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Reading this could save someone's life one day. I didn't know *any* of this! :boost_requested:
"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for is rarely seen in real life."
#Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In 10 percent of drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260522145230/https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html -
Reading this could save someone's life one day. I didn't know *any* of this! :boost_requested:
"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for is rarely seen in real life."
#Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In 10 percent of drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260522145230/https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html -
Reading this could save someone's life one day. I didn't know *any* of this! :boost_requested:
"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for is rarely seen in real life."
#Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In 10 percent of drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260522145230/https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html -
Reading this could save someone's life one day. I didn't know *any* of this! :boost_requested:
"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for is rarely seen in real life."
#Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In 10 percent of drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260522145230/https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html -
Reading this could save someone's life one day. I didn't know *any* of this! :boost_requested:
"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for is rarely seen in real life."
#Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
In 10 percent of drownings, adults are nearby but have no idea the victim is dying. Here’s what to look for.
https://web.archive.org/web/20260522145230/https://slate.com/technology/2013/06/rescuing-drowning-children-how-to-know-when-someone-is-in-trouble-in-the-water.html -
He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.
But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.
This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.
He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.
Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/ -
He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.
But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.
This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.
He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.
Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/ -
He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.
But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.
This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.
He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.
Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/ -
He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.
But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.
This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.
He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.
Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/ -
He's going to pay his #maga #insurrectionists out of his new #AntiWeaponizationFund using #taxpayer #money.
But he's not paying them for the #Jan6 storming of the #US #Capitol back in 2021.
This is the down payment for storming the Capitol immediately after the November #Midterm #Elections *this* year.
He's paying people to come back and finish the job they started five years ago.
Top #Treasury #lawyer resigns as Trump, #IRS settlement announced
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5884833-morrissey-departure-treasury-doj/ -
So I guess #WaywardWaymos are a thing now?
Unoccupied, driverless #Waymo #cars have invaded a neighborhood near us, repeatedly #driving into a dead-end road, around the cul-de-sac, then driving out. They're not there to pick up passengers. But there are plenty of children and pets in the area.
The cars are lost. And on auto-repeat. :eyeroll:
#Empty #Waymos invade #Atlanta #neighborhood, circle #CulDeSac for hours with no #passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYkv6jvTpCc -
So I guess #WaywardWaymos are a thing now?
Unoccupied, driverless #Waymo #cars have invaded a neighborhood near us, repeatedly #driving into a dead-end road, around the cul-de-sac, then driving out. They're not there to pick up passengers. But there are plenty of children and pets in the area.
The cars are lost. And on auto-repeat. :eyeroll:
#Empty #Waymos invade #Atlanta #neighborhood, circle #CulDeSac for hours with no #passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYkv6jvTpCc -
So I guess #WaywardWaymos are a thing now?
Unoccupied, driverless #Waymo #cars have invaded a neighborhood near us, repeatedly #driving into a dead-end road, around the cul-de-sac, then driving out. They're not there to pick up passengers. But there are plenty of children and pets in the area.
The cars are lost. And on auto-repeat. :eyeroll:
#Empty #Waymos invade #Atlanta #neighborhood, circle #CulDeSac for hours with no #passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYkv6jvTpCc -
So I guess #WaywardWaymos are a thing now?
Unoccupied, driverless #Waymo #cars have invaded a neighborhood near us, repeatedly #driving into a dead-end road, around the cul-de-sac, then driving out. They're not there to pick up passengers. But there are plenty of children and pets in the area.
The cars are lost. And on auto-repeat. :eyeroll:
#Empty #Waymos invade #Atlanta #neighborhood, circle #CulDeSac for hours with no #passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYkv6jvTpCc -
So I guess #WaywardWaymos are a thing now?
Unoccupied, driverless #Waymo #cars have invaded a neighborhood near us, repeatedly #driving into a dead-end road, around the cul-de-sac, then driving out. They're not there to pick up passengers. But there are plenty of children and pets in the area.
