I would like a real president now. You know, a sane, intelligent, emotionally mature grownup who wants to serve the country and isn’t out for financial and political gain. Why does that seem impossible?

“The research shows that any mask is much better than no mask, and an N95 is significantly better than the other options. That’s the number one message.." sph.umd.edu/news/study-s...?

My readership now shrinks with every piece I publish. You don’t need to know much about the newsletter business to see how that math doesn’t work. Not sure yet how to handle this. For now, I’ll just ask you to consider supporting Democracy Americana in whichever way you see fit:

The cemetery I worked at for 7 years had 2 1917 Flu SECTIONS. Row after row of people killed by that strain. For 17 years it ran roughshod through Milwaukee. Mask up & get vaccinated.

Researchers Warn That COVID-19 Infections Are Quietly Rewiring the Human Brain on a Molecular Level www.thailandmedical.news/news/researc...

I don’t know exactly what I’m looking for in a politician but not having every day be a nightmare of horrors would be pretty high up so someone should run on that

Where the hell is the Justice League? The Marvel heroes? The Avengers? Anyone?

Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedemocrats.bsky.social

Completely agree. Always pull these threads back to the Reagan Administration and Bush I.

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

More reaction to Maduro’s “arrest”

Remember that there is a legitimately elected president of Venezuela: Edmundo Gonzalez. He won the election in 2024.

Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela

It isn't about combating "narcoterrorism", but about the US securing access to Venezuelan oil, lithium, and other natural resources. It isn't about promoting democracy, but about the US imposing its hegemony in the Western Hemisphere. Brute force and extractivism—nothing else. #Venezuela

We are the world's bad guys. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-are-the...

Food shopping early am when another shopper approached and asked “Are you wearing a mask because you‘re sick or because you don’t want to get sick?” Told him “because I don’t want to get sick.” He took a procedure mask from his pocket and said “I have mine here, I think I’m gonna put it on.” 🙂

For 50 years, the median wage of hourly workers stagnated or declined while the stock market and CEO pay skyrocketed. Is it any wonder why so many feel abandoned by the system? People lose faith, and a demagogue fills the void. This is why we must fix the system.

im not joking, i think a huge reason theyre doing this is bc in their minds war is masculine and penis and being against war is feminine and vagina

Im seeing discussions about consultations with congress, authorizations of force etc. I have to say this transcends any of what I would call sub constitutional technicalities. The president has gone to war with a foreign power and, it seems, kidnapped a foreign head of state on the basis of nothing.

THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.

Read the full article by David Brasure: whn.global/six-years-an... #LongCOVID #CleanAir #MasksWork #PublicHealth #Prevention #HealthEquity #COVID #MaskUp #InfectionPrevention

Vermont winter on I-89 between Montpelier and Burlington.

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

Everything has vessels www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27...

Listen to those with Long COVID. They deserve to be heard.

Researchers Warn That H3N2 Flu Infections Can Cause Long-Term Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration! www.thailandmedical.news/news/researc...

youtu.be/xFedf-rVUwk?... Oh, how I forgot what it’s like

New Year’s Day sundowners, listening to The Sadies In Concert, Vol 1.

Viruses want to spread. Encouraging people to spread viruses is only done by the corrupt and stupid. Calling it herd immunity doesn't make it a sound strategy. No virus has ever been defeated by allowing it to do exactly what the virus wants. #CovidIsNotOver

On Jon Stewart and the controversy over his remarks about those of us still masking to protect ourselves and others. We expect better of him. And I hope he examines his bias in this as a result of the backlash.

It's 2026. The pandemic continues on. SARS-CoV-2 remains a mass disabling event. The sooner people start always masking and adapting the better life will be for everyone. The science is there.

2026. 6 years after the start of COVID. 6 years of Long Covid. Not a single bit of progress has been made. Not even one. Nothing has been learned. The medical profession has not produced a single answer, solution, or even improved anything. Still mass gaslighting and denial. Pure systemic failure.

For any nation, its concept of security is about perception. Can America still tackle hard truths about itself, its allies, and its adversaries? Can we imagine a better way ahead? www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...

They want to wipe out almost a third of the country. It’s got nothing to do with illegal immigration. It’s white nationalism pure and simple. They’re fascists, and there’s no reason to doubt it.

✨✌️2026

happy new year!! ✨🐸 #frogart

Bringing this energy to 2026

I‘ve never vibed so hard with a meme before. 🥳

Facing a new year, I found this @dansinker.com post from February — about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails — to be a welcome read. dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Enough with the mask bullying. I mask because I understand aerosol transmission, because our governments all declared the pandemic over before cleaning indoor air, because I’m not OK with multiple reinfections of a new virus, because vulnerable people deserve access to society. #oneofthetwo

No French fries. No potato chips. No baked potatoes. No mashed potatoes. No stew. No potato soup. No potato starch. No roasted potato. No potato salad. They deserve that much of my illness for the smug fucking prejudice. I wish no potato on all of them.

Up here in Vermont, where the year ends in snowbanks and woodstove crackle, some traditions feel especially right.

A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles. When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies. This is outrageous.