Kara McNair
@karamcnair.bsky.social
You are very small & slow & I am training my cats to eat you;
Tina Belcher, but without the kind loving parents.
“I’m ok!”
Never gives up her dead.
Pushing around the weathervane Jesus.
My cats have zero chill.
“IT WAS BEANS!”
“Is it about my cube?”
Tina Belcher, but without the kind loving parents.
“I’m ok!”
Never gives up her dead.
Pushing around the weathervane Jesus.
My cats have zero chill.
“IT WAS BEANS!”
“Is it about my cube?”
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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the first time i saw this i laughed hard enough to wake up everyone in the house which includes the upstairs neighbors who didn’t know me and were like “what the fuck is that bitch doing awake at this hour?”
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
if you’ve never seen the skit this is from, it’s sublime
you’re welcome
you’re welcome
Oreo CEO: Stop Making New Oreos
YouTube video by Dropout
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the first time i saw this i laughed hard enough to wake up everyone in the house which includes the upstairs neighbors who didn’t know me and were like “what the fuck is that bitch doing awake at this hour?”
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
brennan lee mulligan is a goddamn delight.
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if you’ve never seen the skit this is from, it’s sublime
you’re welcome
you’re welcome
Oreo CEO: Stop Making New Oreos
YouTube video by Dropout
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
if you’ve never seen the skit this is from, it’s sublime
you’re welcome
you’re welcome
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Shout outs to the greatest Tumblr thread of all time:
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Shout outs to the greatest Tumblr thread of all time:
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The Canadian government and @mark-carney.bsky.social owe a formal apology AND compensation to Kneecap for the illegal behaviour of their minister.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Canadian government and @mark-carney.bsky.social owe a formal apology AND compensation to Kneecap for the illegal behaviour of their minister.
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Canadian parliamentary secretary for combating crime Vince Gasparro LIED when he said all of Kneecap was banned from Canada, per CBC.
Only one member was prohibited.
This is an incredible overreach of power and violation of public trust and the rights of these men. He must be held to account.
Only one member was prohibited.
This is an incredible overreach of power and violation of public trust and the rights of these men. He must be held to account.
November 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Canadian parliamentary secretary for combating crime Vince Gasparro LIED when he said all of Kneecap was banned from Canada, per CBC.
Only one member was prohibited.
This is an incredible overreach of power and violation of public trust and the rights of these men. He must be held to account.
Only one member was prohibited.
This is an incredible overreach of power and violation of public trust and the rights of these men. He must be held to account.
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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No it is not.
The name throws people all the time. It is not simply about "evidence".
EBM is a sorting and judging system that attempts to combine both clinical experience and research results. That process is fraught with issues.
The name throws people all the time. It is not simply about "evidence".
EBM is a sorting and judging system that attempts to combine both clinical experience and research results. That process is fraught with issues.
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No it is not.
The name throws people all the time. It is not simply about "evidence".
EBM is a sorting and judging system that attempts to combine both clinical experience and research results. That process is fraught with issues.
The name throws people all the time. It is not simply about "evidence".
EBM is a sorting and judging system that attempts to combine both clinical experience and research results. That process is fraught with issues.
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I disagree.
Infection control should adopt the "Rocket Science" approach.
Why? Because Rocket Science doesn't revolve around randomized control trials and "evidence based" medicine.
Rocket Science is based on physics, engineering, chemistry, math, public experiments and risk management.
Infection control should adopt the "Rocket Science" approach.
Why? Because Rocket Science doesn't revolve around randomized control trials and "evidence based" medicine.
Rocket Science is based on physics, engineering, chemistry, math, public experiments and risk management.
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I disagree.
Infection control should adopt the "Rocket Science" approach.
Why? Because Rocket Science doesn't revolve around randomized control trials and "evidence based" medicine.
Rocket Science is based on physics, engineering, chemistry, math, public experiments and risk management.
Infection control should adopt the "Rocket Science" approach.
Why? Because Rocket Science doesn't revolve around randomized control trials and "evidence based" medicine.
Rocket Science is based on physics, engineering, chemistry, math, public experiments and risk management.
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Lots of posts just point fingers at anti-vaxxers, but what I appreciate about this article is that it also points upward - at public health & govt's who’ve minimized infectious diseases, failed to push vaccines & make them more accessible & underinvested in surveillance
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Lots of posts just point fingers at anti-vaxxers, but what I appreciate about this article is that it also points upward - at public health & govt's who’ve minimized infectious diseases, failed to push vaccines & make them more accessible & underinvested in surveillance
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This @clareblackwood.bsky.social sketch is going to keep being relevant.
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This @clareblackwood.bsky.social sketch is going to keep being relevant.
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do they think “barely legal” and “almost legal” are the same thing
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
do they think “barely legal” and “almost legal” are the same thing
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If you have MAGA people in your socials maintaining that the Epstein files will never be fully released because Dems want to protect Bill Clinton, here's what I keep on hand to reply with:
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you have MAGA people in your socials maintaining that the Epstein files will never be fully released because Dems want to protect Bill Clinton, here's what I keep on hand to reply with:
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People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
It just needs to be way easier to lose your license and your car for reckless driving, because a few months of major societal disruption 5 years ago taught people that driving in such a way that kills others or themselves is nbd
so uhhhhh is anyone going to do anything about the epidemic of drivers just blasting through red lights these days? @timdonnelly.com investigates: nygroove.nyc/why-does-no-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
People think "politics" is what you say, but politics is in fact how you wield power. In that sense, driving a car is one of the most profound ways to reveal what your actual politics are.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
How people drive reveals the sickness at the heart of our society: wanting power, but not responsibility.
