NaoNazo
@naonazo.bsky.social
Tech writer, fanfic author (NaoNazo on Ao3) and baker.
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26,000 deaths a week is absolutely unfathomable. Like I remember it happening, but it’s still hard to imagine.
And so many people who didn’t die are now disabled from the effects of long covid.
The collective trauma will stick with us for a long time.
And so many people who didn’t die are now disabled from the effects of long covid.
The collective trauma will stick with us for a long time.
We're overdue for the winter wave but these have been tapering off over time too
Jan 2021 peak: ~26,000 deaths per week
Jan 2022 peak: ~21,000
Jan 2023 peak: ~4,000
Jan 2024 peak: ~2,600
Jan 2025 peak: ~1,000
Jan 2021 peak: ~26,000 deaths per week
Jan 2022 peak: ~21,000
Jan 2023 peak: ~4,000
Jan 2024 peak: ~2,600
Jan 2025 peak: ~1,000
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
26,000 deaths a week is absolutely unfathomable. Like I remember it happening, but it’s still hard to imagine.
And so many people who didn’t die are now disabled from the effects of long covid.
The collective trauma will stick with us for a long time.
And so many people who didn’t die are now disabled from the effects of long covid.
The collective trauma will stick with us for a long time.
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Users are noticing Twitter/X has added a Grok-powered AI image editor that lets anyone edit any image on the platform, including other people’s artwork using text prompts.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Users are noticing Twitter/X has added a Grok-powered AI image editor that lets anyone edit any image on the platform, including other people’s artwork using text prompts.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
Artists warn there’s no opt-out or consent, raising concerns over unauthorized edits and misuse.
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TikToker Carlitos Ricardo Parias (known for tracking ICE activity), had his case dismissed on the grounds that Parias was not given access to counsel while in ICE detention, and the government did not abide by the court deadline to release the shooting body cam footage. trib.al/pxTJLgY
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
TikToker Carlitos Ricardo Parias (known for tracking ICE activity), had his case dismissed on the grounds that Parias was not given access to counsel while in ICE detention, and the government did not abide by the court deadline to release the shooting body cam footage. trib.al/pxTJLgY
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While Trump’s second term has been defined by gross overreach, incompetence, and chaos, the State Department has largely gone about its business without drawing controversy.
But that’s the problem—Rubio’s work this year should be controversial. trib.al/5VzTDFb
But that’s the problem—Rubio’s work this year should be controversial. trib.al/5VzTDFb
Marco Rubio Is Not the Adult in the Room. He’s the Warmonger.
Every single senator eagerly confirmed their former colleague to be secretary of state, but he is not at all the moderating force that they thought he’d be.
trib.al
December 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
While Trump’s second term has been defined by gross overreach, incompetence, and chaos, the State Department has largely gone about its business without drawing controversy.
But that’s the problem—Rubio’s work this year should be controversial. trib.al/5VzTDFb
But that’s the problem—Rubio’s work this year should be controversial. trib.al/5VzTDFb
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if anyone is feeling inclined to help this circulate far and wide enough for me to meet my gfm goal so i don’t have to keep doing this every month and just focus on healthcare, gender affirming care, job and apartment hunting i’d be eternally grateful okay thank you.
For @permanentalien.blacksky.app 💕💸
C - $permanentalien
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PP - @AlyssumBorges
gofund.me/982b699b
C - $permanentalien
V - $permanentalien
PP - @AlyssumBorges
gofund.me/982b699b
Donate to help alyssum rebuild, stay housed and get HRT, organized by Alyssum Borges
Hi hello, maybe you saw my campaign to help me move out of a mold infeste… Alyssum Borges needs your support for help alyssum rebuild, stay housed and get HRT
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December 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
if anyone is feeling inclined to help this circulate far and wide enough for me to meet my gfm goal so i don’t have to keep doing this every month and just focus on healthcare, gender affirming care, job and apartment hunting i’d be eternally grateful okay thank you.
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President Trump continues to insist there has been “no crime” since deploying the National Guard—unfounded assertions that have left real victims feeling utterly forgotten. trib.al/d3Cb306
Homicides rates in D.C. have gone down, but it doesn’t seem the National Guard has had anything to do with it.
Homicides rates in D.C. have gone down, but it doesn’t seem the National Guard has had anything to do with it.
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
President Trump continues to insist there has been “no crime” since deploying the National Guard—unfounded assertions that have left real victims feeling utterly forgotten. trib.al/d3Cb306
Homicides rates in D.C. have gone down, but it doesn’t seem the National Guard has had anything to do with it.
Homicides rates in D.C. have gone down, but it doesn’t seem the National Guard has had anything to do with it.
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If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
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Bingqiu Week Day 4&5: Demon and Bride-napping!
Had my Reverse AU on the brain… Shizun LBH and Demon SQQ…
[ #bingqiuweek2025 #bingqiu #svsss #fanart ]
Had my Reverse AU on the brain… Shizun LBH and Demon SQQ…
[ #bingqiuweek2025 #bingqiu #svsss #fanart ]
December 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Bingqiu Week Day 4&5: Demon and Bride-napping!
