Katie MacBride (@msmacb on bluesky)
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health & medicine writer; words @slate @thedailybeast @vice @rollingstone @longreads ; past:staff @inversedotcom , @anxymag ; threads: @katiemacb . Librarian always
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MDMA is hugely promising as a treatment for PTSD. But the FDA has plenty of legit reasons to reject *the specific application on the table;* none of them are rooted in prohibitionist drug war ideology. My first for
@Slate
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@TonyHoWasHere
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You know what else isn’t in the constitution? Nine justices on the Supreme Court
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It’s true. In 47 years, Biden hasn’t even come close to killing 200,000 people
I did more in 47 months than Joe Biden did in 47 years!
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These conspiracy theories are killing me. The Iowa caucus is run by old white volunteers--what's more likely, that they rigged the entire primary or they had trouble with an app?
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Just got off the phone with one of my closest friends, who is an ICU nurse at one of the biggest hospitals in the Bay Area. I'm going to share a few quotes from that conversation because I think it's hard for people to understand exactly what hospital workers are going through rn
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"So many people said they didn't want to get a vaccine because it was 'experimental,' only to ask for a bunch of 'experimental' treatments once they get ill. Like you want remdesivir? Here's the waiver saying you agree to an experimental medication."
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"It takes a lot of courage to walk into a unit and care for infectious patients and then come home to your unvaccinated child."
"I'm tired of people calling me a Nazi."
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"No one is ok."
"It's PTSD but continuing trauma. For a year and a half, it's been trauma all day. I've been like this for half of my child's life."
"There are no beds. I don't want to turn away immunocompromised people who got vaccinated & are seriously ill for anti-vaxxers."
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"I feel like everyone has abandoned us. It's like we're Vietnam vets who never wanted to go to war but were shunned with they came back anyway."
"No one wants to work in healthcare anymore."
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I'm sharing her words because I don't have any good ones of my own right now. This is affecting her and her coworkers in horrifying, devastating ways. Please, please do everything you can to support the people who risk their lives to care for us.
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Oh and she tried to do a nanny share with another family & they wouldn’t let her bc they didn’t want their kid around kids with parents who worked in a hospital (bc of potential exposure). Clearly, if everyone did that, there’d be fewer nurses to care for you/your family if sick.
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Well this blew up and all I have to say is my sixth grade math teacher told me that girls were bad at math but LOOK AT ME NOW
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Unbelievable. This is literally not possible with fentanyl and has been debunked by basically every expert in the field. Maybe fact check before just posting a video a police department gave you. Linking to my story about why this narrative is bullshit.
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talking shit about someone on the internet isn't canceling them; chris pratt's not being fired from guardians of the galaxy 3 because he didn't go to a biden fundraiser. and defending two millionaires might not be the right time to lecture others about fighting for the poor
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We are vastly underprepared for the personal and collective mental health consequences of the last year
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@hellolanemoore
once i went to a restaurant with my (then) 86-year-old grandmother and the waiter looked at this woman who didn't have wifi in her house, much less a smartphone and was like "yeah just scan the QR code." she looked at me like she was ready to tap out, society had gone fully nuts
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“Billionaires influencing elections is bad,” says heir to the Swanson fortune and host of a cable show on a massive right wing propaganda network owned by billionaires
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I haven't said much about Robin Williams today bc...it makes me sad/I'm uncomfortable w/ feelings. But...
We went to same 12-step meeting for years. We never said more than hi bc...what would I say? I love your movies? Anonymity is kind of a big part of said meetings. (thread)
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@chrissyteigen
also, thank you for sharing this so honestly and so publicly. for too long families--especially women--went through this kind of thing in secret, making more and more people feel alone and sometimes ashamed. you are so appreciated.
