at the department of motor vehicles, or sanitation workers. And if we were, we’d be outraged."

They’d be reported and maybe fired. Not police officers. Why?
https://digbysblog.net/2023/02/07/politeness-what-a-concept/

Politeness, what a concept - Digby's Hullabaloo

You mean not start with hostility? Photo via David Nisleit via Twitter. Efforts to reform policing in this country usually involve reworking the training, more of it, eliminating qualified immunity, or technical solutions like body cameras. Mona Charon offers a novel start at police reform that requires politeness. The first thing the Memphis

Digby's Hullabaloo

7 abortion providers are ready to switch to misoprostol-only medication abortions if a judge bans the main abortion pill, mifepristone, nationwide. That ruling could happen as soon as this Friday.

Pretty much everything that Team "you're overreacting" insisted would never happen after Dobbs is, in fact, happening. It's almost as if they were not arguing in good faith this whole time.

https://jezebel.com/mifepristone-ban-misoprostol-only-abortions-in-the-us-1850083070

If the Main Abortion Pill Is Banned This Week, Providers Are Prepared to Go Off-Label

Seven abortion providers told Jezebel they're planning to offer misoprostol-only abortions if a federal judge blocks mifepristone nationwide.

Jezebel

„Sheep make good candidates for agrivoltaics because they are efficient foragers, keeping weeds off solar panels, and are small enough to pass under the panels [
] The findings strongly suggest that solar power centres should be designed with a partner animal species in mind“

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357545-putting-solar-panels-in-grazing-fields-is-good-for-sheep/

Putting solar panels in grazing fields is good for sheep

Sheep living in pasture with solar panels benefit from shade in hot weather and more nutritious grass – and they stop weeds from growing on the panels

New Scientist
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