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Existence is driven forward by dim apprehension of truths too obscure for existing language.
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“From The Depths,” William Balfour Ker
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“From The Depths,” William Balfour Ker
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Just wondering if you knew that kids too young for COVID vaccines have COVID hospitalization rates that are similar to people 65-74?
Just wondering if you knew over 1000 people a week died from COVID while we were celebrating winter holidays and the New Year?
Does FDA Administrators know?
Just wondering if you knew over 1000 people a week died from COVID while we were celebrating winter holidays and the New Year?
Does FDA Administrators know?
May 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Just wondering if you knew that kids too young for COVID vaccines have COVID hospitalization rates that are similar to people 65-74?
Just wondering if you knew over 1000 people a week died from COVID while we were celebrating winter holidays and the New Year?
Does FDA Administrators know?
Just wondering if you knew over 1000 people a week died from COVID while we were celebrating winter holidays and the New Year?
Does FDA Administrators know?
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BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
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How much of the mist of “Agent Orange” did the US spray in Vietnam? 29 Olympic size swimming pools full. 19 million gallons.
apnews.com/article/viet...
apnews.com/article/viet...
The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but the battle with Agent Orange continues
The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the disaster unleashed by American use of Agent Orange continues unabated.
apnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
How much of the mist of “Agent Orange” did the US spray in Vietnam? 29 Olympic size swimming pools full. 19 million gallons.
apnews.com/article/viet...
apnews.com/article/viet...
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The US never paid reparations to Vietnam for poisoning their jungles and land with Agent Orange, leading to generations of birth defects and early deaths. This is shameful.
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The US never paid reparations to Vietnam for poisoning their jungles and land with Agent Orange, leading to generations of birth defects and early deaths. This is shameful.
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How the hell do you make a 6+ hour documentary about the Vietnam war and leave out the deforestation campaign and Agent Orange? Netflix’s Turning Point the Vietnam War leaves out significant parts.
May 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How the hell do you make a 6+ hour documentary about the Vietnam war and leave out the deforestation campaign and Agent Orange? Netflix’s Turning Point the Vietnam War leaves out significant parts.
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ON AMERICA DECIDING RUSSIA IS GOOD AND CANADA IS BAD APPARENTLY (Part 1 of 3)
March 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
ON AMERICA DECIDING RUSSIA IS GOOD AND CANADA IS BAD APPARENTLY (Part 1 of 3)
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I went to the Jimmy Carter public visitation in the Capitol Rotunda last night. My friend and I arrived around 9pm. It was below 20 degrees with the wind chill.
Wait time? 3.5 hours. Thousands of people were waiting outside in the freezing cold for hours late at night to honor Jimmy Carter.
Wait time? 3.5 hours. Thousands of people were waiting outside in the freezing cold for hours late at night to honor Jimmy Carter.
January 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I went to the Jimmy Carter public visitation in the Capitol Rotunda last night. My friend and I arrived around 9pm. It was below 20 degrees with the wind chill.
Wait time? 3.5 hours. Thousands of people were waiting outside in the freezing cold for hours late at night to honor Jimmy Carter.
Wait time? 3.5 hours. Thousands of people were waiting outside in the freezing cold for hours late at night to honor Jimmy Carter.
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In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding.
This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
January 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding.
This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.
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Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
CEO Pay Has Risen 1,085% Since 1978, But for Workers? Just 24% | Common Dreams
CEOs at top US companies saw their pay skyrocket by 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay only increased by 24%
www.commondreams.org
December 23, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Do you know how much CEO pay has skyrocketed since 1978?
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
100%? 500%?
Try 1,085%
Meanwhile, the $7.25/hr fed. minimum wage hasn't budged in 15 years and the tipped min. wage has been $2.13/hr since 1991.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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Plans to SHRINK Social Security & Medicare. Eliminate TONS of govt. depts. + more. All for the Million/Billionaires!
December 21, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Plans to SHRINK Social Security & Medicare. Eliminate TONS of govt. depts. + more. All for the Million/Billionaires!
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🚨Heads up everyone!🚨
The CDC has confirmed a case of severe H5N1 bird flu—a person in Louisiana w/ a backyard flock.
They're in critical condition—severe respiratory illness, Said to be > 65 w/ health conditions known to ⬆️ risk of serious illness from flu.
The CDC has confirmed a case of severe H5N1 bird flu—a person in Louisiana w/ a backyard flock.
They're in critical condition—severe respiratory illness, Said to be > 65 w/ health conditions known to ⬆️ risk of serious illness from flu.
December 22, 2024 at 12:34 AM
🚨Heads up everyone!🚨
The CDC has confirmed a case of severe H5N1 bird flu—a person in Louisiana w/ a backyard flock.
