I found my theme song for Dr Mel of "The Pitt". "A Symptom of Being Human" by Shinedown. I may have to brush up my video editing and creation skills. open.qobuz.com/track/145035...

Watching the Finnish mini series “Conflict”. I want to like it, but some of the writing is bad, and the gymnastics they are doing to not identify the invaders is just weird. Plus the political side seems so ham-fisted, unless there is reason to be shown later.

The Late Show's lawyers told Colbert that he should not show his interivew with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico due to recent FCC "opinions". So he put it on Youtube instead. Watch and share something the US government doesn't want you to see - an opposition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

So the police get violent against Australian protesters and suddenly now that's the story in the media, rather than the visit.

Anything to distract from the Epstein files they are not investigating.

So @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social wants us to consider the full context before judging videos of police brutality online. Ok, let’s zoom out

Katharine Keating, daughter of former Australian PM Paul Keating, sent legal threats to journalist for speculating she was under redactions in Epstein files. Later releases prove the journalist right. https://kaitjustice.substack.com/p/katherine-keatings-lawyers-threatened?utm_medium=post+viewer

Australian athletes in P2 masks as they prepare for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. It’s protecting your health when it’s athletes but it’s hypochondria when it’s anyone else who doesn't want to destroy their body with repeat infections. #COVID #WinterOlympics

Eight years later: the perfect method. They do just enough to keep some alive, make everyone go back to work, and disappear the troublesome poor/old/sick... while they continue to makes mountains of cash. And continue the other evil things. #COVID Source: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

An edit by SWFT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDz...

NFL have hired Green Day for the Super Bowl pre-show. *gets popcorn* If they don’t play “American Idiot” by even show? Cue MAGA meltdown. Stay on this trend I imagine they’ll announce Rage Against The Machine for the post-show.

It’s sad to say however needs to be realised: authoritarian governments don’t relinquish power willingly.

She was murdered because she was a woman standing up to an angry man. #misogyny #reneegood

I think I've finally reached the point where I may as well just give up and sell maybe 95% of my hobby stuff. What's the point.

"This is one of the first studies to report different myelin signal and brain neurochemical changes... These brain changes provide compelling evidence for the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 on brain function."

"COVID alters brain structure long after infection, new Qld study finds" "Queensland researchers have discovered coronavirus significantly alters the brain long after recovery, with MRI scans revealing lasting changes even in people without ongoing symptoms." Source: archive.md/JURHA

Study: Transmission of respiratory infectious diseases based on real close contact behavior in an emergency room "If Healthcare workers wear N95 respirators and surgical masks throughout, the total infection risk can be reduced by 94.7% and 53.9%, respectively."

Matching social media posts to Andor. Source: wolfwrentruther on IG

"Bans offer the illusion of safety without delivering any. They remove connection for vulnerable young people while leaving the underlying dangers untouched. Young people deserve better than symbolic gestures. Reform, not prohibition, is the path to that future."

I'm so tired. Soft paywall on the link. tldr: Australian government telling lobbyists etc to use Signal and verbal comms to avoid official channels so to not have paper trails. In short, it's a corruption duck - it looks like it, walks like it, and sounds like it.

This has got to be a parody, right? RIGHT? youtu.be/g8wLmj9SiKM

THIS is what drives, from the highest levels, forcing people back to the office. Sure there's middle-management authoritarian egos but at CEO and owner levels, they don't want to lose money on their investments - and make it everyone's problem.

A message from the new Australian CDC.

Step one: send kids to school and have them drink covid-laden soup air up into their lungs Step two: the kids show symptoms of long covid Step three: pretend to be shocked about the entirely predictable result, call it a once in a lifetime Education Crisis

It’s worrying how many people — even doctors — are now ‘always sick’ during this ongoing pandemic. #COVIDisNotOVER #COVIDisAIRBONE #Maskup 😷 Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...

