chgoliz
August 5, 2025, 9:41pm
1088
It’s not enough, but it’s a start:
The Gates Foundation has announced that over the next five years, it will spend $2.5 billion on research for issues that affect women’s health , such as menopause and preeclampsia.
“Women’s health continues to be ignored, underfunded and sidelined,” Bill Gates said in a news release announcing the donation. “Too many women still die from preventable causes or live in poor health. That must change.”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5435206-gates-foundation-womens-health-pledge/
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IKR?!
{Yes, darling, it’s a complete sentence. }
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I can’t watch it yet (just got to work) but just looking at the thumbnail i’m already hit by the good vibes
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timd
August 6, 2025, 4:58pm
1093
Apex predators arrive in fours. Is that in Revelations?
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FSogol
August 7, 2025, 2:54am
1095
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What year are we in? Did i time travel? You’re telling me MLB has never had a female ump?
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FSogol
August 7, 2025, 2:58am
1097
Not in the majors. Commissioner Bart Giamatti was going to add one, but he died suddenly in 1989 and the next commissioner said no.
Pam Postema was going to be the 1st one 35 years ago.
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hecep
August 8, 2025, 10:32pm
1098
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chgoliz
August 10, 2025, 7:37pm
1102
This is a blast from the past, but a good reminder that reframing a bad situation and bravely stepping up to the challenge is brilliant:
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kxkvi
August 10, 2025, 7:53pm
1103
Brave man. Today the racist shit would call the other members of his Proud Boy club and beat the shit out of the guy. While the cops watched.
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j9c
August 10, 2025, 10:23pm
1104
Genius.
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hecep
August 10, 2025, 10:41pm
1105
The mayor of Toms River, New Jersey —Daniel T. Rodrick—is a Republican and, apparently, an asshole. A recall was initiated just last month.
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hecep
August 11, 2025, 10:03pm
1106
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chgoliz
August 13, 2025, 6:24am
1107
This is how you handle a cop shooting someone for no good reason:
Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to last summer’s shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman, in her home by a sheriff’s deputy who had responded to her...
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