formerly commiekirby
@smussop.bsky.social
formerly commiekirby, now im smussop
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This is in response to a post about the Myanmar earthquake. I can only assume this is a bot but for the love of god do not do this. Crisis and disaster are not a competition.
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is in response to a post about the Myanmar earthquake. I can only assume this is a bot but for the love of god do not do this. Crisis and disaster are not a competition.
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How is anyone ok these days?
February 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How is anyone ok these days?
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In a disappointing turn of events, Netanyahu’s prostate surgery went well.
Fuck.
Fuck.
December 30, 2024 at 10:23 PM
In a disappointing turn of events, Netanyahu’s prostate surgery went well.
Fuck.
Fuck.
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The bar for hospitals to lose protected status under international law is set very high. Those conditions were not met for any of the 36 hospitals in Gaza that Israel destroyed.
mondoweiss.net/2024/05/how-...
mondoweiss.net/2024/05/how-...
How Israel turned hospitals into ‘military targets’ by lying about international law
The bar for hospitals to lose protected status under international law is set very high. Those conditions were not met for any of the 36 hospitals in Gaza that Israel destroyed.
mondoweiss.net
December 30, 2024 at 10:14 PM
The bar for hospitals to lose protected status under international law is set very high. Those conditions were not met for any of the 36 hospitals in Gaza that Israel destroyed.
mondoweiss.net/2024/05/how-...
mondoweiss.net/2024/05/how-...
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At least six newborn babies have frozen to death just miles from aid trucks carrying winter supplies that Israel has blocked from entering Gaza for months.
6 Newborns Freeze to Death in Gaza — Just Miles From Trucks Carrying Aid
The babies died just miles from trucks carrying winter supplies that Israel has blocked from entering Gaza for months.
truthout.org
December 30, 2024 at 10:06 PM
At least six newborn babies have frozen to death just miles from aid trucks carrying winter supplies that Israel has blocked from entering Gaza for months.
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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
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"China planned to send armed drones worth $1 billion to Libya using a UK-based shell company to skirt an international weapons ban" in a deal negotiated by three individuals employed at a UN agency in Canada (the ICAO).
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Inside China’s secret plan to send weapons disguised as Covid aid to warlord
Military tech worth £1bn would have been part-payment for discounted crude oil, emails sent by alleged conspirators in Canada reveal
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 3:22 PM
"China planned to send armed drones worth $1 billion to Libya using a UK-based shell company to skirt an international weapons ban" in a deal negotiated by three individuals employed at a UN agency in Canada (the ICAO).
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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The world is drowning in plastic.
Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.
Don't be fooled.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
(Published June 2024)
Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.
Don't be fooled.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
(Published June 2024)
The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling
The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method…
propub.li
December 30, 2024 at 10:30 PM
The world is drowning in plastic.
Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.
Don't be fooled.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
(Published June 2024)
Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry is peddling a "solution" that works like magic.
Don't be fooled.
By @lisalsong.bsky.social
(Published June 2024)
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A study published at the end of last week demonstrated that #influenza vaccine is effective at preventing severe disease - ER visits and hospitalizations.
"Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect children"
#MedSky & #VaccinesWork.
www.healthday.com/healthpro-ne...
"Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect children"
#MedSky & #VaccinesWork.
www.healthday.com/healthpro-ne...
Influenza Vaccine Effective Against Severe Illness in Children
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Influenza vaccine is effective for preventing severe influenza illness among children, according to a study published
www.healthday.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:25 PM
A study published at the end of last week demonstrated that #influenza vaccine is effective at preventing severe disease - ER visits and hospitalizations.
"Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect children"
#MedSky & #VaccinesWork.
www.healthday.com/healthpro-ne...
"Vaccination is one of the most effective ways to protect children"
#MedSky & #VaccinesWork.
www.healthday.com/healthpro-ne...
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as a sober person (16 years next week!), I hate this shit so much. they’re doing it with Kennedy using heroin too and it’s nauseating. it also furthers the stigma of substance use disorders. these assholes have hundreds of despicable qualities to roast. leaving substance use out of it isn’t hard.
nauseating.it
December 30, 2024 at 3:31 AM
as a sober person (16 years next week!), I hate this shit so much. they’re doing it with Kennedy using heroin too and it’s nauseating. it also furthers the stigma of substance use disorders. these assholes have hundreds of despicable qualities to roast. leaving substance use out of it isn’t hard.
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The source of a chemical doesn’t determine its safety or potential harm.
Being scared of synthetic chemicals solely for being created by scientists and chemistry is the appeal to nature fallacy.
