Baby Ruthless
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Friendly neighborhood plague victim. #LongCovid 1st wave.
"Everybody I like is either dead or not feeling very well." -Tom Waits
"Everybody I like is either dead or not feeling very well." -Tom Waits
Recently came across this portrait of Jane Morris by Rossetti. She was chronically ill for much of her adult life.
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Recently came across this portrait of Jane Morris by Rossetti. She was chronically ill for much of her adult life.
why bother with science and learning when you can have ~*vibes*~
August 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
why bother with science and learning when you can have ~*vibes*~
i think we should treat him with all the care and dignity that he gives to long covid patients, which is none. Even though he has identical symptoms. we all must believe he has this rare disease when *his* health falters, but it's okay for him to call the millions of people with long covid liars.
August 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i think we should treat him with all the care and dignity that he gives to long covid patients, which is none. Even though he has identical symptoms. we all must believe he has this rare disease when *his* health falters, but it's okay for him to call the millions of people with long covid liars.
these takes are so patronizing. AI companies are stealing the work of disabled artists and writers and claiming it's for our own good. the next time someone says "we need AI for the disabled" i am sending the ghost of Frida Kahlo to kick their ass.
June 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
these takes are so patronizing. AI companies are stealing the work of disabled artists and writers and claiming it's for our own good. the next time someone says "we need AI for the disabled" i am sending the ghost of Frida Kahlo to kick their ass.
i tweeted about this in 2021.
think about how sick you'd have to be to consider treatments from the dark ages. think about how many compounding failures in medicine and public health have to happen for patients to turn to this.
think about how sick you'd have to be to consider treatments from the dark ages. think about how many compounding failures in medicine and public health have to happen for patients to turn to this.
May 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
i tweeted about this in 2021.
think about how sick you'd have to be to consider treatments from the dark ages. think about how many compounding failures in medicine and public health have to happen for patients to turn to this.
think about how sick you'd have to be to consider treatments from the dark ages. think about how many compounding failures in medicine and public health have to happen for patients to turn to this.
This quote from Maria Ressa lives in my head full time
April 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This quote from Maria Ressa lives in my head full time
found on google maps. 😵💫 like being thrust into an alternate reality where nobody died of covid and elvis also never died
March 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
found on google maps. 😵💫 like being thrust into an alternate reality where nobody died of covid and elvis also never died
This is the playbook that Perdue pharma used to explain away opioid deaths.
"To me, that’s like somebody who was shot with a howitzer and a BB gun, and you walk up and say it’s a little hard to tell what killed him. Was it the howitzer that took off half his chest, or was it the BB gun?"
"To me, that’s like somebody who was shot with a howitzer and a BB gun, and you walk up and say it’s a little hard to tell what killed him. Was it the howitzer that took off half his chest, or was it the BB gun?"
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is the playbook that Perdue pharma used to explain away opioid deaths.
"To me, that’s like somebody who was shot with a howitzer and a BB gun, and you walk up and say it’s a little hard to tell what killed him. Was it the howitzer that took off half his chest, or was it the BB gun?"
"To me, that’s like somebody who was shot with a howitzer and a BB gun, and you walk up and say it’s a little hard to tell what killed him. Was it the howitzer that took off half his chest, or was it the BB gun?"
i don't know what kind of Lysenkoist nonsense these people have in store for us but i suspect it will lead to more suffering. He is not working with actual long covid patients and has never given any details about his plan. i feel nothing but dread.
February 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
i don't know what kind of Lysenkoist nonsense these people have in store for us but i suspect it will lead to more suffering. He is not working with actual long covid patients and has never given any details about his plan. i feel nothing but dread.
the "Journal of the Academy of Public Health" has a fancy looking logo despite it being a fraudulent journal invented solely to publish the work of COVID deniers and minimizers. I made them better logo to suit the seriousness of their endeavor.
February 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
the "Journal of the Academy of Public Health" has a fancy looking logo despite it being a fraudulent journal invented solely to publish the work of COVID deniers and minimizers. I made them better logo to suit the seriousness of their endeavor.
i like the feature on google search that lets you play a birdcall when you search a weird bird
January 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
i like the feature on google search that lets you play a birdcall when you search a weird bird
TIL domestication gave dogs dance moves
December 18, 2024 at 1:47 AM
TIL domestication gave dogs dance moves
thinking of Obama's excuse for not pushing for universal health care- laying off too many useless insurance workers is bad for the economy. But actually productive arts/humanities/academia jobs are expendable without much thought. Their AI-induced layoffs do not count as being bad for the economy.
![consider the following quote, from an interview with then US president Barack Obama about some of the reasons why he bucked the preferences of the electorate and insisted on maintaining a private, for-profit health insurance system in America:
“I don’t think in ideological terms. I never have,” Obama said, continuing on the health care theme. “Everybody who supports single-payer health care says, ‘Look at all this money we would be saving from insurance and paperwork.’ That represents one million, two million, three million jobs [filled by] people who are working at Blue Cross Blue Shield or Kaiser or other places. What are we doing with them? Where are we employing them?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:frambgmy5la4bncz7pcnkfer/bafkreiduuplcshzudifav4npawury76ktwsvmb5fsyuujh6vlyr5ucpgtq@jpeg)
December 15, 2024 at 7:13 PM
thinking of Obama's excuse for not pushing for universal health care- laying off too many useless insurance workers is bad for the economy. But actually productive arts/humanities/academia jobs are expendable without much thought. Their AI-induced layoffs do not count as being bad for the economy.
anyway look at this lil dude
November 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
anyway look at this lil dude
me surveying the gummi selection after i have eaten all the good flavors:
November 14, 2024 at 10:03 PM
me surveying the gummi selection after i have eaten all the good flavors:
i'm reading a book about textiles and i had to stop and stare into the distance for a bit when i envisioned a future where i have to plug in my surveillance underwear
October 21, 2024 at 11:11 PM
i'm reading a book about textiles and i had to stop and stare into the distance for a bit when i envisioned a future where i have to plug in my surveillance underwear
we should bring these back
more homes should have a "dimly lit family-run pizza joint where all the menus are greasy" vibe
more homes should have a "dimly lit family-run pizza joint where all the menus are greasy" vibe
March 22, 2024 at 9:37 PM
we should bring these back
more homes should have a "dimly lit family-run pizza joint where all the menus are greasy" vibe
more homes should have a "dimly lit family-run pizza joint where all the menus are greasy" vibe
Four years today with long covid, most of it spent in bed. Millions are sick worldwide. The neglect and ignorance must stop now. We need fast-tracked medical research and treatments! #LongCovidAwarenessDay
March 15, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Four years today with long covid, most of it spent in bed. Millions are sick worldwide. The neglect and ignorance must stop now. We need fast-tracked medical research and treatments! #LongCovidAwarenessDay
