βWe are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.β
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
23.09.2025 21:53 β π 5197 π 1871 π¬ 72 π 169
young milhouse (implied by disproportionately lareg head) says to sad looking bart simpson outside on bench I have soy milk as he holds up a milk carton with a little straw poking out, brown lunch bag in other hand.
literally me
10.07.2025 22:58 β π 51 π 3 π¬ 3 π 2
Louder for the people in the back: "It has been a public health failure that the public does not realize how much organ damage #COVID infection can cause to things that arenβt your lungs (or throat or nose or taste buds)."
The image below is based on data collected from 80,071 kids and teens:
14.06.2025 03:46 β π 532 π 280 π¬ 13 π 15
But also surving
14.06.2025 03:38 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
*surviving
14.06.2025 03:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
100%. Surving as a disabled person is itself a radical act
14.06.2025 03:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
βIn 2023, UnitedHealth Group reported the highest levels of arthritis, asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease(s), chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depression and diabetes in US Health Rankings history.
Every single condition on their list has been connected to covid.β
08.06.2025 20:50 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Huge, FREE covid safety resource list | Threat Model
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"No one has to grow up sheltered. There are tools that work if we have the courage to use them well, and the courage to embody values that reflect reality instead of conformity."
Thx for writing this, @open-source-eschaton.net π
blog.open-source-eschaton.net/the-burden-o...
Linked in the article:
08.06.2025 20:21 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Can confirm π
"Collective shifts seem to happen from a critical mass of sheer grief, when the consequences that the divergent and dissident were warning about pile up to untenable degrees. The social animal that wants to believe in exceptions to very cruel realities is built to learn the hard way"
08.06.2025 19:55 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens
This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.
New article in JAMA:
Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens buff.ly/Fj6KIeB
Long COVID is common and affects 10% to 20% of children after COVID, which equals 6 million kids.
This is higher than the number of children with asthma.
Symptoms depend on age.
#medsky #pedsky ππ·
29.05.2025 19:55 β π 86 π 55 π¬ 3 π 3
DOJ directs prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
1 hour ago
CAH
CNN
Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
Huh, weird
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Dairy is scary
On Mother's Day, worth remembering that....
Milk doesn't come from cows because they're cows.
Milk comes from mothers.
Milk comes from cows who were forced to become mothers.
Calves are the byproduct of the diary industry.
.
#dairyisscary
#veganfta
30.03.2025 09:10 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0
In Gaza, almost every IDF platoon keeps a human shield, a sub-army of Palestinian slaves | Opinion
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"In Gaza, human shields are used by Israeli soldiers at least six times a day...Today, almost every platoon keeps a "shawish," and no infantry force enters a house before a "shawish" clears it. This means there are four "shawishes" in a company, twelve in a battalion, at least 36 in a brigade. 1/4
30.03.2025 17:31 β π 2492 π 1465 π¬ 75 π 188
Cover of the world according to mister Rogers by Fred rogers
Text from the book: The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we care about so deeply become endangered, we become enraged. And what a healthy thing that is! Without it, we would never stand up and speak out for what we believe.
what would mister rogers do?
get enraged
seriously. his word choice. he gave us permission, said it's healthy:
01.05.2024 03:19 β π 2859 π 1243 π¬ 16 π 44
π₯it is very important that the liberals are more bothered with the fact a journalist was added to a high security group chat, even that it's on signal
THAN THE FACT THAT THE USA IS BOMBING CIVILIANS IN YEMENβAGAIN
25.03.2025 14:12 β π 62 π 19 π¬ 2 π 6
Text: The Pandemic Isnβt Over Just Because Youβre Over It.
Image at bottom in purple is wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2 in the US since 2020, with more infections since Biden took office than when Trump was in office.
25.03.2025 11:05 β π 151 π 60 π¬ 4 π 1
In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's
Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza.
There are no words.
24.03.2025 13:24 β π 1641 π 934 π¬ 40 π 84
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