Ishy
@ishyblue.bsky.social
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I like blue things and do great things okay sometimes.
I like blue things and do great things okay sometimes.
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Ishy
@ishyblue.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with
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This. None of us actually expect that we’re going to see society wide masking anymore.
Masking in medical facilities should be the bare minimum.
A few more people choosing to mask up might save a life.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability and some of us are too sick to take the risk
Masking in medical facilities should be the bare minimum.
A few more people choosing to mask up might save a life.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability and some of us are too sick to take the risk
When we say “everyone should mask” we don’t actually expect people will. We know how selfish people are. But we say it because:
1) it’s factually true
2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.
1) it’s factually true
2) if even a few people listen to us that’s a few more lives saved and, as the Talmud says, every life is a universe.
October 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This. None of us actually expect that we’re going to see society wide masking anymore.
Masking in medical facilities should be the bare minimum.
A few more people choosing to mask up might save a life.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability and some of us are too sick to take the risk
Masking in medical facilities should be the bare minimum.
A few more people choosing to mask up might save a life.
Every infection is a dice roll with disability and some of us are too sick to take the risk
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Come on then, and remove him.
October 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Come on then, and remove him.
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Also please don’t feel guilty.
You can’t resist if you don’t survive.
Protests aren’t always accessible or safe.
We all have different disabilities, boundaries and limits.
Do what you can when you can!
That’s more than enough.
Survival is resistance.
You can’t resist if you don’t survive.
Protests aren’t always accessible or safe.
We all have different disabilities, boundaries and limits.
Do what you can when you can!
That’s more than enough.
Survival is resistance.
Disabled folks feeling guilty for not protesting today: *it is not your fault* that organizers don’t make an effort to make protests accessible and don’t encourage masking
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
And despite what folks on Bluesky would have you believe, there are MANY ways to resist and protests don’t have to be your way
October 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Also please don’t feel guilty.
You can’t resist if you don’t survive.
Protests aren’t always accessible or safe.
We all have different disabilities, boundaries and limits.
Do what you can when you can!
That’s more than enough.
Survival is resistance.
You can’t resist if you don’t survive.
Protests aren’t always accessible or safe.
We all have different disabilities, boundaries and limits.
Do what you can when you can!
That’s more than enough.
Survival is resistance.
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If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Korben Dallas, our marshmallow fluff, bunny, Korbus Maximus, baby boy, who we adopted at 4 months old, lived happily and perpetually hungry (when his bowl was overflowing 😆) to 16 years old. We loved you very much, old man 💙
Pictured here on his favorite side/blanket on the back of our couch.
Pictured here on his favorite side/blanket on the back of our couch.
October 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Korben Dallas, our marshmallow fluff, bunny, Korbus Maximus, baby boy, who we adopted at 4 months old, lived happily and perpetually hungry (when his bowl was overflowing 😆) to 16 years old. We loved you very much, old man 💙
Pictured here on his favorite side/blanket on the back of our couch.
Pictured here on his favorite side/blanket on the back of our couch.
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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 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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:
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Wear an N95 respirator: avoid Covid infections. Clean indoor air. Ventilation needs modernization. Require vaccinations. Research long covid. Establish occupational safety protocols for students and workers indoors. It’s straightforward public health 101. Stop pretending it’s all a mystery.
October 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Wear an N95 respirator: avoid Covid infections. Clean indoor air. Ventilation needs modernization. Require vaccinations. Research long covid. Establish occupational safety protocols for students and workers indoors. It’s straightforward public health 101. Stop pretending it’s all a mystery.
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If you prefer, you can also read the article and follow New Green Horizons on Substack!: open.substack.com/pub/newgreen...
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If you prefer, you can also read the article and follow New Green Horizons on Substack!: open.substack.com/pub/newgreen...
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“I’ve had Covid a few times, it was mild, I’m fine!”
NOPE.
Prevent EVERY infection. N95 mask and clean the air. The vaccine does NOT prevent infection.
NOPE.
Prevent EVERY infection. N95 mask and clean the air. The vaccine does NOT prevent infection.
“…The most glaring omission is the widespread frontotemporal brain damage people have suffered from repeat infections with a neuroinvasive virus. It's well documented how such damage manifests as emotional instability, memory problems, decreased reasoning abilities, & a lesser capacity for empathy.”
October 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“I’ve had Covid a few times, it was mild, I’m fine!”
NOPE.
Prevent EVERY infection. N95 mask and clean the air. The vaccine does NOT prevent infection.
NOPE.
Prevent EVERY infection. N95 mask and clean the air. The vaccine does NOT prevent infection.
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As repeated infections of Covid-19 relentlessly increase, the human community is steadily moving toward an apocalypse of mass illness and excess mortality, but hardly anyone is taking notice.
#COVID19
#COVID19
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As repeated infections of Covid-19 relentlessly increase, the human community is steadily moving toward an apocalypse of mass illness and excess mortality, but hardly anyone is taking notice.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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Extremism in the avoidance of Covid-19 is extremely necessary. Half measures are not sufficient when dealing with an uncontrolled disease that has killed at least 27 million people.
