@ellemichelem.bsky.social
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Many viruses don’t just cause one disease. They have “sequela” that can be devastating. The way the chicken pox virus causes shingles is one example, but others are far worse.
The COVID vaccine doesn’t just reduce suffering, it saves lives. Millions of lives. …
The COVID vaccine doesn’t just reduce suffering, it saves lives. Millions of lives. …
COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause
Advantage held even after removing coronavirus-related deaths from the mix
www.medpagetoday.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Many viruses don’t just cause one disease. They have “sequela” that can be devastating. The way the chicken pox virus causes shingles is one example, but others are far worse.
The COVID vaccine doesn’t just reduce suffering, it saves lives. Millions of lives. …
The COVID vaccine doesn’t just reduce suffering, it saves lives. Millions of lives. …
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JD Vance Munich Speech has become the Vance Doctrine.
Actionable policy which includes and prescribes direct interference into EU democratic processes by supporting far right and Eurosceptic parties.
If this is not the final wake up call Europe, I don't know what is.
Actionable policy which includes and prescribes direct interference into EU democratic processes by supporting far right and Eurosceptic parties.
If this is not the final wake up call Europe, I don't know what is.
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
JD Vance Munich Speech has become the Vance Doctrine.
Actionable policy which includes and prescribes direct interference into EU democratic processes by supporting far right and Eurosceptic parties.
If this is not the final wake up call Europe, I don't know what is.
Actionable policy which includes and prescribes direct interference into EU democratic processes by supporting far right and Eurosceptic parties.
If this is not the final wake up call Europe, I don't know what is.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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Another enormous loss occurred in the #LongCOVID community last month.
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Leslie Lee III, culture critic and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43 - The Sick Times
Leslie Lee III, an educator, critic, and Long COVID advocate, died on November 10. He was 43.
thesicktimes.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Another enormous loss occurred in the #LongCOVID community last month.
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
Rest in peace Leslie Lee III 🕊️
thesicktimes.org/2025/12/04/l...
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Corporate CEOs' breathless predictions of generative AI-fueled work disruption ought always to be considered in light of the fact that their companies have billions invested in the tech that, statistically, few use or want.
As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’ | Fortune
AI isn’t just coming for entry-level workers. Google CEO Sundar Pichai says no job, not even his own, is safe. But those who don’t adapt will be the first to fall.
fortune.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Corporate CEOs' breathless predictions of generative AI-fueled work disruption ought always to be considered in light of the fact that their companies have billions invested in the tech that, statistically, few use or want.
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Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
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MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Reporting this🧵given the new reporting. Which is correct reporting unlike the garbage from 8 to 10 days ago.
DOGE isn’t gone. The 19-26 year olds burrowed in to the agencies they were assigned to. We’ve got dozens of unqualified 19-26 year old GS15s still pursuing Musk’s agenda, which is stealing everyone’s PII/data, all contracting info, moving it onto his servers, & mining it for his profits. 1/
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reporting this🧵given the new reporting. Which is correct reporting unlike the garbage from 8 to 10 days ago.
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This is my set up, too, and I haven’t missed Spotify for even an iota of a second since cancelling a couple years ago.
I'm using Qobuz (and sometimes Apple Music) and it's very easy to port over and Qobuz pays artists more per track
help.qobuz.com/en/articles/...
help.qobuz.com/en/articles/...
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is my set up, too, and I haven’t missed Spotify for even an iota of a second since cancelling a couple years ago.
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“Skydio has extensive links with Israel…Skydio drones were recently used by city police departments to gather information at the ‘No Kings’ protests and were also used by Yale to spy on the anti-genocide protest camp set up by students at the university last year.”
AI-powered drones used by the IDF to commit genocide in Gaza are swarming the skies of American cities. A little-known FAA rule change this year opened the floodgates and sparked a buying spree by US security forces
open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
open.substack.com/pub/donotpan...
The AI Drones Used In Gaza Now Surveilling American Cities
AI-powered quadcopter drones used by the IDF to commit genocide in Gaza are flying over American cities, surveilling protestors and automatically uploading millions of images to an evidence database.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Skydio has extensive links with Israel…Skydio drones were recently used by city police departments to gather information at the ‘No Kings’ protests and were also used by Yale to spy on the anti-genocide protest camp set up by students at the university last year.”
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A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
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The way Marcy frames this as following from the commercial about not following unlawful orders makes it clear what a genius framing that ad was, besides being patriotic and necessary.