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Just seems like if you’re going to make up a story about a woman, you should have spoken to a human woman at least once in your life
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@xoxogossipgita
They can regrow all the bones in your arm in 24 hours but half the wizards have glasses bc there’s no wizard lasik
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Tucker Carlson thinks teenagers murdering BLM protestors in cold blood is “maintaining order” and that is all you should need to know about Tucker Carlson.
Tucker Carlson: "How shocked are we that 17 year olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?"
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Happy excuse to post the best thing I’ve ever found in a library book day.
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@chrislhayes
Literally anyone has been hospitalized can affirm that doctors are very precise, even for average Joe patients. For the president of the United States?? They’ll remember the exact timeline for the next 20 years
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@shannonrwatts
i'd be so excited about using the same toilet as michelle obama that it would be hard to pee
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"The science shows the vaccine will not necessarily protect you. It's not protecting many people" -- Hannity
The vaccine does indeed protect you. Beyond that, remember a few weeks ago when Hannity was getting applauded for his alleged responsible comments about vaccines?
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@DrJenGunter
@MatthewACherry
“His heart gave out when he was deprived of oxygen for more than 8 minutes, so it’s his fault”
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@cres_guez
One of the many things I love about this is how very firefightery his responses are. Just very calm with zero tolerance for nonsense.
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@ConnieSchultz
@bendreyfuss
Thinking working class folks don’t read a wide range of subjects/authors is way more elitist than quoting Kierkegaard.
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@RyanMarino
Yes, a good mother would have left her baby on the curb outside the dispensary, obviously
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Don’t take my word for it, take *the American College of Medical Toxicology and the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology’s* word for it
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speaking of accutane, the images on the back of each blister pack were wild
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PSA: stop pointing to pictures from melania's modeling career as a way to discredit her. models are people, they can be smart and fight for important causes--it's just that melania doesn't. stop shaming her for modeling and start shaming her for what she's done since.
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To clarify: this is not a serious, pejorative statement about older people. It’s a joke about the likelihood that people who aren’t digital natives struggled with an unfamiliar technology vs. used that unfamiliar technology to orchestrate a vast election conspiracy.
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i've seen exactly two people on this website living outside CA talk about the fires.
i'm sure people have, i haven't been searching, that's not the point. it's unfathomable to me that every person who cares abt climate change or the state of CA or ppl in CA isn't talking abt it.
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Anyway, I think it’s great that CNN uncritically parrots drug war propaganda, just A+ journalism
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My friend just got a puppy and his “come hither” face is off the damn charts
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SCOTUS is going to force you carry and deliver a baby you don’t want but your employer can’t have a vaccinate-or-test mandate because freedom
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It never fails to fill me with rage that thousands of journalists are getting laid off or out of work and this guy still has a job.
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If law enforcement (and/or the general public) think simply touching or inhaling small amounts of fentanyl can kill them, they are less likely to help users in need. This lie will get people killed.
(There are other reasons it’s harmful, but right now I’m mad about this one)
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I appreciate everyone who is watching and reporting on the Amy Coney Barrett hearing, but not watching it is the only decision I’ve made recently that could accurately be described as “self-care.”
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For those asking why I'm breaking his anonymity: he spoke about his alcoholism, rehab, meetings, and recovery many times in interviews and his stand up. He wanted people to know what it was like and that recovery was possible
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Suddenly, he went from the shy Robin we all awkwardly waved at to the Robin Williams we'd all seen in movies/TV. Just electric and hilarious, brimming with personality and talent. He talked about addiction, recovery, depression & the challenges of being sober in a shitty world.
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If whoever who sold those pictures happens to read this tweet, BOOOO, you suck as a person.
His death inspired me to write the first personal thing I'd written since getting sober--about sobriety and depression. I realized I had more things to say and kept writing.
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I think he was that kind of person--he was so creative & expressive--he made you want to try to be that way too--however you could.
I didn't really know him, but I will miss him. While I wish he was still alive, I'm grateful for the role he played in getting me to write again.
