i love that i only know i can order more free covid tests when someone i follow on social media is like "heads up! go to the usps website today!" a robust public health infrastructure modelled on "McRib Is Back"

I'm hearing and reading so many stories about how the dock workers strike could wreak havoc on our supply chain and all I can think is, well then you better pay them what they're asking. Seems like an easy solution. 🤷🏻‍♀️

When we get a sterilizing COVID vaccine remind me to jaunt around Queens with you

I’ve seen many people of various political persuasions say that they’ve seen very little or no coverage of the devastation in Asheville. That may be so, but it’s not really an indictment of the media as much as it’s an indication that your media diet in particular is fucked.

“self-help without the practical advice, storytelling without the literariness, nonfiction without the vital truths, entertainment without the pleasure, a thriller without actual revelation and a business book without the actionable insights.” HIT HIM AGAIN! (gift link so can all hate him together)

Is Malcolm Gladwell Out of Ideas?

In “Revenge of the Tipping Point,” the best-selling author looks back at his old theories.

this thread tho

I think one of many factors that causes people to misperceive coverage levels of something is that several important algorithms, most importantly Facebook and Threads, now deprioritize news. If you’re used to seeing coverage go by in your feeds, you won’t, and it’s not because there isn’t any.

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it's a top story on the homepage of every major news outlet, basically second behind the potential regional war in the middle east

Blue Ridge Public Radio has a vetted list of orgs to donate to: www.bpr.org/bpr-news/202...

List: Ways to donate and help flood victims in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene unleashed devastating flooding in the mountains of North Carolina. Here are ways to help local flood victims in Western North Carolina by donating relief funds or volunteering.

"[Scotland] has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13." That's honestly so amazing.

HPV vaccine study finds zero cases of cervical cancer among women vaccinated before age 14

In a large Scottish study, no cases of cervical cancer were found among women who received HPV vaccines before they turned 14.

An innocent Gen Zer recently asked the Daria Reddit community if people were REALLY that obsessed with diet culture and thinness in the 90s and 2000s, and oh, the expressions of raw Gen X and Millennial trauma that ensued