Britta Shoot
@brittashoot.com
san francisco writer, reader, birder, beachcomber
here to meet FT-reading marxists & powecomrades (folks who care about clean air & masks) 😷
writing a book about pandemic & protest
http://brittashoot.com
here to meet FT-reading marxists & powecomrades (folks who care about clean air & masks) 😷
writing a book about pandemic & protest
http://brittashoot.com
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Britta Shoot
@brittashoot.com
· Mar 5
Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area | KQED
COVID-conscious musicians and fans have created a tight-knit, DIY scene that’s all about accessibility.
www.kqed.org
My latest @kqedarts.bsky.social story about sold-out masks-required shows sums up many of my thoughts on the ongoing pandemic's fifth anniversary. Many of us are living in the actual new normal. It's never too late to start protecting your loved ones & self again! www.kqed.org/arts/1397262...
Reposted by Britta Shoot
Reposted by Britta Shoot
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
Every year is a big year! And we’ve entered a dedicated, deeply satisfying era of birding. Personally observed over 220 species in California in 2025 & spotted many rarities even as relative novices. Fortunate to spend much of my life outdoors with my photog sweetie, observing our surroundings. 🦉🧵
A couple of lifers to round out 2025! Both vagrants in the SF Bay Area and both spotted by @brittashoot.com so I could take photos. A yellow-crowned night heron in Sausalito last week and a long-tailed duck (without the long tail) in Alameda yesterday 🪶
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Every year is a big year! And we’ve entered a dedicated, deeply satisfying era of birding. Personally observed over 220 species in California in 2025 & spotted many rarities even as relative novices. Fortunate to spend much of my life outdoors with my photog sweetie, observing our surroundings. 🦉🧵
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Heard NPR’s correspondent, who is not in Venezuela, explain that people in Venezuela woke up to this news. Yet everyone I’ve heard from was up all night.
Intense observation on what the U.S. state is and isn’t doing requires critical attention to what the U.S. press is and isn’t doing, too.
Intense observation on what the U.S. state is and isn’t doing requires critical attention to what the U.S. press is and isn’t doing, too.
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Heard NPR’s correspondent, who is not in Venezuela, explain that people in Venezuela woke up to this news. Yet everyone I’ve heard from was up all night.
Intense observation on what the U.S. state is and isn’t doing requires critical attention to what the U.S. press is and isn’t doing, too.
Intense observation on what the U.S. state is and isn’t doing requires critical attention to what the U.S. press is and isn’t doing, too.
a very happy belated newt year to all
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
a very happy belated newt year to all
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
Reposted by Britta Shoot
Happy New Year! May 2026 bring us advancements in treatments, support, and more awareness for Long COVID, ME, and related diseases.
We’ve been lucky to welcome 2026 with a massive wildflower bloom in the desert 🎆🌼
We’ve been lucky to welcome 2026 with a massive wildflower bloom in the desert 🎆🌼
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Happy New Year! May 2026 bring us advancements in treatments, support, and more awareness for Long COVID, ME, and related diseases.
We’ve been lucky to welcome 2026 with a massive wildflower bloom in the desert 🎆🌼
We’ve been lucky to welcome 2026 with a massive wildflower bloom in the desert 🎆🌼
don’t let the new year sneak up on you!
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
don’t let the new year sneak up on you!
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It's the last day of our fundraiser!! Please consider chipping in or sharing this info to help us continue our independent coverage of the Long COVID crisis into 2026 and beyond.
We need your help 🚨
Today is the last day to contribute to our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re $16,000 short of our goal. No donation is too small. Can you help us continue to report on the Long COVID crisis?
Donate here: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Today is the last day to contribute to our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re $16,000 short of our goal. No donation is too small. Can you help us continue to report on the Long COVID crisis?
Donate here: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Join | The Sick Times
The Sick Times is supported by people like you. Support The Sick Times today.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It's the last day of our fundraiser!! Please consider chipping in or sharing this info to help us continue our independent coverage of the Long COVID crisis into 2026 and beyond.
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Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.
December 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Yearly reminder that you CAN just become a different person, you're not as imprisoned in your life as you think. You can just be the one who dresses nice or exercises or reads a lot, or whatever. You can just start doing it, some people might make fun of you but they don't really care.
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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Since I dumped some really bad news on y'all I wanna tell you about the other side of social media.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Since I dumped some really bad news on y'all I wanna tell you about the other side of social media.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
It's children of anti-vaxxers turning 18 and filming themselves getting vaxxed.
Wrote a few personally meaningful pieces in 2025, including this @kqedarts.bsky.social report on Bay Area masks-required concerts, which went a bit viral. These are some of the most special rooms I’m privileged to occupy 😷❤️
My latest @kqedarts.bsky.social story about sold-out masks-required shows sums up many of my thoughts on the ongoing pandemic's fifth anniversary. Many of us are living in the actual new normal. It's never too late to start protecting your loved ones & self again! www.kqed.org/arts/1397262...
Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area | KQED
COVID-conscious musicians and fans have created a tight-knit, DIY scene that’s all about accessibility.
www.kqed.org
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Wrote a few personally meaningful pieces in 2025, including this @kqedarts.bsky.social report on Bay Area masks-required concerts, which went a bit viral. These are some of the most special rooms I’m privileged to occupy 😷❤️
Reposted by Britta Shoot
Urgent last request to help us meet our fundraising goal at @thesicktimes.org! Help be a part of independent journalism on Long COVID.
