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US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
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US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say

The Trump administration cut Ebola response teams in Africa, labs that studied the disease, healthcare aid, and monitoring of outbreaks. The US used to help stop diseases before they got out of control and spread. Now, with resources cut, Ebola has broken out and threatens to spread, perhaps beyond Africa.

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u/AlexandrTheTolerable — 3 hours ago

CMV: Travel size toothpaste is a scam

You can take a regular size tube of toothpaste on an airplane. What is the point of travel size toothpaste? I’m fine with getting a free “travel size” toothpaste at the dentist because they’re basically free samples, but why are they selling them in stores? Feels like a scam to get people to pay more because they don’t realize that a regular size toothpaste is allowed on planes.

This is really part CMV, part public service announcement. Don’t waste money on travel size toothpaste! I wasted money for years. Learn from my mistake and save yourselves.

Edit: Important realization. To bring a toothpaste on the plane, it must be less than 3.4 fl oz. Not all toothpaste can be in your carry on since some are bigger than that. I’ve been informed that Sensodyne apparently does fit.

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u/AlexandrTheTolerable — 3 days ago
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Supreme Court 2026

Gutted the voting rights act and brought back Jim Crow. Thought I’d fix the official court photo.

u/AlexandrTheTolerable — 7 days ago

“He’s kind of out of the ordinary,” Ms. Gill said of Chonkers. “He is probably just very food-motivated.”
On the Farallon Islands, Steller sea lions and their smaller counterparts, the California sea lion, compete intensely for food, Ms. Gill said.

“Chonkers is kind of just working smarter and not harder,” she added, “trying to find the easy, safe place where there’s less competition, less predators.” At Pier 39, Ms. Gill said, Chonkers is “king of the dock.”

“When he’s sitting on the dock, he’s so big compared to the others,” Ms. Chandor said. “He makes them all look like little kittens.”

u/AlexandrTheTolerable — 18 days ago