Academic Director of UB Honors College and Associate Professor of History. Historian of modern Ireland, the British empire, famine, sports, and fashion. #WestHam
https://honors.buffalo.edu/about/mcdevitt.php
What is truly stupid about SELLING vaccines is that a major benefit of vaccination is to the OTHER people around you. It is a classic example of a PUBLIC good.
They should be free.
We can afford to do that.
We can afford to make most medical care free.
We're choosing not to, and for dumb, self-destructive reasons.
:welp:
In the past 24 hours, I have heard from two historian friends who have chosen to give up tenured positions rather than continue to live in deep red states. I am sure this is a feature not a bug for the De Santises of the world, but it's still sad and stunning to me.
Mike Pence referring to a “gaggle of crackpot lawyers” is rude, unprofessional, dehumanizing, and unbecoming a presidential candidate.
The preferred terminology is “The Federalist Society.”
@Amynearlyknowledgeable Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
And…. We’re back
If you haven’t ordered free #covid tests for you and your family, it’s a good time to do so: covid.gov/tests
READ THIS: Smart guy turns his cargo e-bike into a snow plow.
“I estimate that by using it instead of a trade van, I have avoided roughly 30 tonnes of CO2…
His route took him by municipal hall, where he cleared the sidewalk and the bike lane.
He wanted to make the point that the municipality needs to rethink its car-centric perspective to snow clearing, which often ignores the needs of pedestrians.”
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/victoria-cyclist-created-a-bicycle-with-a-snow-plow
RT @drvolts@twitter.com
If you don't understand why using vulnerable human beings seeking asylum as tools to score political points is wrong, it's difficult to imagine what words could possibly change your mind. This is a feeling I've confronted several times over the last several years ...
Olivia Nuzzi sure (and listen, she's a fine reporter and doesn't need me to tell her how to write or anything, and I'm not making an effort to tag her because she doesn't need my advice, I mean, she doesn't even know me) writes a lot within parentheses.
Day Two of Bomb Cyclone Blizzard in Buffalo: Woke up this morning to the same howling conditions as yesterday. One side of the driveway is bare concrete; the other side has a drift of about 6 feet. Another 24 hours expected. Zero Stars. Do not recommend.
I know what you're thinking.
Harry Beck's #London #Underground #Map (#TubeMap) is a design classic, making route finding a doddle.
But what does the Underground actually look like?
* How big is the Hainault Loop really?
* Just how far out Is Amersham
* Is the #Overground really that extensive?
* WHOA! is #Heathrow really that big?
All your questions are answered here:
http://www.cundell.net/realtube/
#Tube #Transport Data from #@openstreetmap Menu top right. Made with #QGIS
... who should & shouldn't be allowed to vote, who is or isn't going to hell, who is or isn't fully human ...
... but his kids must nonetheless smile, treat him with respect, and hand their impressionable children over to him. Hey, they're just "political opinions."
...it speaks to features of the reactionary personality. Grandpa should be able to opine freely on which groups do & don't deserve basic rights, which bits of science are & aren't valid, whether half the human species should be allowed to control their own reproductive systems...
This is a famous political definition of conservatism:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
But I also think ...
Just seen #bansheesofinisherin. BRB, off to cross stitch the following quote:
“Nothing but more bleakness, and grudges, and loneliness, and spite, and the slow passing of time until death. And sure, you can do that anywhere.”
Today’s Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange. Pics c/o OPW
#Newgrange #WinterSolstice2022 #Sunrise #BrúNaBóinne
Here's something obvious that's maybe worth saying: there is nothing Garland or the J6 committee could do -- I mean nothing -- that would render investigations of Donald Trump legitimate in the eyes of conservatives.
Nothing.
Two excellent, in-depth guides to Mastodon, which should answer many of your questions, are here:
1. An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon by joyeusenoelle: https://github.com/joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon
2. Nikodemus' Guide to Mastodon: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D9gfeKg_-hlsU66R-dLEvUeyMsqEfyIx2pnfUeX0t_E/edit#heading=h.j95atvlbfrn5
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