‘Out of Sight’ is an excellent film adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel.
Month: July 2023
Tweets on Black maternal death rates
A new study found maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled in two decades in unequal proportions and Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates. https://t.co/3jSDz334Rz
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 3, 2023
The wealthier a mother is, the more likely they are to survive the first year after childbirth – unless she’s a Black woman, a January study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found.https://t.co/Y5Nd3cS2bb
— CNN (@CNN) June 25, 2023
Maternal death rates are on the rise in the U.S., spiking significantly in 2021, according to a recent report from the CDC. However, Black moms in particular are nearly three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women. https://t.co/dzYDwDWSb3
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) June 15, 2023
Olympic champion Tori Bowie died of complications from childbirth. @jordan_mendoza5 with details of this unspeakably sad story.
— Nancy Armour (@nrarmour) June 12, 2023
A reminder: The maternal death rate for Black women is 2.6 times what it is for white women. https://t.co/5O48CpztNM
Mississippi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the country—and it’s getting worse. In 3 short years the mm rate for Black women increased from 51.9 deaths per 100K to 65.1. Compared 16.2 per 100K for White women in the state. It’s time to #SaveMississippi
— Mike Pence's Other Mother 🟧🟦 (@cooltxchick) April 17, 2023
Patricia Pouncey is raising her daughter’s 12 children — saying the pain of her loss has been made worse by confusion about what led to her daughter's death.https://t.co/BM7Ja8GBu4
— CNN (@CNN) April 16, 2023
Many moms and their partners are still suffering years — even decades — after nearly dying in childbirth. As the maternal health care system fails, Black families are falling through the cracks, struggling to cope with the trauma.
— Margo Snipe (@margoasnipe) April 13, 2023
Here are their stories.https://t.co/jkhAiuiwxf
In Opinion
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 16, 2023
“In the United States, we have a health care system that does not serve all populations equitably. Black women are more likely to bear the brunt of structural factors that limit access to care,” writes @NOLAobgyn. https://t.co/J36Y4mr954
*The NIH-grant cancellation in late March followed the release of data from the CDC revealing that Black women were the only race or ethnic group who didn’t experience a decline in deaths from pregnancy related causes in 2023."
— Soraya Nadia McDonald (@sorayanadiamcdonald.com) 2025-08-02T19:05:46.051Z
Climate tweets – 7/14/23
bad news and warnings
Waiting for Republicans in this savage heat wave to connect the dots on climate. Given how party is paid for, gonna be a long wait.https://t.co/Gfegja2pxz
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 10, 2023
From @NOAA : "Approximately 40% of the global ocean is currently experiencing MHWs (marine heatwaves), which ranks 1st among all months since 1991."
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 13, 2023
And here is the forecast. Each color is an ocean, & graph shows % of the sea that will have heatwaves at given time points. pic.twitter.com/qZxNq9xPdQ
Deadly heat waves have swept the globe and will continue to because of climate change.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 12, 2023
The trends are prompting doomsday questions: Will parts of the world soon become too hot to live in? How will we survive? https://t.co/TXNzwQRafh
When Climate Change Hits Home:
— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) July 11, 2023
A dispatch from the flooded house of our new lead writer. https://t.co/MuM51qioEu from @nytimes
Catastrophic floods in the Hudson Valley. An unrelenting heat dome over Phoenix. Ocean temperatures hitting 90 degrees Fahrenheit off Miami's coast. A deluge in Vermont. These events are happening simultaneously as climate change fuels extreme weather. https://t.co/sdWBOLoUDU
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 10, 2023
Way too little attention in DC on the four hottest days in recorded history occurring consecutively all in one week. pic.twitter.com/9FOuCHOd5g
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) July 10, 2023
Analysis: It is not the case that everyone has accepted the reality of the warming climate. But it is the case that the arguments once lazily thrown out to deny that it was occurring have mostly vanished. https://t.co/h2RxBQsGGU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 8, 2023
Africa just saw its hottest night ever recorded.
— Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) July 7, 2023
Adrar, Algeria's nighttime low was a searing 39.6°C (103.3°F) 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZQxgmkH3UY
Majorities of U.S. adults say large businesses and corporations, state elected officials and the energy industry are doing too little to address climate change. https://t.co/4z7iDZXBKw pic.twitter.com/DvQFKwZ078
— Pew Research Science (@pewscience) July 7, 2023
Climate change, spelling hotter and wetter weather, is increasing the frequency and severity of storms. Maybe it’s altering clouds, too, writes columnist @HutzellRick. https://t.co/kLFExaRiNf
— The Baltimore Banner (@BaltimoreBanner) July 7, 2023
Oil industry rebuttal: 120 degrees may be uncomfortable, but you can't prove Phoenix is hotter than, say, 300,000 years ago. So, SHRUG https://t.co/zf9VebJogW
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 6, 2023
Lucinda Williams demos on YouTube
These include songs that later showed up on her albums.
