Capillary Jet
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not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year
Flu deaths exceeded COVID deaths last winter and we may be on track for the same thing this year!
I can speak anecdotally that at the hospital I work at we’ve had very low covid census. We test anyone experiencing respiratory symptoms, and we’ve had very few people with Covid who have needed to be hospitalized. Which is a relief because we are absolutely inundated with flu rn
December 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
not too late for a flu shot btw, flu historically often peaks in february and by all accounts it is pretty bad this year
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“I don’t agree with trans people in society.”
“OK, well trans people do exist in society, but I respect your right to your beliefs so much I’m willing to move you out of society for as long as you hold those beliefs. What? You thought we should’ve moved them out? Why? These aren’t THEIR beliefs.”
“OK, well trans people do exist in society, but I respect your right to your beliefs so much I’m willing to move you out of society for as long as you hold those beliefs. What? You thought we should’ve moved them out? Why? These aren’t THEIR beliefs.”
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“I don’t agree with trans people in society.”
“OK, well trans people do exist in society, but I respect your right to your beliefs so much I’m willing to move you out of society for as long as you hold those beliefs. What? You thought we should’ve moved them out? Why? These aren’t THEIR beliefs.”
“OK, well trans people do exist in society, but I respect your right to your beliefs so much I’m willing to move you out of society for as long as you hold those beliefs. What? You thought we should’ve moved them out? Why? These aren’t THEIR beliefs.”
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I am hereby putting a 200% tariff on all fauns dryads and talking beavers as well as turkish delight. Narnia has been very bad to us.
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I am hereby putting a 200% tariff on all fauns dryads and talking beavers as well as turkish delight. Narnia has been very bad to us.
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this guy has no idea what the american military is (the most sophisticated logistics operation ever assembled in human history)
Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."
September 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this guy has no idea what the american military is (the most sophisticated logistics operation ever assembled in human history)
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Conditional outrage will be our undoing.
September 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Conditional outrage will be our undoing.
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Wonderful admission from the cops that non violent action is effective and really really makes them sad.
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Wonderful admission from the cops that non violent action is effective and really really makes them sad.
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The right has united around a rejection of government as the solution to social problems. Which means they can generally agree to block new policies and programs. The left is united in its desire for government solutions. But that means they have to face the harder task of agreeing on what to do. 1/
Real q: why are modern American progressives so bad at building coalitions? The right wing is this ideologically incoherent hodge-podge of unrelated or even oppositional causes, yet they manage to work as a bloc. By contrast, liberals + leftists spend a huge amount of energy fighting w each other.
February 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The right has united around a rejection of government as the solution to social problems. Which means they can generally agree to block new policies and programs. The left is united in its desire for government solutions. But that means they have to face the harder task of agreeing on what to do. 1/
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it’s not that this US administration has a different, competing version of what it means to do good. They know and even share our conception of good, and oppose it on purpose to make their enemies mad. Consciously, purposefully, gleefully evil.
Rape and support for rapists are now key aspects of U.S federal government policy.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
Andrew Tate and brother leave Romania for US after travel ban lifted
Self-styled ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania since December 2023
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
it’s not that this US administration has a different, competing version of what it means to do good. They know and even share our conception of good, and oppose it on purpose to make their enemies mad. Consciously, purposefully, gleefully evil.
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Mary, 36 hours in, sprawled in straw, sweaty and screaming. She's pooped twice pushing in front of three wise men and 27 farm animals. The north star glimmers and Pentatonix appears to serenade her: "Mary Did You Know."
Mary Hulks out and rifles three camels at them, screaming YES I FUCKING KNOW.
Mary Hulks out and rifles three camels at them, screaming YES I FUCKING KNOW.
January 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mary, 36 hours in, sprawled in straw, sweaty and screaming. She's pooped twice pushing in front of three wise men and 27 farm animals. The north star glimmers and Pentatonix appears to serenade her: "Mary Did You Know."
Mary Hulks out and rifles three camels at them, screaming YES I FUCKING KNOW.
Mary Hulks out and rifles three camels at them, screaming YES I FUCKING KNOW.
