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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
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The excuse for Usha Vance's missing wedding ring is bizarre and preposterous. Look, she doesn't do dishes, so why pretend otherwise?
But this bullshit claim tells us a lot about how JD Vance is trying to humble his wife in public.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
But this bullshit claim tells us a lot about how JD Vance is trying to humble his wife in public.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
Usha Vance doesn’t do dishes — so why the wedding ring excuse?
The second lady's staff runs the kitchen at the VP's residence
www.salon.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The excuse for Usha Vance's missing wedding ring is bizarre and preposterous. Look, she doesn't do dishes, so why pretend otherwise?
But this bullshit claim tells us a lot about how JD Vance is trying to humble his wife in public.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
But this bullshit claim tells us a lot about how JD Vance is trying to humble his wife in public.
www.salon.com/2025/11/26/u...
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this is weird is it ok to have hope i think it’s ok to have hope at least for a day
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
this is weird is it ok to have hope i think it’s ok to have hope at least for a day
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This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy
A ‘hostile takeover’: ousted CDC official raises alarm over RFK Jr approach to infectious disease
Debra Houry speaks after testifying on eight months under Kennedy, who critics say shuns science and spreads falsehoods
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This is another damning picture of Kennedy refusing to meet with senior scientists and get advice about infections or vaccines whilst he spreads disinformation #healthpolicy
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Trying to sabotage a future that's already arrived, but only in the US, so every other country moves to unlimited free energy while we continue to pay for every ton & barrel
US intends to cancel $13 billion in funds for green energy reut.rs/4nKTDPc
US intends to cancel $13 billion in funds for green energy
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to cancel more than $13 billion in funds that the Biden administration had pledged to subsidize wind, solar, batteries and electric vehicles, it said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trying to sabotage a future that's already arrived, but only in the US, so every other country moves to unlimited free energy while we continue to pay for every ton & barrel
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former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."
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The immune system deals with multiple antigens (targets of an immune response) every day. Different cells respond to each antigen, so you can’t overload it. Co-administering vaccines is safe & improves uptake.
For a hematologist, Vinay Prasad is quite ignorant about immunology
wapo.st/3HJJS4P
For a hematologist, Vinay Prasad is quite ignorant about immunology
wapo.st/3HJJS4P
FDA questions common practice of getting covid, flu vaccines together
Vinay Prasad, the agency’s top vaccine official and a key RFK Jr. ally, says the FDA is now unsure if it is safe and effective.
wapo.st
September 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The immune system deals with multiple antigens (targets of an immune response) every day. Different cells respond to each antigen, so you can’t overload it. Co-administering vaccines is safe & improves uptake.
For a hematologist, Vinay Prasad is quite ignorant about immunology
wapo.st/3HJJS4P
For a hematologist, Vinay Prasad is quite ignorant about immunology
wapo.st/3HJJS4P
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When Covid popped up, the parties' reactions were extremely on brand.
Dems, America's A students, scrambled to do the responsible thing. Strained, *sweated* to do the responsible thing, to be *seen* doing the responsible thing, to get the gold star from the (imaginary) teacher.
Dems, America's A students, scrambled to do the responsible thing. Strained, *sweated* to do the responsible thing, to be *seen* doing the responsible thing, to get the gold star from the (imaginary) teacher.
September 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When Covid popped up, the parties' reactions were extremely on brand.
Dems, America's A students, scrambled to do the responsible thing. Strained, *sweated* to do the responsible thing, to be *seen* doing the responsible thing, to get the gold star from the (imaginary) teacher.
Dems, America's A students, scrambled to do the responsible thing. Strained, *sweated* to do the responsible thing, to be *seen* doing the responsible thing, to get the gold star from the (imaginary) teacher.
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Also a lot of those words describe real phenomena for which there isn't a great substitute. Asking us to forego the word is akin to asking us to overlook the phenomenon. Just a couple examples (1/x).
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Also a lot of those words describe real phenomena for which there isn't a great substitute. Asking us to forego the word is akin to asking us to overlook the phenomenon. Just a couple examples (1/x).
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This is the kind of choice that leads to a military that tells you you’ll take Kyiv the first day
BREAKING: Pete Hegseth fires the general whose agency's initial intel assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Trump, AP sources say.
