K. W. Knight
@kwknight.bsky.social
So Cal, Oregon, New York.
Avi image detail from "Sisters of the Moon Diana" by Leonora Carrington
Avi image detail from "Sisters of the Moon Diana" by Leonora Carrington
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On The Rocks - Bad Romance - 4/23/10
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November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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my favorite national park in the country. beautiful zion in southern utah!
September 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
my favorite national park in the country. beautiful zion in southern utah!
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"Hemp"-derived products that contain only CBD will continue to be legal, and any state that's legalized cannabis will still have legalized (and regulated) cannabis. This is just to close the loophole that resulted in some dangerous products being technically legal.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
"Hemp"-derived products that contain only CBD will continue to be legal, and any state that's legalized cannabis will still have legalized (and regulated) cannabis. This is just to close the loophole that resulted in some dangerous products being technically legal.
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This is the same nonsense the ACA was designed to bury, but of course, it's rising like a zombie from the grave.
The point of LEGISLATING ACA plan coverage is that it takes that kind of strongarm tactic to get even the minimal protections we have now.
The point of LEGISLATING ACA plan coverage is that it takes that kind of strongarm tactic to get even the minimal protections we have now.
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This is the same nonsense the ACA was designed to bury, but of course, it's rising like a zombie from the grave.
The point of LEGISLATING ACA plan coverage is that it takes that kind of strongarm tactic to get even the minimal protections we have now.
The point of LEGISLATING ACA plan coverage is that it takes that kind of strongarm tactic to get even the minimal protections we have now.
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If you live in seattle you NEED to do this.
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
If you live in seattle you NEED to do this.
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All old bookshops should wander, appearing intermittently by surprise in unexpected alleyways
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
All old bookshops should wander, appearing intermittently by surprise in unexpected alleyways
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This means Rick Scott does not believe there should be any of what the ACA calls "essential health benefits" — things an insurance company *has* to cover
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Says all plans would have to cover pre-existing conditions. But if states set the rules, some might choose not to require coverage for thinks like pregnancy, or prescription drugs some people need to survive, and so on…(as it was pre-ACA)
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This means Rick Scott does not believe there should be any of what the ACA calls "essential health benefits" — things an insurance company *has* to cover
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I’ve moved on from influencer to thought leader. Thought COOKIE leader
It is getting into Serious Cookie Season *and* I’m participating in a cookie exchange later this month. Today’s project is candying orange peel for this shortbread cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1023...
Orange, Pistachio and Chocolate Shortbread (Published 2022)
cooking.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’ve moved on from influencer to thought leader. Thought COOKIE leader
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Specifically, it was the National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring, begun in the 70s, which completely overhauled how we predict and respond to rapid weather events.
vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heri...
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The NWS Modernization and Associated Restructuring - A Retrospective (Part 1) - National Weather Service Heritage - Virtual Lab
Planned in the 1980s and implemented in the 1990s, the NWS Modernization and Associated Restructuring modernized the agency’s organization and technology to ensure more rapid detection of storms and d...
vlab.noaa.gov
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Specifically, it was the National Weather Service Modernization and Associated Restructuring, begun in the 70s, which completely overhauled how we predict and respond to rapid weather events.
vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heri...
vlab.noaa.gov/web/nws-heri...
I didn't know this.
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I didn't know this.
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sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
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Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Would it be helpful if we did a talk on what an insurance death spiral is? And why ACA premiums entering a death spiral will mean that people who rely on employer-sponsored insurance will also be fucked?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
Or do folks already have a good grasp on that?
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ERISA won't save you. The ACA market entering a death spiral will cause massive failures in the health care delivery system. Even more hospitals will close. Rural clinics will go under. Entire practices will be sold to venture capital.
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Merciful Cthulhu.
Handwashing. In 2025.
Allow me to big up Ignaz Semmelweis.
Managed to reduce maternal mortality from 18.27% to 1.27% by making obstetric workers WASH THEIR HANDS. In one hospital, it was 0.85%. In 6 months of 1848 no woman died under his care.
It didn't end well for Ignaz.
Handwashing. In 2025.
Allow me to big up Ignaz Semmelweis.
Managed to reduce maternal mortality from 18.27% to 1.27% by making obstetric workers WASH THEIR HANDS. In one hospital, it was 0.85%. In 6 months of 1848 no woman died under his care.
It didn't end well for Ignaz.
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Merciful Cthulhu.
Handwashing. In 2025.
Allow me to big up Ignaz Semmelweis.
Managed to reduce maternal mortality from 18.27% to 1.27% by making obstetric workers WASH THEIR HANDS. In one hospital, it was 0.85%. In 6 months of 1848 no woman died under his care.
It didn't end well for Ignaz.
Handwashing. In 2025.
Allow me to big up Ignaz Semmelweis.
Managed to reduce maternal mortality from 18.27% to 1.27% by making obstetric workers WASH THEIR HANDS. In one hospital, it was 0.85%. In 6 months of 1848 no woman died under his care.
It didn't end well for Ignaz.
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This explains a few things now excuse me while I go eat some lentils about it.
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This explains a few things now excuse me while I go eat some lentils about it.
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I think its purgative and good to make contact with.
We need to grieve and be furious.
But I definitely had INTENSE dreams of contagion and unfolding loss -
I’m good with it but others may want to breathe and set the stage for an interesting pathway to grief -
Which I’ll do from here on-
We need to grieve and be furious.
But I definitely had INTENSE dreams of contagion and unfolding loss -
I’m good with it but others may want to breathe and set the stage for an interesting pathway to grief -
Which I’ll do from here on-
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I think its purgative and good to make contact with.
We need to grieve and be furious.
