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Rachel K. (Tala)
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Here for science, nature, philosophy, mycology, history, advocacy, Afroasiatic languages, linguistics in general. Medically-retired analyst w/ MEcfs. Epicurean. Humanist. Existentialist. DMV-area forager. SCA, Atlantia. Harvard, GSE. Tinzouline ⵣ♡.
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Better yet — he was also a microbiologist for the VA. He helped the USA move forward in medical science after fighting in WW2. Even won awards for his research & clinical contributions.
"Autism didn't exist back then!"

Cut to me cataloging a portion of the 300+ toothpicks holders my grandpa collected when he returned from fighting on Normandy Beach in WW2.

#antiques #glass #autism #GreatestGeneration #MedicalGaslighting #science #patterns #collections
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Many disabled people couldn’t attend No Kings because of accessibility and/or safety issues.

ICE has a history of targeting and abusing the disabled … because we’re easy targets

The Nazi’s did the same. Called us “useless eaters”

Tested the gas chambers on us

Disability justice is anti fascist!
Disabled People are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention Facilities
Why is no one talking about it? Where's the media? Where's the public outcry? Another example of the pervasive nature of ableism and how society views disabled people as expendable.
www.disabledginger.com
Of course I find my FAVORITE mushroom today while out on the town protecting democracy — 1st lion's mane of the year! #HericiumErinaceus

#FungiFriends 🍄📸
Another set from #FrederickMD today. 🚫👑🪧 #NoKings!

Thank you to @indivisiblefredmd.bsky.social for working to make this happen!
I'd estimate about 2.5-3k people in attendance. Good job, #FrederickMD

#NoKings 🚫👑🪧
Just felt like putting yellow flowers in my hair 🌻 #NoKings
🚫👑🪧 Bedbound folks can participate too! #MEcfs #NoKings #resist
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?

Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.

Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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I see this pattern repeated in misogyny too.
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So what do you say, J.D. Vance? You once feared Trump could be the American Adolf Hitler. But that seems to be the hope of the new generation of Republicans you’ve raised. Will you denounce this outbreak of antisemitism, racism and fascism in your party?
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
And like — I'm an atheist now, and my Jewish upbringing wasn't wholly laudable — but I'm incredibly grateful to have been raised in an environment that ENCOURAGED me to ask questions and challenge doctrine.
I remember conversations w/ our Rabbi on how Jews are cohesive amid external threats—how we should focus on being cohesive regardless of externalities.

Yet some of my Christian friends were actively discouraged from perceiving this phenomenon + encouraged to victimhood?

youtube.com/shorts/r75yJ...
An insider’s perspective #maga #republican #religion #politics #rightwing #god #indoctrination
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Wishing a meaningful Indigenous Peoples Day to all!

I live on land between/shared by(?): Piscataway, Susquehannock, Massawomeck, and Mannahoac nations.

Check whose land you inhabit ➡️ native-land.ca. Consider supporting that group, or getting to know them by attending any of their public events.
Wanna know who ICE is? Wanna know which companies are collaborating with them?

icelist.is
ICE List – Put ICE on ice
icelist.is
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
Paris Paloma being so very real again. Boys & men are suffering so much because of the patriarchy, and they're bringing the world down with them.

youtu.be/5NfyIpE4zaw?...
Paris Paloma - Good Boy [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Paris Paloma
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Did I mention how much I'm looking forward to this introductory #Haketia class? I'm grateful to the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages for providing this free opportunity!

#language #Langsky #morocco #ladino #spanish #hebrew #Arabic #NorthAfrica #Balkan #semitic #afroasiatic #romance
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• Moral Judgments as Educated Intuitions - Sauer, Hanno

• An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion: Connecting Evolution, Brain, Cognition and Culture - White, Claire

• Elements of Moral Cognition - Mikhail, John

• Morality for Humans - Johnson, Mark
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• Moral Psychology, The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness, Vol. 1 - Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter

• Moral Psychology, The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness, Vol. 2 - Sinnott-Armstrong, Walter

• Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition - Churchland, Patricia S.
1/3 #philsky Thanks, Dan! Now I have a whole new reading list for studying moral #philosophy!

• The Moral Brain: Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality - Springer Publishing

• Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality - Narvaez, Darcia