Kat Jones
@ciaracat.bsky.social
Fan of science fiction, musicals, and cats. She/her. Data privacy professional.
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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It's DECEMBER!
You have TWO MONTHS to purchase a World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) membership to the Los Angeles 2026 #Worldcon if you want to nominate for the #HugoAwards.
www.lacon.org/register/
Get yours by January 31, 2026!!
You have TWO MONTHS to purchase a World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) membership to the Los Angeles 2026 #Worldcon if you want to nominate for the #HugoAwards.
www.lacon.org/register/
Get yours by January 31, 2026!!
LAcon V Registration – LAcon V
www.lacon.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's DECEMBER!
You have TWO MONTHS to purchase a World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) membership to the Los Angeles 2026 #Worldcon if you want to nominate for the #HugoAwards.
www.lacon.org/register/
Get yours by January 31, 2026!!
You have TWO MONTHS to purchase a World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) membership to the Los Angeles 2026 #Worldcon if you want to nominate for the #HugoAwards.
www.lacon.org/register/
Get yours by January 31, 2026!!
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It has become very clear that “me too” didn’t go nearly far enough
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It has become very clear that “me too” didn’t go nearly far enough
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 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
DOGE and others in the administration want to build a giant database of records by haphazardly combining info the government collected for one purpose, like paying taxes, and use it for another purpose, like targeting immigrants. We can't let this happen. takebackctrl.org/get-a-warrant
Post you from a different era.
The archaeologist, late 1990’s.
The archaeologist, late 1990’s.
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Post you from a different era.
The archaeologist, late 1990’s.
The archaeologist, late 1990’s.
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.
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FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER! $4,000 raised since last night for food banks across the USA to help them prep for SNAP ending Nov 1 🥫🍎🥗🥣🥛🥧🤝
No org, just the BlueSky community being generous 🤩
If you want to help keep the momentum going, here's a fresh thread of food banks in the states losing the most SNAP
No org, just the BlueSky community being generous 🤩
If you want to help keep the momentum going, here's a fresh thread of food banks in the states losing the most SNAP
Alright, team Bluesky: US foodbanks are about to have staggering demand when SNAP ends Nov 1st. We need to help them prepare.
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
I'll match donations: DM or reply with a receipt showing your own donation to a food bank of your choice, and I'll donate to match, up to a total of $500. 💪🥗🍲🥚🥧🥪🥣🥛
#NoHunger
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER! $4,000 raised since last night for food banks across the USA to help them prep for SNAP ending Nov 1 🥫🍎🥗🥣🥛🥧🤝
No org, just the BlueSky community being generous 🤩
If you want to help keep the momentum going, here's a fresh thread of food banks in the states losing the most SNAP
No org, just the BlueSky community being generous 🤩
If you want to help keep the momentum going, here's a fresh thread of food banks in the states losing the most SNAP
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(1/3) 🥦🥖🧀🍗
Today on #NationalFoodDay, many Americans are worried about their next meal. States are warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may not be issued in November if the shutdown continues.
Today on #NationalFoodDay, many Americans are worried about their next meal. States are warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may not be issued in November if the shutdown continues.
www.reuters.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Today on #NationalFoodDay, many Americans are worried about their next meal. States are warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may not be issued in November if the shutdown continues.
Today on #NationalFoodDay, many Americans are worried about their next meal. States are warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits may not be issued in November if the shutdown continues.
Thread full of some good online privacy hygiene tips
Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Thread full of some good online privacy hygiene tips
Once again Rolling Stone knocks it out of the park with Covid coverage.
Long Covid is real and it is a serious threat to our long term health.
It’s already surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in kids.
Yet tons of doctors and schools won’t even recognize it:
Long Covid is real and it is a serious threat to our long term health.
It’s already surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in kids.
Yet tons of doctors and schools won’t even recognize it:
Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation
Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.
www.rollingstone.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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NEW 😷: Masks are a vital tool in protecting people from COVID-19 & other airborne diseases. But s ome employers are banning them, even though Americans have the right to accessibility tools under the ADA.
Nadi Zimmerman reports for @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/d...
Nadi Zimmerman reports for @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/d...
Despite the ongoing pandemic, some companies are banning employees from masking - The Sick Times
While some anti-mask policies have failed — a win for workers — there is a larger effort to ban masks in the U.S. on state and local levels. And more businesses may attempt to ban masks in the workpla...
thesicktimes.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
NEW 😷: Masks are a vital tool in protecting people from COVID-19 & other airborne diseases. But s ome employers are banning them, even though Americans have the right to accessibility tools under the ADA.
Nadi Zimmerman reports for @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/d...
Nadi Zimmerman reports for @thesicktimes.org
thesicktimes.org/2025/10/14/d...
While all of the things in this article are likely true, I wonder if @nytimes.com has considered how long COVID might be affecting these numbers. Millions of Americans have #longCOVID and #mecfs, both of which disproportionately affect women. #pasc www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Opinion | American Women Are Leaving the Work Force. Why?
