Maura L.
@mjflood14.bsky.social
Black Lives Matter. Wear a mask.
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The protections some of us have been using actually WORK, and work a charm. You don’t have to keep contracting airborne illnesses.
Covid has taught us so much about airborne disease spread (and how to prevent it).
We need to put that knowledge to work to slow the spread of COVID, measles & other pathogens.
Clean air, ventilation and well fitted respirators provide extra layers.
Want to learn more about choosing a mask?
We need to put that knowledge to work to slow the spread of COVID, measles & other pathogens.
Clean air, ventilation and well fitted respirators provide extra layers.
Want to learn more about choosing a mask?
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!
www.disabledginger.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The protections some of us have been using actually WORK, and work a charm. You don’t have to keep contracting airborne illnesses.
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Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID
Among the 25.1% of participants who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 12.8% reported sleeping disorders.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Among the 25.1% of participants who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 12.8% reported sleeping disorders.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
April 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID
Among the 25.1% of participants who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 12.8% reported sleeping disorders.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Among the 25.1% of participants who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 12.8% reported sleeping disorders.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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For those who thought Omicron was the "off ramp" to reopen schools and go back to work.
Kids and cardiac sequelae. Over a million in the study.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kids and cardiac sequelae. Over a million in the study.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Cardiovascular post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 in children and adolescents: cohort study using electronic health records - Nature Communications
Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting the cardiovascular system have been reported, but evidence in young people is limited. Here, the authors quantify the incidence of a range of outc...
www.nature.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
For those who thought Omicron was the "off ramp" to reopen schools and go back to work.
Kids and cardiac sequelae. Over a million in the study.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kids and cardiac sequelae. Over a million in the study.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
April 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It will never cease to amaze me that wearing a mask was a deal breaker for many people.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
It’s a powerful public health tool. It’s one of the most effective ways to avoid mass disablement. It keeps you & your community healthy. It shows you prioritize self care, disability justice & bodily autonomy.
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I’m not reposting anything with RFK Jr’s face on it out of respect for xour eyes but “autism epidemic” is like saying “freckles epidemic” or “cleft chin epidemic” it’s not a disease it’s just a way some people are and the thing we need to fix is a hostile societal framework.
April 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I’m not reposting anything with RFK Jr’s face on it out of respect for xour eyes but “autism epidemic” is like saying “freckles epidemic” or “cleft chin epidemic” it’s not a disease it’s just a way some people are and the thing we need to fix is a hostile societal framework.
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Too many people keep saying, “They're just trying to get a reaction out of us.” A fascist government is not your petty ex. They don't need a reaction out of you. They're carrying out their agenda whether you react or not. Talking about the administrators of a fascist state like this is so detached.
April 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Too many people keep saying, “They're just trying to get a reaction out of us.” A fascist government is not your petty ex. They don't need a reaction out of you. They're carrying out their agenda whether you react or not. Talking about the administrators of a fascist state like this is so detached.
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Former Skadden associate: The Administration cannot pick and choose who gets representation. It cannot use executive power to scare lawyers out of advocacy.
“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”
“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”
April 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Former Skadden associate: The Administration cannot pick and choose who gets representation. It cannot use executive power to scare lawyers out of advocacy.
“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”
“I will not allow my fear to manifest as silence. I choose courage.”
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Finance Ministry: “We’ve never exported anything, but now that America has economic interest, we could ship some samples of unrefrigerated krill via standard transit to the White House. Paired with some Limburger, epoisses, or cabrales, they will realize we have cards ripe to negotiate with”
April 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Finance Ministry: “We’ve never exported anything, but now that America has economic interest, we could ship some samples of unrefrigerated krill via standard transit to the White House. Paired with some Limburger, epoisses, or cabrales, they will realize we have cards ripe to negotiate with”
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Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.
April 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sen. Peter Squelch (Black Faced Shealthbill party) addressing congress today. He is attempting to champion a resolution to sell penguin eggs in return for tariff renegotiation. So far, he’s received cold shoulders and some Senators who’ve even flipped the bird, in a typically polite Ice House.
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Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
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The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
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When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” ask yourself this… healthy for who? When was America healthy?
It’s not about health. It’s about thinning the herd. Culling the weak
It’s about assigning blame to people with chronic illness & pushing health supremacy
It’s straight from the Nazi playbook
It’s not about health. It’s about thinning the herd. Culling the weak
It’s about assigning blame to people with chronic illness & pushing health supremacy
It’s straight from the Nazi playbook
March 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
When you hear “Make America Healthy Again” ask yourself this… healthy for who? When was America healthy?
It’s not about health. It’s about thinning the herd. Culling the weak
It’s about assigning blame to people with chronic illness & pushing health supremacy
It’s straight from the Nazi playbook
It’s not about health. It’s about thinning the herd. Culling the weak
It’s about assigning blame to people with chronic illness & pushing health supremacy
It’s straight from the Nazi playbook
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Never forget you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing.
You can wear a mask and protect others.
You can get boosted.
You can help someone in need.
You can donate to mutual aid.
You can amplify voices different than your own.
