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Originally a Twitter thread from 2020. 

We do not live in Gotham.
Nor do we live in Metropolis.
Those are fictional.
So is Batman.
And Batman is not a hero.

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(There was a twitter thread, this was my response. The anonymized post that started it.)

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Because most pain is treatable with Tylenol and ibuprofen. I've had multiple surgeries in the last few years and it's always been manageable with that and a bit of CBD oil. This is how the rest of the world treats pain. The US uses 80% of the global opioid supply. It's insane.
Hypermobility MD: Dr Linda Bluestein @BluesteinLinda • 1d
Why are so many people being denied opioid pain medication for
ACUTE pain? The pendulum has swung too far the other direction.
I am tired of horror stories - pain from serious car accidents and major surgeries being "treated" with Tylenol.
A screenshot of an asshole talking out her mouth from a place of No Nothing arrogance

Yeah, no, to this whole tweet about Tylenol, CBD and ibuprofen. This is a lot of bad information packed into 280 characters. 

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Originally a Twitter thread, April 24, 2021


A long thread on the primary alternative to the US model of policing, with some history, mostly for context.
Long thread. References used at end. (And yes, there is synthesis here.) 

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Originally written on Twitter, February 21, 2018.

Nothing has changed, except it’s gotten worse.

Reposting it here, now, because there is no room in my heart to say this again.

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Originally a Twitter thread. (Minor edits for clarity) (and some additions)

Koldony seems to miss a major factor in opiates use: demographics. His favorite statistic is opiate use increased drastically starting in 1997. (Koldony is the founder of the anti-opioid activist group Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) and makes a tidy fortune as an expert witness in opiate litigation.)

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This was originally a Twitter thread, but with the death of Twitter and its slow zombification into an Ayn Rand Hellscape, the thread no longer exists. I wrote it in July of 2018 (and have lightly edited it for clarity in 2024).

Usually when people write connections like that, we’re talking conspiracy theories. But nope, this is just corporate evil and exploitation in the name of profit.


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