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phd neuroscientist, werewolf writer, horseback-riding instructor, systems geek. communalist, poet, keeper of predators. very short.

in yer face
Joined October 2008
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🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Trans Day of Visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans activist @LynnConway invented the superscalar architecture that accelerates modern microprocessors performance, and wrote the book on VLSI design that revolutionized electronic design automation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_C…
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When you wear a KN95, you're not just protecting yourself from COVID-19 - you're also protecting those around you. Let's make community care a priority by #MaskingUp with style and confidence. #SafeIsSexy #MasksAreEasier #LongCovid
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Yeah Sex is cool but have you ever had your own area of expertise, which you have mastered through literally years of effort, condescending explained back to you at a fifth grade level on social media?
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Thailand: Covid measures return to schools To prevent Covid cases from spiking, the Thai Prime Minister has asked the Education and Public Health ministries to bring back Covid measures at schools and other educational institutions. bangkokpost.com/learning/eas…
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The state of STEM education <Shakes head sadly>
This is a Molotov Cocktail that was found at tonight’s protest. We are committed to ensuring everyone’s right to protest. Violence has no place in civic demonstration. These actions will never be tolerated & anyone bringing weapons or dangerous substances will be arrested.
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While these materials could technically be used in the making of a molotov cocktail, this picture does not show a molotov cocktail, or provide evidence that one was made. US Army Field Manual No. 21-75 provides information about molotov cocktails proving this. globalsecurity.org/military/libra…
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Sadly, people in crisis behave "erratically" on the NYC subway all the time - ranting, making threats, even violently damaging property. When I see that, I worry about the person in crisis & wonder how I could help them. I'm not special, that's just having basic empathy.
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“the accountability of the #MeToo era,” or as it’s traditionally known, civil law.
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Would it surprise you to know that stroke incidence *worldwide* is up 50% since Covid started infecting people?
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The curious case of Central Park's dinosaurs: The destruction of Benja... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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It was really fun to serve on the judging panel this year for the city of Cambridge's Sidewalk Poetry selections. Congrats to the winners! cambridgema.gov/News/detail?…
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Hey @YouTubeCreators, if I delete the videos with my girlfriend, will you monetize my YouTube shorts? I've got 1.6m followers, my account partner is trying but getting nowhere, and there's no skin for you to use as an excuse. You've demonetized a lot of videos that show my girlfriend but not allowing me to monetize *any* YouTube Shorts because we're in some of them together is pretty excessive- even for you.
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I still can't get over this, one of the most important "natural experiments" to come from COVID: washingtonpost.com/opinions/… It's all right there in front of us, a free lunch pathway to reducing some of the most immense cruelty in our society.
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THREAD: Rikers Island, a monument to barbarity, is now banning the people confined to cages within its walls from getting mail from their children and loved ones. As I explain below, there is far more going on here.
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The voice telling you that you don’t need snacks? That’s the devil talking
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This is a doozy of a race. A Republican is running for DA in Oklahoma on a promise to drop criminal charges against five police officers who shot & killed a 15-year old. “I would have shot him myself,” he even said during a debate. boltsmag.org/oklahoma-county…
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Bed availability for the major local hospitals here in Monroe County, NY. There is NO media coverage. No one is taking precautions. It’s only October. coronavirus.health.ny.gov/ho…
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BREAKING: In a truly STUNNING act of corruption, Justice Clarence Thomas unilaterally grants Lindsey Graham's request to temporarily shield him from testifying in the probe into the illegal efforts to steal the 2020 election in Georgia. RT TO DEMAND THOMAS BE IMPEACHED!
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The CDC’s first weekly Covid report seems to indicate Covid deaths have quietly doubled.
This escalated quickly. From October 18th to October 20th, the CDC reported 260,881 new Covid cases and 5,476 new deaths (though it was 5,111 according to the difference in totals.) “New deaths in last past week” covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tra…
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An indictment of the pandemic? Or an indictment of USA’s wealth inequality & low-level investment in public school infrastructure & healthcare? Why does the US have a far higher Covid death rate than other wealthy nations? nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
U.S. students in almost all demographic groups have experienced troubling setbacks in math and a dip in reading, a national exam showed. The results were an indictment of the pandemic's effects on learning. nyti.ms/3sl0wwf
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This right wing fascist, Rishi Sunak, is now set to become UK's next prime minister. He built his platform on the necks of refugees & immigrants being xenophobic. The irony of that. 🤡 He hoards 1 billion dollars in wealth while 14 million in the UK starve!
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