Amylamadingdong 🐈 🪁
@cats-vs-kites.bsky.social
Poet. Upcycled whatnot.
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Hey everyone who needs money, all I can do is repost your requests for help. I pray you receive all the help you need! But it can't come from me right now. 💜
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Really satisfied with how pretty this @flomask.bsky.social decoration turned out
October 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Really satisfied with how pretty this @flomask.bsky.social decoration turned out
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Saw my rheumatologist yesterday, and she said the latest strain of COVID is fucking up people's liver function. People get COVID, a few weeks later, their liver enzymes are elevated. She wants me to tell her if I get COVID so she can order lab work afterward. (Thankfully, I wear FloMask everywhere.)
I teach all of my classes in an N95 because my gift from having COVID (pre-vaccine) is an autoimmune disease that destroys my kidney function. COVID gave me kidney failure, which will require a kidney transplant. What's the #1 cause of death (aside from CKD) in patients waiting for dialysis? COVID.
(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Saw my rheumatologist yesterday, and she said the latest strain of COVID is fucking up people's liver function. People get COVID, a few weeks later, their liver enzymes are elevated. She wants me to tell her if I get COVID so she can order lab work afterward. (Thankfully, I wear FloMask everywhere.)
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Treat yo self: COVID edition=new respirator.
If you are tired of going through disposables, I cannot recommend Flomask enough. Great fit (with sizing tips), notch for glasses to sit, and no steamed up lens. Profilters are good for 40 hours and FFP2/N95. Now available in Europe!
www.flomask.com
If you are tired of going through disposables, I cannot recommend Flomask enough. Great fit (with sizing tips), notch for glasses to sit, and no steamed up lens. Profilters are good for 40 hours and FFP2/N95. Now available in Europe!
www.flomask.com
Flo Mask
Next level protection for the whole family.
www.flomask.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Treat yo self: COVID edition=new respirator.
If you are tired of going through disposables, I cannot recommend Flomask enough. Great fit (with sizing tips), notch for glasses to sit, and no steamed up lens. Profilters are good for 40 hours and FFP2/N95. Now available in Europe!
www.flomask.com
If you are tired of going through disposables, I cannot recommend Flomask enough. Great fit (with sizing tips), notch for glasses to sit, and no steamed up lens. Profilters are good for 40 hours and FFP2/N95. Now available in Europe!
www.flomask.com
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I already have one debilitating, incurable disease. I don't want another and fuck only knows what the two together would do.
Luckily, I have a FloMask and I never go anywhere without it.
Luckily, I have a FloMask and I never go anywhere without it.
Most people regard wearing a respirator mask in all public spaces during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 as "unreasonable," but I regard wearing a respirator mask as a completely reasonable means of avoiding the irreparable harm that results from every infection of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
#COVID19 #respirator
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I already have one debilitating, incurable disease. I don't want another and fuck only knows what the two together would do.
Luckily, I have a FloMask and I never go anywhere without it.
Luckily, I have a FloMask and I never go anywhere without it.
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Working on the campaign on the flight home, thinking about all the conversations I had with Londoners in this trip. People don’t understand what #LongCovid is - that’s what I learned from meeting people and sharing what I know with them. The root cause of Long Covid is Covid.
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Working on the campaign on the flight home, thinking about all the conversations I had with Londoners in this trip. People don’t understand what #LongCovid is - that’s what I learned from meeting people and sharing what I know with them. The root cause of Long Covid is Covid.
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Not alone masking against COVID and the flu on the MTA bus in NYC. The driver and some passengers are keeping me company. ✌️😷 @nychealthy.bsky.social
@togetherwemask.bsky.social
@mta.info
@togetherwemask.bsky.social
@mta.info
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Not alone masking against COVID and the flu on the MTA bus in NYC. The driver and some passengers are keeping me company. ✌️😷 @nychealthy.bsky.social
@togetherwemask.bsky.social
@mta.info
@togetherwemask.bsky.social
@mta.info
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a woman said to me the other day that she hoped i felt better soon (because of my flomask). very earnest, very sweet.
like... i didn't have the heart to respond, saying it was because i was healthy and wanted to stay healthy. i can't save her from her media environment. i really wish i could.
like... i didn't have the heart to respond, saying it was because i was healthy and wanted to stay healthy. i can't save her from her media environment. i really wish i could.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
a woman said to me the other day that she hoped i felt better soon (because of my flomask). very earnest, very sweet.
like... i didn't have the heart to respond, saying it was because i was healthy and wanted to stay healthy. i can't save her from her media environment. i really wish i could.
like... i didn't have the heart to respond, saying it was because i was healthy and wanted to stay healthy. i can't save her from her media environment. i really wish i could.
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A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
MetLife Owes Disability Pay to Software Engineer With Long Covid
A Google LLC software engineer suffering from long Covid won his lawsuit seeking long-term disability benefits from Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A Google software engineer won his battle against MetLife to receive disability benefits for Long Covid.
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
This is huge
Long Covid has a lot of stigma attached to it and it can be hard to get disability.
