writer of short stories & long essays, hater of (redacted). just trying to make it in this bitch of a life • AuDHD • hEDS • LC
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i was 24 working on my portfolio to apply to grad school when C19 disabled me and triggered the symptomatic phase of a genetic disorder. i’ve lost friends, family, my writing community, and my capacity to work a normal job. at times i can’t use my arms or walk/stand well.
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This is so intelligent, I want to cry: The 140 seats won by the student opposition against Serbia's nationalist government party will be taken up not by students, but by academics, professors & public figures from pre-chosen pool of 250 experts, selected by student plenums.
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always amazing to see the jargon corporate execs use to talk about you. "load factor" is "are people actually flying" while "yield" is "how much money do we squeeze out of each person." They're happy because fewer people can afford to fly but the ones that do fork over more money
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I’ve been tirelessly posting about H5N1 since the first case was reported in an American human in 2022, in an incarcerated individual forced to cull infected flocks. I watched as the UK reported asymptomatic human cases then shut down the program testing for them. I’ve watched as six Missouri healthcare workers develop H5N1 symptoms after contact with an H5N1 patient. I’ve watched as American CHILDREN tested positive with no known source.
I’ve made huge threads about all the mammals & marine mammals H5N1 has blown through as governments & the public ignored it. When it found its way into mice & rats in 2024, experts said the situation was “out of control.” That was almost 3 years ago. The U.S. reported 70 human cases & 1 death by January 2025, & then nothing until now. It will consume us, & our wounds are self-inflicted. I’m sorry.
There is something really concerning (and disappointing) going on in the US right now.
A dangerous and preventable situation.
Let me explain.
nextstrain.org/avian-flu/h5n…
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"Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," says new House Judiciary report.
Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old + then promised her a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.
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If done by a human, this would be a federal crime.
Wait. It was done by a human. His picture is right there in the article.
Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data without authorization axios.com/2026/10/25/anthrop…
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I don’t really “get” H3H3, probably because I’m too old. but there are things about the show I find great. I like that the husband is always nervously explaining a post he made, and the wife is just giving him absolutely NOTHING while wearing one of Pootie Tang’s outfits
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HHS wants a new Medicare code that pays doctors extra only when they attribute a patient’s symptoms to a vaccine.
Vaccine critics say doctors are paid to push vaccines. We aren’t. Under this code, we’d be paid to blame them.
My new piece in @CIDRAP:
cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-vac…
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The video that got Tamara hired on the h3 podcast was a video in which a picture of Hila is burned
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The Libertarian Party candidate for North Carolina state senate is currently in the midst of an armed chase and shoot-out with the cops, keeping us posted with live tweets:
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Breaking: Donald Trump was "an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young women in the mid-to-late 1990s,” according to a report issued today by Dems on the House Judiciary Committee. The report includes one new rape allegation against Trump, and calls for a special investigation of the Trump administration's cover-up of Epstein's crimes.
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A one-stoplight TX town got in bed with ICE for $$ and started pulling over every other car and detaining Hispanics. 10% of the town is gone now, and businesses are struggling. The town cop has to look over his shoulder in public now.
propublica.org/article/depor…
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Wheat, yeast, and a little water. Kneaded, shaped, and baked over an open flame into a perfectly sized, crispy loaf. Something so simple has become the foundation of survival in Gaza. Help here: chuffed.org/project/help-us-…
For families enduring genocide, bread has been more than food. It has been the one thing keeping hunger at bay when everything else is scarce or unaffordable.
From dough to oven to distribution, follow the journey of a loaf through The Sameer Project bakery and into the hands of families who depend on it. Help us keep the ovens burning and bread reaching those who need it!
Flour prices are rising but for now daily operations at our bakery cost around $1,050. Help us sustain these costs to provide free bread to those in need. Donate to our Food and Water Campaign: chuffed.org/project/help-us-…
Other ways to donate include:
paypal.me/mahertali (Paypal option, please make sure to add a message saying "Food")
account.venmo.com/u/Maher-Al… (Venmo option, please make sure to add a message saying "Food")
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There’s a deep freeze paralyzing the U.S. labor market.
Unemployment is still low at 4.2%. But the share of Americans who say jobs are hard to get is at a multi-year high of about 21%, and entry-level jobs in AI-exposed fields are drying up, per WSJ
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I knew that the Anthropic S1 would have some goofy risk factors but this has to take the cake
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This post is satire.
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