Safer Air breakfast out with our AirFanta 4Lite portable HEPA filters – developed by @adamwong.bsky.social, (and FFP2 masks for when at the buffet). :-)

“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (Official Video) YouTube video by London Records

Here's the music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=88sA...

(No worries, I have been so fortunate to never have felt the need to leave home. In fact, my mum was absolutely great when I came out. She still is.)

Today, I’m enjoying the possibility that AI gives me, of finally visualising that very moment described in the opening lines of the song, that I always had own my mind, as that very moment when he is waiting on the platform is not featured in the music video.

Just knowing that there is this band, and that singer, who can openly and prominently do a song like this, and also be so very successful with it, gave me all the hope I needed then.

A felt puppet of a very young, red-haired man stands on a photorealistic-looking grey and rainy rural British railway station, with a small black suitcase next to him. He stares into nothingness. The station sign reads Ashfield. Super-imposed is a text: “You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case …”

I was twelve years old when Bronski Beat’s ‘Smalltown Boy‘ came out in 1984. Having just realised I am gay myself, this was probably one of the most important songs of my life.

An AI_generated image of US politician Harvey Milk as a felt puppet, speaking at a rally in front of City Hall San Francisco, wearing a colourful floral lei around his neck, raising his fist, speaking into microphones placed in front of him. Next to his open mouth the super-imposed words: "You've got to give them hope!" At the bottom of the image a watermark reading "AI'ed by NICHOLAS FEUSTEL"

Harvey Milk, San Francisco Gay Freedom Parade, 24 June 1978 [AI]

An AI-generated image shows a family of felt puppets in an early 19080s living room: A teenage boy stands between his parents who are sitting on chairs. From their faces you can tell the boy has just told them something important. The boy looks worried, the father looks surprised, the mother looks not so surprised. In the top right corner of the image we can see the word “hen …”. At the bottom of the image we can read: “AI’ed by Nicholas Feustel"

The same felt puppet family, but a few years later, at a Gay Pride parade. The boy has become a grown-up man with a full, ginger beard. He stands between his parents who also look older. The both hug him, and all of them are smiling and happy. At the top right corner of the image we can see the word”… now!” At the bottom of the image we can read “AI’ed by Nicholas Feustel”

Today is Coming Out Day! :-)

I’m involved in this, pushing (video) buttons behind the scenes! :-)

Coming up next on the livestream: Dr. Katie Bar on HIV cure advances. Join us at www.saveaidsresearch.org now! #medsky #idsky

Liebe Restdemokraten….

Things that make me happy …

Common Misconceptions about COVID Hold Strong as New Variant Spreads Media has the public talking about the "razor blade" COVID variant, but years of inaccurate public health messaging have taken their toll

As NB.1.8.1 spreads, there’s only one thing spreading faster: misinformation. Here, I run down 5 of the most common errors I see circulating about COVID and encourage people to integrate airborne disease mitigation into their lives holistically.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/common-mis...

Cool! :-) Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

iMASK

There is a manufacturer in Ukraine that does really great masks, if you would like to support them. Don’t know about their availability or shipping options to the US though. They have all the proper European Union certifications (N95 = FFP2). I wear them all the time! :-) imask.ua/en

elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall ALT: elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall

I mask inside 😷, wear shoes and clothes, use an umbrella when it rains, a hat for the sun, a seatbelt in the car, a helmet on the bike.

I understand risk and take measures to minimize it. I use my brain to think. I cherish my health. I protect my family.

I'm weird like that.

Das hast du sehr schön respektvoll gesagt! Danke! :-) Denn ICH werde das heute Abend sowas von gucken! :-))

Why are we still masking? Some people might wonder why St. Margaret’s continues to take precautions against the spread of Covid in our community when it feels like the rest of the world has moved on. Our decision may make...

Still 😷
Die Kirche St. Margaret’s in Vancouver nimmt COVID weiterhin ernst.
#COVID stelle nicht nur ein Risiko für gefährdete Personen dar: Jede COVID-Infektion erhöhe das Risiko einer Person, da sie dem Körper still und schleichend Schaden zufüge.
www.stmargaretscedarcottage.ca/why-are-we-s...

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress:

"They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

As I’m very nicely connecting with the #ME ( #CFS ) #LongCovid world, I thought I’d just let you know: I don’t have any of those illnesses – I am an ally! :-) We do exist! Don’t give up!

Weil ich hier gerade so schön am Vernetzen in die #ME ( #CFS ) #LongCovid Welt bin, dachte ich, ich lass Euch mal wissen: Ich habe keine dieser Erkrankungen selber. Ich bin ein Ally! :-)

Erfreuliche Fotos! :-) Ich war letztes Jahr beim ersten Nederlandse Long COVID Dag in Amersfoort (eine Fachkonferenz (!)) – da war ich der Einzige mit Maske. :-)

For those – with or without children – who might care.

We learn about their day-to-day lives, but also about their experiences within the health system, which they initially worked in as practitioners, but now make new and rather different experiences as patients.

The interviews are in Dutch, but in the YouTube player you can choose English subtitles (with the ‘subtitles‘ and ‘settings‘ buttons).

We learn about their day-to-day lives, but also about their experiences within the health system, which they initially worked in as practitioners, but now make new and rather different experiences as patients.

The film tells the stories of five doctors in the Netherlands who fell ill with ME/CFS – some through long covid, some through other infections such as Lyme disease.

As Anil can’t leave his apartment, he asked camera teams to film the in-person interviews for him – who all did the filming for free as they all have relatives or friends living with ME. Later, Anil edited the footage at home.

I just came across a really great film on ME/CFS: ‘Doctors as Patients‘. It’s made by my Dutch filmmaker colleague @anilvanderzee.bsky.social, who has been living with ME for 18 years himself.