Hegseth fires general whose agency's intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iran nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision.
bit.ly
August 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the kind of choice that leads to a military that tells you you’ll take Kyiv the first day
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Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
Ketanji Brown Jackson Stops Just Short of Saying the Supreme Court Is Breathtakingly Full of Shit
“Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.”
www.ballsandstrikes.org
August 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...
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He had the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, the EU and NATO in the White House and he made them wait while he went to get instructions from Putin ...
For forty minutes?!
For forty minutes?!
BREAKING NYT:
Trump paused his meeting with European leaders and Zelenskyy this afternoon to call Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has since confirmed the call. It lasted for 40 minutes.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Trump paused his meeting with European leaders and Zelenskyy this afternoon to call Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has since confirmed the call. It lasted for 40 minutes.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Update from Jim Tankersley
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
He had the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, Ukraine, the EU and NATO in the White House and he made them wait while he went to get instructions from Putin ...
For forty minutes?!
For forty minutes?!
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Thank goodness the National Guard is being called in. Lawlessness in D.C. is rampant, and we've found lots of criminals congregated in one place, @petridishes.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/svvZpAdh
🎨: Illustration by Ben Kothe
🎨: Illustration by Ben Kothe
August 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Thank goodness the National Guard is being called in. Lawlessness in D.C. is rampant, and we've found lots of criminals congregated in one place, @petridishes.bsky.social writes: https://theatln.tc/svvZpAdh
🎨: Illustration by Ben Kothe
🎨: Illustration by Ben Kothe
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i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i think it is hard for some people to really their heads around the reality that kennedy is staunchly anti-vaccine and thinks that people should suffer through disease and that those who die deserved it and that those who survive are a better order of human being
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No one gave a shit if a gay man was lonely navigating a homophobic society. No one gave a shit if a woman was lonely in an abusive marriage. No one ever gave a shit if the Black kid in a white school was lonely.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
August 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No one gave a shit if a gay man was lonely navigating a homophobic society. No one gave a shit if a woman was lonely in an abusive marriage. No one ever gave a shit if the Black kid in a white school was lonely.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
But we all need to care about straight white men being lonely.
Miss me with this bs.
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I appreciate all of these detailed analysis of what’s wrong with the policy, but the crucial thing to keep in mind here is that Donald Trump sincerely, literally does not understand what a tariff is and when that is your starting point, nothing beyond it really matters.
There is so much wrong with the new tariff policy, it is hard to begin. First of all, it makes no sense to tariff something we will never produce in the US. I don't see bananas and coffee on the exempted list. 1/n
April 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I appreciate all of these detailed analysis of what’s wrong with the policy, but the crucial thing to keep in mind here is that Donald Trump sincerely, literally does not understand what a tariff is and when that is your starting point, nothing beyond it really matters.
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The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
July 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
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If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.
July 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If you’re feeling uneasy, it’s probably because we now know we live in a country built on the blackmail of a dead pedophile who is Too Big to Fail, so Congress has to go home for a couple of months to figure out how talk about it without defenestrating the president and collapsing the economy.
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I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
July 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am no constitutional scholar, but I can't help but feel that "the President gets to dictate what every university can teach and what every television station should broadcast" is closer to what the founding fathers were worried about when it comes to free speech than trigger warnings on syllabi.
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When people lie this badly it is so easy to just be like “wow, tell me how one of the people you know died from a vaccine,” bc it’s obviously a lie & he won’t be able to answer bc it’s a lie. I’m not sure why nobody does that to these people? The tiniest amount of pushback would make them fall apart
July 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
When people lie this badly it is so easy to just be like “wow, tell me how one of the people you know died from a vaccine,” bc it’s obviously a lie & he won’t be able to answer bc it’s a lie. I’m not sure why nobody does that to these people? The tiniest amount of pushback would make them fall apart
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I'm so tired of this narrative. Everyone I know worked their asses off during the pandemic. We couldn't save everyone but still a lot of lives were saved. Diagnostic tools, effective treatments, vaccines all developed in record time. But the ones crowing are the ones who got so much wrong. Sheesh.
Why is the NYTimes platforming disinformation doctors like Monica Gandhi to allow them to complain about their own actions?
July 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I'm so tired of this narrative. Everyone I know worked their asses off during the pandemic. We couldn't save everyone but still a lot of lives were saved. Diagnostic tools, effective treatments, vaccines all developed in record time. But the ones crowing are the ones who got so much wrong. Sheesh.