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Another shooting at my daughter’s high school this morning

"\"TweetShareShareMy daughter has said, without irony, that she thinks she\\u2019s going to get shot at school. Two faculty just did, and so did Luis Garcia just last...

March 22, 2023 toddneff #DenverEastHS, #GunLaws, #schoolshooting 407

Looks like Trump’s Save America PAC stole from its own supporters

"\"TweetShareShareMost interesting was the oft-repeated \\u201c1,000%...

September 8, 2022 toddneff Save America PAC, Trump 368

A look inside opioid addiction and how to address it

"\"TweetShareShareThe central act of Larry Harrison\\u2019s day is to tip back a couple of ounces of liquid that tastes like pink cough...

January 6, 2022 toddneff ARTS, MAT, methadone, Opioid addiction, substance use disorder 615

The coronavirus booster shot is, ethically speaking, meat.

"TweetShareShareI recently had a conversation with a vegan friend of mine. The conversation was drifting into the ethical and moral arguments for and against the consumption of meat. This sometimes happens with vegans. I’m not a vegan, nor a...

August 23, 2021 toddneff #booster, #coronavirus, #Covid-19, #vaccine, #vegan 1000

Maria’s cousin is dead because Republicans are a bunch of pussies

"\"TweetShareShareI occasionally volunteer as a COVID-10 at the Salud Family Health Center in Commerce City, Colo. It\\u2019s a nice change of pace from my day \\u201cjob\\u201d at the keyboard. I use the only complete sentence in my Spanish...

May 28, 2021 toddneff #Gunlobby, #KevinMcCarthy, #MitchMcConnel, #Republican, #SanJoseMassShooting 951
A glimpse of the future on Galveston Island

A glimpse of the future on Galveston Island

"\"TweetShareShareHead a few miles up the beach from downtown Galveston and you can see the future. Galveston Island, like much of the Texas coast, is a spit of sand. Along its eastern flank runs hard-packed, broad beach more suited to strolling,...

April 6, 2021 toddneff climate change, Galveston Island, sea level rise 1965

Trump’s a bad choice for this beach dweller

"TweetShareShareI\u2019ve learned to ignore Trump 2020 signage and those who display them. It\u2019ll drive you crazy otherwise. More than 40 percent of the country will vote for a dangerous incompetent for reasons that make twisted sense (for the...

October 21, 2020 toddneff climate change, Sanibel Island, sea level rise, Trump 1427

Covid-19 in CO and FL: A tale of the tape

"\"TweetShareShareI was reticent to travel to Florida from my adoptive home state of Colorado. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\\u2019s laissez-faire lassitude toward the pandemic \\u2013 to Floridians\\u2019 great detriment \\u2013 a has been all too...

October 18, 2020 toddneff coronavirus, covid-19 1572

Coronavirus is exponential math in human lungs

"\"TweetShareShareI have not rented space in a former Minuteman missile silo, nor have I stockpiled a cubic kilometer of toilet paper or a reservoir\\u2019s worth of PET water bottles. But Covid-19 is extremely serious, and it\\u2019s serious...

March 10, 2020 toddneff #AlBartlett, #Covid-19, #exponential function, #LizSpecht, coronavirus 1312

Death of democracy redux?

"\"TweetShareShareI’m always a bit laggard in my New Yorker reading and typically fall weeks or months behind — so it is when one’s New Yorker reading is done mainly while brushing one’s teeth and facilitating biological...

February 5, 2020 toddneff #deathofdemocracy 1120

One story, two stories: the fictions of Fox News

"\"TweetShareShareWhat you think depends on what you read or watch. This applies broadly: a romance reader will see the world somewhat differently than a lover of thrillers, both by instinct and through the influence of what feeds their brains....

December 7, 2019 toddneff #ABC, #CBS, #CNN, #FoxNews, #NBC, #newsbias, #NYT 2437

Impeach Trump: what’s the downside, really?

"\"TweetShareSharePeople who despise Trump will continue to despise Trump.\\nPeople who somehow don\\u2019t despise Trump will continue to somehow not despise...

September 25, 2019 toddneff #ImpeachTrump, #Trump 1584
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