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gonna let 6-year-olds lord of the flies each other as long as they know their ABCs
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To further clarify: obviously, I am the only person in the country who knows definitively all the things that went wrong last night and my initial tweet is the final word on the matter. No new or nuanced information allowed!
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When Covid hit France, a Dr at a psychiatric hospital for older adults was terrified. But all year, only 4 patients got severely ill. He’s got a theory & strong evidence to support it. This is honestly one of the most exciting interviews I’ve ever done.
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Just a brilliant, 3-D chess playing politician
"There's no way I was coming to Erie" before the pandemic hit, Trump says in Erie, but now that the pandemic means he won't just easily win re-election, he had to come say, "Hello, Erie, may I please have your vote?" (There is a muted response to this story.)
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It’s annoying that we have robots that can kill people but not robots that can do our laundry.
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There were maybe 50-100 people in the room--not the venue in which you expect to see Robin Williams do stand up. I think we all left somewhat in disbelief about what had just happened. Half of us were giggling like little kids who'd heard an adult say something scandalous.
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His death hit hard. Some asshole sold pictures of him in a meeting looking "grumpy" or some shit (which...have you been to a 12 step meeting? They called me the Unabomber the first year I went bc I always wore a hoodie, sunglasses and looked like I wanted to murder everyone).
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I strongly believe there needs to be some kind of severe, unrelenting punishment for people who call sandwiches “sammies.”
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But he always gave you this kind of knowing smile when you said hi to him. Like he knew you knew who he was and that you probably felt awkward/excited just being around him and he was grateful you weren't making it a thing.
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I, and most people, assumed he wouldn't volunteer. When the comedy night came around, several people did (fine) sets. As it was wrapping up, Robin comes sprinting from the back of the room to the stage. Everyone lost their minds, jumping and cheering.
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Someone on nextdoor said someone broke into their house & stole everything and this woman responded that she understood bc someone stole an Amazon package off her porch; I don’t know if the person is trolling or batshit but either way I’m v excited to see where this thread goes
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The Flight Attendant is good and as a formerly catastrophic blackout drunk kinda hard to watch
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Oh look! It’s the seventh circle of hell
Here’s Matt Gaetz in a confined space, indoors, maskless, gathering with others during the holidays — and being a jackass...
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@chrissyteigen
i'm so sorry you and your family are going through this. i know i'm just one of many strangers sending you love and support, but you're in my thoughts.
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When the dog sees you take out your suitcase 💔
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I long for the day we stop equating “asymptomatic” with “innocuous.” People who are asymptomatic can have lung damage, heart damage, and a probably whole range of things we don’t know yet. Asymptomatic Covid is by no means inherently harmless Covid.
2) All that white on the X-ray is scarring. You don’t want it. Many have COVID lung even if asymptomatic.
How common is severe chest X-rays?
100% of time if symptomatic
70-80% of time if asymptomatic.
#COVID19
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Not only is Giuliani a moron, I find this exchange especially moving knowing how many people with addiction have been kicked out of their houses, shunned by their family, reminded that they’re a weak embarrassment, selfish, etc. You might be surprised how rare this kindness is
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The only question it raises is why police are allowed to perpetuate this lie and why some news outlets regurgitate it without fact checking. There is no debate in the medical/scientific community about whether or not someone can OD on fentanyl this way
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@laurenthehough
once a lady yelled at me in the cereal aisle for saying fuck in front of her kid and while she was yelling at me the kid tore open a box of cereal and started shoving fruity pebbles up his nose and like my bad but also maybe this isn't the best use of your time
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He kept a very low profile but he was unfailingly kind.
People organized a comedy night fundraiser for an underfunded something, but no one wanted to ask him to do a set bc...it was too "we know who you are." They just asked for volunteers.
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YOOOOO is this compassionate fitness king about to be the reason I finally download tiktok bc I am in love
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Preface: I am fine/still sober.
