This is NOT the type of thing I want to read about as the CDC has been gutted by the Trump administration and nutjob RFK Jr is in charge of the nation's healthcare research.

There is no anger like a "I need my coffee!" anger. They've done gone pissed off the wrong group of people. "One of the most heavily-tariffed countries is Brazil, which is the United States’ top source for coffee, according to US Department of Agriculture data..." edition.cnn.com/2025/09/12/f...

Most beautiful in SC? I might argue it's the best in the country. I would be very interested in seeing something that believes it surpasses Brookgreen Gardens! #SouthCarolina

1️⃣ Seeing the musical "Come From Away" in Greenville was an experience I'll never forget. This is the true story of a little town called Gander, Newfoundland in Canada to which dozens of large passengers planes were diverted as the events of 9/11 unfolded. #ComeFromAway #gandernewfoundland #Sept11

They make it difficult for one to enjoy their elkburger at this dining establishment.

I don't care if it's a Republican, Democrat or whoever... The first presidential nominee who says it will be their priority to restore the Oval Office back to its dignified glory from this gaudy and horrid Caesar's Casino look will have my full support.

This is not a problem I ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever expect to have.

It's the small incremental improvements like this that will win the day!

Scratch this town off my "must travel to" list.

I love this family so hard! A family that laughs together is a family that lasts together. #Family #Laughter

"Radia’s building an aircraft longer than a football field" I can't even fathom what this would look like watching take off and land.

You really have to have good mental and cardiac health to be an @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social fan. I’m exhausted. #GoBirds #FlyEaglesFly

JORDAN DAVIS YOU ARE THE MAN ‼️❗️‼️ #FlyEaglesFly  | #LARvsPHI

A "booming demand in coal" is not where I had hoped we'd be in this modern balance between energy needs and environmental responsibility. #CleanEnergy

Seeing through space and time. And still not seeing a blessed thing.

Every morning it's the same thing. The teenager sleeps right through this klaxon alarm she set to get up for school. I'm a child of the 1980s nuclear war fear. If this were my alarm, I'd be awake in a nano-second running to an underground fallout shelter before my eyes were even open.

The newspaper has been getting a little insulting lately...

Back in the 80's, when we received a big box of air for Christmas, we were grateful for it. That's what's wrong with youth today.

Zuckerberg v. Zuckerberg makes for an interesting case.

"Females can bite but likely won’t. They run away and hide. They will bite if you hold one too tightly, but here’s their super power — they’ll break off their legs and run away." Break off their legs and run away? No thank you. No natural creature does that. These are clearly hellspawn.

1️⃣ "The White House recently commissioned a new history exhibit in Washington, D.C. created by the far-right 'education' group PragerU. The AI-generated videos even include fake quotes from the founding fathers, including one that seems like a joke.

Where's my tin foil hat? "A former housing official who worked under President Bush has made an astonishing claim that the U.S. government spent years funneling money into the creation of a secret underground 'city' where the rich and powerful can shelter in the event of a 'near-extinction event'"

I assure you, as someone who's been married to three women, financial gain is the LAST thing you end up with! 🤣

The longest-living species? The Hexactinellid Sea Sponge. Those suckers live up to 15,000 years! I wonder how those things taste... I mean, some sauteed hexactinellids have got to add a few years to my life, no?

Oh me? I'm going to set aside a USB drive and mark it with "DISPOSE OF ON MY DEATH - DO NOT VIEW". I'm going to leave explicit instructions in my will that this USB drive should be destroyed and not looked at. On the drive, I will have a single image that shows the words, "MADE YOU LOOK!".

OK - nightmare guaranteed for this evening, thank you very much!

Amanda & I would often have crying contests. I won, hands down, every time. She was lousy at it.

My initial reaction was: "How bad was life at home that he would fake his death to get away from it?" But the key part NOT found in the headline: "Officials say he went to Georgia to meet a woman from Uzbekistan whom he had met online."

This is hilarious! People bringing full office equipment to Starbucks!

This whole sweetheart deal given to a despicable convicted sex trafficker really bothers me on a profound moral level. What are we doing here???

I can totally see this happening. "Friends and family are watching in alarm as users insist they've been chosen to fulfill sacred missions on behalf of sentient AI or nonexistent cosmic powers — chatbot behavior that's just mirroring and worsening existing mental health issues..." #ChatGPT #AI

Now I KNOW I've seen this movie before. This happens just before a massive UFO buried under the ice awakens.

Hope you survived the Labor Day cookouts! "The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet)—a network of surveillance sites that spans 10 states and covers about 54M Americans (16 percent of the US population)—previously included active monitoring for eight infections from pathogens..."

I was reading this Wikipedia entry yesterday and a passage caught my eye: "The influence of the Library declined gradually over the course of several centuries. This decline began with the purging of intellectuals from Alexandria in 145 BC during the reign of Ptolemy VIII Physcon" Sound familiar?

I'm watching the series "Genius" where each season focuses on a different historical figure. The first season was about the life of Albert Einstein which I found very interesting. I knew a lot about his life, but still it provided a few interesting surprises.

Will I ever be able to look at this photo without getting completely emotional? I hope not.

Met some brand new (to me, anyway) family members in Lake Village, AK. The three adults shown with me are my mother's first cousins. They were so gracious in spending time with me to share family history and give me a tour of the area. I look forward to remaining in touch with my extended family!

I'm reading a chapter a day of Brandon Sanderson's "Wind and Truth". I estimate it'll be sometime around the year 2037 when I complete it. #brandonsanderson #StormlightArchive

In many places in America, it's easier to buy a gun than it is to adopt a cat from a shelter.

From Dr. Demetre Daskalakis' letter resigning from the CDC:   "It is untenable to serve in an organization that is not afforded the opportunity to discuss decisions of scientific and public health importance released under the moniker of CDC."

It's all I can do to hold back from jumping over that counter and helping them reboot their PC. #Wendys #BlueScreenOfDeath

1️⃣ I argue that government-funded science research is one of the pillars that have made our nation great. There isn't an aspect of our lives that hasn't originated in one form or another from funded research. It's an area where every $1 of taxpayer funding invested we've reaped $10 in rewards.

And now for the latest in dental health news...

Amazing! "A man who lived with severe, treatment-resistant depression for over 30 years is now in remission, thanks to a new brain stimulation method that targets selective areas of his brain." #Depression

Truly something to think about! #disability #accessibility #innovation

An actual IT ticket that was once submitted. I captured a screenshot of this many years ago and just stumbled across it recently. LOL!

Last weekend, I visited the gravesites of my great-grandparents, 1st generation Italian immigrants. Until this year, I knew nothing about them. I spent time in Lake Village, AK where they lived and died, building a large family with many branches of which I'm just one leaf among many.

I am in a Dunkin' Donuts Dead zone and I am not happy about it.

1️⃣ I came across these pictures in an old email. Amanda Kimler & I invented a game we called "Scrabbledash" - a blend of Scrabble and Balderdash. The rules were simple: You could put down any sequence of letters you want as long as...