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Every conservative columnist right now.
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Every conservative columnist right now.
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And remember to spay and neuter.
November 26, 2024 at 7:21 PM
And remember to spay and neuter.
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99% of the advice people give for using Bluesky amounts to “don’t willingly have a terrible experience”, and the messed up thing is that peoples experience online has gotten so bad they legitimately need to be reminded of that
November 28, 2024 at 2:21 PM
99% of the advice people give for using Bluesky amounts to “don’t willingly have a terrible experience”, and the messed up thing is that peoples experience online has gotten so bad they legitimately need to be reminded of that
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Not a mandate.
I don't care how many times they say it, he didn't even win a majority of the popular vote & barely more than his opponent. A win, sure. But a narrow one.
This bluster is meant to bowl over opposition, but the reality is that they have a thin margin that they'll inevitably lose.
I don't care how many times they say it, he didn't even win a majority of the popular vote & barely more than his opponent. A win, sure. But a narrow one.
This bluster is meant to bowl over opposition, but the reality is that they have a thin margin that they'll inevitably lose.
Tom Homan: "If I gotta send twice as many officers to LA because we're not getting any assistance, then that's what we're going to do. We got a mandate. President Trump is serious about this. I'm serious about it. This is gonna happen with or without you."
November 22, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Not a mandate.
I don't care how many times they say it, he didn't even win a majority of the popular vote & barely more than his opponent. A win, sure. But a narrow one.
This bluster is meant to bowl over opposition, but the reality is that they have a thin margin that they'll inevitably lose.
I don't care how many times they say it, he didn't even win a majority of the popular vote & barely more than his opponent. A win, sure. But a narrow one.
This bluster is meant to bowl over opposition, but the reality is that they have a thin margin that they'll inevitably lose.
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Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.
November 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Please don't call what RFK Jr. and Jay Bhattacharya are going to do medieval. It's not medieval. It's nothing like the Middle Ages. People in the Middle Ages were happy to try all kinds of things to not die of the plague and if you'd given them antibiotics and vaccines they would have loved it.
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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
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
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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
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
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Not only is pertussis in babies terrifying, they cannot even be fully vaccinated before they are 1 year old so their life can literally depend on you and everyone else to be vaccinated and protect them!
Pertussis in infants is terrifying but it’s not just the cough.
It’s the fact that babies literally STOP BREATHING.
~2/3 of infants hospitalized have apnea (life threatening pauses in breathing)
Vaccination starts at 2 mo so it’s important EVERYONE is immunized to protect our littlest ones.
It’s the fact that babies literally STOP BREATHING.
~2/3 of infants hospitalized have apnea (life threatening pauses in breathing)
Vaccination starts at 2 mo so it’s important EVERYONE is immunized to protect our littlest ones.
November 11, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Not only is pertussis in babies terrifying, they cannot even be fully vaccinated before they are 1 year old so their life can literally depend on you and everyone else to be vaccinated and protect them!
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This is worse than 2016, when the country sort of stumbled into Trump, not fully knowing what he was.
This time around America knew what he was and chose it anyway.
This time around America knew what he was and chose it anyway.
November 6, 2024 at 11:31 AM
This is worse than 2016, when the country sort of stumbled into Trump, not fully knowing what he was.
This time around America knew what he was and chose it anyway.
This time around America knew what he was and chose it anyway.
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whatever happens
15 anti Harris lefties on bluesky didn't do this
30 shitlibs on bluesky didn't do this
white fascist oligarchs and their minions did this
15 anti Harris lefties on bluesky didn't do this
30 shitlibs on bluesky didn't do this
white fascist oligarchs and their minions did this
November 6, 2024 at 4:51 AM
whatever happens
15 anti Harris lefties on bluesky didn't do this
30 shitlibs on bluesky didn't do this
white fascist oligarchs and their minions did this
15 anti Harris lefties on bluesky didn't do this
30 shitlibs on bluesky didn't do this
white fascist oligarchs and their minions did this
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Truth.
