Quantum

Real science enthusiast (chemist), gamer, outdoorsman. I try to only give informative information or call out bullshit when I find it.

[Quantum @Quantum16661]

@Vixlio @ZacksJerryRig @RealAlexJones Please remove yourself from the internet

[Knowledge & History @xKnowledgeBANK]

Martha Ann Lillard, the last known American living in an iron lung, has died at 78 after long COVID and the failure of her aging machine.

She has lived in the machine since the 1940s.

Martha Ann Lillard of Shawnee, Oklahoma, who contracted polio in 1953 at just five years old, passed away on June 26, 2026, due to complications from long-haul COVID-19. Left paralyzed with only 25 percent lung capacity, Lillard relied on a negative-pressure ventilator—commonly known as an 'iron lung'—to survive for over seven decades.

While modern medical devices exist, none could safely replicate the precise respiratory support of her vintage machine, forcing her to rely on equipment with parts dating back to the 1940s. In her final years, finding repair parts and knowledgeable technicians became almost impossible, highlighting the daily struggles faced by those dependent on obsolete, life-sustaining technology.

Despite these profound physical limitations, Lillard built a vibrant, creative, and compassionate life. She painted, wrote poetry, composed music for the left-hand piano, and spent decades volunteering for animal rescue and crisis support networks. Her passing marks the loss of a historic figure who survived a devastating mid-century epidemic, yet ultimately succumbed to a modern pandemic.

Because she contracted polio just two years before Jonas Salk's landmark vaccine was declared safe and effective, her life remains a poignant testament to the critical role of immunization and public health advancement.

source: D'Angelo, B. (2026, July 9). Martha Lillard, last American to use iron lung, dies at 78. Cox Media Group.

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@PhysInHistory Religion is for people who can’t face the reality of mortality.

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@elonmusk Ashton is the biggest joke ever

[Math Files @Math_files]

When Gauss died in 1855, it was widely believed that there would never again be a universalist in mathematics—someone at home in all branches, both pure and applied. If anyone later proved this view wrong, it was Poincaré, who regarded the entirety of mathematics as his domain.

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@itsnotkurapika @Grrted Rampart looks atrocious

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@Math_files Truth 😂

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@CappuccinoCru @EndWokeness Only reason why soccer even really caught on globally is because it has a low economic barrier or cost to establish a team.

[The Burnt Peanut Clipped @peanutburnt]

The burnt peanut releases a new video for Fourth of July and it’s a banger like usual 🇺🇸👏

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@heyeunhae Fuck off little bitch

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@sinobite @DeaditeGrrrl Get the fuck out of here then you POS. it’s people like you that make America weak.

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@adammocklerr Gavin is a POS and has ruined California

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Tom MacDonald - "Us In The USA" https://t.co/HGyiSFjW38 via @YouTube

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@volcaholic1 @BorgFella420 For the uneducated, shit like this is a reality, but they would be up and running soon enough. While they are down that’s what generators are for. Your next response would be when we run out of fossil fuels lol.

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@volcaholic1 This was showing the dangers of low IQ drivers not fossil fuels.

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@BillWiIdin Mentioning underpaid servers and businesses model in the same sentence shows how low IQ you are.

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@PhantomLady47 @somtoo0 @DailyLoud That’s only if the intent was to harm. Like I said she had that intent, however, if she didn’t there is nothing anyone can do. You are not required to label your own food if it’s for personal use.

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@_6signxxx Dug his own grave with his life choices.

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@PhantomLady47 @somtoo0 @DailyLoud The way she worded it in the recording could back fire. However all she needed to do was say she enjoys ghost peppers in her food now, as it wouldn’t signify adding anything that wasn’t unpleasant to her. Either way defending someone who steals food often is the real crime.