seven years ago in the name of tolerating free speech from all political perspectives my nasty ass evil university let an army of tiki torch wielding nazis shouting jews will not replace us march through grounds threatening the lives of students and community members with zero police presence. and today they retroactively changed campus policy around tents so they could send in the cops to bust up the gaza memorial vigil. genuinely fucking stomach turning
FDA and CDC still maintain there's "no proof" of human to human transmission of avian flu despite these findings (*cough* and a 2008 study that showed airborn h2h transmission of H5N1 *cough cough*)
Found my 53yo very-much-not-online father in the kitchen today meticulously arranging cutlery on the countertop and i was like 'what are you doing' and he looked up at me with the world's most shit-eating grin and said "Your mother told me this is how you rick-roll the Youth" and i looked over and it was fucking. Loss.jpg.
treating riot control agents after being exposed during protests: its complicated
i intend to make a larger post that acts as a "review" of everything i've read in the literature about riot control agents generally, but the news isn't great. the super short version is doctors have been trying to sound the alarm for years about riot control agents of all kinds being far more dangerous than advertised, and the extreme diversity of the agents chemically means there is no one good treatment for all of them, other than basic general decontamination. this is contributing significantly to the confusion and misinformation that gets spread about treating riot control agent exposure amongst civilians
i will come back to this post and create a big reblog chain with whatever i find. the short version is "its complicated, unfortunately". please do me a favor and do not reblog this with additions like "well i heard vinegar on a handkerchief worked so everyone should do that" because thats exactly the sort of misinformation* i'm trying to avoid here
* this could work for some exposures but is not good general medical advice that is broadly applicable to all situations, therefore could be unhelpful or dangerous when applied out of specific contexts