“Over a 3-year follow-up period, individuals w/SARS-CoV-2 infection had significantly higher risks of developing HPV-related cancers compared to those w/o infection: a 67% increase in cervical cancer, 131% in vaginal cancer, 98% in vulvar cancer, 92% in anal cancer, and 78% in oropharyngeal cancer.”
I ran out of characters, but Stone Mountain was stolen from Native Americans who used it as a ceremonial site for time immemorial.
The Muscogee and Cherokee Nations, who also enslaved Black people, were ultimately expelled by white colonizers via the Trail of Tears:
“The Klan monument is run by slave labor” is a little too on the fucking nose
There are 10,000x MORE stars in the universe than grains of sand *on all the beaches and deserts on earth*
In that context, our radio signals first sent out 100 years ago have not even reached the next grain of sand. The rest of the universe has no idea we're here.
Hey leftists, it’s ok to discuss disagreements about strategy, but if you say people who take COVID precautions:
- are too scared to leave the house
- demand that everyone wear a mask 24/7
- are terrified of a just a "cold"
You are using far right anti-science talking points.
"In America, we fetishize misery. We treat suffering like a virtue, and it’s not. We live in the wealthiest country in the world. We don’t have to live like this." trib.al/FZNd9iA
When twitter was perceived as liberal it was a bubble and people should not take it seriously. But now that it's a cesspool of right-wing propaganda it's the Soul of America and the libs ignore it at their peril
"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning"
got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."
Just saying it right out loud now.
newrepublic.com/post/207693/...
"...(RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower." tinyurl.com/54xexmrp
Population pyramid of the UAE residence which shows a major imbalance between "male" and "female" residence, and a huge amount of males between the ages of 20-40. This is what the modern slavery Kafala system looks like in a graph.
As much schadenfreude as I feel about the gulf states experiencing the violence its been exporting for the last decade or so, I keep thinking about this fact: 86% of UAE residence are foreign-born (i.e. highly exploited Kafala system workers from south Asia and east Africa).
Pope Leo XIV’s Vatican newspaper is the only publication in the Western world to run the photograph of 150 Iranian girls' graves — killed in President Trump's military strikes — on its front page.
Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
The U.S. is a country that is unable to handle death but is awash in it. A country with people who often can't process grief. These are terrible things.
Trevor Parsons @dartmouthcommon.bsky.social Follow Disclaimer: I do NOT conflate Judaism with Zionism. This well documented analysis is very scary & deserves your attention. AI, Big Data, the Surveillance State will have more signifigance once you listen, as will the meaning of The End Times. New to me: Pax Judaica.
Pax Judaica is an antisemitic conspiracy theory, whether you make it about Zionism/Israel or not.
And if it somehow was magically not antisemitic, it would still be an outlandish conspiracy theory. One that has gained traction in some corners of the left since Oct 7th.
Please block this person
There is so much anger in me for the "let it rip," "we don't need to mask/you don't need to mask" "All schools and universities must be in person" people, I think its possibly unhealthy for me
Archived link here, thanks to @jacky.wtf for sharing
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an ak-47 and the words DEFEND THE DOLLS from the bum lung store: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4329695869/defend-the-dolls-shirt?ref=share_ios_native_control
i was wearing this shirt at a bar and a guy that looked exactly like me fifteen years ago came up to me and said “cool shirt.” good luck sister. see you soon
Covid can damage the brain stem, disrupt breathing, shrink memory-related regions, and leave lasting cognitive changes, even after mild cases.
With millions facing long Covid, scientists warn it may quietly accelerate dementia risk worldwide.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
I hope and dream that one day people realize that well before social media, cars destroyed our society and social fabric.
This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.
He finally died.
I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...
We actually have a good amount of supporters who disagree with me on a number of key issues.
Every single one of them says they’re voting for me because they know where I stand and I won’t lie to them.
The bar is in hell.
The learning by listening cassette series plus the Sonopaedia, on a tape shelf.
This is currently the most powerful Data Center in the world, containing literally hundreds of items of information. It is expensive (the total for all units exceeds 70€) and susceptible to nesting wasps. However this equipment represents humankind’s secure knowledge infrastructure for the future.
You, an individual, cannot "fix" the whole world. You can act at the scale of your life. You should act at the scale of your life.
The Beginning Comes After the End Notes on a World of Change by Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century. In this sequel to her enduring bestseller Hope in the Dark, Solnit surveys a world that has changed dramatically since the year 1960. Despite the forces seeking to turn back the clock on history, change is not a possibility; it is an inevitability. The changes amount to nothing less than dismantling an old civilization and building a new one, whose newness is often the return of the old ways and wisdoms. In this rising worldview, interconnection is a core idea and value. But because the transformation is obscured within a longer arc of history, its scale is seldom recognized. While the white nationalist and authoritarian backlash drives individualism and isolation, this new world embraces antiracism, feminism, a more expansive understanding of gender, environmental thinking, scientific breakthroughs, and Indigenous and non-Western ideas, pointing toward a more interconnected, relational world.
I wrote a book! It's trickling out, already in some bookstores. And I'm doing a bunch of events for it (see below). More info on book in alt text.
Morning.
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.