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Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
Neither Neurodivergence Nor Mental Illness Made Them Bigots—They're Just Awful People
It's hard to admit your heroes are jerks, but the mentally ill and neurodivergent shouldn't be collateral damage.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Autism didn’t make them do it. Mental illness didn’t, either. This personal piece from The Big Picture cuts through the excuses and names the real issue: some people are just hateful, and we need to stop giving them cover.
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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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February 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions
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Why Smart People Are Vulnerable to Putting Tribe Before Truth | Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observa...
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Why Smart People Are Vulnerable to Putting Tribe Before Truth
Science literacy is important, but without the parallel trait of "science curiosity," it can lead us astray
www.scientificamerican.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why Smart People Are Vulnerable to Putting Tribe Before Truth | Scientific American
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observa...
www.scientificamerican.com/blog/observa...
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Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
February 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
1/
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i don’t think we realize just how MASSIVE things in space are
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
i don’t think we realize just how MASSIVE things in space are
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#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
A Single-Dose Breakthrough: PfSPZ-LARC Vaccines Offer Transformative Protection Against Malaria – Sanaria
sanaria.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
#medsky#pedsky#idsky#immunosky 🧪
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
In the midst of all of the scary headlines recently, I thought I could take a moment to share a bit of good news: for the first time in history, a malaria vaccine with >90% efficacy seems to be within reach!
Here’s why that’s a really big deal for EVERYONE 🧵
Cleaning the closet, found the order for wrist guards that were in the mail when I impacted the telephone pole and ended up, (as I quote the doctor consulting me on next steps after the first surgery failed on both wrists),”you don’t have wrists, you have two bags of gravel”. Wife returned them.
February 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Cleaning the closet, found the order for wrist guards that were in the mail when I impacted the telephone pole and ended up, (as I quote the doctor consulting me on next steps after the first surgery failed on both wrists),”you don’t have wrists, you have two bags of gravel”. Wife returned them.
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Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
January 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
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...check up on yo strong friends...
January 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
...check up on yo strong friends...
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Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-...
maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks
maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks
Amazon removes 'equity for Black people' and 'LGBTQ+ rights' from company policies
Amazon has quietly removed protections for Black and LGBTQ+ workers from its company policies.
www.advocate.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Hey while megaretailers profiting one of the richest men in world are out here doing this shit www.advocate.com/news/amazon-...
maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks
maybe it's a fun time to switch to @librofm.bsky.social for audiobooks. Select the indie bookstore you'd like to support, listen away. Comp prices to aforementioned jerks
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National Beef Council Debuts New ‘You’re Supposed To Feel Like That’ Campaign
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January 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
National Beef Council Debuts New ‘You’re Supposed To Feel Like That’ Campaign
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January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
Better late than never: last night a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant....
www.eff.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
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@absinthe-adams.bsky.social
Hey there! Just followed you thanks to your fb post, you just gave me a reason to be regularly on here, so thanks for that.
(It's Jay BTW).
Hey there! Just followed you thanks to your fb post, you just gave me a reason to be regularly on here, so thanks for that.
(It's Jay BTW).
January 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
@absinthe-adams.bsky.social
Hey there! Just followed you thanks to your fb post, you just gave me a reason to be regularly on here, so thanks for that.
(It's Jay BTW).
Hey there! Just followed you thanks to your fb post, you just gave me a reason to be regularly on here, so thanks for that.
(It's Jay BTW).
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the right is just a bunch of bullies, they get away w/ their shit because they think everyone else is a pussy and count on nobody doing anything about it, which has been the case and why they have taken over.
bullies are pussies, if you stand up to a bully, punch em in the face they shit their pants
bullies are pussies, if you stand up to a bully, punch em in the face they shit their pants
January 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the right is just a bunch of bullies, they get away w/ their shit because they think everyone else is a pussy and count on nobody doing anything about it, which has been the case and why they have taken over.
bullies are pussies, if you stand up to a bully, punch em in the face they shit their pants
bullies are pussies, if you stand up to a bully, punch em in the face they shit their pants
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