Also, once like a generation goes without seeing Grandpa dying in a wheat thresher, people forget that it was written in blood, and piss and moan while taking a system built over 100 years for absolute granted...while they howl to tear it down.
See also, vaccination.
Also, once like a generation goes without seeing Grandpa dying in a wheat thresher, people forget that it was written in blood, and piss and moan while taking a system built over 100 years for absolute granted...while they howl to tear it down.
See also, vaccination.
I had a teacher in highschool who managed to pound into my thick skull that every single food (and safety) regulation we have now was written in the blood of the people who died for want of it. There's nothing superfluous about them
October 15, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Truth.
Also, once like a generation goes without seeing Grandpa dying in a wheat thresher, people forget that it was written in blood, and piss and moan while taking a system built over 100 years for absolute granted...while they howl to tear it down.
See also, vaccination.
Also, once like a generation goes without seeing Grandpa dying in a wheat thresher, people forget that it was written in blood, and piss and moan while taking a system built over 100 years for absolute granted...while they howl to tear it down.
See also, vaccination.
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SCOTUS responded to congressional pressure for a stricter code of ethics by loosening its standards.
Congress ought to respond by refusing to fund the Supreme Court. If the justices want to let Harlan Crow pay them, make him foot the whole bill. Drop the pretense that they’re public servants.
Congress ought to respond by refusing to fund the Supreme Court. If the justices want to let Harlan Crow pay them, make him foot the whole bill. Drop the pretense that they’re public servants.
New: U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges on lower courts do not have to publicly disclose when they dine or stay at someone's personal residence, even one owned by a business entity, under a revised ethics rule released Monday. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Supreme Court justices, other judges can stay at corporate-owned homes without disclosure
U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges on lower courts do not have to publicly disclose when they dine or stay at someone's personal residence, even one owned by a business entity, under a revised ethics rule.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2024 at 11:59 AM
SCOTUS responded to congressional pressure for a stricter code of ethics by loosening its standards.
Congress ought to respond by refusing to fund the Supreme Court. If the justices want to let Harlan Crow pay them, make him foot the whole bill. Drop the pretense that they’re public servants.
Congress ought to respond by refusing to fund the Supreme Court. If the justices want to let Harlan Crow pay them, make him foot the whole bill. Drop the pretense that they’re public servants.
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The Trump-Vance campaign will destroy Springfield in order to save it.
September 14, 2024 at 6:56 PM
The Trump-Vance campaign will destroy Springfield in order to save it.
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I told a bunch of teens that included my own kid the other day that we fixed the ozone layer problem years ago with government policy
they were all like WHAAAAAT
tell the kids!!!! this shit works
they were all like WHAAAAAT
tell the kids!!!! this shit works
July 26, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I told a bunch of teens that included my own kid the other day that we fixed the ozone layer problem years ago with government policy
they were all like WHAAAAAT
tell the kids!!!! this shit works
they were all like WHAAAAAT
tell the kids!!!! this shit works
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What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
We don't all have the same number of bones or muscles. There's an average, I guess. We all kind of cluster around it. Some muscles are pretty rare. Some people just invent their own artisanal bones.
We don't all have the same number of bones or muscles. There's an average, I guess. We all kind of cluster around it. Some muscles are pretty rare. Some people just invent their own artisanal bones.
Court ordered therapy almost never works and usually makes the problem worse.
Can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them stop harming their kid/spouse, the kid/spouse won’t rebuild the lost affection, and mostly abusers just learn to be more efficient and cruel abusers.
Can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them stop harming their kid/spouse, the kid/spouse won’t rebuild the lost affection, and mostly abusers just learn to be more efficient and cruel abusers.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
Indexes in books are written by actual humans and cannot be done automatically by computers
Indexes in books are written by actual humans and cannot be done automatically by computers
September 4, 2024 at 3:56 AM
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?
We don't all have the same number of bones or muscles. There's an average, I guess. We all kind of cluster around it. Some muscles are pretty rare. Some people just invent their own artisanal bones.
We don't all have the same number of bones or muscles. There's an average, I guess. We all kind of cluster around it. Some muscles are pretty rare. Some people just invent their own artisanal bones.