Astute Acorn
@astuteacorn.bsky.social
Avoiding the plague like the plague.
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“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“There is this terrible misconception that disabled people just take, but actually by taking from us, you prevent us from being able to give – we want to be able to participate in life equally the same as anyone else, and that includes going to work.” Disability campaigner Tanni Gray-Thompson
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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Maybe, just maybe, Americans don’t need to be paid money to hold political leaders accountable for bad policy decisions.
March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Maybe, just maybe, Americans don’t need to be paid money to hold political leaders accountable for bad policy decisions.
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What happened to Little Marco?
March 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What happened to Little Marco?
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Spoiler: kids started dying
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
Researchers believe personal stories are more persuasive than facts alone in addressing vaccine skepticism
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Spoiler: kids started dying
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Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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Not great: “They are greatly diminishing CDC and the country's ability to respond to emerging infectious threats."
Let’s all hope that bird flu doesn’t get any worse 🤞🏽
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Let’s all hope that bird flu doesn’t get any worse 🤞🏽
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response
Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Not great: “They are greatly diminishing CDC and the country's ability to respond to emerging infectious threats."
Let’s all hope that bird flu doesn’t get any worse 🤞🏽
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Let’s all hope that bird flu doesn’t get any worse 🤞🏽
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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If you think Long COVID only affects the poor, the old, think again. Read about the son of Google's VP. Read.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/growin...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/growin...
Growing Up Sick
“A healthy [child] wants a thousand things, a sick [child] only wants one.” - Confucius Many of you know that my son is still battling complications from Long COVID.
www.linkedin.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If you think Long COVID only affects the poor, the old, think again. Read about the son of Google's VP. Read.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/growin...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/growin...
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“Were they dying from chronic disease or were they dying from Covid”
Covid. They died from Covid
This is health supremacy. Chronic illness is not someone’s fault. Disability can’t be fixed with diet & exercise. We’re no less deserving of life
This is escalating eugenics and it won’t stop with us
Covid. They died from Covid
This is health supremacy. Chronic illness is not someone’s fault. Disability can’t be fixed with diet & exercise. We’re no less deserving of life
This is escalating eugenics and it won’t stop with us
February 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“Were they dying from chronic disease or were they dying from Covid”
Covid. They died from Covid
This is health supremacy. Chronic illness is not someone’s fault. Disability can’t be fixed with diet & exercise. We’re no less deserving of life
This is escalating eugenics and it won’t stop with us
Covid. They died from Covid
This is health supremacy. Chronic illness is not someone’s fault. Disability can’t be fixed with diet & exercise. We’re no less deserving of life
This is escalating eugenics and it won’t stop with us
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.
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An important point to keep in mind.
February 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
An important point to keep in mind.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but we didn't have multiple plane crashes per week under President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg.
February 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but we didn't have multiple plane crashes per week under President Biden and Secretary Buttigieg.
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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
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Captures it perfectly.
February 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Captures it perfectly.
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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hi, have you had some food recently? How about a walk outside? Is there an email you need to send or a chore you need to do instead of doomscrolling?
I know the news is stressful. Try to avoid staying up late tonight. You still deserve time to rest.
Max loves you.
I know the news is stressful. Try to avoid staying up late tonight. You still deserve time to rest.
Max loves you.
February 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
hi, have you had some food recently? How about a walk outside? Is there an email you need to send or a chore you need to do instead of doomscrolling?
I know the news is stressful. Try to avoid staying up late tonight. You still deserve time to rest.
Max loves you.
I know the news is stressful. Try to avoid staying up late tonight. You still deserve time to rest.
Max loves you.
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Some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of time.
And some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of hope.
And then some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that the only thing
we are not running out
of are viruses.
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of time.
And some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of hope.
And then some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that the only thing
we are not running out
of are viruses.
February 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of time.
And some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of hope.
And then some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that the only thing
we are not running out
of are viruses.
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of time.
And some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that we are running out
of hope.
And then some days
when I look at the news
I worry
that the only thing
we are not running out
of are viruses.
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
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The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
February 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.
This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments.