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Also, I live in Washington now - but we've also had some wonderful grassroots works that means our higher ed institutions are getting low cost plan b etc. in vending machines:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Plan B to land in vending machines on WA college campuses
Washington recently became the first state to pledge public funding for campus vending machines that carry emergency contraception.
www.seattletimes.com
February 16, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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I just published a letter in @washingtonpost.com on the CDC's potential change in COVID isolation guidelines.

"COVID isn’t over, and we shouldn’t act like it is"

Link: washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: Covid isn’t over, and we shouldn’t act like it is The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s potential loosening of coronavirus isolation guidelines is a reckless, anti-public health policy that goes against science, encourages disease spread and puts everyone at greater risk. The bare minimum we should have learned from a devastating pandemic that has killed and disabled millions is that we should stay home when we are sick. Yet, inexplicably, by caving in to corporate interests, governments are encouraging people to not even do the bare minimum. The truth is that covid is still killing and disabling way too many people, and too many people are locked out of society and can’t even access medical care safely because of high levels of covid transmission. We still need science-based isolation guidance, and we need better public health protections.
February 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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if there's an office where a Republican is running unopposed anywhere in the country there are a lot of resources (including me, for whatever help I am) for you to run because at this point the RNC isn't going to have a dime to spend on anything other than the presidential race
February 16, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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swolecialism.bsky.social
my neighbor across the way used to drive for sanitation and he said that being a hero to little kids is unironically one of the best things about the job (aside from the union benefits)
amybrown.xyz amy brown @amybrown.xyz · Feb 12
there's no bond like the one between a garbage truck driver & their toddler fans. every person driving a garbage truck is just waiting to see a toddler so they can honk the horn and put on a little show, and i die for it
February 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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jmz.bsky.social
This is already an extraordinary piece on the literature of Việt Nam in the New York Times, but this note especially blew me away—what a powerful argument against house style when it comes to foreign languages:
Note: The Vietnamese words in the original version of this essay used diacritical marks. To comply with New York Times style, the marks were removed before publication. Unfortunately, this practice alters the meaning of the words. In the case of Hỏa Lò Prison, for example, “hỏa” means “fire,” and “lò” means “furnace”: the Burning Furnace Prison. Without the marks, “hoa” means “flowers,” and “lo” means “worry,” rendering the term “Hoa Lo” meaningless. I look forward to the day when The Times and other Western publications celebrate the richness and complexity of Vietnamese, and of all other languages, by showcasing them in their original formats.
August 3, 2023 at 1:17 PM
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Yeah fuck buses
A sign saying “everyone welcome” and another sign saying “except buses”
August 22, 2023 at 5:04 PM