Read more ⬇️⬇️
news.immunologic.org/p/the-appeal...
Being scared of synthetic chemicals solely for being created by scientists and chemistry is the appeal to nature fallacy.
Read more ⬇️⬇️
news.immunologic.org/p/the-appeal...
The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better
Plenty of natural things can be extremely harmful at tiny exposures
news.immunologic.org
December 31, 2024 at 12:35 AM
The source of a chemical doesn’t determine its safety or potential harm.
Being scared of synthetic chemicals solely for being created by scientists and chemistry is the appeal to nature fallacy.
Read more ⬇️⬇️
news.immunologic.org/p/the-appeal...
Being scared of synthetic chemicals solely for being created by scientists and chemistry is the appeal to nature fallacy.
Read more ⬇️⬇️
news.immunologic.org/p/the-appeal...
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The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better.
Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
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Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
1/
December 31, 2024 at 12:33 AM
The appeal to nature fallacy is the false belief that "natural" is better.
Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
1/
Natural things that can kill you? Pathogenic microorganisms.
Smallpox virus is natural. So is SARS-CoV-2. And poliovirus. And Rabies virus. So is Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague.
1/
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Die Hard isn’t realistic? Explain this.
December 30, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Die Hard isn’t realistic? Explain this.
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Alot of discussion has been spurred since the arrest of Luigi Mangione, including the nature and costs of incarceration. Given his crowdfund rapidly approaching $500,000, both critics & supporters are asking how others behind bars can be aided
My latest: tinyurl.com/55jtwe2x
My latest: tinyurl.com/55jtwe2x
5 Ways to Directly Give Aid to Incarcerated Citizens (Besides Luigi Mangione)
Thanks in part to the now infamous alleged killer, the American public is learning just how much incarceration costs.
tinyurl.com
December 30, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Alot of discussion has been spurred since the arrest of Luigi Mangione, including the nature and costs of incarceration. Given his crowdfund rapidly approaching $500,000, both critics & supporters are asking how others behind bars can be aided
My latest: tinyurl.com/55jtwe2x
My latest: tinyurl.com/55jtwe2x
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Yeah this about sums up what I think about people reporting Gaza fundraisers.
December 29, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Yeah this about sums up what I think about people reporting Gaza fundraisers.
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A Virginia landlord has been sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for harassing Black tenants with racist slurs, stealing their identities to obtain COVID relief benefits, and then evicting them
Racist landlord headed to prison for stealing identities of Black tenants to get COVID benefits
He primarily rented to poor Black tenants who had nowhere else to live. The homes were in awful condition with holes in the ceilings and walls, leaks and rodent activity.
lawandcrime.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM
A Virginia landlord has been sentenced to nearly two decades in prison for harassing Black tenants with racist slurs, stealing their identities to obtain COVID relief benefits, and then evicting them
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People keep saying that Bluesky reminds them of early Twitter, or that it’s the New Twitter.
This is not Twitter. It is better by leaps and bounds.
Utilizing the granular controls @debbieohi.com describes below makes Bluesky much safer and more useful than Twitter ever was.
This is not Twitter. It is better by leaps and bounds.
Utilizing the granular controls @debbieohi.com describes below makes Bluesky much safer and more useful than Twitter ever was.
Not interested in seeing reposts, quote-posts and/or replies? Want to mute certain words or tags?
Want to limit who can reply to one of your posts? Or lock a thread so no one else can reply?
I've updated my "Control What You Do (& Don't) See" #BlueSkyTips:
debbieohi.link/bluesky-mode...
Want to limit who can reply to one of your posts? Or lock a thread so no one else can reply?
I've updated my "Control What You Do (& Don't) See" #BlueSkyTips:
debbieohi.link/bluesky-mode...
November 18, 2024 at 2:20 PM
People keep saying that Bluesky reminds them of early Twitter, or that it’s the New Twitter.
This is not Twitter. It is better by leaps and bounds.
Utilizing the granular controls @debbieohi.com describes below makes Bluesky much safer and more useful than Twitter ever was.
This is not Twitter. It is better by leaps and bounds.
Utilizing the granular controls @debbieohi.com describes below makes Bluesky much safer and more useful than Twitter ever was.
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I'm not going to leave Twitter; all of the Palestinian organizing is there and I won't be abandoning them.
November 15, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I'm not going to leave Twitter; all of the Palestinian organizing is there and I won't be abandoning them.
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Free Palestine 🇵🇸
November 15, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
What are the vibes out here is what I need to know
November 16, 2024 at 2:56 AM
What are the vibes out here is what I need to know