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Most Americans don’t think about measles because vaccination had largely eliminated the scourge from the U.S. in 2000. But many Americans who survived measles as children never forgot how sick they were. These are some of their stories.

Isolation, extreme fatigue, lingering misery: What it’s like to survive measleswww.washingtonpost.com Measles is back, after vaccination largely eliminated it from the United States. Survivors describe having one of the most contagious diseases on Earth.

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What's weird is how much coverage there was of the surging right and a collapsing center and but no attendant deep coverage of the left? Not even to explain why news orgs seemed to be ignoring it other than stories accusing antisemitism b/v of opposition to Israel policy. So frustrating.

BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

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🎵🎶 Life is a highway 🎶🎵 🎶🎵 It should be maintained 🎵🎶 🎵🎶 With public funds 🎶🎵

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by choosing anyone other than harris to replace biden should he decide to step aside, the party would be revealing they very cynically chose her as veep for optics without believing she could actually be president.

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Fascists want you to roll over and not exercise your rights. And one of those rights is to vote. Use it, protect it, fight for it.

So voting is better than *not* voting when it comes to getting what you want? Huh.

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if it's not from the champagne region of france then it’s just called sparkling fascist tears

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The number of people who have replied to either argue or bemoan that “MAGA doesn’t care” like that’s the voting bloc we have to mobilize is going to make my brain melt out my ears like taffy on a warm summer’s day

“They want to eliminate national parks” is a very simple way to get just about anyone on the Stop Project 2025 train. Are there much more glaring and life-threatening goals of P25? Yes but even your most bigoted cousin does not want to see the parks system sold for parts.

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Just remember: the fascists do not have to win. It is not inevitable.

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Like Jamal’s GoFundMe is for a hopeful evacuation- but has also been used to help with many daily expenses- you can read about those on the update part of his fundraiser today actually www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone in Gaza, organized by Robyn Parsonswww.gofundme.com Hi, my name is Robyn, I am a British citizen living in the UK. I am fundr… Robyn Parsons needs your support for Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone in Gaza

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“Fireworks are going off in the Place de la République in Paris. People are climbing the statue of France’s beloved Marianne, the Republic's personification of liberty, equality and fraternity… Despite any political differences between them, these voters stood together against the far right.”

French election results 2024: Projections show surprise lead for left alliancewww.bbc.com The far-right National Rally, which hoped for an historic victory, appears to have been pushed into third place.

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The demands for a "blitz primary" aren't serious suggestions, they're designed to set the table for delegitimizing Kamala Harris if Biden were to step aside for her

I do not need more washi tape but I'm a week out from my birthday and it's the least expensive treat I can think of (other than the welcome news from France)

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Bingo.

It drives me nuts when people say we need to make sure poor people have access to AI. The entire schtick is focused on providing AI slop to the masses while ensuring the elites get real human professionals. Having a human teacher or doctor or lawyer cannot become a bespoke luxury for the wealthy.

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And Russia is now planning to sow “panic and terror” in the US, according to a leaked report.

Russian spy plot to sow 'panic and terror' in US leaked in bombshell reportwww.newsweek.com An investigation has revealed that Moscow aimed to sow disinformation in the West about Ukraine, stoking fears and creating animosity toward Ukrainian refugees.

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I don't want to see former Tory MPs on Strictly, in the Jungle, playing Traitors, hosting panel shows, or making travelogues or documentaries. I never want to see their smug, shiny faces again. I want them all to fuck permanently off.

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*in numbers not seen in decades*

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Here's some fashy tears for your Sunday.

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I am enjoying this week a lot.

To be clear: a coalition of the Left — the socialists — and the Greens were able to block the far Right in France. And there is a lesson here for the US: voters across the West want the neoliberal experiment to end. We CAN and we MUST end it to save the future & improve people's wellbeing to boot!

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Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too

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good electoral news in england and france. nice to see in this era of far-right entrenchment.

JUST IN: Polls closed in France. Exit polls show surprise: —Left coalition (New Popular Front) projected first. (!) —Far-right (RN) has lost its bid to take power. Anti-RN front appears to have worked very well. —No bloc close to majority. Follow this 🧵 for results and more:

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lots of people are saying this

I have heard from top insiders at the nyt that they did it because "they were scared shitless" and sulz pissed his pants and is hiding in his office.

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Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate. Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

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Vive la France libre dans l'honneur et dans l'indépendance! KICK THEIR NAZI HEADS IN, FRANCE

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And the fact that the piece didn't even mention that northern Idaho has been regarded as a haven for neo-Nazis and white supremacists since the Aryan Nations set up shop there in the 1970s is just a gobsmacking omission.

I know they get rolled all the time but for the Times to get rolled by “actually they just want to reclaim the values of Western civilization as they see it … with larger families and fewer immigrants” is the Times putting the 14 words in the paper

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“Although the Biden admin seems to have run extremely well for 3.5 years, with a strong cabinet, few scandals, a thriving economy & major legislative accomplishments, the punditocracy has suggested we should ignore this record & decide on the basis of the 90-minute debate” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Why is the pundit class so desparate to push Biden out of the race? | Rebecca Solnitwww.theguardian.com Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016

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Yesterday, California poppies along shoreline of San Francisco Bay. 📷 🌱 🌿 #Nature, #Landscape, #Photography, #nature, #Landscape+Nature Photos, #Nature Photo Feed

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Morning sips with the girls