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livewombat.bsky.social
Liberal, urban farmer, pollinator gardener, retired physician, eclectic cyclist (tandems, velomobiles, folders, recumbents, trikes, quads), cat-, dog-, and parrot owner, non-fiction reader, public health and vaccine proponent, German/Dutch reader nonfluent
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I'm planning to join the one-day warning action, buying nothing on Friday, February 28th. The oligarchy can't force anyone to consume. It is vulnerable to mass action. They need the compliant masses to do the most basic tasks and buy their stuff. Send a message on the 28th: compliance ends now.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

with @mjsdc.bsky.social

submitted 26 days ago • 21 comments

Paying tariffs on even small mail-order purchases or gifts from outside the US used to be a big hassle for recipients and the post office or other carriers -- much improved by eliminating the requirement for items under $800. Look what Trump has done now to make life miserable!

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

A year ago, Elon Musk and others were raging over the FAA's promotion of hiring people with disabilities FOR JOBS THEY WERE QUALIFIED TO DO. These same cost-cutters are pushing to force Medicaid recipients to just get a job. Helping qualified applicants past hiring barriers is good policy.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Things to say instead of “during the pandemic”: - Earlier in the pandemic - When people were taking covid precautions

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

submitted 106 days ago • 133 comments

Let me say something that is controversial because our brains are broken: Vaccines are a miracle and amazing

submitted 106 days ago • 1956 comments

oh joy

submitted 106 days ago • 193 comments

Introducing myself with pictures of my dog and 2 cats. Hobbies: gardening, cycling (tandems, recumbents, trikes, quads, folding bikes & more), birdwatching/feeding, ice luminaries, and butterflies. Retired MD, with background in public health. Liberal. Some fluency in German and a little in Dutch.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments