Me: Explains cancer treatment using #science
Patient (male): <looks at me in shock> “And you know all this?”
Me: “Sir, I have to know all of this; that’s how I became a board-certified medical oncologist”
Patient: <still clearly in shock>
(I think this is a culmination of the ease of internet “research,” where many truly cannot fathom the depths of learning over decades it takes to become an expert (compared to 5 min googling); anti-science; & worsening #misogyny everywhere)
@shuttersparks @StillIRise1963
You must give two things to your children
1. Roots - so they have a foundation to rely upon
2. Wings - so they can fly
Book recommendations help children do both.
How dare you publish this fucking garbage?
How dare you call student loan cancellation a "campaign promise" that Biden "failed to deliver"? That's a goddamned lie.
Biden has canceled nearly $144 Billion in student loan debt. He wants to cancel much more, but the Republicans have blocked him.
Say that. Do your goddamned job.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/student-loan-debt-forgiveness-biden/index.html
We also know how the wealthy enabled Hitler & how their pet media companies enabled Hitler too.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/business/media/fox-news-dominion-rupert-murdoch.html
Tim Dunn
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/billionaire-tim-dunn-runs-texas/
Don Hankey
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/nyregion/don-hankey-car-loan-billionaire.html
Tim Mellon
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-mellon-family-dynasty-is-bankrolling-donald-trump/
The wealthy are buying an end to American democracy.
Think of the way angry white reactionaries who storm school board meetings are described as “concerned parents” – but Black parents are special interest groups and progressive educators are “activists.” 7/
This is absolutely priceless.
MAGA Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas has delayed her reply once more in the infamous #LecternGate case, where she allegedly tried to get Arkansas to pay USD 19,000 to her MAGA friend for a fake speaker’s lectern which was worth less than 1,000 dollars.
Ben Meiselas has the story:
@DemocracyMattersALot
They are being paid to push Russian propaganda, so they are traitors and should be expelled and arrested. This is an attack on the US.
Why rural white Americans’ resentment is a threat to democracy https://theconversation.com/why-rural-white-americans-resentment-is-a-threat-to-democracy-224346
Canada: Indigenous fishermen left to walk shoeless after officers seized boots
Justin Trudeau says allegations ‘extremely troubling’ after officers arrested First Nations men and confiscated their boots and phones
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/canada-mikmaw-fishermen-left-shoeless
Denied the nooses, firehoses, and dogs used in previous generations, Texas racists turn to mass firings, in keeping with the anti-DEI theories of Chris Rufo and other GOP darlings, to ensure that people of color never feel comfortable at the University of Texas. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/02/university-texas-austin-firings-dei-ban/
@WTL Yep. As long as corporate/big money is in U.S. politics, nothing significant will change.
For Google Plus users only: A Walk Down Memory Lane.
Five years ago today, Google commenced the shutdown of Google Plus. The process took several hours as different geographic regions of the world went dark, one after another.
Here is a blog post with screen shots of what our beloved social networking platform used to look like.
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"I never understood wind. You know, I know windmills very much. Gases are spewing into the atmosphere. You know we have a world, right? So the world is tiny compared to the universe. So tremendous amount of fumes and everything." --Donald Trump