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@neaarts Fellow | Lapsed litigator | @theatlantic , @nytimes , etc. | THE KNEELING MAN author | @laseletzky @mastodon .online | ๐Ÿณ @LaSeletzky | bsky @LaSeletzky

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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I keep thinking about how, during my author event at @NCRMuseum , I learned that I am the first Black woman to author a book about Dr. Kingโ€™s assassination, as well as the first Black person to solely author such a book. In a way, Iโ€™m glad I didnโ€™t know that before, because /1
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Amazing to me that a virus could claim more than 6.3 million lives worldwide in fewer than three years, and we still have people talking about it being overblown
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Despite our best efforts, my kid has tested positive for covid, and if I say what I really think right now, Iโ€™m going to get banned
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Theyโ€™re gonna be like, โ€œIf your polio symptoms are resolving after 5 days, you can return to workโ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Itโ€™s my FAVORITE time of year ๐Ÿคฃ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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BREAKING: CDC doubles five-second rule for dropped food
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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PERSPECTIVE | Kamala Harris insists on two-factor authentication. What is she hiding?
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Theyโ€™re gonna be like, โ€œIf your Ebola symptoms are resolving after five days, you can return to workโ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Apologies for the delayed response to your email. I was coordinating my familyโ€™s individualized approach to the apocalypse
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Apologies for the delayed response to your email. I was coordinating my familyโ€™s individualized approach to two pandemics
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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โ€œNo one is wearing masksโ€? Hello, itโ€™s meโ€”Iโ€™m โ€œno oneโ€ and I wear masks ๐Ÿ‘€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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My 14yo and I are sitting out on the deck doing our homework (writers always have homework, I tell him), but I make sure this video *just happens to be playing* when we get started. He overhears it and gets curious. โ€œIs she crying?โ€ he asks. 1/
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I finally did it
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@RebeccaSolnit
Rebecca Solnit
3 months
I cancelled my New York Times subscription this morning. I'll miss the recipes. p.s. You don't have to like Biden to dislike a newspaper fawning on a clown who wants to be a dictator.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Imagine saying โ€œpolio is going to get each and every one of us,โ€or โ€œmeasles is going to get each and every one of us,โ€ or โ€œLegionnaires disease is going to get each and every one of usโ€ and realize how this sounds
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I wish more people understood that saying โ€œEveryone will get COVIDโ€ is, among other things, highly ableist. We should not be casting aside the lives and health of medically vulnerable people.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Just picked up one one of my kids from schoolโ€”runny nose and abdominal pain. Now heโ€™s resting at home as I wait for rapid test results, arrange for PCR, and most important, do my best to isolate him from his 4yo brother who is too young to be vaccinated. But hey, back to normal
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
Let me just say this: I will never trust the CDC again. Never.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
The joy! ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
3 years
But his vaxxed older brother went to in-person instruction, which seemed like the reasonable thing to do. Like all the students, he wears an N95, but they have to eat. He got sick. Let me stop before I start crying
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
I just want to live long enough so that when people look back on this time in history and try to soft-pedal it or make excuses, I can say, โ€œNo, those mfers knew exactly what they were doingโ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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The saddest store return Iโ€™ve ever had to makeโ€”light-up sneakers for my kindergartner, because they could reveal a hiding place if there were a school shooter
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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The whole thing makes a little more sense if youโ€™ve read SPARE ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‘€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
PERSPECTIVE | We all probably got dysentery from swimming in an open sewer. Hereโ€™s why activities like this should still go on.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
10 months
Safety, cโ€™est chic
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@NjbBari3
Dr Noor Bari
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We need to normalise attending special occasions in a mask.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Guess what my oldest kidโ€™s class is doing today (minus my kid)? THEYโ€™RE ON A RAFTING TRIP
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@LaSeletzky
Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
CDC recommends for the holidays! Stop living in fear!
