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Jack @probablylosingit.bsky.social · 1d

A French bulldog napping on a circular cat's scratching pad that's just a wee bit too small.

Kath and Kim looking at a garment saying, "It's nice. It's different. It's unusual."

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 12d

Workers at the Department of Education tell me their out of office messages were changed without their consent or knowledge to blame Democrats for the shutdown.

Out of office message blaming Democrats for shutdown

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 13d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Jack @probablylosingit.bsky.social · 13d

Me looking at the State jobs portal

Demolition Man Three Seashells GIF

Alt: Sylvester Stallone in Demolition man, being laughed at for not knowing how to use the three seashells.

media.tenor.com

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 14d

everyone should legitimately be done forever with @gavinnewsom.bsky.social if he doesn't sign SB79. people took massive risks to get this through, YIMBY groups scraped together a coalition that could get through both chambers, if he fucking bails out now he's worthless.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14d

A bunch of toxic LA NIMBYs are whining about SB 79, the amazing housing bill the CA legislature passed recently.

It's on the governor's desk, and reportedly he's getting cold feet. Hey @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, please have some spine on the most important issue in your state. Just sign it.

Homeowners denounce SB 79 vote - Beverly Press & Park Labrea News

Legislation awaits governor’s signature

beverlypress.com

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 14d

At event in DC, Sen. Chris Van Hollen keeps it going with Hakeem
Jeffries over not endorsing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social: if you can’t back the kind of campaign he ran, “don’t ask those young people to show up for other Democrats across the country — that’s the message that will be sent.”

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 14d

I know we're desensitized, but it's important to note, again, that today's events would have led to the immediate impeachment & removal of any president from at least Truman to at least Obama. We're hundreds of miles on the interstate past Richard Nixon's high school prank-level crimes compared to 👇

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

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Jack @probablylosingit.bsky.social · 14d

Jack @probablylosingit.bsky.social · 18d

This is what the internet was meant for

Lætus @bajamothblast.bsky.social · 18d

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 18d

Interesting to think of all the college kids, professors, & activists over last couple years who were smeared, doxed, arrested, expelled, fired, threatened w/ deportation over calling what Israel was doing a genocide....

& now half of US agrees & UNGA is basically empty in protest of Netanyahu

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22d

Their tough guy act sure seems to disappear anytime the rest of us stick together and tell them to get fucked.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22d

FCC boss Brendan Carr now says his 'easy way or the hard way' comments about Jimmy Kimmel weren’t meant as a threat to pull licenses if Disney didn’t suspend him 🧢

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 22d

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 22d

Pro tip: do not take medical advice from the guy who wanted you to inject bleach for COVID

-an actual MD

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump: "If you can't tough it out, if you can't do it, that's what you're gonna have to do. You'll take a Tylenol, but it'll be very sparingly ... I think you shouldn't take it."

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Alana Kinrich @alanakinrich.medsky.social · 22d

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 22d

You have no idea how much I despite these anti-science dipshits for making pregnant women terrified of taking (safe, mild, proven) pain relief.

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 22d

The label of a drug is close to a sacrosanct document. It represents the trust between the government and the user of the drug that the drug is safe and effective and that all risks and benefits are accurately outlined. Changing it to suit a political agenda is imo an earthshaking matter

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 22d

The government knowingly putting false information in the label of a drug is crossing a Rubicon that should not be taken lightly

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 22d

Trump: FDA will be updating label of existing drug

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Jack @probablylosingit.bsky.social · 22d

Please do not take medical advice from these people, and give your child with a fever Tylenol

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump says he wants to eliminate autism by the end of his term

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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 22d

If you’re wondering why the oligarchs propping up a regime would put so much effort into dividing citizens into a zero-sum set of factions, their freedom to engage in rank corruption and profiteering just might have something to do with it.

newrepublic.com/article/2005...

Does Anybody Care This Is the Worst Bribery Scandal Since Teapot Dome?

The UAE put $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips. Nothing to see here, move along.

newrepublic.com

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 25d

the american people do NOT like what they are seeing

RFK Jr.’s Approval Takes Huge Hit After Embarrassing Hearings

The HHS secretary’s calamitous Senate hearing made the American people like him less.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 28d

~40% of Hepatitis B infections are caught in childhood. It is contagious enough that it can be spread just from sharing common household objects.

The chance of chronic infection (ie does not clear, and is associated with high rates of liver failure and cancer) ranges from 50%-90% in this age group.

Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 28d

There’s a rumor that Kennedy’s revised, biased ACIP will move hepatitisB age up to 4, creating real access issues to parents that want to to protect babies and setting babies up for lifelong harm.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Kennedy's vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked panel of vaccine advisors is expected to vote to delay the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Doctors warn that could fuel a return of a disease virtually eradicated in U.S. kids.

www.npr.org

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 27d

We now have a MAGA congressman using Charlie Kirk to call for taking trans people "off the streets," putting them into institutions, and banning them from the internet.
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