Stuck in the South

Chi area gal stuck in AL, courtesy of Uncle Sam. Bears fan 🐻 all day, every day. 🧡💙 LET'S GO, CHICAGO!!! 🏈

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Randy Wells @aaaawells]

Was told by a NPS employee this tree across from Lincoln’s home in Springfield IL is the last confirmed “witness tree” that would have been standing when Lincoln lived here and would have seen. Last night’s storm has destroyed it, staff say it can’t be saved #History #Lincoln

[Steve @GoTime22]

My dad arrived on Omaha beach D-Day evening. Germans were still roaming a short distance from the shore.

His patrol captured Nazi officers playing cards in an abandoned building that weren't aware GI's were so close. I still have the cards. Undoubtedly the greatest generation.

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

Wow. 💙 #neverforget

[Garrett Exner @Exner_Garrett]

Ray’s Rock - Omaha Beach

On the morning of June 6, 1944, 23 year old Staff Sergeant Arnold “Ray” Lambert came ashore with the first wave of the 1st Infantry Division on the eastern side of Omaha Beach. At this small patch of concrete he saved nearly 20 lives:

The division came under intense fire from several German bunkers surrounding the entrance to the Colville Draw (one of two exits off Omaha Beach). Ray, a medic, immediately went to work.

He was shot in the arm. Moments later he was hit by shrapnel in the leg, but Ray kept pulling men to safety. He pulled nearly 20 wounded soldiers to cover behind this 8ft wide obstacle, treating each soldier before going out in search of others.

After several hours under fire, while pulling a wounded soldier from the ocean, he was struck by a landing craft. It dropped its ramp on top of him, breaking his back. He fell face down in the water, drowning. The craft backed up and nearby soldiers pulled an unconscious Ray to safety, eventually evacuating him off the beach.

Remarkably, Ray had already earned two Silver Stars and three Purple Hearts in Sicily and North Africa, prior to landing in France. But here in Normandy his war would end.

He awoke in a hospital back in England a day later. In the next bed over was his brother, who had also been wounded at Omaha.

When asked about his work on D-Day, Ray simply said, “I did what I was called to do.”

Ray Lambert passed in 2021 at 100 years old. He exemplified the best of American grit and why remembering this day is so important.

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

Da Bears 🐻💪💙

[Dave @davebftv]

Behind the scenes of Caleb Williams Madden 27 cover shoot

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

WTF 🤣

[Tatum Turn Up @tatumturnup]

This is the greatest video I’ve ever seen. No notes. The lifeless clanker carcass just laying there. No crowd reaction, anything. Just Billie Jean. Until its lifeless shell is shamefully dragged off. Purely amazing.

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Cats That Make You Go Awww @CuteAdorableCat]

I used to get nagged nonstop by my husband for buying two robot vacuums.
Now he’s gone and turned them straight into tanks 🙂

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[ARYA™ @elia_mafhh]

This is one of my favorite videos of all time. As a child psychologist, it’s a perfect example of joint attention, preverbal communication, and coregulation.

[Craig Spencer MD MPH @Craig_A_Spencer]

I did a lot of interviews today about Hantavirus and tried to answer a lot of questions. If you're freaking out, here are things you should know:

1) I'm not freaking out. Like, at all. On a scale of 1-10 of worry, I'm at <1. I've spent a long time preparing for and responding to dangerous outbreaks. I've worked onboard vessels at sea that needed to disembark sick passengers. THIS situation is not my nightmare, promise.

2) When WOULD I freak out? If we learned that transmission was much more common and much easier than what we've seen so far, and that many more people were sick. I do expect a few more positive cases, and wouldn't be surprised if we seen a few tied to folks who traveled back to their homes. But I don't expect hundreds of cases. Or thousands. Or for this to be the next pandemic, at all.

3) What I'm being careful about—We know a lot about this type of Hantavirus, but there's still a lot we can learn. Over the next few weeks, we'll get a better understanding of how well it transmits, who might be at greater risk, and whether we need to update what we thought we knew. But transmission on a cruise ship likely doesn't reflect much about how this plays out in the 'real world'. Suffice it to say, we're gonna learn a lot, and some things we 'know' will likely change.

4) The U.S. is catching up—sending CDC disease detectives to the ship to accompany American passengers home—but we were WAY too flat-footed here. We should've been on the ball earlier on. But when we pull down the systems we've built over decades to respond to stuff like this—think all the USAID cuts, the CDC cuts, the NIH cuts, and severing the relationship with the WHO—we are gonna be spending a lot of time catching up as opposed to leading the response. That's a huge shame.

5) The WHO is doing a helluva job right now. They have put out real clear communications, are working with governments to coordinate travel and quarantines and testing. We would be in a MUCH MUCH worse spot right now if it wasn't for the WHO, promise.

6) The American passengers are going to a special facility in Nebraska for 'special pathogens' like Hantavirus. Many folks don't know that we have over a dozen specialized centers all over the U.S. that can treat patients just like this. We keep them on the ready at all times, which takes massive amounts of human resources, supplies, and funding. Thankfully their funding has been protected over the past decade, but this is exactly why we need to maintain support for this constant readiness. We'd never take away firefighters' hoses and water and expect them to respond perfectly to the next fire...we must treat preparation for all health threats the same!