They're in critical condition—severe respiratory illness, Said to be > 65 w/ health conditions known to ⬆️ risk of serious illness from flu.
The CDC has confirmed a case of severe H5N1 bird flu—a person in Louisiana w/ a backyard flock.
They're in critical condition—severe respiratory illness, Said to be > 65 w/ health conditions known to ⬆️ risk of serious illness from flu.
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🧪 #scicomm
This article made me think a lot about how difficult it has been to properly communicate science once politicians abandon their responsibilities to communicate the information they readily have access to. There is no shortage of professionals willing and capable to explain to Louisiana… (1/7)
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots
An NPR investigation found Louisiana health officials told staff to stop promoting vaccines for COVID, flu and mpox, holding flu shot events or otherwise encouraging the public to get those vaccines.
www.npr.org
December 22, 2024 at 12:30 AM
🧪 #scicomm
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US cases of pertussis (whooping cough), rose 6-fold from 2023 to Nov 30, 2024. (Thus likely even higher with December). Yet public knowledge of the highly contagious bacterial disease is seriously lacking. Get your TDAP or DTAP vaccine.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/us...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/us...
US whooping cough cases soar, but public knowledge of the contagious disease remains low
Thirty percent of respondents don't know that pertussis is the same as whooping cough or that it is vaccine-preventable.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 17, 2024 at 10:45 PM
US cases of pertussis (whooping cough), rose 6-fold from 2023 to Nov 30, 2024. (Thus likely even higher with December). Yet public knowledge of the highly contagious bacterial disease is seriously lacking. Get your TDAP or DTAP vaccine.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/us...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/pertussis/us...
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Elon Musk was raised in apartheid South Africa. He and his family observed and fully participated in apartheid.
Until the age of 18, Elon was completely immersed in a wildly racist, homophobic, whites-only culture.
It is easy to envision Musk and Trump using money and power to control and…
Until the age of 18, Elon was completely immersed in a wildly racist, homophobic, whites-only culture.
It is easy to envision Musk and Trump using money and power to control and…
December 21, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Elon Musk was raised in apartheid South Africa. He and his family observed and fully participated in apartheid.
Until the age of 18, Elon was completely immersed in a wildly racist, homophobic, whites-only culture.
It is easy to envision Musk and Trump using money and power to control and…
Until the age of 18, Elon was completely immersed in a wildly racist, homophobic, whites-only culture.
It is easy to envision Musk and Trump using money and power to control and…
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I will not respond to most of Trump’s nonsense. But out of respect for my forbears, let me set the record straight. The people who did most of the working & dying in constructing the Panama Canal were Black ppl from the West Indies. Not Americans. This guy…
For more: www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
For more: www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
December 22, 2024 at 1:41 AM
I will not respond to most of Trump’s nonsense. But out of respect for my forbears, let me set the record straight. The people who did most of the working & dying in constructing the Panama Canal were Black ppl from the West Indies. Not Americans. This guy…
For more: www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
For more: www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...
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Before deleting my Facebook account, I started deleting posts and images. I came across this poem by Brian Bilston. Yes, America is a gun. 😥
December 16, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Before deleting my Facebook account, I started deleting posts and images. I came across this poem by Brian Bilston. Yes, America is a gun. 😥
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A test that RFK, Jr. wants applicants for HHS jobs to take asks whether the applicant is clairvoyant. Nothing to see here, move along.
slate.com/life/2024/12...
slate.com/life/2024/12...
I Took the Test RFK Jr. Is Using to Determine Who Should Work at His Health Department. We Are Extremely Doomed.
It made me feel like a worm had eaten my brain, too.
slate.com
December 7, 2024 at 7:40 PM
A test that RFK, Jr. wants applicants for HHS jobs to take asks whether the applicant is clairvoyant. Nothing to see here, move along.
slate.com/life/2024/12...
slate.com/life/2024/12...
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It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
December 9, 2024 at 5:17 PM
It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
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You wanted a reality show host as a president, well now you’re on Survivor.
October 18, 2024 at 12:50 AM
You wanted a reality show host as a president, well now you’re on Survivor.
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Covid really proved that what didn't kill us made us meaner...
December 9, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Covid really proved that what didn't kill us made us meaner...
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Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.
BREAKING: In an unprecedented move, more than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
It's the first time in history that Nobel laureates have come together to oppose a Cabinet choice.
December 9, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Now do Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard & Kash Patel.
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See if you can tell when Reagan was elected and who Republicans have been fighting for ever since
December 9, 2024 at 10:29 PM
See if you can tell when Reagan was elected and who Republicans have been fighting for ever since