In med school, I took an elective called "Stress". foolishly thinking i was going to learn about meditation and yoga. Instead the professor spent 12 weeks proving that being poor or a minority literally destroys your health on a molecular level, and I think about that every day.
fell down a mamdani rabbit hole and found this old interview from when he was on kaya fm in south africa. omg his ugandan accent is so thick here, i’m obsessed 🥹
FUN FACT: Mitch McConnell has been on paid medical leave for 51 days now. That's over 7 weeks.
This is a week longer than the 6 weeks of maternity leave that women in the US are not guaranteed after giving birth.