Quick side note (not from this article) that vaccination in pregnant women dramatically reduced miscarriage and newborn death.

COVID-19 may leave placental damage, but virus disappears after maternal recovery A new Yale study published in JAMA Network Open finds that the virus that causes COVID-19 does not linger in placental tissue weeks to months after a pregnant woman recovers from infection—offering important reassurance for clinicians and patients alike.

SARS-CoV-2 is not detected in placental tissue weeks to months after maternal recovery, though some placentas show lingering structural and inflammatory changes from prior infection. doi.org/hbx5wq

IT'S CALLED AN "INVISIBLE DISABILITY" BECAUSE WHEN WE MANAGE OUR DISABILITIES WELL, PEOPLE ACT LIKE WE DON'T HAVE THEM

Cosplay wigmakers, drop a link to your website in the comments. I'm looking to commission some work.

#cosplay

screenshot from my ipad showing an illustration im working on of Badgey from Star Trek Lower Decks. the text says "Im an allegory, dipshits!"

screenshot from my ipad showing an illustration im working on of Nomad from Star Trek The OriginalSeries. the text says "I was an allegory, dipshits."

This Earth Day, remember, AI pollutes our air, and destroys our drinkable water. The Earth isnt dying, capitalism is making it uninhabitable for human life. 🌎💚

"Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article misstated which day the New York Mets suffered their 11th straight loss. It was on Sunday, not Monday. Even the Mets cannot lose on an off day."

Two copy editors high-fiving so hard right now

Treebeard, Merry and Pip in The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai.

the lord of the arts: thread

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

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White mug with a black handle. There is a picture of an orange kitten in a loose cinnamon roll position on it. Text above the kitten reads “Ask Me About The Cats I Follow Online”. Text below the kitten reads “This One’s A Dandy!”

A white tumbler with a picture of an orange kitten in a loose cinnamon roll position on it. Text above the kitten reads “Ask Me About The Cats I Follow Online”. Text below the kitten reads “This One’s A Dandy!”

A pumice colored tote bag with a picture of an orange kitten on it. The kitten has one paw raised as if waving. Text on the bag reads “HI!”

Added mugs, tumblers and tote bags to the merch shop.

Cullen Crawford @HelloCullen. landlords should not exist except as a mean nickname sailors call us

#INSAR2026 starts today! And in serious earnest tomorrow.

Another reminder that you might want to bring your own lanyard for your conference badge, lest you get stuck wearing branded merch from an openly anti-neurodiversity autism org. Just saying.

Watch this space for reporting. #neurodiversity

[pic of woman laying down on couch with cold compress on head] immune system refuses to calm the f-ck down mybodyistryingtokillme.com

#satire

We've seen evidence that damage is cumulative, that your risk of acute & long-term adverse outcomes increases w each infection.

What we haven't seen definitively is if people could fully recover if they were not constantly being reinfected. Improvement has been seen, but full recovery, not so much.

The way my disabled heart braces for impact on reading something so hopeful.

To go out into the world on a whim, without a ten-point plan for vigilance against illness, Long COVID... to be my extrovert self again... to just be where the people are? 😭

#MicroSky: Mystery gut infections with no detectable pathogen are deadly- hard to treat. In severe cases, washed microbiota transplantation showed >60% response and 43% cure rates, hinting that restoring gut ecosystems may succeed where antibiotics fail. Zhang et al at doi.org/10.1111/1751...

This Is Just To Say

I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update

and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize

Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying

Here's what the 6 month enrollment moratorium for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) means for people who are reliant on having access to it. (Moratorium announced 25 Feb by Oz and Vance.)

Does Medicare Still Cover Durable Medical Equipment? Yes—but the six-month Medicare enrollment moratorium does apply to certain DME suppliers. Here’s what it means for people who rely on DME.

New from me and @seemiaroll.bsky.social:

Does Medicare still cover durable medical equipment (DME)?

Yes—but the six-month Medicare enrollment moratorium does apply to certain DME suppliers. Here’s what it means for people who rely on DME.

Fashion in full force at the SF Cherry Blossom Festival 2026 7/14 3 red Shibas on leashes wearing colorful Japanese robes

One of the Shibas in a beautiful green floral robe

Black and sesame Shiba in a blue Japanese robe. The Shiba is tall and slender and looks tres chic

there was a Shiba parade in San Francisco and all the shibas wore yukatas it’s too much

She found that their company revived her, carried her away from the constant presence of last night's terror, little by little, till she could begin to look back on it as something that had happened, not something that was happening, that must always be happening to her.

A Case for Transitional Justice If sunlight is the best disinfectant, a failure to apply it leaves a festering wound, with complications that continue to amass.

Definitively yes, imo.

"Afraid of appearing partisan, the Obama administration looked the other way when it came to prosecuting war criminals and torturers. The lack of confrontation is coming back to haunt us."

fellowtravelersblog.com/2018/03/13/a...

“of call your crushes, which one was your favorite?”

“… I meant questions about the job.”

Kuwait Is Stripping Its People of Citizenship at an Unprecedented Rate Behind the language of legality, the new emir has pushed a political project to narrow national identity and roll back decades of democratic reform

This is lowkey one of the most important things happening in the Middle East rn and very few people are paying attention to it

I think the first instinct of humans is love and community. I've seen it firsthand.

But humans are swayable.

Our fantastic minds can justify unimaginable evil.

Very few people think they're amoral or outright evil. But a vast majority can commit evil acts, while thinking they are truly virtuous.

It's a combination of film characters with one making me aspire to be the best example of humanity possible, while the other is feeding my urge to be a total chaos goblin of sexy

Because it was Superman day and Tim Curry's birthday this week, I've been alternating between a Superman movie and one Starring Tim Curry all week and I gotta say, my mood & outlook has been improving greatly. Did the Donner cut of Superman 1978 last night and national lampoon's loaded weapon 1 now

A photo of Kieron I took as part of some reference for WicDiv years ago, in a park in London, by a bench on some grass. Over the horizon, I added the words IF TRUE so that they appear enormous across the London skyline. This was funny to me when I first made it, and it's still funny to me now, so you're seeing it again.

Huge if true

My painting of Tim Curry as Dr Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show

Happy Birthday Mr Curry thank you for awakening my interest in beautiful evil men

Researchers warn of severe long-term damage to the brain after Covid following new study Scientists warn long Covid could be linked to lasting brain damage, including memory issues and increased risk of neurological decline.

Researchers warn of severe long-term damage to the brain after Covid following new study

January study of essential workers (with blood samples before & after COVID infection) found those with long-term neurological symptoms had higher phosphorylated tau—a protein linked to early brain degeneration