Isanthrope
@isanthropia.bsky.social
“Facts are not repealed by a refusal to face them.” —William Catton.
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Isanthrope
@isanthropia.bsky.social
· Nov 9
🧵that tells you a bit about how I think (👋 new followers). I used to review healthcare experiences gone wrong for a living. Research and critical thought inform my decisions but with the ever present reality I can be (and will be) wrong at times.
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"access to involuntary care" is a hell of a contradictory sentence
December 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"access to involuntary care" is a hell of a contradictory sentence
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Seeing some very similar signs to the 1968 flu pandemic.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Seeing some very similar signs to the 1968 flu pandemic.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
We may see more than one wave and this variant of H3N2 seems to have a very long tail.
Wear a N95 or better when in public spaces. NO EXCEPTIONS.
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📢 Clinically Vulnerable Families is delighted to announce that
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
📢 Clinically Vulnerable Families is delighted to announce that
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
"See a mask, wear a mask"
is the new protocol to support Clinically Vulnerable voters, following our advocacy efforts.
Amazing work by the @electoralcommission.org.uk !
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The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted.
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted.
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
If you need to do this, to quote the Matrix movie, your men are already dead. The percentage of fraudulent claims is in the range of 4-8% in any of these entitlement programs in any industrialized country. 1/
I do think the only workable solution is occasionally making a high profile, dramatic example of people who get caught flagrantly abusing the system which helps generate social opprobrium for rule breakers.
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If you need to do this, to quote the Matrix movie, your men are already dead. The percentage of fraudulent claims is in the range of 4-8% in any of these entitlement programs in any industrialized country. 1/
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Good morning, NYC. Please join us in doing this.
Have you called your city council member this week to tell them that library funding is a non negotiable priority?
Find your council member and use our script:
nycplan.org/actions/call...
Already called?? Let us know how it went with our quick survey!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Find your council member and use our script:
nycplan.org/actions/call...
Already called?? Let us know how it went with our quick survey!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Good morning, NYC. Please join us in doing this.
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Prevalence of impaired lung function in children after COVID-19 is 47% dominated by restrictive lung pattern
Majority (73%) had mild C19, 78% were not hospitalized, prevalence of long COVID 18%
Spirometry, cohort design conducted between 01-06.2024. Pediatric patients aged 5-18
Majority (73%) had mild C19, 78% were not hospitalized, prevalence of long COVID 18%
Spirometry, cohort design conducted between 01-06.2024. Pediatric patients aged 5-18
www.mdpi.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Prevalence of impaired lung function in children after COVID-19 is 47% dominated by restrictive lung pattern
Majority (73%) had mild C19, 78% were not hospitalized, prevalence of long COVID 18%
Spirometry, cohort design conducted between 01-06.2024. Pediatric patients aged 5-18
Majority (73%) had mild C19, 78% were not hospitalized, prevalence of long COVID 18%
Spirometry, cohort design conducted between 01-06.2024. Pediatric patients aged 5-18
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“Help us fix this so you too don’t get fucked over” is apparently a bridge too far for some people
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Help us fix this so you too don’t get fucked over” is apparently a bridge too far for some people
It was two independent journalists who finally compelled BMJ to retract that Wakefield paper **years** after the damage was already done from its falsified data. 1/
Everyone impacted by medical guidance should read this article on how Wakefield was defended for years by the medical establishment.
Not unusual.
Worse, since EBM/GRADE rejects the need for expertise, clinical trials are assumed to be "gold standard" unless retracted!
www.bmj.com/content/343/...
Not unusual.
Worse, since EBM/GRADE rejects the need for expertise, clinical trials are assumed to be "gold standard" unless retracted!
www.bmj.com/content/343/...
December 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It was two independent journalists who finally compelled BMJ to retract that Wakefield paper **years** after the damage was already done from its falsified data. 1/
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The new chair of ACIP, Kirk Milhoan, is a spreader of vaccine disinformation.
He was fact-checked by AFP for wildly misinterpreting a study about myocarditis in athletes, claiming the vaccine was to blame.
None of the athletes had been vaccinated.
They had, however, had COVID19.
He was fact-checked by AFP for wildly misinterpreting a study about myocarditis in athletes, claiming the vaccine was to blame.
None of the athletes had been vaccinated.
They had, however, had COVID19.
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The new chair of ACIP, Kirk Milhoan, is a spreader of vaccine disinformation.
He was fact-checked by AFP for wildly misinterpreting a study about myocarditis in athletes, claiming the vaccine was to blame.
None of the athletes had been vaccinated.
They had, however, had COVID19.
