So great to see Chrissy Stroop honored wth the Free thought Heroine Award by @ffrf.org in the April Paper! @thebugbeardispatch.bsky.social I’ve been following her since late 2017 & her hashtag #TheocracyAlert helped me start to understand the Religious Right. CONGRATS CHRISSY!

I can’t believe my eyes. This long article—which I first thought would be just another “Why are so many young people dying of cancer? Huh/no clue” ones—covers not only Buffy nerddom, but also deep “inside baseball” COVID facts. I’ll briefly hope yet again that this might represent a turning point.

When I ask people to mask it’s not out of a virtuous superiority or even an ethical code. It is because I am in the depths of this hellhole, and I am *screaming* at you not to come down here, and definitely not to shove anyone else in.

Very odd during this time of billionaire-funded media censorship that right-wing rags are doing the right thing re: COVID coverage & are *actually reporting on real scientific studies.* 1) Why now? 2) Imagine if the media had done this with the previous almost literally half a million studies.

Hybrid remote & in-person options at schools, workplaces, & medical settings were established & operational “back during the pandemic.” But after the rush back 2 normal—when govt. basically told everyone COVID was over—they were removed, mocked, etc. They’re always needed: disability access, etc.

This message hits hard.

@johnsnowproject.bsky.social Are you actively updating your site and socials? You had/ve a great resource so clearly laid out on your webpage, but don’t want to circulate it unless it’s being kept uptodate and it doesn’t look like your socials are regular. Please advise. Thanks!

We’re asking you to wear a mask sometimes not scale Everest.

COVID was the template for everything that came after. If they could numb people against caring about a highly communicable deadly disease, then they could numb them against rapidly escalating climate disasters, international genocides, and eventually a civil war. See the 1918 flu epidemic for more.

“Respiratory viruses can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable groups such as infants, older adults, pregnant individuals & those with weakened immune systems…” Wish they also understood & conveyed that COVID is a *vascular* disease & *everyone’s* vulnerable to it.

I try to focus this account so it's for my readers, but hey writers: NEVER sign a contract where the publisher keeps your rights indefinitely. For short stories, there should be a point when you can sell reprints. and NEVER sign your movie/TV/etc adaptation rights to a publisher. Those are yours.

“You’re not building immunity. You’re accumulating injury.”

And this is in the equation now too. www.aha.org/news/headlin...

"Aerosols from the respiratory tract when we breathe, speak, sing or cough can carry viruses and bacteria... Aerosol transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been identified as the dominant route for transmitting COVID" Congrats to these winners of the 2025 Faraday Horizon Prize.

The Biden-era CDC directors downplayed the harms of COVID and the benefits of wearing masks, and recommended handwashing to avoid becoming infected with an airborne virus. Yes things are even worse now. But it truly is different points on the same continuum. (Remember Maskless Mandy? Good times…)

Who would’ve thought the vast majority of Americans would go anti-science in such a relatively short time? And by anti-science, I don’t mean only the people who are antivaxx, but also those who think COVID is mild and doesn’t have long term effects. Disconcerting times.

“A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may…be subtly altering our immune systems… “There has definitely been a change in the character of the immune response since 2019… It’s certainly impacting our immune health, and probably our overall health as well.”

To be clear, gators are for hiding your identity, N95s are for protecting your health. They are not the same. We should not allow law enforcement to hide who they are. Name tags, badges & IDs are essential. But we must allow people to protect their health. Eliminating either only serves fascism.

I bought a new office chair for creative sitters and I am hooked! BUT even more important I supported a small-business company with the same values #NOKINGS www.ikariadesign.com/shop/chairs

🤯 This article says much of what the #COVID -safe would like to see regularly reported in the media—in other words, the truth. I’m happily surprised. Are more people becoming aware? www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

I find it noteworthy that financial publications like Forbes, Fortune, & Bloomberg tell the brutal truth about #COVID & climate change much more than the mainstream media does. Follow the money as they say. #ClimateSky www.forbes.com/sites/davidr...

Dr. Nancy Malek @n95anaesthetist.bsky.social is an amazing science communicator. Check out her WHN blogpost whn.global/why-i-still-... and her latest YouTube video:

“And for God’s sake, wear a mask.” (Period.) Eliminate this: “if you’re compromised.” Anyone who has had COVID at least once is compromised, but they don’t know it.

