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Lauren Ann Lane

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Atheist, artist, activist, pizza enthusiast πŸ’–πŸ•πŸŽ¨βœ¨ Founder and President of Skepticon! Maker of art things! Enjoyer of being silly! Will fight you if you say dumb stuff!

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β€œNot Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline While much of the country is focused on the spiraling measles outbreak, experts warn that whooping cough and other preventable diseases could get much worse with falling vaccination rates and Trump’s…

The whooping cough vaccination rate for Washington state kindergartners in 2023-2024 was 90.2%, slightly below the U.S. rate of 92.3%.

But in 4 counties, the rate for children ages 19-35 months was around 30%.

In one county, it was below 12%.

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You can't rush genius

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And this bears repeating: Being Autistic is WAY fucking cooler than measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus, flu, COVID, pertussis, polio, etc.

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Sending hugs, friend

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You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.

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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.

Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

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In happy shirt we trust

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If anyone needs me I'll be mourning the loss of one of my best friends

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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

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For a TV show prop! 😁

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But old houses are so prettyyyy

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Glowing cloud made from cardboard and polyfill

Glowing cloud made from cardboard and polyfill

I made a cloud

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-How to dust radiators older than your grandmother
-How to clean grout if you're not sure what color it was supposed to be in the first place

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Cleaning tips I need as a renter:

-How to clean tile that has been painted
-How to clean a sink that has been painted
-How to clean a rusting tub
-How to clean silicone caulk keeping my baseboards together
-How to clean baseboards held together by silicone caulk that have been painted over

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a man wearing a black jacket and a green scarf is standing in a dark room . ALT: a man wearing a black jacket and a green scarf is standing in a dark room .

More social media huzzah

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