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looking back everything went to shit when Schoolhouse Rock stopped airing

submitted 1 day ago • 482 comments

Here’s one example of why politicians need to stay out of science/medicine as much as humanly possible. Banning mRNA vaccines, as some politicians are trying to do, could prevent the development of something like this. Another vaccine for cancer? I’m in. www.nbcnews.com/health/cance...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I am the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

submitted 6 days ago • 345 comments

There is really only one thing standing between your community and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, and that thing is childhood vaccine requirements for school entry. The Texas outbreak clearly shows what happens when exemptions to vaccine requirements are handed out like candy.

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

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submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

I need bsky to create the following quick reply buttons, please: 1) FFS 2) JFC 3) WTAF 4) the pic at the top of my bsky account Those are apparently the only responses I will be requiring for the foreseeable future. Please and thank you.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: an administration (and its supporters) who believe that they are not limited by the rule of law have no moral or philosophical claim to the protection of the rule of law. “The law is whatever we say it is” warrants the same in response.

submitted 9 days ago • 146 comments

Mitch McConnell decides he finally wants to stand on principle only after he has one foot out the door and the other one in the grave.

submitted 9 days ago • 1001 comments

We can’t say this enough: When people in Trump‘s orbit deliberately lie about how our constitutional democracy works, they violate the oaths they take to uphold the law. & they violate the trust the American people place in them.

submitted 9 days ago • 963 comments

Psst…I know a great way to fix this. abcnews.go.com/Health/measl...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Why is RFK Jr so weird? 🔬He doesn’t believe in germ theory 🦠

submitted 11 days ago • 14 comments

Just now? And define furious.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

RFK, Jr. confirmation is tomorrow (Tuesday) Get in your calls to your senators first thing in the morning to reject RFK as HHS secretary. Senate switchboard number: (202) 224-3121

submitted 11 days ago • 19 comments

The sky is falling, the wind is calling Stand for something, or die in the morning Kendrick Lamar

submitted 12 days ago • 15 comments

JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.

submitted 12 days ago • 1042 comments

🧵 If you’re applauding the abolishment of the Department of Education, you need to do a little research. You have ZERO clue what the DOE actually does. Here’s a reality check on what the Department of Education actually does: (1/14)

submitted 12 days ago • 218 comments

I wrote about the importance of "prebunking," in light of rumors that Elon Musk may have purchased $40 million in Super Bowl ads to spread misinformation about the "fraud" and "corruption" in this vital agency. I hope you will read and share asharangappa.substack.com/p/prebunking...

submitted 12 days ago • 113 comments

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

I bring good tidings... uk.news.yahoo.com/asteroid-hit...

submitted 14 days ago • 1647 comments

Oops 😬

submitted 14 days ago • 1040 comments

From now on, I shall only eat and serve luxury meats.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This is officially Gestapo Shit

submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

The right wing bathes itself in ignorance, powders itself with stupidity, then uses arrogance as a deodorant.

submitted 16 days ago • 10 comments

Someone finally put it into words

submitted 16 days ago • 54 comments

In 2010, Viktor Orbán launched a power grab nearly identical to Trump's. It led to the death of democracy in Hungary. Hungarians I spoke with pleaded with me to learn from their experience — and act before it's too late. www.vox.com/politics/398...

submitted 17 days ago • 12 comments