All donations and shares are greatly appreciated 🙏🏼😷
All donations and shares are greatly appreciated 🙏🏼😷
We need your help 🚨
Today is the last day to contribute to our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re $16,000 short of our goal. No donation is too small. Can you help us continue to report on the Long COVID crisis?
Donate here: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Today is the last day to contribute to our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re $16,000 short of our goal. No donation is too small. Can you help us continue to report on the Long COVID crisis?
Donate here: the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
Join | The Sick Times
The Sick Times is supported by people like you. Support The Sick Times today.
the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org
December 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Urgent last request to help us meet our fundraising goal at @thesicktimes.org! Help be a part of independent journalism on Long COVID.
All donations and shares are greatly appreciated 🙏🏼😷
All donations and shares are greatly appreciated 🙏🏼😷
This week, so-called progressive media dudes used their huge platforms to mock people who mask.
You know what's actually progressive? Documenting the Long COVID crisis without minimizing or gaslighting. Support the serious independent media we all deserve! Help fund @thesicktimes.org into 2026 😷💸⬇️
You know what's actually progressive? Documenting the Long COVID crisis without minimizing or gaslighting. Support the serious independent media we all deserve! Help fund @thesicktimes.org into 2026 😷💸⬇️
Join | The Sick Times
The Sick Times is supported by people like you. Support The Sick Times today.
the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This week, so-called progressive media dudes used their huge platforms to mock people who mask.
You know what's actually progressive? Documenting the Long COVID crisis without minimizing or gaslighting. Support the serious independent media we all deserve! Help fund @thesicktimes.org into 2026 😷💸⬇️
You know what's actually progressive? Documenting the Long COVID crisis without minimizing or gaslighting. Support the serious independent media we all deserve! Help fund @thesicktimes.org into 2026 😷💸⬇️
Reposted by Britta Shoot
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It’s wild we’re still talking about masks. I still mask up in grocery stores, elevators, public bathrooms, and public transit cuz I don’t like being sick and I don’t want to get my kid sick and it doesn’t have to be more complicated than not liking being sick. It’s weird anyone would question that.
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one thing that sunk only more fully in, being sick with covid again, is how people position those of us who never stopped masking as having some weird individual vibes-based fear, when the reality is the end of what *community-level* covid prevention
and care infrastructure there was is why we mask
and care infrastructure there was is why we mask
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
one thing that sunk only more fully in, being sick with covid again, is how people position those of us who never stopped masking as having some weird individual vibes-based fear, when the reality is the end of what *community-level* covid prevention
and care infrastructure there was is why we mask
and care infrastructure there was is why we mask
losers mocking folks forced to DIY public health can't fathom the endurance required to wear an N95 in public spaces
they'd never abide the physical discomfort + outright malice from strangers, colleagues & loved ones
but those with integrity see fellow maskers & see tireless fking accomplices 😷🫡
they'd never abide the physical discomfort + outright malice from strangers, colleagues & loved ones
but those with integrity see fellow maskers & see tireless fking accomplices 😷🫡
Dear Jon Stewart c/o @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
December 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
losers mocking folks forced to DIY public health can't fathom the endurance required to wear an N95 in public spaces
they'd never abide the physical discomfort + outright malice from strangers, colleagues & loved ones
but those with integrity see fellow maskers & see tireless fking accomplices 😷🫡
they'd never abide the physical discomfort + outright malice from strangers, colleagues & loved ones
but those with integrity see fellow maskers & see tireless fking accomplices 😷🫡
Reposted by Britta Shoot
a pathetic show from a man who won many hearts defending 9/11 responders, many of whom were harmed by inadequate respiratory protection; such a shame that not only did stewart fail to internalize the grim reality that gvmts shirk responsibility, abandon victims, but that he’s joined in the derision.
Dear Jon Stewart c/o @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
December 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
a pathetic show from a man who won many hearts defending 9/11 responders, many of whom were harmed by inadequate respiratory protection; such a shame that not only did stewart fail to internalize the grim reality that gvmts shirk responsibility, abandon victims, but that he’s joined in the derision.
“a non-target bear”
i went to go see what the latest is with the bear living in the crawlspace and! it's still there. they tried to trap it but got the wrong animal
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...
Trap intended for bear living under Altadena home catches another bear
A large metal cage bear trap, placed by CDFW biologists on Johnson's property, was sprayed with cherry and caramel-scented spray, and on Dec. 16, a bear was inside it. Officials with CDFW said, unfort...
www.cbsnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“a non-target bear”
mary xmas to all who celebrate
December 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
mary xmas to all who celebrate
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One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
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Longest night of the year, new moon, earthquake storm, nearly half of sf is without electricity. It’s a night of great power
December 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Longest night of the year, new moon, earthquake storm, nearly half of sf is without electricity. It’s a night of great power
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—I am so, so, so enraged right now, at all the ways my life has been put on hold, not by the pandemic, but by nearly complete abandonment *to* the pandemic on the part of the govt, public health systems, and most regular people.
December 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
—I am so, so, so enraged right now, at all the ways my life has been put on hold, not by the pandemic, but by nearly complete abandonment *to* the pandemic on the part of the govt, public health systems, and most regular people.