There have been some excellent things showing up on the internet in the last few days on the topic of abortion. Of course it depends on your point of view. Many people think one of those things is Justice Alito's draft opinion. I prefer this comment from several years ago: 🧵

You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone.

They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible?

Pre-Roe, I was 8 yrs old. I came home from school to find my Mom lying in a puddle of blood. She was weak & asked me to call a neighbor. She was miscarrying, but the embryo would not abort. For 48 hours, she bled while doctors transfused blood, waiting. Abortions were illegal.

Last night, a younger patient arrived with abdominal pain, chest pain, and shortness of breath. While assessing, the patient began to appear more and more pale with each moment. "I tested + with two at home tested, but I have an IUD." VS=HR 150 BP 80/40 I sounded an alarm. 1/8

Thread: If U.S. Presidents were actually elected monarchs

I work as an Amazon delivery driver, and I’m witnessing a swelling of anger amongst drivers related to a new rule just handed down by Amazon. Drivers are pissed and miserable; even the ones who are ordinarily happy. Amazon is getting nervous due to warehouse unionization. 1/8

"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization 1/4

This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting in Buffalo. This is Ruth Whitfield, 86. Her son, the former Buffalo Fire Commissioner, said she was on her way from visiting her husband in a nursing home and stopped at the store to get something to eat.

Republicans’ steadfast commitment to life begins at conception and ends at birth.

Warriors move to 0-579 in hypotheticals

I want to tell a quick story. The Buffalo shooter had a toothache.

"If you struggle with procrastination, read this" Thread

If you are a Christian, unless you have E X T E N S I V E L Y studied Judaism *from Jewish rabbis and theologians* for like, years, most of what you think you know about Judaism, including Judaism at the time of Jesus, is probably wrong.

Before having his wife inject him with 400mg of LSD on his deathbed, Aldous Huxley said: “It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‘Try to be a little kinder.’”

Warriors coach Steve Kerr: “Not going to talk about basketball. Any basketball questions don’t matter. I’m tired, I’m so tired of getting up here and offering condolences. I’m tired of the moments of silence.”

Bodies fall apart when they lack the strength and mobility to hold a Deep Squat. Your compromised frame attracts pain and injury. I’ve met too many adults over the years who failed to hold the position. Practice your Deep Squat to spare yourself from future torments.

Being a progressive, reform prosecutor is more than words. It is about actions. Criminal justice reform is the baseline for lasting public safety. This thread lists some (not even close to all) of the reforms & achievements of DA Chesa Boudin in just 2 years. 1/

"The day the US truly declines is when visa lines in front of its consulates are no longer crowded” - Prof. Wang Jisi, President of Peking U's School of International Studies, told Beijing Cultural Review that he is skeptical of the "America is in decline" narrative. 1/14