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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

This is eugenics. Genocide. An attack on science, medical ethics, bodily autonomy, and human rights.

Where is the outcry from the biomedical community? Trans people aren't just abstract patients and research participants: We're your friends, family, and co-workers.

Speak up before it's too late

Dearest people who don’t read or remember history:

The reason Iran is ruled by Ayatollahs now is because the U.S. overthrew the democratically-elected Iranian President in 1953 to help American oil interests.

Boro-silicate glass -- ahh "pyrex". At least it used to be, before they took the boron out and kept the trademark!

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This reminds me of that Frankie Boyle joke about how Americans not only come to your country and kill your people, they also come back twenty years later to make a movie about how killing your people made their soldiers sad.

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time." Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed. That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

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the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

Now if only you'd protect the trans kids like you said you would.

Nominative determinism wins again

If you’re wondering why the Trump Administration is cutting off health care for people across our state - look no further than the President’s own words:

“retribution is coming”

A bit of evil, compounded by general lack of food / resources in the area, made absolute hell by a lack of humanity.

If you can't feed or shelter them, you should let them go, right? Evidently not if you are a confederate. The commander of the camp did get the death penalty.

"wintry mix" is the meteorology version of centrist politics. Ugly, messy, dangerous, nobody likes it.

Extremely bad day to be a Purdue alum

I hate this so much. Purdue makes so much money from international tuition and this is how they treat them?

Similarly, I feel bad for the boys in a polygamist community. Yeah, the girls are treated like breeding stock (that's bad, really really bad), but the boys are treated like dirt, tossed out into a world they were taught to fear. It sucks (differently) for everybody, just like the redpill world.

We love you, we welcome you, we are glad you're here. I'm gonna join you in melon with ranch next time I have a fresh melon.🍈

I think the bucks have a shot at the playoffs! New players, new energy, and Giannis will be back soon!

Deeply honored to have your support. Our state makes it so easy and worth it to be brave, and I know that our movement can change our state for the better!

JFC🤬

They said it. We’re all thinking it.

The last Fuck Trump was from Tammy Duckworth, the other Illinois senator! Bring it on!

Copyediting is a lost art.

/screams in antibiotic resistance researcher

Most countries have been moving the other direction: to limit OTC antibiotics. Hopefully Makaryb just didn't consider these drugs when making that statement.

Ensuring our state is prepared for the 21st Century doesn't mean abandoning all of our state's history and traditions--we aren't and we won't. Wisconsin must embrace a future where we don't have to choose between mitigating climate change and protecting our environment, or creating good paying jobs and having a strong economy. We must do both.

Here in Wisconsin, we strive to leave places better than we found them. That's why I'm proud to announce we are partnering with UW-Madison to study opportunities to expand the use of clean, renewable nuclear energy in our state.

This could be a game-changer.

Thrilled to be helping with this effort in Wisconsin

First we must exorcise the demons of 2000. Al Gore/Liz Cheney unity ticket.