Dr. Kim Binsted

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000

There’s a lesson there.

🚨House Republicans just passed a bill that would disenfranchise 70 million married American women.

Under the SAVE Act, women who took their spouse’s last name and don't have an updated passport or birth certificate would be turned away at the polls.

based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens

A movement is calling for an 'economic blackout' on Friday. Here's what to know The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

Is there a German word for "OMG crazy new insight but I don't need to write it down because now it's so obvious" followed by "FUCK"

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🚨BREAKING: Federal court BLOCKS Trump OMB order purporting to freeze federal spending. Stay will be in place until court can consider case at hearing next Monday.

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Thoughts and prayers to those who criticized Scientific American's endorsement of Harris on the grounds that "science should stay out of politics". How could they have possibly foreseen what was coming?

The thing that’s most striking about this is that they set up an e-mail account specifically for people to report on each other for any attempt to implement “DEIA or similar ideologies” and threatened “adverse consequences” for NOT reporting.

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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Today, I signed an executive order prohibiting greedy land developers from ripping off LA wildfire victims with unsolicited, undervalued offers to buy their destroyed property.

Make no mistake — this is a prosecutable crime.

I agree that you have Seattle face, but I'm getting a Chicago vibe. Sorry. I recommend being an internal expat in Honolulu.

OGAE is the Eurovision fan club (it's a French acronym) and ROTW is the Rest Of The World branch. It's weird and weirdly charming, like the event itself

Lahaina... So sad.

But yay for Eurovision! I actually got to go in person the last two years, hopefully next year too. Are you an OGAEROTW member?

Hey, another Eurovision fan in Hawaii! Any watch party plans for juniors?

I should probably do this, but I already have the name, so...

We're mostly agreed. For me a big issue is that the vast majority of cities' budgets go to the police, who are doing much more than law enforcement (and are not trained to do that!). Instead, I'd like to see that budget spread around to other specialized professions.

But yeah, terrible messaging.

Eh, the words are stupid in that they do not clearly express the underlying idea (pay other specialists to do the broad range of work the police are doing badly, let the police focus on actual law enforcement), but the idea itself is pretty good.

That would be majestic. Aspirational even.

Alrighty. I set up this account after an early Twitter exodus, but then let it fester. Now done with X.
So... Science? Space? Time travel? Overambitious cooking projects? Little old dogs with strong opinions? Middle grade speculative fiction? Bring it on!

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