If there were no abortion protestors, the only thing children would see are women and men walking into and out of a building.

I do infection control, and while refugees do have a higher risk theoretically, you’d be surprised how many not-expected-to-be-at-risk (white Americans) have positive PPDs and latent (non-infectious) TB and would never know except it was discovered through a work-up for something else (usually lung cancer).

RadioLab did a fantastic piece on Patient Zeroes, including tracing the AIDS virus back to its probably initial vector, a monkey or ape.

It’s so sad the way we vilify those with infectious diseases. I recently had active tuberculosis and had to have an entire contact investigation done (including everyone I’d spent three hours w/ in the past year—at work, bars I went to, etc.). That sucked. And it sucked worse when I realized I’d infected people…

From an anthropological standpoint it makes sense that the President of the Marshall Islands would not have as much trouble with misogyny. The RMI is a matrilineal society, and traditionally there has been a great deal of parity between the sexes in governing.

Donald Trump: subtle with a capital B.

I feel like I sometimes try to distance myself because Massachusetts gets a bad rep sometimes but like FUCK ALL YALLS. I am MA as fuck and I’m tired of apologising for it (I know that no one actually asked me to). Like, do I give a shit about sports? No. Are the pats and Red Sox still kind of important to me? Yes. do…

No. She wouldn’t have discussed it publicly in the way that it’s accepted to talk about non-marital sex today, but there are many, many reliable period accounts of women initiating and consenting to non-marital sex in private interactions.

Guys, my (Latino) husband doesn’t know it yet because he’s not home, but our couples Halloween costume is now Nasty Woman and Bad Hombre, this nightmare election is finally giving me something useful.

What are you talking about?? The Lexington, Belmont border is one of the roughest hoods in the country? Don’t let the sun set on your back walking north on Mass Ave.

Even by the 80s, the stage show had this problem. It was fun that it had cones of laser light cutting through the smoke machines’ fog, but when you’d read about the show’s beginnings in a little Chelsea theatre, you couldn’t help thinking, “I wish I’d seen THAT”. It must have been too big for its boots in a beautiful…

I love that he’s supposed to be critical and analytical and uses “that stuff” to talk about tone. Very precise, much analysis. 10/10.

Best meme I’ve seen in a long time:

One of Springteen’s most powerful songs.

Best part is that it was on TV.

I’m pretty sure the Scots invented Crossfit?

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