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I was once naive enough to think weโ€™d take COVID (all caps) more seriously once we knew more about all the damage it caused. But now a terrible reality has come into view. 1/2
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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In retrospect, not nearly enough fear was mongered
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Feels like weโ€™re living in Stephen Kingโ€™s The Mist, but instead of sheltering in place, everybodyโ€™s flinging open the doors to the damn supermarket
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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This was the kid that I unenrolled in school (because they took away the remote option without telling anyone) and began homeschooling for the first time ever. Because heโ€™s too young to get vaccinated and I didnโ€™t want to take any chancesโ€ฆ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Correction: HE wears an N95; the others wear masks of various kinds
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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There are so many reasons why Iโ€™m not consenting to getting COVID multiple times a year, like wtf
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
1 year
โ€œ[H]ospitals cannot necessarily avoid liability by arguing that patients consent to unmasked care. Many patients cannot voluntarily consent to thisโ€ฆ. Moreoverโ€ฆ courts have generally rejected the argument that patients can consent to medical malpractice.โ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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โ€œFIFTEEN staff members in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools District have died from COVID-19 in the past TEN days.โ€ [emphasis mine because I am yelling]
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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BREAKING | CDC Announces One-Day Isolation Period for Bubonic Plague
@AP
The Associated Press
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Oregon officials report bubonic plague in local resident
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Iโ€™m suppressing a rant that I feel in my spirit, but let me just say this: Itโ€™s wrong for adults to pressure kids into partaking in activities that open them up to COVID infection.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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"โ€™I got called a nigger 15 times today,โ€™ the veteran officer shouted in the rotunda to no one in particular.... โ€˜I cried for about 15 minutes and I just let it out.โ€™โ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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This is my maternal grandfather, Nelson. From the 1940 census: Occupation: Farmer House Owned or Rented: Rented Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade Class of Worker: Working on own account Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 0
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I know I talk about this a lot, but when your mask goes with your outfit ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿฝโœจ
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Part of the violence of the COVID pandemic is that weโ€™re experiencing more deaths per week than there were during Hurricane Katrina, but the official word seems to be to โ€œget back to normalโ€ and โ€œdo you.โ€ Not even a pause to acknowledge the gravity of this, or to mourn.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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The WAY some folks will go out of their way to belittle Black womenโ€ฆ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Four weeks ago, when my 5yo started school, he was the only person I saw thereโ€”child or adultโ€”wearing a mask. Yesterday, I spotted a girl his age bounding through the gate wearing one. Today, I saw another. My theory: People are more comfortable when they arenโ€™t the only one.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I wear a mask in public because I donโ€™t like being sick or making other people sick, and also masks are smexy
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@keetmuise
Keith
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I wear a mask in public because Covid is NOT mild, itโ€™s a dangerous level 3 pathogen, and we are still in an active pandemic. I want masking in public spaces, especially hospitals, so if you agree, show me your mask in comments, copy this and letโ€™s see whoโ€™s out there. #MaskUpC19
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Hereโ€™s how I conceptualize my approach to Covid: I avoid it, as I do โ€ขSmoking โ€ขLead paint โ€ขRadon โ€ขAsbestos โ€ขPCBs โ€ขBad sunburns โ€ขSalmonella โ€ขPuffer fish toxin โ€ขRattlesnake bites
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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CDC says they just saved 100% on stress by switching to not giving af
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Iโ€™ll say it again: Youโ€™ve got to be as careful navigating healthcare as you are navigating prosecutors and police
@CovidintheChart
Covid Diaries by HCW's ๐Ÿ‰
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She became upset as most staff weren't masking upon request. She brought 50 n95s with her for staff to use in her room. She quickly became labeled as a problem patient. When my shift ended, she was upset. Staff were annoyed with her "paranoia." /2
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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(I trust yโ€™all realize this is sarcasm ๐Ÿ‘€)
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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@TheRickWilson There should be a Venn diagram of โ€œbought the ticket, take the ride,โ€ โ€œfuck around and find out,โ€ and ETTD.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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@kamtheleo โ€œPossibilities are amazing.โ€ No, possibilities are fucking terrifying
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
Weโ€™re at the point in this society where fire alarms will be labeled alarmist
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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My 6yo said a big kid at school asked him why he was wearing a mask yesterday. Me: What did you say? 6yo: To look cool. ๐Ÿ˜…
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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It always cracks me up when I search the house for the dog and find him like this
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Weโ€™re led not to increase our efforts but to decrease our expectations. And along with that, our health, our quality of life, even our life expectancy.
