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Librarian at heart. Nurse for adventure. Amateur hobbyist to distract from the malaise.
BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk ended a speech today by shouting "Heil Hitler". Republicans were quick to defend the billionaire, arguing that he may have actually said "whale glitter".
@TheConversationUS can I be selfish and not want to bring more human suffering into this world?
Selfish or selfless? Anti-natalists argue not having children is ethical, protecting unborn from life's inevitable suffering. An anthropologist explores the view that birth is a lottery—parents gamble, children face the consequences. https://theconversation.com/selfish-or-selfless-anti-natalists-say-theyre-going-child-free-to-protect-the-kids-they-wont-have-242271 #reproduction #ethics #childfree
Selfish or selfless? Anti-natalists say they’re going child-free to protect the kids they won’t have

Life is a gamble, anti-natalists say, and it’s unethical to force someone else to take the risk.

The Conversation
@lowqualityfacts never going back to Tik Tok after discovering my megalomaniac overlords are too lazy to wind it every day.
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@agnes Thanks for asking! I don’t know of a way outside of gofundme, but checking with others. The union is saying no hardship requests have been denied. It will be especially important if the strike goes beyond two weeks.

I’m proud to be one of 5000 Providence caregivers going on strike Friday working for fair compensation for RNs and doctors. https://www.oregonrn.org/page/PatientsBeforeProfits

And totally unrelated, I spent the morning trying to figure out how our medical and dental insurance work.

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Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome https://buff.ly/49dkc9Q
Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome

Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.

The Conversation