Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! I am working today, and I have forgotten to put out my usual pre-travel, pre-gathering PSA’s this year. That said, even if you are already with family, there is no shame in wearing a mask if you have any cold/flu symptoms, or even staying away 1/3

whenever i have a really bad chronic illness flare up (like right now), i think, “man, what if i had a viral infection on top of this? i already feel like hell so what’s worse than hell? death?” and then i continue masking

Mute Lake Michigan . If you aren’t following the Epstein file MUTE LAKE MICHIGAN NOW

This is a Gallup poll from last year. Did the Marlboro Man write this ad?

In other clinic news, I was disappointed to see that they changed from mandatory masks to masks are encouraged and provided. I was last there a year ago, so don't know how long this change has been in place. But the clinic has seriously immunocompromised patients there...

Organizing books by colour is pervert shit.

low stakes posting today reminds me that 1) Facebook is for talking to people you know IRL but don’t like and 2) microblogging sites are for talking to people you don’t know but do like. we forget these things at our peril

I don’t want to see any male bullshit today. it’s Christmas Eve not Christmas Steve

this isn’t a coincidence, coming right after an administration literally bought and paid for by big tobacco has largely destroyed federal public health capacity

They want a national abortion ban. It’s why they went after Roe. Banning it for veterans is just another step in removing our autonomy and controlling our bodies. Reproductive freedoms are worth fighting for and veterans deserve better. www.ms.now/news/abortio...

Look….. I know I’m an adult so it’s different…… but I feel like this year’s Christmas is the least Christmas-y I’ve ever experienced. Personally, because of all of the horror we’ve had this year. But also commercially, I feel like even companies are phoning it in or not even acknowledging it.

Songs don’t save the world. They save people. …And people do the rest.

what true camaraderie in community care can create.

T'IS THE SEASON - PLEASE DON'T BE THE REASON ... that an un-vaxed infant, elderly grandparent, or any other vulnerable person isn't here next year. 💉.. 😷 INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES .. STAY HOME IF YOU'RE SICK.

if i could have a muscle relaxer twice a month, i think my chronic pain would go way way down. my muscles are mainly flexed all the time from my fight or flight being constantly activated. i think once a week would be ideal, but idk enough about the risks/side effects.

This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.

Dear listeners, When the days feel narrow and the noise gets loud, try a song. Not as escape — as evidence. Someone, somewhere, once felt this too and made something that still holds. If hope is hiding, it often hums first.

While Bari Weiss scrambled to remove the video from YouTube, the Canadian bootleg I posted on Substack last night is still there.

There's a phenomenon I've noticed where I think some people think other people's chronic illnesses have cures just because there's treatments approved...when in fact people with the other chronic illnesses rarely go into remission, let alone be cured.

Christmas is not a holiday for Covid-19. The life-threatening harm that results from every infection of Covid-19 will continue as usual. #COVID19

Many get sick while traveling. One major reason is they don’t realize mass transit is high risk because airline CEOs lied about viral spread early in the pandemic and lobbied the CDC to lower precautions. To make the most of your holiday, take precautions like wearing a mask when you travel!

whew

there’s a million reasons to stop dropping bombs, but i would like to submit the fact that it’s EIGHTY DEGREES ON CHRISTMAS to be added to that list

using moisturizing products like it’s my job bc i’m in a really humid place and i will be traveling to a really dry place this week

i’ve learned to give a lot of grace for grammar bc i don’t want to be classist or ableist BUT if you’re a book-tok creator and you use incorrect grammar, i immediately become skeptical. is it intentional/rage bait? trying to be relatable/accessible? it feels like misinformation to me lmao

uh oh! massaging my arm yesterday gave me a bruise today 😭

Just stood in my kitchenette and ate 7 pieces of buttered bread in a row, NEVER kill yourself!!!

if you bastardize the catholic belief that some of the bible is metaphorical, then christmas is all about how important babies are and that children, as an oppressed class, are deserving of gifts fit for kings.

While we are on the topic of congenital heart disease. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mat...

you can take the kid out of the theater but you can NOT take the theater out of the kid (me, a former theater kid making smosh my entire personality)

ruh roh — starting to feel side effects from my meds again. very similar to how i felt before the side effects left me functionally bed ridden for a full month. idk what to do bc i found a concoction of supplements to stave off the side effects, i guess it’s no longer working (advice acceptable) 1/2

heyyy besties, there’s a decent chance the flu i caught when i was 3 years old was a catalyst for my autoimmune disease. my family didn’t vaccinate for flu at the time bc they thought we were all healthy. please vax and mask so folks don’t have to grieve their health like i’ve had to. 1/2

An excellent response to the Telegraph’s article yesterday.

it’s impossible to the “if i didn’t already mask, i would start masking when ____” hypotheticals, but a family friend is a nurse who runs a clinic and has had almost 40 flu patients and is now sick with that same flu… idk, we have a teacher friend who masks between thanksgiving and christmas.

i truly deeply cannot believe that my meds that are a controlled substance prescribed by a very disorganized doctor has been correctly re-submitted to be automatically filled without me doing a single thing (it usually takes 4-5 phone calls to complete this task)

some holiday affirmations for us still-coviding: i am not the inconvenience for showing up in a mask (eating outside, declining the RSVP, or whatever your precautions are). i feel grief that my loved ones are putting us all in danger. i’m allowed to leave early/not go. i’m thankful for all who mask.

It’s that festive time of year where many people want your presence at the holiday parties - but don't want to accommodate you with the inconvenience of masks, ventilation or testing.

The thing that most annoys me with articles on COVID is the constant framing of the infection with zero mention of ongoing post infection risks which are now well researched and documented. Talking in terms of one infection instead of cumulative impacts. So many I talk to are saying things like 🧵

it’s very funny to me that socks that are a little tight* stop me from feeling nauseous and loopy. *compression socks

Where are those irresponsible pundits that kept saying long C19 wasn’t a thing in India and Africa etc? www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

2025 Theme of the Year: Watching ppl on Youtube begin their morning stating they have caught a "bug" and feel awful and then decide to keep in person appts and never bother to wear a mask is an awful thing to witness.

People I know who were equivocal about climate change a decade ago are now very convinced it's a large threat. These same people are equivocal about the threat of long COVID now. History repeats

nooooo i don’t want to take the very necessary medication that has about 1 minute prep time and makes me feel like i’m dying if i don’t take 10 other pills and supplements to manage side effects

I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!” And I hate to say it But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas Quit.

You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering

I love to be told that feminism has failed women by women whose careers and ability to flourish in public life, let alone have a credit card, only exist because of feminism

Stefanik’s hometown paper in 2022: “Ms. Stefanik has for months embraced the essence, if not the precise words, of the ‘great replacement theory’ that the suspect in the Buffalo shooting was so deeply immersed in.” www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

i have a fake name on facebook so my therapy clients can’t find me but it’s like a Very Fake Name and i feel like i need to change it to my grandma’s Polish name which will also look fake to people

1 in 4 workers in Spain in this research developed #Longcovid. Covid is an occupational health hazard everywhere, because it’s airborne in all indoor shared air spaces. #CleantheAir #WorkersRights www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/wor...

Speaker Mike Johnson says his entire worldview comes from the Bible. But he’s about to kick 2 million Texans off their healthcare right before Christmas. If you aren’t loving your neighbor, then keep Jesus’ name out of your mouth.