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mloxton

@mloxton@med-mastodon.com

Healthcare improvement and strategic foresight analyst, professional trainer in qualitative research methods. Organizational behavior researcher. Board member at Blue Faery Liver Cancer. #Writer of stuff - #AmWriting

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GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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🔥 1/...

via Pagliery!

Breaking news, first
@thedailybeast

Donald Trump has been hit with a massive one-two punch in his bank fraud case.

He owes $372 million for lying—and he can't borrow money from any New York bank, frustrating his ability to appeal the judgment.

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
<Chortles>
This is better than chocolate or antidepressants

mloxton, to random
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With any luck, we will thank Elon for triggering so many academic, research, and governmental organizations to question the wisdom of ever entrusting their processes and knowledge to social media platforms owned by rich techbros

"Mastodon over Mammon: towards publicly owned scholarly knowledge"
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsos.230207

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Timothy Snyder: 1/…

The thing Trump did in Dayton – celebrating his fascist movement's dubious "martyrs"–is exactly what Goebbels & Hitler did bw Nazis' failed coup & their seizure of power. Their song was called the Horst Wessel Song.

Nazis were obsessive abt being the victims. Once in power they put up monuments to their "martyrs." They sang their Horst Wessel Song as they conquered countries & killed millions to say that they, Nazis, were real victims and therefore always innocent.

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
There was this question after WW-2 about what was wrong with the Germans that they supported and obeyed such an obvious monster. American's, they said, were not like that. Americans would never go along with evil orders, they said. Too individualistic, too principled., too brave

Then Milgram did his thing, and we just swept that under a big rug, bc it was embarrassing as fuck

And here we are facing the same monster, and there's the obedience and support bubbling up among us

mloxton, to random
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I feel a visceral sense of nausea that right at this moment, we have people who are thinking really deeply about the quantum mechanical effects of colliding neutron stars, and what this tells us about the universe, but at the same time we have people who are elevated in society that don't even accept that vaccines are safe and effective, that we evolved form a common ancestor as the other apes, and that books should not be banned simply because they offer a different world view.

seachanger, to random
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still masking 😷 at the grocery store?

true, your personal risk is relatively low.

but did you think of the staff who have to breathe every single patron’s air for the entire holiday season? they deserve clean and healthy air, and wearing a mask for 10 min in the store is not hard.

Covid still kills and I still believe we’re obligated to protect essential workers 🤷🏻

mloxton,
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@seachanger
Yes, I still mask up with an N95 at the grocery store, because

  1. The risk is still not low enough not to mask up
  2. It reminds those on the fence that there is still an active pandemic
  3. It gives cover for those who want to, but feel isolated
  4. It protects vulnerable populations
  5. It protects the shop workers whose exposure is higher
GottaLaff, to tesla
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#Shrinkage

Would-be #Tesla buyers snub company as #Musk's reputation dips

“The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/would-be-tesla-buyers-snub-company-musks-reputation-dips-2024-04-01/

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
This is going to go into a lot of MBA curricula in the chapter for "charismatic leadership dangers"
It is actually quite amazing to see leaders whose characters or mental health issues cost an organizations billions, or drive them onto the rocks

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
There was a real jaw-dropper moment when Musk personally intervened in an attack on Russian ships. That was the first anyone I know could recall that a civilian equipment vendor intentionally blocked an operational activity and threw the operation to an enemy.

That got a lot of people thinking

mloxton, to random
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Seven things that should be entirely free at point of use:

  1. Healthcare
  2. Education
  3. Justice
  4. Fresh air
  5. Clean potable water
  6. Public Transport
  7. Internet
GottaLaff, to random
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Via Angry Staffer:

just won New Hampshire via write in.

Biden beat Dean Phillips by a much larger margin than Trump beat Haley, and he wasn’t even on the ballot.

But sure, there’s no enthusiasm there. 🙄

CNN's Abby Phillip: "As Nikki Haley put it -- I think it's actually such a smart way to put it -- maybe the first party to let go of their 80 years old might be the victor, but who's gonna be the one to move first? ... nobody wants Trump, nobody wants Biden."

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
The "nobody wants Trump, nobody wants Biden" trope is such bothsiderism bullshit.

Some people (notably Republicans, and Russian and Iranian psyops assets) DESPERATELY want Biden to be as unpopular as Trump, and are ginning up everything they can to make it come true.

The write-in campaign suggests that Biden is nowhere near as unpopular on the Left as Trump is everywhere.

mloxton, to random
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Inside you are two wolves.

You swallowed a fly
You swallowed a spider to catch the fly
You swallowed a bird to catch the spider
You swallowed a cat to catch the bird
You swallowed a wolf to catch the cat
You swallowed another wolf because the first one was lonely and howled a lot
I don't know why you swallowed the fly

Now you have two wolves rummaging around inside your junk, and they are chewing and peeing on everything, running about like maniacs, and now one is digging a trench

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

REMEMBER: I can’t/won’t reply while live-posting. Please use NFL (Not For Laffy) so I can skip your reply, but NO hashtag on that. Thx.

