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disillusionedaf.bsky.social
@disillusionedaf.bsky.social
Wandering mind. Trying to be still.
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⚠️TYLENOL & AUTISM—RFK Jr & Trump are wrong—the largest best study in the world in 2.5 MILLION KIDS—found no increased autism risk with acetaminophen (aka paracetamol/Tylenol). A crude analysis found only a tiny 5% risk, but once you adjust via sibling controls, the even tiny 5% risk vaporizes to 0%📉
September 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Many years ago my eldest told me she wanted to be a “fashion girl” when she grew up. I told her science was fashionable. She’s a chemical engineer now. I regret nothing.
September 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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If you feel bad about Charlie Kirk. Just remember, he said empathy was a made up new age term that did a lot of damage. So he wouldn't want you to feel bad about it.
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
August 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
U-tubing “how to give a cat liquid medication from a syringe “ and he’s not my cat.
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Worn #onthisday in 1944 by college sweethearts Gordon Habayashi and Esther Schmoe at their #wedding in Spokane, WA. It made headlines because Hirabayashi was out on bail; he'd been imprisoned for refusing to complete a selective service form questioning Japanese-American loyalty to the US. #OTD 📷NPG
July 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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#Theoutpost
As the meteors blaze through Earth’s atmosphere at over 130,000 mph, they burn up in brilliant flashes of different colors – and those colors reveal what elements are inside.
More in alt
July 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Ground beef and ice cream hit their highest prices on record since the 1980s. Miller Lite and Coors Light six-packs are up more than 13%. Cookout essentials like aluminum foil, grill tools, and sunscreen saw hikes between 6% and 18%.

www.axios.com/2025/07/03/j...
Fourth of July cookout: Food prices increase because of Trump tariffs, report finds
Tariffs and trade tensions are pushing up the cost of summer cookouts, according to a congressional report.
www.axios.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.

Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.

Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.

Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.

Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this.
June 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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June 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I have a giveaway bag of clothes to take to goodwill. My husband dated it. It says 5/1/25 & it’s still in my house….
May 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Loving Day, the landmark case that overturned U.S. state laws against interracial marriage, is on June 12. NPR wants to hear from people who celebrate this day.
NPR wants to hear from interracial couples to commemorate Loving Day
Loving Day, the landmark case that overturned U.S. state laws against interracial marriage, is on June 12. NPR wants to hear from people who celebrate this day.
www.npr.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Ugh
DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?

RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research

D: I just read them to you!

R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them
May 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I just started reading Octavia Butler’s trilogy.
May 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Their healthcare plan is like a fire drill—except they burn down the hospital to save on sprinklers.
May 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This right here......
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. This is a transcript of the speech, translated from its original Italian.
Transcript of Cardinal Robert Prevost's first speech as Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. This is a transcript of the speech, translated from its origi...
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I am hopeful for the new Pope.
May 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Crockett: Instead of the President cosplaying as the next pope, he may want to cosplay as an actual President of these United States.
That means he may have to do a little bit of research and understand that he swore a an oath to defend and protect the constitution.
May 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This sums it up well.
May 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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the us is not sustainable w/o raw materials from the global south, the more ‘internal’ their policy becomes, the more space they open for china to occupy and obtain these resources, without imperial policy, might i add

the us can’t compete and hasn’t been competing for a while
May 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM