nil desperandum
Chicago copywriter, caregiver, wildlife watcher, theatergoer, national parks enthusiast. It turns out that knowledge isn’t power, but it’s still better than not knowing shit.
- Reposted by nil desperandumA section titled what?? In a chapter titled WHAT????
- RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
- Reposted by nil desperandumAt this point I no longer care at all about the ideological divides in the Democratic coalition and am entirely focused on fight/ no-fight. I’ve no interest in arguing about optimal healthcare policy during the trip to the gulags.
- Reposted by nil desperandumThe administration's understanding of the "merit-based hiring" that is supposed to replace DEI is to fire a Black woman with relevant professional qualifications and replace her with a personal crony from a different profession entirely who is literally a guy named White.
- Reposted by nil desperandumGuess which is going wind up killing more Americans.
- Reposted by nil desperandumRFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated. “Only very sick kids should die from measles.” No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die. Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
- Reposted by nil desperandumYou’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
- We need a papal encyclical on the practice of dibs. A heaven-ordained custom, we can all agree, but it’s time to reconcile the schism between Team 48 Hours Max and the All Winter Long faction.
- Reposted by nil desperandumDamn man that’s crazy, you should go tell that to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Chief Justice John Roberts tonight spoke about how an independent judiciary has to "check the excesses" of the president: www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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- Reposted by nil desperandumCorruption should be one of the main themes that Democrats are hammering relentlessly from now on. It is the single easiest message to get across. It’s completely accurate, with insane abuses. And everyone *hates* it.
- Reposted by nil desperandumThe Constitution forbids bribery *3 separate times*. So important to the Founders they included two emoluments clauses, and made it the only named impeachable offense besides treason. The Constitution is clear on banning bribery. It's just that Congress and the courts decided to pretend otherwise.
- Reposted by nil desperandum"The world we once knew is decimated. Now we have to decide what we want to create." - Nobel Peace Prize Awardee Maria Reesa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator
- Reposted by nil desperandumTrump becomes the first American president to lose a Canadian election