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
While all of the things in this article are likely true, I wonder if @nytimes.com has considered how long COVID might be affecting these numbers. Millions of Americans have #longCOVID and #mecfs, both of which disproportionately affect women. #pasc www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
The University of Texas Health Houston Long Covid Clinic shut down this week. Apparently it went gently into that good night. Nothing in the news. Nothing on the web page. The pages for the clinic seem to have just vanished from the site. #mecfs #longcovid #postcovid #pasc #uthealthhouston
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The University of Texas Health Houston Long Covid Clinic shut down this week. Apparently it went gently into that good night. Nothing in the news. Nothing on the web page. The pages for the clinic seem to have just vanished from the site. #mecfs #longcovid #postcovid #pasc #uthealthhouston
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I’ve watched this 100 times.
September 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I’ve watched this 100 times.
This seems like a good day to mention that I've been using the Loóna sleep app for years, and @catvalente.bsky.social 's Sleep Escape "Starfire Station" is hands-down my favorite. "Who ARE you???" made me LOL in delight the first time, and smile every time I repeat it. I just absolutely love it.
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This seems like a good day to mention that I've been using the Loóna sleep app for years, and @catvalente.bsky.social 's Sleep Escape "Starfire Station" is hands-down my favorite. "Who ARE you???" made me LOL in delight the first time, and smile every time I repeat it. I just absolutely love it.
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This is your regular reminder that rationality is an emotion. It is not the opposite of emotion. It is the feeling of being calmly certain. That is not the same thing as being right. It is the FEELING of being right.
September 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is your regular reminder that rationality is an emotion. It is not the opposite of emotion. It is the feeling of being calmly certain. That is not the same thing as being right. It is the FEELING of being right.
Just what I needed right now
Today's Love Letter is from the unstoppable @shing.bsky.social. Shing's ode to Making Little Guys is one of the single most nourishing pieces of nonfiction I have ever read. Maybe you need this one as much as I do.
Little Guys
A Love Letters Feature by Shing Yin Khor - September 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
September 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just what I needed right now
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I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I’ll end this with something I’ve said before. Art has value. It’s an essential service. What we do, is one of the most important jobs on this fucking planet. Do not undervalue it or yourself. Ever. Fight for it. Trust me, you will never regret that. 5/5
"Is it time for Hollywood to concede that a lot of moviegoers in North America are never coming back? That movie theaters have permanently lost 20 to 25 percent of their customers?" Stories like this mystify me... www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (1/)
How Hollywood Missed the Mark on Summer Movies This Year
The movie industry had high hopes that box office sales would return to pre-pandemic levels. It didn’t come close.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Is it time for Hollywood to concede that a lot of moviegoers in North America are never coming back? That movie theaters have permanently lost 20 to 25 percent of their customers?" Stories like this mystify me... www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (1/)
(Hopefully) Very useful thing coming from Mt Sinai - a clinician's manual for infection-associated chronic illnesses (like long COVID, ME/CFS, Lyme Disease, EDS, POTS, and others). They commit to update it every 6-12 months. (1/3)
August 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
(Hopefully) Very useful thing coming from Mt Sinai - a clinician's manual for infection-associated chronic illnesses (like long COVID, ME/CFS, Lyme Disease, EDS, POTS, and others). They commit to update it every 6-12 months. (1/3)
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No strong studies show real-time crime centers actually cut crime, yet they “end up collecting massive amounts of data without proper audit or oversight" - a situation that's ripe for abuse, EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @seattletimes.com.
Seattle's new police cameras may be watching you
Seattle's newly revamped Real Time Crime Center is operational, with analysts monitoring dozens of surveillance cameras placed in areas with high crime rates.
www.seattletimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
No strong studies show real-time crime centers actually cut crime, yet they “end up collecting massive amounts of data without proper audit or oversight" - a situation that's ripe for abuse, EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @seattletimes.com.
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I believe that if Superman landed in practically any other country in 1995, that in 2025 he wouldn't be stopping the Boravian invasion of Jarhanpur, he'd be in the Ukraine, and Gaza, and Southern California, and at these sites (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...), and at Guantanamo Bay, doing good.
List of immigrant detention sites in the United States - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I believe that if Superman landed in practically any other country in 1995, that in 2025 he wouldn't be stopping the Boravian invasion of Jarhanpur, he'd be in the Ukraine, and Gaza, and Southern California, and at these sites (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...), and at Guantanamo Bay, doing good.
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So. The Pinkertons.
That news item that went around yesterday about Emily Blunt playing Kate Warne? It's from four years ago. Last solid news about the Kate Warne biopic was from 2023. It seems clear that the movie is trapped in development hell and won't ever appear. Which is a good thing.
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That news item that went around yesterday about Emily Blunt playing Kate Warne? It's from four years ago. Last solid news about the Kate Warne biopic was from 2023. It seems clear that the movie is trapped in development hell and won't ever appear. Which is a good thing.
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June 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So. The Pinkertons.
That news item that went around yesterday about Emily Blunt playing Kate Warne? It's from four years ago. Last solid news about the Kate Warne biopic was from 2023. It seems clear that the movie is trapped in development hell and won't ever appear. Which is a good thing.
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That news item that went around yesterday about Emily Blunt playing Kate Warne? It's from four years ago. Last solid news about the Kate Warne biopic was from 2023. It seems clear that the movie is trapped in development hell and won't ever appear. Which is a good thing.
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