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The US Army will allow female soldiers to wear ponytails in all uniforms, the Army announced Thursday. "This new modification is more practical for our female Soldiers. It allows them flexibility in a tactical environment, while maintaining a professional appearance in garrison," Sgt. Maj. Brian C. Sanders said. Sanders added that commanders will "analyze the risk of a free hanging ponytail or braid" and use "discretion to determine if long hair will be secured or tucked inside the uniform top."⁠ ⁠ (📸: US Army)

Today we’re celebrating mothers in all their forms — funny, caring, overwhelmed, overbearing. In collaboration with the group blackwomenphotographers, we’re paying tribute to the mother figure in families, whether they are mothers lost, mothers present, or another figure entirely ❤️ Tap the link in our bio to see more photos and follow buzzfeedphoto for more photo stories. (📸: Gwenaëlle Sachet/Tiffany J. Sutton/Iko-Ojo Mercy Haruna)

A gunman opened fire at a Colorado mobile home park, killing six people at a birthday party in Colorado Springs. The suspect, who was allegedly the boyfriend of one of the victims, took his own life, according to police. MORE AT LINK IN BIO.

In a letter to her 2-year-old daughter, Alexandra Moe writes, "You will learn one day, I hope, that mothers have inner reserves. Mothers are athletes. They train constantly; they build up endurance. Nana Julia had already survived the death of a son 18 years earlier, the gaping desert of the soul afterward, a return to the living shores with a hard-won joy. When they were forced to be alone most of the year, she called up a spiritual force she already had."⁠ ⁠ "You will ask me sometime what made Nana strong, in that pandemic year. In her case, it was the trees. It was her study of what nature could reveal about life’s mystery."⁠ ⁠ Moe continues, "This is our family history now. Yes, Nana died of covid-19. But also, you made her laugh like no other. When Nana laughed, we all laughed. We passed the laugh like a relay, and it started with you."⁠ ⁠ Read the whole letter, a reflection on family and loss and strength through a year in a pandemic, through the link in our bio.

A third of adults in England have now had both doses of the Covid vaccine, NHS chiefs said this afternoon, hailing an “incredible milestone”.⁠ ⁠ Some 14.9 million people aged 18 and above have received both their first and second jab.⁠ ⁠ “Reaching this milestone is no accident — it is down to months of hard work and everyone in the NHS who has played a role in this,” said Dr Nikki Kanani, a GP and the medical director for primary care at NHS England.⁠ ⁠ Read the full story at the link in bio. ⁠ ⁠ 📸 ANNA WATSON/ALAMY

With a small but growing number of YA titles from trans and nonbinary authors, or featuring trans and nonbinary major characters, the demand for voice actors who reflect those identities is also increasing. “I didn’t have anything like this growing up. I didn’t have a book to read like this, and it goes along the lines of this kind of representation that doesn’t exist, you know?” said Avi Roque, the Latinx, trans, and nonbinary audiobook narrator for Aiden Thomas’s book "Cemetery Boys". “To be the person that has an experience like that, and then getting to read it and share this with everybody else, it just moves me.” 📚🏳️‍🌈 Tap the link in our bio to read more. (📸: Avi Roque)

Fauci says face masks could become seasonal after Covid pandemic

Melinda Gates met with divorce lawyers in 2019, say people familiar and documents reviewed by WSJ. One concern: her husband's dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. https://t.co/xHtQnMrjQY

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts says that she will run for reelection for her Senate seat in 2024 https://t.co/a3aDkxld9V

SpaceX accepts dogecoin as payment to launch a lunar mission next year https://t.co/3abmP3ZXDe https://t.co/cPQCAZ3WNu

The writer and poet Maya Angelou and the astronaut Sally Ride will be the first to appear on a series of quarters celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of prominent American women. https://t.co/9Kye3eDdg4

British royal caught selling access to Putin officials by undercover investigation

Kinzinger says GOP should "quit peddling in conspiracies." https://t.co/Xo8qMmd4F5

International recognition of Israel and Palesine (Europe)

The former chief doctor of the Siberian hospital where Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last year has gone missing, Russian state media TASS reports https://t.co/6wzNkmyyjo