sarah rudd

Feeling Outrage Fatigue at the News? These Tips May Help Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing news or events can lead to emotional exhaustion. An expert who studies online outrage says there are ways to cope

Outrage Fatigue Is Real: www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...

Misinformation sources were "more likely to elicit moral outrage" & "people were more likely to reshare..."

"...one thing we know from at least the U.S. context: outrage has been used as a political tool to divide groups."

Eating a mashed potato sandwich.

Might be drunk.

Decriminalize survival Image shows a drawing of 3 tents indicating that one should not make laws against basic survival

#homeless #unhoused #harmreduction

No you’re right, I should go make another cup of coffee.

poem by J. Raymond.

At the Winter Solstice Even the will will return again. Even the love, the wonder. Darken. The heart can love this. And the new moon changing in the maples. And the grief like black oars in the rafters. And the branches that have let go of everything, saying wait, just stay in your changes; you have hated your one life long enough. Try something wondrous. Trust it.

for the longest night 🕯️

I don't think I want a new year this time around, I want a gently used year like a 2015 or maybe a 1998 if it's in good shape idk

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

"The Dobbs decision led to a 7% increase in overall infant mortality and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies. "

Abortion care is inextricable from maternal care and from infant care, and outlawing abortion is a cruelty with immediate consequences.

www.ajmc.com/view/infant-...

If you revoke approval of the polio vaccine, it means you want more polio. That’s not even a joke, that’s just math.

WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.

Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉

Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this.

Treasure the moments.

“Just a little midnight snack”, I whisper, knowing full well I have no concept of what time it is, what day it is, or what the words ‘little snack’ even mean.

Finance Minister resignations are rare. This is not a Morneau-Trudeau resignation (which was cloaked in misinformation about motives until Morneau's book came out). It is much closer to Martin resigning from Chretien's cabinet or Turner resigning from P. Trudeau's cabinet.

Joke

It’s funny because it’s true 👇

The world premiere of my collaboration with composer Raymond Deane, featuring my words against war, occurred in Dublin, Ireland, this evening. In our absurdly safe spaces, we must speak out against the horrors that others face. We must keep singing the human spirit awake

Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond) Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment

This past legislative session in Alberta sums up the populist approach to rights and freedoms pretty well. The populist UCP has passed legislation to protect the premier and her partisan staff while removing rights from trans children and their parents. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...

COVID-19 Vaccination Reactogenicity Among Children This cross-sectional study examines reactogenicity among children of participants in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Vaccine Pregnancy Registry from November 2022 to September ...

"No unexpected reactions were identified."

"...severe reactions and serious adverse events are rare."

COVID-19 Vaccination Reactogenicity Among Children jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#VaccinesWork

YouTube video by CTV News ‘Canada is not broken’: Chretien speaks at Liberal convention | FULL SPEECH

Former PM Jean Chretien - "Canada is the land of opportunity. Canada is the land of generosity. Canada is the land of stability. Canada is the land of tolerance. Canada is the land of the rule of law. No, Mr. Poilievre, Canada is not broken." #cdnpoli #peipoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs3F...

This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.

We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.

Joy is my favorite weapon.

Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to women’s spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.

All of this.

When i see big twitter account power posters who i know don't like me move over here i root for them. This is because I've done therapy twice a week for the past year and because i want Elon's website to die

I don’t love Alberta but I do love Edmonton. I’m a complicated woman.

It's no small thing ...even though it feels like such a small thing

sarahbessey.substack.com/p/no-small-t...

i waste so much money on coffee when my preference is being unconscious

Sometimes I wonder what motivates non-coffee drinkers to get out of bed.

Probably some sort of pulley system.

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:

Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47

Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429

Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3

Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2

Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0

Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0