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Vicki Larson

@omgchronicles.bsky.social
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Journalist, mom, author of "LATitude: How You Can Make a Live Apart Together Relationship Work" & "Not Too Old for That," co-author of “The New I Do.”

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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On this day in 1896, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and son (16) and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she perished. Her name was Viktoria Ehrlichová Support @sobibor.org
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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 21h
Born 30 Sept 1931, actress Angie Dickinson. From 1974 to 1978 she starred as Sgt "Pepper" Anderson in the crime series Police Woman for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress & Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She is 95 today. #AngieDickinson
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 17h
"We know celebrity ageing is not ordinary aging. Yet these are still the images held up as aging well." www.the-independent.com/life-style/o...
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Please stop turning ageing well into another full-time job
Olivia Colman’s appearance on the red carpet with long grey hair was a welcome departure from the endless parade of ‘perfectly’ presented celebrities celebrated for ageing while looking years younger....
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On this day in 1872, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 2 Jul 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt and on the 15 Oct 1942 to Treblinka extermination camp where she was most probably murdered on arrival. Her name was Adéla Baierová
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"As more people come forward with stories of the financial cost, family stress, and even physical danger of extended divorce proceedings, there’s a growing push to address their complaints by making it easier to separate and divorce rather than harder." www.vox.com/policy/49921...
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It doesn’t have to be this hard to get divorced
These women couldn’t escape their marriages. Now they’re fighting to change the law.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Many aspects of menopause, and the diversity in women’s experiences with it, remain poorly understood." theconversation.com/menopause-is...
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Menopause is a major health milestone, yet health records barely track it - new research
Capturing data about the timing and symptoms of menopause could help address many unanswered questions about this common yet ignored experience.
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I say we desperately need a Democratic doctor in the US Senate I mean it.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Activism can provide women with an empowering perspective on aging. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“Not a care home but a political home”: How feminist activism influences women’s aging
A central mantra of aging centers on staying socially engaged – a prescription supported by numerous studies reporting how social engagement enhances well-being in later life. Research in this area...
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ageist norms & ideologies situate women who reject age-masking beauty work as a failure to conform to youth-centric beauty norms rather than reflecting their deliberate decision to reject beauty norms & the objectifying view of women that they represent. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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“To hell with it all!”: older women’s disengagement from age-masking beauty work
Aging beyond youth presents challenges for women, who often struggle to remain visible and valued in an ageist society. To hide their age, many older women engage in age-masking beauty work, like c...
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We don’t need to get Grandma Emoji to the runway, but we do need to get her out of the rocking chair, bun and granny glasses. The aim isn’t to make her look younger, but to debunk a stereotype." 👵 www.nj.com/opinion/2026...
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Apple’s grandma emoji doesn’t look like today’s older women. It’s time for a makeover. | Opinion
The image millions see on their phones reinforces outdated stereotypes about aging women and overlooks the strength, influence and vitality of grandmothers.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Compatibility and astrology? How about him reneging on his promise to retire? www.aol.com/articles/gis...
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Gisele Bündchen ended Tom Brady marriage with 3 brutal words that left NFL star heartbroken - AOL
The exes were married for 13 years before Bündchen pulled the plug on their marriage in 2022.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We age from the moment we are born and, if we're lucky, spend many more years being middle-aged and older than "young." Maybe we should talk about that more. www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/ol...
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Older Adults Are Holding Nothing Back About What It’s Really Like To Get Old
“You become invisible to every man, woman, and child on the planet. Younger people want us to go away because they don’t want to look at their future.”
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Women live longer than men, but live many of those years in bad health and poverty—are we prepared for that? people.com/japan-reache...
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The Number of People Who Are Aged 100 or Older in Japan Is at an All-Time High of 107,677 People — and 88% Are Women
Japan’s population of centenarians is at an all-time high. For the first time, the number of people who are 100 or older has surpassed 100,000 people in Japan, according to a September 2026 report fro...
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"We’ve spent generations offering little girls fairy tales about running toward love. I want to give them love stories about women running toward their own lives." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Women deserve a different kind of 'happily ever after'
We've spent generations giving little girls fairy tales about running toward love. Perhaps romantic love doesn't need to be the final destination of every woman's story.
