every day there is some of the worst news imaginable and then we all have to keep sending emails and filing reports like there hasn't been another mass shooting or another deeply reported feature about the horrors of war, technology, and new policies designed to hurt vulnerable people even more
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Part of a nebula in space. Layers of gas and dust clouds in different colors, from blue and green shades to pink, red, and black, each indicating light emitted by different molecules, comprise the nebula. The background cloud layers are thicker and puffier, though still translucent, and the upper layers are thin and bright at the edges. Behind the clouds are many small, mostly orange and some blue, stars.
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i love you hubble
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
It’s time to admit that we as a society have surpassed the acceptable number of Oreo flavors
don't look at me i'm just a millennial desperately clinging to nostalgia for some sense of normalcy in these times (yes i'm listening to it again)
i've listened to freek-a-leek far too many times this week for it to be an indicator of anything good
so far we’re talking about a mask ban, not a tactical gear ban
This will only endanger vulnerable people who mask in public spaces for medical safety. The secret police won’t be stopped by it
Arches National Park, Utah Dec. 24, 2024
Stille, Heilige - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qBF73X
Holy cow. A $35 copay for every dialysis treatment???
“New Copays: A $35-per-treatment copay for dialysis and CKD patients above the poverty line could cost dialysis patients over $5,000 annually.”
That means you MUST raise a point of order and force a vote wherever you can, including on the trans healthcare ban portion of the bill.
Photo of a former parking lot with plants growing up through the asphalt
They paved paradise,
Put up a parking lot.
Paradise said: That hurt, but let me tell you about geologic time
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
the only reason i don't go outside for a daily rage scream these days is bc it would scare the neighbors
I think you'd like Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas. Gothic, angsty, gorgeous prose. Set in 1840s Mexico
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Dark background. Green label: WHN Statement Header: "Here’s what’s the most alarming." Three bullet points below: "The firing of all members of the U.S. vaccine advisory committee, eliminating expert oversight at a time of ongoing global infectious disease threats." "The dismantling of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), undermining protections for millions of workers." "The suspension and redirection of key NIH research programs, including those essential for monitoring and understanding emergent diseases and long-term health conditions, such as Long COVID." At the bottom right: WHN Science Communications
Dark background, green label: WHN Statement Main text: "Those carrying out these actions present themselves as champions of public health, using familiar language while pursuing goals that fundamentally contradict the mission of protecting life and well-being." Followed by: "Using the language of public health to advance harmful policies does not make them legitimate. It deepens the betrayal." Footer: WHN Science Communications
Dark background. Green label: WHN Statement Main paragraph: "WHN stands for science, transparency, and the protection of life. We call on health professionals, scientists, leaders, and the global community to:" Bullet points: Recognize this moment as an assault on public health—not just politics. Organize against disinformation and institutional collapse. Protect the public and health workers left vulnerable by this leadership void. Final line in green: "To read our full statement, please visit whn.global/scientific-category/editorial." Bottom right: WHN Science Communications
The U.S. public health system is being systematically dismantled—vaccine oversight removed, research halted, worker protections gutted. This isn’t reform. It’s collapse.
WHN calls on the global health community to recognize the scale of this crisis and take action.
Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...
The myth that Medicaid and Medicare are “just for other people” is not only false it’s dangerous.
These programs:
✅ Train doctors
✅ Keep hospitals open
✅ Lower private insurance costs
✅ Provide elder care, disability services & more
They hold up the systems we all rely on.
Medicaid & Medicare are lifelines for millions.
- Medicaid covers ~1 in 4 Americans
- Medicare covers nearly all adults over 65
Together they fund:
Half of U.S. births
60% of nursing home care
Home health & disability support
Mental health & addiction treatment
You know someone who depends on them.
My first rodeo went extremely well today. They are calling me a rodeo prodigy.
this is the least good i've ever felt about the state of everything
this is maybe trite at this point but it is in your interest to find ways to create things. basically everyone wants you to be consuming nonstop. making stuff, from cooking to photography or whatever, can help you feel more in control. doesn’t even have to be something you share with other people
Substorm peaked around 10:07 pdt (05:07 Oct 8 UTC). This auroral event is thought to be associated with a coronal mass ejection produced by an X9 solar on Oct 3, from sunspot AR3842. Imaged from Mt Wilson Rd in Los Angeles County, California. Imaged with Sony A7iii and Sigma Art 20mm.
Aurora Borealis 10/7/24 from Mt Wilson, California - From Ryan Kinnett (rkinnett.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qmpNdM
I’m on level 537 of Tetris and I really do not know what that says about me
well, that's enough internet for today
I’ve been thinking about this today because… if the desired outcome is US manufacturing but we don’t want to pay fairly or have labor standards or safety… are we trying to go back to the industrial period horrors