You’re told to “try harder”.
It’s “not that bad”.
You can “still work”.
Not everyone can
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This week my niece started talking to me about "male matcha manipulators" and once I understood what she was talking about, I could not stop laughing. Language is alive.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This week my niece started talking to me about "male matcha manipulators" and once I understood what she was talking about, I could not stop laughing. Language is alive.
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Amazon employees in over 30 countries are walking off the job today as part of a global protest called “Make Amazon Pay”.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Amazon employees in over 30 countries are walking off the job today as part of a global protest called “Make Amazon Pay”.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
They’re demanding the company honour workers rights to unionize, improve environmental sustainability and raise wages.
This is the biggest disruption in the company’s history.
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The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Sick Times: 'You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely.'
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
Written by Philip Hoover
'If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.'
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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We need new books and new-book shops. We need to fund the creation of new works that add joy and interest and interpretation to our lives.
But we also need the beautiful, the old, the strange, the different, and the already-loved and affordable.
There's a shop for that 📚❤️
But we also need the beautiful, the old, the strange, the different, and the already-loved and affordable.
There's a shop for that 📚❤️
November 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
We need new books and new-book shops. We need to fund the creation of new works that add joy and interest and interpretation to our lives.
But we also need the beautiful, the old, the strange, the different, and the already-loved and affordable.
There's a shop for that 📚❤️
But we also need the beautiful, the old, the strange, the different, and the already-loved and affordable.
There's a shop for that 📚❤️
Dudes, Covid conscious friends, FloMask is on sale! 25 percent off. If you have been waiting for a sale, it's here. FloMask.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Dudes, Covid conscious friends, FloMask is on sale! 25 percent off. If you have been waiting for a sale, it's here. FloMask.com
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Some important information almost zero people in my tax bracket will understand how to operationalize:
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Some important information almost zero people in my tax bracket will understand how to operationalize:
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
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We’re in a dark moment as a society/planet, but we’re not alone & what we need to survive & transform is already here, mostly underground, in marginalized voices & mutual aid networks & the brilliant adaptiveness & fierce inclusivity of the disabled community at its best—which owes so much to Alice
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
We’re in a dark moment as a society/planet, but we’re not alone & what we need to survive & transform is already here, mostly underground, in marginalized voices & mutual aid networks & the brilliant adaptiveness & fierce inclusivity of the disabled community at its best—which owes so much to Alice
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Recruiting for an important observational clinical study at UCFS, looking to enroll people with #ME/CFS #pwME pre or post COVID-19 and healthy controls. The PI is @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social The study will run from early 2026 to 2030. If interested please contact Name: Beatrice Program Manager
Chronic Infections and Inflammation in #ME/CFS: An Observational Study (CHIIME)
ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT07227441
Sponsor University of California, San Francisco
Information provided by University of California, San Francisco (Responsible Party)
Last Update Posted 2025-11-12
ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT07227441
Sponsor University of California, San Francisco
Information provided by University of California, San Francisco (Responsible Party)
Last Update Posted 2025-11-12
ClinicalTrials.gov
clinicaltrials.gov
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Recruiting for an important observational clinical study at UCFS, looking to enroll people with #ME/CFS #pwME pre or post COVID-19 and healthy controls. The PI is @michaelpelusomd.bsky.social The study will run from early 2026 to 2030. If interested please contact Name: Beatrice Program Manager
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I'm tired of arguing.
Family have the privilege of being able to test for COVID with 99% accuracy, and they argue about why they should do it.
My kids don't believe me when I tell them any COVID infection could become Long COVID and it could ruin their future.
They say I'm just trying to scare them😓
Family have the privilege of being able to test for COVID with 99% accuracy, and they argue about why they should do it.
My kids don't believe me when I tell them any COVID infection could become Long COVID and it could ruin their future.
They say I'm just trying to scare them😓
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I'm tired of arguing.
Family have the privilege of being able to test for COVID with 99% accuracy, and they argue about why they should do it.
My kids don't believe me when I tell them any COVID infection could become Long COVID and it could ruin their future.
They say I'm just trying to scare them😓
Family have the privilege of being able to test for COVID with 99% accuracy, and they argue about why they should do it.
My kids don't believe me when I tell them any COVID infection could become Long COVID and it could ruin their future.
They say I'm just trying to scare them😓
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And they’re still dying, but it’s now disguised under other comorbidities caused by long term covid damage.
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
And they’re still dying, but it’s now disguised under other comorbidities caused by long term covid damage.
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
nicolagriffith.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
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"There are about a thousand of us" the youngest was 11.
Believe survivors.
Believe girls and women.
Contact your representatives.
(202) 224-3121
Believe survivors.
Believe girls and women.
Contact your representatives.
(202) 224-3121
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"There are about a thousand of us" the youngest was 11.
Believe survivors.
Believe girls and women.
Contact your representatives.
(202) 224-3121
Believe survivors.
Believe girls and women.
Contact your representatives.
(202) 224-3121