meg
@kumquatpiggie.bsky.social
Former historian, sometime software engineer, follower of science, covid-informed community organizer - totally outraged. #StopMaskBans
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
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The reason for this is multi-factorial, but the fact that Long Covid is not mentioned once is extremely telling. Especially since the article makes an explicit comparison with 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The reason for this is multi-factorial, but the fact that Long Covid is not mentioned once is extremely telling. Especially since the article makes an explicit comparison with 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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September 1990 - despite almost a decade of AIDS activism and tens of thousands of deaths, citizen activists are still accused of 'social hysteria'
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
September 1990 - despite almost a decade of AIDS activism and tens of thousands of deaths, citizen activists are still accused of 'social hysteria'
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I believe that the state and media backed changing of the meaning of the word, 'Covid' to 'the period of time when non-pharmaceutical interventions were in place' rather than the disease itself will, in the future, be seen as the most damaging linguistic trick in history.
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I believe that the state and media backed changing of the meaning of the word, 'Covid' to 'the period of time when non-pharmaceutical interventions were in place' rather than the disease itself will, in the future, be seen as the most damaging linguistic trick in history.
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No.
Our mask requirement is not "virtue signalling".
It's protecting a) the cancer patient and b) the child who is still too small to wear a mask.
And also--and I can't emphasize this strongly enough--you.
Our mask requirement is not "virtue signalling".
It's protecting a) the cancer patient and b) the child who is still too small to wear a mask.
And also--and I can't emphasize this strongly enough--you.
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
No.
Our mask requirement is not "virtue signalling".
It's protecting a) the cancer patient and b) the child who is still too small to wear a mask.
And also--and I can't emphasize this strongly enough--you.
Our mask requirement is not "virtue signalling".
It's protecting a) the cancer patient and b) the child who is still too small to wear a mask.
And also--and I can't emphasize this strongly enough--you.
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Why has an intelligent and articulate woman wearing a mask and speaking at the UN provoked an aggressive response from some media outlets?
Because her mask and her words have profoundly perturbed people at a deeply subconscious level. The nature of that perturbation is fear.
Because her mask and her words have profoundly perturbed people at a deeply subconscious level. The nature of that perturbation is fear.
3. As such, fulfilling this need requires a shared societal agreement to embrace vast cognitive dissonance. Those who choose not to be part of this agreement will, inevitably, be deemed as having a mental health condition (Foucault understood this phenomena very well indeed).
September 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Why has an intelligent and articulate woman wearing a mask and speaking at the UN provoked an aggressive response from some media outlets?
Because her mask and her words have profoundly perturbed people at a deeply subconscious level. The nature of that perturbation is fear.
Because her mask and her words have profoundly perturbed people at a deeply subconscious level. The nature of that perturbation is fear.
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This is not the win we want!
Instead, give federal agents a choice to cover their faces with proper PPE, while being required to display their names and badges when conducting uniformed operations (not when doing UC work obviously).
Instead, give federal agents a choice to cover their faces with proper PPE, while being required to display their names and badges when conducting uniformed operations (not when doing UC work obviously).
BREAKING: Gavin Newsom signs legislation to ban face coverings for federal agents.
September 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is not the win we want!
Instead, give federal agents a choice to cover their faces with proper PPE, while being required to display their names and badges when conducting uniformed operations (not when doing UC work obviously).
Instead, give federal agents a choice to cover their faces with proper PPE, while being required to display their names and badges when conducting uniformed operations (not when doing UC work obviously).
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Great news 🎉, David has now posted this 🎯 blog article on his website too:
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again (Sept 7, 2025)
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again (Sept 7, 2025)
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again
The Damage Is Everywhere – That Is the Definition of Long COVID
www.notesforfriends.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Great news 🎉, David has now posted this 🎯 blog article on his website too:
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again (Sept 7, 2025)
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...
COVID Isn’t a Cold. It’s Cigarettes All Over Again (Sept 7, 2025)
www.notesforfriends.com/p/covid-isnt...
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Yes of course there is a #WarOnScience, and quite frankly if you think we don't need to do anything to stop the spread of #SarsCoV2, then you're part of it, no matter how clued up you are about the #climatecrisis. Those bringing you 'climate scepticism' are the same people behind 'back to normal'.
