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Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm Studies offer insights into the health risks and burdens faced by people who have had COVID infections. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has narrowed COVID vaccine recommendations and cut research.

Trump rattrapé par le Covid ? Dans CBS News, un long article bien sourcé détaille les dangers du Covid et les risques liés au Covid long dans l’Amérique de Trump et RFK Jr.
Il s’ouvre sur le décalage entre la fermeture politique du dossier du Covid aux USA en 2023,
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www.cbsnews.com/news...
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100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…

The "100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025" list is out today on LitHub! I read creative nonfiction for this project and will share my reviews in this thread - but you should really check out the entire list, so much goodness. lithub.com/100-notable-...

The Dream of the Universal Library—Asterisk The Internet promised easy access to every book ever written. Why can’t we have nice things?

"Almost all the infrastructure we now use to find, access, and read books in virtual environments... has existed for two decades. So why are the vast majority of digitized books still inaccessible on the web?"

Monica Westin says it doesn't need to be this way.

asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...

No school for MPS rest of the week; Apparent ICE presence at Roosevelt High School causes chaotic scene Minneapolis Public Schools said that out of an abundance of caution, there will be no school on Thursday or Friday due to safety concerns related to the woman who was fatally shot by an ICE agent.

Your kids aren't safe from Noem's Nazis.

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A great way to honour our beloved activist ancestors is to mask in public

we are around $8K CAd in the red. help us catch up!

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

#ConnectingGaza

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

Alice in her own words: bsky.app/profile/thra...

Brave, funny, loving, shameless, compassionate, horny, and in solidarity with everyone fighting a good fight: Alice Wong was the example of how to live your life. Live it in such a way that people around the world gush about how much they loved you when you pass. Alice knew how to live!

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

No one should have to face such threats.

It would’ve been nice if Greene had realized this before she amplified and endorsed calls for executing Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.

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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

Anthony Fauci says Marjorie Taylor Greene drove death threats against him Ex-leader of US Covid response said congresswoman and Fox News sparked ‘credible death threats’ against him and his family

Before anyone gets too carried away here.

Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’ The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi

RIP Alice Wong, author, #HumanRights activist, disabled warrior and fierce with it! Farewell @sfdirewolf.bsky.social
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If you haven't heard of Alice Wong, here's an interview from earlier in 2025 on her receiving a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ award.
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www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trump demanded Texas and other red states redraw their congressional districts to rig the midterms in Republicans' favor.

California fought back by redrawing its map to balance out this power grab. Now, Trump’s DOJ is suing California.

The hypocrisy is endless.

Hey Megyn Kelly,

14-year-old Eloise would like a word:

“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”

Sound up! 🔥🔊

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Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”

The USDA is the fail safe for SNAP.

They have a contingency fund to ensure it’s covered in the event of a shutdown.

They’re refusing.

Grocery stores stepped up to try and help by offering discounts to any SNAP recipients and the USDA told them they had to stop.

Starvation as a policy choice.

Not what a ceasefire looks like.

This mom’s kids were asking Tesla’s Grok AI chatbot about soccer. It told them to send nude pics, she says | CBC News A Toronto woman is sounding the alarm about Grok, Tesla's generative AI chatbot that was recently installed in many Tesla vehicles in Canada. Farah Nasser says Grok asked her 12-year-old son to send i...

www.cbc.ca/news/investi...

Canadian journalist calls out Grok chatbot's NSFW request to kids | National Canadian journalist Farah Nasser is warning parents after a conversation between her kids and the Grok AI chatbot took an unexpected turn.

On CBC: Elmo’s AI chatbot installed in Tesla car serves up NSFW content to kid, asking him to send it “nudes”.

FFS.

And we want these chatbots in our universities? They’re broken. So broken.

dailyhive.com/canada/grok-...

It’s hard to convey just how much Chicagoans are mobilizing against ICE. Don’t want to downplay the harm, or make it seem like a fair fight. But in neighborhoods across this city, ICE is getting chased by people blowing whistles and shouting. People are running TOWARD ICE to protect their neighbors.

NO KINGS Kansas City: #FRFK · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

This is tomorrow.
Here's the official link, it wasn't available yet when I made this post. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Kansas City: #FRFK · No Kings **In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

ICYMI, the official link to tomorrow's virtual #NoKings rally is www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

If the zoom overflows there'll be a livestream on this YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@COVIDLongHa...

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Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?

Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.

Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...

Virtual No Kings rally:

#NoKings

Canada: Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population.

"A dose will cost between $150 and $180 at a pharmacy"

Source: archive.md/0NIQc

If you’re in or near Seattle, check this out!