But I definitely had INTENSE dreams of contagion and unfolding loss -
I’m good with it but others may want to breathe and set the stage for an interesting pathway to grief -
Which I’ll do from here on-
We need to grieve and be furious.
But I definitely had INTENSE dreams of contagion and unfolding loss -
I’m good with it but others may want to breathe and set the stage for an interesting pathway to grief -
Which I’ll do from here on-
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Be aware -
I watched it and enjoyed it and didn’t realize how the collective moral injury - that I’ve negotiated my way through and survived so far - of being extra vulnerable to compound viral injuries
Would leave me with painful scary mourning nightmares all night after.
Which can be good
I watched it and enjoyed it and didn’t realize how the collective moral injury - that I’ve negotiated my way through and survived so far - of being extra vulnerable to compound viral injuries
Would leave me with painful scary mourning nightmares all night after.
Which can be good
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Be aware -
I watched it and enjoyed it and didn’t realize how the collective moral injury - that I’ve negotiated my way through and survived so far - of being extra vulnerable to compound viral injuries
Would leave me with painful scary mourning nightmares all night after.
Which can be good
I watched it and enjoyed it and didn’t realize how the collective moral injury - that I’ve negotiated my way through and survived so far - of being extra vulnerable to compound viral injuries
Would leave me with painful scary mourning nightmares all night after.
Which can be good
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You want to quote Sorkin today? Fine
"People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference."
"People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference."
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
You want to quote Sorkin today? Fine
"People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference."
"People don't drink the sand because they're thirsty. They drink the sand because they don't know the difference."
I need to live above a grocery store.
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I need to live above a grocery store.
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please help us get out of here. they are intentionally making my dog sick and threatening me (body, yelling, blocking me, bullying me) when i try to keep my dog safe. please help me.
it’s hard enough to be homeless. cruel abuse is a choice people make.
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it’s hard enough to be homeless. cruel abuse is a choice people make.
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If every one of my 3000+ followers could give Désirée $2, she'd exceed her goal for getting safe housing. I know that everyone won't see this, but if you do see it and have $5 or a bit more to spare, please consider it.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
please help us get out of here. they are intentionally making my dog sick and threatening me (body, yelling, blocking me, bullying me) when i try to keep my dog safe. please help me.
it’s hard enough to be homeless. cruel abuse is a choice people make.
V SNDesiree
C $SNDesiree
it’s hard enough to be homeless. cruel abuse is a choice people make.
V SNDesiree
C $SNDesiree
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Every six months or so I have to explain to someone that tuberculosis is still with us. Timer reset to zero today.
Immunocompromised folks (or folks on chemotherapy) have to deal with this reality more.
(And some of the meds for TB can make you psychotic*).
[*so can TB]
Immunocompromised folks (or folks on chemotherapy) have to deal with this reality more.
(And some of the meds for TB can make you psychotic*).
[*so can TB]
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Every six months or so I have to explain to someone that tuberculosis is still with us. Timer reset to zero today.
Immunocompromised folks (or folks on chemotherapy) have to deal with this reality more.
(And some of the meds for TB can make you psychotic*).
[*so can TB]
Immunocompromised folks (or folks on chemotherapy) have to deal with this reality more.
(And some of the meds for TB can make you psychotic*).
[*so can TB]
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The inventive folks at Clean Air Kits use computer fans to keep their air purifiers quiet
They've done all the math about room size for you
And they even have a whole page about using air purifiers in classrooms (including assembling a kit as a STEM activity)
They've done all the math about room size for you
And they even have a whole page about using air purifiers in classrooms (including assembling a kit as a STEM activity)
Schools
Clean Air Kits are super efficient air purifiers built simply from banks of silent PC pressure fans and 3M Filtrete virus+allergen filters. Quiet enough to leave on always, powerful enough to protect ...
www.cleanairkits.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The inventive folks at Clean Air Kits use computer fans to keep their air purifiers quiet
They've done all the math about room size for you
And they even have a whole page about using air purifiers in classrooms (including assembling a kit as a STEM activity)
They've done all the math about room size for you
And they even have a whole page about using air purifiers in classrooms (including assembling a kit as a STEM activity)
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Are you sick (literally) of your family getting every cold and flu and infection ripping through your kid's school?
We have tools for that!
A study looked at air filtration in hospital rooms of people with severe COVID
Air filtration removed almost all traces of the virus from the air
We have tools for that!
A study looked at air filtration in hospital rooms of people with severe COVID
Air filtration removed almost all traces of the virus from the air
Portable Air Filters In Hospital Wards Remove Airborne Covid-19 Virus
A portable air filtration machine placed on a Covid-19 hospital ward removed almost all traces of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus and other pathogens, according to a new study.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Are you sick (literally) of your family getting every cold and flu and infection ripping through your kid's school?
We have tools for that!
A study looked at air filtration in hospital rooms of people with severe COVID
Air filtration removed almost all traces of the virus from the air
We have tools for that!
A study looked at air filtration in hospital rooms of people with severe COVID
Air filtration removed almost all traces of the virus from the air
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I have been in the ER full of sick people for hours with my N95, and not caught anything.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
Masking works. My respirator has kept me free from Covid and flu for six years. 😷
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Vaccines are great, but not inhaling viruses into your body is super cool when vaccines do not provide 100% protection. Vaccines & masking in combination FTW.
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I have been in the ER full of sick people for hours with my N95, and not caught anything.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
My family member with shit lungs on two immunosuppressants? Has been in an airport, an ER, a house with someone with an active COVID infection.
And not caught those infections due to their N95.
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On November 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. Before the end of the year, Gordon Lightfoot had recorded his song about it. youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
On November 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. Before the end of the year, Gordon Lightfoot had recorded his song about it. youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI?...