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
On this day in 1894, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 16 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband. She perished on the 6 Nov 1943 after her husband who died on the 16 Jul 1942. Her name was Friederika Brumlíková
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I cannot stress this enough—get a prenup or a post-nup if one of you cuts back work to raise children. www.thecut.com/article/divo...
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The Strong, Empowered, Secretly Broke Divorcée
The stigma of divorce has all but vanished, but recent reforms to marital law have rendered the financial cost more punishing for women.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you student journalists for doing what journalists do—speak truth to power.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Our divorce ended our marriage, not a lifetime of shared history, mutual respect and genuine care. Those things didn't disappear when the paperwork was signed." www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Our Divorce Didn’t Follow A Typical Script, And That Made People Uncomfortable
“For weeks before sharing the news publicly, I went back and forth on whether I wanted to tell anyone at all.”
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
FYI, there is an inherent risk in every romantic relationship, married or not, living together or not, monogamous or not. people.com/polyamorous-...
people.com
Polyamorous Married Woman Says She Would ‘Accept It’ If Her Husband Left Her for Another Woman (Exclusive)
Hayley Folk’s marriage is a bit unconventional: Her husband is 16 years older, they don’t live together and they date other people. She
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"no one is stronger or has less to lose than an old woman." www.rte.ie/news/a-europ...
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'Beware of old women,' warns E. Jean Carroll
The journalist who secured Donald Trump's conviction for sexual assault warns 'beware of all women', adding 'no one is stronger or has less to lose than an old woman'.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"you have to figure out the things that really mean something to you. Is it having a 4,000-square-foot McMansion, half of which you don’t even see? Or is it sitting around with friends, having a botellón—having an open bottle in a square—and enjoying their company?" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o...
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Opinion | I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian Novel
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"We are choosing who will run the next presidential election. If we do not pay attention now, the American people may not be the ones who decide who wins it." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Opinion | The Four Midterm Races That Matter Most
Four swing states will soon elect the official who will run the 2028 presidential election. The candidates are alarming.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"For my 50th year, I made a rule: every experience had to be something I hadn’t done before—and I couldn’t do it alone. If I was going to build a bigger life, I wanted people there to see it happen." www.aol.com/articles/age...
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Age gracefully? Why more women are saying “no thanks” - AOL
No one was forcing me to disappear at 49. I was cooperating with it. The triathlon was how I changed that.  Women are told to “age gracefully,” but now there’s an entire industry built around […]
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Emma Morano of Italy, who ...became the world’s oldest living person in 2016 at the age of 117, credits eating eggs daily and 'staying as far away from men as possible.'” www.today.com/health/aging...
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A Filmmaker Followed the World’s Oldest People for a Decade. They Had These 5 Things in Common
In “The Oldest Person in the World,” director Sam Green follows the people who’ve lived long enough to set a record. Here’s what he learned about longevity.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Longer lives may bring increased opportunities, including in employment, but for many women, gender discrimination begins early and accumulates over time, leading to a narrowing of job opportunities and loss of belonging as they get older. www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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What it Means to be ‘Too Old’ and a Woman
By embedding dignity, inclusion, equality, economic security, and belonging in the international treaty, we can ensure that women like Chung Sun-cha and Jung Kyong-sook are no longer treated as invisi...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They can read it here:
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Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library
FREE Digital Access to Books and Resources for Teens Nationwide Books Unbanned is a national initiative founded by Brooklyn Public Library in 2022, inspired by the American Library Association’s Freed...
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Kings grant privileges. Constitutions grant rights. The difference is stark. And un-American. Today, a Judge held a hearing on whether the press can still criticize the president. Here’s what happened: joycevance.substack.com/p/king-trump...
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King Trump: Privileges, Not Rights
It’s all about whether the press can criticize the president
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My first book (co-authored), "The New 'I Do': Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels," was born 12 years ago today and quickly found itself in bed with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.
My book is featured in bed with "Portlandia's" Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy to see the concept of living apart together relationships gain traction. @wilxtv.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/pehlV...
