FYI for the easily confused: Human. Not actually Togruta.
(She/her.)
Feb 19, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Ted & his many defenders think JUST ONE MAN couldn't do anything to help #Texas.
Let's take an example.
After a hurricane, when we were powerless a few days, a friend (JUST ONE PERSON) loaned us a generator so we could recharge phones and keep the cold food from spoiling.
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After wiring up the gen, Spouse (JUST ONE PERSON) spooled out an extension cord to our neighbors on each side, so their cold food was also all safe. (And in one case, several hundred gallons of tropical reef fish tanks saved from dying.)
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Nov 2, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This is not an an accident.
He is doing this ON PURPOSE.
With the election nearing and the polls running very much not in his favor, his baseline narcissism is escalating into a narcissistic rage - which is being directed at his most devoted followers. (1/5)
Now that his "successful winner" image is threatened, their devotion must be tested - must be PROVEN.
The FIRST bus may have been unintended. But the rest of them are creating a toxic feedback loop: How many people will come out, knowing they will SUFFER, just to see me? (2/5)
Mar 15, 2020 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Lots of people are stressing about "social distancing". Why are they pushing this crazy new thing that we're all supposed to do, even though no one's ever mentioned it to us before? (1) because it works
and (2) It's not new. Not even close.
It's a medical history thread!
(1/16)
Remember the plague? Not as a bacterial illness treated now w/antibiotics - THE Plague, Black Death, the one that killed millions?
(In the current context, you may recognize it from tweets as "the thing happening when Shakespeare wrote instead of raising his kids".)
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Jan 24, 2019 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
Good morning, kids! It's time for everyone's favorite show: Microeconomics and Empathy With Wilbur!
(1/Long Thread.) vox.com/platform/amp/2…
No doubt, the billionaire Ross is unfamiliar with the payday lending industry. It's incredibly predatory - even AFTER the consumer-protection laws enacted a few years ago.
But some of us are better educated about economics than the *checks notes* Secretary of Commerce 🤔
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