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Conservatism is killing us. Shorter life spans brought to you by the allegedly pro-life (just not YOUR life) GQP. Deaths from chronic illness are mostly concentrated in Red States. What a surprise! The Party of Death blocks national health care, regulations on ultra processed food and stricter rules on pollution. And not to mention a gun-fueled suicide epidemic no one wants to talk about. An epidemic of chronic illness is killing us too soon https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/american-life-expectancy-dropping/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk2MzA1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk3Njg3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTYzMDU2MDAsImp0aSI6ImJjMGZhMTg3LTBmOWMtNGExOS1iNTIxLTE4MjU5ZWFkMTVkNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMy9hbWVyaWNhbi1saWZlLWV4cGVjdGFuY3ktZHJvcHBpbmcvIn0.vCKJiPGbDj-VP5a7_WbJXUNG3nTBGbupQJjHOA03loA&itid=gfta Gift link. Read it and weep.

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman who won the Nobel Prize that led to the development of vaccines that were administered to billions around the world are America’s warmup dictators. By Matt Taibbi

@FeralRobots@mastodon.social @breiter There is no phrasing that will make racists happy. It's a fool's errand to try. Martin Luther King couldn't find it. "Nonviolent protest" and "civil disobedience" were hated terms in their time. "Black Lives Matter" is apparently a bad term. "Hands up, don't shoot" is also bad. "Defund the police" is terrible. When you find a framing that works for racists, let me know. Might win you a Nobel peace prize! Because even the peace prize winners couldn't figure it out.🤷🏿‍♂️

A Black woman has just been appointed to something. You know the drill: GOP: Why appoint based on race?! Just appoint the best person for the job, which is never a Black woman!🤡 Dems: Black women will save us! Can I call you auntie? (No). I love Black women! Just... NTBW (Not That Black Woman).🤡

@Pawpower@mastodon.social Thank you. Hug your pups for me, because golden love is the best love. My boy just had his breakfast, a massive case of the zoomies, and gave me his left paw tap, which is akin to us playing tag... He clearly wants to throw something around, so that's going to happen now, fetch, followed by him putting his toy away. #DogsOfMastodon