Public Health Emergency
WHO declared a global health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. So far this year, there have been more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 75 countries. https://reut.rs/3PQTU2a
Science
Live Long and Prosper
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When someone greets you with “live long and prosper,” they are telling you to have a good one, and they'll catch you later.
It's a “Vulcan” saying out of the Star Trek franchise, popularized by “Dr. Spock.” Today, many “Trekkies” use the saying when they say goodbye to each other.
'Live long and prosper is an abbreviated version of a traditional Jewish religious blessing.
NASA Strikes Back
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NASA Issues an extremely rare rebuke of Russia for using the International Space Station to promote their Ukraine invasion.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
The agency said Russia used the space station to promote politics, which it said is ‘fundamentally inconsistent with its purpose.
SOTO Loves TOTO
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Since the 80s "Africa" has become a worldwide sensation. It's one of a string of hits that Toto has had over the last 40-plus years.
Do you remember when the leader of the Republican Party called the continent of Africa "shithole" counties during a meeting and asked why the USA can't have more immigrants from Norway, which by the way has now joined NATO? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/shithole-countries…
NECESSITY
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Necessity is the mother of invention " is a Plato proverb. It means that the primary driving force for new inventions is a real need.
After #SCOTUS ruling, 112 million residents reportedly face several hours worth of travel to their nearest abortion clinic.
STOP AIR POLLUTION
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While most human beings breathe in polluted air, it is taking away a couple of years from our global collective life expectancy.
Air pollution affects every organ in our body. The contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Household combustion devices, motor vehicles, industrial facilities, and forest fires are common sources of air pollution.
Strawberry Moon
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The night sky sees an unusually full moon named not after its hue but the beginning of the strawberry picking season.
Pictured: Strawberry Supermoon arrives for summertime. The moon reached its full stage on Tuesday but will still be visible for nights to come https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/14/pictured-strawberry-supermoon-marks-summertime/#Echobox=1655229319-1
CUPS FOR US
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Have you noticed athletes competing on TV with their decoration of cupping therapy skin marks all over their toned bodies?
These marks are making it much easier for the sports broadcaster to recognize the right swimmer in their lane. Funny enough, we thought those circles were another invention, to make swimmers swim faster.
Not so, cupping therapy is an ancient alternative medicine, increasingly popular amongst athletes. It helps to ease pain, muscle inflammation, blood issues, and relaxation.
Stormy Weather
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Severe thunderstorms are producing large hail and damaging winds gusts locally and across the central and southern Plains.
Intense rainfall associated with these thunderstorms will lead to a threat of flooding. A heat wave will spread from Texas into the Desert Southwest and California Thursday with record-breaking warm temperatures forecasted through the weekend.
ANGRY AGATHA
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After being lied to for years by The GOP about climate change, set your eyes on Agatha and realize these lies could be killing us.
Hurricane Agatha, one of the earliest and strongest hurricanes on record to strike North America from the Pacific, makes landfall in Mexico, according to forecasters.
Hurricane Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever recorded to come ashore in May during the eastern Pacific hurricane center, making landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and fishing villages in southern Mexico.