Vania S

new wife and mom praying through life and eating fries as I go.

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

In the last few years we've seen:

- The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer
- The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC
- The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi
- Multiple assassination attempts against Trump
- The assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of on State Senator John Hoffman and his wife
- Luigi Mangione's assassination of Brian Thompson
- The assassination of Charlie Kirk

Political violence is contagious. It is spreading. It is not confined to one side or belief system. It should terrify us all.

The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in it without fear of violence. Political violence is always an attack against us all. You have to be so blind not to see that.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

[Jackie Llanos @LlanosJackie]

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

[Kevin Hall @KevinH_PhD]

After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My life’s work has been to scientifically study how our food environment affects what we eat, and how what we eat affects our physiology. Lately, I’ve focused on unravelling the reasons why diets high in ultra-processed food are linked to epidemic proportions of chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Our research leads the world on this topic.

Given recent bipartisan goals to prevent diet-related chronic diseases, and new agency leadership professing to prioritize scientific investigation of ultra-processed foods, I had hoped to expand our research program with ambitious plans to more rapidly and efficiently determine how our food is likely making Americans chronically sick.

Unfortunately, recent events have made me question whether NIH continues to be a place where I can freely conduct unbiased science. Specifically, I experienced censorship in the reporting of our research because of agency concerns that it did not appear to fully support preconceived narratives of my agency’s leadership about ultra-processed food addiction.

I was hoping this was an aberration. So, weeks ago I wrote to my agency’s leadership expressing my concerns and requested time to discuss these issues, but I never received a response. Without any reassurance there wouldn’t be continued censorship or meddling in our research, I felt compelled to accept early retirement to preserve health insurance for my family. (Resigning later in protest of any future meddling or censorship would result in losing that benefit.) Due to very tight deadlines to make this decision, I don’t yet have plans for my future career.

The NIH has been a wonderful place because it allows scientists to take risks, form unique collaborations, and do studies difficult to conduct elsewhere. I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished and I’m fortunate to have had such wonderful colleagues and scientific collaborators. I hope to someday return to government service and lead a research program that will continue to provide gold-standard science to make Americans healthy.

[Catholicism in East Asia @TheChurchInAsia]

Korean Catholic artist Kim Ki-chang's inculturated rendition of the Last Supper.

[Dulles Airport (IAD) @Dulles_Airport]

Good morning to everyone, especially the Washington Commanders

[World Central Kitchen @WCKitchen]

We are aware of reports that members of the World Central Kitchen team have been killed in an IDF attack while working to support our humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza. This is a tragedy. Humanitarian aid workers and civilians should NEVER be a target. EVER.

[Vania S @VaniaJ6]

@Glencocolaflare PTL ❤️

[Jaythechou @jaythechou]

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, game, or TV show until I forget: Day 1069

[H.E.R. @HERMusicx]

How it started vs how it’s going.
Who woulda thought 🥹 thank you @Usher #SuperBowl

[Vania S @VaniaJ6]

Good to know it wasn’t just me 😅

[dallas @dallas__texas]

when the starbucks app sends me a notification that my order is ready when i didn’t place an order

[Vania S @VaniaJ6]

@karamdixon Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[reilly kate @helloreilly]

today is one of my favorite feast days, the feast of the sacred heart. I love the sacred heart so much, it’s always been something that keeps me close to my faith. The image has brought so much healing in my life. But the recent uses of it almost as a weapon or a threat against

[Vania S @VaniaJ6]

@philrfoster Oh so this is video?! GROSS.

[Vania S @VaniaJ6]

Wowowow

[NBA @NBA]

MAC MCCLUNG HITS THE 540. PERFECT SCORE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

#ATTSlamDunk x #StateFarmSaturday
📺: Live on TNT

[Crìsdean MacEanraig @NosrednehTemple]

@lawrence_wright If you think it's dehumanising to the soldiers, wait till you hear about what it does to Palestinians...

[Katie Prejean McGrady @KatiePMcGrady]

Nor does it make you holier.

“Oh look how much I don’t care about this thing, so much so I’ll post about how much I don’t care about it & how awful others are when they do care about it, oh hardy har har”

The rest of us:

[Katie Prejean McGrady @KatiePMcGrady]

Saying “Oh I don’t care about this massively popular event, I’m so checked out of pop culture, I just prefer to read books & smoke a pipe rather than turn on that infernal noisy moving picture box from hell” doesn’t make you nearly as refined or intelligent as you think it does