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#COVID 2x, no #LC but #COVIDAware and interested in the politics thereof. #soccer, #cats and other things, too. #socdem #maskUP #n95 #p100 #spoons #anxiety #atheist

#USA
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Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band The Cure, has died. He was 65. https://cnn.it/4sgVCxR
December 27, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Happy Holidays, everybody. Stay safe. Illness sucks.
December 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Looking for some Covid-safe activities to do at home? We bookmarked a couple of quizzes for you to test your Covid knowledge.

We've also created some printable activities to help you get ready for the new year.

https://covidsafescouts.com/games.html

#CovidIsNotOver #covidsafescouts
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.

This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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As a result of carelessness and recklessness during the Christmas season, millions of people will suffer the life-threatening harm that results from every infection of Covid-19.

#COVID19
This year, as has happened every year since 2020, travel and gatherings during the Christmas season will result in countless infections of Covid-19. Those infections will, in turn, result in countless instances of serious illness and early mortality.

#COVID19 #Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Canada: Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital.

Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital | insauga
All visitors to an Ontario hospital must start wearing masks to stop the spread of respiratory illnesses. In a move reminiscent of the height of the pandemic, Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington annou...
www.insauga.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Fairly stable day. It could sure go south though, again, by Thursday. #Pepto handy. Not going into restaurants in the near future, which is good. #FoodSafety #PublicHealth #StaySafe
December 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Yup, that's me, in my trusty Flo Mask. I wear it in any situation of potential SARS-COV-2 infection. When I think about how much needless suffering has been inflicted by people's refusal to engage in the simple act of wearing a mask...it makes me all the more determined to not be anything like that.
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I know it's not the point, but ho-ly shit that Sports Pro Media marketable athlete list is terrible.

Might want to check if those who came up with that list haven't been in cryosleep for a half a decade.
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Time for a break to recharge my body & spirit.

THANK YOU for all the likes, comments, shares & shop sales this year. It means SO MUCH to know that my art is enjoyed. I'll be back with more in the New Year. 😉

I'm wishing everyone a peaceful & safe holiday.🕊 Signing off with gratitude 🙏🏼
- Angela
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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By Masked Rogue @unmaskedrogue.bsky.social:

"If you’re ignoring COVID, you’re complying with the governments and corporations who don’t value your health, or even your life. Why sacrifice everything for the benefit of the rich?"

Source: x.com/unMaskedRogu...
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Recovered from the food poisoning and related blow to my gut flora. Now a cold? Boy, Happy Holidays, people.
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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It's still a challenge to find local Covid-safer businesses, events, and community, but we've found a few resources to jumpstart the search and perhaps inspire you to launch your own local Covid-conscious business directory or event listings.

Check out the guides […]

[Original post on zeroes.ca]
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Got an up-to-date Covid-safe service providers directory or Covid-safer event listings site for your town/region? We want to know about it!
December 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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I’m caught between a rock and a hard place. I want disabled people to be protected from the US medical and legal system that wants them to die. As someone living with stage 4, I would like the option of not having a long drawn out death.
December 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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When I moved across the country to my PhD program, I visited the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and met some wonderful researchers that gave me a tour and talked with me about their work. I’m devastated to hear about the proposed dismantling. #SaveNCAR
December 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Food poisoning!
December 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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sigh
BREAKING: Person of interest in Brown University shooting being released by police, mayor says. Gunman is still at large
December 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Okay, People has finally advanced to "multiple sources" in their articles (the first one, which is still up, remains single-sourced to TMZ) and is saying they were found by their daughter after being murdered by their son
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Another young person dead, very possibly in conjunction with ChatGPT use.

This technology is a scourge.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...
December 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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The question should never be, "Why are you wearing a mask?"

The question needs to be, "Why are YOU not wearing one?"

The burden of justifying one's actions should rest with the one committing the aggression.
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM