I believe that ALL social media, including BSky, inevitably tends to become a toxic cesspool/dumpster fire over time, and leads to greater societal harm. I am ONLY here for the topics mentioned in my BSky profile, and I will mute and/or block profiles who follow me as needed to maintain that focus.

I am only back on social media as a result of recent U.S. government decisions which will impact how I will receive information about H5N1 and other potential pandemics. As a result, I have set up this account on Bsky, to follow good, authoritative sources of information.

Hello Helen! I am Ryan Schultz, the science librarian from the University of Manitoba. I followed you when I was on Twitter and I would like to follow you for your H5N1/bird flu coverage, please. Thank you! I have now set up a Bluesky account just for that purpose.