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prodigalhoosier.medsky.social

Co-conspirator/Partner to @Bellmore Mom of 2 awesome young adults Punk Rock Grrrl IU Alum History, Politics, Policy Buff Healthcare, Justice, & Education Equity Trauma Informed Care Book Lover Spreadsheet 💖 Praying Mantid Mom Future Corvid Murder Bestie

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submitted 1 hour ago • 0 comments

Everyone should know the story of the first Vietnamese Woman to go to space. Not much makes me ugly cry, but Amanda Nguyen is a fucking INCREDIBLE human and belongs in so many history books for all the best reasons. www.instagram.com/reel/DIRI5Br...

submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

The real question is--why do so many Americans believe the MAHA message, despite it being so obviously false? And I'd argue--it's because that message offers both a sense of control in the face of uncertainty and a sense of moral superiority as a reward for good health. Let me explain... 1/🧵

submitted 11 hours ago • 26 comments

We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

submitted 10 hours ago • 477 comments

Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

submitted 10 hours ago • 337 comments

After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.

submitted 12 hours ago • 144 comments

This part

submitted 13 hours ago • 580 comments

I tell my undergrads that my 20th c lecture course revolves around two big questions — what is America and who counts as American?

submitted 8 hours ago • 26 comments

I'm really sorry to be that person, but the Barbie doll ChatGPT trend circulating right now is an absolute drain on natural resources no matter how fun and cute you think it is.

submitted 8 hours ago • 6 comments

The pieces of JFKs brain that Jackie fetched off the back of the motorcade car would make a better secretary of health

submitted 12 hours ago • 14 comments

Because of course they did 🙄

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Raise your hand if you knew this headline was coming a long time ago.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

“they were polite to me so they can’t be a monster” is the most consistent failure of elite society

submitted 8 hours ago • 79 comments

I don’t believe I’ve noticed this on the BBC’s site before. It’s fantastic though.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

Delta only exists in the current timeline because we’re all residing in the lowest and deepest circle of hell.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

What are your favorite (“least despised”) clear liquid diet recommendations? (Can’t do Gatorade. All of it is nasty 🤮 .) I have a chromoendoscopy & colonoscopy on Monday so tomorrow is a #SadDietDay. 🫠 We have Liquid IV & I’ll pick up some lime Jello, but eating Jello gets old quickly.

submitted 11 hours ago • 6 comments

NAILED IT

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

You know what actually could be figured out by September? Universal healthcare. 🤷‍♂️

submitted 2 days ago • 57 comments

WTAF

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

One of the early outrages in the Red Scare was Truman’s EO asserting that “sympathetic association” with communist groups was grounds for being fired from a federal job. That was bad enough, but now they’re saying alien residents can be deported for what they claim are their “expected beliefs”