More tweets on Covid and animals
A form of coronavirus is threatening Cyprus' cat population, and animal rescuers are racing to find a cure pic.twitter.com/9NmwS7nhTt
— CNN (@CNN) July 14, 2023
People spread the virus that causes Covid-19 to wild white-tailed deer in the United States more than 100 times in late 2021 and early 2022, according to a new study from the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service https://t.co/Owh6p9Coqf
— CNN (@CNN) July 12, 2023
Zoo outbreak highlights human-to-animal COVID-19 risk
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) July 14, 2023
An outbreak of #COVID19 in gorillas and lions at the Rotterdam Zoo likely originated from people but spread animal-to-animalhttps://t.co/7yWNOM7XsW
Photo: Coen Versluis / Flickr cc pic.twitter.com/jXdaCR2bU4
One of the ways new COVID variants may arise isn’t through human populations—it’s in other animals. https://t.co/CnJHBTpGLW
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 6, 2023
“But testing of wild animals is infrequent, and COVID-19 has likely impacted many more species, which emerging research is beginning to show.
— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) July 12, 2023
‘I think the spread to wildlife animals is much wider than previously thought.’” https://t.co/5nRBubaDY2
More tweets on the Polo Grounds
I saw the Mets play there in 1962 and 1963.
Great view of Stan Musial at Polo Grounds pic.twitter.com/9JNNvmMlaz
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) July 9, 2023
Lou Brock warming up at the Polo Grounds, 1962 pic.twitter.com/yMj97Z3Ikh
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) July 5, 2023
There never will be another ballpark like Polo Grounds pic.twitter.com/fS49SrCkQ2
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) June 29, 2023
The Tri-Cornered Baseball Game at the Polo Grounds where the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play each other in a six-inning contest to raise money for war bonds, June 26, 1940. pic.twitter.com/n18dJpmD38
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) June 26, 2023
No outfield wall and horse-drawn carriages at the 1905 World Series at the Polo Grounds where the New York Giants and Philadelphia Athletics were playing. pic.twitter.com/E4LhgKMqon
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) June 21, 2023
The crowd at the Polo Grounds for Game 6 of the 1923 World Series, October 15, 1923 pic.twitter.com/f2OPOF37H4
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) June 18, 2023
When the Mets played their inaugural season at the Polo Grounds, their mascot was not the famous baseball-headed Mr. Met fans love today.
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) May 20, 2024
Their original official mascot was a floppy-eared beagle named Homer. 1962
Homer was trained by Rudd Weatherwax, the man who trained Lassie. pic.twitter.com/D104jzHff2
Tweets on limitations of Covid tests
We have often wondered if the rapid antigen tests didn't work very well on the latest variant. Turns out 90% of asymptomatic cases are missed by RAT. #covid #CovidIsntOverhttps://t.co/qjgM8hTwvH
— Paul Keeble ME/CFS/LC (@PaulRKeeble) July 12, 2023
At-home covid tests are less effective than previously thought, but that's not the same as saying they're useless. What it does indicate is we need better, more widely available tests. We have little idea how bad COVID is right now. @salon @nicolekarlis https://t.co/Xd4mDf9Krf
— ⬡:: troy/farah (@filth_filler) June 26, 2023
I remember QEMM
I got my first Windows computer in 1992. QEMM was a very effective memory management utility.
Brownies recipes
I can’t cook much but my late mother used to make excellent brownies. I would take some into work and people would want the recipes. The second one is better – they are more like cake. T
More tweets with photos of Roberto Clemente
"I want everybody in the world to know that this is the way I play all the time. All season, every season. I gave everything I had to this game."
— Jim Koenigsberger (@Jimfrombaseball) July 7, 2023
Clemente to Roger Angell before Game 7 of `71 World Series pic.twitter.com/lC5K7T12xv
Roberto Clemente in the hallway at Busch Stadium pic.twitter.com/96hcdgdcxj
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) July 5, 2023
Roberto Clemente on deck pic.twitter.com/TktJQm6XnE
— Baseball In Pics (@baseballinpix) July 3, 2023
Sad! 