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@isrikandi.bsky.social

Advocating for feminism, climate action & covid mitigation; working on labor & human rights

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Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.

23.11.2025 20:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2396    ๐Ÿ” 826    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39
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Misogyny is terrorism & should be globally classified as such & misogynists should be classified as terrorists.

04.05.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6486    ๐Ÿ” 1798    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 136    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111

Just a reminder that the "don't buy stuff" action for tomorrow Fri 2/28 refers to corporations. Feel free to celebrate the day by shopping at your local indie bookstore and/or other small local shops. They will appreciate your business! #Booksky #ShopLocal #IndieBookstores

27.02.2025 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3795    ๐Ÿ” 710    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 98    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37
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#EconomicBoycott
People have the power!

28.02.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6352    ๐Ÿ” 1336    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 140    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53

Itโ€™s almost 9pm in Manila and Iโ€™m happy to report that I didnโ€™t buy anything today.

28.02.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Urgent help sought for 100 Thai women forced into human egg farm in Georgia The Pavena Foundation has urged the Thai government to seek Chinaโ€™s help in cracking down on a Chinese gang that has lured and forced around 100 Thai women into an illegal human egg farm in Georgia.

A women's NGO has urged the Thai government to seek Chinaโ€™s help in cracking down on a Chinese gang that has lured and forced around 100 Thai women into an illegal human egg farm in Georgia.
www.nationthailand.com/news/general...

23.02.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Don't Buy a Swasticar': Tesla Hit by UK Boycott Campaign Over Elon Musk's Far-Right Support Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right owner's interference in British politics

๐Ÿ”ดโ€˜Donโ€™t Buy a Swasticarโ€™: Tesla Hit by UK Boycott Campaign Over Elon Muskโ€™s Far-Right Support

Electric vehicle producer Tesla has been targeted by activists due to its far-right ownerโ€™s interference in British politics

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

23.02.2025 09:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 600    ๐Ÿ” 167    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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A leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came along In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus thatโ€™s often a bellwether for public health disasters.

"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.'

A child successfully inoculated against measles doesnโ€™t fall sick with that condition, doesnโ€™t miss school, doesnโ€™t go to the hospital. They donโ€™t suffer life-changing complications. They donโ€™t die prematurely."

11.02.2025 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17502    ๐Ÿ” 3921    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 255    ๐Ÿ“Œ 123

You were taught that educated, single, child-free women are unwanted and pathetic because a woman who is unmanageable through attachment and enraged at the exploitation all around her is a very dangerous thing to an institution that needs to manage and exploit her in order to survive.

08.02.2025 22:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1141    ๐Ÿ” 263    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Book bans arenโ€™t about protecting kidsโ€”theyโ€™re about controlling minds. Read freely, think critically, and fight censorship. #booksky

08.02.2025 17:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1980    ๐Ÿ” 350    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

It struck me today that every work of dystopian fiction I've ever read involves a future without books. Maybe that's all it takes.

31.01.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5131    ๐Ÿ” 618    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 28
Bookshop.org US Explore digital books on Bookshop.org

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.

bookshop.org/ebooks

28.01.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8247    ๐Ÿ” 2500    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 142    ๐Ÿ“Œ 239

For ebooks - Libby or Everand? #booksky

26.01.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just finished The Huntress by Kate Quinn

25.01.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Does COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard Health Most people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth...

Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain?

Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways."

Harvard Health.

And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away.

www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...

02.01.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1303    ๐Ÿ” 562    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. โค๏ธ

01.01.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16084    ๐Ÿ” 3675    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 283    ๐Ÿ“Œ 215
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Multiโ€Organ Spread and Intraโ€Host Diversity of SARSโ€CoVโ€2 Support Viral Persistence, Adaptation, and a Mechanism That Increases Evolvability Intra-host diversity is an intricate phenomenon related to immune evasion, antiviral resistance, and evolutionary leaps along transmission chains. SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation has been well-eviden...

" The virus was detected in most organs in the majority of autopsies. Our results indicate that SARS-CoV-2 can replicate, and evolve in a compartmentalized manner, in different body sites, which agrees with the โ€œviral reservoirโ€ theory."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

12.12.2024 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 194    ๐Ÿ” 74    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Weโ€™re advertising on buses at Heathrow Airport for all of 2025 and spreading the message about Byline Times.

13.12.2024 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1100    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

๐Ÿšจ BREAKING: Shell backs down in lawsuit against Greenpeace.

People power works!

๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡

10.12.2024 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 218    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

One of the greatest tricks they ever pulled was to convince the world that covid was now 'just a respiratory virus'.

27.11.2024 10:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 689    ๐Ÿ” 169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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All the needless suffering that could have been avoided if people just heard this message. It can take more than a year to recover from Covid. Do not force yourself when recovering from fatigue. Tokyo Metropolitan Government

27.11.2024 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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This is public health at its best. In 30 seconds - 'SARS-CoV-2 continues to mutate. You will continue to be reinfected. The risk of #LongCovid increases with each infection. Ventilate rooms frequently, and wear a mask. Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

27.11.2024 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 540    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

When we were children, we were taught that no matter how you reached, no matter much wealth and power you accumulated, you were not above the law.

We can no longer teach our children that.

And that's really fucking tragic.

23.11.2024 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7511    ๐Ÿ” 1534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 343    ๐Ÿ“Œ 129

Buying a book and actually reading it are two very different hobbies.

18.11.2024 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4716    ๐Ÿ” 590    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 194    ๐Ÿ“Œ 106
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Be brave and impose minimum tax on worldโ€™s billionaires, urges Spanish minister Be brave and impose minimum tax on worldโ€™s billionaires, urges Spanish minister: Carlos Cuerpo calls on G20 leaders to act and says election results show citizens want redistribution of wealthSpainโ€™s economy minister has urged the worldโ€™s richest countries to โ€œbe braveโ€ and redouble effort...

Be brave and impose minimum tax on worldโ€™s billionaires, urges Spanish minister: Carlos Cuerpo calls on G20 leaders to act and says election results show citizens want redistribution of wealthSpainโ€™s economy minister has urged the worldโ€™s richest countries to โ€œbe braveโ€ and redouble effort...

18.11.2024 05:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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COP29: As the Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump and World Leaders Are Leaving the Stage The global consensus on tackling climate change is fragmenting at the very moment action is most needed

๐Ÿ”ดCOP29: As the Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump and World Leaders Are Leaving the Stage

The global consensus on tackling climate change is fragmenting at the very moment action is most needed, reports Mike Buckley

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/18/c...

18.11.2024 08:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 152    ๐Ÿ” 50    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Worldโ€™s 1.5C climate target โ€˜deader than a doornailโ€™, experts say Worldโ€™s 1.5C climate target โ€˜deader than a doornailโ€™, experts say: Scientists say goal to keep worldโ€™s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku The internationally agreed goal to keep the worldโ€™s temperature rise below 1.5C is now โ€œdeader than a do...

Worldโ€™s 1.5C climate target โ€˜deader than a doornailโ€™, experts say: Scientists say goal to keep worldโ€™s temperature rise below 1.5C is not going to happen despite talks at Cop29 in Baku The internationally agreed goal to keep the worldโ€™s temperature rise below 1.5C is now โ€œdeader than a do...

18.11.2024 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I don't know who needs to hear this, everyone I think, but if you send a PDF to your kindle and put 'convert' as the subject it will change it to epub format for you, you're welcome

(I posted this on the other place and was surprised by how many people it helped so thought I'd do it here too.)

15.11.2024 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8962    ๐Ÿ” 830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 266    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62

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