August 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Yes of course there is a #WarOnScience, and quite frankly if you think we don't need to do anything to stop the spread of #SarsCoV2, then you're part of it, no matter how clued up you are about the #climatecrisis. Those bringing you 'climate scepticism' are the same people behind 'back to normal'.
This point by point dismantling of the misinformation 3 administrations have fed us articulates more clearly my disgust with proponents of 'the science' who fail every day to push for a better world.
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Just because you have a PhD in health or science doesn’t mean you know shit about health or science. 🧵
Just because you have a PhD in health or science doesn’t mean you know shit about health or science. 🧵
August 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This point by point dismantling of the misinformation 3 administrations have fed us articulates more clearly my disgust with proponents of 'the science' who fail every day to push for a better world.
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"It’s an extinction-level event for American science, one that will surely destroy arguably the greatest organization symbolizing science and progress in all of history."
NASA chief to defy agency's charter, terminating science bigthink.com/starts-with-...
NASA chief to defy agency's charter, terminating science bigthink.com/starts-with-...
NASA chief to defy agency's charter, terminating science
NASA's 1958 charter's top priority was, "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." Is this how it ends?
bigthink.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Outstanding article on covid’s impact on our immunity. We need to confront this emerging truth and stop this harm to all humanity.
@nicktsergas.ca
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
@senpatrickbrazeau.bsky.social
@jmeddings.bsky.social
@snyderinstitute.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@nicktsergas.ca
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
@senpatrickbrazeau.bsky.social
@jmeddings.bsky.social
@snyderinstitute.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Outstanding article on covid’s impact on our immunity. We need to confront this emerging truth and stop this harm to all humanity.
@nicktsergas.ca
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
@senpatrickbrazeau.bsky.social
@jmeddings.bsky.social
@snyderinstitute.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@nicktsergas.ca
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
@senpatrickbrazeau.bsky.social
@jmeddings.bsky.social
@snyderinstitute.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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You might be asking, isn't this DOGE thing over? Didn't Musk leave?
No. Musk's guys are still running the GSA. Sam Altman also appears to hold a lot of sway at GSA and with the Trump administration. "Big Balls" et al met up with OpenAI execs at a private afterparty not long ago:
No. Musk's guys are still running the GSA. Sam Altman also appears to hold a lot of sway at GSA and with the Trump administration. "Big Balls" et al met up with OpenAI execs at a private afterparty not long ago:
OpenAI Announces Massive US Government Partnership
The ChatGPT maker is providing its frontier AI models to federal agencies for $1 for the next year.
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
You might be asking, isn't this DOGE thing over? Didn't Musk leave?
No. Musk's guys are still running the GSA. Sam Altman also appears to hold a lot of sway at GSA and with the Trump administration. "Big Balls" et al met up with OpenAI execs at a private afterparty not long ago:
No. Musk's guys are still running the GSA. Sam Altman also appears to hold a lot of sway at GSA and with the Trump administration. "Big Balls" et al met up with OpenAI execs at a private afterparty not long ago:
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“Nobody wants to be the one that says, ‘Yes, covid-19 causes disability’ [beyond long covid].”…”the burden of proof has flipped: instead of showing that something is safe, we’re asked to prove harm” bc of the economic implications
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Nobody wants to be the one that says, ‘Yes, covid-19 causes disability’ [beyond long covid].”…”the burden of proof has flipped: instead of showing that something is safe, we’re asked to prove harm” bc of the economic implications
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Covid accelerates vascular aging
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
August 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Covid accelerates vascular aging
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
An 18-country, 38-center study of ~2,000 participants
—Effect predominantly in women, adding 5 years of aging
—Seen with non-hospitalized and mild-moderate Covid
—Reversible in some at 1-year; vaccination link to protection
apps.crossref.org/pendingpub/p...