1/…

Tyler McBrien::

Necheles rises to renew Trump's objection to Daniels testifying about any "sexual details," which she says has no relevance and is prejudicial.
By details, Merchan asks, more than just "we had sex"? Yes, Necheles says.

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
Paglierie may be thinking of "sfe" in terms of not getting the payment, and Daniels may be more thinking about physical safety and reputational safety

GottaLaff, to legal
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I’ll start a 🧵

I will NOT (& often CANNOT) answer questions, so please don’t ask me any. If you have a comment/question for the universe, please label it “NFL” (Not For Laffy) so I can skip thru my replies.

1/… Via Pagliery:

Trump is sitting in court now, surrounded on both sides by his lawyers.
(More…)

mloxton,
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@Osteopenia_Powers
Not sure what "credible speculation" means, other than just speculation.

Someone nodding off in a courtroom might do so for a wide range of reasons, including obvious and common things like insomnia.
You cannot fit this to dementia without an actual encounter with a medical professional with the appropriate specialization.

@WearsHats @GottaLaff

mloxton, to random
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Dear university administrators. Calling the cops on student protesters is

a. guaranteed to result in greater violence
b. will damage your reputation for decades
c. will make the protests spread

GottaLaff, to random
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One question asked from the list I posted earlier...

Via NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben:

I asked the #Trump campaign whether he’d use Comstock to restrict #abortion. They wouldn’t answer directly.

So Comstock is still an open question

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
BTW ... in other news, the EU is heading in the exact opposite direction

https://www.euronews.com/2024/04/11/eu-votes-in-favour-of-classifying-abortion-access-as-a-fundamental-right

mloxton, to random
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Only some of the candidates still have all of theirs, and some never had any to begin with

mloxton, to random
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Whenever you see Biden described as being as unpopular or as flawed as Trump, or described as "GenocideJoe" etc. consider that the person saying so is very likely either a Republican, Russian, or Iranian disinformation actor, or is simply repeating one of those.

There are indeed people on the Left who really feel that Biden continuing with the past commitment to Israel amounts to having a direct hand in genocide in Palestine, but they now rub shoulders with disinformation agents.

mloxton, to Futurology
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Folks, please contact your representatives to keep goverment funded and running.

If there is a goverment shutdown, it messes up #research funding, and that includes current and future #cancer #trials and #studies. A shutdown severly effects cancer #patients in cruel and often irreversable ways.

https://asco.quorum.us/campaign/45495/

mloxton, to random
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Just a note that in many places, giving a job seeker an unpaid task is illegal and can get your organization in a lot of trouble.

https://fortune.com/2024/04/29/gen-z-job-seeker-refused-90-minute-task-recruiter-slammed/

GottaLaff, to legal
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Starting a NEW THREAD🧵 here. 1/...

Again, I won't reply to you while live-posting multiple accounts.

Lisa Rubin:

Alina Habba, prowling the well of the courtroom, said this case started before Tish James was elected, pointing at AG. Engoron reminds her to stick to the facts, which she says she is trying to do, but that James’s conduct is part of the factual record.

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
They leeway society and the justice system gives to rich and famous people is astounding.

If you or I tried that stunt, we would be in contempt of court so fast, the rubber stamp would be smoking.

mloxton, to disability
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Hi, any people living with a or too few , who would like to be a character in one of my ?

, including women, are especially welcome.

There is no money in it, but I'm told that seeing oneself in a story is a lot of fun.

Examples can be read here: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/category/doctors-voice/medical-fiction/

mloxton, to random
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So Alabama is executing someone today using nitrogen asphyxia. This has never been done before, and they seem to have no idea what the experience will be like, but have ruled that it does not amount to "cruel and unusual"

StillIRise1963, to random
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How are we going to keep dumb asses out of elected federal positions in the future.

mloxton,
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@StillIRise1963
No more special passes for religious or ideological nuts. No more smiling and nodding in a show of civility for religious incursions into public affairs. No more tax exclusion for churches that engage in politics.

mloxton, to shortstory
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A little shameless self promotion.

If you enjoy or collections that are a little bit , a teeny , and contain mainly in which karma always gets bad actors, you might enjoy my books.

They are priced to be easy on the pocket.

It would also be very dandy were you to review them, because that's what the algorithmic gods require to be seen.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BL3Y4NV9

StillIRise1963, to random
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Anchors laughing at Trump surrogates on TV DOES NOT EXPLAIN TO VIEWERS THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION.

mloxton,
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@StillIRise1963
Laughter says "this thing that looked dangerous is innocuous"
Laughing at danger isn't brave, it is stupid

GottaLaff, to random
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Oy.

NYT—The Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether the Biden administration violated the First Amendment in its efforts to combat misinformation on social media. It’s the latest in a series of cases assessing the boundaries of free speech in the digital age. #SCOTUS

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
Every other country in the Western World: Establishes an office to deal with mis/disinformation and see it as a serious threat
Large NGO like WHO: Establish an office, fund a project and develop training and new roles to combat "the infodemic"
US: "Creating and disseminating misinformation and disinformation are a Constitutional right!"

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