The cars are lost. And on auto-repeat. :eyeroll:
#Empty #Waymos invade #Atlanta #neighborhood, circle #CulDeSac for hours with no #passengers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYkv6jvTpCc -
Who doesn't love a good back scratch? :HappyTurtle: ❤️
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Who doesn't love a good back scratch? :HappyTurtle: ❤️
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Who doesn't love a good back scratch? :HappyTurtle: ❤️
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Who doesn't love a good back scratch? :HappyTurtle: ❤️
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Who doesn't love a good back scratch? :HappyTurtle: ❤️
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It's all just money laundering, transfers of #wealth from one rich person (or a bunch of #poor #people) to another #rich #person. (Hint: it's a big reason for the wars in #Ukraine, #Gaza, #Syria, #Iran and #Lebanon too.)
Builder of #trump #Ballroom Given $17M for Project #Biden Admin Said Would Cost $3M
https://truthout.org/articles/builder-of-trump-ballroom-given-17m-for-project-biden-admin-said-would-cost-3m/ -
It's all just money laundering, transfers of #wealth from one rich person (or a bunch of #poor #people) to another #rich #person. (Hint: it's a big reason for the wars in #Ukraine, #Gaza, #Syria, #Iran and #Lebanon too.)
Builder of #trump #Ballroom Given $17M for Project #Biden Admin Said Would Cost $3M
https://truthout.org/articles/builder-of-trump-ballroom-given-17m-for-project-biden-admin-said-would-cost-3m/ -
It's all just money laundering, transfers of #wealth from one rich person (or a bunch of #poor #people) to another #rich #person. (Hint: it's a big reason for the wars in #Ukraine, #Gaza, #Syria, #Iran and #Lebanon too.)
Builder of #trump #Ballroom Given $17M for Project #Biden Admin Said Would Cost $3M
https://truthout.org/articles/builder-of-trump-ballroom-given-17m-for-project-biden-admin-said-would-cost-3m/ -
It's all just money laundering, transfers of #wealth from one rich person (or a bunch of #poor #people) to another #rich #person. (Hint: it's a big reason for the wars in #Ukraine, #Gaza, #Syria, #Iran and #Lebanon too.)
Builder of #trump #Ballroom Given $17M for Project #Biden Admin Said Would Cost $3M
https://truthout.org/articles/builder-of-trump-ballroom-given-17m-for-project-biden-admin-said-would-cost-3m/ -
It's all just money laundering, transfers of #wealth from one rich person (or a bunch of #poor #people) to another #rich #person. (Hint: it's a big reason for the wars in #Ukraine, #Gaza, #Syria, #Iran and #Lebanon too.)
Builder of #trump #Ballroom Given $17M for Project #Biden Admin Said Would Cost $3M
https://truthout.org/articles/builder-of-trump-ballroom-given-17m-for-project-biden-admin-said-would-cost-3m/ -
Oh. Great. 😖
"The House Agriculture Committee passed the legislation without a two-year delay on the forthcoming federal ban, as proposed in separate legislation."
Intoxicating Hemp Ban Unchanged in 2026 Farm Bill’s Advancement
https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15818903/intoxicating-hemp-ban-unchanged-in-2026-farm-bills-advancement#USpol #Hemp #HempBan #USFarmBill #FarmBill #Weed #Pot #THCa #Marijuana #USCongress #Congress #IAmDB
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Whatever "coming out" means to you, it's OK if you're not ready yet. The most important thing is that you #BeYourself. :heart_pride: :progresspride:
#NationalComingOutDay #ComingOut #LGBT #LGBTQIA #Lesbian #Gay #BiSexual #Trans #Pride #PrideInYourself #IAmDB
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THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
Tennessee Rep. Andy "I'm racist!" Ogles wrote it out so everyone could understand why he hated the Bad Bunny halftime show so much:
"American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence."
