In the late 1700s, smallpox was one of history’s deadliest diseases, killing millions and scarring survivors for life.

English doctor Edward Jenner noticed that milkmaids who caught cowpox, a mild illness causing small hand blisters, never got smallpox. He wondered if cowpox could protect against it.

Jenner took material from a milkmaid’s cowpox sore and inoculated an eight-year-old boy, James Phipps. The boy got mildly sick, recovered, and later resisted smallpox exposure completely.

Jenner called his method “vaccination” — from vacca, Latin for “cow.” His bold experiment laid the foundation of immunology and led to the eradication of smallpox in 1980, the only human disease ever wiped out.

His discovery has saved more lives than any other in medical history.

• “protect children” <- reactionary drivel basically every time
• “be kind to children” <-radical thinking that causes way more arguments than you would ever imagine

One day, in the future, this entire system of tiered passports and immigration restrictions and second-class citizenship will be gone, a relic of the past, and the phrase "Immigration is a human right, moving is a human right" will seem as quaint and obvious as "Aparteid is bad" in an old sci-fi episode

"Love and Protect your Neighbors Don't Trust the Feds"

Seen in South Minneapolis, January 2026

Anybody else have a growing fear of updating their tech cuz everything seems to be getting worse and worse

I have made some memes to commemorate the day

Columbo 7.01 — “Try and Catch Me”