The global prevalence of long covid is now at over 30%. When would you like it to stop going up? When would you like to lower your risk of being the next one?

"You're not building immunity. You're accumulating injury" Most succinct brief I've heard in a while. Well done, @david.notesforfriends.com.

For those who want a well-written breakdown of what SARS CoV-2 is (and isn't), read up:
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...

No matter what you think about Mr. Abrego Garcia, if you believe in due process you should be infuriated by this.

The Trump admin is threatening to dump him in Africa as punishment for not pleading guilty to criminal charges they brought to avoid complying with a court order.

great new resources for tracking gender rights and protections. incredible work from @khadijah.bsky.social putting this together.

I like A

elon musk acting strange president inauguration with donald trump in the background ALT: elon musk acting strange president inauguration with donald trump in the background

I keep hearing rumors that witches are organizing to curse Elon Musk. Anyone else hear that? I would hate to start a baseless rumor and have people spreading it across social media, of course.

Most of the people screaming about #DEI are unqualified white men.

Wishes @michael-hoerger.bsky.social hung out over here more and asked the many Covid realist folks here to fill out his survey. Where you at?! Survey link: pmc19.com/data/

Oh don’t worry, it will be brought back for political propaganda purposes.

Phil Williams: In reporting on hate and extremism, 'while the attacks are personal, so is the cause' Rarely in my nearly 40-year career as a journalist have I felt the target on my back as continuously and intensely as I have in the last 15 months.

"Rarely in my nearly 40-year career as a journalist have I felt the target on my back as continuously and intensely as I have in the last 15 months."

This hearkens back to the old Adventurers Club on Pleasure Island, which was quite successful in its day!

How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.

NEW: Here’s how some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a decades-old legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care.

What the shit is going on here. Boot him from this app or what’s the point of having a TOS. Christ. bsky.app/profile/rvbd...

A screenshot of PayPal's terms of service. Big wall of legalese text, which I will be pasting in below. You don't need to read it, here's the important part: "The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop." Here's the whole paragraph: We are updating our Privacy Statement to explain how, starting early Summer 2025, we will share information to help improve your shopping experience and make it more personalized for you. The key update to the Privacy Statement explains how we will share information with merchants to personalize your shopping experience and recommend our services to you. Personal information we disclose includes, for example, products, preferences, sizes, and styles we think you’ll like. Information gathered about you after the effective date of our updated Privacy Statement, November 27, 2024, will be shared with participating stores where you shop, unless you live in California, North Dakota, or Vermont. For PayPal customers in California, North Dakota, or Vermont, we’ll only share your information with those merchants if you tell us to do so. No matter where you live, you’ll always be able to exercise your right to opt out of this data sharing by updating your preference settings in your account under “Data and Privacy.”

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.

I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.

If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

Portrait of 2 reclining standard poodles, a silver one on a black, tufted ottoman with a black one on the floor in front of her, head framed by her front paws. They are both looking straight at the camera.

Please post your favorite picture of your #dog (s). Here’s my favorite picture of Kaylee, my 10 year old standard poodle, and Eddie, who is 11.

In unadjusted analyses, the mean weekly ratio between hospital-onset and community-onset infections increased from 2.9% prior to Omicron dominance to 7.6% (95% CI, 6.0%-9.1%) during Omicron dominance. After universal masking and testing ended, it increased to 15.5% (95% CI, 13.6%-17.4%), then fell to 8.0% (95% CI, 5.0%-11.0%) following resumption of masking among health care workers. Under the adjusted Poisson model (Figure), cessation of universal masking and testing was associated with a 25% increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections compared with the preceding Omicron-dominant period (rate ratio [RR], 1.25; 95% CI, 1.02-1.53), and resumption of masking among staff was associated with a 33% decrease in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections (RR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.52-0.85).

This paper is interesting for a few reasons. It shows that mask mandates in healthcare protect patients from infections, and removing mask mandates in healthcare harms patients.

A facility without a mask mandate is making a *deliberate choice* known to harm patients.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Giant, colorful chili peppers hanging from the ceiling on wires, each one made from different materials

When I was in India last month I found Goan artist Subodh Kerkar’s work and became an instant fan. This is one of my favorite pieces from the Museum of Goa.

US: Map Reveals State With 'Very High' COVID Wastewater Viral Activity.

"SARS-CoV-2 levels were found to be "very high" in New Mexico (November 10 to November 16, 2024) and "high" in Arizona, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota"

Source: archive.md/ASzDT

Hi all,

I'm slowly building a moderation list of accounts that spread egregious false claims about COVID, vaccines etc.

You can subscribe to it and mute/block if you want.

Figured I'd make use of the trolling on my COVID/vaccine posts.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Whatever, Gandalf

I am quite bothered by this trend of “zaddifying” Santa. Santa should be jolly and round and comforting, not buff and hip and sexualized. Let Santa be for kids.

go.bsky.app/5871Mhv

I’m still trying to recover from India last month! Up at all hours of pre-dawn morning, head nodding in the afternoon, exhausted by early evening. I just can’t seem to shift back.

Super streaming so original post on November 22nd 2024 3:19 ya.m. which reads Twitter still hasn't given me the download of my content. Likely because they've been swarmed by God knows how many thousands doing the same. Popped in today & it was just men calling women whores for... having jobs and dating. I never want to be around that energy ever again. I like it here.

For combined photos showing the account for stand with democracy and unite for America USA. On the left shows each profile with larger following than follower amounts as they appear to be follow for follow accounts. Their background images are AI. Next to these posts shows each account in turn recreating Cooper's post for verbatim, word for word as follows: Twitter still hasn't given me the download of my content. Likely because they've been swarmed by God knows how many thousands doing the same. Popped in today & it was just men calling women whores for... having jobs and dating. I never want to be around that energy ever again. I like it here.

Hi guys. Please spread this in info if you're willing.

These accounts @standwithdemocracy.bsky.social &

@uniteforamericausa.bsky.social

Are ✨farming you✨ by creating follow for follow accounts that appear to be progressive. These are bots, farming you to build large, credible accounts.

Book an appointment with your pcp or an infectious disease doc and make sure you’re up to date on vacc and see if they recommend any new ones. Also get malaria prophylaxis. Search cdc for travelers info.

go.bsky.app/6qisJPs Made a starter pack with a few folks that I’ve learned a lot from over the years. Intend to add the rest over time. Please LMK your thoughts / suggestions!!

I followed everyone on @chantzy.bsky.social ’s Covid-aware starter pack, so I think you may be on that list? 👋🏻 real person, still coviding!

Dear @flavorflav.bsky.social and any mutuals—please go rescue Leslie Jones (@lesdoggg) from the hell site

The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.

Hi everyone.

The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.

We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.

We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.

I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.

So happy to see @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @wtfjht.bsky.social here now. These two writers helped keep me sane during the last Dumbfuckistan admin. Who else should we rescue from the hellsite?