Nicole Powers

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

Groups like @cleanairclub.bsky.social & AIR NY (not on Bluesky) help make music, art, & cultural spaces/events COVID safe, sometimes down to figuring out what systems a venue needs.
With the right setup, it's possible to make the stage rather safe for singers to unmask for unimpeded audio quality.

Feel so privileged to have met and photographed Rev. Jackson over a period of several days at the 2017 Rainbow PUSH Convention in Chicago. The RP community he built was such a powerful force for good, and it was incredible to see it in acton.

This is extraordinary. I will miss Colbert so much, but he is going out blazing.

I got the results of a FOIA I placed to get info on the air quality in local council offices. What they claim to have is better than most hospitals. But are their claims believable? Can you suggest follow-up questions I should ask to help pierce thru what appears to be quite the work of fiction?

@safedavid3.bsky.social David, we last spoke here when you were posting about asbestos. I wonder if you could advise on something else.... bsky.app/profile/safe...

Me too. Can you recommend a few of your faves?

1-28-26 Fulton Warrant

1/ NEW: @propublica.org has obtained a search warrant that the FBI is executing for records related to the contested 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., which has not yet been widely shared. It’s an extraordinary document.

Link: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Yep. That really happened.

Our gym teachers took a coach load of kids to Wimbledon but forgot to buy tickets. When they couldn't buy enough on the door for everyone, they bought tickets for themselves, spent the day watching tennis, and left the kids to fend for themselves in the parking lot. Made the papers at the time.

Do you have any similar data for social workers in the UK? I'm currently fighting a local council who has got rid of all mitigations, including PPE.

Anyone who isn’t masking & using air purifiers in classrooms is a child killer.

YouTube video by The Daily Show Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From “Enshittification” | The Daily Show

lol it’s so genuinely fun seeing Cory take decades of fluency in how these systems are broken and serve it up for a mainstream audiences. Even if you know “enshittification” well, this is worth the watch. And love to @eff.org! youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE

The influence of Lisa Ritchie on national infection control continues to risk Clinically Vulnerable lives.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social she MUST go!
#Flu #SackRitchie

New study via Science Direct: "Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...

Thanks for this thread. A neighbour is currently dying of an aggressive form of lung cancer. He never smoked but worked in the funeral business. His family is mystified as to the cause, but I'm not. I'm convinced it's likely due to his exposure to formaldehyde.

The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.

personal.garrettfuller.org/blog/2018/01...

Which one are you? Spreader Uninformed Ignoring the Science In Denial Doesn't wear a respirator mask Fine getting Covid repeatedly Fine with cumulative damage Fine with brain damage Fine with increased risk of heart attacks, clots, strokes Fine with chronic illness Fine with getting long Covid, without a cure or treatment Fine with being disabled Fine spreading Covid to loved ones, family, friends, co-workers, babies, elderly Fine being a spreader to others since 60% of those with Covid don't know they have it. Choose Wisely, there are only 2 choices Protector Informed Following the Science Living with Covid Wears a respirator mask. Avoids getting infected. Protect themselves and others. Keeps their loved ones and family from getting any respiratory illness. Reduces risk for everyone Is not a vector for disease

Which are you? You have to accept everything on the list. You can't pick and choose. Every time you get Covid you're passing that on to others and increase the surge. Some of those you infect will get long Covid and some may die.

"When all students are wearing N95 respirators, the infection risk could be reduced by 96 %..."

The solution to prevention has been there all along. Public health and infection control don't like it, so it is ignored.

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in a university classroom based on real human close contact behaviors Due to high-population density, frequent close contact, possible poor ventilation, university classrooms are vulnerable for transmission of respirator…

Universities and schools need to care about health and safety as the priority over attendance. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Masking used to be normalized in high risk healthcare settings like oncology, transplant and NICU.

Now patients have to fight for the most basic of precautions.

They’re forced to risk covid to receive life saving care.

We need mandatory masking in hospitals.

Now.

This is outstanding, and hugely important. The culture of impunity in IPAC can literally kill you, because your life is less important than the hurt feelings of some asshat who memorized a bunch of misinformation about aerosols in medical school and hasn't learned anything since.

UK British Occupational Hygiene Society clarifies that surgical masks are not PPE, and following IPAC guidelines does NOT fulfill an employer’s legal duty to provide respiratory protection.

“The report reinforces that employers have a legal duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act and COSHH to

Protecting Healthcare Workers: COSHH & Respiratory PPE Clear guidance on legal duties under COSHH and proper use of respirators to protect healthcare workers from airborne hazards.

shh-uk.org/protecting-h...

Report available here.

H/t to a dedicated legally trained colleague for this info!

For no particular reason, I'll just leave this here....

The Suicide Girl To Public Leftist Pipeline w/ Molly Crabapple | Party Girls Get more from Party Girls on Patreon

Loving this conversation between @jamiepeck666.bsky.social & @mollycrabapple.bsky.social on the #SuicideGirl To Public Leftist Pipeline, of which I'm a part of, and what it means to be in an artist in the age of AI. www.patreon.com/posts/suicid...

So Google's AI is so smart, it wouldn't let me submit a review using the term "⚽️🐓" when writing a review for a plumber, in which I was required to explain exactly what the plumber had done. 🤣🤦‍♀️

YouTube video by Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe - Home Sweet Home - Featuring Dolly Parton (Official Music Video)

The Crüe with a side of sweet n' spicy Dolly — all for a good cause.

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