"One study estimates at least 338,000 Covid deaths in the United States could have been prevented by universal health care. In the wake of this generational catastrophe, many health care workers have been left shaken."
"in 2021 alone, about 117,000 physicians left the work force, while fewer than 40,000 joined it. ...And the situation is set to get worse. One in five doctors says he or she plans to leave practice in the coming years."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/doctors-universal-health-care.html
From now on when I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I’ll think of this…
I'm having a hard time seeing the long list of #banned #books in the US, on every day topics that happen in real life, but today Google notified me of when an #antivax video was posted on YouTube by someone who I have never watched because they spread #misinformation and is consistently, thoroughly debunked
This guy is taking a trip tomorrow to get irradiated and cure his hyperthyroidism. Send him your best wishes! #CatsOfMastodon
News is moving quickly tonight: Movetodon has gotten shut down by Twitter due to unspecified 'rule violations'. This makes it matter of utmost urgency to preserve as much of the Twitter bot developer community as possible, as the deadline of February 9th shutdown cannot be presumed to be safe.
If you have worked with the #twitter API in any capacity, please check out this work by @tchambers:
@e_urq@journa.host This is a bad take Evan. They want us identified, they want us in camps, they want us erased and they want us dead.
Tone policing how people talk about that isn't helping anyone, and just causes infighting and friction.
Let people talk about this in the ways they need to. It's real. It's happening. It needs to be talked about
Realizing that my opinion of someone is about 80% determined by whether they use the past or present tense when referring to "the pandemic."
Imagine being terrified by a Chinese spy balloon but ignoring a virus which is killing thousands of Americans a week and creating chronic disease and shortening the life expectancy of many others.
Know what the absence of racism would look like for Black folks?
Ordinary-ness.
Just life.
Ordinary life.
I think we deserve that.
Don't you?
Did trump conceal the three Chinese spy balloons that happened during his term because Ivanka was getting trademarks from China? Or bc he didn’t want to hurt the trade deal with China he thought would help him win in 2020? We need answers. My article https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/why-did-trump-conceal-from-the-public
Internet services owned by billionaires:
1. Twitter
2. Facebook
3. Instagram
4. TikTok
5. Snapchat
Internet services not owned by billionaires:
1. Email
2. IRC
3. BitTorrent
4. RSS
5. HTTP
So don’t tell me that walled gardens are inevitable and we should just accept surveillance capitalism as the price of doing business.
Mostly reclusive and carrying slightly damaged goods. A 56 yo survivor by some accounts. Definitely in need of much therapy. ;)
Staunchly anti-fascist
Bear in mind that, while I may "like" your "toot", about a person, event or particular topic, if it links to the "bird-site" I will no longer boost and inadvertently contribute to their grift. Everyone has a choice and a part to play when crimes go unpunished.
"We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers".
-Elric