Avoiding COVID isn't rocket science, and it doesn't require abstaining from doing every activity in public. Using layered protections appropriate to the risk level of each space is sufficient. Vaccination. Air circulation. Masking. Nasal spray. Testing.

time to remind everybody that the Super Bowl halftime show only exists in this grandiose fashion because a tv show called "In Living Color" stole the ratings from the NFL; the execs notoriously said, "get me Michael Jackson's agent" and thus began all the pomp www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

my priors are so confirmed right now www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

His GoFundMe is here: www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... - I donated a few days ago.

you can’t wait for a nonprofit to save you when you see ICE kidnapping your neighbor or harassing parents at your kids school

Rarely used felony vandalism charges against Palestinian protestors.... filed by Calif. Dem prosecutors: boltsmag.org/stanford-san...

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

some people were asking what this meant. i actually said it on tumblr but here it is

The cause of the male loneliness crisis is that they arrested Jeffrey Epstein, the only man who appears to have had friends.

Read it all please.

Over the past two weeks I've begun to realize that rich people only started funding chatbots once they could no longer email Jeffrey Epstein

Happening now in Silicon Valley: marchers have surrounded the Palantir building and are holding a prayer vigil for victims of ICE, while video of ICE and Palantir crimes is projected on the building. #abolishice #iceout #palantir #paloalto

today's report: our "adopt a rent" venmo campaign paid 43 families rents who were at risk of evictions, including several moms of 4+ children this is the way to get rent paid fast. like. 1000x better than any other way.

I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever. A thread.

always illuminating getting to talk with Bea, who with Death Panel has created one of those rare outlets where you can try to make sense of the world live on a mic—this one was especially that kind of episode. solidarity w everyone still in the streets and helping people stay there.

Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.

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We really do all have the ability to curb spread.

Shared this on insta & will share here too. If you’re not in the ME or Long Covid communities you’re likely unaware of just how often we have to watch young people die.

Incrementalists take it on the chin again. This is why they hate Mamdani. He's giving up the game that people in power HAVE POWER and don't solely exist to beg you for $5 every day. He's ruining the Democratic Party by showing voters that they have the power to do stuff instead of crouching in fear

I’m working on a story for @thesicktimes.org about things people with Long Covid and other energy-limiting illnesses (as well as their caregivers) can do to protect themselves and their communities from ICE. I’d love to speak with any of the following: (1/3)

alt text: YOU WILL GET AWAY WITH IT lose paperwork make food wrong decaf instead of regular overtighten lug nuts strip spark plugs delete jira tickets IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE MISTAKES YOU CAN FIGHT ICE WITHOUT ANY RISKS everything adds up you have no excuses anymore just do it

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

Bringing this back because I think we all need to hear it. I know I do.

Thank you to Pleiades for publishing my snarky little CDC hate poem 🖤

this “chicago bail fund” and the entire network of newly registered bail funds are all scams. illinois made cash bail illegal in 2023 thanks to the incredibly hard work of many people, some of whom i know personally, so this is especially stupid

These were the people who held the careers of female scholars in their hands . This is who was shaping or epistemological world

Long Covid friends— A bill in the Maryland legislature would create an R&D fund for LC—a big deal when new federal funding is stalled. The advocate behind the bill is asking for people anywhere to submit written testimony on Fri 2/6 on your experience w/LC, to say why this is needed! More info:

There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up

Please buy books that are coming out this year. Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky

This is really great and well worth your time and got to some important things (& brought a tear to my eye oh no). I should go renew my subscription to @racketmn.com already instead of spending all my money on brownies (& GoFundMe's). (If you've got $, subscribe! Go read their stuff!)

I want this on a t shirt. She was fucking READY.

We’ve been on the streets all day with @bradlander.bsky.social and because we had so many patrols out, multiple abductions were prevented. The world is looking to us for inspiration, and we will keep showing them how we show up for our neighbors.

With a few weeks of planning, they put together a massive mutual aid event that distributed 250+ bags of groceries, 50 pounds of produce, 45+ bags of clothes, 1,500 N95 and KN95 masks, and 540 COVID tests. Here’s what they learned, and how you can do it too. www.coyotemedia.org/i-hosted-a-m...

I love this song a ton, but had never seen the music video. There is a puppy.

For the past two weeks we’ve struggled to meet our goals for the baseline needs for these six families and a camp of fifteen more. These needs don’t stop, so neither do we, right? Medicine, winter supplies, more. Click "weekly" or "monthly" on a coffee:

With so many of us watching the tremendous mobilizations in Minneapolis, culminating in the call to action against ICE today, I wanted to share some of what I have gathered from talking to comrades in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. A few things stood out:

They DO NOT GAIN ANOTHER YARD

It's STFU Friday. Refresh the script 👇

gotta shout out moon palace and boneshaker books, if you want to buy books from people who are very abolish ICE and end-policing aligned

This week I wrote about an idea I had & am going to work on: Building a mutual aid tooling + template engine that can be systematized, easily deployed by folks on the ground, peer-oriented w/o grossly increasing risk of people involved. Maybe you want to join me. www.leahreich.com/please-tell-...

This is such valuable advice and put plainly. Please take a moment. TY @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

Everyone in the path of this (usa) sweeping snow and/or ice storm, don't rely on luck. Prepare as best you can with human/animal food and water, human/animal medication, heating backup if possible. Power backups for humans/animals/roombas. Suggest good info to help everyone prepare

We’ve created At Our Pace to support young people with Long Covid and overlapping illnesses to share their lived experiences and to build a growing set of resources shaped by those voices. Flexible, supportive, and youth-led. #Blog: www.longcovidkids.org/post/at-our-... #AtOurPace

I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.