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thezenlady

@thezenlady@toot.community

Twitter refugee & loving the Fediverse

Semi-retired in Tulsa, OK. I’ve been a mathematician, a geologist, a computer geek, a teacher, a caregiver, an artist and I still manage a little website business at www.zenlady.com. Currently enjoy volunteering at Tulsa Zoo and taking photos of nature and critters of all sorts.

Profile picture shows me with tiger Ava (we are separated by a thick pane of glass).

#nature #animals #photography #ClimateChange #geology #equality #liberal #HumanRights

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JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Northern Exposure

Dream swapping episode.

Season 5. Episode 12

Mister Sandman

Funny and a thinker.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

I finished Northern Exposure last night. Now I have to decide what to binge watch next.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

It took me at least a month to finish the series. 😁

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

Good idea about watching a movie instead for awhile.

thezenlady, to random
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Fine-tuning immunity

“Inverse vaccine” shows the potential to treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis. (Phase 1 trials currently)

This would be a major breakthrough!

https://mag.uchicago.edu/science-medicine/fine-tuning-immunity#

thezenlady, to random
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Not a drag queen

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2024/03/utah-sheriffs-employee-arrested-for-alleged-sex-acts-with-minor/

mjibrower, to random
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I have a friend who collects bootleg Dylan tapes. His collection is probably worth a lot of money.

I collect weird crap like this. My collection is probably worth at least $200, which is possibly less than what I’ve spent on it over the last 45 years

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII @mjibrower

Decades ago I got cassette tapes which in theory hypnotized one with suggestions for topics such as anxiety, insomnia, stop smoking, etc. I would listen to them in bed and they always put me to sleep but didn't seem to actually hypnotize me. 🤣 (I did listen to them first while awake to see what all was said - there was a release from hypnosis at the end.)

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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I just have this feeling that this guy is going to go off - again, someday --- because he can't handle adult conversations.

We already know what he did once.

Hopefully, someone in his circle will stop him.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kyle-rittenhouse-flees-university-of-memphis-stage-after-facing-off-with-booing-protesters

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

I still can't fathom how he got off during his trial.

GottaLaff, to random
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“’s new joint fundraising agreement with the directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut, according to a fundraising invitation obtained by AP”
https://apnews.com/article/c0e8f1e7b59f70c5237e13a3462e5790

thezenlady,
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@GottaLaff

Trump will bankrupt the RNC now.

thezenlady,
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@GottaLaff

I sure hope the loss of money to the RNC translates into a Democrat landslide in November. (I just wish Oklahoma would turn purple as well.)

GottaLaff, to random
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🎻💸
" is facing 2 major fundraising problems: a shortage of big $ interest & a drop in small-dollar donor support.

The decline in small-dollar contributors could be a significant obstacle, as Trump seeks to cobble together a 2024 war chest.

Small-dollar donors are critical to Trump’s ability to raise enough money to fund his presidential campaign"

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/18/trump-campaign-cash-crunch-small-dollar-donor-fatigue-major-donor-nerves.html

thezenlady,
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@GottaLaff

News I like!

GottaLaff, to Texas
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👎🏻 on Tues allowed to enforce a contentious new law that gives local police the power to arrest migrants.

The conservative-majority court, with 3 liberal justices dissenting, rejected an emergency request by the Biden administration, which said states have no authority to legislate on immigration, an issue the federal government has sole authority over.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-texas-enforce-immigration-law-rcna142971

thezenlady,
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@GottaLaff

This is a license to kill 😡

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Getting around to watching Twin Peaks: The Return (so-called season 3).

Carrying on the wackiness of season 2.

I never liked season 2.

So likely won't make it very far into these episodes.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

Twin Peaks was never on my watch list.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

So maybe I'll check out Season 1.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

Well, I've been streaming other 90's tv shows. Back then, our daughter was in grade school, so we didn't watch much evening tv at all. I have a lot to catch up on!

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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Naming things - is hard.

That is all.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

So what are you trying to name? 😁

thezenlady, to random
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This is encouraging and surprising

Donald Trump's Losing White Evangelicals to Joe Biden

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trumps-losing-white-evangelicals-joe-biden-1876228

thezenlady, to random
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My cat, Alani, has grown a beard!

(Actually this is a well worn crocheted catnip mouse that's lost its tail or any resemblance to a mouse that tends to get stuck on her teeth. She likes to bring us this mouse whenever she loses sight of us.)

thezenlady, to random
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After 12 years of GOP control, Oklahoma public education ranking dropped from 17 to 48.

GottaLaff, to random
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Now that I've spend over half an hour catching up on replies, I'm thoroughly stressed out again.

Time to walk Hammy.

thezenlady,
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@GottaLaff

Walks with Hammy sounds like the perfect prescription. 🦮

lowqualityfacts, to random
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History is so interesting.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

I get it!

thezenlady, to random
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😡

Oklahoma Pols Want a Database of Everyone Who Has an Abortion

https://www.thedailybeast.com/oklahoma-pols-want-a-database-of-everyone-who-has-an-abortion?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon&user_emailA=e4c78d70a224597695ffab7b247c6829&user_emailB=c06da384a89d3ede8f08a31f9ab73837b919623d7069ac8cc189aa1d53af11f2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=240221-Digest%20PM&utm_term=G%20List%20Daily%20Beast%20Newsletter%20PM

thezenlady, to random
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New tesla cyber trucks are rusting

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/tesla-cybertruck-rusting-complaints-from-owners/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h

GottaLaff, to random
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👀 approves groundbreaking treatment for advanced melanoma

TIL therapy shrank tumors in about a third of patients who had run out of treatment options, according to a clinical trial.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-groundbreaking-treatment-advanced-melanoma-rcna138005

thezenlady,
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@GottaLaff

This is amazing that the FDA approves a treatment after onlythe Phase II. The author of this treatment also gave it to his father with terminal lung cancer - which reversed the lung cancer and his dad lived for 10 more years & his death was not due to cancer.

JohnJBurnsIII, to random
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I have zero idea how this can happen without drugs, alcohol, or ???

Ovens are not cribs!

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kansas-city-mother-accused-killing-infant-putting-oven-rcna138272

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

Upon further consideration, I suspect that this young obviously single mother may have developed a postpartum psychological condition where the mother kills their child. Looking at the house in the photo, this is in one of the low income areas of KC, and the family likely couldn't afford good medical care. Now she is charged with a felony. 😢

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Folks ask if poor people use face masks...

Imagine yourself at the store counter and you want to pay for your food and you have a box of N95 or KN95 masks - but turns out they cost too much for your monthly allotment.

Do you:
-- remove food from cart?
-- remove masks?

** Seriously - you wonder about that choice?

It should not be a choice!

They deserve healthcare.

How do I know? Because any of us is a moment away from poor - and I still want healthcare if I was there.

thezenlady,
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@JohnJBurnsIII

The reason I asked is because "why would the poor even consider buying masks when no one, even staff at my cancer center are not wearing masks?"

Seems like no one is concerned about covid anymore so why need masks?

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