Thais Magill

Palliative Care doc in Southcentral PA. Colorado born and reared. Wife. Mom. Humanity lover. Unitarian Universalist. Tired.

[Marius Hauken @mhauken]

You're not using the Notes app on your iPhone to its full potential.

9 features you might be missing out on:

[southpaw @nycsouthpaw]

*in the interrogation room*

“Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?”

“Y-yes, sir.”

“Are there moral absolutes?”

“Wh-what do you m—?”

“Does an objective moral reality exist?”

[✍🏾 Hurston/Wright Foundation for Black Writers @HurstonWright]

Best thing on the internet all last week❤️

[Thais Magill @ThaisMagill]

Completely agree.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

There's been much gaslighting & moderate justifying of the new Florida social studies standards, people stating the "clarifications" were designed to show Black resilience, or were just "facts." So, I thought I'd compare the African-American history standards to the Holocaust's.

[Housing 4 All is Hot @ahouse4all]

One very literal way sweeps kill people: They throw away everything, including medication. It's so hard for unhoused people to connect with a doctor and fill a prescription that getting meds thrown away is a death sentence. Especially for those with heart problems or HIV.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him.

[Zack Stentz @MuseZack]

The naval airship USS Los Angeles lands on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga and creates the most steampunk/dieselpunk real life image of all time.

[Tom Knowles @tkbeynon]

This Hamilton version of Itsy Bitsy Spider has no right being this clever and good

[MicrobeTV @profvrr]

IMMUNE explains results of a study, which show that in mice, functional T cells respond to vaccination for over 10 yrs & 51 successive immunizations, exhibiting supernumerary cell division & longevity. 📺 https://t.co/Wbjud0ipDX

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

“To be African American is to be African without any memory and American without any privilege.” —James Baldwin

[Thais Magill @ThaisMagill]

Very interesting!!

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Love your avocado toast? You might appreciate knowing that the avocado is a ghost of evolution – it should have grown extinct millions of years ago but, mercifully, did not. Here is its evolutionarily improbable story: https://t.co/mtK7JZ5BSi

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“The miracle is that we rise again out of suffering… The miracle is that we create ourselves anew.”

Let your heart be broken https://t.co/jGaZ49cEGM

[Center for Black Digital Research 🖤 #DigBlk @DigBlk]

We’re excited to announce the Papers and Collections Directories for Frances E. W. Harper and Mary Church Terrell are now published and available on the BWOA website! https://t.co/MOneE49j1T

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

On Colbert last week I mentioned my 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Mueller, who after reading a poem I wrote, told me I could be a writer when I grew up. I never forgot those words. So what an utter delight when I looked up from the signing table in New Orleans and saw Ms. Mueller there!

[Thais Magill @ThaisMagill]

@baratunde I use it to check traffic conditions— and to argue with the suggested route

[Thais Magill @ThaisMagill]

@LoganDLawson @kennylinafp @LGFamMedRes @_Abfmp @aafp @PCOMeducation Congratulations!! As an alum I have some bias, but agree with your assessment — you’ve matched a great program!

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Excuse me, there is no valid debate on this point. I have Sophia Loren right here, serving pizza to Neapolitans eating it with knives and forks.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Did you know this week marks 2 of the biggest anniversaries in American history?

Don't worry; it's not your fault. This story may be illegal in your state but 155 years ago this week...

Or 75 years ago...

Black South Carolinians invented the American education system

A thread

[Thais Magill @ThaisMagill]

@eloiseblondiau Really enjoyed both segments! As a fan of both history and historical fiction, you have my thanks and admiration.