Today we remember the horrific tragedy of the Columbine shooting. 27 years later, it is a disgrace that gun violence is still the leading cause of death for children in America.

It does not seem like it should be a controversial point that sometimes terrible things are nobody’s fault

What’s happened here is a version of what’s happened with science and vaccines. People cannot accept ANY risk. They want a binary “right or wrong” and nothing can give you that. Not driving slowly. Not riding a bike. Nothing.

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It’s hard to really explain how much hospital distances affect whether people live or die but a 10 km (~6 mi) increase in distance to the hospital increases the death rate for *everyone* in the community by ~1%, and as high as +10% per 10 km for certain conditions, and gets worse the farther it is

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This is probably not important, but who is the guy being healed?? I guessed Epstein, but my spouse thinks it's Chuck Norris.

After years of autocratic rule, Hungarians have rejected the far right. Could the same thing happen here one day?

I'm really encouraged by the number of comments on this post asking you to reconsider. I will also ask, if you name not already done so, to cancel this immediately.

those 2 books.

I will never forget post-2016 election when NPR did an "understand the other side" by reading piece and recommended Hillbilly Elegy and The New Jim Crow. I couldn't finish it, and I don't know that I've ever seen a better example of the how "the meritocracy" works for white men than comparing...

If you're ready to sign away a state just to avoid the negotiations, it might be a pretty good negotiation technique, to be fair

UW graduate student deported through SEA as protesters demand answers A union representing University of Washington graduate student workers says Kennedy Orwa’s student visa was rescinded without explanation.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel.

King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

I'm sure there will be no long-term consequences to all of us veering between hypervigilance over potential nuclear war and trying to go to work because none of us can afford to pay our bills and may still be trying to recover from health consequences from the pandemic we're pretending didn't happen

Here is a take for you Bluesky.

Having the perspective that science isn’t political is a privilege.

The louder you say it, the more obvious it is you can’t put yourself in the shoes of folks who know science and politics are indelibly intertwined.

Today is the 128th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship in U.S. v. Wong Ark Kim.

People have a right to self-governance and self-determination. They also have a right to not be killed by bombs. The problem is not the name change, it's the subjugation and death. It's pretty absurd to claim that what is happening in the Ukraine is a "name change", that's disingenuous.

Absolutely. Honestly some pretty horrific stuff.

Omg, why??

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Survivor networks: language & legitimacy, pathways (and limits) to civic engagement, visibility & performance of survivorship, emotional & practical lifelines

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“We can endure suffering but not meaninglessness”: Identity, meaning-making, and community in online firearm violence survivor networks

It’s too easy to go to war

At least 148 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is

The mass murder of civilians in Gaza, the brazen attacks on hospitals and schools, without any accountability has created a new kind of warfare that should terrify and enrage all of us.

Every child lost is someone’s whole world. Every life lost matters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Seems kinda like that DOJ lawyer who asked to be held in contempt to sleep. He seems like he wants to be done and doesn't know how to quit. Just begging the voters to put him out of his misery.

Failing to extend the enhanced ACA premium tax credits is an attack on working-class Black families and major metro areas Summary Millions of working families will lose health care coverage, while millions of others are facing higher premiums, following the expiration of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax...

What is the impact of this admin’s attacks on healthcare?
🚨As much as a 24% increase in the number of Black residents without health insurance in major metro areas
🚨 More than 200 preventable Black deaths each year
🚨Black families paying$740M more in annual premiums.
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I haven't started, either, but sounds maybe worth it. Though I'm not sure I'm ready for residency flashbacks.

This is so disturbing in so many ways.

Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.

“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.