7) The folks I'm talking to at the CDC—the 'boots on the ground' disease detectives and epidemiologists—are doing amazing work. But where the hell is our health leadership right now? RFK Jr, are you going to say anything about what we're doing to respond?

I'll share soon, and let me know your questions below...

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Tomos Doran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 🇵🇸 @portraitinflesh]

I'm sorry, but this is simply lovely, and I've no time for those who'll inevitably sneer at it as "Paddingtonism", or whatever. Like it or not, this is the version of Britain most British people identify with. Good on his M the K for participating, too.

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Matt Mullin @matthewwmullin]

NASA HAS RELEASED OVER 12,000 IMAGES OF THE ARTEMIS II MISSION.

Unbelievable perspectives captured by the Crew! The aurora on the eclipse is incredible.

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Rodney @cryptojourneyrs]

End of an era. Here’s some of your greatest hits.

RIP Spirit Airlines 🪦

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Dov Kleiman @NFL_DovKleiman]

This is awesome: The legendary Tom Brady called Caleb Williams on FaceTime to let him know he pulled one of his rare sports cards.

Caleb's cards have skyrocketed in value 📈👀

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Central Florida Zoo @Centralflzoo]

Sloth Update 🦥 - Today marks the first week in their 30-day quarantine period. This little one had an exciting day yesterday, as he got to try out some new types of produce (zucchini, squash, and cucumber). Turns out- he LOVES it!

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

Lmaooo 🤣

[Dominic Pino @DominicJPino]

Imagining explaining to the Founding Fathers that the president imposed tariffs without an act of Congress and then removed them at the request of the King of England

[Ames @VivaLaAmes11]

As an American who lives in Italy now, I feel I can speak on this topic. Is the food quality different in Italy versus the US? Yes, wildly different.

I’ve noticed it in pretty much everything. The fruit and vegetables taste stronger and sweeter. Yes, zucchini, broccoli, potatoes and cauliflower have a sweetness that I never knew about. Meat tastes “meatier,” and carbs never ever bog me down. In the U.S. I’d eat a serving of pasta, or bread and feel like I was bloated or needed a nap. Here, I eat pasta, or pizza or bread and I feel nothing out of the ordinary. The eggs have a totally different consistency. They’re very “creamy.” Even the American Cheese here is so wildly different. It’s so creamy that it sticks to the wrapper, it’s a mess trying to get it out. Clearly, they don’t use the stabilizers we do in the U.S. Another difference is the salt and sugar levels in processed foods. Nothing, not even the cookies and cakes are too sweet. It took me a while to get used to the Heinz ketchup here, because it’s nowhere near as sweet as the U.S. product. And crunchy snacks are not overly salted. The wine here is on another level. Even the “cheap stuff” is really good. You rarely, if ever will wake up with a headache, even if you’ve over indulged. The olive oil here has this peppery almost slightly spicy finish to it. It’s so good, unlike anything in the U.S. and another thing I noticed, I haven’t eaten “greasy” food since I’ve been here. And yes, I order fried and batter-dipped foods, but nothing ever feels heavy or greasy and I can’t figure out why. Aside from the taste of food, my overall feeling is healthier. I know part of that is because I’m much more active, walking so much. But I honestly can’t recall the last time I felt “bloated” - that feeling hasn’t happened here, but in the U.S. I had that “bloat” feeling all the time. Also, I had a lot of stomach issues in the U.S. I remember always having heartburn or a churning stomach and chewing on TUMS. So much so, that I actually brought a huge container of them with me when I moved here. Oddly enough, I haven’t had one single tablet in almost 2 years.

Don’t get me wrong, I think so much of the food in the US is amazing. I love recreating US-style food here for my international friends. Im proud of my American food culture. I just think we’ve been screwed over by weird seed splicing, creepy fillers and stabilizers, artificial junk, and dyes, among many other unhealthy things.

[Curiosity @CuriosityonX]

100 years ago, this photo would have ended every newspaper headline on Earth.

Today it'll get scrolled past in 2 seconds.

This is a photograph of Mars. Taken today.

140 million miles away from us.

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Watching an inside the park home run is one of the most exciting plays in baseball. Seeing Pete-Crow Armstrong hit one while only taking 8 seconds from first base to homeplate is absolutely insane to me.

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

Retailers are underwater- look for:
Michigan $4.49-$4.69/gal
Indiana $4.29-$4.59/gal
Illinois $4.69-$4.99/gal (Chicago)
Ohio $4.39-$4.59/gal
Wisconsin $4.19-$4.39/gal
Maybe not today because prices cycled yesterday but in the next 48 hours…

[Stuck in the South @Chigirl2017]

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[Big Mama, your ARM! @AshleyShyMiller]

This is why I can’t delete TikTok because who thought to turn text messages into R&amp;B songs?! DEJAAAA!! 😂😂😂

[Weijia Jiang @weijia]

The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.