and it was Those We Thought We Knew. Can’t say what was so important without spoilers, but thank you, @davidjoy.bsky.social , for helping me navigate both the grief and the love. (3/3)

of love and disappointment and pain I feel when my people will give you the shirt off their backs but also vote for a man who brags about committing sexual assault and does all the things that are happening now. Found out Joy’s an author, got the first book available at my library, (2/3)

Thanks for offering this!

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But until I know better, this is all I know to do. Whether you voted for him, for her, or stayed home, if you want to stand against Russian aggression now, do it.

Donated $40 to an organization providing aid to Ukrainian defense, we could make up the shortfall that will be coming from our elected leaders' malfeasance. If anyone knows why Come Back Alive isn't a good org (or knows a better one) please chime in...https://savelife.in.ua/en/
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When clinical trials are only conducted on white men, white men are the only people we know how to treat.

Or when you learned that pulse oximeters were unreliable diagnostic tools for people with darker skin than for those with lighter skin, leading to disparities in treatment for equally ill patients during Covid? (3/)

Remember how you felt when you learned that heart attacks have different symptoms for women, that doctors were trained to recognized men's symptoms, and that women are frequently discharged without treatment when they have heart attacks? (2/)