“The take-home message from this study is clear: long COVID is here to stay, even in children, & can be exacerbated by reinfections and sustained by high viral circulation. …Without decisive action, the long-term societal cost of long COVID will continue to rise.”
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Trump Opens the Door for ICE to Target Anyone Suspected of Being Trans
Under a new rule, the State Dept will be able to revoke trans people's visas over "misrepresentation." It'll give ICE grounds to suspect all trans people of being in the US illegally. transitics.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
Not only is this 100% unarguably true, trans folks have been telling you this about the NYT for half a decade. There's a record and history of that too! Here's me and @reallandsend.bsky.social talking about it IN MARCH 2023 soundcloud.com/deathpanel/t...
"Some 1,700 Kansans had their driver’s licenses invalidated last month. It wasn’t for racking up speeding tickets or a DUI charge, but because they are transgender."
March is Long Covid Awareness month, because March is a lot like long covid in that every time you think it looks nice enough to go be active outside, you quickly regret it.
The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
There is a venn diagram of "We need to believe that AI can develop a real consciousness," "I now adhere to a truly bizarre health routine" and "I need all the money possible and I need it just for me," and at the center of it is "I am terrified of dying and I don't know how to fix that"
Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.
If being associated with Jeffrey Epstein cost Andrew the title of "Prince," it should cost Donald the title of "President."
But we are not a morally sound country.
Illustrated, board-game-style poster about mask-wearing and COVID-19, designed like a Monopoly board with a pale green background, orange borders, and hand-drawn text. In the centre is a large yellow square reading: “WEARING A MASK IS THE EASIEST WAY TO MAKE A DIRECT, POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY.” Below it is a smaller card that reads: “NOT WEARING A MASK? IT’S THE EASIEST WAY TO CAUSE DIRECT HARM TO EVERYONE AROUND YOU.” Dice, a house, cards, and game tokens are scattered around the board to reinforce the board-game theme. Across the top are panels saying “DON’T GET COVID,” “IT BREAKS CHAINS OF INFECTION,” “MASK UP! BECAUSE,” “YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BODY,” and “DON’T SPREAD COVID.” Down the left side are boxes stating “KILLING AND MAIMING OTHERS IS BAD,” “IT PROTECTS EXTRA VULNERABLE GROUPS LIKE KIDS AND THE ELDERLY,” “IT MAKES YOU A MORE EFFECTIVE ALLY TO THOSE IN NEED,” “COVID SPREAD IS CLASS WARFARE,” and “MEDICAL BILLS ARE EXPENSIVE.” The bottom left corner reads “PROTECT OTHERS.” Along the right side are messages including “IT’S A GOOD DISGUISE AT PROTESTS,” “IT PROTECTS YOU FROM FLU, COLDS, ETC.,” “THERE IS NO CURE FOR LONG COVID,” “IT’S A PATIENTS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “IT MAKES YOU MORALLY CONSISTENT,” and “IT’S A PRISONERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE.” The bottom right corner reads “PROTECT YOURSELF.” Along the bottom are additional panels stating “IT’S A WORKERS’ RIGHTS ISSUE,” “COVID DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES,” and “IT’S A DISABILITY RIGHTS ISSUE.” The overall tone is persuasive and educational, emphasizing that wearing a mask is a simple action with broad social, ethical, and health benefits, while not wearing one causes harm.
By Gilly @profesh_baby:
"Wearing an N95 mask (or better!) is the easiest way to protect yourself and everyone around you. It's an act of solidarity."
Source: x.com/profesh_baby...
Infographic titled “Examples of diseases from pathogens that can be transmitted through the air we breathe.” It groups airborne pathogens into viruses, bacteria, and fungi, and connects each to associated diseases. Viruses include adenovirus, coronavirus (MERS, SARS, SARS-CoV-2), influenza A and B, morbillivirus, mumps virus, norovirus, rhinovirus, rubella virus, respiratory syncytial virus, and variola virus, linked to diseases such as chickenpox, COVID-19, influenza, measles, mumps, gastroenteritis, common cold, rubella, bronchiolitis, and smallpox. Bacteria listed include Bordetella pertussis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Legionella pneumophila, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae type b, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, linked to whooping cough, diphtheria, legionella, meningitis, and tuberculosis. Fungi include Aspergillus, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Coccidioides immitis, associated with aspergillosis. A color legend indicates which diseases have vaccines.
We've updated our infographic on diseases that can be transmitted through the air we breathe, adding Norovirus.
Most viruses can survive for one to several hours in a poorly ventilated room. See the excellent article in @nytimes.com on this topic: nypost.com/2026/02/14/h...
The risks of SARS-CoV-2 and other airborne pathogens can be severe, but the media continues to stigmatize Olympians taking precautions as "worried" and "extreme". We know #LongCOVID can affect anyone, even elite athletes.
In the @thesicktimes.org today 😷🦠
thesicktimes.org/2026/02/10/w...
In-depth article from Cournoyer examining Invisible Illness by Emily Mendenhall.
It's an astute critique that makes clear that whilst the author tried to take a disability justice stance it ultimately failed because it didn't hold to crucial systemic disability justice issues like masking 👇
The thing is it would probably be a lot safer to snort coke off a toilet seat a few times than unfiltered air in a classroom everyday, but we’re not ready for that conversation
“DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
Really inspires confidence, doesn’t it?
Also, this is a tragedy that will harm millions of people.
I'd like all news articles about measles to stop saying "measles causes a rash" like that's the problem and start saying "measles causes immune system amnesia and if you survive you will be susceptible to every illness you ever had again"
Four years in for me, and this both breaks my heart and makes me LIVID.
This may become a defining photo of our time.
Ten countries have opened new Epstein investigations.
France
Turkey
United Kingdom
Poland
Lithuania
Norway
Latvia
Australia
North Macedonia
Sweden
Only Donald Trump wants the country move on from the Epstein Files.
House Republicans should bring in the person who is named the most in the Epstein Files, Donald Trump.
I particularly enjoyed the Target posters (below), but everything here is great. racketmn.com/the-art-of-t...
Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota.
This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup.
Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
Native women have the highest rates of violence based deaths and sexual violence despite only making up 3-5% of the country's population.
it's a silenced endemic that claims our lives daily.
Uuugggghhhhhh
Turns out that not only was Carlin’s “there’s a big old club and you ain’t in it” correct but also it’s a child rape club.
Then they came for the reporters....
Same!! I have had a headache for 4 years, since contracting COVID. It's agony.
Don’t ever let people forget this.
