Even better would be a cancelled comedian doing a set on how ridiculous cancelled comedians are then pivoting to mocking the audiences coming to see cancelled comedians.

In the long run, we need not only Medicare for All, but a far better and less fragmented public health system that works in concert with the healthcare system. /7

And now they are using that to dismantle what little infrastructure we do have to protect public health - from disease, from tooth decay, from toxic chemicals—as part of a larger project to dismantle any part of government that works for the common good. 6/

This structural problem was exploited by MAGA/MAHA early in the pandemic, where a public health system that generally is weak was suddenly empowered to fight COVID, and the "you can't tell me what to do" crowd saw an opening to exploit. 5/

...of public health failure. We have county health departments, state health departments, and the CDC/EPA at the Federal level, and they are always threatened in various ways. It's a symptom of the hyperindividuality of this country, where health problems are treated and blamed individually. 4/

Our public health apparatus in this country is diffuse, weak, and generally underfunded. Because there are few direct policy links b/t healthcare and public health, they function in silos, and feedback is diluted. I.e. if your gov't does public health and healthcare, they see the direct $ costs...3/

Public health focuses on societal-level interventions, like, most classically, sanitation. It's generally implemented at a policy level, like banning a toxic chemical. But it intersects with the personal, like vaccinations, or mask mandates. 2/

The irony is that men think that women want this b.s., brittle superhero/cowboy faux toughness, which emotionally-mature women don't want. The best the men can hope for is a mirror-image purity-based caricature of weakness, so two people can perform a fake dance, a vapid pantomime of posturing. /3

It took me decades to learn this, or to unlearn hiding behind a facade. The conflation of tough-guy pseudo-invulnerability with strength is a deeply toxic force in our society—insecure viciousness, insecure bullying. What could show more cowardice than never exposing the soft parts of yourself? 2/

Since there's an element of story to it, I'm not going to discuss what happens except to say it ain't uplifting. But interesting to watch how these officers (mostly women) approach her identity, and they voice early on that her risk of victimization as a trans woman is high. 3/

...i.e. the mom "I love my son, but then I had the daughter I always wanted." So there's the police using she/her and the family using he/him, and then the police start going back and forth, and I'm sympathetic - i.e. you're with a victim's family, perhaps not the time to correct pronouns? 2/

Just your reminder that Jesus was a fan of trans men. And maybe a misogynist, too. (Since this is in response to Simon saying "Females are not worthy of life.")

I’m always a bit surprised when people are surprised that The Atlantic, NYT, et al are anti-science and anti-progressive. Trans people have been telling y’all for years. It is worrisome that folks just think otherwise-normal people hate trans people.