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[goosebump @standupstapler]

@FearfulSuggest1 @theliamnissan Vance was handpicked by the billionaires. I often wonder why. I’m assuming he will be an easily controllable yes-man. But I worry there might be more.

[Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats]

If anyone is interested in adopting or even fostering this ridiculous baby man, please contact me at https://t.co/tOxH8MvD27 🩷

[DuendeonFuego @DuendeenF]

Together, these two tactics are an effective one-two punch.

First, make shit toxic and confusing. Second, provide a simplifying narrative that resolves the cognitive burden of thinking about a complicated topic and gives permission for otherwise abhorrent policy.

[DuendeonFuego @DuendeenF]

This sets people up for the next tactic - Manufacturing Consent.

This is a term that was popularized during the second Gulf War and is used to describe propaganda and media that seeks to shape public opinion in a way that *manufactures* permission for certain policies.

[DuendeonFuego @DuendeenF]

They want to make discourse confusing and toxic so that people tune out or accept simple explanations as a way of resolving complexity.

The full quote here is "flood the zone with shit."

Here's my preferred intro to the topic: https://t.co/M7eo4NuLs9

[Andrea Chalupa @AndreaChalupa]

They will start with rounding up the 11 million like they promised their base. The markets reacted to that by sending prison stocks soaring. They will target blue cities first to terrorize us into submission. Have a safehouse just in case you need one in another state or abroad.

[Andrea Chalupa @AndreaChalupa]

People will have their own variations of the advice here and more ideas to offer. The point is to use this "quiet time" now, and prepare for the horror show to be unleashed in full force, deliberately, in January. Don't cope by pretending it won't be so bad. Brace now for impact.

[Andrea Chalupa @AndreaChalupa]

In the years ahead, monitor your food and water intake, due to rolled regulations. Grow what you can. Cut down on meat products. The Boar's Head plant in Virginia is a sign of things to come.

[goosebump @standupstapler]

America! Fuck no

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Me in ER with severe dehydration & tachycardia from POTS flare (undiagnosed at time)

Dr: “How much did you drink last night?”

Me: “I don’t drink”

Dr: “Tell the truth - if you don’t we can’t help”

Me: “I’m allergic to alcohol. I’ve had nothing to drink.”

Dr: “Don’t lie” 🧵 /1

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

If you think you may have POTS & you’re struggling to get a diagnosis - please know you’re not alone. Many patients are misdiagnosed for years.

The best advice I can give is to bring an advocate to ALL appts & ask for orthostatic vitals. Remind them anxiety isn’t positional /17

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

This interaction was admittedly one of the worst ones I had with respect to POTS - but it was far from the only time I was ignored or blamed for my symptoms.

HCWs - please realize that you not knowing the answer doesn’t automatically mean it’s the patient’s fault /11

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Watching MAGAs panic at the thought that women might vote opposite their husbands reminds me that after no fault divorce was legalized in 1970, female suicide rates dropped 20%

The "strong 1950s family unit" that GOP is nostalgic about ignores record high female suicide, suffocating DV, & 0 female financial autonomy.

GOP was always about control of women, and nothing about that has changed today.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Israel's longest running paper, Haaretz, confirms Netanyahu actively blocked every hostage deal since 10/7. He meanwhile openly plans to annex Gaza—& the conversation is still "why won't Hamas agree to a deal?

This is how genocide perpetuates. Horrific.
https://t.co/48xWAKmR67

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

Antony Blinken says far too many journalists lives have been lost

Gideon Levy: "No Mr Blinken, too many journalists were killed by the Israeli army... their lives were not taken by god or fate, their lives were taken by the Israeli army that you support, you finance, you arm"

[goosebump @standupstapler]

@x0ids @mizukindash @XjUSTlce Nothing like a little hypocritical judgment on an otherwise cute thread

[goosebump @standupstapler]

@savax_x @Zenkaku4 @HunbiBidoof @mizukindash @x0ids @XjUSTlce This isn’t true, do better

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

I can never know how different things might have been had they acted faster - but I DO know I was never able to fully trust the medical profession again.

My article on this is 👇🏼 - and I’m working on a future one about informed consent (or lack thereof)

https://t.co/n1wbRhxj5Y

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Brought boyfriend in to try and change their minds. Them to him:

“Will you still love her if she’s BARREN?”

“Do you want kids?”

“What if you change your mind & want kids - will you LEAVE her?”

Him: “Save her life what I want doesn’t matter” (he understood the assignment) /3

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Misogyny in medicine is focusing more on what a man might WANT than what a woman NEEDS.

I NEEDED a hysterectomy and was told I wouldn’t survive pregnancy.

“Informed consent” for surgery looked like this:

“Don’t you want to be a Mom?”
“You may want BIOLOGICAL children”
/1 🧵