Tariq Moustapha

Tariq Moustapha

@thetariqm.bsky.social

He/Him. Science fiction nerd, liberal Democrat, former Muslim living in Arizona. Anti Fascist, Anti Racist. User of Oxford Commas and double spaces after periods.

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Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and the Israeli military in the West Bank in the past year. Two Israeli soldiers get killed and we're going to have a "major offensive" in response.

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What's that you say? A UK study aimed at proving that ADHD and autism are over-diagnosed actually found that we are still under-diagnosing both, and lack access to assessments remains a huge barrier to support? What a shocking and unexpected conclusion! www.politicsuk.com/p/fonagy-rev...

politicsuk.comFonagy Review Rejects Blanket Overdiagnosis Claim and Calls for Earlier Mental Health SupportFonagy Review finds a substantial rise in mental distress among young people, while the population-level prevalence of ADHD and autism appears broadly stable.

I worked two weeks as an assistant researcher for a biologist. He was studying asthma in rats which involved putting them in a nebulizer tube. I put one set of rats in the nebulizer and thought I'd save myself some time by getting the second set of rats set up in the second tube. By the time I

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came back to put the second set in the nebulizer, they had asphyxiated in the tube. I felt awful and was fired the next day because he felt I didn't have enough knowledge of live animal testing and he didn't have the time to train me.

How wonderful we get to explode the economy right before the Democrats take back control so the Republicans can suddenly become deficit and debt scolds in order to blunt all efforts at recovery and change.

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NEWS β€” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. β€œThat is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”

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I only watched s04e09 today, so I saved up this vid. But, yeah, I've been comparing the "gimmicks" this SNW season to TOS for months now. The Alien God gimmick ep. The gangster gimmick. The comedy gimmick. Plus, ongoing character development. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9iS...

youtube.comThe Gimmick Episode Is the Real Star Trek #startrekYouTube video by Mr. Know-It-All

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I finally sat down and wrote an email to the Talarico campaign. Doing nothing felt untenable. I encourage other decent Texans to communicate their disappointment. If this can help you get started, feel free to use anything that works for you