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Jaci

@jcalyn5

Interests include: Psychology, Politics, Justice, Faith, Animals, Conservation, Environment, Health | she/her

Joined February 2015
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Can we have a conversation about how fucking psychotic it is that the COVID pandemic is at an even worse level than at its previous height and everyone is going back to eating in restaurants and going to concerts and sporting events like everything is back to normal?
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"Of those that chose to complete both application essays, 90.9% prioritised the larger amount when no diversity option was offered, versus a miniscule 39.1% when one was present." ow.ly/rbQo50G3NWG via @ResearchDigest
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Texas' new abortion law and others like it are often referred to as "heartbeat bills." Here's why doctors say that term is medically inaccurate. @bethanyirvinee reports texastribune.org/2021/09/02/…
Why “heartbeat bill” is a misleading name for Texas’ new abortion law

Why “heartbeat bill” is a misleading name for Texas’ new abortion law

Medical and reproductive health experts say the reference to a heartbeat is medically inaccurate as an embryo does not have a developed heart at six weeks’ gestation.

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All I can say is, as someone 38+ weeks pregnant with a very wanted baby, I do not wish this on anyone who doesn’t really, really want it. And I’ve had a relatively healthy, uncomplicated pregnancy with a presumably healthy baby.
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I am tired and frustrated and scared and miserable and I’m one of the LUCKY ones. I know at the end of this I’ll go home with a baby I love and have already forgiven for crushing my lungs when they should be settling into position for birth.
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No one should have this choice made for them by strangers.
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666 new Texas laws go into effect today. These laws include changes to public safety, health care and K-12 education. bit.ly/3jtiPf0
New laws in Texas on Sept. 1: What you need to know

New laws in Texas on Sept. 1: What you need to know

The new laws will affect abortion access, social studies curriculum and cities that trim the budgets of law enforcement.

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@NPR31 Aug 2021
The delta surge is straining U.S. hospitals. Use our tool to see how health care facilities are faring in your area. n.pr/38roCvg
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Christopher Whiteley's death was widely reported as Texas's first mountain lion fatality—but animal experts aren't buying that theory. But if a mountain lion didn't kill Whiteley, who or what did? texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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Another professor resigning because some dingus doesn’t want to briefly wear a mask in the middle of a deadly pandemic. ajc.com/education/get-school…

Faculty member who quit: State policy ‘literally becomes teachers die trying’

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Even as Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton vow to punish local government and school district officials who flout the governor’s order banning mask mandates, they conceded in court documents that they actually have no power to enforce it. bit.ly/2WskXun
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott can’t enforce mask mandate ban, he argues in court

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott can’t enforce mask mandate ban, he argues in court

Abbott says local district attorneys have the authority to enforce his ban on local mask mandates. But urban DAs are unlikely to go after their fellow local officials.

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An unvaxed teacher carrying the #DeltaVariant, with mild #COVID19 symptoms passed virus to 55% of students, as far away as 5 rows, while reading to class w/out wearing a mask. Marin, California. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/m…
Outbreak Associated with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta)...

Outbreak Associated with SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta)...

COVID-19 outbreak associated with an unvaccinated infected teacher in an elementary school from May–June 2021 in Marin County, California.

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"Experts are uncertain how exactly curricula will be changed in response to the bill. But their consensus is that the legislation addresses a bogeyman. . . Nonetheless, school board rooms around the state have turned into political colosseums." texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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If the people who call everyone else sheep could stop taking livestock medication, that’d be great
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The FDA is urging people to stop taking veterinary drugs to treat or prevent Covid-19 after receiving multiple reports of patients who have been hospitalized after "self-medicating with ivermectin intended for horses," the FDA says. nbcnews.to/3y7PMlg
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