#Depressing

There has been no more depressing spectacle this week than this: Large media outlets took a misleading, incorrect, propagandist birther column in a publication that no one reads any more,
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I'm reading Anthony Bolton's "Investing Against The Tide" and liked this quote:The $20b takeover by KKR of Alliance Boots probably marked the top of the cycle...I don't suppose we'll see
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Another meta-analysis based on 5 RCTs (5,577 patients) suggesting HCQ was associated with a ~24% [~3%-41%] reduction in a 'compound metric' of #COVID19 infection, hospitalisation and death. No serious adverse
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I wish this piece spent more time reckoning with the obvious problem of the “I’m ugly” meme: it’s only for people who aren’t actually ugly IRL.https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/11/14/20963125/tiktok-ugly-hi-im-ryan For years I’ve been
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Shit's surreal Execution Oh wait I'm 3 days late, but yeah this is over now. Shit was uncancelled, but yeah, over for real now. Hopefully.The execution of the July/August stuff
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So journalists like Owen Jones, & to some extent Michael Walker, have, undeniably helpfully, carved themselves a place in the mainstream media & are working hard to try to make
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This is the American flag now wasp self-image vs wasp reality Source. Somebody please tell me this rich white guy with the pink polo tucked into his pleated khakis paid
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1) COREY FELDMAN: "Anti-Pedo Crusader? MK-Ultra'd as a young Child? Trump Hater?I met Corey Feldman through my good friend Kaya Jones. Very nice guy. What side of the fence is
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Warning this a depressing and whining zeft thread on my head عايزة أموت بس خايفة من الحساب كتير هيوحشوني يا تري لما أموت ربنا هيغفر لي و لا هيعذبني الأول
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So: to my UK friends, let's lay it out there.You're testing at half the rate that Ireland is, and your loved ones, your family, your friends are dying over twice
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Fancops really get up in the morning and be like “Today I will get angry about the least consequential thing in the world that hurts absolutely no one unless they
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everything tyler joseph tweeted about mental health is fair and valid. you absolutely should prioritize your mental health, you need to find things that can keep you grounded in tough
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Feels extremely on-brand that 3 AM Twitter has #suicide trending. You're my people, depressed night owls Speaking as one who has struggled with the pull towards suicide all my life,
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The far right should be challenged everywhere but it makes me feel particularly sickened to see a group of morons unfurl a ‘white lives matter’ banner on Mam Tor. I’m
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So I’ve read that the teacher who said some homophobic stuff this weekend has resigned and I have thoughts which are boring but you’re welcome to read: a thread. I’m
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the pandemic is a demonstration in miniature of how we're handling the ongoing climate crisis and here we are, working out which arsonist isn't playing by the rules to destroy
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