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[PFP ID: Mini rosebud that's halfway open. The rosebud has a gradient of yellow-green to cream to peach. The background is a slightly blurry mix of stems, thorns, and leaves.]
[PFP ID: Mini rosebud that's halfway open. The rosebud has a gradient of yellow-green to cream to peach. The background is a slightly blurry mix of stems, thorns, and leaves.]
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OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
OREGON: Equal Rights for All is a ballot measure to affirm the right to abortion, contraception & IVF, trans health care, and same-gender marriage in the OR Constitution. Help make sure it gets enough signatures to qualify for the Nov 26 ballot!
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
Sign it:
www.equalrightsoregon.com/sign-the-pet...
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Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
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Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
December 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Reject any motherfucker who tells you we need to abandon a vulnerable population or person. They’re either a fascist or a fascist-in-waiting.
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As a reminder since Covid, the flu, RSV, and norovirus haven't disappeared, please check the wastewater charts like you would the weather.
Yes, you should mask everywhere, but if you won't, at least pay attention to when the risk if higher and act accordingly.
Yes, you should mask everywhere, but if you won't, at least pay attention to when the risk if higher and act accordingly.
WastewaterSCAN Dashboard
WastewaterSCAN Data Dashboard tracks infectious diseases across the US via wastewater surveillance.
data.wastewaterscan.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
As a reminder since Covid, the flu, RSV, and norovirus haven't disappeared, please check the wastewater charts like you would the weather.
Yes, you should mask everywhere, but if you won't, at least pay attention to when the risk if higher and act accordingly.
Yes, you should mask everywhere, but if you won't, at least pay attention to when the risk if higher and act accordingly.
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Annual reminder that if you see a menorah in someone’s window, that’s an act of defiance against bigotry and hate. It’s also pride and bravery.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Annual reminder that if you see a menorah in someone’s window, that’s an act of defiance against bigotry and hate. It’s also pride and bravery.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
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Dam break at the Green River levee.
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
GO NOW: Flash flood warning issued for Tukwila area after Green River levee failure
The National Weather Service in Seattle has issued a flash flood warning for west central King County, Washington, following the failure of the Green River Leve
komonews.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Dam break at the Green River levee.
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
komonews.com/news/local/f...
Tukwila, Kent, Renton
(Includes the IKEA.)
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Uncontrolled Covid-19 continues to cause repeated infections, mass illness, and excess mortality in the US, but most US citizens are too deep into irrational denial to care.
#COVID19 #US
#COVID19 #US
So far this year, more than 5.1 million COVID cases have been reported in the U.S., causing 360,140 hospitalizations and 22,398 deaths.
December 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
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i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
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Injustice makes the rules and courage breaks them.
December 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Injustice makes the rules and courage breaks them.
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Reviews are great! Also, tell everyone you know about books you have enjoyed. People are more likely to buy a book vouched for by someone they know, so tell your friends and family and social media followers!
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reviews are great! Also, tell everyone you know about books you have enjoyed. People are more likely to buy a book vouched for by someone they know, so tell your friends and family and social media followers!
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i don't think i'd complain about there being too many benoit blanc mysteries until we hit the 25 or 30 mark
December 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
i don't think i'd complain about there being too many benoit blanc mysteries until we hit the 25 or 30 mark
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Bless you, Rian Johnson, for going there with the ambulatory wheelchair user. A plus, and may it teach some abled people something.
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Bless you, Rian Johnson, for going there with the ambulatory wheelchair user. A plus, and may it teach some abled people something.
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Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
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Immunocompromised ppl do not want to stay home. We want happy, fun lives too.
I want nothing more than my life back. I was a show producer. I was out 6/7 nights a week.
Please get help for your PTSD and stop taking it out on disabled people who don’t want to be any more sick than they already are.
I want nothing more than my life back. I was a show producer. I was out 6/7 nights a week.
Please get help for your PTSD and stop taking it out on disabled people who don’t want to be any more sick than they already are.
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Immunocompromised ppl do not want to stay home. We want happy, fun lives too.
I want nothing more than my life back. I was a show producer. I was out 6/7 nights a week.
Please get help for your PTSD and stop taking it out on disabled people who don’t want to be any more sick than they already are.
I want nothing more than my life back. I was a show producer. I was out 6/7 nights a week.
Please get help for your PTSD and stop taking it out on disabled people who don’t want to be any more sick than they already are.
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”In the Covid years, we all wore masks regularly, & if someone in our family was ill, we didn’t meet up. We didn’t get any colds or flu for about two years. I think it speaks for itself.”
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
‘It’s hardly an inconvenience’: your views on wearing a mask to combat flu
With a record number of flu patients in hospital, Britons are weighing up the merits of face coverings
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
”In the Covid years, we all wore masks regularly, & if someone in our family was ill, we didn’t meet up. We didn’t get any colds or flu for about two years. I think it speaks for itself.”
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
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If you give people room to justify poor safety decisions, they will. Close the roads, mandate the masks, and don’t provide opportunities for untrained individuals to make judgment calls on risking their own lives and others’,
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If you give people room to justify poor safety decisions, they will. Close the roads, mandate the masks, and don’t provide opportunities for untrained individuals to make judgment calls on risking their own lives and others’,
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My old editor at Marvel Comics - Greg Wright - does us the honor of giving us this wonderful review of the GOOD OMENS adaptation!
December 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
My old editor at Marvel Comics - Greg Wright - does us the honor of giving us this wonderful review of the GOOD OMENS adaptation!
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Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
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I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers
- People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.
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New analysis shows hospitals' finances stayed stable after Oregon limited prices for its public employee health plans.
Oregon’s first-in-nation hospital price cap hasn’t hurt care, finances so far, study finds
New analysis shows hospitals' finances stayed stable after Oregon limited prices for its public employee health plans.
www.oregonlive.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
New analysis shows hospitals' finances stayed stable after Oregon limited prices for its public employee health plans.
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I can't believe I have to say this, but if you have COVID don't go to public gatherings/events.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I can't believe I have to say this, but if you have COVID don't go to public gatherings/events.