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respiratory therapist ECMO specialist Canadian ski patroller I suck, so you don't have to.
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People who believe not voting 2024 makes them morally superior because they're not "murdering children" should be constantly reminded that they helped elect Trump, who destroyed USAID - an act that's now murdering children around the world. www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

The market cries out for canadian infrastructure and research, will we answer the call at basically no cost?

The more I think about it, the more I believe History of Alternative Medicine is the most important class I teach. I approach it from the angle that ideologies of alternative medicine reveal just as much, if not more, about the ideologies underlying mainstream medicine.🧵

People think camping is quiet and serene and sometimes, but especially at night, the forest is loud. Usually it's insects, frogs, and birds, but sometimes it's a group of eight 20 year old boys.

I'm illiterate and it's your problem now: The bsky reply guy story

Revealing quote in this article about the MN assassin. Everyone with strong anti-abortion beliefs is, in fact, a "fanatic." They all constantly fantasize about killing, whether through abortion bans or murders; they've just been normalized as "religious and conservative." apnews.com/article/minn...

Love to see people be Normal on social media. Today I learned that by not spoiling my ballot last election, I have indicted myself as a genocidal fascist, bloodthirsty for the ethnic cleansing of innocents. Lock me up, I guess.

I think if anything, this is the lesson we need to learn, even if it bothers those of us who deal with disinformation. Narratives are a thing to be shaped, and if that means having a loose relationship with the truth, so be it. I don't like it, but that's the world and media environment we live in.

Today is a really good time for this reminder: Fighting fascism is exhausting, at best. A core tenet of fascism is making life miserable for nonfascsists. It is ok but also IMPERATIVE that you take the time to do something that brings you joy. It’s not selfish. It is self-preservation.

This week has been a lot. It’s Monday.

"The new machines, manned by unskilled laborers, actually produced inferior castings at a higher cost than the earlier process. After 3 years of use the machines were, in fact, abandoned, but by that time they had served their purpose--the destruction of the union."💥