Very chill Thanksgiving. Just hubby and his parents. My MIL has a cold (which we we not aware of before we came). 🤞 I don't come down with it, have a busy week at work next week.

Researchers reported last year that Ethiopian wolves enjoy licking nectar from red hot poker flowers, documenting this behavior for the first time in a large predator. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4ocqSuW #ScienceMagArchives

@jeneye127.bsky.social @kazurcher.bsky.social My advent calendar came from Vosges came today. It's magical ☺️ 🎶

The emergence of Edith in attendance of a botanical breakthrough:

#UglyDogs Charlie @minnesotagirl.bsky.social sent Sahara an early Christmas present

Great group of people we have in charge of scientific recommendations right now. /s I'm looking at you, RFK Jr. and all the enablers who put you in charge of things.

Who would have thought? Congratulations!

Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social

Abbott Laboratories (ABT.N), opens new tab said on Monday it has begun a correction in the United States for certain FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus glucose monitoring sensors after internal testing showed some units may report falsely low glucose readings.

Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s dark skies.

PSA for very very near-sighted people with small-ish kids - this fall FDA finally approved essilor's stellest lenses, which fit into standard glasses frames and which significantly slow the progression of myopia they will stop your kids' eyes from getting as bad as yours!!! THAT SHIT IS MAGIC

it’s not a phase

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.

We've enrolled more than 700 participants (of 1,000 planned) in 3 weeks to a randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid

Happy Sunday afternoon. Thought I'd share my delight of the day (™️ of @minnesotagirl.bsky.social ). Some plants I brought inside this fall are flowering.

Take your turkey out of the freezer tonight and put it in the fridge. You're welcome.

#UglyDogs Look what arrived in the mail - 9 months late 😂

#UglyDogs A very sweet story about our favorite bookstore!

Let’s go Bleral and help! This has been one hell of a year (literally) for Kat and Mr. Kat, and next year is going to start out even more rough. Ignore the target $$ - I don’t know when it was last updated or if it covers how their medical deductible will reset on Jan 1.

You could always subscribe to my newsletter instead of reading... that.

Happy weekend!

Hi. I'm on Substack now. Taking a break deom most social media thx cooperhill1.substack.com

#UglyDogs @honestdogbooks.bsky.social Still has some bonus goodies available for @blairbraverman.bsky.social 's book - The Day Leap Soared

Speak up! www.ausdoc.com.au/news/doctors...

Ay me, detested! How am I beguil’d!

Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days

We at Defend Public Health published this report on what is known about the risk factors for autism spectrum disorder back in September. It includes a section on the fact that there is no credible evidence that vaccines cause autism. Period.

Hubby wants to watch the Ken Burns show about the American Revolution. He also finds Peter Coyote's voice apparently very soothing 😴

1/ Last week, the FDA announced it’s removing the black box warning from menopause hormone therapy (MHT). This is long overdue. Menopause is universal, yet misunderstood and stigmatized. Millions of women have suffered because of fear, misinformation, and a system that wasn’t built to support them.

Between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=i...

#UglyDogs news on a good race

Looking for what you can do to make you voice heard? This campaign is gaining traction. The enablers have to feel it. weaintbuyingit.com

Vaccination still matters—a lot. Data shows it reduces hosp by 70-75% in kids; 30-40% in older adults; it protects against other circulating flu strains. Strain dominating spread (51% U.S.) is this newly mutated flu virus that's behind surges in the U.K., Japan, Canada & is taking off here, too.

Clean up crew on the job

Sahara is helping me bake cookies

Really enjoyed this Code Switch episode about KYUK and it's importance to the region. www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

An immersion program that helps preserve an Alaska Native language has been a boon to children displaced by last month's severe flooding in western Alaska.

Absolutely beautiful day. Sahara and I went for a hike in Scuppernong area of the Ice Age Trail. 4 miles - longest walk with me. Interesting geology in the Kettle Moraine area some of the trail is sandy. A person gave her a pet, their grandchild is also named Sahara🤯. Said they really needed that 🥲

Native Alaska villages were already on the front lines of climate change. Then a typhoon hit, writes Miacel Spotted Elk for Grist. alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/14/n...

The emergence of Nadine and her slightly assisted swimming lesson:

As human groups migrated and settled across Holocene Eurasia, dogs often traveled with them and were sometimes traded among populations, researchers report in Science. The results reveal the integral role these animals played in culture and exchange. https://scim.ag/4peI4kl

I wrote about where the US's current wave of transphobia comes from, and how both Mamdani and Spanberger have shown useful ways for politicians to reject it and still win.

Nature research paper: Rare genetic variants confer a high risk of ADHD and implicate neuronal biology go.nature.com/3LARwjy

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Looks like the aurora will be visible tonight. 🤞come on clear skies

The emergence of Brian, fully prepared for winter from the ears up:

This comment means the world! The library is for everyone. For autistic you, ADHD you, dyslexic you, neurodivergent you 💚 It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊 Take a look, it’s in a book 💛

Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...