Fiona

I wondered this in 2020, whether covid was affecting people so that they wanted to get out and see other people. It made sense from the virus’ perspective, if it wanted to multiply, and it made sense of the observational data. Some people with covid seem incapable of staying home

A Secret Weapon for Improving Student Outcomes: Better Air Quality Carel: Research shows that test scores and attendance improve when schools install air filters and upgrade ventilation.

A Secret Weapon for Improving Student Outcomes: Better Air Quality. Research shows that test scores and attendance improve when schools install air filters and upgrade ventilation. Thanks to @davidcarel.bsky.social for this reminder.
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Flake (ie shark, not the chocolate)
Sleeping with the enemy
Bittersweet symphony

Except it’d be ‘we know who started the fire, can we vote this prick out really quickly’

According to a new study
conducted in a hospital
“Airborne SARS-CoV-2
may transmit infection
after more than 4 hours,”
so the question
you must ask yourself
is not if you are in a hospital,
but if you are somewhere
that someone was exhaling
SARS-CoV-2
in the last 4 or 5 hours.

A vintage 1946 Camel cigarette advertisement shows a smiling older white man in a doctor’s coat holding a cigarette. The slogan claims “More Doctors Smoke Camels Than Any Other Cigarette.” Above the ad, bold yellow text reads “COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again,” drawing a parallel between COVID risks and the tobacco industry’s history of downplaying harm.

COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again.

5 years into this experiment: we let COVID rip and pretended it was fine. Damage piled up—unlike smoking’s slow toll, we’re seeing it in real time. Every infection leaves a mark; even “mild.” The bill comes due. We chose denial

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Keith @keetmuise Media saying avoiding Covid is “health anxiety” is like saying… Seatbelt = Crash Anxiety Life Jacket = Drowning Anxiety Helmet = Brain Injury Anxiety Winter Boots = Frostbite Anxiety Keep it going in the comments 1:02 PM · Sep 27, 2025 · 46.1K Views

By Keith @keetmuise

Media saying avoiding Covid is “health anxiety” is like saying…

Seatbelt = Crash Anxiety
Life Jacket = Drowning Anxiety
Helmet = Brain Injury Anxiety
Winter Boots = Frostbite Anxiety

Keep it going in the comments

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Image of helmets with words “this is brain protection” Image of respirators with words “so is this”

Protect your brain like it matters 😷

This is an excellent thread

‘Researchers excluded responses from people who reported depression, along with data from the year 2020 due to the unique impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.’ … wtf

I did not know Long-COVID was more prevalent than asthma among young children.

I knew several kids (family included) growing up who had asthma.

This is deeply upsetting.

I wonder if that contributes to the number of people in the medical community who believe that masks don’t work

The word “autism” was first used to describe behavioral differences in children in 1911 but autism has been documented using available records going back to the 1700s (definitively) and further.

Acetaminophen (Tylenol, paracetamol) was discovered in 1878 and first sold in the United States in 1950.

What Brett Sutton is saying now is nothing new. He was one of the few CHOs who openly stated that #COVIDisAirborne even in the early crisis years of the pandemic. This is an official Victorian Dept of Health video from 21 Dec, 2021.

Kill someone, be delighted in your actions, show no remorse, pretend to be thinking about religion, get 5 months house arrest? Did I miss something?

This image is a cartoon depicting the "elephant in the room" metaphor. An elephant, labeled COVID-19, lies on a couch as if it’s a therapy patient, saying: "Sometimes, even if I stand in the middle of the room, no one acknowledges me." A person, possibly a therapist, sits nearby taking notes. The message highlights how, despite COVID-19 still being a major issue, society often ignores or downplays its presence—just like ignoring an obvious elephant in the room.

Sometimes, even if I stand in the middle of the room, no one acknowledges me.

literary magazine being held open by hand with extended forefinger, which has polish on the nail. text of the poem: My pronouns are he/him My pronouns are wait/what My pronouns are My pronouns are he/they My pronouns are they/them My pronouns are gay/femme My pronouns are j'ai/jaime My pronouns are pink/hair My pronouns are twink/stare My pronouns are yes/chef My pronouns are yes/daddy My pronouns are daddy/issues My pronouns are just/kidding My pronouns and I have a great relationship I mean my father and I are he/they My pronouns are gender/free My pronouns are marketing/ploy My pronouns are spring/summer My pronouns are limited/edition My pronouns are photo/shoot My pronouns are trans/agenda My pronouns are Twitter/joke- That's just how an Italian person says transgender My pronouns are clocked/at the hardware store Just kidding, that's Clocked! at the Hardware Store My pronouns are a suc/cess My pronouns are a suck/sesh My pronouns are Sock/says You're weaponizing your neurotypical privilege by asking My pronouns are they/them to do the dishes My pronouns are ironic/mullet My pronouns are dis/course My pronouns are intro/course My pronouns are in/bio My pronouns are Go/Fund/Me My pronouns are they/them/theirs My pronouns are them/thar/hills My pronouns are Sock/Ray/Blue My pronouns are he/l mean/they My pronouns are clocked/by the watchmaker My pronouns are clocked/by the passing of time My pronouns are not in the Bible Just kidding, they're He/Him My pronouns are neopronouns My pronouns are Trinity pronouns My pronouns are against/the couple form My pronouns are masc/femme My pronouns are masc/off My pronouns are masquerade My pronouns are top/shortage My pronouns are bottoms/up My pronouns are down/for whatever My pronouns are going/amateur My pronouns are zie/zir My pronouns are see/saw My pronouns were easier according to speech-to-text software My pronouns are clocked/by the postman My pronouns are post/man My pronouns are blank/space My pronouns aren't

accidentally did that thing where a new poem meant for someone else downloaded itself into my brain & now it’s been published. please enjoy my pronoun poem:

I had a crisis call with my therapist not long ago. Her version started with: can you see a bird? Can you hear a bird? What are the birds doing? The final step was ‘who can I text to make me laugh’

Albo saying there are some good Nazis, 2025

Trump saying there are good Nazis, 2017

You didn't like it when Trump said it, now be consistent and condemn this cowardly fence sitter of a PM presently trying not to lose all the Nazi votes.

Did you vote for this appeasement shit?

If you march alongside a Nazi, you legitimise them. You enable them. Good people don't do that.

Cue me screaming in 3-2-1…

An article in my local paper (the age, Melbourne, Australia) the other day explained that the rise in people being mean to customer service staff was due to lockdowns. I’m sure you heard me yelling from wherever you are

Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):

I snooze, I win. Choose nap

President Zelenskyy taking out Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reporter boyfriend with a single line.

The best scream!

I vote scream

Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2 “Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...

Outstanding article on covid’s impact on our immunity. We need to confront this emerging truth and stop this harm to all humanity.

@nicktsergas.ca
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The REAL reason I have a growing army of air purifiers

Mark Knopfler says three bouts of COVID have stunted his abilities – but he'll get over it “You develop lazy techniques. I’m forever doing that. It wouldn’t make a teacher very happy.” Mark Knopfler on Brothers In Arms and what happens when you don't practice enough

UK-born guitarist Mark Knopfler says 3 COVID infections have affected his health and guitar skills, prompting him to switch from picks to finger-picking, but he’s confident he’ll recover.

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