He was fact-checked by AFP for wildly misinterpreting a study about myocarditis in athletes, claiming the vaccine was to blame.
None of the athletes had been vaccinated.
They had, however, had COVID19.
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A Finn here, lets talk about massive tax breaks... and how this entire thing is greenwashed. Also the other problems of AI.. sorry, article in Finnish!
yle.fi/a/74-2014565...
yle.fi/a/74-2014565...
Suomeen tuleville datakeskuksille kovaa kritiikkiä: Hyöty ei jää Suomeen
Datakeskuksien sähkönkulutus kasvaa Suomessa kohisten, mutta karkaavatko hyödyt Piilaaksoon? Ainakaan nykyistä valtion tukea ne eivät tarvitsisi, sanoo Jukka Ruusunen.
yle.fi
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A Finn here, lets talk about massive tax breaks... and how this entire thing is greenwashed. Also the other problems of AI.. sorry, article in Finnish!
yle.fi/a/74-2014565...
yle.fi/a/74-2014565...
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AGAIN!!! Support your public libraries. LIKE ACTUAL POLITICAL SUPPORT. I do not want to hear "I looooovveee my public library" from people who don't actually pay attention to whether they are being adequately funded and sustained, lol...
“We will serve New York State and anyone who cannot get to their library due to age or disability,” said Madlyn Schneider, [Queens Public Library’s Mail-A-Book] coordinator.
www.qchron.com/editions/que...
www.qchron.com/editions/que...
Special delivery: QPL Mail-A-Book turns 50
For the past five decades, the Queens Public Library’s Mail-A-Book program has bridged the gap between homebound New Yorkers and the world of reading, delivering books and other materials directly
www.qchron.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
AGAIN!!! Support your public libraries. LIKE ACTUAL POLITICAL SUPPORT. I do not want to hear "I looooovveee my public library" from people who don't actually pay attention to whether they are being adequately funded and sustained, lol...
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WSDA updated map
with three recent backyard flocks
Snohomish
Jefferson
San Juan
agr.wa.gov/departments/...
with three recent backyard flocks
Snohomish
Jefferson
San Juan
agr.wa.gov/departments/...
Bird Flu | Washington State Department of Agriculture
agr.wa.gov
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
WSDA updated map
with three recent backyard flocks
Snohomish
Jefferson
San Juan
agr.wa.gov/departments/...
with three recent backyard flocks
Snohomish
Jefferson
San Juan
agr.wa.gov/departments/...
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
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The DRC has officially cleared the 42 day mark without new cases of Ebola in its latest outbreak which is now officially declared ended. Kudos to local authorities who made this possible and foreign partners and international organizations that supported the response.
africacdc.org/news-item/eb...
africacdc.org/news-item/eb...
Ebola Outbreak in the DRC Declared Over – Africa CDC
Kinshasa, 1 December 2025 – The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been declared over after 42 days without any new cases and following the recovery of the last confirmed pat...
africacdc.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The DRC has officially cleared the 42 day mark without new cases of Ebola in its latest outbreak which is now officially declared ended. Kudos to local authorities who made this possible and foreign partners and international organizations that supported the response.
africacdc.org/news-item/eb...
africacdc.org/news-item/eb...
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People are pointing out that shortly after he got elected he stopped using alt text🫠
Not a great sign.
Not a great sign.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
People are pointing out that shortly after he got elected he stopped using alt text🫠
Not a great sign.
Not a great sign.
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"Since the April election, federal officials have recorded more than 220 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists — more meetings than days. The immense lobbying push was reflected in the federal budget, and continues to shape federal priorities."
The way to read the Canada-Alberta MOU is that Carney is using the Trump effect as political cover to pursue the deregulatory agenda he’s long wanted. I spoke with @naomiaklein.bsky.social who called it a classic example of the shock doctrine.
Did the climate world misread Carney?
Many in the climate movement saw a fellow traveller in Mark Carney — the man who could preach climate action in the language of finance — but what if they were wrong from the very start?
www.nationalobserver.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"Since the April election, federal officials have recorded more than 220 meetings with oil and gas lobbyists — more meetings than days. The immense lobbying push was reflected in the federal budget, and continues to shape federal priorities."
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The #ManufactureOfDoubt is an historical script that regulated industries use in pursuing their political and economic goals. Many of the issues noted by the editor are known techniques deployed in #agnotology.
I wrote about a lot of this in my book; also see work of @drtomori.bsky.social
I wrote about a lot of this in my book; also see work of @drtomori.bsky.social
The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted.
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans
www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The #ManufactureOfDoubt is an historical script that regulated industries use in pursuing their political and economic goals. Many of the issues noted by the editor are known techniques deployed in #agnotology.
