Tootfinder

Sure, you may choose to disagree and carve out your own path, but in the end, we all face the same fate of mortality.
#Mortality #AntiNatalism #Nihilism

South Carolina already ranks 8th nationally in highest maternal mortality rate,
and MAGA extremists are vying to become #1.
Now, for the third time since 2023, MAGA Republicans in South Carolina have introduced
S 323, also known as
The Unborn Child Protection Act.
South Carolina Senate Bill 323 is one of the most extreme pieces of legislation we’ve seen.
It proposes changing the legal definition of the word “person” to include an unborn fetus.
Th…

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion
Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

Which countries are paying the highest price for particulate air pollution? #environment

Which countries are paying the highest price for particulate air pollution?
Polluted air causes an estimated 7 million deaths worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Much of the mortality comes from PM2.5, particulate pollution smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter that can enter the lungs and bloodstream and cause respiratory and cardiovascular problems. In addition to particles emitted directly into the atmosphere, ammonia (NH3), nitrogen oxides (NOX), and sulfur dioxide (SO2), which are emitted by factories, ships, cars, and power plants,…

Just started reading “Killing the Dead — Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to The New World”, by John Blair. Looks fascinating. 300 pages so it’ll take a while. The idea of the undead has been around for probably as long as we’ve had any awareness of our mortality. Mythologies, oral and written, are chock full of the undead. I’ll try to post snippets of this story as I go along. #bookstodon

"According to 2021 CDC data, compiled from 46 maternal mortality review committees, 87 percent of maternal deaths in the U.S. were deemed preventable. Committees reported that most, if not all, deaths among Native American and Alaska Native people were considered preventable. "
Native Americans Are Dying From Pregnancy. They Want a Voice To Stop the Trend.
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/01/26/native-americans-are-dying-from-pregnancy-they-want-a-voice-to-stop-the-trend/

Being Famous Can Shorten Your Lifespan, Scientists Find https://www.404media.co/being-famous-can-shorten-your-lifespan-scientists-find/

Silicon Valley, drunk on exponential curves and both terrified and entranced by endless funding rounds,
has given us the "Hero Developer":
a figure who ships features at midnight,
who “moves fast and breaks things,”
who transforms whiteboard scribbles into billion-dollar unicorns through sheer caffeinated will.
We celebrate this person constantly.
They're on the front page of TechCrunch et al.
They keynote conferences.
Their G…

The Rime of the Ancient Maintainer
Every culture produces heroes that reflect its deepest anxieties. The Greeks, terrified of both mortality and immortality, gave us Achilles. The Victorians, haunted by social mobility, gave us the self-made industrialist. And Silicon Valley, drunk on exponential curves and both terrified and entranced by endless funding rounds, has given us

Sonnet 065 - LXV
Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
But sad mortality o'ersways their power,
How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,
Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
O! how shall summer's honey breath hold out,
Against the wrackful siege of battering days,
When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
Nor gates of steel so strong but Time decays?
O fearful meditation! where, alack,
Shall Time'…

Dental hygiene key to predicting mortality, Japanese researchers find - The Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/05/japan/science-health/elderly-dental-hygiene/

Remember back when civilization meant something positive? Like "these people figured out that shitting into your drinking water supply is not the best idea, and eventually managed to reduce child mortality rates and extend lifespans"?
When did it start meaning "we choose kids wanking over who can shit into the drinking water supply the most to lead us"? And we don't care because drinking water was never good anyway, you should just buy the bottled stuff.
#AntiCapitalism

Got the 750 started, pulled around within reach of an extension cord, and fired up the ozone generator inside it. Looks like I have a dead lighting control module, which is just fucking awesome, given it was working when parked and it's an expensive part. I hope I don't have a sunroof drain issue dumping water in the passenger footwell. I don't see any obvious signs of that, but it's a common reason for LCM mortality.