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Freelance Science journalist. Fact Checker. she/her
Feb 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Twitter is disabling SMS two factor authentication for anyone who doesn’t have Blue. This is absolutely fucked up in every way. But don’t let it prevent you from using two factor authentication. Token apps (I use @Authy) are super easy to use and even more secure then SMS.
Fuck twitter, stay safe. vox.com/recode/2241979…
Feb 17, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Did you know for two days in a row Jewish people have been shot leaving their synagogues? Two people were shot. Thank goodness they are alive and the shooter has been arrested. But I guess we’re just so used to Jews being massacred in this country it barely makes need anymore.
I assume you haven’t heard about this or if you have you just scrolled on by because literally no one I know outside the Jewish community has spoken a single word about this. latimes.com/california/sto…
Feb 16, 2023 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
I'm deleting that long covid thread because I'm becoming increasingly furious and I don't want to get myself in trouble.
But I'll just say this: Admitting you didn't give a fuck about chronic illness until you became chronically ill...and then having the audacity immediately to write a manifesto about how people are insensitive to those with chronic illness...it's not great.
Feb 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The NYTimes response to hundreds of their employees, journalists, and readers calling for them to stop their anti-trans "reporting" in a nutshell: Get Fucked.
I wonder how it feels to be @Charlie_Stadt and actively participate in aiding the NYTimes in the abuse and marginalization of the Trans community.
Jan 10, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
It's cold, flu, and immune-pseudoscience season so just FYI turmeric is unstable in your body and is neutralized within 10 minutes, there is no good evidence that Vitamin C fights illness, and it is impossible to "boost" your immune system so don't waste your time and money.
vox.com/2015/1/15/7547…
Jan 9, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
What’s the word for when someone thinks you’re wrong and then you turn out to be right. You’re not justified you’re….
I can literally NEVER remember this word.
Nov 18, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Twitter right now is like trying to leave a dinner party with a bunch of Jews, everyone says goodbye one hundred times and then spends three more hours talking and never actually leaves.
Wait! Wait! Twitter right now is like trying to get off the phone with my Jewish mother. We say goodbye and then we spend three more hours on the phone while she says “one last thing before you go” every thirty minutes.
Nov 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I absolutely hate the silos in Mastadon. I need to join my science, disability, and Jewish communities. I am made up of all of these things. It is not possible for me to pick just one. Siloing loses one of the best parts of Twitter. That all the communities here INTERACT
Mastadon needs to embrace the reality that people are made up of many interests and self-definitions and can't be put in a single box.
I love the part where they tell us to stay alert like Jews aren't alert at every single moment of our entire lives cause shit like this is always happening. We literally have to walk through metal detectors to get into our synagogues.
Nov 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Is there a production or financial reason that cartoon characters never change their clothes?
So many interesting answers! These are the moments I love Twitter for being able to quickly connect with experts from other fields!
I know I shouldn't boost accounts like this but every now and again they do a tweet that's too absurd to let exist in the quietude of obscure unfollowed timelines.
Sep 12, 2022 • 13 tweets • 4 min read
I'm seeing so many dangerous canning recipes and advice from "food influencers" right now and I deeply encourage you to avoid some random person's grandma's recipe and instead find a trustworthy source like Ball Canning or Food in Jars or the National Center for Home Preservation
You need a canning recipe that has been tested scientifically by experts. Because trust me botulism is the absolute last thing you want to deal with. Canning really isn't something you want to improvise with especially if you're a noob.
