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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later If you pay your bills by mail, pay them earlier. If you vote by mail, use the designated drop off box.

"In art or dream may you proceed with abandon" Patti Smith, US singer, musician, song writer. Born on this day 30th December, 1946 #WomensArt

Yikes https://ktla.com/news/local-news/chainsaw-burn-cage-found-in-d4vds-hollywood-hills-home-pi-says/

"The bottom line is none of this is affordable,'' she said, "so we're gonna be dipping into savings to pay for this.'' (And reminder: employer plans are subsidized by the consumer, and the taxpayer, and add to our tax deficit.) https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/12/26/nx-s1-5655286/aca-insurance-premium-prices-marketplace-uninsured-women-medical-decisions

"As we entered the maternity unit, a large yellow room with around 45 beds, the majority of them occupied, the doctor explained that the aid cuts were causing an epidemic of life-threatening pregnancy complications. Starving women were giving birth to premature babies. Even those who made it to term were often dangerously underweight. The hospital was understaffed, and people in the camp were so anemic that they couldn’t get enough blood donations. Otieno had twice donated himself while he was midsurgery in order to save a pregnant woman’s life."

ProPublica

What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid

Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but Vitamin B complex is not going to kill you or make your blind.