Wil Sterling

@shadowvasterra.bsky.social

I named a boat once. Clinical researcher in Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Cell and Gene Therapy. Giant nerd and repository of useless knowledge.

One of the more frustrating legacies of 2020 is the idea that reporting risk factors for mortality is somehow always a slight against disabled and chronically ill people, as opposed to an essential piece of information for people in that category to assess their risk before *or after* they get sick

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

At my high school there was the poor and the rich part of the township. Of the ~100 or so kids from the former about half ended up in the military in one form or another. They were deliberately focused on, and went into the teeth of the GWoT. I’ll carry the rage over that to my deathbed.

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@kendrawrites.com · 2w ago

I'm seeing really ugly stuff in the replies on how she chose this and I want you to take a beat to understand how the military disproportionately targets certain communities, including and especially in Texas, for recruitment.