I thought all we needed was "good food"... That is what my shitty cousin told me, not sure where he heard that, but I am sure it has to be a solid source...
I just decided to switch out of cytogenetic research because of the new administration. I’m not spending my life trying to cure cancer in a country that doesn’t deserve me. I worked in labs during Covid and I’m not going to take the abuse again. We will be lucky if Collin’s doesn’t walk out too.
Our guide in Tanzania showed us Freddy’s childhood and family home in 2014, recently transform into a hotel. The Guide turned to us and said « This is the Family home of Freddy Mercury. He was a Homosexual. He died of AIDS but we Love him anyway ». This left me kinda sad …
Kill LGBT with Bronze Age medicine-kill women with the same.
Meanwhile straight dudes get evidence based scientific medicine and surgical interventions - can’t wait til I exit the medical Bronze Age
Why do the RETHUGS think taking us back in time will make America BETTER, when MORE people DIED from diseases? Funny how they get RILED about bad vaccine reactions, but just say "it's part of life, deal with it" whenever there's ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING? More people die from GUNS than VACCINES! 😠
I clicked your list to compare notes and BlueSky is doing backflips trying to load your list. It's re-loading the page over and over each time it has one I've already blocked.
Be sure to Block the one called the Republican Party “join to be free from free healthcare “. There is a call for the freedom to make America as sick and uncared for as possible!
Unfortunately you won’t squish them all. They’ll just get new accounts. A lot of them are bots.
But maybe the trolls/bots will learn to avoid high profile threads like this one and move to lower profile posts like your grandpa posting pictures of his cats. Not sure if that is any better.
I know. I've considered writing something to subscribe to the BlueSky API to flag them, and providing me a list of candidates to block. Sounds like a fun weekend project but it's actual work. 🤣🤣🤣
There is a secondary goal. By forcing them to make new email addresses, BlueSky will be given the data of weak/lax email providers.
It will also give BlueSky a level of the attacks where, if it raises to a certain level, they can implement a 2FA login to tie them to a Mobile number.
At this point I've started intentionally going into posts where I know there will be trolls just so I can block them. I'd blocked all of yours prior to this post. It's a good feeling.
A easy way is type in MAGA and oh boy. Also people I follow tend to be like minded and post lists. I vet then block! It makes the MAGAts crazy. They came here to start 💩 I came for ☮️
Thanks for the compliment. I wear hats anytime I leave my house. I have a eye condition
I love had and I'm totally here for peace. I never was on X or twitter. I am on instagram. I was excited to support something that was blue. Good to know you
Jason has a pinned thread about it. You could also subscribe to my list, found in my profile. I personally vet each one for brainworms. I keep adding more classes of troll to the description to let people know what I'm blocking.
It's an amazing tool. You can find more by searching "moderation list" or "block list". People advertise their lists and there's more than a few megathreads with lists available.
With other people's lists, you can't add to them, you can only subscribe to them to block or mute all current and future accounts on the list. To make your own, go to: Settings > Moderation > Moderation lists.
I recommend following multiple lists- as long as the creator of them is trustworthy!
George’s post in memory of Freddie and AIDS research advances has been a cockroach magnet! The roaches are devoid of souls. Statistics report that 70 percent of HIV+ are minorities and 49percent are in the south. Roaches crying gay needs to look in their southern, ignorant backyard.
He was an amzing frontman. He was very animated and could draw in a crowd and have them eating out of the palm of his hand. I wish I'd been able to see Queen live. Never got the chance to.
My one regret is that I wasn't able to see Queen live 😢 although I vividly remember watching Live Aid with my late mum and seeing them on it.
No disrespect to Queen & AL.
Grew up in the age of fear over HIV/AIDS. And then one of my family members was diagnosed with HIV in 1995. We thought it was a death sentence then. But she’s still alive and kicking 30 years later thanks to modern medicine.
Don’t forget they want to eliminate vaccines. Soon we will see a huge increase in childhood diseases that was wiped out before he took office. What will their response be when it’s their child who is suffering from chickenpox or mumps. All that work by scientists for trump to come along and ruin it.
