A student asked me yesterday what can be done about gun violence and I said change laws at the city, county and state level- the GOP have used small town politics to move their agenda- it works both ways #activismisadailypractice #LocalElections2022 #VoteBlueToSaveOurKids

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Masking every day at school -vaxxed and boosted but Every sniffle I’ve worried was covid - now with less than three weeks of school I catch it. #CovidIsNotOver #Omicron #GetVaccinated

Instead of pain-relieving fentanyl, dozens of women say they were injected with salt water during a procedure at a Yale clinic, a lawsuit alleges. “It feels like somebody’s stabbing you through your vagina. It was horrific,” one woman said. ctpost.com/news/article/I…

it’s almost Friday and that means y’all get to see the aerodynamics of a beaver 🦫

Prom was apparently the super spreader event of the year #CovidIsNotOver #maskup

If you're looking for some very upbeat biomedical stuff, here it is erictopol.substack.com/p/a-turning-po…… Including the first time immunotherapy alone eliminated the need for chemotherapy, radiation and surgery

Reminded today that having the chance to work with young people is a special and precious opportunity. So many heartfelt thanks from students and this amazing gift. #gladtobeaneducator #teachertwitter #schoolsalmostout #highschoolteacher

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A suspect has admitted to killing a British journalist and indigenous expert in the Amazon, Brazilian authorities said. cnn.it/3HuCHsl

Believed to be extinct for more than a century, a rare species of giant tortoise is in fact still alive 🧵

The 3D architecture of the pepper 🌶🍃genome 🧬and its relationship to function and evolution. via Nature Communications 🔓 nature.com/articles/s4146… #genomics #agriculture #food

The EU standard for PPE masks says that to pass, they have to fit the ‘Sheffield head’. But what, and who, is the Sheffield head? 🗣 Caroline Criado Perez

PPE is required by employers listen to this podcast to understand why it so rarely fits anyone who is not male and European

Her concerns are not unfounded. Now the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, these unregulated databases could be exploited in the wake of conservative efforts to criminalize abortion

The Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalized it nationwide. These 22 states are now primed to outlaw the procedure reut.rs/3xVbI4P 👇 via Reuters Graphics 1/5

Stephanie Renee 👩🏾‍🔬 This is a three parter, so it's long, but learning about the racism behind the radicalization of the NRA was eye opening. Having trouble sharing the link where it makes a picture. Podcast: Behind the Bastards. Episodes about Harlon Carter pca.st/episode/0f3573…

If you are okay with having Muslim, Jewish and Hindu students sit through a Christian prayer in public school, and not okay with having Christian students sit through a Muslim, Jewish or Hindu prayer, then it’s NOT religious freedom- it’s religious oppression.

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Student teachers shouldn’t have to go broke to get into a profession that’s already underpaid. That, too, is an equity issue.