It is impossible to conceive that David McCullough is no longer with us. He is among our greatest historians, writing with an almost magical command of language and story. 1/2
no i don't want to "continue building new friendships in my community" i want to "force all my old friends to move to wherever i happen to be, ideally on adjoining properties" why is that a problem????
Nichelle Nichols was The First. She was a trailblazer who navigated a very challenging trail with grit, grace, and a gorgeous fire we are not likely to see again.
May she Rest In Peace.
#NichelleNichols
fatphobia kills. I need y’all to realize that. fat people go to the doctor and get all their concerns dismissed + are told they just need to lose weight, when there is an actual issue that goes untreated. being skinny means your health issues are actually looked at
This thread is about who I met on January 21st, 2020, while moonlighting as an Uber driver. Jefferson City is a sleepy town on Tuesday nights but I signed into my driving app, knowing that I could always count on a few legislators needing a ride home from the bar. #moleg
Many actors become stars, but few stars can move a nation. Nichelle Nichols showed us the extraordinary power of Black women and paved the way for a better future for all women in media. Thank you, Nichelle. We will miss you.
I am seeing some very disappointing media reporting and commentary that have been reinforcing homophobic and racist stereotypes. Let me be VERY clear: ANYONE can get Monkeypox. It is not an STI. It can spread from close physical contact REGARDLESS of sexual orientation or race.
On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for an attack on an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam.
As the attack developed, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else:
A massacre.
He decided to act. /1 🧵
MYTH: We don't have a solution to nuclear's "waste problem"
REALITY: Nuclear waste isn't a problem. In fact, it’s the best solution we have to meeting our energy needs while protecting the natural environment!
Here's what you need to know:
It's my birthday today! I'd like to raise money for Trans Lifeline. They offer peer support to trans folks (and never call police!).
If you can, please consider donating.
Reply w/your confirmation (hide your private info!!), and I'll match, up to $5000.
Tomorrow, after years of advocacy by Americans working to improve our mental health system, 988 will become our new nationwide number for suicide prevention, mental health and substance use crises. Call or text 988 for a trained counselor who can provide support. #988Lifeline
In 2019, 20 women diagnosed with ovarian tumors agreed to try out a new MIT-designed skin patch—a small, clear, flexible disc that may one day become the first noninvasive screening tool for ovarian cancer. http://mitsha.re/17GC50JSHnJ
Oh wow! 🤩 Canada’s NIRISS on #Webb has found water in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-96 b! 💧☁️
Check it out 👇
Credit: CSA, NASA, ESA, STScI, Christine Daniloff/MIT, Julien de Wit, NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, T. Pyle
Pretty sure tech support how-to guides just make up things that sound like they could be on a website in order to gaslight us. There's no option to create new folders. Nowhere. None. You've never even seen this page have you?
Just a friendly reminder. Despite what you might hear, there has yet to be a variant that isn’t susceptible to the vaccines.
Let’s stop the misinformation and look at the data, shall we? Yes, this includes BA.5. Let’s talk about that.🧵⬇️
I cannot think of anything that helps women’s rights less than pinning the blame on trans women. They face so much violence and scrutiny as is. Leave them alone and focus on the real war on women. It’s happening in the courts and legislatures around this country.
I’m extremely uncomfortable doing something like this. I have no desire to fight or argue with anyone—but I must stand up for my dear friends at Boston Light and Sound. #MichaelMoore is slandering them—and I can’t stand idly by while that happens.
Let me get this straight: the people who said showing a negative COVID test to go to the gym during a global pandemic was “medical tyranny” would be fine with making women show a negative pregnancy test to cross state lines?
When I went to block someone for complaining about the "forced diversity" they felt was in NuTrek, I decided to block anybody who liked the comment. Felt a weird combo of sadness and satisfaction to find that there were 81 people who agreed w/him but I'd already blocked 61 of'em.
ATTENTION:
Start paying attention to and voting in state judicial elections.
If you live in a state where you can vote for judges, do some research. Figure out who the pro-choice judges are and vote for them.
A lot of repro fights are going to play out in state court.
- It’s dishonest to say “The SCOTUS isn’t trying to criminalize abortion; they’re just leaving it to the States.” There is no practical reason for them to overturn Roe v. Wade unless they want abortion to be criminalized. If they wanted it to remain legal, they’d leave Roe alone.
Just gonna get out ahead of what I will be doing all day: Women are not the only people who have abortions. This is not semantics. Failures of linguistic accuracy actively endanger all people who need abortions, ESPECIALLY trans people.
We should hear from Senators Murkowski, Collins, and Manchin if they believe there should be any consequences at all for misleading members of the US Senate in order to secure a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land.
Otherwise Roe’s undoing is their legacy too.
For the love of god, politically interested people, when your friends and family ask what can be done about the Supreme Court, don't say "nothing."
There are, moldering away in the Constitution, ways to check the court's power that every American needs to become familiar with.🧵
If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control
By overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court has not only taken a wrecking ball to reproductive rights - it has taken a wrecking ball to military readiness. America will be less secure as a result. [🧵]
Please don’t cut trans men and nonbinary people out of the conversation today. This is not just a women’s rights issue, anyone who can get pregnant is affected.
Clarence Thomas writes, in a concurring opinion, that the Supreme Court should reconsider Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell — the rulings that now protect contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.
In his concurrence, Thomas writes: "In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, & Obergefell."
So they're coming for our birth control. And LGBTQ folks, you're next. Just like we warned.
For years, we've represented teens -- of all genders -- who were tortured at school for being victims of revenge porn, video voyeurism, rape; and in several cases all three combined. Our clients were ostracized, publicly shamed, and often forced to transfer.