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g21r.bsky.social
Medical student in New Orleans with a background in environmental sociology 🏳️‍🌈🌻🩺
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This BAT SH*T crazy. Sick to my stomach.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

I'm autistic. Somehow I've been married for more than 26 years, paid taxes for 30+ years, and raised an autistic kid who is now studying engineering. I've been a professor for 15 years, a full professor for 2, and have published 2 books. Oh and I can 🚽 just fine. 🧵

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

Confirmed cases of measles in the US. 2020: 13 2021: 49 2022: 121 2023: 59 2024: 285 Total cases: 527 (5-years) 2025: (first 90 days) 628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.

submitted 72 days ago • 547 comments

The stock market is tanking so badly it almost feels like we are being governed by someone who went bankrupt six tim— Oh.

submitted 75 days ago • 855 comments

My hometown paper ☕️💅🏽

submitted 76 days ago • 398 comments

Sen. Booker just broke the record for the longest floor speech in Senate history—a record set by Strom Thurmond trying to block the Civil Rights Act. The irony ain’t lost on us. From fighting against justice to fighting for it. This is what courage & being on the right side of history looks like!

submitted 77 days ago • 194 comments

… still can’t stop watching this reckoning by @booker.senate.gov and democratic colleagues. I have my medical boards in 3 days and attempting to do flash cards… but man am I glued to this live stream.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

America has never been subject to this level of authoritarianism, and quite frankly, sheer incompetence. Out of the ashes, this moment should radicalize us to embark on an era of new reform — of our economy, our democracy, and our commitment to social justice and the law.

submitted 79 days ago • 961 comments

Between January 21 and February 11, 2025, the CDC removed 203 datasets (13% of its online datasets). The situation is dynamic; various datasets have been removed, restored, manipulated, or not posted as planned. Full article: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

If only the wealthy tech bros seeking to purchase the fountain of youth just for themselves would invest in the *already evidenced based* approaches that extend human lifespan in aggregate. Like childhood vaccines, safe water, access to food, housing, and education, reducing domestic violence...

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment