Look for the item about "people who stopped taking precautions when our countries and communities 'opened up again and are now rethinking how to protect themselves" and another from a first responder describing how (and why) year *seven* of Covid is like a slow-rolling mass casualty incident ⬇️

I don't usually ask such things, but I'd love it if y'all would please spread the word about this. I have never had such a deep cut in rates before, and I'm really trying to increase my readership. Thanks!

Christina Koch being greeted by her dog after returning from space is the dose of Monday hopium we all needed 💕

April 2026 Data centers SHOULD be FULLY responsible for ALL expenses THEY incur….. UH duh! Actually; Data centers need to be carefully regulated with strict policies - that are monitored… www.dailyherald.com/20260411/ene...

#AIHype #DAIR This isn’t addressing the ethics of using AI, but it is countering the narrative that the all-purpose, all-encompassing “AI God” the techbro oligarchs are trying to build is the only path forward. Small is beautiful! restofworld.org/2026/frugal-... youtu.be/YTLnnoZPALI

AI scribes. Greta blog by @benngooch.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

For me, the report this week from OECD on the global financial costs of Long Covid is a smoking gun. This isn’t about “the next pandemic.” It’s about the fact that the economic ruin we’re all racing toward and #LongCovid are the same thing. I explain why here: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

Let’s make a thread. Post the antithesis of mutually assured destruction. Sending love and peace to all. We are better than this man, this war.

Wear a respirator - ffp2/3 Open windows Clean the air Vaccines We need a layered strategy The government needs to step up on messaging and invest in finding a vaccine that prevents the infection.

You can count on one hand the outlets taking Covid coverage seriously, or not pretending it's 'just the flu,' or a thing that happened to someone else, once. Covid is still reshaping our world, our healthcare systems, our families, and our futures. Get caught up: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

Raquel Muñiz and Andrés Castro Samayoa argue that the rapid adoption of generative AI in education risks eroding critical thinking and democratic capacities in their forthcoming article in #CriticalAI 4.1. Read it on the CRITICAL AI blog: criticalai.org/2026/03/26/s...

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 437 The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

But the connection between the idea of transhumanism and the racist and eugenicist roots and backbone of "AI" has been made crystal clear in @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @xriskology.bsky.social 's paper firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph... >>

The main "use case" of AI and crypto is to kill democracy as quickly as possible. Here's yet another AI group planning to spend zillions ($100 million) to buy elections and support the Trump agenda. gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/b...

Lol Duke loss. Love it.

Just kids. From loving families. Bombed to bits in their school. Read their parents’ stories. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

No matter how much Covid mutates or what variant is prevalent…. Respirators will still work! A good quality mask like an N95 gives you excellent protection against airborne viruses like Covid. It’s never too late to mask up. Every infection delayed or prevented is a win.

As a historian, I've always been careful with the word "fascism." We've all seen how it shuts down debate when everyone throws it at everything they don't like. But at some point, being careful with the word starts to mean being blind to the thing itself.

A Snow Leopard caught on a trail cam.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 426-427 Weekend Tracker The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 424 The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

New: UK Inquiry report live, 150,000+ uncounted 2020-2021 US deaths, sex worker Covid safety workshop (online), Netherlands experiencing record C19 lows, 400K in NZ have #LongCovid as surge continues, Long Covid affects 18 million Americans, local risk levels, more: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

🤞🏽. Tie this to the absolute drop in public confidence in our government in general, & on health issues in particular, the Katelyn Jetelina reported in her COVID 6 years later piece: open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...

Are you kidding me, @aflcio.org? You are having an AI policy summit and one of the keynotes is Max Tegmark? Of the Future of Life Institute? FLI is and has been part of the longtermist cult, funded by Tallinn and Musk. This is a dangerous alliance, and y'all are joining forces for a pittance.

This is your regular reminder that a well fitted respirator like an N95 offers superior protection compared to a surgical mask. They can block covid, flu, rsv and more. They protect you and those around you. Can’t afford one? Check out a mask bloc! If you can afford it, please donate!

Who profits from digital age check laws? Who gets the data? ICYMI: Meta, Heritage Foundation, and NCOSE - formerly Morality in Media - have been traced in open records (including IRS) as the source of lobbying and funding behind age-check laws *globally* DCA's leadership traces directly to NCOSE ⬇️

OMG this is such brilliant satire (and good lawd I'm *hoping* it really is satire)... Meet Dr. Heinrich Pocklock Krockpock!!! "His early experiments with continuous monitoring revealed a startling truth: students learn best when they never have to think for themselves." 😂 puregenius.education/about

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 422 The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

NEW: Meta and the Heritage Foundation are behind online age-check laws being pushed worldwide, Iran hacked a multinational US company and remote-wiped most of its devices, BuzzFeed nears bankruptcy after pivot to AI, random acts of Kiwi compassion, and more. Link: www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 421 The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 419-420 Weekend Tracker The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

Not to toot our own horns but I feel like we packed so much in this one hour panel with @karenhao.bsky.social and John Palfrey. You can find the recording at www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM8...

This is a *must see* about the current state of “A.I.” I wish my senators and local university administrators—all who are benefiting from or chasing AI-hype cash—could listen to this and take it to heart.

Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 418 The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.

It’s International Long Covid Awareness Day. One of the best things you can do to support people with Long Covid is wear a mask (ideally a respirator like an N95). Masks break chains of transmission. They prevent infection. The only way to avoid Long Covid is to avoid Covid!

It’s Long Covid Awareness Month and a good time to remind everyone that Covid is not over. It’s still here, still disabling and still killing. All it takes is one infection to change your life forever. You never know when you could be disabled. Wear a mask. Clean the air.

Interested in working at DAIR? We're hiring a communications lead, who we needed yesterday. Is that you? Please apply. Is that people you know? Please share the job ad with them so that they apply.

In this week's #Cybersecurity roundup: -new White House Cyber Strategy: deregulate, attack, use lots of AI -beware misleading Proton-FBI headlines (there are so many) -Chornobyl's computer rebuild -DEF CON vs. authoritarianism -interactive XKCD -much more! Link: www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

"Leading vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says there's not enough awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on overall health." "What many people don't realise is that getting COVID repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says. Source: archive.md/Qsv13

The idea of “medical freedom” weighs one parent’s decision to refuse vaccines as more important than another’s decision to protect their own children from contagious, vaccine-preventable diseases”. @jimalwine.bsky.social and I in a new OpEd about AZ trying to ban childhood vaccine requirements.

Veterans know EXACTLY what this kind of language turns into in real life. www.jackhopkinsnow.com

New: @micahflee.com's ICE Contracts Explorer, LinkedIn/Persona verification data collection exposé, Nearby Glasses app, Wharton's "Cognitive Surrender" study, a tartan for witches, @temporalinvestigations.com launches, and remembering FX 💔 #cybersecurity #TrekSky www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

Today would have been Alex Pretti’s 38th birthday. He was executed by ICE over a month ago. Shot ten times in the back after trying to assist a woman who had been pepper sprayed and shoved. He was a helper and they killed him for it. Justice for Alex Pretti. Justice for all victims of ICE/CBP

Hint hint wink wink

If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask. If you want to protect your community, wear a mask. If you care about your long term health, wear a mask. A well fitted N95 can protect against Covid, flu, RSV & more. It’s much easier to resist when you’re healthy!

Threat Model is dedicated to finding the highest quality news sources of stories that deserve your attention – never behind a paywall. Since 2016. Seeing outlets I byline for in the buyout today. Indies like me need your support more than ever. Please share.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Like I said, watching a dog with explosive diarrhea.

New: -ID check tool Persona is on a US gov’t server, was used by Discord -LinkedIn currently uses Persona for ID checks; it also tracks behavior -People across the US are destroying Flock (ICE) cameras -2nd NZ health app breach -Tim Curry's secret Clue ending, more⬇️ www.patreon.com/posts/cybers...

A few weeks ago, one of my best online writer friends (Richard Crim) died from an infection that that might've been "the flu, or Covid." I miss him, and when I see this, it reminds me that what I said a few months ago is true. These people don't care about us, at all.