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This is one of the worst classroom discussions Iโ€™ve ever seen, and if my kid were present, I would be very angry
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
And THERE it is
@RightWingWatch
Right Wing Watch
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Lauren Witzke, the Delaware GOP's candidate for Senate in 2020, has nothing but praise for Putin and "his Christian nationalist nation": "I identify more with Putin's Christian values than I do with Joe Biden."
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Hey remember that little story from a few months ago about how Border Patrol was training for urban warfare?
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I feel like Iโ€™m living in this era, but for COVID instead of smoking
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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To see him cuffed and remanded into custody was a necessary moment of catharsis
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
10 months
If yโ€™all donโ€™t think theyโ€™d end constitutional protection for interracial marriage, Iโ€™ve got a submersible to sell you. The playbook has been made public
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Aggressive masking intensifies; stoggles engaged. Condescending glare in progress
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@jonesybarber
Jonesy Barber
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@amandalhu Iโ€™m annoyed by it, but not much. As long as you donโ€™t wear it aggressively or accompany it with dirty and condescending glares I let it go.
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Masks arenโ€™t making a comeback with me because they never went anywhere. (I also think they make any outfit look a little smarter ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜…)
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@CBSNews
CBS News
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A familiar pandemic-era safety measure is making a comeback as new COVID-19 variants surface and cases of the disease flare in some parts of the U.S.: Mask mandates.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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@michaelharriot We kids couldnโ€™t say the word โ€œlie.โ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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โ€œYes,โ€ I say. โ€œIs she ok?โ€ I inhale sharply. โ€œSheโ€™s persevering.โ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Hey letโ€™s play a game called โ€œGuess the Raceโ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Mask so tight ๐Ÿ˜ท๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฝ
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Iโ€™d feel a lot better if communications about Covid werenโ€™t geared toward โ€œcomfortingโ€ me but just gave me the facts
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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And to all a good night
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Whoโ€™s going first for natural immunity to Marburg?
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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One of the best decisions I ever made was to divest from the opinions of people who arenโ€™t invested in my well-being
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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I teach people how to mind their business
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@robbelcakes
Robynโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ
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I teach nursing.
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โ€œThe risk of a stillbirth nearly doubled for those who had COVID-19 during pregnancy compared with those who didnโ€™t. And during the spread of the delta variant, that risk was four times higherโ€ฆ. Cases were found even in people whose COVID-19 symptoms were mild or nonexistent.โ€
@propublica
ProPublica
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โ€œI tried to sound the alarm. We tried so hard to get people to listen. "It was a really frustrating place to be as pathologists doing these autopsies, looking at these placentas and saying, โ€˜God, no, not another case.โ€™"
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An โ€œoh wowโ€ moment: For years, my 15yo has listened to an audiobook every night around bedtime. All kinds of genres and subjects. Tonight, I heard bits and pieces and thought, โ€œThis one sounds familiar.โ€ Friends, it was *my* book, THE KNEELING MAN ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Itโ€™s the Twitter End Times, and Iโ€™m wandering the neighborhood in pajamas, wine glass in hand, making friends and watching for the four horsemen
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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YOOOOOOO Just got an automated call from the obgyn confirming my appointment, and after a few announcements about not coming in while sick or bringing more than one person along, they said MASKS ARE REQUIRED ๐Ÿซข๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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At the optometrist, and every single person is wearing a maskโ€”staff and patients. Impressive!
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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@TheRickWilson Itโ€™s gonna be a humidifier with crushed-up hydroxychloroquine in itโ€”just watch
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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@HamnerPam I have many, many thoughts about this lol, but among other things, thereโ€™s a non-negligible number of Black people with naturally blonde hair. (Not to mention the vast number of non-natural โ€œblondesโ€ walking around.) I am TIRED
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
I was raised by journalists. The conduct described here is VERY far from journalism. Itโ€™s shameful. This is a terrible look @BuzzFeedNews .
@cbouzy
Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy)
2 years
๐ŸงตYesterday, Yankee Wally published WhatsApp screenshots of conversations between her and Ellie Hall. In one particular screenshot, Ellie lied to her source by stating she hadnโ€™t spoken to me in months. I provided Ellie with information related to her story until February 2022...