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles wants a formal investigation into Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/11/us-rep-ogles-of-tn-calls-for-probe-of-bad-bunny-super-bowl-show/88626961007/ -
Tennessee Rep. Andy "I'm racist!" Ogles wrote it out so everyone could understand why he hated the Bad Bunny halftime show so much:
"American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence."
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles wants a formal investigation into Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/11/us-rep-ogles-of-tn-calls-for-probe-of-bad-bunny-super-bowl-show/88626961007/ -
Tennessee Rep. Andy "I'm racist!" Ogles wrote it out so everyone could understand why he hated the Bad Bunny halftime show so much:
"American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence."
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles wants a formal investigation into Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/11/us-rep-ogles-of-tn-calls-for-probe-of-bad-bunny-super-bowl-show/88626961007/ -
Tennessee Rep. Andy "I'm racist!" Ogles wrote it out so everyone could understand why he hated the Bad Bunny halftime show so much:
"American culture will not be mocked or corrupted without consequence."
U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles wants a formal investigation into Bad Bunny's Super Bowl LX halftime show
https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/11/us-rep-ogles-of-tn-calls-for-probe-of-bad-bunny-super-bowl-show/88626961007/ -
I was poisoned by #tetracycline in the 1960s when I was a kid. TBH, I don't know if I was poisoned if my #Mom took it while #pregnant with me, or if it was given to me after I was born. Regardless, I've spent my entire life with #rotten, #ugly, #brown #teeth (even my baby teeth!) because the #medicine stripped the #enamel off them. 😢
I hope this means that no child will ever have to endure what I have.
#Breakthrough gel can regenerate #tooth enamel within weeks
https://newatlas.com/medical/protein-gel-rebuilds-tooth-enamel/ -
I don't see any way out of this. Neither do the experts.
"... none of the [simulation] participants – many of them senior former military and government officials – considered the scenario unrealistic, especially after the supreme court’s decision in Trump v United States, which granted the president criminal immunity for official acts."
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. #Minnesota is exactly how they start
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/ice-minnesota-trump -
this is wild! 🤣 :heart_bee:
#ACAB
All Cops are Afraid of Bees‘She’s opening the #bees!’ US #beekeeper jailed for trying to save friend from eviction
#Massachusetts #woman set swarms of #insects on sheriff’s deputies attempting to evict #elderly man with #cancer
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/28/massachusetts-beekeeper-jailed-eviction#Retribution #PayBack #Solutions #Brave #Community #Support #CommunitySupport #IAmDB
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THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
YEE-HAW! Close call for #FloridaMan! But everything's cool for now. He can still marry his first cousin! #Yay! I bet there's probably some local #perverts there celebrating tonight. </s> 🤯😖
Florida bill to ban marrying first cousins fails to pass
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5789383-florida-bill-to-ban-marrying-first-cousins-fails-to-pass/#US #Florida #News #FloridaNews #FloridaLaw #Marriage #Incest #WTF #Gross #IAmDB
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Whew! Glad I saw this!
I'd have caught hell if I'd come home without those paper receipt rolls!#FrequentlyBoughtTogether #RelatedItems #ad #ProductPlacement #OnlineShopping #wtf #lol #funny #IAmDB
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"...#generic versions of a groundbreaking #injectable drug to prevent HIV will be made available from 2027 at around $40 a year in more than 100 low and middle-income countries..."
That's AWESOME!!! 👏 🥳 ❤️
Meanwhile:
"Marketed under the brand name Yeztugo by California-based Gilead Sciences, lenacapavir currently costs around $28,000 a year in the US." 💢 😠 :angrycat:'We can end #HIV': Groundbreaking preventative #drugs to be rolled out for $40 a year from 2027
https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250925-groundbreaking-hiv-prevention-injection-to-be-rolled-out-for-40-dollars-a-year-from-2027 -
I'm so glad others picked up on this. Even if it's only the satirists.
“If the rule is ‘you can’t own land just because you showed up with boats’ then congratulations, Mr President. You’ve just invented the strongest argument against America since America.”
Native Americans intrigued by Trump’s claim that ‘landing boats’ doesn’t grant you ownership of the entire country
https://newsthump.com/2026/01/19/native-americans-intrigued-by-trumps-claim-that-landing-boats-doesnt-grant-you-ownership-of-the-entire-country/#USpol #Satire #trump #maga #NativeAmericans #NorthAmerica #StolenLand #Greenland #IAmDB
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We've all got #digital televisions now, with little micro #circuits and #computer #chips.
And we all used to have #analog #televisions, with #picture tubes and fuses.
And #TIL what came before that:
Mechanical #Television
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_television😲
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The law is clear: flags shall be flown at half-staff for thirty days after the death of a President.
But, you know, fuck the law.
Right?
Fuck. The. Law.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/trump-inauguration-flags-full-staff
Trump gets way as flags to fly full-staff at inauguration despite Jimmy Carter’s deathhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/proclamations/03044.html
Proclamations | National Archives#USA #USpol #USFlag #JimmyCarter #WasAGoodMan #trump #IsAnAsshole #HalfStaff #Law #Tradition #trumpGetsHisWayAgain #WhyCantWe #Anarchy #IAmDB
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"#Pictures convey reality in a way that words cannot. One of these days, the #parents of #children #murdered in a #SchoolShooting may make the same decision Mamie #Till did of her son #Emmett in 1955."
Yes, it'd be awful. But it'd also get people's attention, like "pro-lifers" did when they started holding up graphic pictures of #aborted #fetuses at their demonstrations.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/photographs-of-child-victims-of-mass-shootings
It Is Time to Show the American People Photographs of Children #Massacred by #GunViolence -
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115962113337707417
If you haven't already created a filter for posts that contain the #USpol and/or #trump hashtags (and/or your personal triggers) then you are missing out on a little peace and quiet. Set your filters to put those posts behind a #ContentWarning so YOU get to decide if you have the spoons, the curiosity, or the willpower to see them at the time. It's an easy way to show yourself some love!
Thanks @FediTips for putting together your superbly helpful guides!
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RE: https://mastodon.com.pl/@antygon/116500749791347102
the caption:
"And that's how life goes.
"Welcome to the future."the video:
"I'm 30. Not one of my friends has children. Zero. Not one. No one's having kids. Do you know how hard you need to abuse a mammal to make them not have children?"Like, the kids that are like 18 today. There's a huge problem where they don't dance. Why is this? Because you get recorded. If you approach a girl and you mess it up, you get recorded."
#Video #Future #BigTech #Tech #SocialMedia #Algorithms #IAmDB
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📢 Is anybody listening? Anyone in the US?? Any POLITICIANS in the US??
"'Millions of voters believe their out-of-pocket #health #insurance costs have become unbearable and something has to change,' Anderson said."
"A memo breaking down the research says that voters 'will reward candidates willing to hold them in check.'"
#Voters will reward #candidates who bash #insurers, #research finds | Semafor
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/29/2026/voters-will-reward-candidates-who-bash-insurers-research-finds#USpol #USHealthcare #Healthcare #HealthInsurance #Affordability #IAmDB
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"In space, everyone can hear if you can't pee."
This is funny as hell, especially the second video, which I knew nothing about until today. And I'm a space fan!
"It was about 65 minutes after #liftoff, the #Integrity #spacecraft 800 miles above the Indian #Ocean and moving at about 16,000 miles per hour, when the historic words were spoken: 'Integrity, Houston, toilet is powered.'"
#Artemis Boldly Goes Where No #Toilet Has Gone Before
https://defector.com/artemis-boldly-goes-where-no-toilet-has-gone-before -
I once knew a guy that had the perfect April Fools' Day #joke, but it took a year of prep work to pull it off.
Back when newspapers & newspaper boxes were a thing, he tossed a quarter into a machine and instead of taking just one paper, took the whole stack.
Then, he waited a year.
The next #AprilFoolsDay, he tossed another quarter into a #newspaper machine and *replaced* the whole stack with the papers he'd stolen the year before.
Repeat forever! 😅