Updated: US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak, residents burn down an Ebola treatment center, the window for hantavirus positives starts now, LeAnn Rimes has #LongCovid, mask fun BTS on The Boys, time to restock your PPE, current risk levels, and more ⬇️ www.patreon.com/posts/ebola-...

Yes! Bullying works! Keep it up!

Killing ourselves just to create slop. Abhorrent.

It is my birthday. I am now 41. Which feels kinda crazy. Want to help me celebrate? Support Me: www.galdrecraft.com ko-fi.com/cmgaldre Support Things I Care About: www.pointofpride.org donate.wikimedia.org xerces.org www.nature.org/en-us/

"the R slur is coming back" not within slapping distance of me it's not

Timeline cleanse

Part 2 of 2: As per of their ‘Vote No’ campaign, HBG recently contracted the services of LRI consulting. Here’s what we learned about one of the most prolific and expensive union-busting firms in the country.

Part 1 of 2: As per of their ‘Vote No’ campaign, HBG recently contracted the services of LRI consulting. Here’s what we learned about one of the most prolific and expensive union-busting firms in the country.

I just filled this out and I hope you will, too. It asks for your address. If you think, "I can't identify myself!" but you post here on this federally-monitored site, you're not making much sense. If you think, "What good will it do?" you're not using every tool available to fight fascism.

Really wish I could go viral on BlueSky. I created an app that merges Mutual Aid with Black Businesses: on the app, you can shop Black Businesses on 1 app, all Black Owned conveniently under 1 roof. On the same app you can see people struggling with overdue bills/rent/evictions etc & give them aid.

Published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Peer-reviewed. Large sample size. Sound methodology. An antiviral pill has, for the first time, been shown to prevent COVID-19 in individuals exposed to SARS-CoV-2. Ensitrelvir blocks the enzyme coronaviruses need to make new copies of themselves.

Really good hantavirus summary from @violetblue.bsky.social here. Much like early 2020, we're firmly into "we don't know" territory, for now! (Which would warrant stronger precautions than those being taken, but also cops and jail aren't how we fix it) www.patreon.com/posts/hantav...

When I say stop using AI, this is one big reason why!!!!

If you are having Covid trauma resurface, I’m so sorry that’s happening! Have you considered modifying the approach of pretending Covid is dead and over and you never have to think about illness again? It might help.

"Reinfection Raises Long COVID Risk in Children and Adolescents" "Children and adolescents who are reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 face a significantly higher risk of developing long COVID, according to a large, multi-institutional study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases."

Winner of the BookLife Prize 2025 with a 10/10 for prose, fact-based, from an expert team. This book cuts through disinfo to keep you safe, informed, and feeling strong about protecting yourself from *all* airborne viruses: linktr.ee/covidbook

It exists! I interviewed backup dancers, producers, the costume designer, the song’s producers who granted the rights, and so many more who were involved: web.archive.org/web/20240227...

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

I’ll never stop thinking about how Musk and his buddies destroyed the nutritional paste production. Insanely cheap mush meant for starving children. It saved so much suffering and death and was comically cheap compared to the dumb shit we waste $ on but these evil fucks get off on suffering.

I once had a pap where the speculum got *stuck* around my cervix and the doctor had to shove it further in to get it to release. She didn’t tell me what was happening until after she’d gotten the speculum back out. 🙃

Assume AI training for K-12 is a good idea. Schiff's bill, the LIFT AI Act, is a grant program for the National Science Foundation. The NSF has no director. The nominee is a Thiel acolyte with no science degrees. Trump just fired the entire Board that oversees NSF. No. Absolutely not.

An update from us!

I’ve been using the Astepro nasal spray for at least a year now, and it’s great to see studies confirming the usefulness of such things against COVID!

Your voice really matters right now. If you would like show your support, join us in requesting that Wizards and Hasbro voluntarily recognize our union by signing our petition at cwa.org/uwotcletter

Still trying to make the last bit of mortgage...if you want any originals they are 20% off with code "ACORN"

Paging @kellylink.bsky.social , @scalzi.com , @darthbluesky.bsky.social , @marthawells.com

Will you sign our open letter in support? ✊

We, the employees at Hachette Book Group, are proud to announce that we are unionizing with Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild-CWA Local 32035, of the AFL-CIO, in order to ensure better benefits, protections, and rights for workers as well as increased equity, transparency, and agency in the workplace.

If you put your name into a search engine does your home address and all of your contact info appear? You can get off those lists. Yael is the best! She started this tremendous public service and labor of love in 2017. DIY to get off intrusive people-tracking lists that sell your personal info.

I have considered Moleskine to be outrageously overpriced for quite some time but using AI to generate a sketchbook cover betrays a level of hubris that is wild even for them. Those high prices and they couldn't be bothered to pay a human? Dump 'em. cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

it doesn’t work in Much Ado About Nothing only because everything Beatrice and Benedick say already has an implicit “bitch” at the start “What, my dear Lady Disdain? Bitch, are you yet living?” “Bitch, I would eat his heart in the marketplace”

🚨 Haley/@feederofcats’s Friends of Bear Cat Rescue needs your help! Somehow these adorable kittens STILL haven’t been adopted! As they say “These babies deserve homes and families, not to be sitting in an enclosure for a year”. Please spread the word! In CA? Adopt! www.friendsofbearcatrescue.org!

This sprout needs to pay some billz Use code "ACORN" for 20% off your entire order. Bookmarks, stickers, originals, prints, everything!!! nimasprout.shop

We love the library! #nationallibraryweek

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 ⬇️

My whale shark ita/wallet/pouch sample! 🦈🌊 #art #sharks

Happy #portfolioday! I'm Nicole, PNW based 2D artist who loves nature and fantasy based projects! 🌿 Currently available for projects in publishing, TTRPG, freelance BG Design/Paint for games and animation. Get in touch Let’s chat ✉️ [email protected] 💼 Nimasprout.com

Lots of new flowers stocked in my online shop. From fine art prints to large originals. If you are looking for a little color for your space, consider checking out my store. nimasprout.shop

Small Shop update with some turned hardwood droplet earrings. The screw-caps are sterling silver. Provided on stainless steel leverbacks but they can easily be moved to your favorite hoop or clicker. they are super light www.galdrecraft.com/product/hard... www.galdrecraft.com/product/hard...

Today I am ignoring the wider world and focusing only on my crafting, resting, and watching the sun shine in between rain showers. Fill your cup so you can help others.

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment. Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...

Please contact your reps about this one… it’s truly horrific!!! Use @resist.bot to sign this one or write your own! rs.bot/3PdM7L

We need to stop the #USFS getting dismantled. There's #research that will never be finished. THOUSANDS of people who know #LandManagement & how to push back against politicians stealing public resources are about to be purged. The largest #forestry org on Earth will be GONE. Pls. Do what you can.

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-...

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*sigh* If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it. If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it. If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you. I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

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