Antti Leskelä

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has again stated he supports a ban on masks

Disabled activists have been screaming about the dangers of mask bans since they were enacted in North Carolina.

We are still IN a pandemic. Masks are a public health tool that should never be banned.

Brief history of mask bans 🧵

When I see a doctor who is judgmental of my COVID precautions, I see an 1847 physician who mocked Ignaz Semmelweis for suggesting that washing hands prior to delivering babies would prevent maternal deaths.

Big news! Every CA wastewater site monitored by #WastewaterScan has had a #H5N1 bird flu hit in the past 2 weeks. EVERY SINGLE ONE.

Revivable self-assembled supramolecular biomass fibrous framework for efficient microplastic removal Chitin-cellulose fibrous foam constructed by hydrogen bonding–induced self-assembly achieved efficient removal of microplastics.

Discovery of a biomass foam for potentially 98%+ removal of microplastics from water @ScienceAdvances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

I really like old herbarium illustrations. Last year I wrote some software to parse, score, and process the Oxford 400 herbarium dataset to remove the paper background and select the best photos.
If anyone needs a collection of beautiful plant photos...
github.com/borncamp/oxf...

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Psychotherapist: You can’t pour from an empty cup. Put yourself first

Hi, I’m God.
Thou shalt not steal. That includes taking from the poor and giving it to the rich.

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The COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project is proud to announce V2 of our Comprehensive Guide to Long COVID! #CGLC #C19LAPCGLC www.longhauler-advocacy.org/2024cglc
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Unfollowing @theatlantic.com after this.

Lead with covering how wrong these "revengers" have been & are.

I.e. don't leave the actual facts to the end of the article.

Repeated COVID-19 infections are MUCH more dangerous to public health than vaccinations against it.

Is Gladiator 2 worth seeing in theaters? I feel like it was better live.

Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀

A man in a fetal position, upright, in a hospital bed.

This will be my start to use this platform. I’d like to start by introducing my new photo project of documenting my life living with severe #MECFS.

I have thought about ways to advocate, and doing it through photography is the best way for me. 1/7

Feels like a good time for a thread about all things exercise for people living with infection (and exposure)-associated complex chronic illnesses (IACCs) such as #MECFS, #LongCOVID and chronic #Lyme /tick- and vector-borne illness. Let’s start with a trip down memory lane.
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The International Criminal Court Issues 'Watershed' Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, for War Crimes in Gaza The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have jurisdiction, subjecting the officials to potential arrest in 124 countries

“This is a watershed event in the history of international justice. The ICC has never, in over 21 years, indicted a pro-Western official. Indeed, no international court since World War II has done so."

Our story on the ICC warrant just issued for Netanyahu:

www.dropsitenews.com/p/icc-netany...

9. Of course, it's fine to lose respect for someone if their behaviour merits it. It’s fine to dissociate from them. Even then, we should not lose our self-respect by stooping to their level (always a danger on X, where everyone gets dragged into the mud). Here, let’s be the society we want to see.

8. A society of mutual respect means something entirely different. It means recognising everyone’s humanity. It means applying both the golden rule and the platinum rule. It means that social status has no bearing on social regard. Ultimately, it means overthrowing the concept of social status.

1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵

Brilliant observation by @maxkennerly.bsky.social to a whole pot-full of parboiled frogs.

#koronafi

#koronarokotus JN.1-varianttirokotteella tuottaa vahvaa neutralisoivaa vasta-aineaktiivisuutta.

"Luonnon kohtaaminen" - sairastuminen koronan JN.1 tai KP3.3 varianttiin - ei samaa tee.

Rinnakkaistodellisuudessa tämä olisi naula #THL 6:n vuoden hybridi-immuniteettitutkimuksen arkkuun

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

It does have to be said that Bluesky is feeling like a great place to hang out and talk science 🧪

UK Covid Inquiry: Adam Wagner asks Eluned Morgan if she agrees air filtration should be investigated for use against COVID

She says “yes” but laments her air purifier was worst present she ever got, she barely uses it & has “no idea” if it made any difference.

You have to use it for it to work!

The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea From spring 2025, pregnant women will no longer be eligible for free COVID vaccines in the UK.

Sharing this just out from myself and @chrischirp.bsky.social asking about the JCVI decision to drop eligibility for the COVID vaccine in pregnancy from next year. 🧪 🧵

A troll’s only purpose in life is to troll you. Your anger is like oxygen to them.

When you take that away from them, they shrivel up and die.

What’s up, Bluesky! 👋

Absolutely superb piece on H5N1 in the US.

'One highly respected American virologist, David O’Connor, told me that “it seems that the United States is addicted to gambling with H5N1. But if you gamble long enough, the virus may hit a jackpot.” A jackpot for the virus would fuel a global pandemic'.

Flu pandemics can be weird. The last big one in 1918 mainly killed young, healthy adults (avg age 28 vs. 75 for Covid). IFR in the 30-40 year old age range was ~30x higher than during covid.

It would be a rude wake up call for young adults if they're on the block this time.

Israel 20% of flights, USA 33% and UK 47%

New report: the UK has flown nearly half the reconnaissance missions over Gaza since the genocide began, more than the US military and more than double Israel itself. Britain is a participant in genocide. Keir Starmer and David Lammy must face The Hague