Addiction sucks. Be kind to the people you love who are struggling with substance use. It is a hell you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy and even though ppl w/ addiction do fucked up things sometimes, they are worthy of love, compassion, & support
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Lol my dad can’t hear the phrase “double jeopardy” without very angrily explaining why the Ashley Judd movie inaccurately depicts the concept of DJ. I almost want to send this to him but he’s old and his heart is bad and it might actually kill him
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Idk if anyone wants to see a lil video of two smol goats having the time of their lives, but
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ProPublica is what every news org should strive to be.
The news website ProPublica has published a database containing complaint information against thousands of New York City police officers, days after a federal judge paused the public release of the records after law enforcement unions sued the city.
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Every epidemiologist on the planet: one of the best ways to protect yourself from COVID-19 is to never ever touch your face.
Me: *immediately jams fingers into eyes bc I’m so anxious about COVID-19*
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Repeating for the upteenth time: if you don’t punish someone for *inciting a terrorist attack* because their followers are violent, all you’re doing is incentivizing having violent followers!
NEWS: A group of US House GOPers who voted to accept Biden’s Electoral College victory are asking Biden to persuade Pelosi to back off impeaching Trump for Capitol riot.
@RepKenBuck
and others warn in letter it would inflame Trump supporters, damage efforts to unify country.
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IDK, being the most hated person in the senate is pretty impressive, considering the options
In 2017,
@pawprinceton
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When
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And so it goes.
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This is such an incredible statement from the Ukrainian Library Association to the IFLA. I love libraries and librarians so fucking much.
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*to the hospital*. Not 1 in every 150 got it, 1 in 150 *were so sick they needed critical care.*
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it should be noted, however, that while "only good things" MAY happen if you quit drinking, for some people with alcohol use disorder, quitting cold turkey can absolutely, literally, kill you. if you have multiple drinks daily, talk to a doctor before abruptly stopping
The pandemic has driven many of us to drink. Whether it’s a little added stress relief or an attempt to alleviate months of mind-numbing monotony, many of us are adding another cocktail, beer, or glass of wine at night.
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People do not pay enough attn to the massive public library spending cuts happening across the country. I’ve pitched stories abt library funding and gvt corruption many times, but editors would always say “this story is so important but we can’t fit it in rn.” FIND ROOM 1/2
I’m in Niles, IL, where residents are protesting against drastic cuts in spending by a library board that was recently taken over by right-wing radicals who want to end librarians’ visits to schools and slash spending on foreign-language books in a community with many immigrants.
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Fact: Geraldo Rivera thinks people should get away with child sex trafficking as long as it wasn’t *recent* child sex trafficking
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@bfishbfish
This is up there with “if someone in your house gets Covid, they should use a different bathroom than the healthy people.”
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Any impeachment is going to be divisive, it’s baked into the fucking concept. So that’s a bullshit argument. the question then becomes: does the act warrant impeachment? If inciting terrorists to riot, murder, and call for the murder of the VP doesn’t warrant it, nothing does.
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12 years ago today, I woke up in an ER with a .4 BAC and cop explaining I was on suicide watch. I didn't know it then, but it would be the last time I drank alcohol. Since then, I've learned a few things about addiction I'd like to share in case anyone finds them useful. 🧵
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It's deeply depressing that the evidence is so overwhelming and compelling, Schiff is doing such a good job of explaining and contextualizing it, and it's not going to matter at all to these morally bankrupt power-clinging fucks.
#TrumpImpeachmentTrial
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If I had gotten this message from either of my parents before I got sober, I would’ve kept it too. I certainly still have a card from my grandma saying as much. Kindness and honesty like this from loved ones (for whom you’ve made things v challenging) is rarer than u might think.
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Just got a call from a harried USPS guy telling me that my missing package is on its way before realizing he called the wrong person & actually has no idea where my package is. you could tell he 100% expected me to yell at him. DO NOT YELL AT THESE WORKERS. It’s not their fault!
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