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Married and living apart: Some couples redefine what marriage looks like later in life
YouTube video by News 10 Lansing
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
British mathematician & physicist Phyllis Nicolson co-developed the Crank–Nicolson method, a foundational algorithm in numerical analysis. Her contributions during/after WWII laid the groundwork for modern computational science, fluid dynamics & heat transfer modeling. Born #OTD 1917. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of British mathematician and physicist Phyllis Nicolson (born Phyllis Lockett, 1917–1968). The head-and-shoulders shot is against a clean, plain, and bright studio background with no visible objects. Nicolson is posed facing forward with a subtle, pleasant smile and bright, intelligent eyes. She wears her dark, wavy hair styled in a mid-century chin-length cut with volume around the ears and curls framing her face. Her attire is a simple, light-colored collared shirt. The overall mood is dignified, optimistic, and intellectual. The composition utilizes soft lighting that minimizes harsh shadows, highlighting her features cleanly. This image holds historical significance, capturing a pioneering woman in STEM whose wartime and postwar contributions co-developing the Crank–Nicolson method laid foundational work for modern computational science.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm not sure a program to get more young people to date and date "better" should be co-founded by someone who sees intimate relationships through the lens of honoring and glorifying G-d. ifstudies.org/blog/heres-h...
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Here's How We Can Turn the Tide on the Dating Recession
We reject the idea that the dating recession is a permanent shift in human nature.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Being in a loving committed romantic relationship doesn't stop your attraction to others. But what to do about it? medium.com/fourth-wave/...
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Was Dolly Parton Monogamish?
She knew that commitment doesn’t stop attraction to others
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
On this day in 1908, a Slovakian Jewish man was born. On the 7 May 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt with his wife and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where they perished. His name was Ludvík Reisz Support @sobibor.org
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"I think a lot of men view reading fiction as a frivolous waste of time. We’ve been conditioned to ignore the benefits of empathy. I think it’s a marketing problem. Reading should be sold to men like lifting weights for your brain." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/b...
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Anthony Jeselnik: Men Should Think of Reading as ‘Lifting Weights for Your Brain’
But the comedian isn’t naïve when he makes selections for his popular book club: “Most importantly, they’re short.”
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
According to the 15th annual Singles in America survey, most say being able to spend time the way they want to and making their own decisions are the best parts of being unattached. medium.com/fourth-wave/...
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Happily Single? You’re Not Alone
Annual survey reveals most treasure time to themselves
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
On this day in 1891, a Czechoslovak Jewish woman was born. On the10 Dec 1941 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and daughter (11) and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where they were murdered. Her name was Marta Feigová Support @sobibor.org
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"This confrontation of inadequate healthcare experts & a culture in which menopause has flown under the radar for decades has produced a collective, cultural 'female roar' of menopausal rage, reflecting a reluctance to stay silent." www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"we have to recognize that marriage isn’t about sharing an address. It’s about sharing a life." www.wbrc.com/2026/09/18/m...
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Married and living apart: Some couples redefine what marriage looks like later in life
Marriage doesn’t look the same for every couple. For some spouses, that includes living at separate addresses.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Menopause isn’t just a health issue, it’s also an economic issue." www.marieclaire.com/career-advic...
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The Menopause Pay Cut No One Warns You About
A new survey commissioned by Melinda French Gates’s Pivotal shows it’s costing women their careers.
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Vicki Larson @omgchronicles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What a mensch.❤️ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/r...
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Why Christian Bale Built a Foster Village in the California Desert
The actor has been working for almost two decades to build a foster care nonprofit outside Los Angeles.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts: Shutdown of study is latest for Trump administration, which has canceled, frozen and otherwise disrupted more than 5,700 medical research grants over two years www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #Project2025 #science #Blues
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Hundreds of ageing Americans may not get results of Alzheimer’s study due to Trump cuts
Shutdown of study is latest for Trump administration, which has canceled, frozen and otherwise disrupted more than 5,700 medical research grants over two years
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Liquid Sunshine sculpture created by artist Michael Alfano made of painted cast aluminum and galvanized steel, it explores themes of optimism and the flow of imagination and has been featured in various public art exhibitions across the United States #art
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