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Fellow classical music nerds/former classical musicians et al.:
Am I the only one who plays the holiday movie game "Does the group of musicians onscreen actually have the instrumentation to produce the music they are supposedly playing?" (aka "where are those drums coming from?")
Just me?

Sorry I'm just seeing this. You did amazing work here (though I wish it wasn't necessary) and I'm honored to have had the chance to offer some support! I'm glad to be in community with you!

Reader Question - All These Other GLP-1 Uses This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing!

Today on Weight And Healthcare I answer a reader's question "It seems like every other day I see a new supposed use for the GLP drugs. This just seems fishy to me. Are they really some kind of all purpose wonder drug?"
Read all about it: weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/reader-que...

Doctors Sue HHS for Removing Patient Safety Papers 'This is my way of pushing back,' one of the physicians said

"I think we really need to put our values into action. And if we're really here to serve patients and to advocate for patients, then we need to push back in whatever ways that we can, and for me, this is my way of pushing back." Celeste Royce, MD

USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases The School Nutrition Association, which represents cafeteria workers and directors, said that the USDA cut the $660 million Local Food for Schools program.

Today in donald's regime: Taking a billion dollars away from local farms and ranches to facilitate taking food away from hungry children. But the rich will get tax cuts so it all works out I guess?
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/11/u...

Seeing the laughably bad takes on Rep. Al Green's stand last night, including by never-trumper darlings like Adam Kinzinger. Do you really think a 77-year-old Black man who was born and raised in the Jim Crow South and didn't have the right to vote until he was an adult needs a lecture on optics? 1

Here's what big companies know: the average consumer doesn't have the resources they need to fight back to protect themselves against corporate scams or greed.

That's where the CFPB comes in and why we're fighting tooth and nail to defend it.

#lolsob

Researchers Refuse to Alter Patient Safety Papers to Comply With Trump Orders 'As a matter of principle, it's not a good idea to give into this,' one said

"We could find alternate ways of publishing it, I guess," he said. "And I think we don't want to legitimize this process of what's happened. I think it would be a mistake. It would be a disservice, actually, to cave in. I think people do need to stand up and say, this is not okay."

"we have been locked out of our computers, and have no chance to assist in an orderly transition in our work... We’re supposed to return our equipment, but can’t use our email to find out how or where....we came to the government to fix things. And we’re not done with this work yet"

Love to see it. There are far more people who support diversity, equity, &inclusion than don't. Profit is the love language of biz. For those who are able (not everyone is) we have real opportunities to drive change through our dollars (or lack thereof) to companies bowing and kowtowing to bigotry.

Nope, different thing. This is coffee beans roasted for less time & lower temp. Monster is Citric Acid, Erythritol, Taurine, Caffeine and some other stuff. I hate the taste of Monster almost as much as coffee but I know lots of people who love it!

Dutch Bros | White Coffee: Is it everything you’ve been searching for? Dutch Bros Coffee is a privately held drive-through coffee chain headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, with company-owned and franchise locations throughout the western United States.

Some answers here: www.dutchbros.com/news-events/...

I don't think it's just a Dutch Bros thing - Julianne got some that we can brew at home from two brands: Poverty Bay and Baristas.

Dutch Bros | White Coffee: Is it everything you’ve been searching for? Dutch Bros Coffee is a privately held drive-through coffee chain headquartered in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States, with company-owned and franchise locations throughout the western United States.

I learned about it from a Dutch Bros barista. It lets you get all the delicious flavored syrups (my favorite is a mocha hazelnut) without any coffee taste and, I can't stress this enough, about twice the caffeine!
www.dutchbros.com/news-events/...

I have recently discovered white coffee - twice the caffeine and doesn't taste like coffee (which I loathe)? Amazing! If you knew about this perfect beverage and didn't tell me, we're in a fight now.

‘Good luck with that.’ Trump administration terminates privacy officials at agency overseeing government hiring and firing | CNN Politics The Trump administration has quietly fired multiple members of the “privacy team” and other officials from the office that oversees the hiring of federal workers, a move that limits outside access to ...

CNN used the Freedom of Information Act to for records related to the security clearances for Musk and DOGE. An OPM email responded, “Good luck with that” — the staff responsible for responding to FOIA requests at OPM had been fired.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/p...

Jeff Bezos: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets... viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others." www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

a cartoon panda is making a funny face ALT: a cartoon panda is making a funny face

Me when I have to press and hold a bar to prove I'm not a bot and get to the website I want to see (even though I understand the utility of doing so.)

Image Description Blue Background Weight-Neutral Blood Pressure Management Lisa Erlanger, MD Picture of a higher-weight white woman with long curly and salt and pepper hair smiling with red glasses and a purple shirt Ragen Chastain , MEd Picture of a fat white woman with short curly brown hair smiling in pink glasses in a salmon tank top with a black overshirt video of talk and Q&A provided to all registrants pay-what-you-can-afford option available Blame-free, shame-free, non-diet options bit.ly/dwfMonthlyWorkshop

Workshop tomorrow with Dr. Lisa Erlanger. It feels like the right time to talk about weight neutral options for managing blood pressure. All registrants get a recording and there is a pay-what-you-can option so money isn't a barrier.
Register: danceswithfat.org/monthly-onli...

Africa CDC Call for Applications: The African Epidemic Service Program 2025 (AES) - Empowering Africa's Public Health Workforce - Global South Opportunities In an increasingly interconnected world, the rapid spread of disease can pose significant challenges to public health systems. The African continent, with its

The global South is leading in keeping us all safe.
1.Rwanda &Tanzania contained marburg outbreaks
2.Uganda is fighting Ebola
3. DRC is fighting #mpox
Knowledge can flow from the global South to North. With CDC EIS gutted, consider Africa CDC's AES
www.globalsouthopportunities.com/2025/02/17/a...

"Trump has ordered the Justice Department to stop enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act for the next six months and instructed prosecutors to refrain from bringing FCPA cases."

After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.

A beautiful story that I wish never needed to happen.
www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do.

Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

Petty and anti-fascist? Even better!

Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a "eugenic immigration policy," and wrote, "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S....

Activism works. One DOGGIE down.

All The Federal Lawsuits Related to Trump Admin Executive Orders We put them all in one place.

Resource to keep up with pushback on the legal side.

Obviously this will solve none of the horrors that are happening right now, but coming from my pettiness-as-self-care file: I would like to suggest that we start pronouncing DOGE as "Doggie"

Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".

I didn't know about this:

"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, and accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative...We were wrong that day, we broke the law - there should be no pardons"