L.A. woman, 88, had private security for protection. A guard shot her on New Year’s Eve
He mistook her for a burglar. Guns are always a bad idea, folks.
A trans woman running for Ohio House was rejected for not 'deadnaming' herself
@Huntn00 @AlliFlowers Yes, I think this is key to the delight that a certain group of citizens always expresses when their "enemies" are targeted: they imagine they themselves won't ever be targeted in similar fashion. History inevitably proves them wrong.
As long as Republicans are in charge of much of the nation, gun reform won't be addressed. More innocents will die, their loved ones will suffer, & America loses. Another tragedy because of gun violence:
An active shooter at another one of America's schools today. Multiple victims have been reported at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa.
#ItsTheGuns #GunReform🔫
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/live-updates-active-shooting-perry-high-school-rcna132235
#Trump took in ≥$7.8 million from foreign governments / entities while in office most of it from China, provably engaging in exactly the kind of conduct the #GOP is grasping to pin on President #Biden.
#law #legal #democracy #accountability #EmolumentsClause #WhiteHouseForSale #Democrats #Oversight #House #Republicans #impeachment
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-hotels-foreign-business-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"We have yet another promising line of research for curing T1 Diabetes, even in people with no functioning islet cells left. The plan is to get other cells to differentiate into islet cells, and then to protect them from the immune system. Isn’t living in the future great?" #Science #Diabetes https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/3/2214893/-Diabetes-Regenerating-Islet-Cells-Food-Research-at-Home
At last some good news:
Scientists hail new #antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
#Zosurabalpin has defeated strains of pneumonia and sepsis in mice, raising hopes for human trials
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/03/scientists-new-class-antibiotic-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
"In the lab, #COVID is a Level 3 biohazard. In schools, it's no big deal. I don't think you can reconcile those two statements."
- Dr. Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist #Toronto
#BackToSchool #CleanTheAir
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-schools-air-quality-test-results-ventilation-carbon-dioxide-2022-covid-1.6807229
@BootsChantilly @harriettmb @Willow @QasimRashid
Now doctors have to "contend" with women who know at 16 that they would never choose to bear a child, all the way to women very close to menopause who are desperate to get pregnant, and the gamut between. It takes a special person to be a good ObGyn these days...it's an evolving specialty.
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