Lee Scoresby

phalangeal spewage

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

hi! I've been off twitter for about 6 months and it feels like a good time to swing by and say how much better my life is without it!

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis I’m going to text you and delete this thread, because I think we’re both entirely unaware of the other’s context of grief from which we’re both spewing 160 characters at a time

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis Sure, it makes sense to be thankful for those things, especially when your salary depends on it. When you watch a loved one die a slow, excruciating and exorbitantly expensive death, though, the feelings are a little more complicated.

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis My point is simply that a for-profit healthcare system is inherently at odds with finding a cure for literally anything.

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis “I’m not going to attempt to understand your point of view, I’d rather shill for the status quo”

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis It’s just an example of a serious conflict of interest. From a purely capitalist standpoint, it doesn’t make sense to cure cancer. It makes sense to treat it. You can make a catrillion dollars once, or you can make billions of dollars for an infinite amount of time.

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis When we look at cancer specifically, it’s in a unique position in an entirely fucked healthcare system. For one, cancer doctors are allowed to profit from the sale of chemotherapy drugs

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ohhannis I don’t think I said that at all, actually! There is no magical cure, and this is not a conspiracy theory. But if you look at western medicine in general, we prioritize treatments over cures and preventative medicine, for the reason I stated. Profit is a conflict of interest.

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

Woah!!! This is the craziest optical illusion since the gold dress vs the blue dress!

My friend sees a lame incentive, but I see a guillotine!!

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

Cops don’t prevent crime or catch criminals. Fund communities, not precincts.

This is a great hardware store btw

[Mariya Abedi @msabedi]

A peak New York moment on @NY1: Zack Tahhan, who spotted the alleged subway shooter, grabs our mic and begins interviewing other witnesses.

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

It’s pretty easy to see how School Choice is just thinly-veiled racism. But it’s also even easier to see how, logistically, it just doesn’t make any sense?

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@nycgeorgiegirl And putting that salary towards supplies you need to do your job?

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

Imagine being really terrible at your job and every time you prove how just how terrible you are, you get a raise

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

Hi @jenniferjacquet! In Evidence-Based Conservation, we learned about measures that made a destructive activity even just slightly annoying or inconvenient could be highly effective in curbing it. Do you remember the phenomenon I’m [poorly] describing?

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@ByrdiDoesThings @The_Ada_Rhodes I really want research in the attached to gain more traction.

https://t.co/sW4OW5Fwoc

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

@travisfodor Since college, whenever I really need to focus and be super productive, I throw on Vapor City and crank it up

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

If you had a monkey paw and that stipulated *Petty Wishes Only*…what would you wish?

My first wish would be:
if you’ve ever responded “it’s just a couple of degrees 🙄” when discussing Climate Change, your freezer will only ever get as cold as 34F

[Dani Donovan 👩🏻‍🎨 ADHD Comics @danidonovan]

the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

[Lee Scoresby @_amory_]

It is 3pm and I am ready for bed