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Today I start using Substack

I used to like Twitter but always felt very constrained by the 144 limit

This brought problems for the irony-challenged, who misunderstood a lot of what I was trying to say

This is a particular problem for me because I seem to be regarded as ‘on the left’ by people on the right, and' ‘on the right’ by people on the left

Apparently this makes me controversial, and therefore box office poison

LIFE FOLLOWS NETFLIX——AGAIN

Antifa On Meth With Uzis

Here’s my pep talk after studying authoritarianism:

1). They never truly expect a long-term resistance movement bc they think people are a collection of trauma triggers who are easily controlled thru terror

2). If they can’t terrorize you 24/7 in your mind, they have already lost the war

3). The single best way you can resist fascism is to not let them terrorize you constantly. Protect your mental health to ensure you are not constantly in a terrorized state

4). Keep connecting to who you are at y…

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The fear of one's mother and her sandal is installed at a young age so that they remember it when they become policemen.

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Elon Musk attacked democracy defender and superstar court lawyer Marc Elias as “undermining civilization,” taunting him by asking if he suffered “generational trauma.”

Elias’s response was brilliant and worth amplifying:

Mr. Musk,

You recently criticized me and another prominent lawyer fighting for the rule of law and democracy in the United States. I am used to being attacked for my work, particularly on the platform you own and dominate.

I used to be a regular on Twitter, where I amassed over 900…

The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of the 73rd wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) case of 2024 in the country.

On Thursday, January 16, 2025, the lab confirmed one polio case from Thatta. The onset of this case was on December 10, 2024.

This is the first Polio case from Thatta for 2024.

Pakistan has been responding to an intense resurgence of WPV1 with 73 cases reported in 2024. Of these, 27 are from Balochistan, 22 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22 from Sindh, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.

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