You're never alone if you have toxoplasmosis

hey dude could i bum a spare bit of hope

we all have PTSD from this except it's not post-, it's not even over

Is there a book like White Fragility… but about American adults and the air they breathe? Because someone needs to write the book on why a nation that buys air fryers, air fresheners, air purifiers, scented candles, and aromatherapy oils… won’t fight for clean air that keeps their children alive.

1/ Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction. It COMES FROM (still happening) illness. Illness caused by COVID. Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching. SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain. This is still happening.

Had a moment where I realized that those of us wearing high quality masks to protect our brains against cognitive decline from Covid and pollution could still get taken out by someone driving with that decline, and it made me mad.

Nestlé worried AI will destroy world’s water supply before they do

“Leslie Lee rightly criticized the inconsistency of people who mourned Lynch’s passing while, in their own lives, failed to take simple protective steps — like wearing a respirator — that could have helped keep people like Lynch stay safe and alive.” Powerful writing about our friend.

So saddened by the news that we have lost Alice Wong. It was an honor to know her and learn from her. May the lessons she shared continue to guide us for years to come.

“[D]eath wasn’t supposed to happen to Uncle George. Not yet. He was younger than my father, like a son to him. And when he died I realized he was like a father to me.” - Anoushka Shankar in the dedication to George in her book Bapi (2002) Read more at harrisonarchive.tumblr.com/post/8003009....

Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

Looks like he forgot to mention Covid. Oops, what a surprise

For the few people who mask out of consideration for others, that’s a commendable act of kindness. But please understand everyone’s vulnerable to the long term harms of COVID—even healthy people. So wearing a mask protects you *and* others. If more people understood this, more might mask.

Serious questions? OK, here's a thought: Maybe... "We" can't acknowledge it, can’t face it, can’t say it because of what multiple infections with COVID does to brains ?? 🤔

And here y'all thought that he was maybe capable of keeping Clinton's name out of his mouth, come to find out

Every email excerpt I’ve read is Epstein going, “look I’m a child predator but this donald guy is fucking gross”

who called em naval officers? i would've gone with "bellybutton cops*

when God closes a door he opens a window because he thinks it's funny to force people to climb through windows

Why can't every tech guy be like Tom from MySpace: make $500 million and then fuck off into obscurity. Why do they have to keep bothering us

Because people are living in fear.

Fear and denial are powerful emotions. Most people have already had multiple infections and accepting the damage that’s been done is hard. We’re also terrible at adaptation. Too many folks think avoiding Covid means locking down forever. They don’t realize the power of respirators & clean air!

I’m heartbroken at the loss of Leslie & for YB who he loved deeply & fiercely. For seven years, I had the privilege of knowing him—his mind, his humor, his boundless creativity, & unflinching political clarity. The world is immeasurably poorer without his voice. All gfm will cover funeral & expenses

If you’ve listened to my podcast you’ve heard Leslie Lee’s wisdom and wit. He was fearless and brilliant, talking about topics people want to hear about and topics they NEED to hear about even if they don’t want to. Plz Contribute to his funeral expenses if you can.

40 years later… And the thing is, we already have mountains of data NOW that show what COVID does to brains. Why can’t we acknowledge it? Why can’t we face it? Why can’t we say it?

Yes, I work for the New York Times. No, there's no conspiracy to protect the powerful. Yes, I'm proud of the work I do there. No, I don't support any of the articles you're mad about. Yes, I'm paid a weird pittance. No, I wasn't there in any meetings where the decisions you hate happens. Yes, I stil

Look, all I’m gonna say on The Current Topic is that moderation needs to be consistent - if you’re gonna drop the hammer for quoting song lyrics and getting pissed about child rapists, yet you let slide accounts that say trans people shouldn’t exist, then yeah, there’s gonna be some questions.

patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors

It's such bullshit that you're disadvantaged during the hiring process if you wear a mask to an interview. People shouldn't have to sacrifice their health and risk disability just so that employers can pretend that everything is normal. This is such a massive public health failure.

I sometimes think this is my favourite Beatles picture. So relaxed, so happy, so together. Everyday an adventure, everything still so exciting. All accompanied by cups of tea.

I have acquaintances who are winning awards & running for elected positions in disability and gender justice who have stopped masking entirely & haven't acknowledged long Covid once. It's exasperating

Havent posted a Teatle today. How dare me! Will this do?

Years ago I was suspended on Twitter for inviting Marco Rubio to swallow ten D batteries, which I don’t see how it could be a threat; he and I were not even in the same room and I have at most six D batteries on hand

The philosopher invited me to attend her lecture on applied ethics and as I sat in the audience waiting for it to begin a man sat down nearby and asked me why I was wearing a mask, and before I could stop myself I told him: “I’m applying ethics.”

I’m back. substack.com/@sarahkendzi...

Human case of H5N1 in Grays Harbor County.

ALSO: Cannabis should be legalized federally too.

Jesus Christ in the midst of Epstein-o-rama I nearly fucking forgot that Chuck Schumer tripled my health insurance costs for the sake of the Senate rule that lets them pretend to support popular legislation while at the same time letting it get killed for their wealthy donors.

I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power

Reminds me of the best post ever from Phoebe Bridgers

Gonna put this on a mug.

Whenever I read studies with findings such as: “Alzheimer Disease Patients Who Survived COVID-19 Have Rapid Disease Progression and a Higher Risk of Death at 5-year Follow-up,” I am reminded that none of us have truly “Survived COVID-19,” we are still just trying to survive it.

It’s the “new normal”. Not “normal”. You can’t wander about pretending SARS 2 doesn’t exist and think everything is gonna be fine. It’s not fine.

People talk often about how all of our institutions are crumbling, but I gotta say, the institution protecting powerful people from ever facing consequences for sex crimes, a load-bearing institution if there ever was one, seems to be holding up quite well.

I remember one time my wife got mad at me for accidentally stepping on a spider so I said 'calm down PETA Parker' lol, and you guys, that did not help. At all.

sure is a shame we didn't have an independent DOJ for 4 years to look into these extremely damning and very public allegations of rape and sex trafficking by a sitting member of Congress

"You'd be more interesting if you posted about topics other than Covid" People have actually messaged me this. First, I do. Second, I'm not trying to be all alluring on here lol. Third, I think it's interesting to talk about the elephant in the room when no one else is 🐘

I'm seeing another round of claims that Harris lost due to mysogyny and racism. Neither this nor Harris' excuses are remotely true. Here's a look at why Harris lost. Hopefully Democrats learn from 2016 & 2024 but they don't appear likely to. www.currentaffairs.org/news/kamala-...

A hard read but a necessary one. No one can predict how many times it's "safe" to be infected before developing #longCOVID. It can happen on the first time. Or with mild symptoms, or no symptoms. It can show up right after an acute illness, or months --many months -- later. #disability #healthcare

If you say things on TV like "Raping an 8yo is worse than raping a 15yo" you should be launched into a volcano

He has insurance paid for by the constituents he screwed,