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Sweary historian. Chaotic good. ADHD as fuck. Get my book “On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down.” Elon sucks. He/him.
Jul 6, 2020 12 tweets 3 min read
It is highly likely that developing a vaccine for Covid-19 is what will bring it to an end. These other measures of wearing masks and distancing are about limiting contagion until that vaccine is rolled out to develop herd immunity. Thread . . . Attenuate. Verb. /əˈtenyəˌwāt/ reduce the force, effect, or value of.

So let's talk vaccine history. Specifically, the first attenuated vaccine developed on this day in history, July 6, 1885. /2
May 19, 2020 9 tweets 2 min read
I hate Trump. All caps HATE with the fiery intensity of a star going supernova.

But I see that both #PresidentPlump and #TrumpMorbidlyObese are trending, and that makes me sad. Because body size is not something to shame anyone over, no matter who it is.

Thread ... We live in an environment designed to add body fat. Machines do our work for us, and high-calorie, highly palatable food can be delivered to your door in no time via a few clicks on your phone. The selling of calories is big business, you cannot escape the marketing onslaught.
Jun 19, 2019 8 tweets 2 min read
Why I am not interested in seeing @bellathorne's breasts.

(Thread) 2. She got hacked, and threatened with her pics being leaked, so she beat the hacker to the punch and posted the pics herself.

I just read the article about it and thought it was a good way to say fuck you to the hacker. Sucks she's was pressured into it though.