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April 24, 2021

California is now the first state to declare an end to oil extraction in the country.

https://twitter.com/gavinnewsom/status/1385671067147005953?s=21


Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
NEW: California is now the first state to declare an end to oil extraction in the country.

Today, we're announcing that we will phase out all oil extraction — as part of a world-leading effort to achieve carbon neutrality — and ban fracking by 2024.
3:05 PM · Apr 23, 2021
April 24, 2021

8 states have now vaccinated more than 60% of adults with a first shot.

https://twitter.com/aslavitt46/status/1385587110766424067?s=21


Andy Slavitt
@aslavitt46
8 states have now vaccinated more than 60% of adults with a first shot.

New Hampshire (>70%!)
CT
Mass
NM
Maine
NJ
VT
Hawaii

All of them have turned the corner on the number of cases & hospitalizations.

Well done. Let’s all get there.
April 24, 2021

With two flights down, the #MarsHelicopter is ready to get sporty. Flight #3 planned for this Sunday

https://twitter.com/nasapersevere/status/1385698304688758785?s=21


NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
@NASAPersevere
With two flights down, the #MarsHelicopter is ready to get sporty. Flight #3 planned for this Sunday, and it’ll even stretch my ability to capture it in frame. Looking forward to this.

Latest blog: http://go.nasa.gov/3gArAmw

NASA JPL
@NASAJPL
Faster, farther, bolder. #MarsHelicopter is set for flight No. 3 on April 25. http://go.nasa.gov/3gArAmw

Flight plan:
Speed: ~4.5mph
Range: 330ft (100m) roundtrip
Altitude: 16ft (5m)

Data expected later Sunday. Til then, peep this shot of rover tracks from the 2nd flight.

April 24, 2021

Trump fan who set fire to hay bales with Biden-Harris 2020 campaign display is sentenced to 1-year i

https://twitter.com/rawstory/status/1385693029223309316?s=21


Raw Story
@RawStory
Trump fan who set fire to hay bales with Biden-Harris 2020 campaign display is sentenced to 1-year in jail

Trump fan who set fire to hay bales with Biden-Harris 2020 campaign display is sentenced to 1-year...
rawstory.com

https://t.co/1Qol44dHYo
April 24, 2021

First Lady Jill Biden gifted a blanket by the Navajo Nation.

https://twitter.com/lakotaman1/status/1385708085491077126?s=21


Lakota Man
@LakotaMan1
First Lady Jill Biden gifted a blanket by the Navajo Nation. The highest honor an Indigenous community can ever bestow—to a non-Native ally

April 24, 2021

It is my duty to note, once again, that taxes on the rich are at a historically low level in the Uni

https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1385751702695972871?s=21


Jennifer Taub
@jentaub
👇🏽

Gabriel Zucman
@gabriel_zucman
It is my duty to note, once again, that taxes on the rich are at a historically low level in the United States today

April 24, 2021

my favorite picture ever taken inside the Supreme Court, and it's of building support staff setting

https://twitter.com/cristianafarias/status/1385703281582817284?s=21


Cristian Farias
@cristianafarias
·
Apr 23, 2021
I think I've found my favorite picture ever taken inside the Supreme Court, and it's of building support staff setting up for the justices' group photo. From 1976.

It rules:



From the Supreme Court's website: Building Support Staff Posing While Setting Up for the Group Photograph, January 1976

Cristian Farias
@cristianafarias
That's from this: https://supremecourt.gov/visiting/exhibitions/GroupPhotoExhibit/Section5.aspx
5:13 PM · Apr 23, 2021
April 23, 2021

Laura Loomer, MTG, and Amanda Chase will be here. Qwhite the trio.

https://twitter.com/pcocteau/status/1385713646169477124?s=21

🇺🇸
@patriottakes
·
Apr 23, 2021
Laura Loomer, MTG, and Amanda Chase will be here. Qwhite the trio.



PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
@patriottakes
Here is the flyer with all speakers, sponsors, and committee members for the America First Rally.



I am who I am.
@pcocteau
Well, I hope the attendance falls under the new allowable Florida maximums for gatherings. I'd gate to see it shut down by the governor. OTOH, we're legally allowed to hit them with cars now.
April 23, 2021

Dinnertime Insurrectionist Roundup: butt crack edition?

https://twitter.com/seditiontrack/status/1385710963526180866?s=21

https://twitter.com/seditiontrack/status/1385704063459811332?s=21

https://twitter.com/seditiontrack/status/1385711426023608322?s=21


Sedition Track
@seditiontrack
The FBI has been using facial recognition to catch insurrectionists but I've developed a butt crack recognition algorithm that's going blow this case wide open.




Sedition Track
@seditiontrack
JFC I'm trying to concentrate and find a specific Nazi and b/c this guy decided to reveal his butt crack at a key moment it now haunts me everywhere I go. This time in 4K!




Sedition Track
@seditiontrack
·
Apr 23, 2021
A witness came forward *DURING THE ARREST OF HIS BROTHER* (likely a family member or neighbor) and they gave the FBI a rundown on the brother as well. #SeditionHasConsequences #SeditionTrack

Jason Owens arrested on April 16, 2021
seditiontracker.com

https://t.co/fp1LFHNwTO

Sedition Track
@seditiontrack
His brother is the one next to him in the blue hat.





Sedition Track
@seditiontrack
[UPDATE] Brady Knowlton has been indicted by a federal grand jury on *SIX COUNTS*

Residence: Utah
Age: 40

http://seditiontracker.com/suspects/by_status


April 23, 2021

CDC recommends that pregnant people get the COVID-19 vaccine.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Friday recommended that pregnant people get the COVID-19 vaccine, citing a new study that suggests there is no evidence that the shot causes safety concerns for pregnant people or their babies.

Speaking at a White House COVID-19 briefing, CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky acknowledged that none of the participants in initial trials of the COVID-19 vaccines were pregnant, leaving doctors and families with little data on how the new shots would impact patients or their pregnancy. But emerging self-reported data from the first months of the U.S. vaccine rollout has led researchers to suggest that the new vaccines do not pose increased risk during pregnancy.

“As such, CDC recommends that pregnant people receive the COVID-19 vaccine,” Walensky said on Friday. “We know that this is a deeply personal decision and I encourage people to talk to their doctors or primary care providers to determine what is best for them and their baby.”

The announcement follows the Wednesday publication of a peer-reviewed paper from The New England Journal of Medicine. In the report, researchers from the CDC used self-reported data from more than 35,691 people who were either pregnant or soon to become pregnant. After getting the shot, they reported typical vaccine side effects — pain at the injection site, fatigue, headaches and muscle aches — but researchers say the data “did not show obvious safety signals.”

More
https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2021/04/cdc-recommends-covid-19-vaccine-during-pregnancy/

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