🧵“How do seemingly ordinary people become agents of state murder?” This is one of the guiding questions I ask students in my graduate class on genocide/state violence. With recent events, it is a question many Americans are asking.
I do not have a definitive answer, but here is a reading list: 1/
i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.
Hooray I love them so
How very 2025.
yes, make america NORMAL. do not trim grey flannel BUSINESS suits with yellow PIPING because that's historically a SPORTING DETAIL
Okay, y’all… I have finally decided that retreat is the better part of valor. Bringing some rainbow energy over to these blue skies.
#bydhttmwdi
Gray and white cat on lap
The cat thinks a) I am a mother cat or possibly just comfortable furniture; b) our son (17) is a brother cat for play-wrestling; c) our daughter (11) is prey. My husband? Just some guy.
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
#pedsky #medsky
The American Academy of Pediatrics is collecting stories from physicians about patients we have cared for with vaccine preventable diseases to help in their advocacy against RFK’s confirmation.
Please share your stories to patientstories@aap.org
We missed you too.
Let’s goooo this story is amazing. (I’m so glad she’s okay!)
You are loved. You are you, and you are amazing.
Never forget that.
PLEASE never forget that. Ever.
And seriously - fuck anyone who says otherwise.
Welcome to everyone new to Bluesky! Here are 4 (illustrated) steps you can take to make your experience here more pleasant than what you left behind on X and/or Threads. A 🧵
👋 hello
I tried and TRIED because I know it’s expected of me as an Oregonian. I sleep inside. That’s just how it is.
Smoke and white Siberian cat
Every time I post something sad I will pay cat tax. This is Carl.
Did we already forget about the part of 45 where Asian-Americans got punched out on the street for existing near a white person?
Starting a thread of blocklists to share (feel free to reply with your favorites)
Hi I can’t remember if I asked already but please add me if not!
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now
1. Retail sewing shop
2. Dairy Queen front counter
3. Nursing home laundry
4. Restaurant server
5. Laboratory assistant (cell biology lab)
Voter support for progressive policies including: Expanding Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing Cut the cost of prescription drugs in half by making sure that Americans pay no more than what they pay in Europe or Canada Make the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share of taxes Expanding Social Security benefits by making the wealthy pay the same tax rate as the working class Institute a cap on rent increases Reestablishing the Child Tax Credit, which expired in 2022, that provided most parents up to $300 per month for each child Build at least 2 million units of affordable housing Raise the minimum wage to $17 dollars an hour Cap the amount of money families spend on childcare at 7% of their income Eliminating all medical debt Establishing a Medicare for All Single Payer Healthcare System guaranteeing healthcare to all America Make public colleges and universities tuition-free Passing the PRO Act, which would make it easier for Americans to join unions
3/4 of Americans support expanding Medicare (and a majority even favor Medicare for all), and yet the ruling party has repeatedly signaled they intend to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which will eliminate all healthcare coverage for 20M+ Americans and reduce coverage for tens of millions more…
Hi new followers. If you knew me from tweets I was rliumd there. My deal is Family Medicine, health care systems & policy, and health justice for minoritized folks of all stripes. I also like music and roller derby and improv comedy. Oregon is where I reside; Kansas is my heart’s home.
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Trump supporters, when people cut you out of their lives because you support their marginalization and abuse and murder, they aren’t ending your relationship over politics; they’re recognizing that you ended it over politics and are reacting accordingly. Live with your choice.
Toxicologist here for any fluoride concerns! The amount of fluoride added to water to prevent tooth decay is so minuscule that—no matter your age, size, or health status—you would die from water poisoning long before you could ever even start getting toxicity from fluoride. Fluoridated water is safe
Hello! I was rliumd at the old place. Family Medicine in Portland, OR with Northwest Permanente. Have not found my groove nor my people here yet so I barely post at all. 👋
It’s Halloween so it’s time to chat about vaccines!
Why? Because of Cotton Mather.
He was the judge at the Salem Witch trials (bad!) but he also helped being vaccines to America (good!).
How? A thread.
