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Radical humanist. Friend of Corvids Believer in evidence based medicine and public health. Hater of racism, fascism, misogyny, and exclusion. Centered on the Rule of Three. Compersion rules!
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This ⬇️ civil rights, ERA, LGBTQIA+, Veterans rights, abortion, All the things.

1. Sabotage public institutions. 2. Claim they don’t work efficiently. 3. Eliminate them. — That’s the playbook.

This is the real reason for pulling NIH funding without warning. Make them feel panic that if the hand that feeds giveth, the hand that feeds can taketh away. Historically, most scholars have come to heel pretty fast when this happens. I don’t envy colleagues who stayed & now face this choice

I worked out extra hard today. Is this the silver lining? I’ll sublimate my rage to exercise because I can’t affect positive change?

One of the greatest joys in life one can experience is watching The Thing (1982) with someone who has never seen it before and hearing them ask, “Why are they shooting at the dog?!”

This, ⬇️. Be kind people. Don’t be evil in response to evil

To everyone I interact with here who is not white, male, Christian and heterosexual I will do my best to stand up for you. I will always appreciate you calling me on it when I don’t. And I am deeply ashamed and sorry for all the bad things, big and small, that will be done to you.

Hi you don’t have to post it. And you don’t have to re-post it. And you can think about the fact that Jewish people are gonna be traumatized every single time you make us see it over and over and over and over. You can just not post it.

Permanent mood.

This⬇️. If you believe that we should shift to a humanist framework you need to stand up now

Yay!