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57 years in health care, RN for 43 years. COVID is my second pandemic. Studio art and archaeology major before nursing. Caleb, Abby, Nathan, and Llewyn's GaGa. A constant gardener. Disaster response. Maker. π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈally. Mostly a follower and reader.
Measles in 2026: What you should know. An interactive webinar. Webinar Panelists: Dr. Rodney Jenkins, Durham public health director. Dr. Jeffrey jenks, durham medical director. Dr. Cameron wolfe Infectious Disease Specialist, duke heath. Sara snyder, School nurse program manager. Webinar Topics Will Include: Measles overview: What it is, short-term and long-term health impacts, how it spreads, and whoβs most at risk. Measles in Durham: How Durham is preparing in case measles is confirmed in the county. Measles vaccines: Myths, facts, and who should be vaccinated. Measles in Durham schools: How schools are preparing, and what will happen if a case is confirmed in a school. Followed by a Q&A session. Submit questions in advance to be answered during the Q&A, or ask questions during the event. Thursday, March 12 5:00PM-6:00PM ET. Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/MeaslesWebinar312. Submit Questions by Wednesday, March 11: tinyurl.com/MeaslesQuestions312
Thursday! Join us for a webinar to learn what you should know about measles in 2026 & get answers to your questions, featuring @dukehealth.bsky.social Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Cam Wolfe. Submit questions: tinyurl.com/MeaslesQuestions312, & register: tinyurl.com/MeaslesWebinar312
Early Edition: March 9, 2026 at www.justsecurity.org/133391/early...
NEW: Iranβs Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the next Supreme Leader on March 8. Mojtabaβs selection as the Supreme Leader represents a victory for hardline factions over more pragmatic figures within the regime. (1/4)
Read the full update: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
β‘οΈ NATO intercepts another Iranian ballistic missile entering Turkish airspace.
Ankara previously warned that it reserves the right to respond to any hostile actions against the country.
Video footage shows what appears to be a U.S. Tomahawk missile striking in the vicinity of an elementary school next to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval complex, according to eight munitions experts.
Russian state hackers are carrying out a global campaign to compromise Signal and WhatsApp accounts belonging to government officials and military personnel, Dutch intelligence warned Monday.
Kremlin hackers attempting to compromise Signal, WhatsApp accounts globally therecord.media/russian-hack...
How to Love the World More: George Saunders on the Courage of Uncertainty www.themarginalian.org/2026/03/08/g...
George Saunders on the Power of Kindness, Animated www.themarginalian.org/2014/04/28/g...
Itβs going to keep increasing, the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed.
WTI crude oil futures jump to $104 a barrel.
SECURITY ALERT: U.S. EMBASSY RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA ββ―MARCHβ―8, 2026β―β UPDATE 2
sa.usembassy.gov/security-ale...
Foxβs dignified transfer footage now just completely excludes Trump
Remarkable how shook Fox is by the footage of Trump wearing a tacky campaign hat to a dignified transfer
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
Fox & Friends: "We want to acknowledge a mistake made earlier on our program. During our coverage of yesterday's dignified transfer, we inadvertently aired video from an older dignified transfer instead of the ceremony that took place yesterday. We deeply regret the error."
Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
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Really enjoying seeing all of the ways people are building on top of the financial disclosures project. projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
A trove of nearly 3,200 disclosure records, which ProPublica made public this week, reveals a web of financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they help regulate.
POTUS likes dramatic military action.
Thatβs it.
Thatβs why the U.S. went to war.
NEW: A classified report by the National Intelligence Council, representing the collective wisdom of America's 18 intelligence agencies, found that even a large-scale assault on Iran would be unlikely to oust its entrenched military and clerical establishment π§΅
It's the middle of the night in Chicago. Reporters and electeds are trying to figure out why a US citizen was detained by CBP, why her phone was inside an ICE detention center tonight, and where she is now.
Also unclear what happened to the other five people she was detained with at O'Hare airport.
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"Joseph Yracheta was in charge of a repository that compiled and protected tribal health data. Then its funding was cut."
@standupforscience.bsky.social events happening today!
Locations: fight2win.standupforscience.net/Rallies-2026/
The woman who told FBI agents that Trump sexually assaulted her when she was as young as 13 recalled that she and her mother received death threats afterward, with callers saying βwe know where youβre at, you need to keep your mouth shut."
Here's a Miami Herald gift link.
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate β and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.
He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.
The grift continues.
Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page led the Senate's Republican leader by two votes heading into Friday's tally of provisional ballots. It is now 23 votes.
www.wunc.org/elections/20...
Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."
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