non binary bipedal animal whose traumatic thought disorder & extensive views on the world sometimes appear contradictory but are more valuable dialectically
"At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose. A great majority of the so-called educated people do not think logically and scientifically."
#MLK Age 18 (1947)
Over 90% of fentanyl is brought into the country by U.S. citizens.
The fentanyl crisis has nothing to do with immigrants. Don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.
A thread on San Francisco’s homelessness crisis: why it’s spiraling, why the city is responding so inhumanely, and what unhoused San Franciscans and their allies are doing in response. (With links to some great reporting and analysis.)
Pre-Roe, I was 8 yrs old. I came home from school to find my Mom lying in a puddle of blood. She was weak & asked me to call a neighbor. She was miscarrying, but the embryo would not abort. For 48 hours, she bled while doctors transfused blood, waiting. Abortions were illegal.
Well that didn't take long. We decided to take a trip on Amtrak with the kids for spring break. 9 hours into a pleasant ride, a man was suddenly standing next to me, shouting across me at my 6yo son, "Remember what I told you. They stole you. They're pedophiles." 🧵
The well-to-do really don’t understand that a job is meaningless if you still can’t afford to live. What’s the value of that? Spending your hours working to make someone else wealthy while you barely survive? The economy is more than jobs numbers
Restarting student loan payments will dramatically increase delinquencies, causing unnecessary financial catastrophe for many Americans.
It doesn’t have to be this way, @POTUS. Cancel student debt now.
Y’all are really out here using capitalism to define what is and isn’t a disability and simultaneously calling yourselves leftists and/or anti capitalists…
There is no hierarchy of disability just who the state determines who and who isn’t deserving of supports…
Hey comms professionals, listen up
Next month is autism awareness, here is what you need to know regarding stock images that respect the autistic community:
-No Autism Speaks in any capacity, at all. None of their imagery, don’t use any SM toolkits they send you.
@coolfacejane@nytimes I been following the convoys since they started. I started researching for journalism class cuz I wasn't seeing nuanced or complete coverage. A couple weeks ago I had a paranoid episode and couldn't sleep for days. Then I found you. Thank you for keeping me sane. F da NYT
We've had an uptick in usage in Eastern Europe & rumors are circulating that Signal is hacked & compromised. This is false. Signal is not hacked. We believe these rumors are part of a coordinated misinformation campaign meant to encourage people to use less secure alternatives.
america finds its compassion quite quickly when european countries rise up to defend themselves and democracy.
but let black, brown, muslim, or other non-white/christian people do that…
I am safe, Kharkiv is being bombed. Mom in the basement. russian troops are bombing from all sides, but the worst thing is that these scoundrels are shooting at children. kindergartens, and civilian. But the world continues to see what will happen to us. ashamed.