The guy who discovered that tetraethyllead - one of the worst poisons I can think of - reduced engine “knock” would give televised demonstrations of him touching it to “prove” it was safe (bc people knew lead wasn’t safe) then immediately check into medical facilities for treatment of lead poisoning

Since people love to bring up the false trope of doctors recommending cigarettes (negative health effects have been public for over a century), it’s interesting nobody seems to know the history of leaded gas & how corporations knew it was toxic even before bringing it to market but got away with it…

It’s much easier to just go with the flow and play nice all the time, but you can’t do that! Sometimes you have to make a stand when you see something that Doesn’t Make Sense.

Ok here’s a thread of feeds that aren’t topic themed but utilitarian and do things like show you different versions of your timeline or provide services that should be official Bluesky features. 🧵

Gabe, it’s 2024, who has that kind of time or energy

I used to have that exact same couch. The cushion on the chaise part was forever falling off 🤬

a different angle of the Marta goal that everyone is talking about

Dang, it’s so gratifying to find all my folks from the bird app over here. I had forgotten what a good community we’d built and it feels like coming home #pharmsky #medsky

Hello world!