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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This is why I canceled my colonoscopy after being told I couldnโ€™t request that the healthcare providers wear masks. This is dangerous, any way you look at it.
@amymitchellart
Amy Mitchell
8 months
Infected on August 31st, at hospital for an endoscopy/colonoscopy. Positive RAT on Sept 2nd. 10 days of Paxlovid later: still positive. Another 5 days of Paxlovid bc I have no other options. Immune deficient patients need better medical protections ๐Ÿ˜ท and treatments for #COVID19
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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@bdtaylor_SU @WriterWarrior If a statement must be followed by the qualifier โ€œRussia says,โ€ it should be neither the headline nor framing ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
I was told it was ok to post as many puppy pics as I want so hereโ€™s one of Gellert with his favorite new toy
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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A riveting and devastating read. The level of depravity, coordination, and pure hatred are truly staggering. Without a doubt, there must be action on this (and I believe there will be, on multiple fronts)๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ
@cbouzy
Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy)
2 years
Exclusive: We published our report on the coordinated hate campaign targeting Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex. We illustrate the conspiracy, and we believe it is the most comprehensive and damning report on this topic. You can read it here:
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
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Thought Iโ€™d be prepared for the moment I held the actual book in my hands, but I wasnโ€™t. Overwhelmed by emotion (mostly gratitude)
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
BREAKING: WHO closes barn door after horse escapes
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Eric Feigl-Ding
2 years
โš ๏ธBREAKING: at lastโ€” @WHO has finally declared the #monkeypox global outbreak a PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN. The WHO leadership has overruled the committee that had voted 6-8. Thank you @DrTedros !
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
1 year
Sensible shoes, sensible mask
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@LaSeletzky
Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
How is that different from saying the dangers of tsunamis are overplayed, or earthquakes? What happened to peopleโ€™s humanity? (Donโ€™t answer that.)
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
6 months
We already knew millions of Americans were easy pickings for disinfo campaigns, but DAMN
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@LaSeletzky
Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
P.s.: This is what I was referencing when I referred to spelling COVID with all caps (which isnโ€™t โ€œscreaming,โ€ though screaming would be entirely appropriate). โ€œBut if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.โ€ - George Orwell, 1984
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
1 year
@PeterHotez 1. That is appalling, and Iโ€™m very sorry. 2. Would love to see you on other platforms (like Spoutible), where you can get your message out without the hate. This platform is getting worse by the day, and it isnโ€™t productive or sustainable.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
1 year
โ€œWhen HIV initially spread, we recognized the need for gloves and safe sharps disposal. These practices quickly became standards. The subsequent development of HIV treatments did not cause us to abandon these preventative measures.โ€
@NohaAboelataMD
Noha Aboelata, MD
1 year
Thank you @mercnews for publishing my op-ed! "Opinion: California health care providersโ€™ retreat from COVID masking is shameful In what universe is it ethically appropriate for physicians and hospitals to infect their own patients with COVID?" ๐Ÿงต 1/8
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
One of the great casualties of the pandemic(s) has been trustโ€”in institutions that were supposed to protect us and people who were supposed to care
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@LaSeletzky
Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
Like, what do you consider a big deal?
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
1 year
Case in point: I had actually canceled Netflix. Thatโ€™s how much I watched it ๐Ÿ˜ This brought me back!
@cbouzy
Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy)
1 year
This was an easy prediction.
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@LaSeletzky
Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
2 years
โ€œWe have the toolsโ€
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
3 years
As a member of the DC and Texas Bars, I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE ๐Ÿ—ฃ Many thanks to . @highbrow_nobrow for the info.
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
1 year
Just fyi for @flo_mask users traveling through Heathrow, my 5yo son was made to remove his mask and send it through the X-ray machine at securityโ€ฆ
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
7 months
Serving airborne in the most spectacular bathroom selfie Iโ€™ve ever taken
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@amandalhu
Amanda Hu
7 months
Serving airborne mom at parent-teacher interviews
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@LaSeletzky
Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
3 years
@kurteichenwald No they did not
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Leta McCollough Seletzky, JD ๐Ÿณ
4 years
Reading and taking this inspiration with me into 2020 (and beyond).
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