diana forsthoffer
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Masking makes sense. SARS-CoV-2 can persist, and new evidence from France shows infected megakaryocytes + platelets — meaning real blood involvement. This virus isn’t just respiratory, and protecting your air protects your blood.
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
"No man is an island, entire of itself."
John Donne
For me, choosing to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces signifies an awareness of my connection to the human community, whose collective well-being is grievously threatened by the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
John Donne
For me, choosing to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces signifies an awareness of my connection to the human community, whose collective well-being is grievously threatened by the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Masking makes sense. SARS-CoV-2 can persist, and new evidence from France shows infected megakaryocytes + platelets — meaning real blood involvement. This virus isn’t just respiratory, and protecting your air protects your blood.
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
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Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thought experiment: what do you think would happen if your local police chief announced that henceforth, they would be shifting the majority of their resources to crack down on underage drinking. Three things would logically follow:
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In old European folklore, houseleeks (Sempervivum tectorum) were grown on cottage roofs to guard against lightning and fire. Its little starry blooms and tight rosettes were thought to draw danger away from the hearth, keeping the household safe and sound. #FolkloreSunday
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In old European folklore, houseleeks (Sempervivum tectorum) were grown on cottage roofs to guard against lightning and fire. Its little starry blooms and tight rosettes were thought to draw danger away from the hearth, keeping the household safe and sound. #FolkloreSunday
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But I might need it one day.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
But I might need it one day.
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🧵 Let’s stick to facts:
COVID still kills.
The pandemic still exists.
People stopped testing — the virus didn’t.
COVID still kills.
The pandemic still exists.
People stopped testing — the virus didn’t.
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧵 Let’s stick to facts:
COVID still kills.
The pandemic still exists.
People stopped testing — the virus didn’t.
COVID still kills.
The pandemic still exists.
People stopped testing — the virus didn’t.
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The problem of sexual assault goes well beyond the perpetrators. It wouldn't happen without the enablers. Such as Republican politicians who go to church on Sunday and then spend their workdays trying to cover up the president's involvement with a child sex trafficking operation.
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The problem of sexual assault goes well beyond the perpetrators. It wouldn't happen without the enablers. Such as Republican politicians who go to church on Sunday and then spend their workdays trying to cover up the president's involvement with a child sex trafficking operation.
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A new Italian market — Garbarino Bros. Market — is serving up a taste of Italy in Verona. Co-owner and chef Andrew Garbarino is continuing the Italian legacy begun by three generations of Garbarinos of New York.
Garbarino Bros. Italian market opens in Verona
A new Italian market is serving up a taste of Italy in Verona. Garbarino Bros. Market opened Tuesday at 737 Allegheny River Blvd. Co-owner and chef Andrew Garbarino of Verona is continuing the Italian...
triblive.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A new Italian market — Garbarino Bros. Market — is serving up a taste of Italy in Verona. Co-owner and chef Andrew Garbarino is continuing the Italian legacy begun by three generations of Garbarinos of New York.
we well know that prices will not come down to pre-tariff costs. it's a win-win situation with trump's game. when are you democrats going to see/acknowledge that!? over and over again, you claim hollow victory, but we are still paying more for less.
Step 1: Implement tariffs (aka taxes)
Step 2: Realize this raised the cost of living and is the opposite of what you promised and they (among many, many other things) have made you unpopular
Step 3 (we are here): Begin reversing tariffs
Step 4: cross fingers prices come down and take credit
Step 2: Realize this raised the cost of living and is the opposite of what you promised and they (among many, many other things) have made you unpopular
Step 3 (we are here): Begin reversing tariffs
Step 4: cross fingers prices come down and take credit
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
we well know that prices will not come down to pre-tariff costs. it's a win-win situation with trump's game. when are you democrats going to see/acknowledge that!? over and over again, you claim hollow victory, but we are still paying more for less.
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Journalist Julie Brown, an expert on the Epstein scandal, answers a question you may have about why Biden didn't release the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Journalist Julie Brown, an expert on the Epstein scandal, answers a question you may have about why Biden didn't release the Epstein files.
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📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
📍Senator Fetterman had a VFIB—the leading cause of cardiac arrest—he almost died if not for his implanted defibrillator, which can cost $34,000 to over $51,000. Days ago, he also just voted with GOP to gut health insurance tax credits for millions. Hope he has a change of heart.
one in every town, please
There's a roundabout in Cork where even during the worst traffic, drivers unfailingly allow others to merge in a "zip" by local custom. Driving through it restores my faith in society, every time.
I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.
I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
one in every town, please
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November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
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#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
✨Please share! My newsletter is out.
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
❤️COVID infection is more dangerous than vax to teen's hearts
🧐Long COVID immune & hormonal differences in Women vs. Men
🧯GLP-1 RA meds reduce inflammation in many organs
🧠Sleep apnea and brain microbleeds
& much more! buff.ly/Rz1RYUA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
guess the administration can spin it as part of MAHA.
Donald Trump’s economy. Where McDonalds is too expensive for 30-year-olds. The Golden Age.
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
guess the administration can spin it as part of MAHA.
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Beautiful fall days in the NW always remind me of Epstein Files unreleased.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Beautiful fall days in the NW always remind me of Epstein Files unreleased.
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Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
paydayreport.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
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1. Rather than, 'Two of the worst winter flu seasons of the past decade have been seen in the last three years, something partly attributed to the *bounce-back of the virus after Covid restrictions were lifted combined with immunity being low*'...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK facing long, tough flu season, NHS chiefs warn
Vulnerable urged to come forward for flu jab quickly as virus has come early this year.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
1. Rather than, 'Two of the worst winter flu seasons of the past decade have been seen in the last three years, something partly attributed to the *bounce-back of the virus after Covid restrictions were lifted combined with immunity being low*'...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.
We have reached a verdict: Not guilty.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🤗🤣
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
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If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If the sub didn’t split, you must acquit!
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