#COVID19
#COVID19
June 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Extremism in the avoidance of Covid-19 is extremely necessary. Half measures are not sufficient when dealing with an uncontrolled disease that has killed at least 27 million people.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.
It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.
It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.
TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare
AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.
gizmodo.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.
It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.
It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.
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A little treat for the weekend! Our wonderful animation with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on the humanist approach to making the most of the one life we have. understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/on...
One Life, Live It Well: watch our new animation narrated by Alice Roberts
'Life is like a piece of string. It has a beginning and an end. We don't get much say about that. But we can make choices about the bit in between. We have the freedom to shape our own lives.'
understandinghumanism.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A little treat for the weekend! Our wonderful animation with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on the humanist approach to making the most of the one life we have. understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/on...
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Repeated infections of Covid-19 do not "build immunity."
Repeated infections of Covid-19 degrade immunity.
As collective immunity declines, most people will experience more infections of Covid-19 and other diseases, causing an increasing amount of serious illness and excess mortality.
#COVID19
Repeated infections of Covid-19 degrade immunity.
As collective immunity declines, most people will experience more infections of Covid-19 and other diseases, causing an increasing amount of serious illness and excess mortality.
#COVID19
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Repeated infections of Covid-19 do not "build immunity."
Repeated infections of Covid-19 degrade immunity.
As collective immunity declines, most people will experience more infections of Covid-19 and other diseases, causing an increasing amount of serious illness and excess mortality.
#COVID19
Repeated infections of Covid-19 degrade immunity.
As collective immunity declines, most people will experience more infections of Covid-19 and other diseases, causing an increasing amount of serious illness and excess mortality.
#COVID19
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Release the Epstein Files.
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Release the Epstein Files.
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A gunman opened fire on a waterfront bar from a boat.
Another opened fire on a Mormon church.
The problem is the guns.
Another opened fire on a Mormon church.
The problem is the guns.
September 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A gunman opened fire on a waterfront bar from a boat.
Another opened fire on a Mormon church.
The problem is the guns.
Another opened fire on a Mormon church.
The problem is the guns.
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US Weekly COVID update: Sep 22, 2025
🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious
🔸857,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious
🔸857,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
September 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
US Weekly COVID update: Sep 22, 2025
🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious
🔸857,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 57 Actively Infectious
🔸857,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,450,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸177,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸323,000 to 1,290,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,800 to 3,100 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
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Autism isn't an epidemic, and it's caused by simple diversity in the Human genome, and cannot be prevented.
You know what IS an epidemic? COVID. It's caused by a virus, and can be prevented by a mixed-method approach that includes masks, indoor air filtration, vaccines, and ample paid sick leave.
You know what IS an epidemic? COVID. It's caused by a virus, and can be prevented by a mixed-method approach that includes masks, indoor air filtration, vaccines, and ample paid sick leave.
September 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Autism isn't an epidemic, and it's caused by simple diversity in the Human genome, and cannot be prevented.
You know what IS an epidemic? COVID. It's caused by a virus, and can be prevented by a mixed-method approach that includes masks, indoor air filtration, vaccines, and ample paid sick leave.
You know what IS an epidemic? COVID. It's caused by a virus, and can be prevented by a mixed-method approach that includes masks, indoor air filtration, vaccines, and ample paid sick leave.
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We saw non-autistic parents of autistic kids speak at the event today. Non-disabled parents can do things harmful to their kids' disabilities, unfortunately.
September 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We saw non-autistic parents of autistic kids speak at the event today. Non-disabled parents can do things harmful to their kids' disabilities, unfortunately.
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Autistic people speak for their own community. Non-autistic parents of autistic kids are adjacent to the community, but they're not *the* community.
Interviewing a disabled parent of disabled kids is always a good perspective, though.
Interviewing a disabled parent of disabled kids is always a good perspective, though.
September 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Autistic people speak for their own community. Non-autistic parents of autistic kids are adjacent to the community, but they're not *the* community.
Interviewing a disabled parent of disabled kids is always a good perspective, though.
Interviewing a disabled parent of disabled kids is always a good perspective, though.
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A reminder to follow journalists, today and every day.
If you say you're going to have disability representation in an article on a disability topic, interview a disabled person, not a non-disabled parent. Their perspectives don't count as disability representation.
If you say you're going to have disability representation in an article on a disability topic, interview a disabled person, not a non-disabled parent. Their perspectives don't count as disability representation.
September 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A reminder to follow journalists, today and every day.
If you say you're going to have disability representation in an article on a disability topic, interview a disabled person, not a non-disabled parent. Their perspectives don't count as disability representation.
If you say you're going to have disability representation in an article on a disability topic, interview a disabled person, not a non-disabled parent. Their perspectives don't count as disability representation.
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Things today's White House autism announcement did not do:
-Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families
-Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear
-Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience
-Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families
-Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear
-Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience
September 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Things today's White House autism announcement did not do:
-Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families
-Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear
-Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience
-Discuss strategies to increase supports and services for autistic people/families
-Highlight why autistic people and families deserve respect, not pity or fear
-Endorse one speck of autism research that is not dangerous pseudoscience