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MissConstrue

So....in the late 19th century, Louis #Pasteur and Robert #Koch established specific links between germs and diseases. This is known as "germ theory"...ie, germs cause illness.

#RFKJr does not believe in germ theory. He also doesn't believe in following posted restrictions, or protecting his grandchildren from fecal bacteria.

Yes, the top health official in the United States decided to dunk himself and his grandchildren into a stream of human waste. To prove that germs aren't real? Because he's out of his goddamn mind? Who knows.

I remind you, none of this is normal. You are not broken for being freaked out by how Not Normal all of this is. None of this is ok.

#germtheory #medicine #science #NotNormal

arstechnica.com/health/2025/05

Ars Technica · Germ-theory skeptic RFK Jr. goes swimming in sewage-tainted waterBy Beth Mole
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Nonilex

The main foundation started out as a staff of 3 w/about $60k in the bank. As of 2023, it had a budget of >$15M & a team of roughly 64, acc/to the latest available tax documents, & that's not counting the lobbying arm.

The #FGA got early funding from a grant from the State Policy Network, which has long backed right-leaning think tanks with ties to #conservative activists including brothers Charles & David #Koch.

#law#plutocracy#Trump
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein on How Trump, Musk, Far Right “Don’t Believe in the Future”
democracynow.org/2025/5/5/naom

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 #Trump #Christofascism #antiLGBTQ #transgenocide
#billionaires #Trump #Musk #Koch #capitalism #libertarianism #fascism

🏳️‍⚧️ #TransLivesMatter #TransRights
mastodon.social/@persagen/1141

Democracy Now!Naomi Klein analiza el “fascismo del fin de los tiempos” de Trump, Musk y otras figuras de la extrema derecha mundial que “no creen en el futuro”La alianza entre la extrema derecha y la oligarquía de Silicon Valley está dando lugar a un “fascismo del fin de los tiempos”, según el análisis de la periodista Naomi Klein, quien recientemente ha publicado un ensayo en coautoría con Astra Taylor que describe cómo muchas élites ricas se están preparando para el fin del mundo al tiempo que contribuyen a la creciente desigualdad social, inestabilidad política y crisis climática. Klein señala que, en tanto los multimillonarios sueñan con escapar a enclaves fortificados e incluso al espacio exterior, el presidente Donald Trump y otros líderes de derecha están convirtiendo sus países en fortalezas militarizadas para impedir la inmigración del extranjero e incrementar el control autoritario dentro de sus propias fronteras. “El fascismo siempre tiene cierto tono apocalíptico, pero el fascismo de los años 30 y 40 tenía como horizonte” un futuro utópico, explica Klein. Hoy, por el contrario, “nos enfrentamos a personas que apuestan activamente en contra del futuro. Pero no solo apuestan activamente contra el futuro, sino que provocan los incendios que están consumiendo el mundo”.
#NaomiKlein
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David JONES

I am releasing this public-domain/CC0 font based on the drawings in Rudolf Koch’s A Book of Signs. I have called it Koch Up.

Although the repertoire is limited, it has contextual alternates for EFHMPZ and some cross-stream kerning (generally following /R).

It is a little strange to release my whimsical font the same week as Poem releases the beautiful Offenbach, both based on Koch’s work. I hope you enjoy both.

drj11.itch.io/koch-up-font

Please Boost and download.

In a font styled after hand-lettered woodcuts, in light grey on a dark grey background, the text "thorny harpist's bangerz utterly charms grey Rotherham. Coffee pizza ordered earlier. Marble mirror dazzles."
#FontDesign#Koch
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

🇺🇲 Know Your Enemy: Organizations Attacking Unions in U.S.
exposedbycmd.org/2025/04/15/kn

Usual suspects:
ALEC: American Legislative Exchange Council
Freedom Foundation
Foundation for Government Accountability
Americans for Prosperity
Center for Independent Employees
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

🇺🇲 #Christofascism #transgenocide #billionaires #Koch #Musk #antiUnion #UnionBusting #corporations #libertarianism
#NLRB #unionize #solidarity #socialism #ecosocialism
persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_d

EXPOSEDbyCMD · Know Your Enemy: The Organizations Attacking Unions in the States - EXPOSEDbyCMDCMD has identified the top six organizations working at the state and local levels to dismantle labor regulations and the rights to organize and collectively bargain.
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