Durham, NC #nokings

"Only if we understand, can we care. Only if we care, we will help. Only if we help, we shall be saved."

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

Jane Goodall was the best of us.

For anyone who needs respite from the news, I highly recommend Taskmaster, an extremely silly long-running UK show in which five comedians compete at absurd tasks. Low-stress, high-pleasure, lots of laughs, utterly disconnected from reality. As your doctor, I hereby prescribe one episode minimum.

Reading alone won't save democracy but you can't have a democracy if people don't read

see, the thing *i’m* genuinely worried about is that RFK will effectively ban vaccines

The deeper meaning behind "almost no healthy children die of the measles" is that, when children do die of the measles, it's only ever because they were already ill. And the deeper meaning behind that is "well, we can't save 'em all." And that's just...17th century thinking.

Just a reminder that nothing matters and there are no rules anymore so you can pretty much watch A Muppet Christmas Carol whenever you want now

Emperor Caligula stunned the Roman Senate by announcing his intention to "promote" his horse Incitatus to consul. As outlandish as this proclamation appeared, Caligula was highlighting a genuine issue: the declining relevance of Rome's traditional political institutions and their need for reform.

Something that hasn’t changed from the first term is like every six to twelve hours there’s another thing they’ve done that fucks up your day.

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