Feeling Outrage Fatigue at the News? These Tips May Help
Repeated exposure to outrage-inducing news or events can lead to emotional exhaustion. An expert who studies online outrage says there are ways to cope
Outrage Fatigue Is Real: www.scientificamerican.com/article/outr...
Misinformation sources were "more likely to elicit moral outrage" & "people were more likely to reshare..."
"...one thing we know from at least the U.S. context: outrage has been used as a political tool to divide groups."
30.12.2024 15:08
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Eating a mashed potato sandwich.
Might be drunk.
25.12.2024 02:06
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Decriminalize survival
Image shows a drawing of 3 tents indicating that one should not make laws against basic survival
#homeless #unhoused #harmreduction
22.12.2024 00:59
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No youβre right, I should go make another cup of coffee.
21.12.2024 20:10
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poem by J. Raymond.
21.12.2024 20:32
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At the Winter Solstice
Even the will will return again.
Even the love, the wonder.
Darken. The heart
can love this.
And the new moon changing in the maples.
And the grief like black oars in the rafters.
And the branches that have let go
of everything, saying
wait, just stay
in your changes;
you have hated
your one life
long enough.
Try something wondrous.
Trust it.
for the longest night π―οΈ
21.12.2024 13:47
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I don't think I want a new year this time around, I want a gently used year like a 2015 or maybe a 1998 if it's in good shape idk
20.12.2024 17:55
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just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.
19.12.2024 15:35
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Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortalityβequivalent to 247 excess deathsβand a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
"The Dobbs decision led to a 7% increase in overall infant mortality and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies. "
Abortion care is inextricable from maternal care and from infant care, and outlawing abortion is a cruelty with immediate consequences.
www.ajmc.com/view/infant-...
17.12.2024 21:46
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If you revoke approval of the polio vaccine, it means you want more polio. Thatβs not even a joke, thatβs just math.
17.12.2024 22:44
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WE ARE STILL IN THIS.
Wipe your tears.
This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation.
We do not give up.
We run through the tape.
Yβall arenβt allowed to throw in the towel until I do. π
Big breath. Locked in. Letβs do this.
17.12.2024 03:58
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Treasure the moments.
16.12.2024 08:20
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βJust a little midnight snackβ, I whisper, knowing full well I have no concept of what time it is, what day it is, or what the words βlittle snackβ even mean.
17.12.2024 01:22
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Finance Minister resignations are rare. This is not a Morneau-Trudeau resignation (which was cloaked in misinformation about motives until Morneau's book came out). It is much closer to Martin resigning from Chretien's cabinet or Turner resigning from P. Trudeau's cabinet.
16.12.2024 15:27
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Joke
Itβs funny because itβs true π
13.12.2024 13:40
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The world premiere of my collaboration with composer Raymond Deane, featuring my words against war, occurred in Dublin, Ireland, this evening. In our absurdly safe spaces, we must speak out against the horrors that others face. We must keep singing the human spirit awake
06.12.2024 20:21
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Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond)
Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment
This past legislative session in Alberta sums up the populist approach to rights and freedoms pretty well. The populist UCP has passed legislation to protect the premier and her partisan staff while removing rights from trans children and their parents. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/populism-f...
06.12.2024 22:44
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βCanada is not brokenβ: Chretien speaks at Liberal convention | FULL SPEECH
YouTube video by CTV News
Former PM Jean Chretien - "Canada is the land of opportunity. Canada is the land of generosity. Canada is the land of stability. Canada is the land of tolerance. Canada is the land of the rule of law. No, Mr. Poilievre, Canada is not broken." #cdnpoli #peipoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs3F...
26.11.2024 08:30
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24.11.2024 12:07
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This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.
We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.
Joy is my favorite weapon.
24.11.2024 22:34
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Tweet that says if your concern with trans women is that men might claim to self-ID as trans to gain access to womenβs spaces and assault them, then your problem is actually with predatory men and not trans women.
All of this.
19.11.2024 19:58
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When i see big twitter account power posters who i know don't like me move over here i root for them. This is because I've done therapy twice a week for the past year and because i want Elon's website to die
20.11.2024 15:20
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I donβt love Alberta but I do love Edmonton. Iβm a complicated woman.
20.11.2024 05:18
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i waste so much money on coffee when my preference is being unconscious
18.11.2024 14:26
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Sometimes I wonder what motivates non-coffee drinkers to get out of bed.
Probably some sort of pulley system.
18.11.2024 12:34
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
17.11.2024 16:25
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