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I have spent today with my fellow volunteers at both the Commons and the Lords, and am weak with happiness and tears. We have fought so hard and so long for this formal recognition of our memorial to our beloved covid dead. ❤️
The volunteers were at Parliament today to hear the government announce that our beautiful memorial is to be made permanent. It was an emotional day, as we have fought so long and hard to ensure that our beloved dead are not forgotten. We are grateful and happy. ❤️
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I have spent today with my fellow volunteers at both the Commons and the Lords, and am weak with happiness and tears. We have fought so hard and so long for this formal recognition of our memorial to our beloved covid dead. ❤️
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🔥"Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers."🔥
One more thing. When I wrote about this study showing one-third of Americans don't drive, people were messaging me saying this cannot be true for LA.
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
In LA County *23 percent* of the population is under 16. Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers. Hope that helps!
Highly recommend diving into NRDC's study on car access, which @keawilson.bsky.social wrote about here: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/report-16-million-have-no-car-access-at-all
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
Where Nadir was killed, 14% of LA households are car-free. But the infrastructure does not match that reality
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🔥"Kids are people! We must plan for their movement, just like all nondrivers."🔥
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'The Royal College of Nursing, @rcn.org.uk, and British Medical Association, @bma.org.uk, have criticised the UK government for failing to recognise #LongCovid and severe COVID-19 complications as occupational diseases for health and social care workers.' 👏💯
www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/res...
www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/res...
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
'The Royal College of Nursing, @rcn.org.uk, and British Medical Association, @bma.org.uk, have criticised the UK government for failing to recognise #LongCovid and severe COVID-19 complications as occupational diseases for health and social care workers.' 👏💯
www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/res...
www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/res...
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A good time to restate my hypothesis that the vast majority of people won't engage in media piracy of any kind so long as 2 of 3 axes are satisfied: cost, convenience, and quality.
We might also need a fourth axis. Perhaps "ethics" or "fairness" (which would also account for password sharing).
We might also need a fourth axis. Perhaps "ethics" or "fairness" (which would also account for password sharing).
We're already unsubscribed, but this would have killed it for us.
It's very obvious that we are moving to an environment of AI-generated content, and the result of that, for me, will be a return to alternative means to watch real content because I refuse to give money to slop machines.
It's very obvious that we are moving to an environment of AI-generated content, and the result of that, for me, will be a return to alternative means to watch real content because I refuse to give money to slop machines.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A good time to restate my hypothesis that the vast majority of people won't engage in media piracy of any kind so long as 2 of 3 axes are satisfied: cost, convenience, and quality.
We might also need a fourth axis. Perhaps "ethics" or "fairness" (which would also account for password sharing).
We might also need a fourth axis. Perhaps "ethics" or "fairness" (which would also account for password sharing).
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We're already unsubscribed, but this would have killed it for us.
It's very obvious that we are moving to an environment of AI-generated content, and the result of that, for me, will be a return to alternative means to watch real content because I refuse to give money to slop machines.
It's very obvious that we are moving to an environment of AI-generated content, and the result of that, for me, will be a return to alternative means to watch real content because I refuse to give money to slop machines.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We're already unsubscribed, but this would have killed it for us.
It's very obvious that we are moving to an environment of AI-generated content, and the result of that, for me, will be a return to alternative means to watch real content because I refuse to give money to slop machines.
It's very obvious that we are moving to an environment of AI-generated content, and the result of that, for me, will be a return to alternative means to watch real content because I refuse to give money to slop machines.
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Seattle has had a series of mayors who got elected promising to “finally” use police to crack down on homelessness — the existing policy that every previous mayor has deployed.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
The story about the gun got buried, virtually nobody in any position of influence talked about it. The more significant element of this was money. The business class within Seattle really liked his harsh-crackdowns-on-unhoused-people policy, and they put a lot of resources behind his campaign.
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Seattle has had a series of mayors who got elected promising to “finally” use police to crack down on homelessness — the existing policy that every previous mayor has deployed.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
Once they get into office they don’t deliver because it doesn’t work. We waste four years and the problem gets worse.
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
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I would have less of a problem with this if he wanted *some* return to the office but five days or you're fired is just control freak shit and it has nothing to do with productivity or performance.
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I would have less of a problem with this if he wanted *some* return to the office but five days or you're fired is just control freak shit and it has nothing to do with productivity or performance.
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And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
The D.N.C. Ordered Workers Back to the Office. Its Union Isn’t Pleased.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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Yes people left during peak Covid, but a reason NYC is having a housing crisis is because once people weren't terrified that a stray breath from a neighbor would kill them they wanted to be in NYC. And what they missed was not a mid-level sweet green salad eaten in a dark wall street corridor.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yes people left during peak Covid, but a reason NYC is having a housing crisis is because once people weren't terrified that a stray breath from a neighbor would kill them they wanted to be in NYC. And what they missed was not a mid-level sweet green salad eaten in a dark wall street corridor.
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When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
if you cant go in to the office 3 days a week then you really can't complain when cities are hollowed out. cities are places where ppl work and network. getting rid of that makes cities useless
And it's usually something like "but that's not what the literal DNC does!" as if I don't know, as someone who has worked on Dem campaigns, sometimes in conjunction with the DNC what they do. So I'm going to be very specific here: this is the DNC being shitty: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
When Covid caused NYC offices to hollow out what they found was that yeah the core business districts suffered but the neighborhoods where people actually live, thrived.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.
All WFH means is rethinking business districts, not cities.