If you engaged in COVID denialism the last few years by pretending the pandemic’s over, it’s still 2019, & you don’t have to mask, even on planes—then you bear some responsibility for having dangerous anti-vax people like RFK Jr. in charge of our health agencies. #HardTruths

Society-wide changes don’t just happen overnight or in a vacuum. Everyone who thought, Woohoo, I no longer have to care about spreading a dangerous virus to others—you played a part in how we got here. Recognizing & acknowledging this is the 1st step towards any kind of chance to get out of it.

WTF. Ship hits Brooklyn Bridge. It’s as if no one is managing transportation any more. Cuz Trump defunded that too #NoKings

#SARS-CoV-2 #COVID

'Widely known for years that SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne virus exhaled via aerosols by those infected with COVID-19, a vascular multi-system disease. And that interventions such as respirators and air filtration prevent transmission.' @panaccindex.bsky.social www.panaccindex.info/p/what-covid...

My presentation with @davidjoffe64.bsky.social on COVID's impacts on the brain is already the most watched video on the @thewhn.bsky.social platform 🤯! Thank you to everyone who supports our research! We are now writing a physician's guide for #NeuroCovid #LongCovid 🤓 www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJX...

Also for the millions who can't get vaccinated or don't respond to the vaccine bc we are too immunocompromised, please for god's sake MASK UP!! Measles is airborne and vaccines (which everyone should get) are not enough on their own. We need layered protection like masking to stop the spread. 😷

I can’t “let go of things” Tonight I’d like to rhetorically ask each person who “couldn’t bring themselves” to vote for Kamala in the general election, who voted 3rd party, wrote in, or abstained: was it worth it? US elections are dualistic; until they aren’t #RankedChoiceVoting

If you build it, they will come. There's a market for Covid safe events. Thrilled to see Canadian theatres leading the way in creating safe indoor performance art. Also look at all those beautiful respirators in the wild!

Documentary: Doctors as Patients Screenshot is from the latest Science for ME weekly update #MEcfs #LongCovid

Five fucking years later. Although the best available, these numbers are likely under counts, and don't consider the countless millions dealing with various levels of long covid. It's not over It's not seasonal It's not "mild" There is no herd immunity We do have the tools, just not the will.🤦

The grief is intense today The pain is too Connections to loved ones vanished Hopes and dreams evaporated All the little things out of reach With yourself is all you have Until it’s all over Somehow this became your fate You cannot hope it away You come to mere surrender & almost acceptance

While I don't like to say stock up, it might be a good idea...if you are able. N95 masks that are a lifeline for many may no longer be quality controlled. 😮‍💨 NIOSH is "responsible for regulating the efficacy of face masks & respirators..." I hate this. #NIOSH #MaskBloc

I #MaskUp. I buy individually wrapped FFP2 (similar to N95) in bulk. I keep some in my car, carry extra in my bags and luggage, include several with the Christmas treat boxes that I give to my neighbors, and even gave a couple to the nice lady that I was next to at today's protest. 😷

The cognitive dissonance of the past 5 years is insane

Let’s also remember that NIOSH regulates N95 masks that many of us are still relying upon for COVID protection.

Isn't it swell that the air humans breathe also transports infectious diseases to humans? Talk about your Intelligent Design, eh? Blessed be the Mask Wearers for they shall inherit the Earth... We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. #ygk #COVIDisAirborne #Measles #Etc

Same inflammatory narcissistic shit. Different day. #PoopDonald

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If you wear N95 respirators (masks), stock up now because RFK Jr eliminated NIOSH, the federal agency that tests them and certifies that they actually work.

Damn.

Is COVID-19 Harmful to Children? TL;DR: YES. In soooooo many devastating ways. HOLY HELL YES.

If you are a physician, scientist, researcher, etc. studying #ChronicIllnesses #PostViralDiseases #PersistentVirus #InvisibleIllness & are not ACTIVELY using an N95 MITIGATION LAYER to PREVENT the additional disease of #SARSCov2 you diminish your creditability, ethics & integrity

CONGRATULATIONS @drseanmullen.bsky.social —- amazing piece, by an amazing advocate & scientific professional! whn.global/stuck-in-the...