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Mask and relax with an N95! I post and repost about covid, climate, conflicts, cycling, psychology, philosophy, and politics. Longreads at https://apuffofabsurdity.blogspot.com/ and https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/author/mariesnyder

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Congressman wants to round up and deport people who liked Bad Bunnyโ€™s show. This is the Republican Party.

10.02.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3415    ๐Ÿ” 1133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 697    ๐Ÿ“Œ 183
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US court agency pulls climate change from science advisory document Meant to help judges handle scientific issues, document is now climate-free.
10.02.2026 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ•ŠTIMELINE CLEANSE ๐Ÿ•Š

#WalkForPeace ๐Ÿ•Š

With great admiration, respect, & love
I have followed the monks on their inspirational journey since the beginning and they have touched millions
I have listed their itinerary
below

THEY ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON DC
TOMORROW !!
I'VE LOVED EVERY MOMENT ๐Ÿ•Š๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ•Š

10.02.2026 04:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

๐ŸšจBREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.

States that joined after Puerto Rico:
โ€ข Oklahoma โ€” 1907
โ€ข New Mexico โ€” 1912
โ€ข Arizona โ€” 1912
โ€ข Alaska โ€” 1959
โ€ข Hawaii โ€” 1959

Yet somehow this is still news to folks.

10.02.2026 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11602    ๐Ÿ” 3864    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 632    ๐Ÿ“Œ 184

It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps

10.02.2026 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3200    ๐Ÿ” 810    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Opinion | Ring is using lost dogs to make the surveillance state adorable The same technology the Amazon-owned company uses to find lost dogs could easily be turned against their owners.

I am so glad people are catching on to this. No, a surveillance state isn't about finding your cute lost puppy. No one is building camera networks for that. Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and the rest of the broligarchs are shooting their shot at a corporate techno state. www.ms.now/opinion/ring...

10.02.2026 05:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 879    ๐Ÿ” 409    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

I donโ€™t understand either.

10.02.2026 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1928    ๐Ÿ” 505    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 64    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Why covid-19 is โ€œa vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory oneโ€ Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what weโ€™ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...

February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is โ€œa vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory oneโ€

Some of us have been screaming this for years

www.bmj.com/content/392/...

10.02.2026 04:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 575    ๐Ÿ” 297    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

The Grammys. The Olympics. The Super Bowl. The message is that the world loves diversity. Donโ€™t let the billionaires tell you otherwise.

10.02.2026 06:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7914    ๐Ÿ” 1774    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 138    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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WATCH: โ€œThis wasnโ€™t a dog whistle.โ€

Progressive Caucus members @votegloriaj.bsky.social & @justinjpearson.bsky.social react to Trumpโ€™s โ€œmask-offโ€ racist Obamas-as-apes post โ€” Gloria wore an โ€œeat racistsโ€ pin and said sheโ€™ll always speak up and โ€œbe on the right side of historyโ€

09.02.2026 22:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 824    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Former-Prince Andrew is being investigated by the policeโ€”and lost his royal title. Meanwhile, on this side of the Atlantic, Trump hasnโ€™t even lost sleep.

09.02.2026 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2770    ๐Ÿ” 734    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

Yep. And thatโ€™s not all. A corrupt $300M contract for Puerto Ricoโ€™s grid was mysteriously awarded to Ryan Zinke in 2017 after Hurricane Maria.

09.02.2026 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1977    ๐Ÿ” 738    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
Amazing admission.  FakeNews is fading away.
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Gene Parmesan
@dsonoiki
ยท
Feb 5
I was hired by the Washington Post in 2017 to cover how Trump is bad and nobody likes him, particularly through the lens of homosexual communism

Today I was laid off

Amazing admission. FakeNews is fading away. Quote Gene Parmesan @dsonoiki ยท Feb 5 I was hired by the Washington Post in 2017 to cover how Trump is bad and nobody likes him, particularly through the lens of homosexual communism Today I was laid off

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Reached out to Ed Martin to ask if he'd comprehended that this was satire, and asked him whether he's even seen Arrested Development before. Will report back if he responds.

09.02.2026 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1686    ๐Ÿ” 208    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 44    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18

You know what theyโ€™re going to store in those warehouses?

People

09.02.2026 18:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10047    ๐Ÿ” 4488    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 822    ๐Ÿ“Œ 230

It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.

09.02.2026 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6219    ๐Ÿ” 2256    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
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Trumpโ€™s best friend Jeff Epstein was worried about Trumpโ€™s dementia way back in 2017. How bad do you think it is now?

09.02.2026 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2928    ๐Ÿ” 1050    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 97    ๐Ÿ“Œ 63

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

Weโ€™ll let the childrenโ€™s words speak for themselves. ๐Ÿงต

09.02.2026 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11091    ๐Ÿ” 7174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 798
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Cartoon by @jbcartoonist.bsky.social.

Congressional Priorities.

09.02.2026 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 885    ๐Ÿ” 351    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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He is us, and we are him.

Bad Bunny is all of us tonight.

We are woven into the history of this nation, and no amount of hate will erase us.

Love will conquer hate tonight and always.

Keep the faith, America!

#BadBunny
#SuperBowl

09.02.2026 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1338    ๐Ÿ” 375    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 32    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, Iโ€™ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls weโ€™ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.

