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White, cis, het, GenX male--but please don't hold it against me. Friend to all but the willfully uninformed. I do not subscribe to the follow/follow-back philosophy. If you follow me, try interacting with me, otherwise I won't notice. Oh, and mask up.
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US measles cases climb higher, approach 900 Thirty states have cases, and 83% of infections are part of outbreaks, the largest centered in West Texas. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...

the dictators of the 20th century had ALL been in horrific wars and experienced genuine hardship and adversity meanwhile, consider the baby-shit soft life stories of Elon Musk and Donald Trump

It's only a matter of time before this is a real story.

Oh hell no. Nope. Get on the phones about this, and about the judge who was arrested. Please, call your congresspeople today. 202-224-3121 is the switchboard number for the US Capitol. Please. 3 short phone calls today.

Measles kills people. It is also known that it can reset your immune system - something you absolutely do not want. Please update your vaccinations and mask. Masking helps break transmission of multiple airborne infectious diseases including measles.

Because we're ruled by a bunch of delicate man babies who won't tolerate having their feelings hurt. link from @planetmidori.bsky.social www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/n...

Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads

When I explain this cult to US colleagues in shorthand, it's "Proud Boys as if led by Jim Jones." (I grew up one neighborhood over from Jones's church.) JC: “In over three decades of journalism, I've never talked to so many people as afraid as the women I encountered in this investigation.”

You can eat all organic food, drink green juice every day, do yoga, get vitamin D and touch grass… and still become disabled. Wellness culture can’t save you from disability. What’s worse, most wellness “gurus” will blame you when you become ill. Wellness culture is toxic & eugenics adjacent.

We're pleased to announce a new resource for those with #LongCOVID: a list on our website of over 300 Long COVID clinics throughout the U.S. We'll keep updating this and we'll add clinics in other countries as soon as we can. https://publichealthactionnetwork.org/long-covid-pasc-clinics/

now that Covid[dot]gov is full of dead links and conspiracy theories, here's some good resources to bookmark: Covid cases dashboard (@michael-hoerger.bsky.social) www.pmc19.com/data/ Violet's Covid Newsletter (@violetblue.bsky.social) www.patreon.com/collection/1...

If you're a geriatric millennial or older (looking squarely at you, GenX), have your doctor check your blood titers. Chances are your immunity has waned since your childhood vaccines, and if it has, GET VACCINATED! 💉

From this morning: US measles and bird flu updates (incl. vaccine news), RFK to use fitness tracker and commercial data for his autism list, risk info from the largest International consensus on #LongCovid to date, US #Covid case estimate is +1.7M/week, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/covid-...

Study finds driving with COVID-19 raises crash risk by 25%. "A study published April 8 by the Public Library of Science’s Journal of Global Public Health found that driving while infected with COVID-19 raises the risk of an accident by 25%." Source: archive.md/WqkhQ

New York & New Jersey are under air quality advisories due to wildfires. Governor Hochul is pushing a mask ban. Even when a good quality respirator is the best way to protect from wildfire smoke. Nassau County already criminalized masks. Call & email elected officials. No mask bans!

J6er Brandon straka was defended by far right doofus Bill Essayli who is currently the interim US Attorney for all of SoCal (the largest territory in the DOJ). Call your senators - “no” on Bill Essayli for US Attorney.

@apnews.com you wanted a story about Trump’s collections and garnishment orders on student loans and how it affects us? Here you go. Our Gov is broken. There’s no one answering calls at DoE nor Social Security. The system is broken. See thread.

“Discord states it as a step towards focusing on ads and microtransactions.” Well, it was nice while it lasted…

'On the precipice of disaster': #Measles may be endemic in 25 years if vaccine uptake stays low, model predicts A 10% decline in vaccine uptake could lead to 11.1 million cases of the highly contagious illness in that timeframe. www.cidrap.umn.edu/m... Photo: NIAID / Flickr cc

I'm going through user-made tilesets for an old DOS mahjong solitaire game and I found what's possibly the most evil one

this remains the stupidest part he could have succeeded - full authoritarian consolidation, with every major elite institution ready to roll right over for him - so long as he’d left the economy alone and taken the credit but he’s a tariff otaku with brains leaking out his ears and here we are

White poppy is a symbol of remembrance for all the casualties of war, civilians & armed forces personnel, & of peace. Black poppy is a symbol that commemorates all those who have died, & are still dying, due to war and its legacy. Purple poppy remembers animal victims of war & human violence. #nzpol

Exclusive: The director of the National Science Foundation announced his resignation today, 16 months before his 6-year term ends, in a letter to staff obtained by Science. scim.ag/42vc3fn

Presented without comment, just shaking my head and backing slowly away

There's been a whole issue over the CA state bar exam for this year. It was a new exam & didn't go well, and now there's this, which adds a whole new level of WTF. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

If you're a geriatric millennial or older (looking squarely at you, GenX), have your doctor check your blood titers. Chances are your immunity has waned since your childhood vaccines, and if it has, GET VACCINATED! 💉

Mask up and vax up, today's Threat Model: Covid from @violetblue.bsky.social is not a drill-- • #Measles: 800+ cases/25 states • #BirdFlu: 1K+ dairy herds/17 states • #Covid: everywhere/all the time •RFK Jr continues to weaponize HHS Much more: read/share/support: www.patreon.com/posts/127332...

Hank you can change your settings to make alt text inclusion mandatory for you to post a pic since you seem to have a hard time remembering, and have a large platform

#MaskBans

a reminder that measles eradicates the cells responsible for your immune system’s memory of other diseases, leaving you to rebuild from scratch, and will make other outbreaks much worse as a result you don’t want measles! nobody wants measles! what are we doing here!

Almost Direct link: customerservice.starbucks.com/sbux?id=cont... Scroll down to Something Else and write your email there.