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By Steven Aguilar By Steven Aguilar Aries Stop waiting for someone to hand you your dream job — and go out there and get it. Taurus Stop waiting for your crush to ask you out — and make the first move yourself. Gemini Stop waiting for everything to get better — and visit a therapist, talk to someone, put more effort into your mental health. Cancer Stop waiting around for true love to find you — and start putting yourself out there. Leo Stop waiting for a sign — and listen to what your gut is telling you. Virgo Stop waiting for the ‘perfect moment’ to make your move — and do whatever you’ve been waiting to do Libra Stop …

justCARE Abortion Access On Campus In California Could Become A Reality Thanks To These Student Activists — UPDATE By Madhuri Sathish Updated: Oct 11, 2019 Student activists in California are determined to achieve reproductive justice on college campuses — and thanks to a new bill, they may just succeed. What started as a local effort by a student reproductive health group at UC Berkeley has become a statewide effort to make medication abortion accessible on public college campuses across California, and students’ push to do this has culminated in California state Senate Bill 24. As part of their efforts to fight for reproductive justice, activists across the state of California launched justCARE (Campus Action for Reproductive Equity), a movement that …

A link has been drawn between exposure to air pollution and the loss of hair growth and regeneration, according to preliminary research presented at the 2019 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress. Particulate matter (particle pollution, or PM) is made up of pollutants that form a complex mixture of small solid particles and liquid droplets in the air. The smaller the PM, the more harmful the particles are as they can pass more easily into the human body. In particular, PM10 are those that measure 10 micrometers or smaller and typically come from industrial sources that can cause negative health effects when a person becomes exposed to, inhales, or consumes them. To study the effects of PM on hair growth …

A nature center in south Florida has shared a distressing photo of a tiny sea turtle that died due to consuming over 100 pieces of plastic. The photo of the turtle with all 104 pieces of plastic laid next to it serves as a reminder that “we all need to do our part to keep our oceans plastic-free.” Gumbo Limbo Nature Center in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, posted the photo on their Facebook page in early October during what they call “washback season”. Washback season is when young sea turtles get washed ashore on the east coast of the US due to heavy winds and surf. During this time, the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, led by Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Coordinator Whitney …

Welcome to the Shirk Report where you will find 20 funny images, 10 interesting articles and 5 entertaining videos from the last 7 days of sifting. Most images found on Reddit; articles from Digg, Kottke, Facebook, Twitter, and email; videos come from everywhere. Any suggestions? Send a note to submit@twistedsifter.com 20 IMAGES – Friday! – It’s a bird! – Sup – Story checks out – When you try to deter your cat from the couch but they adapt – I compressed it to 77 kb but still – Egads! – This stroller store has different surfaces on the ground for you to try – You know it’s cold when – Funny.. but also kind of ominous – This is pretty …