Be nice when we have a vaccine against AIDS like we do with other things. I get that it doesn't spread as easily as some viruses and we need to allocate lots of money and time to all sorts of medical issues but it would still be nice
Oh how I wish he could’ve been saved. He was a musical genius . He could do anything with his voice. As a singer I have listened & tried to model some notes like he may have . I was devastated when he died. Just think of the music he could’ve made . And he loved cats
My brother in law contracted AIDS in the early days (in Australia) and was among the first to trial AZT - the cure almost killed him, but after all the cocktails and treatments he MADE IT THROUGH! We won't go back! For LGBTQ+ rights, for women's rights, for everyone's right to decent health care!
My brother too. But there was only AZT and the cocktails were only in the very beginning of trials. Lord knows I begged to get him in on the trials. But it was too late. I'm so glad you BIL made it!
Looking back I realise how fortunate he was. Possibly we knew really, at the time, but we were very young and miracles were more easily accepted. I'm sorry you lost your brother, that is terribly sad and hard. It was a terrible time. Never again ❤️
Reagan allowed fellow Americans to die by ignoring HIV. My high school friend died from an HIV tainted blood transfusion. He was a victim or our gov't ignoring science and favoring Christian BS. Christ has been beating on our freedom to live a long time now.
Isn’t that sort of MAGAts purpose though? Get rid of gays sooner - since they’re idiots on top of homophobes & still think it’s only homosexuals contracting it?
AIDS, measles, polio, heck if we play our cards right we might even bring back smallpox! While we're at it, we should also eliminate thermal barriers in winter so more folks freeze to death.
Most exciting to me is that all the men taking the antivirals have not developed dementia! Since new science is pointing to old viruses causing such brain disorders, all the vaccines the kids behind me got (that my cohort did not) will not likely get dementia... Long term benefits of vaccination.
We need to make science cool. We need another Space Race of some kind. We need to repackage the idea of learning science in a way that is impossible to politicize.
Forget politics. That will come when we have smart reasonable people voting every election. We aren't at that point yet. Yet.
I lived in SF during the AIDS epidemic and there were months where I attended multiple funerals, The faces and lives of those people roll through my mind every time someone brings up the disease. The mindlessness of employers who cut off health benefits for people as they died was mind-boggling. 😢
Sadly, we’re going back. It’s important to pay attention to the mass disabling event happening right now-20M American adults and 5M kids are struggling with Long COVID, and the numbers keep rising
Most people dont know COVID is still a threat until it’s too late
Your fellow citizens voted in the majority TO go back.
Pathetic, really.
If I was you, I'd get any expectant vaccines done before January, when it's possible that RFK Jr will ban them!
USA is about to go through some 'things'.
I know they want to stop all the vaccines etc, but what is in it for them? They don't usually do things without a financial or power gain. What is it this time? I'd have thought they'd be desperate to make fortunes from pharma. Anyone?
Which is more profitable? Cheap vaccine doses to prevent serious illness, vs sickness, permanent disability, or death in the world's most expensive country to receive adequate healthcare (with a healthy dose of racism re who can afford it Vs Not)
Anti-vax is a wedge issue to drum up support for their other priorities. It's an easy demographic to take, if you are comfortable lying about proven science. It also puts pharmaceutical companies on notice and is essentially a "Pay us or we fuck up your business" pitch. It's extortion.
Have thoughts on lower population with more goods and resources for fewer ppl? They divide up the remaining middle class wealth (land especially) and don’t have to share with those poor folks. They have serfs to work and that is it. Everyone left is left to serve that goal. Them
That's also a fair take and sort of what I felt re the population and fits the reason masks were dissed in the pandemic.
In all, it just makes USA more and more difficult a place to visit if all these jabs are needed to make sure we don't get e.g. polio.
No one is taking away your rights. Stop whining. That’s all you did on TOS. Grow up and act like the man you daddy wanted instead of the little baby he got.
Strong unions are the reason our new car prices are at the highest they ever have been. The UAW, backed by Dems, have cost thousands of auto workers their jobs and livelihoods. Y’all need to learn that unions are not for the hard worker by for the lazy workers.
I work in the auto industry moron and that is absolute fact. I know you do not believe facts but look it up. Work is down at all the plants, suppliers (UAW shops) have lost jobs and employees. Also work has been reduced and hours have been cut. You need to learn facts and believe them.
That's the fault of the oligarchs, not the workers. Also, Trump's incompetent handling of COVID and the recession he was causing even before COVID broke out, so demand for a great many things - including vehicles - softened considerably among all brands.
Exactly right. That 1950s top marginal tax rate of 91% is a prime example of something that made life better for ordinary working class people which right wingers nostalgic for the '50s DON'T want to return to. They tend to "think" that racism, sexism & white privilege made life better for workers.
