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John D. Walker, M.D.
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John D. Walker, M.D. @1voice4children.bsky.social · Jan 16
"There are no children - there are people." - Janusz Korczak
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“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” — Paul Farmer

#ResistTyranny

Alexander, L. (1949). Medical science under dictatorship. New England Journal of Medicine, 241(2), 39-47.
"Science under dictatorship becomes subordinated to the guiding philosophy of the dictatorship. Irrespective of other ideological trappings, the guiding philosophic principle of recent dictatorships, including that of the Nazis, has been Hegelian in that what has been considered "rational utility" and corresponding doctrine and planning has replaced moral, ethical and religious values. Nazi propaganda was highly effective in perverting public opinion and public conscience, in a remarkably short time. In the medical profession this expressed itself in a rapid decline in standards of professional ethics. Medical science in Nazi Germany collaborated with this Hegelian trend particularly in the following enterprises: the mass extermination of the chronically sick in the interest of saving "useless" expenses to the community as a whole; the mass extermination of those considered socially disturbing or racially and ideologically unwanted; the individual, inconspicuous extermination of those considered disloyal within the ruling group; and the ruthless use of "human experimental material" for medico-military research." "Whatever proportions these crimes finally assumed, it became evident to all who investigated them that they had started from small beginnings. The beginnings at first were merely a subtle shift in emphasis in the basic attitude of the physicians. It started with the acceptance of the attitude, basic in the euthanasia movement, that there is such a thing as life not worthy to be lived. This attitude in its early stages concerned itself merely with the severely and chronically sick. Gradually the sphere of those to be included in this category was enlarged to encompass the socially unproductive, the ideologically unwanted, the racially unwanted and finally all non-Germans."
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Pre-sunrise, Monday, 27 October from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Sunrise was pretty grey and overcast but the pre-sunrise was beautiful.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS - Austin TX” - sign up now to join me!

#ResistTyranny

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#ResistTyranny “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.” —Paul Farmer
October 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"I have just one wish for you—the good luck to be somewhere where you...do not feel forced by a need to maintain your position in the organization, or financial support, or so on, to lose your integrity." - Richard Feynman

#ScientificIntegrity

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What's most important? Richard Feyman may have said it best: "learning how to not fool ourselves—of having utter scientific integrity…a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty—a kind of leaning over backwards. For example, if you're doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid—not only what you think is right about it: other causes that could possibly explain your results; and things you thought of that you've eliminated by some other experiment, and how they worked—to make sure the other fellow can tell they have been eliminated. Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them. You must do the best you can—if you know anything at all wrong, or possibly wrong—to explain it. If you make a theory, for example, and advertise it, or put it out, then you must also put down all the facts that disagree with it, as well as those that agree with it. There is also a more subtle problem. When you have put a lot of ideas together to make an elaborate theory, you want to make sure, when explaining what it fits, that those things it fits are not just the things that gave you the idea for the theory; but that the finished theory makes something else come out right, in addition. In summary, the idea is to give all of the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgement in one particular direction or another."
October 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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In 2020, PBS News Hour's Jeffrey Brown spoke to Goodall about her work and the legacy she may leave behind.

"The main message that I have is that every single one of us, every single day, we make some impact on the planet," Goodall said. "And we have a choice as to what impact we make."
October 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Podere Belvedere in Morning Light, San Quirico d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy by Neil Protheroe
Take part: https://landscapephotographymagazine.com/uploads

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October 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Friday, 3 October sunrise, part I.
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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An ounce of prevention...

#Medsky

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September 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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A king is nothing without his queen
September 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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✨Please Repost! My newsletter is out.

🤝States band together for public health
📈Long COVID incidence remains high
🦠EBV-autoantibodies linked to Long COVID & ME/CFS
🧠Long COVID, ME/CFS decreased energy in brain
👼2 babies die of Whooping Cough in La.

& much more buff.ly/rCUYiRv

#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷
Yellow background with red coronaviruses and a green money bag with a dollar sign. In front is the AHIP statement on vaccine coverage for COVID and Influenza which will stay the same. There are Long COVID incidence data boxes per state in background.
September 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Gilly and the Girl
September 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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We are all just passengers
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Dawn and sunrise, Wednesday, 17 September from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Just like the Warsaw Ghetto — "they’re using food, paltry amounts of food, as a bait to lure starving Palestinians to the south of #Gaza and putting them into these concentration camps."

#Genocide

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September 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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September 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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I just ran into the door at the grocery market, cause it didn’t open quick enough
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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"Silence in the face of injustice is complicity with the oppressor." — Ginetta Sagan

#Integrity

www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"The beauty of a moment
lies not in its duration but in the depth of our presence within it"

(My photography)

#sunset #tree #photography #life #love #freespirit
A silhouette of a tree with many branches, set against a beautiful golden sunset sky.
August 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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"Love the world as your own self, then you can truly care for all things." ~ Lao Tzu
#Nature #photography #animals #thewildimages #wildlife #wildlifephotography #loveofnature #zen #love #Australia #allanimalsarecute
June 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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July 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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“The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.”
—Paul Farmer

#ResistTyranny
April 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
 
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.
April 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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He rules like a mob boss. Tariffs give him more power and grease the wheels for massively increased corruption.
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Apr 4
There's a dark truth behind Trump's tariffs: Absolute control.

Trump's tariffs will be a potent and unilateral mechanism for reintroducing systematic corruption into the economy—and total control over its most influential players.
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." - Michael Pollan

#Nutrition

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Friday Favorites: Foods That Heal and Prevent Leaky Gut | NutritionFacts.org
Common drugs, foods, and beverages can disrupt the integrity of our intestinal barrier. Which foods should we avoid to prevent leaky gut? Which foods and food components can boost the integrity of our...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM