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HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Research indicates anti-democratic backsliding was not because democracies didn't make enough progress fixing social probs, but because they didn't do enough to protect against predatory rw populist, anti-dem. party attacks
#cdnpoli
#Nevervoteconservative

www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/mis...
Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding | Journal of Democracy
If democracies did a better job “delivering” for their citizens, so the thinking goes, people would not be so ready to embrace antidemocratic alternatives. Not so. This conventional wisdom about…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
December 10, 2024 at 3:25 AM
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Are childhood vaccines safer than the diseases themselves?
Short answer: Yes.
Longer answer: Continue reading ⬇️

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December 5, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 11:54 AM
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This story links so many pathologies:

😷 Bird flu widely circulating in dairy herds and it's BAU
🚜 People working ill, afraid of losing their jobs
🥛People drinking raw milk with H5N1 due to online misinformation

All increasing transmission and gene mixing potential

www.latimes.com/environment/...
Despite warnings from bird flu experts, it's business as usual in California dairy country
New research and discussions with dairy farmers in the Central Valley suggests H5N1 bird flu is more widespread among people than the reported numbers indicate.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:07 PM
If this makes the jump to humans with an anti-vax, anti-pasteutization psycho in charge of health and human services, it's gonna suuuuuck

www.avma.org/resources-to...
Avian influenza virus type A (H5N1) in U.S. dairy cattle
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was identified in U.S. dairy cattle for the first time in March 2024. Here are important details about this evolving situation.
www.avma.org
December 1, 2024 at 5:41 AM
So Ken Paxton is suing Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, the most effective organization at mitigating the homelessness crisis in Austin. What a chode. I'm about to go volunteer.
www.kvue.com/article/news...
Texas AG sues South Austin homeless center, claims it's fueling crime and endangering kids
The homeless center responded, claiming churches are protected to do work that is an expression of their religious practice.
www.kvue.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 AM
I just did the math and realized I've opened at least 30,000 bottles of wine in my life so far.
November 27, 2024 at 12:58 AM