last night, someone on tiktok asked me how wearing a mask is antifascist, so i answered: unfortunately, even passive, austere eugenics works faster if YOU participate. so step up: stand out, mask up, and take care take care take care for yourself & others—before those who seek to harm stop you.

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We’ve been out at Amoeba Music goday & will be for a little longer. We hope everyone is watching out for their neighbors. 🩵

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: our punk and drag shows have more covid mitigation than disease foundation summits and physicians conferences. Why can we do what people whose careers supposedly depend on the knowledge—with far more resources— can’t? #WeKeepUsSafe

Apologies for the delay!! I am headed to the Sky Bridge now!!! Come grab some supplies!!

The air quality today in LA due to fireworks is very bad. It would be a great day to mask up

i cannot emphasize enough that there is no better time to mask up. preventing illness before it happens is your best bet as the nets meant to catch you disintegrate before your eyes.

Air quality issues relevant all 2025 in Los Angeles. If you need a mask to mitigate air quality issues, please do look for this signage to find a friendly Free Masks squad member! We got tons of KN95 masks to give away! -via @nickelpin.bsky.social

In Georgia, the law is GA Code § 16-11-38 (2024). There's an exception for people who've been told by a doctor or public health agency to mask in order to avoid *spreading* infection, but not for people trying to avoid being infected. All of the folks who said immunocompromised people have... 1/3

The uncomfortable truth of this situation is that if all the other folks in this video expressing outrage were also masked, this arrest would be less likely to happen. Your outrage means nothing in the absence of solidarity.

Immune damage is another very important reason why we shouldn’t be catching #SARSCoV2 Covid is not mild. It is weakening our immune systems and leaving us at risk of other infections. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many are asking why bird flu has suddenly disappeared from the headlines. The truth is, it hasn’t gone anywhere. According to my CDC sources, H5N1 is spreading especially among symptomatic farm workers.

Again: You can buy these clear plastic masks at Amazon. Accusing this guy of conspiracy to commit civil disorder for...that, really vague stuff that opens the door to go after people handing out N95s, water, selling hot dogs, etc. Also: wear a mask, protect yourself from our ongoing pandemic.

The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

We’re here outside Amoeba as per usual with free N95s & covid tests to keep the community safe & healthy during the current virus wave. We’ve been out here on & off for 6 months now! Time flies! 🩵

the thing that pisses me off the most is how few people will take this seriously— not even like, let alone retweet— because the rest of yall hate masks so much that you’ll close your eyes to the ways protecting oneself is being criminalized, to your own detriments of course #provemewrong

We know a lot is going on but please don’t forget that the “razor blade throat” covid variant is on the rise. Don’t get it & don’t spread it. Mask up in all public spaces. 🩵

We endorse these demands put out by @latenantsunion.bsky.social: 1. ICE OUT OF LA 2. DROP ALL CHARGES 3. FREE THEM ALL 4. IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR WORKING CLASS ANGELENOS 5. A BUDGET FOR THE PEOPLE, NOT THE WEALTHY

We need to do some serious narrative work here - we should be careful about inflating labor’s role in the uprising. Them and other nonprofits have steered people away from the actual contention points on the ground. It’s the young people of LA that are providing the spark. Not labor.

Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines "These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"

We’re not waste. We are not “the bureaucracy”. We're real people living and working alongside you to make our communities safer and healthier places to live. Say hello to our colleague Abby. She is fired but fighting and she is a patriot @firedbutfighting.bsky.social #FedWorkerFriday #WeArePatriots

In Canada, it was illegal to proactively offer Assisted dying when terminal patients were the only ones eligible. When it was expanded to include disabled people, they started allowing doctors to “offer it”. Encourage them to bring it up. Do you think this should be permitted?

