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Eugenics in action. USA: "So many Americans died from COVID, it’s boosting Social Security to the tune of $205 billion." "New research finds Social Security will pay out $205 billion less in future benefits due to Covid-related premature deaths." Source: archive.md/GVwox

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

I wish someone could hear me, but no.. they are not merely trying to “resegregate” the United States. They are trying to destroy the United States and rebuild an authoritarian regime from the rubble, with CEO-dictators in charge. They’re not trying to bring back colored water fountains..

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

A four post update. click through take action to protect yourself and your community. its not hard, just inconvenient. but less inconvenient than becoming sick(er) during the downfall of democracy. Kthx ♿️😷🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗽🍉

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I still don't think most people fully understand that abandoning pandemic mitigation strategies was a motivating force for what's happening now. Like once you're willing to give up on one vulnerable population, it opens the flood gates.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

If you're wondering what you can do to protect the vulnerable during this terrible time, put on a mask when you are indoors with others. They talked us out of "believing" in the science/risks of a neurotropic vascular virus that disables millions - 1 part of the FA to what we now FO. Put on a damn😷

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Protect the vulnerable. You don't have to do a sit-in, get arrested, or hide someone in your closet; just wear a mask. The more we wear masks, the fewer airborne viruses can spread from person to person, and fewer people will die. It's science. Be brave. Wear a respirator in closed, indoor spaces.

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Are you losing your farm because USAID can't buy your grain? Or Elon yanked something else you contracted for? Can you afford to get sick? Keep yourself healthier by wearing a respirator in crowded spaces to protect you from viruses. Just like you do in a silo to avoid Farmer’s Lung. Same thing.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

"The Unitarian Universalist Association with a multifaith coalition and the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) is opposing the rescission of ICE’s sensitive locations policy, which is a direct violation of the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act." 1/

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Altman and Musk should demonstrate their “masculine energy” by getting in the MMA ring and punching each other repeatedly in the face. This wouldn’t resolve anything between their companies. I just think it would be neat.

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

On this week's Still Here, podcast producer @hashtagjames.bsky.social talks with @megkrausch.bsky.social about how the ongoing pandemic has impacted friendships. Also, @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social and @mileswgriffis.bsky.social on the latest #LongCOVID research + COVID-19 data. bit.ly/3EvIIYu

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Just wishful thinking, I know , but I really wish all the players would take a knee during the national anthem at tomorrow's #superbowl in silent protest of well... looks around at everything.

submitted 14 days ago • 7 comments

If you feel overwhelmed right now, pick one thing that you are knowledgeable or passionate about that you can help with, and start gathering resources. Compile knowledge. Put together a blog, put together a start.me page, get organized digitally. Make things easier for other people to find.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

If you feel inclined to go to a Black colleague or classmate thanking them for speaking up while you sat there silent. DO NOT! It’s insulting and disrespectful. Learn to get uncomfortable and SPEAK UP or give your position to someone who will.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

We each have ways to resist. One way you can is to make six calls a day. Short/sweet. R outnumber D calls at least 4 to 1. Even if you hate making phone calls, the person on the other end can't tell. Their job is just to take notes. Scripts available here. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Hot take: indoor air is full of airborne aerosol backwash. CO2 gives a good estimate of the amount of exhalations in a room. At 1000, (brain health max per WHO) we breathe 1.5% of other people's exhalations. Lots 'o viral particles. Many spaces (work/school/bar) are much higher. 😷♿ #CovidIsNotOver

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

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submitted 21 days ago • 44 comments

follow, buy or borrow, read.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

If you time it right, your smart watch will congratulate 🎉you for getting up off the toilet. 🤣 Follow me here for more solid Anti-Fash exercise advice. But for real, hydrate and mask. 😷 We can't fight fascism if we keep getting sicker. love, me #CovidIsNotOver #MaskingIsAntiFascist ♿🏳️‍⚧️🗽🏳️‍🌈

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Nick Gottleib resisted. We can resist in large and small ways, and must, every day. It's not polite to resist, but it's the right thing. The entire text of the email, as well as Marisa Kabas' context posted here on bsky, is in the alt description.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

FYI. The Mr. Smith Goes To Washington memes are designed for the older white Boomers and Builders in your lives. A hook of sorts, to help them imagine not continuing silent acquiescence which has served them via white supremacy for decades. Resisting with urgency and directness may be new to them.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Be Like Mr. Smith. Resist. Has your public school system or state Dept of Edu reiterated its legal obligation and right to retain local control over curriculum, teaching, and learning for ALL students? Drop them an email of encouragement. Full text of the email itself is in the alt description.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

The "Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) stated "these termination notices do not comply with the requirements set out in law and therefore are not effective at this time." What Would Mr. Smith Do? He would be like Phyllis Fong. Don't comply with illegal orders.

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Niemöller's entire poem is being enacted this week. Now is the time for courage rather than partisanship, Congress. If you keep complying, everyone loses everything. 1/2

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

I am at the urgent care just now (as a driver, NBD for me). It's crowded and has a long, long wait time. Two young, adorably round, giggly, Hispanic women wearing masks check in. They hold hands and whisper sweetly to each other. There's a Big Ole Dude in a chair. Huge. Steely eyes and gnarly 🧵 1/6

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

repost links to mainstream news and reporters who actually does news. You don't have to have the capacity to read everything. vet the people you follow. build a feeder system of reality-based information and pass it on.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

You are connected to people who need this. Maybe you need it. Share widely.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The ongoing decision to mask anywhere in closely shared airspace has been easy for me, because I've lost at least half. of. every. year. of. my. life, before 2020, to infections such as colds and influenza. Want to support the disabled as protections are stripped away? Step one: please mask up.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Tomorrow I'm going to go to sing with a room full of queers. Many of them will be masked, all of them will be queer. There will be joy and togetherness. What can you do to oppose hypernormalization of this nonsense and ground yourself in joy?

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments