M Burg
@mburg7.bsky.social
They/them 💁🏻 Queer 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Mask4mask 😷 Disability advocate ♿️ Cat enthusiast 😻 Giants fan ⚾️ Behavior Analyst 📈
To everyone with this shitty attitude, you better hope that the people in charge of your care when you become disabled don’t think like this.
October 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
To everyone with this shitty attitude, you better hope that the people in charge of your care when you become disabled don’t think like this.
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We see your maskless selfies at those "protests."
We see you spreading COVID.
We see you making it unsafe for immunocompromised folks (& everyone else).
We see you supporting fascists who ban masks.
We see you fighting for so-called justice while ignoring disabled people.
We see you spreading COVID.
We see you making it unsafe for immunocompromised folks (& everyone else).
We see you supporting fascists who ban masks.
We see you fighting for so-called justice while ignoring disabled people.
October 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We see your maskless selfies at those "protests."
We see you spreading COVID.
We see you making it unsafe for immunocompromised folks (& everyone else).
We see you supporting fascists who ban masks.
We see you fighting for so-called justice while ignoring disabled people.
We see you spreading COVID.
We see you making it unsafe for immunocompromised folks (& everyone else).
We see you supporting fascists who ban masks.
We see you fighting for so-called justice while ignoring disabled people.
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Long covid made me go from being a fairly competitive rower exercising multiple times a day to a wheelchair user who couldn't walk up the stairs in my own home.
I am doing much better but it has been *years*, and getting sick still floors me in a way it never ever did before. It's no joke.
I am doing much better but it has been *years*, and getting sick still floors me in a way it never ever did before. It's no joke.
(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
October 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Long covid made me go from being a fairly competitive rower exercising multiple times a day to a wheelchair user who couldn't walk up the stairs in my own home.
I am doing much better but it has been *years*, and getting sick still floors me in a way it never ever did before. It's no joke.
I am doing much better but it has been *years*, and getting sick still floors me in a way it never ever did before. It's no joke.
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I just think that if you are going to state definitively that something is not a risk, then you should be able to readily cite at least ONE study that wasn't later retracted as false. or you should have to read ten of the newest papers on how covid fucks you up. vibes will not save you!!
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I just think that if you are going to state definitively that something is not a risk, then you should be able to readily cite at least ONE study that wasn't later retracted as false. or you should have to read ten of the newest papers on how covid fucks you up. vibes will not save you!!
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A $20 box of KN95s can keep you and your family off of GoFundMe trying to pass around a collection plate to pay for your $75,000 ventilator that your insurance doesn’t cover and the weeklong hospital stay that will bankrupt your entire family
October 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A $20 box of KN95s can keep you and your family off of GoFundMe trying to pass around a collection plate to pay for your $75,000 ventilator that your insurance doesn’t cover and the weeklong hospital stay that will bankrupt your entire family
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it is not hard to put on a mask in indoor places where you’re not eating. it does not ruin the experience to cover your face for 20 min at trader joe’s. establishing this as a social norm would prevent so much illness. five years in i do not understand why this breaks so many people’s brains
(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)
October 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
it is not hard to put on a mask in indoor places where you’re not eating. it does not ruin the experience to cover your face for 20 min at trader joe’s. establishing this as a social norm would prevent so much illness. five years in i do not understand why this breaks so many people’s brains
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All I can add to the “we reject universal masking” discourse is that it’s not about masks. You aren’t rejecting universal masking, which never happened; you’re rejecting having to think about wearing a mask, and maybe feeling badly about thinking about masks. Can’t help you there.
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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The mask debate on here is centered around SARS2/COVID (which is still totally not going well) but also misses other parts of what’s going on rn with climate breakdown & a fascist surveillance state. Masking is 100% the future, whether it’s against a novel virus, wildfire smoke, or police cameras.❤️🔥😷
All I can add to the “we reject universal masking” discourse is that it’s not about masks. You aren’t rejecting universal masking, which never happened; you’re rejecting having to think about wearing a mask, and maybe feeling badly about thinking about masks. Can’t help you there.
October 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The mask debate on here is centered around SARS2/COVID (which is still totally not going well) but also misses other parts of what’s going on rn with climate breakdown & a fascist surveillance state. Masking is 100% the future, whether it’s against a novel virus, wildfire smoke, or police cameras.❤️🔥😷
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Stuff like this reads like "I have no one who trusts me enough to be open about how Long Covid has devastated their life"
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Stuff like this reads like "I have no one who trusts me enough to be open about how Long Covid has devastated their life"
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If I wear an oven mitt, am I afraid of the oven?
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
If I wear an oven mitt, am I afraid of the oven?
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Leftists not masking aren’t serious. It betrays there is no strategy towards liberation. It’s short sighted. Can’t do the hard work to resist. Can’t do mutual aid. It’s just vibes, aesthetics, and social capital positioning. Just a quest for power without a plan.
October 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Leftists not masking aren’t serious. It betrays there is no strategy towards liberation. It’s short sighted. Can’t do the hard work to resist. Can’t do mutual aid. It’s just vibes, aesthetics, and social capital positioning. Just a quest for power without a plan.
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If you don't find our present dire enough to warrant masking, then where is your bar?
Where was it in 2020? 2021? ...2022? .....2023?
When did it shift, & why?
What did you read/who told you something that moved the needle? Does it hold up to scientific or your own moral scrutiny, considering?
Where was it in 2020? 2021? ...2022? .....2023?
When did it shift, & why?
What did you read/who told you something that moved the needle? Does it hold up to scientific or your own moral scrutiny, considering?
October 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If you don't find our present dire enough to warrant masking, then where is your bar?
Where was it in 2020? 2021? ...2022? .....2023?
When did it shift, & why?
What did you read/who told you something that moved the needle? Does it hold up to scientific or your own moral scrutiny, considering?
Where was it in 2020? 2021? ...2022? .....2023?
When did it shift, & why?
What did you read/who told you something that moved the needle? Does it hold up to scientific or your own moral scrutiny, considering?
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Even if someone doesn’t end up in the hospital because they got your sick, they might be forced to miss work when they can’t afford it.
My attitude on this is basically: You don’t know and you’re not following up with everyone you encounter. So suffer the minor inconvenience for the greater good.
My attitude on this is basically: You don’t know and you’re not following up with everyone you encounter. So suffer the minor inconvenience for the greater good.
October 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Even if someone doesn’t end up in the hospital because they got your sick, they might be forced to miss work when they can’t afford it.
My attitude on this is basically: You don’t know and you’re not following up with everyone you encounter. So suffer the minor inconvenience for the greater good.
My attitude on this is basically: You don’t know and you’re not following up with everyone you encounter. So suffer the minor inconvenience for the greater good.
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made the quoted thread, a response to a few of @jamellebouie.net’s recent posts, into a video, because sometimes it’s nice to see people’s faces, hear people’s voices, on an ever colder internet. this is part one.
full video at normal speed:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMfy98PR/
full video at normal speed:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMfy98PR/
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
made the quoted thread, a response to a few of @jamellebouie.net’s recent posts, into a video, because sometimes it’s nice to see people’s faces, hear people’s voices, on an ever colder internet. this is part one.
full video at normal speed:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMfy98PR/
full video at normal speed:
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMfy98PR/
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even the smartest folks whose takes i otherwise appreciate, who otherwise want to resist fascism themselves & encourage others to, find wearing a mask in, at least, public indoor spaces—to prevent the harms of this administration from impacting others—to be a bridge too far; it’s shameful, frankly.
yeah, i think a commitment to public health obligates you to get vaccinated and, when you are sick, do what you can to avoid spreading that to other people. the demand that one mask at all times in public spaces is, i think, unreasonable.
October 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
even the smartest folks whose takes i otherwise appreciate, who otherwise want to resist fascism themselves & encourage others to, find wearing a mask in, at least, public indoor spaces—to prevent the harms of this administration from impacting others—to be a bridge too far; it’s shameful, frankly.
This this 1000 times this
The framing “it’s unreasonable to ask me to mask” reminds me of climate change discussions - “it’s unreasonable to ask for net zero” etc - bc ppl think of the politics as more “real” than the science. Sometimes things are hard or unfair but reality and science don’t care
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This this 1000 times this
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The framing “it’s unreasonable to ask me to mask” reminds me of climate change discussions - “it’s unreasonable to ask for net zero” etc - bc ppl think of the politics as more “real” than the science. Sometimes things are hard or unfair but reality and science don’t care
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The framing “it’s unreasonable to ask me to mask” reminds me of climate change discussions - “it’s unreasonable to ask for net zero” etc - bc ppl think of the politics as more “real” than the science. Sometimes things are hard or unfair but reality and science don’t care
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Covid has killed tens of millions of people & disabled millions with long COVID. And we don't even know the long term immune damage
Like HIV in the 1980s, the general public's understanding of the harms lags behind science
Like HIV in the 1980s, the general public's understanding of the harms lags behind science
October 14, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Covid has killed tens of millions of people & disabled millions with long COVID. And we don't even know the long term immune damage
Like HIV in the 1980s, the general public's understanding of the harms lags behind science
Like HIV in the 1980s, the general public's understanding of the harms lags behind science
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One depressing thing about 2025 is that no country in the world is treating covid with the seriousness it deserves—e.g. masks in healthcare, air purifiers in classrooms, and Long Covid moonshots. Even the early stand-outs (e.g. New Zealand) seem to have, unfortunately, joined the race to the bottom
January 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One depressing thing about 2025 is that no country in the world is treating covid with the seriousness it deserves—e.g. masks in healthcare, air purifiers in classrooms, and Long Covid moonshots. Even the early stand-outs (e.g. New Zealand) seem to have, unfortunately, joined the race to the bottom
Grandma: You’ll notice I gave the screwdrivers to all the women because they stay in the house
Me, non-binarily: 😐 Thanks
#MerryChristmas everyone! 🏳️⚧️
Me, non-binarily: 😐 Thanks
#MerryChristmas everyone! 🏳️⚧️
December 25, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Grandma: You’ll notice I gave the screwdrivers to all the women because they stay in the house
Me, non-binarily: 😐 Thanks
#MerryChristmas everyone! 🏳️⚧️
Me, non-binarily: 😐 Thanks
#MerryChristmas everyone! 🏳️⚧️
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A lot of people believe this but don’t wear masks in, at the very least, public indoor spaces despite the ongoing spread of a deadly & disabling airborne virus for which we have few solid treatments and no cures.
Want to resist eugenics? Align your behavior with this reality. Mask up.
Want to resist eugenics? Align your behavior with this reality. Mask up.
i am convinced that these people are death worshippers who want to spread as much disease and sickness as possible (i also think this is all tied up in eugenic beliefs about the “survival of the fittest” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/h...
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
A lot of people believe this but don’t wear masks in, at the very least, public indoor spaces despite the ongoing spread of a deadly & disabling airborne virus for which we have few solid treatments and no cures.
Want to resist eugenics? Align your behavior with this reality. Mask up.
Want to resist eugenics? Align your behavior with this reality. Mask up.
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Military families w/ trans kids say an NDAA provision targeting gender-affirming care for minors is a “slap in the face” + some are rethinking their careers.
“You can’t say that this is going to help our military when you’re scaring military families.”
thehill.com/policy/defen...
“You can’t say that this is going to help our military when you’re scaring military families.”
thehill.com/policy/defen...
Military with transgender connections see NDAA provision as ‘slap in the face’
Military veterans, families and active-duty service members with transgender children say a provision added to Congress’s annual defense policy bill targeting some medical treatments for trans mino…
thehill.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Military families w/ trans kids say an NDAA provision targeting gender-affirming care for minors is a “slap in the face” + some are rethinking their careers.
“You can’t say that this is going to help our military when you’re scaring military families.”
thehill.com/policy/defen...
“You can’t say that this is going to help our military when you’re scaring military families.”
thehill.com/policy/defen...
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President Biden in 2022 to transgender youth: "I will always have your back"
This is the time to prove that was the case. Biden MUST VETO the NDAA which bans gender affirming care for youth with TriCare.
You promised trans kids you would protect them. NOW DO IT
This is the time to prove that was the case. Biden MUST VETO the NDAA which bans gender affirming care for youth with TriCare.
You promised trans kids you would protect them. NOW DO IT
December 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
President Biden in 2022 to transgender youth: "I will always have your back"
This is the time to prove that was the case. Biden MUST VETO the NDAA which bans gender affirming care for youth with TriCare.
You promised trans kids you would protect them. NOW DO IT
This is the time to prove that was the case. Biden MUST VETO the NDAA which bans gender affirming care for youth with TriCare.
You promised trans kids you would protect them. NOW DO IT
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The House Democrats who voted for the NDAA have put the health and wellbeing of trans youth in the military community at risk. They also gave us a sign that they’re woefully unprepared for the fights in store during the incoming Trump Administration. 🧵
Roll Call 500 Roll Call 500, Bill Number: H. R. 5009, 118th Congress, 2nd Session
VOTE QUESTION: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment, DESCRIPTION: WILD Act, VOTE TYPE: Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed
clerk.house.gov
December 12, 2024 at 12:19 AM
The House Democrats who voted for the NDAA have put the health and wellbeing of trans youth in the military community at risk. They also gave us a sign that they’re woefully unprepared for the fights in store during the incoming Trump Administration. 🧵