Chris Heaton

@chrish4med.bsky.social

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SW Engineer. Born at 312 ppm D.Phil. Theoretical Physics, Oxford Wife has mod/sev ME/CFS We don't like Covid We don't like Trump We totally like cats Austin TX/Los Gatos CA

Death and the Devil at Wigan, by Theodore Major
Nazi march in USA
2 cats on a comfy rug
Chart of maskvtypes showing that N95 is best.
Cute b&w kitten
Charts for European countries showing that life expectancy was stalled out before Covid, but fell after Covid.
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) How ill are people with ME? In mild cases, people lose 50% or more of their function, their symptoms don't allow them to function normally. Most people would consider having to decrease their activity by 50% due to illness severe, not mild! Moderate cases of ME cannot work, are mostly housebound and often cannot care for themselves fully or need to use a wheelchair out of doors. Severe cases are bedbound, with many debilitating symptoms and very low quality of life. Very severe cases are paralyzed, cannot tolerate any stimuli or being touched, need tubefeeding or oxygen. They are some of the sickest people on Earth.
KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS: 1. You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks, as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings. 2. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal buildings and the police. 3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write down everything you remember, get contact information for witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries. 4. If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they say yes, you have the right to walk away. 5. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign, say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.
IT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT: You learned about Helen Keller instead of W.E.B. DuBois You learned about the Watts and L.A. Riots, but not Tulsa or Wilmington. You learned that George Washington's dentures were made from wood, rather than the teeth from slaves. You learned about black ghettos, but not about Black Wall Street. You learned about the New Deal, but not "red lining." You learned about Tommie Smith's fist in the air at the 1968 Olympics, but not that he was sent home the next day and stripped of his medals. You learned about "black crime," but white criminals were never lumped together and discussed in terms of their race. You learned about "states rights" as the cause of the Civil War, but not that slavery was mentioned 80 times in the articles of secession. Privilege is having history rewritten so that you don't have to acknowledge uncomfortable facts. Racism is perpetuated by people who refuse to learn or acknowledge this reality.
Student fixing her lipstick using the reflection in a riot shield
Melania making eyes at Trudeau
The United States is the only place on earth where poor people shun labor unions, free healthcare, and free education because rich people tell them to.
Planes leaving contrails
Venn diagram of 3 types of ADHD
7yo and 2 dogs playing in wimpy snow
A 3 yo shoveling snow
Screenshot showing Grok revealing that "more positive" means "less critical of Musk/Trunp/GOP".
Screen shot showing the original post just says "blocked".
A positive Covid test
Photo of I-35 through central Austin, showing all modern high rises are on the west side.
Two black and white cats in a living room.
A very cute but large male cat.
Black warrior girl with knowing smile
Twitter post saying my wife's ME got worse after LDN
Noah Smith badmouthing Taylor on twitter
Mark Cuban and Tom Nichols recommend following him
Screenshot of a twitter post by Prof Sridhar saying that Covid may be a worst case pandemic because it is mild for most but only fatal for some.
A screenshot of the Bluesky web interface on an iPad
A desolate west texas landscape with hundreds of nodding donkeys
Screenshot of my block of National Review
Margin of victory 1.9% for Trump, lowest since 2000