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respiratory therapist
ECMO specialist
Canadian ski patroller
I suck, so you don't have to.
ECMO specialist
Canadian ski patroller
I suck, so you don't have to.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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The impact that an anti-vax, anti-science provincial government can have on the entire country.
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The impact that an anti-vax, anti-science provincial government can have on the entire country.
Respiratory therapy mentioned! www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
www.cbsnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Respiratory therapy mentioned! www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/n...
Men will literally tell you not to get used to being treated well in a relationship and then act shocked when you go "okay, bye then, if you don't plan to continue to treat me well in the future."
Anyway, male loneliness epidemic or something.
Anyway, male loneliness epidemic or something.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Men will literally tell you not to get used to being treated well in a relationship and then act shocked when you go "okay, bye then, if you don't plan to continue to treat me well in the future."
Anyway, male loneliness epidemic or something.
Anyway, male loneliness epidemic or something.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
A hot take I have from being a pluralist is that there are a plurality of valid forms of resistance. The whole thing about pluralism is exactly this, that people will have different opinions and ideas about what effective resistance looks like for them.
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
A hot take I have from being a pluralist is that there are a plurality of valid forms of resistance. The whole thing about pluralism is exactly this, that people will have different opinions and ideas about what effective resistance looks like for them.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
I know it makes biomedical engineers feel cool but I swear to all holy powers that I will never, ever, ever casually refer to the ventilator touchscreen as the "cockpit"
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I know it makes biomedical engineers feel cool but I swear to all holy powers that I will never, ever, ever casually refer to the ventilator touchscreen as the "cockpit"
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this is gun control for bards
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
this is gun control for bards
the only problem I have with my autism is that I want to believe that I'm normal.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 AM
the only problem I have with my autism is that I want to believe that I'm normal.
People use alcohol to put themselves to sleep too, it doesn't mean it's good for your sleep architecture.
November 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
People use alcohol to put themselves to sleep too, it doesn't mean it's good for your sleep architecture.
Health is a lottery, and on a long enough timeline, everyone gets bad numbers eventually.
Comparison shopping is for shoes for a trip, not cath labs to balloon your STEMI.
Comparison shopping is for shoes for a trip, not cath labs to balloon your STEMI.
The thing about rationing healthcare that is unlike rationing most other things is that the people who need healthcare didn't choose to need healthcare and do not get a choice in how they can economize, or not, on healthcare
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Health is a lottery, and on a long enough timeline, everyone gets bad numbers eventually.
Comparison shopping is for shoes for a trip, not cath labs to balloon your STEMI.
Comparison shopping is for shoes for a trip, not cath labs to balloon your STEMI.
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The thing about rationing healthcare that is unlike rationing most other things is that the people who need healthcare didn't choose to need healthcare and do not get a choice in how they can economize, or not, on healthcare
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The thing about rationing healthcare that is unlike rationing most other things is that the people who need healthcare didn't choose to need healthcare and do not get a choice in how they can economize, or not, on healthcare
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you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
Someone is now mad the manager is involved for calling me an asshole.
"I shouldn't have to impress you or lose respect!" well, the part that's losing you respect is the part where you think I'm an asshole for asking you to document what you did
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Someone is now mad the manager is involved for calling me an asshole.
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If I tell you that I am "not impressed" with you for not documenting over an hour of patient care and not communicating about a lack of documentation, the correct response is not "I shouldn't have to impress you!"
It's an understatement. Documenting what you did is not impressive.
It's an understatement. Documenting what you did is not impressive.
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
If I tell you that I am "not impressed" with you for not documenting over an hour of patient care and not communicating about a lack of documentation, the correct response is not "I shouldn't have to impress you!"
It's an understatement. Documenting what you did is not impressive.
It's an understatement. Documenting what you did is not impressive.
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Baseball player physiognomies:
-I smoke weed
-cultured apex asethete
-dan from jiffy lube
-I smoke weed
-cultured apex asethete
-dan from jiffy lube
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Baseball player physiognomies:
-I smoke weed
-cultured apex asethete
-dan from jiffy lube
-I smoke weed
-cultured apex asethete
-dan from jiffy lube
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Québec speaks French roughly how it was spoken three centuries ago at the royal court. The French distorted it since then, but we don’t give them shit for it 😊
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Québec speaks French roughly how it was spoken three centuries ago at the royal court. The French distorted it since then, but we don’t give them shit for it 😊
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If you want to stand up for marginalized populations, the first step — before any action — is: LISTEN.
Be aware that groups more vulnerable than your own have a better understanding of the risks they face than you do.
Don’t decide *for.*
Act *with.*
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Be aware that groups more vulnerable than your own have a better understanding of the risks they face than you do.
Don’t decide *for.*
Act *with.*
3
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If you want to stand up for marginalized populations, the first step — before any action — is: LISTEN.
Be aware that groups more vulnerable than your own have a better understanding of the risks they face than you do.
Don’t decide *for.*
Act *with.*
3
Be aware that groups more vulnerable than your own have a better understanding of the risks they face than you do.
Don’t decide *for.*
Act *with.*
3
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Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Progressives really hope, and maybe even believe, that there is some magic thing they can hijack to attract conservative voters.
The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.
The focus on this mythical quest is the central reason they lose.
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Yes. All the empirics on misinformation indicate that the way to defeat bad ideas is to mock and marginalize them. Constantly declaring "hey the far right isn't so bad" is a terrible strategy both morally and electorally.
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
Dems should be way more comfortable saying "look at these fucking psychos"
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Resuming nuclear testing is a massive giveaway to China and Russia because we basically have the supercomputers to simulate them (look into why the DOE owns so many….) no and they don’t, so physical nuclear tests would give them a lot of data that they currently don’t have access to.
Trump: Nuclear Test Sites to Be Determined Later
October 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Resuming nuclear testing is a massive giveaway to China and Russia because we basically have the supercomputers to simulate them (look into why the DOE owns so many….) no and they don’t, so physical nuclear tests would give them a lot of data that they currently don’t have access to.
The reason for the pediatric viral surge of 2022 is because a virus-naive population saw mask-dropping all at the same time. These are kids who missed 2-3 viral seasons. I had not seen a lot of kids admitted with triple or quadruple respiratory viruses but in 2022 that became the norm.
The Coworkers were discussing this and there have honestly been years where we were laughing when flu shots showed up like "about time, we've been in viral season for a while!" We have all been saying the Summoning Words (RSV) while knocking on wood/our heads but team RSV vaccine is here for it.
October 30, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The reason for the pediatric viral surge of 2022 is because a virus-naive population saw mask-dropping all at the same time. These are kids who missed 2-3 viral seasons. I had not seen a lot of kids admitted with triple or quadruple respiratory viruses but in 2022 that became the norm.