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22 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
1/5 the thing is, this is not a revolutionary vanguard kind of take
2/5 we are the wealthiest country in the history of the entire world
3/5 and yet, "taking care of our own" is not on the menu for the country that fits that description
4/5 that's not just "a mark against us"
it's rather more like the mark John the Revelator talked about /thread

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4 Oct
I think I've rehearsed this schtick on a podcast or two recently but here's another Sunday sermon. Religious content ahead, probably, I don't write these ahead of time I just do 'em in the browser:
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2 Oct
like, I'm a nurse by training. Patient education is one of the most joyous of nursing duties. If you can help a person take care of themselves, that's the best feeling
and if you try and try and the patient says "well, 'hypertension' whatever, you guys use a lot of 50-cent words but you're no smarter than me, and besides, Big Pharma is evil*, I have to follow my own path"
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just spent an hour talking with @misterminsoo about ensemble playing and the magic that comes from it. this video is a chance for me to reflect on how my band really realized the vision buried in this tune
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10 Sep
and let's be clear: my band is a business too and I own that business! but it's not actually that hard to think about the people who need help most...
...to not deify your position as a fuckin "jobs creator" or whatever. everything is built by the worker & in a good society all bosses would also work on the production line
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I cannot watch this but I am compelled to bear witness. The combination of systemic racism & contempt for the mentally ill here has extra personal resonance for me because of the time I spent working in hospitals
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