Trump says if Iran "kills peaceful protesters," the U.S. will "come to their rescue" - CBS News Question: If ICE kills innocent civilians, will the US come to the rescue? www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-i...

DOJ Sent Letters to Medical Journals. Then What Happened? Nothing. "But when Trump's officials encounter opposition, they typically crumble, making plain the emptiness of their claims and the weaknesses for which they perpetually overcompensate." www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

Most, about 2/3, think it's the responsibility of the government to ensure everyone in the US has healthcare. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fears Mount That US Federal Cybersecurity Is Stagnating—or Worse | WIRED www.wired.com/story/expire...

This is a view of the Organ Mountains. You can see the Robledos mountains as well, and a bit of the Doña Anas.

"Collective narcissism differs from simple group pride or satisfaction. It involves a defensive form of attachment where members believe their group possesses an undervalued greatness that requires external validation." www.psypost.org/perceived-sp...

"After adjustment for confounding factors, in utero exposure of the fetus was associated with a 29% increase in the odds of the child receiving a neurodevelopmental diagnosis. The association was somewhat stronger (36% increase in odds) for third-trimester infections..."

I get excessive, often spurious, refill requests from these crooks almost every day. #Medsky seekingalpha.com/news/4535577...

Bacteria found in the gut of the Japanese fire-bellied newt may be useful in the treatment of colon cancer. This might not pan out, but I do know that we must do what we can to preserve biodiversity because we don't want to lose opportunities like this forever. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found. More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022. (Published Jan. 2024)

One year ago, I uploaded a photo of a cat to Google's experimental AI image generator (Whisk), asked it to make a plushie, and it created a hexapod cat. Above the image, it said, "Not seeing what you expected?"

Streisand Effect

The FDA Often Doesn’t Test the Quality of Generic Drugs, So We Did — ProPublica #Medsky www.propublica.org/article/fda-...

The kindness of strangers: a boy picked up my spilled shopping when I was too pregnant to reach the ground | Life and style | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

This type of selective enforcement often leads to increased criminal behavior. Preferential treatment such as this leads to a society that lives under the role of law, not the rule of law. The role is the maintenance of an unjust power structure. www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Our family is supporting local news and investigative reporting this year. This is a means of protest; it's a way of trying to ensure freedom.

Vasquez introduces bipartisan bill to expand military counter-drone authority. The article mentions White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. www.organmountainnews.com/vasquez-intr...

Strawberry plants in winter

Sigmund Trump gives a lesson: “I think I’m probably very neurotic,” he said in Rocky Mount. “I always say controlled neuroses is good. Being neurotic, no good. But if it’s controlled, that’s okay. It gives you some energy.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/p...

House sparrow, 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴, in New Mexico. Bird photography 📸🐦

Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, agreed that "revolutionary change" is needed, including universal healthcare coverage. "It's time for action." #MedSky 🛟 www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

"Three nursing home residents died because employees of the American healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group helped delay or deny them critical hospital care, two pending lawsuits and a complaint to state authorities have alleged." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

This could have much broader implications than the prevention and treatment of vaccine-related myocarditis. After all, myocarditis from infection is a much greater problem. 😷 med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

Jukebox at La Nueva Casita Cafe. Spell check thinks this place should be called "La Nirvana Casita."

Anytime I have a young person say, "There's nothing to do," I think, "Get your boots on." This is a video slideshow of scenes from a local National Monument in New Mexico. youtube.com/shorts/2dYfj...

"These findings shed light on how the brain generates self-referential awareness and volitional action even during sleep." www.jneurosci.org/content/45/2...

"Ukraine is fighting for its survival...Ukrainians nevertheless want, even now, to have a government that’s accountable to the public. Meanwhile, American and Russian kleptocrats are circling the country, looking for ways to make deals that benefit themselves." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

This is my cat looking at my lunch. He likes to hunt from an elevated position.

How the DOE is trying to revoke tribal veto power for energy projects | Grist grist.org/indigenous/t...

If autism didn't exist before the 1970s, explain this... open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...

This rings true to me. It's the most despicable kind of corruption. youtube.com/shorts/hQN98...

Hiking photography. Dripping Springs Natural Area near Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.

This is a view of the Organ Mountains and the Doña Ana Mountains, as seen from the top of Redhouse Mountain, located north of Hatch, New Mexico.

Chicago River skyline view

Why didn't I think of that? www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

You'd think Musk would know and respect the Three Laws of Robotics.

The bell of freedom in the USA is so heavy that only the very powerful can ring it.

Wage theft. The Construction Industry’s Invisible Villains newrepublic.com/article/2028... via @newrepublic.com

BLM Renews Grazing Permits With Little Environmental Oversight — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/graz...

Daniel Jernigan, MD, MPH, who resigned from the CDC in August, recently told reporters that Kennedy seems to be "going from evidence-based decision making to decision-based evidence making." www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

This is public art in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The QR code links to a City website with a short audio clip that describes the history of the public art program and gives details about this particular work. Details in ALT text. Location: La Llorona Park Artist: Anthony Pennock, Joe Ireland

Echinocactus horizonthalonius.

Screwbean Mesquite (Tornillo), Salt Cedar, and Pecan trees near the Rio Grande levee road north of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.

We have the technology and the resources to test each batch of medication and key ingredients. It is cost-effective to do so. We just don't do it.

MAHA is making a big show about how they oppose groupthink and promote outside-the box thinking. This is all spectacle, no substance. They are completely missing the fact that the biggest threat to health in the US is the narcissism of politicians and rich people. #medsky cen.acs.org/policy/MAHA-...

51,000 people may die from preventable deaths because of the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, according to research from U Penn and Yale. “This is not just about Democrat and Republican and left versus right. This is literally about life versus death.” www.democracynow.org/2025/11/26/b...

A tech entrepreneur and a hedge fund manager are taking control of the MAHA brand. Kennedy is NOT getting financial conflicts of interest out of healthcare. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) on the New Mexico State University campus. bird photography

Lawmakers critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said that Marco Rubio told them the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians, not Washington's actual proposal. www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/p...