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Alex Blackwood

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Navigating dystopia. Interested in vaccine and science advocacy, disability and neurodiversity.

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Are we sure it exists? I've heard it's a myth.

09.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice shot!

09.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll be dealing with the fallout for decades.

09.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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celebrate this international women’s day by paying for a subscription to a one-woman publication doing some cool shit (imho):

www.thehandbasket.co/upgrade

09.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 350 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Yes! I've been replacing clocks with auto-set ones over the years, which is great, but when the time changes I forget why I'm weirdly out of sync.

09.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Cecilia Balli Please excuse the very long post. This is an urgent story I want to share more quickly than I can in a news outlet. For more than four years, I’ve been chronicling the rich, beautiful world of...

Details about the family, from Facebook.

08.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Saving "artisan grudge farmer"

08.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Howling in computer science

08.03.2026 01:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Longevity-obsessed Bryan Johnson

Longevity-obsessed Bryan Johnson

07.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t care about CEOs eating burgers. Let me hobble an airline CEO and watch him navigate traveling with a wheelchair.

07.03.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

But indoor plumbing and Wi-Fi!

07.03.2026 18:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

07.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 728 πŸ” 212 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 26

He finally did it to a man

07.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a thousand miles away, and this still makes me never want to leave the pavement.

07.03.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And somehow we manage to talk about eyeglasses as disability aids without describing folks as "eyeglasses-bound".

07.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrific advocate for public health and good government!

07.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Okay, but this guy an easy alternative.

07.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But it's only triple the length of the Panama Canal, so it should be easy.

06.03.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like I'm 5.

[Map of the Strait of Hormuz with a crudely drawn line indicating a canal "straightening" the Strait.]

suahuatica
MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

From @Threads kevinrkirk Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like I'm 5. [Map of the Strait of Hormuz with a crudely drawn line indicating a canal "straightening" the Strait.] suahuatica MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

Men will do literally anything to avoid going to therapy and giving up their dependence on oil.

06.03.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Compassion feels like a group project.

06.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Federal Health Officials Attack Rare-Disease Drug, Say Company Lied The FDA is already under fire from lawmakers for recent delays and rejections of new drugs for rare diseases.

Federal health officials attacked an Amsterdam-based biotech company seeking approval of a Huntington’s disease treatment and accused it of lying www.wsj.com/health/healt... via @wsj.com @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social

Note also: "This 'senior official' was Vinay Prasad".
x.com/RepAuchinclo...

06.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Exciting news!

06.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Red flags don’t come any brighter, yet Colin claims he never saw any. When Colt faces his jury, charged as an adult, his defense will surely include his difficult childhood and his father’s conviction. Colin Gray deserves to be held accountable for something, perhaps a misdemeanor or a much lighter penalty. He was not β€” I repeat, not β€” the perpetrator of this shooting. Barring a successful appeal in his case, parents β€” good or bad β€” may someday face punishment for the crimes of their children. At a time when Americans are being urged to have children to counter the declining birth rate, this case isn’t helpful.

Red flags don’t come any brighter, yet Colin claims he never saw any. When Colt faces his jury, charged as an adult, his defense will surely include his difficult childhood and his father’s conviction. Colin Gray deserves to be held accountable for something, perhaps a misdemeanor or a much lighter penalty. He was not β€” I repeat, not β€” the perpetrator of this shooting. Barring a successful appeal in his case, parents β€” good or bad β€” may someday face punishment for the crimes of their children. At a time when Americans are being urged to have children to counter the declining birth rate, this case isn’t helpful.

The kicker is particularly unhinged. Is the US birth rate falling because of job insecurity and high costs of housing, childcare, education? Maybe we can fix that by not holding parents accountable for letting their offspring have access to weapons of mass murder.

06.03.2026 22:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was very much expected

06.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 161 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Decades of consequences ahead for this failure of public health.

06.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just learned that most Iraqis are Sunni Muslims whereas most Iranians are Shiite Muslims. Here’s why I think the war with Iran will go very differently than the war with Iraq….(1/23)

06.03.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 639 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 2

Spouse: Did you hear Noem is out?
Me: Yes. Did you hear who's replacing her?
Sp: No.
Me: Who's the stupidest person in the Senate?
Sp: Tuberville.
Me: Oh, yeah. Okay, second stupidest.
Sp: Mullin.
Me: 🎯

05.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I'm going to meet this possible serial killer for lunch and see if the restaurant has a pastry we can't spell."

05.03.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nooooo!

05.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Veep vibes

05.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0