09.02.2026 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4732    ๐Ÿ” 1123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 41
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Even Fox News, yโ€™all.

09.02.2026 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1076    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I have appreciated Amandaโ€™s efforts here so Iโ€™m disappointed sheโ€™s wrapping things up by spreading misinformation. I can assure you as someone whose neighborhood has been crawling with ICE in recent days that we are not in the โ€œaftermathโ€ of anything.

09.02.2026 04:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4180    ๐Ÿ” 893    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 78    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
Full report [1.7 MB]
Front, Preface, Acknowledgements [101.0 KB]
Chapter 1 - Introduction [94.9 KB]
Chapter 2 - Fisheries: taking stock [155.6 KB]
Chapter 3 - Radiation: early warnings; late effects [89.9 KB]
Chapter 4 - Benzene: an historical perspective on the American and European occupational setting [155.6 KB]
Chapter 5 - Asbestos: from 'magic' to malevolent mineral [141.1 KB]
Chapter 6 - PCBs and the precautionary principle [176.5 KB]
Chapter 7 - Halocarbons, the ozone layer and the precautionary principle [147.4 KB]
Chapter 8 - The DES story: long-term consequences of prenatal exposure [119.6 KB]
Chapter 9 - Antimicrobials as growth promoters: resistance to common sense [103.5 KB]
Chapter 10 - Sulphur dioxide: from protection of human lungs to remote lake restoration [104.6 KB]
Chapter 11 - MTBE in petrol as a substitute for lead [176.9 KB]
Chapter 12 - The precautionary principle and early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes [112.7 KB]
Chapter 13 - Tributyltin (TBT) antifoulants: a tale of ships, snails and imposex [154.8 KB]
Chapter 14 - Hormones as growth promoters: the precautionary principle or a political risk assessment? [99.1 KB]
Chapter 15 - โ€˜Mad cow diseaseโ€™ 1980sโ€“2000: how reassurances undermined precaution [138.7 KB]
Chapter 16 - Twelve late lessons [246.2 KB]
Chapter 17 - Conclusions [161.4 KB]
Some summary points [59.3 KB]

Full report [1.7 MB] Front, Preface, Acknowledgements [101.0 KB] Chapter 1 - Introduction [94.9 KB] Chapter 2 - Fisheries: taking stock [155.6 KB] Chapter 3 - Radiation: early warnings; late effects [89.9 KB] Chapter 4 - Benzene: an historical perspective on the American and European occupational setting [155.6 KB] Chapter 5 - Asbestos: from 'magic' to malevolent mineral [141.1 KB] Chapter 6 - PCBs and the precautionary principle [176.5 KB] Chapter 7 - Halocarbons, the ozone layer and the precautionary principle [147.4 KB] Chapter 8 - The DES story: long-term consequences of prenatal exposure [119.6 KB] Chapter 9 - Antimicrobials as growth promoters: resistance to common sense [103.5 KB] Chapter 10 - Sulphur dioxide: from protection of human lungs to remote lake restoration [104.6 KB] Chapter 11 - MTBE in petrol as a substitute for lead [176.9 KB] Chapter 12 - The precautionary principle and early warnings of chemical contamination of the Great Lakes [112.7 KB] Chapter 13 - Tributyltin (TBT) antifoulants: a tale of ships, snails and imposex [154.8 KB] Chapter 14 - Hormones as growth promoters: the precautionary principle or a political risk assessment? [99.1 KB] Chapter 15 - โ€˜Mad cow diseaseโ€™ 1980sโ€“2000: how reassurances undermined precaution [138.7 KB] Chapter 16 - Twelve late lessons [246.2 KB] Chapter 17 - Conclusions [161.4 KB] Some summary points [59.3 KB]

useful on this point with case studies:

"Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896-2000"
www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/...

28.01.2026 07:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

08.02.2026 22:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16761    ๐Ÿ” 5081    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 229    ๐Ÿ“Œ 220
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Missed Bad Bunnyโ€™s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.

09.02.2026 05:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1817    ๐Ÿ” 815    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 57
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Epstein survivors released a Super Bowl ad demanding justice and accountability. Years later, survivors are still waiting while institutions stay silent. This isnโ€™t closure. Itโ€™s failure. Watch the ad. Share it everywhere. Demand justice.

09.02.2026 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 813    ๐Ÿ” 456    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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โ€˜Absolute hellโ€™: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

09.02.2026 07:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3412    ๐Ÿ” 1749    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 203    ๐Ÿ“Œ 198
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Go Canada! #cdnpoli

08.02.2026 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 204    ๐Ÿ” 57    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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โ€˜It wasnโ€™t like this 20 years agoโ€™: How an administrative tsunami is driving family doctors to burn out Dr. Fan-Wah Mang worked in family medicine for 27 years and she cared deeply for thousands of her patients. But a few years ago, she noticed a simmering stress was building inside her. She felt increa...

In Alberta, this is a tactic used to privatize healthcare. Smith & #UCP are trying to destroy public healthcare. They make the working conditions of the healthcare people extremely bad. I know my GP had a quota of people he was supposed to see.

08.02.2026 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why do Canadians need a prescription for birth control when most of the world doesn't? | CBC News Some Canadian doctors say patients on birth control need monitoring. But medical authorities in other countries increasingly disagree.

Canada is way behind on this. Access to contraceptives should be easy and accessible
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

08.02.2026 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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