Finally, we're focused on what Venezuela has been for this entire year: Miller's excuse to break the Constitution.
Finally, we're focused on what Venezuela has been for this entire year: Miller's excuse to break the Constitution.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The way Marcy frames this as following from the commercial about not following unlawful orders makes it clear what a genius framing that ad was, besides being patriotic and necessary.
Finally, we're focused on what Venezuela has been for this entire year: Miller's excuse to break the Constitution.
Finally, we're focused on what Venezuela has been for this entire year: Miller's excuse to break the Constitution.
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It's ELECTION DAY in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's ELECTION DAY in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
It's a special election to replace former Republican Rep. Mark Green.
Let's go @aftynbehn.bsky.social!!
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the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
the batshit American government is forcing children’s book publishers to put out the absolute wildest statements
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When scientists realised what it was in the 1970s, they warned it was an everyone disease. It was reported as such in the news.
Then 1980s, Reagan/Thatcher, eugenics. It became a 'this group' disease. For covid, the chosen group is 'the vulnerable'. 80s media was homophobic. 2020s media is ableist.
Then 1980s, Reagan/Thatcher, eugenics. It became a 'this group' disease. For covid, the chosen group is 'the vulnerable'. 80s media was homophobic. 2020s media is ableist.
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
When scientists realised what it was in the 1970s, they warned it was an everyone disease. It was reported as such in the news.
Then 1980s, Reagan/Thatcher, eugenics. It became a 'this group' disease. For covid, the chosen group is 'the vulnerable'. 80s media was homophobic. 2020s media is ableist.
Then 1980s, Reagan/Thatcher, eugenics. It became a 'this group' disease. For covid, the chosen group is 'the vulnerable'. 80s media was homophobic. 2020s media is ableist.
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
A call for safe air and masking in healthcare settings
#LongCovid
#ME/CFS
A call for safe air and masking in healthcare settings
#LongCovid
#ME/CFS
A Call for Safe Air and Masking in Healthcare Settings
We, the undersigned clinicians, scientists, and health professionals, call for the urgent reinstatement of basic airborne-infection-control measures—clean indoor air and appropriate airborne respirato...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign:
A call for safe air and masking in healthcare settings
#LongCovid
#ME/CFS
A call for safe air and masking in healthcare settings
#LongCovid
#ME/CFS
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VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE THAT WILL WORK TO EARN YOUR VOTE
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
Tomorrow is election day, TN-7, and I'm humbly asking for your vote. I promise to be accessible and only beholden to the voters of the district, never donors or special interests. Polls open at 7 AM & close at 7 PM. Let's go out and win this!
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Holy shit
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Holy shit
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"While DOGE is no longer moving across the government in a move-fast-and-break-things blitz, DOGE affiliates appear to be digging in for the long haul—and Silicon Valley–shaped fingerprints remain all over the way agencies continue to be run."
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"While DOGE is no longer moving across the government in a move-fast-and-break-things blitz, DOGE affiliates appear to be digging in for the long haul—and Silicon Valley–shaped fingerprints remain all over the way agencies continue to be run."
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there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0.
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
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It's so fucking infuriating to see the effect that AI is having on artists' ability to make a living.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
I'm really gutted about this. I spent over ten years building my website, it's what launched my writing career. But between AI hijacking all my traffic, literally, traffic from searches is almost 0 now, and my host raising fees to be hundreds of dollars for the year, I just can't anymore.
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's so fucking infuriating to see the effect that AI is having on artists' ability to make a living.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
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People aren't paying attention to this.
We are going to be forced to bail out AI and Crypto.
It's just a matter of when.
Be prepared.
It'll be like 2008 but so much worse and dumber.
We are going to be forced to bail out AI and Crypto.
It's just a matter of when.
Be prepared.
It'll be like 2008 but so much worse and dumber.
I’m reading Sorkin’s 1929
Jesus. On top of the usual Wall Street over-leveraged fuckery, this time they’re going to demand ordinary Americans bail out crypto as well
Jesus. On top of the usual Wall Street over-leveraged fuckery, this time they’re going to demand ordinary Americans bail out crypto as well
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
People aren't paying attention to this.
We are going to be forced to bail out AI and Crypto.
It's just a matter of when.
Be prepared.
It'll be like 2008 but so much worse and dumber.
We are going to be forced to bail out AI and Crypto.
It's just a matter of when.
Be prepared.
It'll be like 2008 but so much worse and dumber.