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Granting ourselves permission to be alive while the world burns

Or, have a great weekend.

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Ryan McCormick, M.D.
Jul 18, 2025
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Credit NASA and the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter

It’s not normal to plan summer vacations around continental wildfires and floods while attempts to fix the planet are gutted, to go to bed and wake up each day with a new buckshot volley of outrageous news, to watch the dismantling of science, health, education, and now Elmo, Daniel Tiger and Big Bird. Mos…

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