Flabbergasted
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Feminist Pro Democracy fan of antifacists thru history. PNW RN. Lover of all things Science. We Are All Earthlings!! 🏳️🌈 ✊🏾🇲🇽 Be kind to all you meet.
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Measles isn't just some bumps and a fever. It can destroy your immune system www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...
New details on immune system ‘amnesia’ show how measles causes long-term damage
Measles wipes the memories of immune cells in the body.
www.sciencenews.org
February 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Measles isn't just some bumps and a fever. It can destroy your immune system www.sciencenews.org/article/new-...
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Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.
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A message to the US Senate: America is watching. Patel, Gabbard, and RFK are more than just unfit. They are a danger to our country, and to our people's safety. Use your vote to protect the people you represent. History will remember your choice.
A Message to the US Senate
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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January 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A message to the US Senate: America is watching. Patel, Gabbard, and RFK are more than just unfit. They are a danger to our country, and to our people's safety. Use your vote to protect the people you represent. History will remember your choice.
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The next time you hear someone say the courts won't help protect democracy, send them this video. It is why I say democracy is on the docket!
youtu.be/4s--iiS0lOA
youtu.be/4s--iiS0lOA
BREAKING: White House Rescinds Funding Freeze Memo
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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January 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The next time you hear someone say the courts won't help protect democracy, send them this video. It is why I say democracy is on the docket!
youtu.be/4s--iiS0lOA
youtu.be/4s--iiS0lOA
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Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
January 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So,I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
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WATCH: “We represent over 4 million Americans — I ask why we were not called to vote… I HAVE A VOICE!”
🔥 Rep. @StaceyPlaskett stands up for those representing Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands🤔🇺🇸
Full: www.instagram.com/share/BAEkNc...
🔥 Rep. @StaceyPlaskett stands up for those representing Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands🤔🇺🇸
Full: www.instagram.com/share/BAEkNc...
January 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
WATCH: “We represent over 4 million Americans — I ask why we were not called to vote… I HAVE A VOICE!”
🔥 Rep. @StaceyPlaskett stands up for those representing Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands🤔🇺🇸
Full: www.instagram.com/share/BAEkNc...
🔥 Rep. @StaceyPlaskett stands up for those representing Guam, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands🤔🇺🇸
Full: www.instagram.com/share/BAEkNc...
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70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
70% of the world’s population has universal healthcare, but not the US
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
We are the only highly developed nation without it
Our healthcare is twice as expensive as the average wealthy nation
US ranks last among industrial nations for deaths that could be prevented with timely access to healthcare
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Thank you @meidastouch.com and @meiselasb.bsky.social for helping lift up nursing voices!
Nurses are trusted because we are staunch advocates for our patients at the bedside and our communities. Nurses don’t back down, we speak up for what is right! Sign our statement!
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
Nurses are trusted because we are staunch advocates for our patients at the bedside and our communities. Nurses don’t back down, we speak up for what is right! Sign our statement!
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
Thank you @meiselasb.bsky.social & @meidastouch.com for lifting up nursing voices w/ an interview & this written piece! Since the interview w/ @justin-gill.bsky.social, signatures have ⬆️ exponentially!
We ask nursing allies & nurses to sign on to our statement!
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We ask nursing allies & nurses to sign on to our statement!
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How Meidas Helped Nurses Stand Up to Trump and RFK
Written by Justin Gill
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December 21, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Thank you @meidastouch.com and @meiselasb.bsky.social for helping lift up nursing voices!
Nurses are trusted because we are staunch advocates for our patients at the bedside and our communities. Nurses don’t back down, we speak up for what is right! Sign our statement!
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
Nurses are trusted because we are staunch advocates for our patients at the bedside and our communities. Nurses don’t back down, we speak up for what is right! Sign our statement!
