Tim Brown, PhD
@keyofnight.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Bioethics & Humanities at the University of Washington 🐺 | bioethics 🧬, technology 🦾, neuroethics 🧠, aesthetics 🎨 , nerdiness 🤓.
The worst part: this 6yo girl needed her father's care and empowerment, and he deliberately put her in harm's way. Now she's dead.
I don't think anything good will come from this. I don't think people infecting themselves with measles will learn from this. I just feel bad for the kids.
I don't think anything good will come from this. I don't think people infecting themselves with measles will learn from this. I just feel bad for the kids.
This story about the 6-year-old girl who died of measles in Texas is heartbreaking. Her father had concerns about vaccines based on common misinformation, and “he also heard that getting measles might strengthen your immune system against other diseases”. In fact, it’s the opposite.
March 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The worst part: this 6yo girl needed her father's care and empowerment, and he deliberately put her in harm's way. Now she's dead.
I don't think anything good will come from this. I don't think people infecting themselves with measles will learn from this. I just feel bad for the kids.
I don't think anything good will come from this. I don't think people infecting themselves with measles will learn from this. I just feel bad for the kids.
Looking back on this thread, I know someone is going to say, "You're giving the dems a pass." No, I'm not. By all means, let's force our reps to do better. It's just that so many folks are literally harming women, PoC, queerfolk, PWD, and yet they feel so smug about their slam dunk bsky posts. 😬
March 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Looking back on this thread, I know someone is going to say, "You're giving the dems a pass." No, I'm not. By all means, let's force our reps to do better. It's just that so many folks are literally harming women, PoC, queerfolk, PWD, and yet they feel so smug about their slam dunk bsky posts. 😬
The truth is… ignorance, arrogance, and bigotry are core to the US' identity and have been for a very long time. The more we try to root it out, the more it burrows itself in us. That's the problem. Some of y'all need to look inward and make the same demands of yourself that you make of the dems.
March 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The truth is… ignorance, arrogance, and bigotry are core to the US' identity and have been for a very long time. The more we try to root it out, the more it burrows itself in us. That's the problem. Some of y'all need to look inward and make the same demands of yourself that you make of the dems.
I can't count on most folks to have my back when someone is being explicitly racist toward me. I have seen colleagues and friends act worse than the dems they condemn in moments where I needed them to have my back. What good is it to dunk on the libs when you're a bad ally?
March 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I can't count on most folks to have my back when someone is being explicitly racist toward me. I have seen colleagues and friends act worse than the dems they condemn in moments where I needed them to have my back. What good is it to dunk on the libs when you're a bad ally?
Not saying the dems couldn't do more — they can and must! I'm just tired of the same old "the dems suck" arguments I've been hearing for 20 years? I know it feels good to call out the pathetic little signs(😩), or fence sitting on Palestine (😤), or the kente cloth kneeling (😬)… but…
March 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Not saying the dems couldn't do more — they can and must! I'm just tired of the same old "the dems suck" arguments I've been hearing for 20 years? I know it feels good to call out the pathetic little signs(😩), or fence sitting on Palestine (😤), or the kente cloth kneeling (😬)… but…