Caring about one another IS a form of resistance.
You can wear a mask and protect others.
You can get boosted.
You can help someone in need.
You can donate to mutual aid.
You can amplify voices different than your own.
Caring about one another IS a form of resistance.
March 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Never forget you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing.
You can wear a mask and protect others.
You can get boosted.
You can help someone in need.
You can donate to mutual aid.
You can amplify voices different than your own.
Caring about one another IS a form of resistance.
You can wear a mask and protect others.
You can get boosted.
You can help someone in need.
You can donate to mutual aid.
You can amplify voices different than your own.
Caring about one another IS a form of resistance.
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In honour of the estimated >400 million globally who've experienced Long Covid, please stop referring to the pandemic in past tense.
For real, god damnit this is the lowest bar
For real, god damnit this is the lowest bar
March 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In honour of the estimated >400 million globally who've experienced Long Covid, please stop referring to the pandemic in past tense.
For real, god damnit this is the lowest bar
For real, god damnit this is the lowest bar
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Seattle council in February reauthorized the use of non-lethal methods of crowd control which were suspended. And the police union is just awful. www.kuow.org/stories/seat...
Seattle City Council approves police use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas during protests
The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by tho...
www.kuow.org
March 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Seattle council in February reauthorized the use of non-lethal methods of crowd control which were suspended. And the police union is just awful. www.kuow.org/stories/seat...
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I'm rewatching The Wire. A character in the episode I'm watching says, "A lie ain't a side of the story. It's just a lie." For some reason, that speaks to me these days (as do a million other lines from the show.)
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I'm rewatching The Wire. A character in the episode I'm watching says, "A lie ain't a side of the story. It's just a lie." For some reason, that speaks to me these days (as do a million other lines from the show.)
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The news cycle is so stressful these days. Constant threats of tariffs, annexation, cuts to social services, civil rights etc.
We can’t know what is going to happen next, but whatever it is, we need to stay as healthy as possible in order to fight back.
Make activism accessible & mask up!
We can’t know what is going to happen next, but whatever it is, we need to stay as healthy as possible in order to fight back.
Make activism accessible & mask up!
March 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The news cycle is so stressful these days. Constant threats of tariffs, annexation, cuts to social services, civil rights etc.
We can’t know what is going to happen next, but whatever it is, we need to stay as healthy as possible in order to fight back.
Make activism accessible & mask up!
We can’t know what is going to happen next, but whatever it is, we need to stay as healthy as possible in order to fight back.
Make activism accessible & mask up!
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God damnit. This makes me so angry given the fight we’ve had since 2020 to protect against airborne transmission in hospitals and other congregate settings. It’s the worst “I told you so” montreal.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/q...
Most of Quebec’s 36 measles cases contracted in health-care settings
The number of measles cases continues to rise in Quebec. A total of 36 cases have been confirmed, including 28 in the Laurentians. In addition to the Montreal, Laval, and Montérégie regions, which are...
montreal.citynews.ca
March 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
God damnit. This makes me so angry given the fight we’ve had since 2020 to protect against airborne transmission in hospitals and other congregate settings. It’s the worst “I told you so” montreal.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/q...
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At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.
March 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.
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Since the start of COVID, the number of people reporting a disability soared. Yet the majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Long COVID doesn't exist.
March 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Since the start of COVID, the number of people reporting a disability soared. Yet the majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Long COVID doesn't exist.
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Sanctuary city laws don’t just protect undocumented immigrants and their mixed-status families.
Sanctuary laws keep our towns healthy & whole. Folks who fear their government are less likely to call the fire dept, less likely to report contagious diseases, etc
Criminalization hurts all of us.
Sanctuary laws keep our towns healthy & whole. Folks who fear their government are less likely to call the fire dept, less likely to report contagious diseases, etc
Criminalization hurts all of us.
Good morning, family!
We're following updates from DC as Mayor Brandon Johnson and the mayors of Boston, New York City & Denver are expected to testify on sanctuary city policies for the House Committee on Oversight & Accountability.
You can watch here: oversight.house.gov/hearing/a-he...
We're following updates from DC as Mayor Brandon Johnson and the mayors of Boston, New York City & Denver are expected to testify on sanctuary city policies for the House Committee on Oversight & Accountability.
You can watch here: oversight.house.gov/hearing/a-he...
A Hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
oversight.house.gov
March 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Sanctuary city laws don’t just protect undocumented immigrants and their mixed-status families.
Sanctuary laws keep our towns healthy & whole. Folks who fear their government are less likely to call the fire dept, less likely to report contagious diseases, etc
Criminalization hurts all of us.
Sanctuary laws keep our towns healthy & whole. Folks who fear their government are less likely to call the fire dept, less likely to report contagious diseases, etc
Criminalization hurts all of us.
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Democrats giving up on trans rights because they poll badly is like a sports team deciding to score on their own goal instead of the opponent’s because that’s what’s been getting the loudest cheers lately.
March 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Democrats giving up on trans rights because they poll badly is like a sports team deciding to score on their own goal instead of the opponent’s because that’s what’s been getting the loudest cheers lately.