Red States Thought They Could Stop Abortions. They Ended Up Stopping Only the Lifesaving Ones. Abortion bans are failing.

Abortion rates in red states have not decreased, aside from medically necessary ones. Pregnancy has become much more dangerous. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Look, for my money the absolute game changer technologies right now are batteries and biosciences, not statistically modeling a mid conversation, but you do you.

Just breathtaking!

BOOKS! Books, books, books! Libraries with books that don't get censored! Libraries where drag queens can read to kids and make story time delightful! Dolly Parton's Imagination Library! This is how you make super babies, you eugenicist, narcissistic fucking fools! (10/10)
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How the Timing and Quality of Early Experiences Influence the Development of Brain Architecture Early life events can exert a powerful influence on both the pattern of brain architecture and behavioral development. In this paper a conceptual framework is provided for considering how the structur...

Stimulating, free, professionally-supported child care and education are a great way to make super babies! (9/10) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

Fluoridate the fucking water so they have strong teeth and don't suffer from dangerous tooth infections! (8/n) www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-...

SNAP: Nutrition Aid Can Provide Long-Term Benefits | Opportunity Lab

Free school breakfasts and lunches, SNAP, and access to healthy food is great for babies brains! (7/n) www.olab.berkeley.edu/snap-longter....

Paternity Leave-Taking and Father Engagement Evidence suggests that paternity leave-taking is associated with higher levels of father involvement, but research has been limited in its focus on cross-sectional analyses and indicators of father in...

Fully paid and long-term parental leave is good for parents and super babies! (6/n) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Universal basic income supports secure housing, nutrition, and parental and child mental health! (5/n) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35994270/

Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Key Issues | KFF This brief includes data on pregnancy and birth outcomes by race and ethnicity, describes the underlying factors driving disparities, and discusses current policies affecting maternal and infant healt...

Eliminating racism as a deadly risk factor for childbirth would give us more super babies! (4/n) www.kff.org/racial-equit...

Vaccines During Pregnancy Vaccines are recommended during pregnancy to protect against three serious illnesses: the flu, whooping cough, and COVID-19. These vaccines can keep you healthy and help protect your baby after birth.

Super babies are the product of excellent prenatal care, including vaccines, folic-acid-fortified foods, and Tylenol! (3/n)
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Abortion: the possibilities of progress Women's bodily autonomy and health, particularly with regard to abortion, are under attack. The politicisation of women's bodies and choices is part of a wider attempt to roll back human rights and fr...

Let's start pre-prenatal. Comprehensive sex education and reproductive health care, including abortion, so people bear children when they're good and ready! (2/n) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We already KNOW how to make super babies, you eugenicist creeps! And it's all the things you fucking fucks are fucking up! THREAD!

On his way to steal yo girl

(Provided yo girl is a tan-morph female White-throated Sparrow, since each sex of this species has two morphs that mate disassortatively and function like genders with associated behavioral differences.)

did somebody forget to feed the hamsters in the bluesky server hamster wheels

Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

calls for “viewpoint diversity” are little more than demands for a quota system for political conservatives who otherwise could not hack it www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

This report hits on many important issues & identifies important problems that could be addressed. But it fails by writing about the problem of trust, from the outset, without even mentioning the decades of concerted attacks & lies coming from the far right authoritarian party & right-wing pundits.

I’ve Worked Tirelessly to Get One of Our Best Employees a Promotion. Then I Learned What the Bosses Have in Store for Him Instead. The information is “confidential.”

I appreciate getting questions from managers who want to advance their staff, not just themselves. Here's how to do so even in a company that's shrinking and making lousy decisions, because a lot of companies are shrinking and making lousy decisions right now. slate.com/advice/2026/...

I’m About to Undergo a Dramatic Change in How I Look. The Nosy, Rich People I Work With Are Going to Have Some Words About It. It's none of their business.

Someone who is about to have top surgery is anticipating unwanted comments from residents at the retirement home where they work. Here's how to respond, depending on which group a commenter falls into: concerned, judgmental, or supportive. (For Slate Plus members) slate.com/advice/2026/...

Bosses, Stop Using AI And Do Your Job Bosses are using AI at high rates, but it’s making the employees’ work lives harder.

Kate Lindsay and Laura Helmuth discuss the employees who say their bosses’ use of AI is making their work life harder. slate.trib.al/jhkc4OQ

Messy Hospitality, Party Ideas, and Icebreakers - The Last Word On Nothing Throwing a party can be intimidating. Here are some ideas for how to make parties easy, inexpensive, and fun.

What are some of your favorite tips or themes for parties? Here are some ideas for winter, summer, in-home, or other-places gatherings, because community is more important than ever.
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Wow, great place to grow up! Did you ever sneak in at night?

Photo of an empty wooden platform built around a rock outcrop overlooking the Potomac River. During the weekends, it is elbow-to-elbow with people.

Those of you in the DC area who work during the week and get to parks only on the weekends have probably never witnessed such a miracle. This is the observation platform on the Maryland side of Great Falls on a beautiful spring day, and it is EMPTY.

Hummingbirds looking a bit rough this year.

Attn: @philplait.bsky.social

I trust journalists way more than cops and courts to investigate sexual violence allegations. When a thoroughly reported journalistic investigation comes out, like the ones about Eric Swalwell, I’ve seen enough. If you haven’t done this work you may be unaware of how much goes into it.

I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.

I love Gay Cardinal Season!

I think it was just for atmosphere and cutes. The robin was perched on a pumpkin or something.

It does! Perfect! Thank you.