Hanes Orrock (they/them)

The next time they tell you there’s no money for healthcare, remember there was money to start a war with Iran.

The next time they tell you there’s no money for housing or social supports, remember there was money to bomb a girls elementary school.

There’s always money for war.

“It’s a drain on society at every single level,”
—Avindra Nath, clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, one of the National Institutes of Health, on LongCovid

but sure, it's the people imploring others to prevent these issues who are the problem

while covid vaccines as they exist now in early ‘25 are great tools—i’ve had 10 myself—they dont prevent infection nor longcovid, merely reducing the risk of both; nor do they eliminate the cumulative effect multiple infections can have. prevent infection: clean the air.
www.unmc.edu/healthsecuri...

Julie: "vaccines reduce severity... uptake is horrendous. People aren't getting their yearly vaccine update."

Michael: "explicitly anti-vaxx"

Last Weekend, by Whistling Swans track by Whistling Swans

In the mood for an earnest love song? My Band's newest single might be for you ❤️

Freckled, by Whistling Swans 1 track album

we released some music today

Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...

Breakthrough study: COVID-19 reactivates dormant breast cancer, triggering deadly metastasis. Cancer survivors who got COVID had 4.5× higher cancer-related deaths and 1.4× greater breast cancer. MASK UP!! Protect yourself from Covid, which is airborne

I love the outpouring of love for David Lynch.

I don't love how many of the people who are remembering him have stopped masking in public.

If you've stopped masking, you're why he had to choose to spend his final years isolated at home.

I don't know what to do with that anger.

@who.int Director-General's remarks at a media briefing on 10 December 2024:

"We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.

The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to."

A paper collage on a yellow background. A woman's face with a pleasant expression is seemingly floating in an expanse of stars. There are two honeybees on her face, one crawling into her nose, and the other on one of her eyes. There is text on her forehead and below her, reading: "Time, Where Is Thy Sting? If you're scared, push enter to run."

Sting of Time, 2024

#collage #disabledartist

A hand-cut paper collage. The background is a blazing forest fire with orange and yellow tones. There is a comic book "VRR-KOW" and explosion pasted on the upper left corner, and a blue model of a SARS-CoV2 molecule pasted on the upper right and the bottom right. In the middle lower section of the collage, there is a comic book cutout of a villain spewing green energy onto a victim. The text pasted reads: "Life with Covid. A pandemic never out of season - disease of disparity. We hope this virus horrifies you."

We Hope This Horrifies You, 2024

#collage #papercollage #covidisnotover #maskup

Mask or D*e, 2024

#collage #covidisairborne #disabledartist

Blucifer, the demonic horse statue from Denver Int'l Airport, wearing an N95 mask. The words "do no harm' are written in black and white.

We now have Blucifer shirts for sale in our shop. Many styles, softnesses, and sizes! And there are also options with our logo and "take care of your community" design. cscpride.itemorder.com/shop/home/

A hand-cut paper collage. The background is a blazing forest fire with orange and yellow tones. There is a comic book "VRR-KOW" and explosion pasted on the upper left corner, and a blue model of a SARS-CoV2 molecule pasted on the upper right and the bottom right. In the middle lower section of the collage, there is a comic book cutout of a villain spewing green energy onto a victim. The text pasted reads: "Life with Covid. A pandemic never out of season - disease of disparity. We hope this virus horrifies you."

We Hope This Horrifies You, 2024

#collage #papercollage #covidisnotover #maskup

Giving Tuesday PPE Fundraiser for Farm and Dairy Workers Protecting workers against H5N1

Make a difference this GivingTuesday by helping farmworkers in Colorado protect themselves from H5N1! This is a publich health and workers' rights issue. Donate through our GiveButter campaign at www.GiveButter.com/iTCv2s

Our goal is $500! Funds will go toward gloves, boots, goggles, and aprons.

I wrote this little tune in April of 2023 😷 #maskup

Collective denial,
A dissonance viral,
I don't wanna see your smile
If it means I could get worse,
You're so glad to spread the curse,
You won't be smiling in a hearse or in a hospital bed

a photo of fridge poetry that reads: you melt me, soft & slow, like smoke or perfume

four square magnets, three purple and one green with various patterns are below some fridge poetry which reads: "so, this ferocious pleasure must be your will, your instrument of sublime & animal passion, I must steel my porcelain spirit"

fridge poetry that reads: what is this bastard passion born from? be it wicked fever? brilliant, broken, delicious, secret

busted out the #fridgepoetry

A white nonbinary person with buzzed brown hair and green eyes holds a black and white tuxedo cat on their chest. They are wearing a blue tie-dyed, long sleeved T-shirt and half of their face is hidden by the cat.

Benny is the cuddliest of my three cats

Show me your pet and who/what they're named for: T'Pol 🖖 #startrek

Whistling Swans cover Gonna Be Lonely Again by The Pinkees (1982)

#covers #thepinkees #whistlingswans

What's your favorite Beatles song? I think mine is Maxwell's Silver Hammer 😆 I love the silly ones and the sincere ones

wife and I are rewatching lost #richardalpert

beatles but gay

thank you! 😄 not many people I've encountered know the reference

a brown tabby cat with green eyes lays on a human lap with a "side eye" expression

zoomed in shot of a brown tabby cat with green eyes, sporting a "side eye" expression

T'Pol does not approve of something

a clip from a sapphic strahd reading by yours truly 🦇🖤 #voiceactor #dnd

Stars (Convoluted Universe) by Whistling Swans - this song started as an instrumental track named "K.K.'s Revenge" due to its similarities to Animal Crossing music - you can listen wherever you stream ⭐

a library is to a building as a cemetery is to a park

Duran Duran makes music for werewolves, Depeche Mode makes music for vampires