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Dear Mom, Your Kids Physical Well-Being Is NOT Your Number One Priority

March 25, 2020 NewsEditor

ShareTweetPin “Okay, I’m just going to ask it.” The young mom took a deep breath. A group of us stood around, babies on hips, watching the older kids run around the park. “What do you moms think about…vaccines?” Her last word was spoken in a hush, like an inappropriate word. This new mom was seeking wisdom and advice, but she was afraid of stepping on a landmine. And she did. There were as many different opinions as there were moms — and each held to her opinion with a polite…

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Here’s What The Characters of ‘The Office’ Would Be Doing During Quarantine | Betches

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorarticle

Quarantine is life now. Social distancing is bae. Pants and hair washing are a thing of the past. I can’t recall the sensation of a gentle touch from a therapist said it was important to keep my regular routine, so here we are. It would be impossible not to lose sight of it all if I didn’t fall asleep every night with a glass of wine on my chest and The Office playing on my laptop. We must keep some normalcy here, people. Rewatching The Office for the, idk…15th? time has got me thinking…what…

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John Mulaney and Jake Gyllenhaals Hilarious Musical Ode to LaGuardia Airport

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorBroadway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Late Night, Musical theatre, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Wicked

God bless excellent turn as Saturday Night Livehost by adding another side-splitting musical parody to his growing collection. First we had Bodega Bathroomand now Mulaney has given us a musical ode to the oft-maligned LaGuardia Airport. The best part? recently appeared in Mulaneys Netflix special for children, came in on wires to parody Wickedspecifically, by channeling his inner Idina Menzel and singing a modified version of Defying Gravity. So if you care to search me / Ill spread my legs real wide / Ill even bend over for you /…

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Taking a bath isn’t just relaxing. It could also be good for your heart, study says

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorHealth, News, study says - CNN, Taking a bath might be good for your heart

(CNN)Ending your day with a hot bath might have more benefits relaxation. They discovered this after tracking the bathing habits and cardiovascular disease risk of more than 61,000 Japanese adults for 20 years. “We found that frequent tub bathing was significantly associated with a lower risk of hypertension, suggesting that a beneficial effect of tub bathing on risk of [cardiovascular disease] may be in part due to a reduced risk of developing hypertension,” the researchers said in a press release. Bathing linked to heart health Participants ages 40 to 59…

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“He Wanted to Hold Her When She Went to Heaven. I Gave Him That Honor”: Abused Son Adopts Senior Dogs Because He Knows What Its Like Not to Be Loved

March 25, 2020 NewsEditor

ShareTweetPin “Well, today didn’t go as we hoped but it’s in the hardest of times we learn the best lessons and feel the most gratitude. Buffy was scheduled to have her teeth cleaned and removed today but Dr. Mac had a gut feeling she needed to look at some lab work before putting her under anesthesia. She was right; Buffy showed signs of advanced kidney failure so anesthesia was not an option and as a family, we decided that the kindest and most loving thing to do would be to…

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Exclusive: Read The First Chapter Of Emily Liebert’s Twisty Thriller ‘Perfectly Famous’ | Betches

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorarticle

If you’ve read one thriller, you start to feel like after a certain point, you’ve read them all. We get it: the main character had amnesia all along. Two sisters switched places. It gets repetitive. So if you are getting a little fatigued of the same old twists, Emily Liebert’s new novel, Perfectly Famous, out June 2, 2020, will be a breath of fresh air, because it’s honestly kind of meta: after famous crime novelist’s Ward DeFleur’s daughter goes missing, the author is in the wind. But one journalist isn’t content with letting…

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Congress Wanted Answers From Trump on Coronavirus. He Blew Them Off.

