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Senior vaping cat lady. In search of intelligent conversations not found elsewhere.
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
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It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
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May your protest today be peaceful and your message loud.
For the generations before you who fought against tyranny and fascism.
For the generations yet to come.
America has no need for Kings and Oligarchs.
For the generations before you who fought against tyranny and fascism.
For the generations yet to come.
America has no need for Kings and Oligarchs.
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
May your protest today be peaceful and your message loud.
For the generations before you who fought against tyranny and fascism.
For the generations yet to come.
America has no need for Kings and Oligarchs.
For the generations before you who fought against tyranny and fascism.
For the generations yet to come.
America has no need for Kings and Oligarchs.
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ICE is deliberately staging attacks with a cameraman in tow shooting footage for literal propaganda films they are releasing to the public. They shot one two blocks from my home.
If that’s not news worthy of deep, detailed investigation I don’t know what is.
If that’s not news worthy of deep, detailed investigation I don’t know what is.
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
ICE is deliberately staging attacks with a cameraman in tow shooting footage for literal propaganda films they are releasing to the public. They shot one two blocks from my home.
If that’s not news worthy of deep, detailed investigation I don’t know what is.
If that’s not news worthy of deep, detailed investigation I don’t know what is.
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Trying to survive in war zone of Chicago without the Texas National Guard here for our own good. A 🧵
October 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trying to survive in war zone of Chicago without the Texas National Guard here for our own good. A 🧵
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Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.
Everyone ready?
Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.
Everyone ready?
Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.
October 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Ok everyone, I’m assigning you your resistance homework for the week.
Everyone ready?
Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.
Everyone ready?
Do something silly that makes you smile. I just waved at a dog that had its head out the car window because it made me happy. Don’t let the assholes take your joy.
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Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org
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“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
Labor Day: ‘The March of the Mill Children’
Remembering what it took, across decades, to end the exploitation of children in factories.
www.thebulwark.com
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“But our march had done its work. We had drawn the attention of the nation to the crime of child labor…The Pennsylvania legislature passed a child labor law that sent children home from the mills, and kept others from entering the factory until they were fourteen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/labor-day-...
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Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)
Treasury is required to produce a report to Congress related to Direct File, the free tax filing option that the current administration intends to kill. They've created a survey with a bunch of leading questions. The survey deserves some responses supportive of the program to counteract its framing:
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Of note: they tell you how much it costs for the government to run the free filing system, but they don’t tell you how much it would cost to have a private corporation do it. (Hint: it would cost taxpayers more to have a private corporation do it.)
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Although health & science community must engage & understand what has made this movement so beguiling, nobody should be under any illusions as to what it is—a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt and unscientific wellness industry,
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating
The week beginning Aug 4, 2025 was the most dangerous and tragic week of Robert F
Kennedy Jr's tenure yet: a fatal CDC shooting by a gunman distrustful of COVID-19
vaccines, the cancellation of US$500...
www.thelancet.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Although health & science community must engage & understand what has made this movement so beguiling, nobody should be under any illusions as to what it is—a dangerous pseudoscientific programme of work that supports a corrupt and unscientific wellness industry,
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers : The Salt : NPR share.google/WBGAuEW9xtbL...
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
In 1964, a program that brought migrant Mexican laborers to the U.S. ended. So the U.S. recruited American students to pick crops instead. When they saw their living conditions, strikes ensued.
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August 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers : The Salt : NPR share.google/WBGAuEW9xtbL...
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If you read only one thing today please make it this, by the great Vanita Gupta
You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you read only one thing today please make it this, by the great Vanita Gupta
You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...
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BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center
Montreal entrepreneur Paula Callejas is rotting in an ICE cell and has been for WEEKS...
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Canadian Family BEGS Canada to Help Bring Their Daughter Home From Trump's ICE Detention Center
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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“WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE” and “GET OVER IT” are not great political slogans for the midterms.
June 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE” and “GET OVER IT” are not great political slogans for the midterms.
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Relentless focus on youth #vaping, at expense of adult smokers who could benefit from switching to vaping, damaging UK public health. For every young person who vapes, there are around 20 adult smokers who could benefit from switching. Scare stories deter both groups. daily-pouch.com/new-governme...
New Government Research Seems Designed to Further Damage Vaping - The Daily Pouch
UK's £62M youth vaping study sparks bias concerns. Critics say it's alarmist, undermining existing evidence on vaping's reduced risks compared to smoking.
daily-pouch.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Relentless focus on youth #vaping, at expense of adult smokers who could benefit from switching to vaping, damaging UK public health. For every young person who vapes, there are around 20 adult smokers who could benefit from switching. Scare stories deter both groups. daily-pouch.com/new-governme...