Listen, I'm not happy about the defunding of @npr.org and @pbs.org, but I'm loving the hard-hitting reporting that seems to have followed. Wish they would stand in such uncompromising integrity with 'the science' rather than minimizing policy-makers re COVID. #covidisntover
August 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Listen, I'm not happy about the defunding of @npr.org and @pbs.org, but I'm loving the hard-hitting reporting that seems to have followed. Wish they would stand in such uncompromising integrity with 'the science' rather than minimizing policy-makers re COVID. #covidisntover
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Looking at the impact of maternal COVID infection on neurodevelopment, the authors found: at 6 months, 33.3% of infants exhibited cognitive delays, 20% communication delays, and 40% motor delays, increasing to 35.71%, 64.29%, and 57.14% at 24 months, respectively.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cord blood cytokines/chemokines linked to delays in toddlers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 prenatally - Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research - Cord blood cytokines/chemokines linked to delays in toddlers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 prenatally
www.nature.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Looking at the impact of maternal COVID infection on neurodevelopment, the authors found: at 6 months, 33.3% of infants exhibited cognitive delays, 20% communication delays, and 40% motor delays, increasing to 35.71%, 64.29%, and 57.14% at 24 months, respectively.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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44, heart condition
Every #covidisnotover infection causes systemic harms increasing risk of cardiac arrest, stroke and cancers
#weararespirator
www.straitstimes.com/life/enterta...
Every #covidisnotover infection causes systemic harms increasing risk of cardiac arrest, stroke and cancers
#weararespirator
www.straitstimes.com/life/enterta...
‘The news really shocked me’: Singer JJ Lin on being diagnosed with a heart condition in 2024
The 44-year-old Singaporean star dropped the bombshell at his final concert in Beijing’s National Stadium. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
44, heart condition
Every #covidisnotover infection causes systemic harms increasing risk of cardiac arrest, stroke and cancers
#weararespirator
www.straitstimes.com/life/enterta...
Every #covidisnotover infection causes systemic harms increasing risk of cardiac arrest, stroke and cancers
#weararespirator
www.straitstimes.com/life/enterta...
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We’ve forgotten the basics. “Avoid it like plague.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
July 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We’ve forgotten the basics. “Avoid it like plague.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
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"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
When Moderation Becomes Appeasement
If your chief goal is to find a middle ground with the far right on social issues, you’ll end up condoning its values—just ask Keir Starmer.
www.thebulwark.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Because reactionary centrists do not really have values, they struggle to understand the motivations of those who do."
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
www.thebulwark.com/p/when-moder...
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This is not a budget bill, it is a debt and deportation bill—and one built on the fascist foundation laid by the Heritage Foundation’s now-notorious Project 2025. https://trib.al/jw7Y71q
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.
trib.al
June 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is not a budget bill, it is a debt and deportation bill—and one built on the fascist foundation laid by the Heritage Foundation’s now-notorious Project 2025. https://trib.al/jw7Y71q
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Good thing #COVID doesn’t hurt children.
“Researchers are finding new signs of prolonged symptoms… Because [they] often resemble typical developmental milestones or minor childhood illnesses, families &…clinicians may not…connect them to a previous…infection.”
www.vcuhealth.org/news/new-stu...
“Researchers are finding new signs of prolonged symptoms… Because [they] often resemble typical developmental milestones or minor childhood illnesses, families &…clinicians may not…connect them to a previous…infection.”
www.vcuhealth.org/news/new-stu...
New study reveals unique long COVID symptoms for young children – what parents need to know | VCU Health
www.vcuhealth.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good thing #COVID doesn’t hurt children.
“Researchers are finding new signs of prolonged symptoms… Because [they] often resemble typical developmental milestones or minor childhood illnesses, families &…clinicians may not…connect them to a previous…infection.”
www.vcuhealth.org/news/new-stu...
“Researchers are finding new signs of prolonged symptoms… Because [they] often resemble typical developmental milestones or minor childhood illnesses, families &…clinicians may not…connect them to a previous…infection.”
www.vcuhealth.org/news/new-stu...
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If you want to oppose fascism but you stopped wearing an n95 in public, bad news: you’ve been facilitating fascism via ableism, one of its favorite tools.
Good news: you can learn from this error! By resuming masking, you protect marginalized folks & resistance movements.
Give/get mask mutual aid:
Good news: you can learn from this error! By resuming masking, you protect marginalized folks & resistance movements.
Give/get mask mutual aid:
Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc
MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.
maskbloc.org
June 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If you want to oppose fascism but you stopped wearing an n95 in public, bad news: you’ve been facilitating fascism via ableism, one of its favorite tools.
Good news: you can learn from this error! By resuming masking, you protect marginalized folks & resistance movements.
Give/get mask mutual aid:
Good news: you can learn from this error! By resuming masking, you protect marginalized folks & resistance movements.
Give/get mask mutual aid: