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“August is going to be significantly (worse) because…their physiology has eroded to the point where even refeeding could potentially cause death itself. The gut has started to auto-digest & will no longer have adequate absorptive capacity for water or for nutrition. Death is unfortunately imminent…”

A row of amaros in shot glasses on a table

medieval medicine was actually better than people think, and it utilized a lot of herbal knowledge—much of which was lost due to political, climate, and plague devastation

herbal medicine can be infused in alcohol, so I have a theory some ancient medicine survives in amaros & sometimes go on quests

We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.

This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.

We are doing this and history will never forgive us.

Gaza:

“4 months without any contact with the outside world. We were kidnapped. We got a beating for breakfast, a beating for lunch, a beating for dinner.”

Horror stories from the 200+ Venezuelans Trump sent to the El Salvador megaprison with no due process.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I want to talk about my friend.

I met him at a summer camp for nerds when I was 12, pre-transition. We hit it off immediately, became SUPER close, and our parents would drive us back and forth for sleepovers for the next five years.

He was the first trans person I met. He transitioned in the 90s.

going to college, living in an international dorm and meeting brown kids from africa, dark-skinned kids with african features from india, spanish-speaking chinese kids from argentina, and many others changed the way i understood the world in some pretty fundamental ways

While this paper is about a different phenomenon (the *reception* of genetic ancestry information among white supremacist communities), both the authors and the people they're studying display an extremely common misunderstanding of what genetic ancestry testing (GAT) is actually measuring.

“Lament is an honest form of love”
- from the Rev. Benjamin Cremer

nitter.net/Brcremer/sta...

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Even in these difficult times, science never stops being amazing

Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.

Billboard: IF YOU EVER FEEL HEAVY BECAUSE YOU CARE DEEPLY ABOUT INJUSTICE, SUFFERING AND ECOLOGICAL DESTRUCTION. REMEMBER THAT A TRILLION DOLLAR PROPAGANDA MACHINE WAS BUILT TO MAKE YOU NUMB AND IT DIDN'T WORK ON YOU

Yep!

Can’t take it with you I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.

My good friend @helendecruz.net is currently in hospice after a long battle with cancer, and has written this beautiful piece reflecting on what is truly of value in life.
helendecruz.substack.com/p/cant-take-...

I'm gonna go to the caps lock for this: THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT THE EXHAUSTION AND BURNOUT THE FASCISTS ARE RELYING ON YOU TO FALL INTO IS TO LIMIT YOUR EXPOSURE TO HORRORS, KEEP YOUR ACTIVISM CONCRETE AND EFFECTIVE, AND DO OTHER THINGS WITH AS MUCH FERVOR AS YOU DO ACTIVISM.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

Good god. The attempts at humiliation and dehumanization of someone exercising their rights to speech should be chilling to anyone, but the ENTHUSIASM for this is extra sickening.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Every sage who's ever spoken has pointed out the interconnectedness of all of humanity in one way or another - and it's becoming more and more apparent to people who aren't Republicans.

You're not just hurting "them".

You're hurting us.

All of us.

Including you.

Cow falling asleep listening to an acoustic guitar. #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Let’s talk about Covid myths!! I’ll provide sources on these so you can look at the info yourself.

First big myth: getting the initial vax series gave you permanent immunity!
Nnoooooope! Six months out, the protection wanes to 20%

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Hearsay at this point, but what I saw is that 1st degree requires indictment by a grand jury - so it’s possible that could come later.

just anecdotally, the idea that Iranians yearn for the West to topple the regime may have had some truth to it before the Iraq war. now everyone understands that it just means death, misery, and destruction.

Thread from last nights airport BS:
(written last night & shared on masto):

So yeah. Things started off as they usually do. Couldn’t check in online or at a kiosk. Got to the front desk to check in where I waited over 2 hours for them to get approval from TSA to let me through.

'A Letter to Americans Still on the Sidelines, on the Eve of 'No Kings Day'

FULL POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-one-is-...

#NoKingsDay

Post sunset lake view

Despite everything, the world is still a beautiful place.

Figure showing number of deaths averted due to vaccines from 1974-2024

Vaccines have literally saved more than 150 million lives over the last 50 years and prevented much more morbidity but hold up guys somebody with a brain worm knows better