@nursesforamerica.bsky.social
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2024 Trump margin: 229,766 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 155,419,638 votes nationally (0.14784%)
2020 Biden margin: 42,918 votes (in AZ, GA, WI) out of 158,429,631 votes nationally (0.027090%)
2016 Trump margin: 77,744 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 136,669,276 votes nationally (0.056885%)
2020 Biden margin: 42,918 votes (in AZ, GA, WI) out of 158,429,631 votes nationally (0.027090%)
2016 Trump margin: 77,744 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 136,669,276 votes nationally (0.056885%)
December 17, 2024 at 1:39 PM
2024 Trump margin: 229,766 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 155,419,638 votes nationally (0.14784%)
2020 Biden margin: 42,918 votes (in AZ, GA, WI) out of 158,429,631 votes nationally (0.027090%)
2016 Trump margin: 77,744 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 136,669,276 votes nationally (0.056885%)
2020 Biden margin: 42,918 votes (in AZ, GA, WI) out of 158,429,631 votes nationally (0.027090%)
2016 Trump margin: 77,744 votes (in MI, PA, WI) out of 136,669,276 votes nationally (0.056885%)
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December 12, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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“We are a country that stands on the precipice, just six weeks away from swearing in, for the second time, a wannabe “dictator” with ambitions to wildly reshape our democracy. There is a desire to tune out. I get it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
We Can’t Just Tune Out Donald Trump
Exhaustion is understandable after a bitter election, but ignoring what’s happening won’t make it go away.
www.vanityfair.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 PM
“We are a country that stands on the precipice, just six weeks away from swearing in, for the second time, a wannabe “dictator” with ambitions to wildly reshape our democracy. There is a desire to tune out. I get it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
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#CollectiveIllusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, they have become even more common.
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Psychologist debunks 8 myths of mass scale | Todd Rose
YouTube video by Big Think
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December 11, 2024 at 10:48 AM
#CollectiveIllusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, they have become even more common.
youtu.be/BD_Euf_CBbs?...
youtu.be/BD_Euf_CBbs?...
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The resistance after 2016 was a success. But we need something bigger and more durable this time. We need an opposition built for the long term. We need to stop being tired and ignore the cynics. I can promise you, my team and I will be in the fight. If we all do our part we will win!
December 11, 2024 at 2:22 AM
The resistance after 2016 was a success. But we need something bigger and more durable this time. We need an opposition built for the long term. We need to stop being tired and ignore the cynics. I can promise you, my team and I will be in the fight. If we all do our part we will win!
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Jessica: Biden oversaw the best recovery in the G-7 by far and away. Unemployment in this country is lower. He extended the number of people who got access to affordable healthcare, medicaid expansion. We're producing more oil than any other time..
December 10, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Jessica: Biden oversaw the best recovery in the G-7 by far and away. Unemployment in this country is lower. He extended the number of people who got access to affordable healthcare, medicaid expansion. We're producing more oil than any other time..
Dr Steven Hassan, in an interview with Anthony Davis on The Weekend Show inspired me to look up this terrific article regarding cognitive security with ideas for beating dis/misinformation by Rand Waltzman.
www.rand.org/pubs/testimo...
www.rand.org/pubs/testimo...
The Need for Cognitive Security
The United States needs a strategy to counter information operations conducted by Russia and other adversaries. The rapid evolution of technology complicates this challenge.
www.rand.org
December 9, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Dr Steven Hassan, in an interview with Anthony Davis on The Weekend Show inspired me to look up this terrific article regarding cognitive security with ideas for beating dis/misinformation by Rand Waltzman.
www.rand.org/pubs/testimo...
www.rand.org/pubs/testimo...
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Found this fellow thanks to cult expert Dr. Steven Hassan (freedomofmind.com). He suggested the work of Rand Waltzman on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/randwaltz...) to help us protect ourselves.
December 9, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Found this fellow thanks to cult expert Dr. Steven Hassan (freedomofmind.com). He suggested the work of Rand Waltzman on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/randwaltz...) to help us protect ourselves.