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"Vaping is a huge threat to them and their ideology so they have to attack it. They can’t do it with the truth; the facts don’t support their position. So their only resort is to misinformation."
Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and
its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and
its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
Leading Pro-Vape Academic “Couldn’t Stand on the Sidelines Any Longer”
As Dr. Michael Siegel returns to vocal tobacco harm reduction advocacy, he sits down with Filter to discuss his mission and its enemies.
filtermag.org
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Vaping is a huge threat to them and their ideology so they have to attack it. They can’t do it with the truth; the facts don’t support their position. So their only resort is to misinformation."
Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and
its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and
its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:
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Professor Brad Rodu developed
a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.
a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.
Termination of Tobacco Harm Reduction Continuing Medical Education by the Accreditation Council
The full scope of tobacco use and related risks to health are misunderstood by all health professionals. Deficits in health profession...
rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Professor Brad Rodu developed
a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.
a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.
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If a health intervention is 100% "efficacious," but no one uses it, it is not "effective." EVIDENCE: The most efficacious AND popular smoking cessation tool is nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"). Strange to demonize them...
E-cigarettes are the most commonly used smoking cessation aid in England (40% of quit attempts in 2023/24) and one of the most effective.
Other effective aids are used in <5% of attempts.
41% try to quit unaided, which is the least effective method.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Other effective aids are used in <5% of attempts.
41% try to quit unaided, which is the least effective method.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
January 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
If a health intervention is 100% "efficacious," but no one uses it, it is not "effective." EVIDENCE: The most efficacious AND popular smoking cessation tool is nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"). Strange to demonize them...
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Please follow Dr. Alex Wodak. A gem of a man who has devoted his entire career to public health harm reduction.
A "man of many shining parts."
A "man of many shining parts."
Age of cigarette smoking might be over in many rich countries like US but different story in Low & Middle Income Countries where 80% of world population lives. Already 50% smoking related deaths LMICs
The age of cigarettes is over:
- teen smoking has dropped to near zero
- young adult smoking has dropped >75%
- total adult cigarette use will hit zero by 2034
- cigarette sales will hit zero by 2034
Why does no one know this? Why is CDC is not telling the public what their own surveys show?
- teen smoking has dropped to near zero
- young adult smoking has dropped >75%
- total adult cigarette use will hit zero by 2034
- cigarette sales will hit zero by 2034
Why does no one know this? Why is CDC is not telling the public what their own surveys show?
January 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Please follow Dr. Alex Wodak. A gem of a man who has devoted his entire career to public health harm reduction.
A "man of many shining parts."
A "man of many shining parts."
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Teen are the tail that wags the dog.
It is astonishing to me, how we ignore 490,000 adult deaths every year from smoking. Teen use can change. Death is final.
(I used to teach Healthcare Ethics)
FYI: US teen nicotine use is now at a 50-year low, so it's VERY weird to obsess on that.
It is astonishing to me, how we ignore 490,000 adult deaths every year from smoking. Teen use can change. Death is final.
(I used to teach Healthcare Ethics)
FYI: US teen nicotine use is now at a 50-year low, so it's VERY weird to obsess on that.
January 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Teen are the tail that wags the dog.
It is astonishing to me, how we ignore 490,000 adult deaths every year from smoking. Teen use can change. Death is final.
(I used to teach Healthcare Ethics)
FYI: US teen nicotine use is now at a 50-year low, so it's VERY weird to obsess on that.
It is astonishing to me, how we ignore 490,000 adult deaths every year from smoking. Teen use can change. Death is final.
(I used to teach Healthcare Ethics)
FYI: US teen nicotine use is now at a 50-year low, so it's VERY weird to obsess on that.
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"When received wisdom differs so starkly from the truth, it’s hard to leave that alone," reflects Kiran Sidhu.
Looking back, "One of the most unexpected things I’ve encountered is a climate of fear."
But "Consumers have taught me—and can teach others—so much."
Looking back, "One of the most unexpected things I’ve encountered is a climate of fear."
But "Consumers have taught me—and can teach others—so much."
Why I Report on Tobacco Harm Reduction
Tobacco harm reduction, which I’ve been covering as a journalist for a couple of years now, has often felt a ...
filtermag.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:13 PM
"When received wisdom differs so starkly from the truth, it’s hard to leave that alone," reflects Kiran Sidhu.
Looking back, "One of the most unexpected things I’ve encountered is a climate of fear."
But "Consumers have taught me—and can teach others—so much."
Looking back, "One of the most unexpected things I’ve encountered is a climate of fear."
But "Consumers have taught me—and can teach others—so much."