Fixxy
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Working to end the tobacco epidemic, raise decent kids, see a bunch of Phish shows, and not die of a cardiac event during a Bills game. Not necessarily in that order. Go Bills.
RFK Jr. Is Making His Bid To Become One Of American History’s Biggest Killers - defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...
RFK Jr. Is Making His Bid To Become One Of American History's Biggest Killers | Defector
True to the spirit of America, the most catastrophic thing to happen at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this month was not the attempted mass shooting in Atlanta of the agency’s public ...
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August 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
RFK Jr. Is Making His Bid To Become One Of American History’s Biggest Killers - defector.com/rfk-jr-is-ma...
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The US spends nearly as much as the rest of the world combined on the military... how was this so lame?
I was expecting F-35s and B-2s flying low over rows of Abramas tanks, with hundreds of thousands of fanatical sycophants cheering at the top of their lungs.
You really have the lamest dictator.
I was expecting F-35s and B-2s flying low over rows of Abramas tanks, with hundreds of thousands of fanatical sycophants cheering at the top of their lungs.
You really have the lamest dictator.
June 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The US spends nearly as much as the rest of the world combined on the military... how was this so lame?
I was expecting F-35s and B-2s flying low over rows of Abramas tanks, with hundreds of thousands of fanatical sycophants cheering at the top of their lungs.
You really have the lamest dictator.
I was expecting F-35s and B-2s flying low over rows of Abramas tanks, with hundreds of thousands of fanatical sycophants cheering at the top of their lungs.
You really have the lamest dictator.
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ruby tube team stand up
November 28, 2024 at 1:37 AM
ruby tube team stand up
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Have you read this yet?
Definitely worth your time. You're welcome.
Definitely worth your time. You're welcome.
November 27, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Have you read this yet?
Definitely worth your time. You're welcome.
Definitely worth your time. You're welcome.
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To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:37 PM
To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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Everything in the Constitution other than the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and maybe 10th Amendments is "obscure" to 99% of the population. All of it counts nonetheless.
The Fourteenth Amendment is not “obscure,” you guys. www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/u...
December 29, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Everything in the Constitution other than the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th and maybe 10th Amendments is "obscure" to 99% of the population. All of it counts nonetheless.
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I’m just gonna say hospitals should always and forever have a policy of masking.
It’s where people go who are sick. And immunocompromised for a whole lotta reasons.
It’s where people go who are sick. And immunocompromised for a whole lotta reasons.
Mass General Brigham in Boston is bringing back mandatory staff masking www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/28/m...
Mass General Brigham bringing back mask mandate, as Boston-area COVID wastewater surges and infectio...
Mass General Brigham will be bringing back its staff mask mandate in the new year with local hospitals seeing higher respiratory infection levels. The Boston-area COVID wastewater data continues to…
www.bostonherald.com
December 29, 2023 at 3:09 PM
I’m just gonna say hospitals should always and forever have a policy of masking.
It’s where people go who are sick. And immunocompromised for a whole lotta reasons.
It’s where people go who are sick. And immunocompromised for a whole lotta reasons.
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The same folks who squinted hard enough to discover the secret of nearly limitless individual gun rights in the 2nd Amendment are somehow blind to the giant letters in the 14th barring insurrectionists from elections
December 29, 2023 at 3:29 PM
The same folks who squinted hard enough to discover the secret of nearly limitless individual gun rights in the 2nd Amendment are somehow blind to the giant letters in the 14th barring insurrectionists from elections
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Breaking News: The U.S. is on track for a record decline in homicides in 2023, according to FBI data, after they rose sharply during the pandemic. Many other categories of crime are also in decline.
After Rise in Murders During the Pandemic, a Sharp Decline in 2023
The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Breaking News: The U.S. is on track for a record decline in homicides in 2023, according to FBI data, after they rose sharply during the pandemic. Many other categories of crime are also in decline.
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I think the fact that we did fix these things and it didn't make it into collective memory is a big part of the apathy toward climate change now. A lot of us remember being warned about all this stuff as kids only for it to go away without much discussion - *because we fixed it*.
we fixed acid rain! we fixed the ozone layer! we beat polio! we’ve rescued scores of species from the brink of extinction! the despair many of us feel about climate change isn’t that it’s too big to fix. it’s that we know it is fixable but we’re being thwarted by greedy ghouls at every turn.
The other day I was like “you know something we heard a lot about as kids was acid rain, why don’t we hear about it anymore”
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
November 24, 2023 at 3:23 AM
I think the fact that we did fix these things and it didn't make it into collective memory is a big part of the apathy toward climate change now. A lot of us remember being warned about all this stuff as kids only for it to go away without much discussion - *because we fixed it*.
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So I can’t sue if my personal voting rights were violated but I can sue a woman I suspect of getting an abortion?
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US court rolls back key voting rights protection
Only the US attorney general, not individuals, can appeal racist voting practices, a federal court finds.
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November 22, 2023 at 1:34 AM
So I can’t sue if my personal voting rights were violated but I can sue a woman I suspect of getting an abortion?
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An initial investigation of a speeding vehicle that crashed and exploded at a U.S.-Canada border crossing near Niagara Falls on Wednesday found no evidence that the crash was related to terrorism, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said.
Rainbow Bridge Explosion: No Sign of Terrorism in Vehicle Explosion at U.S.-Canada Bridge, Hochul Sa...
Investigators have yet to determine why a speeding car hit a median, crashed and exploded near a border checkpoint at the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2023 at 11:03 PM
An initial investigation of a speeding vehicle that crashed and exploded at a U.S.-Canada border crossing near Niagara Falls on Wednesday found no evidence that the crash was related to terrorism, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said.
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40% of the increase in US wage inequality over the last 4 decades has been reversed in the last 3 years. Staggering.
An update to my paper with David Autor & Annie McGrew.
The Unexpected Compression in wages has persisted, even as labor market tightness subsided.
Tl;dr ~40% of the rise in wage gap between 10th & 90th percentile in 1980-2019 was reversed in past 3 years.
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The Unexpected Compression in wages has persisted, even as labor market tightness subsided.
Tl;dr ~40% of the rise in wage gap between 10th & 90th percentile in 1980-2019 was reversed in past 3 years.
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nber.org/system/files...
November 13, 2023 at 10:01 PM
40% of the increase in US wage inequality over the last 4 decades has been reversed in the last 3 years. Staggering.