I woke up this morning with a pain and heaviness in my chest. At first I thought I was having a heart attack. Then I opened my eyes. #Caturday
@qurlyjoe
Reality in #Minnesota now.
Use the billionaire tax for housing instead.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-gov-tim-walz-signs-free-school-meals-bill-into-law/600259831/
#ALweather #ALwx
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The next generation of #mRNAvaccines is on its way
Japan recently approved a new #mRNA #vaccine for #covid. And this one is pretty exciting. Just like the mRNA v#accines you know and love, it delivers the instructions for making the #virus’s #spikeprotein. But here’s what makes it novel: it also tells the body how to make more mRNA. Essentially, it provides instructions for making more instructions. It’s self-amplifying.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/02/1087536/the-next-generation-of-mrna-vaccines-is-on-its-way/
#Jan6 rioters who ignited path for Capitol attack #convicted
#RyanSamsel was among a group who overwhelmed 5 officers at Peace Circle, seriously injuring one of them. Samsel & the 4 others lifted the barricades & hurled them at police, opening a path for rioters to the Capitol.
#law #criminal #insurrection
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/02/02/jan-6-capitol-riot-samsel/
Guest opinion: The Boy Scouts is prepared to make amends, but is Alabama? - al.com https://www.al.com/opinion/2024/02/guest-opinion-the-boy-scouts-is-prepared-to-make-amends-but-is-alabama.html
A judge ruled that a $56 billion compensation package that Tesla had awarded to Elon Musk was illegal and that Musk would have to return the money. He is now losing even more money than Donald Trump. #Delaware https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/30/tesla-shares-slide-after-judge-voids-elon-musks-56-billion-compensation.html
Ted Cruz is a cancer on America. Texas: you deserve better. Vote him OUT on March 5, 2024!
Look who's touting #Bidenomics.
Via Victor Shi:
Wow. A Fox anchor, Larry Kudlow, just said on Fox, “I was wrong about the slowdown and the recession. Everyone was wrong.” This is the truth. There is no recession. There is no slowdown. Our economy is strong & booming because of President Biden. Period. Be loud & proud. #ClusterFox
Hey, folks, looking to #getFediHired
I've got some good prospects already, but I'd love to speak with anyone in the #SustainableEnergy #GreenEnergy and #logistics sectors. I'm #Chicago and/or will work remote, I have a proven track record leading several organizational transitions to #kubernetes and #cloudNative architecture. If you want help there, OR if you can help me better understand either of those verticals, I'd greatly appreciate a DM.
On the morning of October 7th, Hamas militants broke into the home of Ella, 8, and Dafna Elyakim, 15, and live-streamed the attack as they shot and killed their father, murdered his partner, Dikla, and forced her son, Tomer, to trick other residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz into false safety before murdering him as well.
Dafna and Ella were taken to Gaza in their murdered father’s car and placed in the home of a Gazan family.
There, they were psychologically tortured as Hamas members told repeatedly that they would only go home in coffins and that no one in Israel cared about them.
Over the course of their 50 days in captivity, the sisters were held in two houses, a school, and finally a subterranean tunnel.
As they were finally being released on November 26, a Hamas operative whispered to them: “We know where you live and we’ll come and kill you if you reveal where you were held captive.”
The bravery of these two young girls is astounding.
They are heroes. But they shouldn’t have to be.
Keith Siegel was taken captive with his wife, Aviva Siegel, a kindergarten teacher, from their home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7th.
The Siegels, aged 64 and 62, woke up to the sound of sirens on the morning of 7 October. Grabbing a phone, they rushed to their safe room in their pajamas, expecting to be there for 10 minutes or so.
The Siegels kept in touch with the family over WhatsApp, explaining they had been advised in a message on the kibbutz’s WhatsApp group not to speak aloud. At about 10am, the messages stopped.
The couple was driven into Gaza in their own car, along with a neighbor and her two children.
Aviva Siegel was released on November 26. Her husband, Keith, remains a captive.
Keith Siegel, originally from North Carolina, works for a pharmaceutical company and is known as a quiet, kind man, dedicated to his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Bring Keith home now!!
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