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Victory in #Coralville, IA! 🏆 Contract was not discussed in council meetings or disclosed to the public before an agreement was signed with #Flock. It was only officially approved months later! 2/6 cameras installed so far, but all to be removed in the next few days. #deflock #surveillance #alpr

Very few people are willing to have a real conversation about why everything feels off.

“Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19, no matter your age or health history.” Hear that? Everyone is vulnerable—not just immunocompromised etc. people. It was knowing disinformation to tell people that only the chronically ill are vulnerable to COVID.

👇Listen to one of the few doctors who’s doing the right thing—instead of going along w/ the vast majority who aren’t. “We thought that a comfortable untruth was better for your health… than actual good health. We thought you’d prefer to believe in the tooth fairy version of the pandemic.” #COVID

Made some sweet potato fries

can't, I'm twistin' the night away.

So many things are horrible right now, so I offer this picture I took last August of a monarch butterfly perched on a cosmos flower. #gardening

For @thesicktimes.org, I looked at the state of COVID safety in live music and how artists and event producers can still protect themselves and audiences thesicktimes.org/2026/02/17/t...

Here it is, your moment of zen.

I don’t care what people are reading if they’re reading. There’s way bigger problems in the world than adults READING books written at elementary level. #booksky

A lot of things are horrifying right now, so I offer these blooms from our crabapple tree. #bloomscrolling

I’m going to say again, infecting your allies with a potentially debilitating and deadly illness is extremely foolish behavior in any kind of movement. You’re doing work for the other guys.

Enjoyed "Fake Spring" by knitting outside and playing bags with my husband.

Toe pick!

So much is horrific right now, so I offer a cozy cat. #Caturday

The best way to show love to anybody is to #MaskUp as much as possible around those you don't live with, to avoid sharing an infection that will make both of you die sooner. It says, "I don't want you to suffer" with your ACTIONS; more potent than any symbolic card, flowers, candy, or trinket.

The constant discourse on Twitter / X that 'masks don't work' is just tedious. While I never discount the possibility that I may have had an asymptomatic infection, the simple fact is that I haven't been sick once since early 2019. After numerous *confirmed* exposures. FFP2/3 works. The end.

By @doodlesbycharlie.bsky.social “DURING COVID IS NOW. IT NEVER LEFT!” 😷 #COVIDisNotOVER

Proud dad moment. My freshman daughter is openly masking at school — and wrote about it in her student paper. In a culture that pressures kids to conform, choosing prevention takes backbone. This isn’t about fear. It’s about care. Have a read: champaignchronicle.com/staff_name/k...

ai;dr means "AI; didn't read." (Similar to tl;dr for "too long, didn't read.") I'll be using this a lot.

Not a happy Mega Vouch. Test. Mask up. You should know the drill by now.

"Winter Olympic athletes are rightfully taking COVID-19 precautions" "Olympians, just like anyone, are at risk of Long COVID. Studies have shown that the risk of the disabling disease may increase with each SARS-CoV-2 infection and trigger or worsen diagnoses." Source: archive.md/gL5dY

As I've said many times before on this platform, the moment I decided that I was going to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2 was the moment I read that acute Covid-19 could cause both cognitive dysfunction and anosmia. nypost.com/2026/02/10/h...

"Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy" [in the 2026 Winter Olympics] - @npr.org Actually, no 👇

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Bibi has lots of great accessories available. Check out these cute compression gloves. 🤩 Support Black owned businesses!

I've seen a few cruel posts on Twitter / X recently, and, as a result, I would remind you all of the following: If you're trying to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. Mask harassment - online or irl - is done by uninformed, resentful and insecure people. Ignore them.

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Please mask up as well. Get n95 or k95 masks that block 95% of airborne particles like bacteria, viruses.

Guess we're not having pepperoni pizza tonight.

I hope all of my phone friends have fun today!! Please, please don’t drink and drive, and try to ventilate your indoor gatherings with air purifiers and/or open windows when possible.

Stacy likes to sit on books. #Caturday

Encouraging to see some members of the US Olympic team wearing masks to protect their health ahead of competition.

We were also told, "don't worry, we have the tools", none of which are in use. And #Denial is not a tool -

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Friday night knitting. Didn't realize there would be a learning curve to knitting in the round. I thought it'd be like knitting on straight needles. If you're knitting stockinette, you don't need to purl. Who knew? Also took a little bit to figure out how to join. Back on track now! #knitting

Excellent, @jbpritzker.bsky.social ! Now adopt indoor air quality standards to stop transmission of viral illnesses in schools. Other countries can do it, so can we.

Nice to see US olympic cross country ski team wearing respirators to protect themselves from airborne pathogen spread🙌 Yup! They are smarter than all of the directorate of Ontario Public Health & the Ontario Medical Association combined! No baggy blues here because COVID spreads through the air!

Dutch olympic speed skaters wearing respirators while travelling to prevent COVID infection. Awesome! Everyone can get infected & become disabled from any COVID infection. EVERYONE must actively prevent COVID infection. Not just olympians. www.the-express.com/sport/other-...

Reminder to swap your filters! Glad that all those baddies were captured and not breathed in! #yallmasking #OneOfTheTwo #SaltingTheVibes #stillcoviding

Also, this paper puts the lie to all those “social distancing” measures we were told would keep us safe. There is NO SAFE DISTANCE for preventing respiratory disease transmission in an indoor environment. Ventilate, filter, mask up.

“They are laying so low that they didn’t show up at a Visitation School auction on Friday night, despite being major underwriters of the event. They are laying so low that they’ve scrubbed themselves from their own website.”

The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing. I want it now!!!

Love sharing these books with my kids. My 10 year old will even take turns reading with me.

'Zombie' Remnants of COVID-19 Hunt In Packs And Kill Our Immune Cells Study by 30+ authors shows how the destruction of the virus within our body leaves dangerous protein fragments that target immune cells, helping explain debilitating long COVID symptoms affecting millions worldwide.

Made Hit-The-Deck-Shrimp from Cookin' With Coolio cookbook. R.I.P. Coolio. You left us too soon.

Tonight's movie