Kevin Ault

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Ob-gyn with an interest in vaccines but also other topics - history, college basketball and theater/music/movies.

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Happy birthday to Linda Ronstadt. So many great performances to choose from - this is one of my favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=__62...

Linda Ronstadt - It's So Easy (Official Music Video)www.youtube.com You're watching the official music video for Linda Ronstadt - "It's So Easy" from the album "Simple Dreams" (1977) Subscribe to the Rhino Channel! https://Rh...

Born #OTD in 1912, Woody Guthrie. Here's Bob Dylan doing an excellent cover of "Pretty Boy Floyd." Guthrie wrote this song in the spring of 1939. Dylan recorded it as part of a 1988 Grammy winning album "Folkways: A Vision Shared." www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyBf...

Pretty Boy Floydwww.youtube.com Provided to YouTube by ColumbiaPretty Boy Floyd · Bob DylanFolkways: A Vision Shared℗ 1988 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENTReleased on: 1988-08-30Composer, Lyric...

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“In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take.” Adlai E. Stevenson, who died on this day in 1965

okay @catworkers.bsky.social + #Caturday.... the 'manager' of my local Wild Birds Unlimited store - Peanut.

#OTD in 1985 - Live Aid. Queen's outstanding performance was joyously recreated in the 2018 movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" but there were several memorable performances. David Bowie was one of the best. www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rP...

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Live Aid 1985)www.youtube.com David Bowie performing at Live Aid in front of 72,000 people in Wembley Stadium, London on the 13th July, 1985. The event was organised by Sir Bob Geldof and...

Long suffering Chicago Cubs fan Scott Simon reviewed the long list of injuries affecting his team this morning on @npr.org. There's a special place in the afterlife for Cubs fans.

#OTD in 1999, Boston Red Sox legend was honored at the MLB All Star Game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fku5...

1999 ASG: Ted Williams honored at All-Star Gamewww.youtube.com YouTube video by MLB

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July 13, 1993 Geddy Lee of Rush sang "Oh Canada" before the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCr0...

ASG 1993: Rush's Geddy Lee sings O Canadawww.youtube.com 7/13/93: Geddy Lee, the lead singer of Canadian power trio Rush, sings O Canada before the 1993 All-Star Game in BaltimoreCheck out http://m.mlb.com/video fo...

you can watch Roger Corman's many horror movies - mostly with Vincent Price - tonight on #TCM. youtu.be/mBfRehd7GDY?...

FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1960) | Strange Noises In The House | MGMyoutu.be Upon entering his fiancée's family mansion, a man discovers a savage family curse and fears that his future brother-in-law has entombed his bride-to-be prema...

The number 1 album in the USA forty years ago this week? "Born in the USA" by Bruce #Springsteen and the E Street Band. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXRa...

Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. (Live)www.youtube.com Bruce Springsteen performs "Born In The U.S.A."http://vevo.ly/jXHEqi

born #otd in 1925, Bill Haley. youtu.be/DWkuM2IPbZQ?...

Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around The Clock" on The Ed Sullivan Showyoutu.be Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around The Clock" on The Ed Sullivan Show on August 7, 1955. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSulliv...

originally, this cat was thinking, 'I'm the alpha predator. Chipmunks fear me.' It soon degenerated into 'This is a great place for a nap.' #Caturday.

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At my former job, the residents allowed me space to post my "musings" on their fridge. This was in my FB memories today, combining my interests in #MedEd and Springsteen.

#OTD in 1943, Lt. Hall became the first Tuskegee Airmen to shoot down an enemy aircraft. supersabresociety.com/this_time_in...

Today in History - July 2, 1943 - 1LT Charles Blakesly Hall - First Tuskegee Airman to shoot down enemy plane - Super Sabre Societysupersabresociety.com 2 July 1943 – 1st Lieutenant Charles Blakesly Hall, United States Army Air Corps, of the 99th Fighter Squadron (which was briefly attached to the 324th Fighter Group) was the first of the famous “Tusk...

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Going public with an experience like this is life-altering for a woman, so when you read these stories remember both the extraordinary amount of courage involved and also the likelihood that there are many others you’ll never hear.

By the time the doctors in Boise put her on a plane for Salt Lake City, she’d already lost a liter of blood New standard of care just dropped:

She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane.www.nytimes.com In states that have banned abortion, hospitals have struggled to treat pregnant women facing health risks. A Supreme Court decision this week did not help.

things are tough all over, Sunday edition.

#OTD in 1934, "The Night of Long Knives." Hitler and the Nazi Party consolidated their power with an purge of potential rivals. www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-ris...

The Night of Long Knives – The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schoolswww.theholocaustexplained.org

I will be singing "Tradition" until further notice.

on this day in 1905, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham played in his only major league baseball game for the New York Giants. He eventually quit professional baseball and became a doctor in Chisholm MN.

"Dad you are that guy in the white T shirt." According to my youngest child.

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"It has forever been thus: So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms--all of them-- may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth, an article of faith, an act of courage." Rod Serling, who died on this day in 1975

Happy 98th birthday to the one and only Mel Brooks. EGOT winner, and he received an Kennedy Center honor in 2009.

"Barbeque may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start." Anthony Bourdain, born #OTD in 1956. eatlikebourdain.com/anthony-bour...

Anthony Bourdain in Kansas City: 9 Spots Where Tony Ateeatlikebourdain.com Love barbecue? There are few places better than KCMO. Here's a guide to all the (barbecue) places visited by Anthony Bourdain in Kansas City.

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Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%. www.statnews.com/2024/06/24/t...

Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancywww.statnews.com Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.

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The mortal remains of 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind were laid to rest 80 years after his death in the days after the Normandy Invasion. #WeRemeberThem. www.abmc.gov/news-events/...

WWII 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind laid to rest at Normandy American Cemetery with full military honors | American Battle Monuments Commissionwww.abmc.gov Jewish-American U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was laid to rest with full military honors at Normandy American Cemetery, France, today, 80 years after his death during World War II.

I met Carole King 20 years ago, and she was everything you'd want in a celebrity - gracious, humble, engaging. I told her this was one of my favorite songs from her blockbuster album "Tapestry." That album was # 1 on the Billboard charts #OTD in 1971. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMG...

Carole King - So Far Away (BBC In Concert, February 10, 1971)www.youtube.com "So Far Away" by Carole King with James Taylor from BBC In Concert, February 10, 1971Listen to Carole King: https://CaroleKing.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to th...

Born #OTD in 1940, Wilma Rudolph. She overcame childhood polio to become the fastest women in the world, winning three gold medals in the 1960 Rome #Olympics. www.biography.com/athletes/wil...

Wilma Rudolph - Quotes, Death & Factswww.biography.com In 1960, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics.

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