I’ve never been close to my siblings. There are six of us. There’s no ill will; just the way we, especially me, are. My eldest sister who lives in another country passed today after a long battle with cancer. She was surrounded by family and some friends. After a tough fight she’s now at peace.

The long term harm caused by #Covid is well-documented in hundreds of thousands of research papers and clinical reports. #longcovid @greenparty.org.uk @greensorganise.bsky.social

Prominent neuropathologist explains that there's tons of scientific research that shows that Covid causes brain damage. Margaret: What can we do to help ourselves? 🙃🙃🙃🙃 Sixth year of this goddamn ongoing pandemic and if "wear a respirator in public" isn't super fucking obvious to you... 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

The problem is not that most people lack information regarding the extreme danger of Covid-19, because information is available. The problem is that most people do not care, and do not want to know. The problem is that most people are willing to accept mass illness and excess mortality. #COVID19

Experts Confirm That Talking About Long Covid Really Negs The Vibes, Alan

Easy.

The current scientific consensus not only accepts that clean air saves lives but is belatedly shaping new engineering protocols for schools and hospitals that, with other measures, could eventually help end the pandemic.” 2/2 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

More than 700 experts and supporters have signed this call urging WHO to make N95/FFP2-3 respirators the global healthcare standard. Surgical masks are not enough. Anyone can sign: tinyurl.com/RespiratorsN... #RespiratorsNotSurgicals

The Australian government has definitively ruled out introducing a copyright exemption for artificial intelligence companies training their models on Australian creative works. This is a win for creative Australians and hopefully inspire other countries to follow. #ai #copyright #australia

This obsession people have with reverse parking is driving me batty.

Disabled people tried to warn you. When everyone rushed “back to normal” and started adopting eugenicist talking points like “only the vulnerable are at risk from covid”… we said this would happen. It was always about culling the herd. Eliminating the weak. Dismantling public health

With better prevention especially control measures in workplaces (eg ventilation & respiratory protection), so many sequelae of Covid could have been prevented. www.context.news/socioeconomi...

And the complete lack of medical staff in hospitals and clinics wearing masks, at least in the USA, is f*cking EXHAUSTING. I have to PLEAD with staff to mask around my family member with a 30% ejection fraction and diabetes to wear a mask. I prefer the 3M Vflex.

Fool Me Once, Shame On You: Why Ignorance of Covid is a Dogshit Excuse guinesspig.ghost.io/fool-me-once/

"Children with multiple long-term conditions face nearly threefold higher COVID-19 mortality" "The risk for mortality among those with multiple long-term conditions increased to almost three times (2.8) the risk of those without. The mortality rates are 22% and 8% respectively"

"Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It" New research shows many people may have lost their sense of smell after catching COVID-19 without realising it — another lingering impact of the ongoing pandemic. Source: archive.li/xuoEK

“People with long COVID reported worse disability than 98% of the general Australian population. A total of 86% of those with long COVID met the threshold for serious disability compared with 9% of Australians overall.” theconversation.com/long-covid-i...

Long COVID. An increasing problem. the only way to prevent it is to prevent COVID infection. There is no cure. @cancovsoc.bsky.social @wailofatale.bsky.social

This review found that SARSCoV2 showed a high rate of hospital transmission, together with high rate of community transmission. An extensive review found a prevalence of hospital-acquired SARSCoV2 of up to 65%, moving it to top of the list of HAIs. www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S019...

‘Long Covid Is Real - And It’s Changing An Entire Generation’ www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult... #LongCovidKids #LongCovid #RollingStone

Anyone believing that Covid-19 can be allowed to spread rampantly into the future, without inevitably resulting in a final outcome of collective destruction for the human species, is dwelling in a condition of profound delusion. #COVID19

Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.

Imagine being the CEO of a company that solely exists, & attracts investment, because a critical mass of people abandoned your competitor over bigotry. Now imagine crashing out publicly & asserting your userbase has no value to you because you don't want to eject a specific & named bigot.