I wrote about a lot of this in my book; also see work of @drtomori.bsky.social
I wrote about a lot of this in my book; also see work of @drtomori.bsky.social
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Science is just continually showing us that we'd live for a very, very long time if we just never contracted viruses and that when we do, it does immense damage to our bodies, and we keep just...ignoring that, by and large
The Venn diagram of people who ask why anyone still wears a face mask in 2025 & people who just kind of blankly stare at me and don't know what to say when I tell them that the last time I had the flu, it gave me Celiac disease and now I can't eat gluten without going to the ER- is a circle.
December 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Science is just continually showing us that we'd live for a very, very long time if we just never contracted viruses and that when we do, it does immense damage to our bodies, and we keep just...ignoring that, by and large
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Feed Ontario released its Hunger Report.
“We’ve reached an all-time record high with more than one million people needing to turn to food banks in the province. It’s really showing us that as the affordability crisis is growing; it’s pushing more families from just getting by to barely holding on.”
“We’ve reached an all-time record high with more than one million people needing to turn to food banks in the province. It’s really showing us that as the affordability crisis is growing; it’s pushing more families from just getting by to barely holding on.”
Food banks are breaking under the weight of rising poverty in Ontario, new report says
Food banks are breaking under the weight of rising poverty in Ontario, new report says
People relying on food banks to survive have reached unprecedented numbers in Ontario as residents sink further into poverty even while working, a new report states.
www.cp24.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Feed Ontario released its Hunger Report.
“We’ve reached an all-time record high with more than one million people needing to turn to food banks in the province. It’s really showing us that as the affordability crisis is growing; it’s pushing more families from just getting by to barely holding on.”
“We’ve reached an all-time record high with more than one million people needing to turn to food banks in the province. It’s really showing us that as the affordability crisis is growing; it’s pushing more families from just getting by to barely holding on.”
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Early-infancy #RSV infection, inherited allergy may amplify risk of childhood asthma
Children born to an asthmatic parent and not hospitalized for RSV bronchiolitis were at nearly double the risk of asthma than those born to parents without asthma.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Children born to an asthmatic parent and not hospitalized for RSV bronchiolitis were at nearly double the risk of asthma than those born to parents without asthma.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Early-infancy #RSV infection, inherited allergy may amplify risk of childhood asthma
Children born to an asthmatic parent and not hospitalized for RSV bronchiolitis were at nearly double the risk of asthma than those born to parents without asthma.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
Children born to an asthmatic parent and not hospitalized for RSV bronchiolitis were at nearly double the risk of asthma than those born to parents without asthma.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/r...
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All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized.
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
December 21, 2023 at 3:46 PM
All 50,000 panels of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt has been fully digitized.
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
You can search Duane's name and see the panel he made. And someone else made a panel for him, too.
www.aidsmemorial.org/interactive-...
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The sheer dedication to avoiding any mention of COVID when talking about things that we know for certain are heavily impacted by COVID is...impressive.
The "after pandemic" bit is a red flag too - someone's either not keeping up, or deliberately trying to manipulate the narrative.
The "after pandemic" bit is a red flag too - someone's either not keeping up, or deliberately trying to manipulate the narrative.
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The sheer dedication to avoiding any mention of COVID when talking about things that we know for certain are heavily impacted by COVID is...impressive.
The "after pandemic" bit is a red flag too - someone's either not keeping up, or deliberately trying to manipulate the narrative.
The "after pandemic" bit is a red flag too - someone's either not keeping up, or deliberately trying to manipulate the narrative.
Physicians and academics often believe that they/we are immune to being radicalised online, but the reality is the opposite. No one is immune, and I saw this happen to Prasad and so many other physicians and academics when covid started. It’s pure hubris to believe anyone is immune.
Prasad is exhibit A of Twitter brain. Someone needs to do a detailed case report tracking his decline from reasonable skeptic of high price oncology drugs with questionable outcomes to COVID mask skeptic to full on vaccine skeptic. It was all in plain site on Twitter, and a hell of thing to see.
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Spain may bring back indoor face mask rules as flu and COVID cases surge. Health leaders will meet on Dec 3 to decide whether masks should again be required in hospitals, health centers, and possibly other crowded indoor venues like cinemas or theatres to help reduce transmission.
archive.md/2ySDF
archive.md/2ySDF
November 30, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Spain may bring back indoor face mask rules as flu and COVID cases surge. Health leaders will meet on Dec 3 to decide whether masks should again be required in hospitals, health centers, and possibly other crowded indoor venues like cinemas or theatres to help reduce transmission.
archive.md/2ySDF
archive.md/2ySDF