Lauralee Dukeshire (she/her) @LauraleeDukeshire@social.cleverlibre.org

Today is #YomHaShoah, #HolocaustRemembranceDay. We mourn our families and others who didn’t survive the genocide. 6 million Jews. My grandfather’s 4 sisters (Chana, Devorah, Ethel, Malka), and his parents were all murdered. Photo is one of his murdered sisters. He came to Canada to escape #antisemitism. #NeverAgain

I tried to explain what drove a reporter like me to quit #Twitter (even if it’s temporary) after years and years of thriving on the site.

Looking forward to really seeing what Mastodon has to offer the next few weeks. https://dandiamond.substack.com/p/i-quit-twitter

Elon Musk lost $13 billion in 24 hours on Thursday, and he’s still the world’s second richest person

Don't tell me billionaires can't afford a wealth tax.

TO RECAP:
Elon is giving Twitter blue for free to celebrities who don’t want it and are frantically changing their names to remove it. Oh and he’s also verifying dead celebrities against their will who just want to rest in peace.

Was recently asked which scientific 'myth' I'd like to see banished forever

Obviously, given my field and output, I had to choose 'we only use 10% of our brains'

It's not just a silly thing that leads to shoddy movie plots. It's worse than that

For one thing, the origins of the 'we only use 10% of our brain' notion are unclear. But analysis suggests it came about *at least* a century ago. Believe it or not, our understanding of the brain has improved by orders of magnitude since then

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Meanwhile, inside the box, Schrödinger's cat plans its revenge.

How Shrödinger created Pandora's box.

What kind of Beast is Long Covid?

"There is a nephrological impact, a cardiological impact, a neurological impact, a hematological impact, an immunological impact, an endocrinological impact, a gastroenterological impact, and so on. We could regard Long Covid as a 7-headed beast."
@fitterhappierAJ

#LongCOVID #COVID #SARSCoV2

https://easychair.substack.com/p/what-kind-of-beast-is-long-covid

"When you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/aoc-fox-news-tucker-carlson-incitement-of-violence-1234722133/

Excellent Post reporting on what can happen to any American county when the fascists take over and the rest of us let them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/22/ottawa-county-commission/

About COVID complacency and denial :

We have not gone back to the “old normal”. The pandemic is not over. We are now in the transition to a “new normal” where COVID is everywhere (even if we ignore it) and the health system is under strain even when “at rest” and at high risk during outbreaks.
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#CovidIsNotOver @auscovid19

Maybe if we start calling it Unborn Baby Earth instead of Mother Earth republicans will be more concerned with its well-being.

The wealthy 1% will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest
They always have
They always will
Class warfare is the symptom of a ruling class that do not serve the peoples interest. Its self-importance threatened as we speak up for the oppressed
#Resist #Anonymous