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I don't think starting World War III should be considered "a distraction" from other things even if it does distract from other things.

Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them

Two significant studies this week. One about the neurodevelopmental impacts of Covid in utero. The other about immune system dysregulation post-Covid that makes us more vulnerable to other viral and bacterial infections. (See next post.)

This is why the reactionary centrists rely so heavily on these "systematic reviews" to fool gullible liberals into believing that the bigotry is somehow backed by science when it isn't. They ignore or attack the reports that don't align with their ideological beliefs.

Call your reps this January and tell them: — NO to KOSA — NO to Section 230 reform — NO to the SCREEN Act — NO to the App Store Accountability Act — NO to the Parents Over Platforms Act —NO “age verification” laws —NO to digital ID systems

Thread. Please understand why we have to fight these “digital safety” laws.

I TOLD YOU BRO. I FUCKIN WARNED YOU DAWG

Yo. Look at how cute this prairie dog pup is. Omg. Taken outside the passenger side of my car window right after it rained, ergonomically painful, but absolutely worth it! Video to be added later 🗺️

It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision. It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.

It's this but then the exterminator sends you text messages asking for more money every 3 hours for the rest of your life

Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.

I'm deeply sorry to the people of Venezuela. There is no opposition party in the United States to counter the fascist regime's actions and the population is easily demagogued.

Reminder that two weeks ago, the US government had $900 billion to give to the military to be able to do things like commit war crimes in Venezuela, but they cut precisely the same amount in healthcare for poor and disabled folks in July, and millions more people are losing healthcare as we speak.

great job to all these media organizations misleading readers into believing the grok AI bot is in control, not the people turning the dials behind the scenes. we’re three years into this wave of ai hype. how are they still so bad at this?

huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun

This would be so popular at the national level if centrist Democrats let us use those words in that order

Getting teary about what this would have meant to Philip, who was in Zuccotti for Occupy and died before getting to see this.

I hope Chuck Schumer is up on this stage knowingly watching the end of his cowardly incompetent careerism. I hope he sees the wave of enthusiasm for a politics that is ambitious and hopeful over his status quo politics of telling people what cannot be accomplished.

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Can confirm!

Researchers had people do a memory task, take a 10-min break (rest, Twitter, YouTube, or TikTok), then resume. Result? Only TikTok wrecked their ability to remember planned intentions. After scrolling, accuracy dropped from ~80% to basically coin-flip levels. Twitter & YouTube? No effect.

It's really difficult for me to reconcile labeling someone as "pro-democracy" with that same person (MTG) attempting to imprison doctors and the parents of trans kids for providing life saving medical care. There's a difference between "let them fight" and "this is my new ally"

I want to talk about how junk science ruins innocent lives. The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science. IT IS AN OUTRAGE. If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention. Let me explain. 🧵/x

Not just the rich and that's also something to sit with.

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

ultimately a lot of these guys have the personality trait where they encounter dipshit bullying (which is what a lot of anti-masking sentiment is) and their natural reaction is to make sure the bully thinks they are cool and shouldn't get lumped in with the rejects and losers.

I feel like we’ve gone quite a few rounds of “this guy is unfortunately not the guy you want him to be,” and it never really sticks.

By any reasonable historical standard — including that of the technology industry! — ChatGPT should be pulled from the market and its product managers and executives held accountable for creating a product that ROUTINELY tells teens to kill themselves. This is a basic, common sense standard.

In a moment where RFK Jr is taking away life-saving vaccines and spreading health misinformation on an unprecedented scale, making comments that stigmatize other important layers of public health protections like mask wearing is not the play.

Again,

[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care

The whole clip disappointed me including the part where Stewart said he asks people if they’re sick for why they’re masking. It’s like, none of your business?!?! Weirdo behavior.

one of the truly depressing things about the culture war over masks is that we simply refuse to treat them as a tool to mitigate the spread of illness! it should be normal to wear a mask in public when you don’t feel well even if it’s not about saving anybody’s life!!!!! why would you mock that

the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.

It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.

It’s mechanical turks all the way down.

The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.

I see some people talking about the anti-AI crusade going too far and I just...... This is not a Twitter cancelation campaign we are fighting a war with the richest and most powerful people who have ever existed, who've sunk the GDP of a nation into poisoning Black Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.

“Nothing billionaires do is nonprofit” is an incredibly important thing to remember. Relatedly, @hilaryagro.com calling philanthropy “guillotine insurance” has really stuck in my brain.

This Christmas let’s not forget the reason for the season (Earth's 23.5-degree axial tilt)

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, to die, to sleep; to sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil, must give us pause

Israel has bombed Lebanon once every 4 hours on average since a “ceasefire” took effect in late November 2024, according to ACLED, an independent conflict monitor.

ABA is NOT the 'gold standard of autism care.' The lack of autistic staffers is showing here and with so many devastating Medicaid cuts to programs that serve children, focusing on a controversial one targeting autistics in this political climate is a loaded choice.

Didn’t realize this was a thing, but now recognizing that I’ve noticed sometimes when they aren’t used (just never put together what looked off).