If only we had a button that would tase RFK Jr. every time he lies in a congressional hearing.
We could charge for a chance to push the button and pay for 100 years of single-payer healthcare.
I came here to do the same thing!
Shreveport. What words are there for something like this. I am trying to tally the number of Black women and children shot at or killed in the last week because a man couldn’t handle that his intimate access to the woman was being ended. It’s too many.
Sullivan standing beside a sign announcing the title of her talk, “The Murky Ethics of Good Intentions: Unintended Consequences and a Path for Doing Good Better”
Such a delight to participate in “A Day With Northwestern,” welcoming back alumni from the region this weekend.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back to a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
IT SAVES PUBLIC MONEY to house people.
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.
“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”
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Dr Shailey Prasad delivers lecture to an audience
It was such a pleasure to host @shailey.bsky.social at @nuglobalhealth.bsky.social this week. Thank you so much Dr Prasad for inspiring us with the work you and others are doing to bolster rural healthcare and training, and making global health more equitable and responsible!
"Viewpoint diversity functions in direct opposition to the pursuit of truth, the principal aim of academia."
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Thank you for writing it.
This is a worthwhile read.
My community has over 80 different languages, multiple religions and denominations of each, major cultural differences between households. Neighbors who know each other, share food on holidays, help one another. And about the best block parties and potlucks you’ve ever encountered.
Honestly still in shock by its placement, but my article (and job talk paper), “Indigenous Constitutionalism,” is officially out in the Harvard Law Review. A brief thread on this project🧵
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they’re encouraging people without the means to support themselves to have babies while being only 1 of 3 countries (possibly 4?) on the planet lacking paid parental leave, having no living wage, no affordable childcare, & the stingiest social safety nets among comparable countries. says something.
Contrary to public perception a huge % of pregnant teenagers in the 1990s were impregnated by adult men. The younger they were, the larger the average age gap between mother and father was. Fixing teen pregnancy was in part a clampdown on statutory rape. That's what conservatives want to reverse.
Under international humanitarian law, military commanders planning a strike must consider the risk of incidental damage to civilians and civilian infrastructure. In each attack, they are supposed to weigh the expected military gains against expected civilian harm, and take precautions to minimize that harm. Experts said that Mr. Hegseth has dismantled many of the systems meant to help the United States abide by such obligations. They noted that the defense secretary has fired the military’s top lawyers, who advise military leaders on domestic and international laws of armed conflict, and that he has closed Pentagon offices and terminated positions designed to reduce and respond to civilian harm. Mr. Hegseth has also boasted about his efforts to scale back what he has called “stupid rules of engagement.”
This right here. There are no accidents when those in charge dismantle everything that is in place to prevent the country from committing war crimes. May those responsible be held accountable
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I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️
These aren’t all new releases but here’s an absolutely incredible treasure trove of the Books of Bluesky. The creativity and originality and skill is genuinely mind blowing.
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$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago.
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At a time when erosions to US social safety nets increase need, exacerbate social ills & undermine mental health, this study’s conclusion is “don’t study #socialwork or #psychology you won’t make enough $$$” instead of “pay people more to do this difficult, necessary, critical work”. 🤔
SMDH
Today in decor by teens…
Almost 30 years after the intricate web of nerves inside the penis was plotted out, the same mapping has finally been completed for one of the least-studied organs in the human body — the clitoris.
I am so angry that our market won’t allow smaller, more efficient EV’s into the US market. They exist elsewhere. People here are all practically driving tanks. I want something small and efficient and basic with minimal whistles
I’ve now banned all tech in my seminars. Difficult in large lecture classes but students who took notes by hand or with a stylus on a tablet learned more & performed far better. Working against this tech in the classroom is hard but necessary; this is the most distracted generation I’ve ever taught.
if Wikipedia, an org with a shoestring budget and volunteer workforce can ban use of llms, what excuse do large orgs and universities have
“Nurses in the hospital's neonatal unit said they already have plans for a fully powerless hospital: swaddle newborns in blankets and put them back into dead incubators, hoping they stay warm enough to survive."
Tommy Douglas is the reason Canada has universal healthcare, established democratic socialism in Canada, is Kiefer Sutherland’s grandfather, and while at UChicago abandoned his PhD (so not technically a “Dr”) because he became dissatisfied with Americans’ armchair socialism & inaction.
Blooming daffodils 🌼
First blooms in my yard!
(Near Chicago)
F*cking brilliant.
All of this. You can't outsource thinking and then think that this process is...going to help you learn how to think? Not one student who told me they used AI to help them learn could actually tell me one thing they learned in the process about the thing they were actually supposed to learn about.
