Notices by Flying_Donny for Harris/Walz (kateiacy@med-mastodon.com)

Wow, due to the already-existing shortage of OB/GYN doctors in Iowa, a service is being started to bring OB/GYN teams in by helicopter for emergencies. The 6-week abortion ban put in place a few months ago certainly is only going to worsen the OB/GYN shortage. https://www.kcrg.com/2024/11/19/with-iowa-short-ob-gyns-hospital-looks-chopper-doctors/

A friend who winters in western North Carolina just posted this as a reliable list of ways to help.
https://www.bpr.org/bpr-news/2024-09-28/list-ways-to-donate-and-help-flood-victims-in-western-north-carolina-after-hurricane-helene

@GottaLaff @Snowshadow @Gargron No issues here. I hope yours are shortlived.

@inthehands Not good. I'm glad to learn of the MN wastewater tracking site you posted.

Dr. Fauci describes his interactions with Biden. Based on those, Fauci says he has no doubt that Biden has the vigor and mental capacity to carry on with his office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI5GWz7BhFo

@kimlockhartga Here's a gnome home that Donny and I found on our walk yesterday.

@liztai Ooh, I followed you just in time or I would have missed this useful information! (I've been studying Mandarin for about a year.)

@liztai Thank you for posting! I had never heard of these, and I just ordered seeds!

"The Biden administration has provided funding to build resilient communities, and a new (as of September 2023) National Climate Resilience Framework, which should provide the US with a whole range of protections. These include conserving water resources, modernizing and strengthening the electric grid against weather and disasters and building infrastructure to protect communities and ecosystems from sea level rise, tidal flooding, hurricanes and storm surges. "

https://www.cnet.com/science/climate/wild-weather-ahead-summer-2024-could-be-a-scorcher-after-hottest-year-on-record/

Good news for our circle of morning coffee drinkers:

'Still, he [Dr Peter Hayes, professor of hepatology at the University of Edinburgh] knows of no evidence that cutting out coffee is beneficial. “Coffee is one of nature’s gifts,” he says.'

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/apr/08/coffee-benefits-hazards-experts