Now tRump's Defense Secretary Hegseth is pro gender affirming care? His new plan screens troops over 30 for low testosterone & offers replacement therapy to optimize them. But only for the military's idea of 'readiness,' not for trans Americans. Double standards.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth
Je cherche une bonne âme qui pourrait accueillir un #chat abandonné vers #Nice ou #Antibes . C'est une femelle, elle est très affectueuse mais elle n'est pas en grande forme malheureusement (visiblement pas assez nourrie et a potentiellement des parasites) . Je paierai les frais de vétérinaire mais je ne peux malheureusement pas l'accueillir chez moi (trop de chats)
Le boost rend le poil soyeux.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett says she "didn't know how to explain to her child that she has to wear a bullet proof vest to work." As a parent myself, here's my suggestion of what to say:
"Mommy is one of the 9 most powerful judges in America, and at every chance to help protect meaningful gun safety legislation, I've chosen the extremely reckless and stupid decision of expanding gun access, even to violent sociopaths, thus putting your and my life in abject danger—but that's the price of freedom."
DOJ Is Now 0 for 13 As Deep Red West Virginia Wins To Block Trump's Election Rigging #Politicus https://twp.ai/E5E6T9
Adding fish to rice paddies fights a horrible parasitic disease.
In a schistosomiasis hotspot in Senegal, researchers stocked rice fields with two native species, African bonytongue and Nile tilapia, that eat or outcompete the freshwater snails carrying the parasite. Fields with both fish held fewer snails, and yields rose more than 25%, with the harvested fish offering a second stream of income.
The team now wants to scale it across endemic rice-growing regions.
Health Officials in Michigan Identify ‘Potential Source’ of Cyclospora Outbreak (Gift Article)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/well/eat/michigan-cyclospora-outbreak-lettuce-salad-greens.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xVA.oCdk.iBsqhkECIy1_&smid=url-share
US News, trans good news (rarely happens here, which is why I’m sharing)
“Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care”
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs
@AlliFlowers because maybe he needed aid with more than his schedule?
Not that there's anything wrong with that, as long as everyone consents. 🤣
@Ulrich_the_elder Executive Order on Day 1 to defund ICE, make private immigration prisons illegal, and abolish DHS, breaking it back up into the individual departments from whence it was illegally spawned.
FBI TRAINING VIDEOS: In this #Video, you will be instructed on how to view the #Epstein Files and redact #DonaldTrump name from any and all instances it occurs...
In other words, he looked in the mirror and saw what he'd become and caused a heart attack. https://sfba.social/@vij/116909489321386693
As Steve Schmidt put it, Graham was a “pilot fish”
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sgti3jsgu3luif24tokvth3a/post/3mqhekncb6c2h
tRump doesn’t want elections anymore. His administration's disabling protections, taking over voter rolls, & rigging certification. He flat-out said we 'shouldn’t even have an election.' It's election subversion in real time. Turn out in record numbers to stop it.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/12/trump-election-subversion
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna condemned the IOC’s decision to lift restrictions on russian athletes, calling it "disgraceful and irresponsible."
He argued that the move ignores russia’s ongoing aggression against #Ukraine, amounts to complicity, and undermines the integrity of sport.
Source: Estonian Embassy in Kyiv
"This week, a single statistic stopped me cold. Requests for #kosher meals in #British #hospitals have reportedly halved in two years.
That number does not mean half of #BritishJews abandoned their faith. It means something far uglier. It means #Jews, at the precise moment they are ill, frightened, and dependent on strangers, now hesitate before ticking a box that says: I am #Jewish.
A #koshermeal in a #hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve."
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