🎵 They did the Monster Slash 😭 @ellecordova.bsky.social

Mutual aid and community care are the most effective things you can do right now. Seriously. Sharing other people's fundraisers, making sure people have food and transportation, protecting your immigrant and racialized and trans neighbors, wearing a mask.

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

And people who have a genuine connection with the land can’t be convinced to exploit, pollute, and destroy it for profit.

We all eat what they reap

I just completed the "Email the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Demand the Immediate Release of Six Canadians on Gaza Flotilla" campaign with #WordsOfJustice! Join me in making a difference. wordsofjustice.org/campaigns/Pr...

I am so sorry, words cannot be enough to express the grief you must live with :(

BREAKING: Israeli forces have killed at least 55 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, despite US President Trump’s calls for attacks to cease to secure a ceasefire deal, medical sources told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9te3dv

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

butterfly decorations hanging in ICU room

If you tell me your plan is become a butterfly in the after-life, why yes, we will decorate your room this way during your final moments. Who says ICU rooms have to be cold and sterile at the end of life?

She loved it so much. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social

Under the most conservative estimates, according to NPR, Israel has killed a Palestinian every fifteen minutes this year.

EVERY. FIFTEEN. MINUTES.

The most important thing to remember about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl is that Puerto Rico is a colony whose residents are US citizens and pay taxes but don't get to vote for the president, have no voting representation in Congress,

Oct. 1
Global Sumud Flotilla
Earlier on Wednesday evening, another boat, Meteque, said it was told over the radio to switch off its engine or be hit with a water cannon. It did not stop.

If you think this admin’s ablest rhetoric isn’t a threat, remember Pol Pot killed people who wore glasses. I’m not kidding. And his reasoning was just as stupid as anything. RFK Junior says about autism.

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #immunosky #pedsky #publichealth The study showed that, compared with participants without infection, patients reinfected with the original & Omicron variants (74 days after reinfection) had the highest risk of any of chronic physical & neuropsychiatric symptoms,

The Developmental Collision Hypothesis: An Empirical Test With Three Generations of Sexual Minority Youth - PubMed Sexual minority youth experience disproportionate rates of mental health symptomatology relative to their heterosexual peers. Less is known about why these disparities have persisted despite growing p...

#MorningReads
Study of 1,312 sexual minority youth (1990s–2010s cohorts) supports the developmental collision hypothesis: youth are coming out earlier, but victimization—not earlier milestones—drives depressive symptoms. Earlier self-ID/disclosure also linked to less depression. #SOGIData #LGBTYouth

Examining Mental Health and Bullying Concerns at the Intersection of Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Among a National Sample of Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth - PubMed <span><b><i>Purpose:</i></b> Most extant scholarship that examines the health experiences of sexual and gender diverse youth (SGDY) is limited in the ability to apply an intersectional framework due t...

#MorningReads Study of 12,822 U.S. SGDY (ages 13–18) finds transgender boys face highest rates of depression, anxiety & bullying. Trans identity—not race/ethnicity—was the main driver of mental health disparities. Asian cis & trans girls reported lowest in-school victimization. #SOGIData #LGBTHealth

BREAKING: Experimental Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine Eliminates Virus in Mice Single Dose 60%, Two Doses 100% Protection

I know no one will see this but letting children get infected over and over again because we 1) never invested in ventilation and 2) demonized masks is unforgivable.

I think we underestimate the extent to which the right wing has eroded civil society simply by pulling stunts like this that make any public participation extremely unpleasant.

This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [no change] Canada’s COVID INDEX SCORE is 7.5 About 1 of every 60 people is infected. Estimated infections this week: 628,250-983,000 What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada? Waste water, infections: HIGH; 5.8X higher Long COVID: HIGH; 5.7X higher Hospitalizations: HIGH; 9.2X higher Deaths: HIGH; 7.5X higher HOW TO HELP: EVERYONE: "UPDATE vaccines every 6 months WEAR N95-type masks" Who is HIGH RISK? People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca

Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

CANADA

HIGH [increasing]

About 1 of every 60 people is infected.

Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:

-Infections: 5.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 5.7 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 9.2 x higher
-Deaths: 7.5 x higher

Doesn’t sound like they can include humans who can have mobility issues

It’s basically the only over the counter pain medicine that’s safe in pregnancy

Study: The ozone hole is healing, thanks to global reduction of CFCs An MIT-led study confirms the Antarctic ozone layer is healing as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances.

A few days late, but if you haven’t heard, here’s some good news. 🥳

news.mit.edu/2025/study-h...

I tried to explain to someone that Jesus was a Palestinian. She was aghast

How does Huntington's gene therapy work? Huntington's mutation leads to toxic proteins in brain cells huntingtin DNA Cell Mutant huntingtin protein Neuron Messenger RNA Gene therapy infused into the brain - Catheter Brain cells become their own drug factory N Genetic material produces therapy Lowers levels of toxic protein in the brain

A new gene therapy trial slowed Huntington’s Disease by an average of 75% in patients.

It involves delivery of a modified but safe virus that produces microRNA in the brain to counteract mutations in the huntingtin gene.

We can achieve amazing things when we fund science!

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He’s cancelling comedians because of the Epstein files.

He’s killing South American fisherman because of the Epstein files.

He’s taking away freedom of speech because of the Epstein files.

Those files must be radioactive.

Federal officers took 11 Democratic officials into custody inside a federal building in Lower Manhattan after the group demanded entry to Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells where migrants were being detained.

Local woman wakes up, reminds everyone that safer communities are tied more to healthcare, housing and public services and less to police, makes oatmeal.