Jenn

[NPR @NPR]

The Biden administration is close to advising fully vaccinated Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots after eight months, according to a source familiar with the discussions among administration health experts. https://t.co/981FJ4KNts

[NPR @NPR]

A bill in North Carolina aims to raise the minimum marriage age from 14 to 16 and limit the age difference between 16-year-olds and their spouse to 4 years. The state has a reputation as a go-to place for child brides.
https://t.co/JuQBWOcUdj

[Jenn @jnjware]

@ResiliencyInc @khrystaldb Well that is sad!

[NPR @NPR]

This isn't America's first big vaccine rollout — and the past holds some lessons for the present.

Here's a look at how the polio vaccine overcame hesitancy and gained overwhelming public acceptance in the U.S.
https://t.co/rkBPmdAeiC

[Weird History @weird_hist]

Commercial air travel before pressurized airplane cabins (Boston, 1939).

[Weird History @weird_hist]

When jeans first appeared, they were derided as "fornication pants" due to the visible buttons, suggestive of being taken off.

[Weird History @weird_hist]

In 1958, the Western TV series 'Trackdown' featured a con man named Trump who promised to build a wall in order to prevent the end of the world.

[Weird History @weird_hist]

This is how we should settle political debates: Republican vs. Democrat snowball fight in front of the Capitol, 1921.

[Weird History @weird_hist]

In Roman times, pants were associated with barbarians. In 397, wearing pants within city limits was declared punishable by exile.

[NPR @NPR]

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that countries can legally make childhood vaccinations mandatory — saying that requiring vaccines can be seen as "necessary in a democratic society."
https://t.co/VrB7c1Ewvd

[Bon Voyaged @BonVoyaged_]

🕌🏢🏯 Tom Brady's New 18 Bedroom Florida Mansion Flat Out Steals The Show

[Mrs. Thomas-Paul @mrsthomaspaul]

Took a stroll to the attendance office then fell upon this art display.(I don't go that way often🤭) So I took the long way back to my classroom just to enjoy the other art displays. This felt therapeutic.😌🤗 @AllenHS_Eagles @AllenFineArts #allenhighschoolart #art

[Jenn @jnjware]

@people Are we going back in time!

[Weird History @weird_hist]

The best altitude for dropping a beaver by parachute is between 500 and 800 feet, according to a 1948 operation that relocated 76 beavers to a remote lake in Idaho.

[Jenn @jnjware]

@khrystaldb Feel better soon!

[Weird History @weird_hist]

The President's desk was donated by Queen Victoria in 1880 for US help in searching for the missing Franklin Expedition. (Interestingly, one of the lost ships appears in the National Anthem as one of the British vessels firing "bombs bursting in air" in 1812).

[Claire McCaskill @clairecmc]

Friendly reminder. Lindsey Graham argued and voted to convict a President for lying about sex. Fast forward....Trump. And he’s just fine with all of it. The lying. The incitement to violence. The abuse of the office for political purposes. All of it.

[Jenn @jnjware]

@TheDailyShow

[LⱯDY GⱯGⱯ NOW🪞 @ladygaganownet]

Lady Gaga will be on the cover of InStyle Germany next month.

[Vogue Magazine @voguemagazine]

Indigenous public health researcher, Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), transformed a body bag into a symbol of resilience and survival.
https://t.co/DeFDX2uXiQ