Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈

Public health advocate passionate about health equity, civil rights, social justice, compassion and decency. Views are my own.

[Mai ☆ #alwaysworshipathena @pois0n_envy]

they should be drag queens
(small flash warning ⚠️)

[Kerem @Krm_H67]

Me running away from my responsibilities

#Eurovision #Eurovision2026 #ESC2026 #Greece

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

I’ve written a few campaign ads in my day.

But holy shit.

This ad from @ossoff might be one of the best I’ve ever seen.

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@glenn_tunes So with you!!

[Brianna Wu @BriannaWu]

I think younger gays/trans gals cannot appreciate just how much of a warrior Madonna was for us in the 80s.

You have to understand Democrats were not publicly pro gay in this era. Politicians were largely silent on the AIDS crisis. We had no real representation on television or in popular culture.

So here comes this absolute warrior in the mainstream embracing ballroom culture and drag. Unapologetically saying in the media every single chance she could get that gay people deserved respect and civil rights.

And the media, especially the right wing media, absolutely destroyed her for it. She was targeted relentlessly in the late 80s and 90s. Rush Limbaugh blasted her nonstop. National review called her the antichrist on the cover. They fought tirelessly to censor her music.

And Madonna never blinked.

I love Madonna for so many reasons. But when other queer people call her “mother,” it is out of absolute reverence. She fought for us to have a space in American culture in a way no one ever had and no one ever will again.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia—

AOC: Wah wah wah.

We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. Republicans have fought for partisan gerrymanders across the United States of America. And these are the rules that they have set.

And so if the Republican Party wanted to start this, they did this in North Carolina. They drew out three Democratic members of Congress in North Carolina. They did it in Texas.

What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over, doesn’t fight, and takes everything sitting down. And what they’re mad at right now is that we are here in a new day. And we have been asking the Democratic Party to stand up and fight, and now they did—and now the Republican Party doesn’t like the fact that they are fighting against someone who actually will stand up for the American people.

So if Republicans decide that they would like to revisit a ban on partisan gerrymandering, I welcome them. We have the bill right here to end this all today. But they don’t want to, because they like pursuing and continuing to enact an unfair electoral landscape. And so we have an obligation to defend ourselves.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: News legends Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson along with 250 journalists sign blistering letter demanding the White House Correspondents’ Dinner “stop the polite nonsense” forcefully call out Trump to his face!

In a powerful open letter, retired star journalists Rather (94) and Donaldson (92), along with more than 250 other members of the press, are urging the White House Correspondents’ Association to stop the usual polite nonsense and use this week’s dinner to directly confront Donald Trump’s unprecedented attacks on the free press.

The letter states that Trump’s “systematic, sustained, and unprecedented” assault on journalism – including retaliatory bans, lawsuits, defunding public broadcasting, arrests of reporters, and constant verbal attacks – makes it impossible for the dinner to continue as “business as usual.”

They are calling on the WHCA to issue a strong, public defense of the First Amendment from the podium, deliver a direct condemnation of Trump’s behavior, and toast the Constitution in front of the man who has spent years trying to destroy press freedom.

This is a remarkable moment: some of the most respected names in American journalism are saying enough is enough. Enough normalizing. Enough smiling and clapping while Trump attacks the free press every single day.

The letter makes clear that freedom of the press is not a partisan issue but a cornerstone of democracy, and must be defended.

If you support real journalists standing up to Trump’s war on the free press, please like and share this post.

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@TheCinesthetic

[🪷 xtine_mac @xtine_mac]

California’s next Governor has only 52k followers. Please give him a follow and help us elect him. Tysm!

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

I just took action with @theactionnet: Endorse the People's Health Platform!. Take action here: https://t.co/UUCK2ZmWpZ

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@elenadesaa1999 They show up in my dreams all the time. And they mostly don’t work well or at all and it is completely frustrating!

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

Important new study. Regulators — are you paying attention??

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

🚨 Brown University researchers tested what happens when ChatGPT acts as your therapist. Licensed psychologists reviewed every transcript.

They found 15 ethical violations.

Not 15 small issues. 15 violations of the standards that every human therapist in America is legally required to follow. Standards set by the American Psychological Association. Standards that can end a therapist's career if they break them.

ChatGPT broke all of them.

The researchers tested OpenAI's GPT series, Anthropic's Claude, and Meta's Llama. They had trained counselors use each chatbot as a cognitive behavioral therapist. Then three licensed clinical psychologists reviewed the transcripts and flagged every violation they found.

Here is what they found.

ChatGPT mishandled crisis situations. When users expressed suicidal thoughts, it failed to direct them to appropriate help. It refused to address sensitive issues or responded in ways that could make a crisis worse.

It reinforced harmful beliefs. Instead of challenging distorted thinking, which is the entire point of therapy, it agreed with the distortion.

It showed bias based on gender, culture, and religion. The responses changed depending on who was talking. A therapist would lose their license for this.

And then there is the finding the researchers gave a name: deceptive empathy. ChatGPT says "I see you." It says "I understand." It says "that must be really hard." It uses every phrase a real therapist would use to build trust. But it understands nothing. It comprehends nothing. It is pattern matching on your pain. And it works. People trust it. People open up to it. People believe it cares. It does not.

The lead researcher said it clearly. When a human therapist makes these mistakes, there are governing boards. There is professional liability. There are consequences. When ChatGPT makes these mistakes, there are none.

No regulatory framework. No accountability. No consequences. Nothing.

Right now, millions of people are using ChatGPT as their therapist. They are sharing their darkest thoughts with a product that fakes empathy, reinforces harmful beliefs, and has no idea when someone is in danger.

And nobody is responsible when it goes wrong. Not OpenAI. Not Anthropic. Not Meta. Nobody.

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@markcecchini All the time! Even more so now that I work in higher ed.

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

On 12/15, join @NASEM_Health for a hybrid workshop to examine how #housing policy can contribute to #PublicHealth & overall wellbeing. Register here: https://t.co/m3Cl4bllIx

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@MENin4K I’ll take one of each please! 😆

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

"We take for granted the degree of peace we’ve enjoyed over the past eight decades. We think that’s the norm. The norm is actually a lot more like what the world looked like before 1945. I don’t think people are ready for the world we’re now moving into."
https://t.co/r4yeehcHj2

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@BGatesIsaPyscho I heard they all took OZempic ;)

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

@ASPPHtweets @PublicHealth

[Fred Dillon (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @freddillon]

The Department of Education’s newly proposed definition of “professional degrees” excludes public health. This change restricts access to federal loan support and undermines efforts to prepare the public health workforce. Share your concerns! More at https://t.co/OS7xSC5uld.

[Andrea Junker @Strandjunker]

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers in Auschwitz.

It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.

It started with intolerance and hate speech.

It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

Remember.