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Our Healthcare system suffers from Greed...

Our Healthcare system suffers from Greed. Paying twice the cost of other countries with the worst outcomes than other countries. Lack of competition with hospitals and Insurance, increasing Provider wages, inflated medical supplies, and older workers are all contributing to an unaffordable Healthcare plan. #HealthcareWoes #GreedInHealthcare

Masha, a beloved neighborhood cat from Obninsk, Russia, is being hailed as a true hero. When she discovered an abandoned baby left in a box in the freezing cold, Masha didn’t hesitate she curled up beside the infant to keep her warm and meowed loudly for help until someone came. Resident Irina Lavrova followed the cries, expecting Masha to be hurt… but instead found her protecting the helpless child. Thanks to this brave, motherly cat, the baby survived and is now safe and healthy. The community has crowned Masha their hero and she’s now being spoiled with all her favorite treats, as she completely deserves #CatLovers #Cats #CatStories #Animals #News #BabyAnimals #BabyNews

cnn Two-thirds of the US population is facing a major winter storm that will bring crippling ice and snow to a footprint that stretches over 2,000 miles from Texas to New England through the weekend. Ice accumulations are expected to weigh down and drop power lines and trees in the most serious icing zones in the South, and hundreds of thousands of people could lose power, potentially for days. Thousands of flights have already been canceled and travel will be difficult to impossible on roads across the storm's footprint.

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Wait, People Really Did This in Winter?

Winter in the ’70s was a whole different vibe—think wool-on-wool layers, shoveling snow by hand, and walking to school in freezing temps. Forget instant cocoa or heated cars; it was all about making do and getting creative to stay warm. Some of these habits sound wild now (ice delivery, anyone?), but they brought people together in ways tech just can’t. Which of these would you actually try for a day? #News #Throwback #WinterNostalgia

As a Border Patrol Agent, I See the Numbers

I work in the Tucson Sector, Arizona. A few months ago, the administration issued a new executive order: when daily crossings exceed a threshold (like 2,500), most asylum claims are suspended. Today, that threshold was triggered again. We apprehended a family from Honduras; they walked for two months to get here. Under the new rule, I have to process them for rapid removal instead of letting them into the asylum system. The mother was crying, begging me. I'm just doing my job, but this job makes me feel like a machine, not a person. The policy is made in D.C., but we're the ones who have to look them in the eye and say "no." #BorderPatrol #ImmigrationPolicy #ExecutiveOrder #USBorder #HumanCost

From the start, Black veterans had trouble securing the GI Bill’s benefits. Some could not access benefits because they had not been given an honorable discharge—and a much larger number of Black veterans were discharged dishonorably than their white counterparts. Veterans who did qualify could not find facilities that delivered on the bill’s promise. Black veterans in a vocational training program at a segregated high school in Indianapolis were unable to participate in activities related to plumbing, electricity and printing because adequate equipment was only available to white students. Simple intimidation kept others from enjoying GI Bill benefits. In 1947, for example, a crowd hurled rocks at Black veterans as they moved into a Chicago housing development. Thousands of Black veterans were attacked in the years following World War II and some were singled out and l*nched.

Why do I get fined for an open beer, but shooting up on the street is ignored?

It's ironic. If I walk down the street with an open beer, I get a ticket. But one block over, people are openly injecting drugs, and it's ignored as a "health issue." Are we normalizing addiction? What message does this send to our kids? It’s not just a double standard; it’s a societal decline. #DrugCrisis #Fentanyl #LawEnforcement #PublicHealth #DoubleStandard

The Empty Cart Phenomenon at My Store

I manage a small grocery in a mid-sized town. I’m used to seeing packed carts at checkout; lately a new scene emerges: customers push carts, scan price tags, put back expensive items, and walk to the register with only two or three things. Some stand at the register, calm but with red eyes. Our in-store data show EBT transactions down nearly 40%, and even non-EBT cash spending is down—people are cutting overall consumption. As a local retailer we’re partnering with a food bank to offer discounted bundles and short-term credit for regulars. When systems fail, towns rely on each other—not on algorithms. #SNAPInterrupted #LocalBusiness #CommunityResponse

The Man Who Went to Prison for His Lookalike’s Crime

In 2000, a man named Richard Jones was sentenced to 19 years in prison for a robbery in Kansas. The only evidence against him? Eyewitness identification. He kept saying he was innocent — and after 17 long years, it turned out he was telling the truth. Investigators later found that the real robber was another man named Ricky, who looked almost exactly like Richard and lived near the crime scene. The resemblance was so uncanny that even people who knew Richard said they couldn’t tell them apart from a photo. Once the truth came out, Richard was finally freed in 2017. To me, this story is terrifying. It shows how easily someone’s life can be destroyed by a mistaken identity — and how fragile justice can be when it relies too much on memory. It also makes me wonder: how many other people might still be behind bars for something they didn’t do? #UnexpectedHistory #UnexpectedResults