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4 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
I just popped on here for a minute to get a news update and there are debates going on in my mentions about Mary Magdalene. This reminds me that one of the best things about Twitter is the side order of erudition.

Mary Magdalene is a pivotal figure in the Easter story.
The debate over Magdalene's status as an unmarried woman hanging out with married and unmarried men has been going on for millennia and is very much about erasing her role and that of all women in the Christian story. Something to contemplate, since Jesus was not sexist.
#Easter
Whether she was or was not an actual sex worker, that her story is framed as a "fallen" woman is meant to diminish her role as, with John the Apostle, Jesus's confidant. Magdalene was the person that the risen Jesus first appeared to. Then John. Those Jesus loved most.
#Easter
That Jesus may have had relationships with both Magdalene and John ("the apostle Jesus loved") is also written out of our text. But I think people of faith can--if they open their minds and hearts--understand and embrace loving and beloved bisexual Jesus.
#Easter

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Wow.
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EPA claims it's safe and doesn't cause cancer in humans. Even though it kills wildlife and pets.
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Trump called for a boycott of Merck, which makes some of the top drugs in the US, like Singulair for asthma, Januvia for Type 2 diabetes and Keytruda for a multiplicity of cancers.

I can think of few things more irresponsible & cruel than telling people to boycott their meds.
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When people talk about addiction they always talk about drugs, not alcohol, but more people are addicted to alcohol than any other drug and people are less likely to access treatment for alcohol addiction than other substance abuses. The numbers are actually staggering.
Some stats on alcohol abuse:
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The @CDCgov stats on alcohol abuse are stunning.
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Paul Simon is trending and it's because @NBCNews decided to drag him.
Paul Simon is a better musician, a better lyricist and a better activist than Bob Dylan. That doesn't make Dylan less, but Simon is hardly a musical footnote, Dylan's successes notwithstanding.
It's an odd choice of attack for a music writer, imo. Those of us who were kids in counter-culture homes like mine with parents of Simon and Dylan's generation found all that music compelling as we became budding activists at our parents' knees.
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It was a horrifying, terrifying scene. I was 19--I thought I was invincible. I got out of the car and yelled at the police to stop. I reached for one officer's arm, raised, holding a nightstick. He whirled around at me, threatened me, ordered me back in the car. I was yelling.
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