'You say yes, and you never do it'
Mel Brooks on dealing with studio executives...

My account has been flagged as spam! Um, what? How? All I do these days is read and like a few things. Polar opposite of spam, Musk dick.

knee replacement has a ~10% regret rate

prostate cancer treatment has a 13% regret rate

gender affirming care has a 0.3% regret rate

I'm on #Spoutible now (same name as here, Cassie Britland). I'm still setting things up and figuring things out, but I'm hoping it'll become my new online home. Follow me there?

As a cis female ally who believes #transrightsarehumanrights , I'm tempted to make a thread on trans historical figures to annoy She Who Must Not Be Named & her followers, who are being extra hateful today.

My 18-month-old just tried to say 'Dracula'. I've never been so proud! 🧛‍♂️🥲

Transmission is best reduced when masking is bidirectional and compliance is high. In other words, “you can wear one if you feel like it” policies are unlikely to be effective; further, it stigmatizes those with medical conditions and sends a clear message: “you’re on your own.”

Ok, given the anti-vaxx sentiment for childhood vaccination of 5-11 year olds is in full flow, thought some helpful facts might help debunk myths and provide factual information around this. Here goes...

THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go 'back to normal' or 'like it was before'. My personal thoughts:

We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu.

The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't. 1/13

YEEEESSSSS! This is so overdue.

Copy+pasted: I've just signed up to support @murdoch_rc - the new campaign taking on Murdoch's control over our media and dominance over our democracy. This is going to take all of us! You can join me here: murdochroyalcommission.org.au

I'm walking 100km to raise money for Bila Muuji Aboriginal Corporation Health Service! Bila Muuji is supporting NSW First Nations communities who've been affected by covid, supplying them with PPE and other essentials. Check them out and donate if you can! bit.ly/3jLnlpq

These two women were turned away from their work by Taliban. “The Taliban haven’t changed in 20 years but we are not the woman of 20 years ago, we want our full rights and we want the world to hear and help us.”

Wilcannia residents livid after remote funeral compared to Syd lockdown party ⁦NITV⁩ ‘Notably, Wilcannia was under no regional lockdown restrictions when the funeral was held on Aug 13. The new restrictions were announced the next day’ #nswpol sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2…

The state of this country right now - police shutting down emergency food relief in Yarraville because of the incredible demand to simply not go hungry.

They just walked past the Bourke Street clinic where there are hundreds of people lined up waiting to get tested (including me) and they just screamed profanity, stole QR code stands, and terrorised staff. Pretty intense.

In March 2002, after the fall of Taliban, thousands of Afghan girls were invited to go to the nearest public school to participate in a placement test because the Taliban had burned all female students’ records to erase their existence. I was one of those girls.
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Was just confirmed in discussion with 'one who knows' that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are being trialled now in kids down to 6 months in the Northern Hemisphere, with results expected by October or so.