Why didn’t Biden increase the tax rate if it was so important? Is it because it would drive this economy into a deeper recession than we already are in?
The Republicans would have filibustered a higher tax rate in the Senate before the 2022 midterms, & they controlled the House after the midterms. Also, your contention that we're in a recession is laughable; we are in vastly better shape now than we were under Trump.
I’ve got some leaded anti-knock fuel additives to sell you. Or possibly some LNP tech allowing breach of the blood brain barrier. Either way, what could possibly go wrong?
Until the American people are willing to fight - for real, not metaphorically - things can only get worse. THEY'RE willing to not only fight, but kill Americans. As long as they're willing to go all the way and we as a nation are not, we WILL be subjugated. Who's going to stop them, if not us?
I don't understand how you think that it's possible to "go back". How are you losing anything? Is anyone even talking about that? Except for maybe people trying to foster fear...
The Trump regime wants to take us back to the era when homophobia, racism, sexism & oppression of everyone who isn't white & male were accepted as normal.
They are rampant anti-vaxxers, racists, and homophobes, despite enlisting a gay man or two. RFK has promised to halt finding for infectious disease research and focus on so-called chronic illnesses. They intend to restrict long term drugs like those used to fight HIV. And antidepressants. And more.
They did safety test then. Jesus christ, don't fall down that rabbit hole. There were very few negative reactions to the covid vaccine, far outnumbered by negative reactions to covid (lol)
Who is "they"? All the information I can find does have RFK focusing on chronic illnesses, but nothing to suggest halting funding for infectious disease. There are a lot of deaths associated with chronic illness. That sounds like it makes sense.
During a town hall in June, RFK Jr. said that if he was elected president, he would order the NIH to pause its funding of drug development and infectious-disease research for eight years.
In Maine at least, it costs $15 to get your birth certificate updated to whatever gender you wish it to be, so when Trump makes it so that you can only be identified on federal documents by the gender on your birth certificate, you can still keep your identity.
Why do so many people link this to Freddy? This is not about one of the truly greatest singers of our time, it is about the medical advancements that can soon be stripped off from all of us. I had more hope in ‘91 when he died, than I have today, despite all scientific progress we’ve reached.
I was a pre-teen during the AIDS epidemic and my (inching-his-way-out-of-the-closet) dad took me to visit friends who were dying of AIDS. I will never forget and don’t ever want to return to such a horrific situation. How quickly we become blind to history.
Yes, would most likely have lived. These days HIV/AIDS is classified as a chronic illness. Not the death sentence we knew in the 80s/90s. Thank real science for the advancements. Someone tell RFK what medical science does.
George, I was brought in to upgrade a company's safety program. I am reviewing it and one video was on AIDS. At that time it was lethal 100% of the time.
I came of age as a gay man during the beginning of the AIDS crisis and our community was initially very critical of Fauci, but it turned out he was one of greatest allies. He has my respect.
There's nothing to revisit. I lived it. People were desperate and Dr. Fauci was the face of the government. He ended up being an incredible ally when we had a government hostile to the gay community that was hardest hit.
I can't understand why you don't take the word of an ignorant, uneducated randomer with a social media account instead of an education, over one of the most cited Doctors ever
That's good to know. Thank you for sharing your opinion of Dr. Fauci from earlier on in his career and from your perspective and your lived experience.
But, perhaps more to the point, he has refered to the "orthodoxy that HIV alone causes AIDS" and the "theology that HIV is the sole cause of AIDS". In short, he's an HIV/AIDS denialist. That's why people are concerned about him "rolling it back."
They want RFK Jr as Health and Human Services Dir, a man who is convinced vaccines cause autism, ADHD, food allergies, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. He suggested that Covid was a money-making conspiracy and that is was targeted specifically "to attack Caucasians and Black people."
It would be a travesty, if due to RFK jr, we have to back to the Dallas Buyers Club approach for AIDS drugs and all other lifesaving drugs and vaccines.
Making independent and making sure outputs are accurate is going forward not back, who enacted the law allowing dying citizens to have access to experimental drugs; yes, it was Trump! Hatred breeds stupidity, disagree on policy real policy not speculated policy; not people
Skipped a word, my apologies. Making the FDA independent of drug companies is moving forward; giving dying people access to possible life saving drugs is moving forward.
you really don't get it, do you? They have no intention of ever allowing another free election again. They are going to join with Russia, China, Israel and North Korea to start WW3 against the remaining free nations of the world. Then Chancellor Musk will be given permanent war time powers.