🚨🚨🚨LA EMERGENCY PROTEST🚨🚨🚨 From the Community Self Defense Coalition: STOP DEPORTATIONS NOW! ICE HAS HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY KIDNAPPED AND IS HOLDING THEM AT THIS LOCATION Friday, June 6, 2025 4:30PM 535 Alameda St, LA, CA 90012 

joining the chorus of folks asking for care with language re: ICE covering faces—yes, they use nonmedical face coverings, meanwhile, the right has been&continues to be against mask/respirator use to protect oneself &others to the extent of bans—we must make the distinction AND normalize medical use.

This is also false. Mask wearing was not mandated for years.

Yes, please again emphasize that they are wearing gaitors. Not masks. Gaitors have zero benefit for disease prevention. They provide no protection for that. Face masks and respirators (higher quality face masks) are distinctly different. There are mask ban bills. Make these distinctions.

We’re setup at Lewis MacAdams Riverfront Park for Roots In Motion’s Wellness Fair! Come say Hi!

A Covid infection can be extremely serious for an infant. A Covid infection can be extremely serious for an infant. So it just makes sense for masking to be the standard in all health care settings for newborns and their caregivers. Data Source: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... #HealthCareNotCareless

as a reminder, we still don’t know who is in charge of CDC these days

We heard razor blade throat covid is going around & would like to reduce the spread. Come get free covid tests & masks out in Hollywood this afternoon. We know it’s hot out LA but stopping viral spread is cool.

ICE already has, especially people with psychiatric disabilities and those already at higher risk of Covid complications. Important report here: phr.org/our-work/res...

Prior COVID vaccination produces immune response against new SARS-CoV-2 strains, study finds. "Receiving a prior COVID-19 vaccine did not prevent the immune system from producing protective responses to either Delta or Omicron virus strains, according to a new study in Nature Immunology."

We’ll be out near the LA river this Saturday with our friends at Roots In Motion. You’ll find us with our usual free PPE & a few diy air filters. We’ll also be educating folks about mask fit testing with a portacount! See flyer for details.

I, personally, do not want the razor blade throat variant (or any variant). As always, I will continue to mask around anyone that isn’t in my household as do they. Stay safe, friends.

A new COVID variant is driving up infections in Australia. Genomic sequencing confirms NB.1.8.1 is spreading in Australia, making up under 10% of cases in SA and over 40% in VIC as of 6 May. In Perth, wastewater data shows NB.1.8.1 is now the dominant variant.

Covid taught us so much about airborne transmission It provided an opportunity to adapt & build a “new normal” that was safer for all Had we invested in clean air, normalized masking (especially in healthcare) and pushed for paid time off, we could have beaten the virus We would all be healthier

When white people found out that it was affecting communities of color more all of that was thrown out the window.

And in case you were under the impression it’s over, last month an average of 350 people per week died of #COVID in the US.

Like baby even my fucking COSPLAY is mask coordinated. Its not hard. Put ya mask on!

I wrote this thread discussing how ACH can be used to estimate how long you should leave a room unoccupied before it’s >99.9% covid free. If you found that interesting and want to know the ACH in a room, I’ve made an explainer video to show you how (see next post).

Considering we’re still living through a mass disabling event, we should all be paying heed to these words

The big “why do you hate AI?” Thread got comments and quotes turned off, but here’s the main reason I hate AI: It’s being developed by the worst people on the planet solely to enrich themselves at the expense and labor of the world’s vulnerable populations. Everything else stems from that

You can find video tutorials for both types of SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests we distribute in our linktree t.co/VmB3afUjeA

We will have limited space for respirator mask fit testing at events on May 17th & 31st. Fit testing tells you how well your mask fits your face and filters the air. For details to register: t.co/JvSinuUvks

We must stop treating people as expendable. “Covid is only a risk to the vulnerable” has given way to “only sick children should die of measles.” Every time you say “did they have a pre-existing condition” when someone dies… you’re making it easier for fascists to eliminate us.

Good lord just what the hell is up today. A potential ban on any regulation for AI for the next 10 years? This includes good bills like AB 412 of legislation protecting folks from Deepfakes! Wtf?! Call your congressmen and women asap to tell them to take this down! www.404media.co/republicans-...