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Alyssa Williams 🇺🇸 🇺🇦

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Political scientist/historian•SFSU/Cal/Harvard ES•Texafornian•PNW•U Hawai’i/🎾tour Mom•Scorpio•ocean lover•music aficionado esp the obscure•detester of cowards Here for: Politics | History | Archeology | MUSIC | Art | Nature | Science | Lit | Sports!

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Senator Chris Coons@coons.senate.gov · 3w ago

RFK Jr. made Cyclospora tracking optional, gutting a CDC program used to detect outbreaks. Now cyclosporiasis has hit 31 states. That's what happens when you dismantle the systems designed to keep us safe. www.npr.org/2026/07/12/n...

What to know about cyclosporiasis, the intestinal illness hitting the U.S.

A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and fatigue has been detected in 34 states. Here's how what to do if you suspect you have it and how to avoid infection.

npr.org

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 3w ago

1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’ Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’

Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

transiticsnews.com

Chapps@chapps.bsky.social · 4w ago

One of the stars of the recent exhibition about the #Etruscans in San Francisco is this gilded silver lebes (cauldron) with snake protomes. The rows of engraved figures depict a flight of geese, a royal hunting party, and military processions. 😍 🏺 1/ Praeneste, 7th c. BCE. 📸 me

Gilt silver lebes (cauldron) depicting four rows of scenes including a row of geese, a royal hunting expediiton, and military processions. On the convex bottom there is a medallion with a lion trampling a man on all fours while a hawk flies overhead. Six snake protomes were added around the rim at a later date. The Etruscans were master metalsmiths. As metal was readily available in Etruria, artisans created a wide repertoire of vessels in bronze, gold, silver, and silver gilt, sometimes reflecting an influence from the Near East. This cauldron with attached snake protomes (decorative motifs usually of a head and torso of an animal) is a good example. Objects like these, which accompanied the deceased in their tombs, inform us of a love for luxurious objects including those inspired by their Mediterranean trading partners. It's considered a Phoenician-style import or heavy imitation, with Egyptian-influenced iconography. The Bernardini Tomb is one of the most celebrated princely burials of the ancient Mediterranean. Discovered in 1876 in Palestrina (the ancient Latin city of Praeneste), this 7th-century BCE trench grave (fossa) belonged to a high-ranking male elite or prince. Etruscan, from Praeneste (modern Palestrina), 'princely' Bernardini Tomb, 2nd quarter of 7th century BCE. Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia (Villa Poniatowski), Rome (inv. 61566)