Had my Reverse AU on the brain… Shizun LBH and Demon SQQ…
[ #bingqiuweek2025 #bingqiu #svsss #fanart ]
Had my Reverse AU on the brain… Shizun LBH and Demon SQQ…
[ #bingqiuweek2025 #bingqiu #svsss #fanart ]
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Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Zuckerburg is paying only $190M to settle an $8B lawsuit by FB shareholders for the Cambridge Analytica crime.
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
$8B would’ve been 3% of his net worth, and $190M is .08%. ~$75 for ordinary working people.
“If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.”
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Donate to the Prison Journalism Project and I will paint your own fur baby as a gift! They are doing great work for artists behind bars.
#art #cat #catsofbluesky #furbaby #petart
#art #cat #catsofbluesky #furbaby #petart
December 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Donate to the Prison Journalism Project and I will paint your own fur baby as a gift! They are doing great work for artists behind bars.
#art #cat #catsofbluesky #furbaby #petart
#art #cat #catsofbluesky #furbaby #petart
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500,000 Scots would benefit if free bus travel extended to under-30s in new Greens budget plea | STV News share.google/FJDr0nRWD2uS...
Greens: 500,000 Scots would benefit if free bus travel extended to under-30s
According to the Greens, more than 500,000 people would benefit from the change, including 110,000 in Glasgow and 84,000 in Edinburgh.
share.google
December 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
500,000 Scots would benefit if free bus travel extended to under-30s in new Greens budget plea | STV News share.google/FJDr0nRWD2uS...
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This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
December 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is a win for public health that allows for research on issues like HIV prevention and Alzheimer’s disease to continue.
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“Victoria will become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries on intersex children, with legislation to be introduced to parliament to ensure procedures are deferred until patients are old enough to consent to them.”
This is very encouraging news. We need to protect bodily autonomy.
This is very encouraging news. We need to protect bodily autonomy.
Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
Exclusive: Legislation would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures until child can give informed consent, bringing state in line with ACT
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“Victoria will become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries on intersex children, with legislation to be introduced to parliament to ensure procedures are deferred until patients are old enough to consent to them.”
This is very encouraging news. We need to protect bodily autonomy.
This is very encouraging news. We need to protect bodily autonomy.
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In less than a year, Trump has nominated at least 216 political appointees who own crypto investments worth between $175 million and $340 million, a ProPublica review found.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
Top DOJ Official Todd Blanche Shut Down Crypto Enforcement While Holding Crypto Assets
The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, exper...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In less than a year, Trump has nominated at least 216 political appointees who own crypto investments worth between $175 million and $340 million, a ProPublica review found.
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
By @coreygjohnson.bsky.social and @shaw.al
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South Tucson Mayor Roxy Valenzuela rejects calls to increase policing as a response to rising homelessness.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses
State intervention has led Tucson to ramp up sweeps and pass harsh new policies. Officials in the small town of South Tucson have emphasized support and services, even as they face blowback.
boltsmag.org
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
South Tucson Mayor Roxy Valenzuela rejects calls to increase policing as a response to rising homelessness.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
“Sometimes the best people to offer those resources are not the cops — it can be a community member or a clinician,” she says.
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in case you missed it:
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
in case you missed it:
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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We've learned in the past decade or so that forensic science and behavioral psychology are basically made up. Meanwhile, medical science turned AIDS into a manageable condition, developed a vaccine for a global pandemic, and is reversing Alzheimer's in mice
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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December 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
We've learned in the past decade or so that forensic science and behavioral psychology are basically made up. Meanwhile, medical science turned AIDS into a manageable condition, developed a vaccine for a global pandemic, and is reversing Alzheimer's in mice
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John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
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I want to help fix my roomie's PC. The power supply isn't working
My commissions are open!
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My commissions are open!
Sketches:
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Shaded (includes color):
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December 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I want to help fix my roomie's PC. The power supply isn't working
My commissions are open!
Sketches:
Half Body: $25
Full Body: $50
Lined:
Half Body: $32
Full Body: $60
Shaded (includes color):
Half Body: $50
Full Body: $100
My commissions are open!
Sketches:
Half Body: $25
Full Body: $50
Lined:
Half Body: $32
Full Body: $60
Shaded (includes color):
Half Body: $50
Full Body: $100
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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From 12/8-1/1, several of my ebooks are 25-50% off in ebook at Smashwords for the 2025 End of Year Sale. (These ebooks can be side-loaded to Kindle, by the way...) www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 30, 2025 at 6:05 AM
From 12/8-1/1, several of my ebooks are 25-50% off in ebook at Smashwords for the 2025 End of Year Sale. (These ebooks can be side-loaded to Kindle, by the way...) www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
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Trump says Venezuela has stolen our “oil, land, and assets.” Might we ask what? Did they take part of Florida? Huh? Ffs.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump says Venezuela has stolen our “oil, land, and assets.” Might we ask what? Did they take part of Florida? Huh? Ffs.