PalMD
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Husband, dad, internist, damn good canoeist. He/him.
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A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.
No, Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism—Here’s the Proof Parents Need to See
Countless studies have shown no link between vaccines and an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder. But some parents still hold onto that belief.
www.parents.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A detailed run through of literature and claims concerning vaccines and autism. Long story shot: vaccines do not cause autism.
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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The results of this latest Pew poll are one reason why, IMO, nobody should be asking public health professionals about “how to restore trust in public health”.
We’re not the ones who caused the distrust. Public health isn’t perfect but mining “distrust” was and is a Republican strategy.
We’re not the ones who caused the distrust. Public health isn’t perfect but mining “distrust” was and is a Republican strategy.
How Do Americans View Childhood Vaccines, Vaccine Research and Policy?
A majority of Americans say childhood vaccines are effective at preventing illness, but slightly fewer are confident that the vaccine schedule is safe.
www.pewresearch.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The results of this latest Pew poll are one reason why, IMO, nobody should be asking public health professionals about “how to restore trust in public health”.
We’re not the ones who caused the distrust. Public health isn’t perfect but mining “distrust” was and is a Republican strategy.
We’re not the ones who caused the distrust. Public health isn’t perfect but mining “distrust” was and is a Republican strategy.
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BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced they won’t classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols anymore they’re calling them ‘potentially divisive.’ Potentially divisive? Listen, a noose isn’t a conversation starter. A swastika isn’t a debate topic. They are dangerous hate symbols. Full stop
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Coast Guard just announced they won’t classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols anymore they’re calling them ‘potentially divisive.’ Potentially divisive? Listen, a noose isn’t a conversation starter. A swastika isn’t a debate topic. They are dangerous hate symbols. Full stop
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
For whatever reason I’m very prone to cough near-syncope which makes having Covid extra fun.
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
For whatever reason I’m very prone to cough near-syncope which makes having Covid extra fun.
This one is such a daddy’s girl—when I’m pissed at her all I have to do is look at her and in a quiet voice say “I’m not mad, I’m just very disappointed”
November 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This one is such a daddy’s girl—when I’m pissed at her all I have to do is look at her and in a quiet voice say “I’m not mad, I’m just very disappointed”
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I would like everyone who's been pearl-clutching about the hopeless and terminal descent into fascism in my replies to take a moment, look around, and think twice before telling me these guys are unstoppable.
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I would like everyone who's been pearl-clutching about the hopeless and terminal descent into fascism in my replies to take a moment, look around, and think twice before telling me these guys are unstoppable.
I usually prefer In Walked Bud sparse, like this Helen Sung and Ron Carter version (www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_2h...). I mean just watch Carter and how he weaves in and out of the piano. But man, when the vocal's right, it's on. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfV...)
Isis Damil "In Walked Bud"
YouTube video by Isis Damil
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November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I usually prefer In Walked Bud sparse, like this Helen Sung and Ron Carter version (www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_2h...). I mean just watch Carter and how he weaves in and out of the piano. But man, when the vocal's right, it's on. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozfV...)
OK, so covid kinda sucks. Back to work tomorrow though. The US medical system doesn't have enough redundancy built in to take a couple extra days to just make sure i feel awesome.
Sense of taste down about 30%, smell down bout 80%. Happens to me with other viruses historically tho.
Sense of taste down about 30%, smell down bout 80%. Happens to me with other viruses historically tho.
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
OK, so covid kinda sucks. Back to work tomorrow though. The US medical system doesn't have enough redundancy built in to take a couple extra days to just make sure i feel awesome.
Sense of taste down about 30%, smell down bout 80%. Happens to me with other viruses historically tho.
Sense of taste down about 30%, smell down bout 80%. Happens to me with other viruses historically tho.
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Looking to finish what they started.
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Looking to finish what they started.
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US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
This is a really bad person. This isn’t doxing. He told the news.
'Reckless and distressing': Allston Car Wash responds to BU student taking credit for ICE raid
“Publicly labeling our workforce as ‘criminals’ without any knowledge of who they are is reckless and distressing,” the car wash said.
www.boston.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is a really bad person. This isn’t doxing. He told the news.
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$143 million in taxpayer money has gone to a mysterious company created just days before it got the money to create a Homeland Security ad campaign starring the deeply corrupt Kristi Noem. A firm with close ties to Noem is secretly cashing in on the deal, according to ProPublica.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
$143 million in taxpayer money has gone to a mysterious company created just days before it got the money to create a Homeland Security ad campaign starring the deeply corrupt Kristi Noem. A firm with close ties to Noem is secretly cashing in on the deal, according to ProPublica.
Why do you work so much?
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Why do you work so much?
Morning mirepoix— ok not really from this morning.
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Morning mirepoix— ok not really from this morning.
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OVERT ACT 125 In additional furtherance of the conspiracy, DEFENDANTS met on November 12, 2025 to discuss ways to wield official government power to prevent further news of the child sex trafficking ring from becoming public.
Exclusive: Top Trump administration officials plan to meet today to discuss House efforts to force the release of the Epstein files. https://cnn.it/3WSyk2Y
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
OVERT ACT 125 In additional furtherance of the conspiracy, DEFENDANTS met on November 12, 2025 to discuss ways to wield official government power to prevent further news of the child sex trafficking ring from becoming public.
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/3 Meanwhile, she actually gives a shit about carceral culture and has used fame and influence to try to encourage clemency in actual cases impacting actual lives. I have the bog-standard old man view of Kardashian Kulture, but her heart seems to be in the right place on this.
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
/3 Meanwhile, she actually gives a shit about carceral culture and has used fame and influence to try to encourage clemency in actual cases impacting actual lives. I have the bog-standard old man view of Kardashian Kulture, but her heart seems to be in the right place on this.
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Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
Three former San Antonio police officers were acquitted on Monday of all charges related to the fatal shooting of a woman who appeared to be having a mental health crisis when they were dispatched to her apartment in 2023. nyti.ms/4qRnvvT
3 San Antonio Officers Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Woman in 2023
Melissa Perez, 46, swung a hammer in their direction and appeared to be in distress in her home when the officers arrived, officials said.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Don't call the cops on someone in a mental health crisis unless you want them dead.
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It's that time of year again. When we all pause and take a moment to appreciate that even The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald has a couple of lines in it that fall comically flat.
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It's that time of year again. When we all pause and take a moment to appreciate that even The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald has a couple of lines in it that fall comically flat.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
No I am not taking you on another walk!
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
No I am not taking you on another walk!