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorCenters for Disease Control, Congress, coronavirus, Department of Health and Human Services, Donald J. Trump

The morning of Feb. 12, members of the Senate Homeland Security Committee filed into their Capitol Hill committee chambers for a scheduled hearing about the rapidly growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus. On that day, the number of total coronavirus cases in the world had crossed 60,000 and more than 1,000 were dead from the disease, nearly all in mainland China. But there were 14 cases in the United States, and top officials from the Centers for Disease Control were warning the coronavirus could gain a foothold. Against that backdrop,…

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Covering Yourself in Aerogel and Jumping Into a Pool Looks So Surreal

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditoraerogel, Chemistry, demonstration, experiment, Explainer, science, surreal, Tech, top, trippy, veritasium

Aerogel has extraordinary properties but it can be tough to work with. This video by Veritasium looks at modifying aerogels to take advantage of their unique characteristics. Aerogelâ€™s extraordinary properties are due in large part to its structure. Aerogel is a solid but on the nanoscale it has a mesh or sponge-like structure. The struts of this structure are nanoscale, as are the pores at around 20nm across. This makes silica aerogel incredibly light (it was once the lightest solid but has now been superseded by graphene aerogel), transparent and…

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Trump Officials Warned of Coronavirus Economic Impact Before Senators Sold Off Their Stock

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorcoronavirus, Richard Burr, senate, stock

On Jan. 21, senators gathered in their chamber on Capitol Hill to formally begin a virus spreading throughout China. The administration first learned of the outbreak Jan. 3, officials have now said. But by the time they convened with lawmakers for the briefing, the novel coronavirus had killed 41 people and infected more than 1,200. According to two individuals with knowledge of the briefing, officials stressed to senators that the coronavirus was contagious, deadly, and would eventually spread beyond Chinas borders to the U.S., at which point it would pose…

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‘Where’s Fauci?’ America panics as doctor absent again from White House briefing

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorcoronavirus outbreak, Donald Trump, Infectious diseases, Trump administration, US news, US politics

Infectious disease expert, who has politely sparred with Trump, has become a calming presence in a time of deep uncertainty Moments after Donald Trump approached the lectern to open the daily task force briefing on the coronavirus pandemic, mild panic broke among viewers online. Where was Dr Anthony Fauci, the 79-year-old infectious disease expert who has become a regular fixture and a calming presence alongside the president? Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) Will the press in the

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The Shirk Report Volume 569

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditortop

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, WITI, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 20 IMAGES – Friday! – Not taking any chances – This guy on the other hand – YEAH WE ARE – It hasn’t even been a hundred days – Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. – Someone’s making a VR Jenga game…

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The US Army Corps of Engineers Deploys Against Coronavirus

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditorArmy, coronavirus, COVID-19, logistics, public health

The Jacob K. Javits Center occupies over 22 million square feet on the west side of New York City, a block or so down from where the Lincoln Tunnel splashes into the Hudson River. This week, it had been scheduled to host the World Floral Expo until coronavirus fears scuttled those and most other non-essential plans. Instead, thanks to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the convention center is being transformed into four field hospitals with a thousand total beds. And that’s only the beginning. Since its founding in…

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Its Brutal: Man Who Tested Positive For COVID-19 Shares The Innocent First Symptoms He Experienced

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 NewsEditor#covid-19, 700-page, coronavirus, coronavirus syptoms, covid-19 symptoms, Michael Bane, treating coronavirus, treating covid-19

At first, Michael tried to carry on with his work and family life, but after a long and gruesome fight, COVID-19 finally has him in the hospital. To raise awareness, he shared a detailed story about the living hell he went through, and it vividly shows just how brutal the virus really is. Image credits: Image credits: The United States just went through its deadliest day since the outbreak of the coronavirus, “It’s just going to get worse this week and worse next week,” Dr. Leana Wen, a visiting professor…

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Guide to Get Started on Instagram for Newcomer

March 25, 2020 NewsEditor

As a newcomer, your major goal is to reach out to a larger audience that will follow your account, and leave likes and comments. To make it fast, you’ll need a smart approach. Here are 7 must-do steps for gaining a substantial number of followers. Set up your Instagram account Add a recognizable profile picture. It should be 400×400 pixels. Recent research found out that an unobstructed facial photo is perfect for a personal type of account. The most difficult part about running an IG account is the need to…