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Vietnam floods leave at least 90 dead and 12 missing Days of torrential rain leaves vast swathes of the country inundated and facing landslides.

Vietnam floods leave at least 90 dead and 12 missing

“You are the worst. I don’t know why they even have you”

“Quiet piggy! Quiet!”

“Be quiet! You don’t listen. You never listen. That’s why you’re second rate”

“It’s not the question that I mind it’s your attitude. I think you’re a terrible reporter.”

This is how abusers talk.

MacKenzie Scott should donate to me so we can fund some air upgrades to metro Detroit schools and childcare centers.

I don’t typically remember my dreams, but I remember the last 3 nights’ dreams.
Cuz my daddy was in them.

I miss him so much. I’m having a really hard time with this reality.

No. They help to lessen sickness. They do not prevent transmission. They do not prevent long covid.

You can return to wearing masks in public tomorrow.

C’est ce que je vais faire dès demain !

Ça fait partie de nos vies maintenant!

❤️❤️

Even in 2001 when the indoor smoking ban in restaurants and pubs came into effect in BC people predicted the end of the hospitality business entirely, and it turned out that smoking kept more people away than attracted them.

They cried about their freedoms being removed. They broke the rules & smoked in the washrooms, detectors would go off & they'd be escorted out by authorities upon landing.

Many parallels with anti-maskers/vaxxers today

My mom worked for Air Canada as a flight attendant in the 1980s & 90s. She tells me stories about how *livid* some people were when the smoking bans on planes came into play. Many were abusive & took it out on staff

I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it.

Threading several of these pieces below.

New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade' Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.

We continue to see lessons about post-acute viral illness not learned.

We never see warnings about those who will have long-term sequelae.

'Long Flu' has been dismissed as 'not a thing' by some Drs.

But ME can be triggered by a wide range of viruses.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An image of the cover of the book Playing For Keeps by Jennifer Dugan.

So excited to start this!

Prevention is better than a cure and as it stands, there’s no cure for Covid or Long Covid. And the only prevention from transmission is a well fitted KN95 or better.

OutKast is inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame:

“We started in a little room. Great things start in little rooms”

Racism in movies that has nothing to really do with the plot feels like “Btw, we hate you in fantasy too”

Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

Target had a full parking lot yesterday. Don’t tell me that it’s convenient for yall holiday shopping. Bc I’m still on fucc em’!

two women are touching each other 's faces and one has a ring on her finger ALT: two women are touching each other 's faces and one has a ring on her finger

Sapphic quotes

"I turned the book over. 'The Joy of Lesbian Sex…'

'Oh it’s very joyful.' Sabine’s grin grew wider until she couldn’t contain it anymore and she burst into peals of laughter. Her glee leached into her words."

E. J. Noyes. If the Shoe Fits

#gclswa #lesfic #sapphicfiction

Almost every single HBCU is under a bomb threat

There have been almost no announcements about civil discourse and safety regarding the students there.

ripping FEMA apart and then letting the vultures swoop

I want to see more people advocating for clean air and other virus preventions in schools before I believe people are really serious about education.
Children are breathing in a brain and organ destroying virus in their classrooms.

To date, most Americans who died from Covid died under Biden.

On Wednesday, ICE GOONS arrested a mother in the school drop-off line at Inzunza Camarina Elementary in Chula Vista, leaving her two children in the car.

Al Jazeera Says Its Correspondent Anas Al-Sharif Has Been Killed In Gaza, And Israel Confirms It Broadcaster Al Jazeera says its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel’s military confirms it.

Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif was killed in an Israeli strike, while he and other journalists were inside their tent

Seeing an awful lot of people sick with Covid right now.

Many saying “Covid is back”.

It never left. That’s why some of us are still advocating for mitigations.

Every infection is a dice roll with disability.

Wear a mask. Clean the air. Stay home when sick.

it's so cool that everyone has just completely forgotten that the President doesn't have any legal authority to set US tariff rates

we're like six months into an illegal tax regime being set by imperial decree and everyone's treating it like a totally legitimate thing