Sadly HIV has killed a shit ton more people than COVID 19 and research into has had a tiny fraction of the funding over the last 40 years as COVID had to in just 1 year. It's almost as if the powers that be think queer lives aren't as important
I was in High School when Freddy died of AIDS. I was also in High School when Magic Johnson contracted HIV. The progress that enabled the difference in their outcomes all happened within those few short years.
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And so are we.
Meanwhile straight dudes get evidence based scientific medicine and surgical interventions - can’t wait til I exit the medical Bronze Age
and 3 reported for blatent homophobia.
(Getting through a liberal article with no trolls due to a 100% block score)
I clicked your list to compare notes and BlueSky is doing backflips trying to load your list. It's re-loading the page over and over each time it has one I've already blocked.
But maybe the trolls/bots will learn to avoid high profile threads like this one and move to lower profile posts like your grandpa posting pictures of his cats. Not sure if that is any better.
It will also give BlueSky a level of the attacks where, if it raises to a certain level, they can implement a 2FA login to tie them to a Mobile number.
This is just a giant honeypot for fuckwits. It's remarkable that the most reasonable man in the world draws this kind of attention.
(That statement should attract more trolls).
Please share it and do us all a big favour 🙏
- new, 1 follower, no header pic
-ALL CAPS!!!
- no posts, only replies (all rude, trolling, offensive etc)
- posts all misinformation, insults, unhinged conspiracy stuff, racist/offensive memes
Thanks for the compliment. I wear hats anytime I leave my house. I have a eye condition
Jason has a pinned thread about it. You could also subscribe to my list, found in my profile. I personally vet each one for brainworms. I keep adding more classes of troll to the description to let people know what I'm blocking.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7flazky72cfcqvshoz3gw6mm/lists/3lavdffwsi52x
I swear, every time I learn something new about this app, I love it so much more!
It's an amazing tool. You can find more by searching "moderation list" or "block list". People advertise their lists and there's more than a few megathreads with lists available.
Jason has a thread here
https://bsky.app/profile/dartmanx.bsky.social/post/3lbmf2kiewc27
I recommend following multiple lists- as long as the creator of them is trustworthy!
If you ever saw the episode that featured "Who Wants to Live Forever?" - that one made my eyes leak.
RIP Princess Di!
https://youtu.be/OefdqK3jKi0?si=JoQqIAS9QVJotYPn
No disrespect to Queen & AL.
RIP Freddie
https://bsky.app/profile/skydive8.bsky.social/post/3lcku4b4kw22n
We don’t need to ever regress.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-hiv-drug-taken-twice-a-year-shows-promise-in-preventing-infections-in-trials#:~:text=That's%20right.,mean%20for%20global%20HIV%20care%3F
6 feet under
Scare tactic by scared people.
Hooray!
Knowing what we know now about Republicans, it wouldn’t be surprising if they were found directly responsible.
Forget politics. That will come when we have smart reasonable people voting every election. We aren't at that point yet. Yet.
Most people dont know COVID is still a threat until it’s too late
Pathetic, really.
If I was you, I'd get any expectant vaccines done before January, when it's possible that RFK Jr will ban them!
USA is about to go through some 'things'.
*Lays down the roach bait*
I'm no fan of Big Pharma, and I'd prefer their sector to have an overhaul. But this is such a dangerous way to do it.
In all, it just makes USA more and more difficult a place to visit if all these jabs are needed to make sure we don't get e.g. polio.
*Namely strong unions, big business on a short leash, protections for working people from Wall Street shenanigans, etc.
https://bsky.app/profile/gayasparagus.bsky.social/post/3lbqddzrjkc2n
Comparative Table
Metric 1950s Today (2023)
Top Marginal Tax Rate 91% 37%
He had sooooooooooo much more to give to the world.
https://x.com/JacobRubashkin/status/1803974935091761518
There are ways to resist
He is brilliant and a very very good person.
We are not going back!
100%
You forget that.
The evidence of his attempt to kill you all in the 1980s is right there, George.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2124803/?ref_=ext_shr
Hope this helps.
Lost so many to AIDS in the late 80’s. Heart breaking time!
2020 over 700,000 died
Hell no!
We are not going back.