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Shena
@shena.bsky.social
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Former scientist, current HCW. Tired lefty who's sick of RWNJs destroying the world. Big fan of Doctor Who, spreadsheets, and Doctor Who spreadsheets
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bookowl.bsky.social
“We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014
January 1, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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hmpxvt.bsky.social
Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.

They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
December 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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lily-is.online
The idea of “social murder” is super useful, and we need to get comfortable using it. Engels is the best, man - reading him feels like finally acknowledging the obvious reality everyone wants you to ignore
Engels on 'Social Murder' When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another, such injury that death results, we call that deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call this deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or the bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live - forces them ... to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence - knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual ... Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845 [1967]), p. 126 (Panther Press)
December 5, 2024 at 4:42 AM
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fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social
Happy #DoctorWhoDay!
A sign taped to a shelf of books which says: DR WHO FANS PLEASE ASK FOR HELP I heartily endorse this message.
November 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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reecypontiff.com
"I believe they call this a Twitter," [the Eighth Doctor] said. "A tiny, avian creature drawn to pain and suffering."

Excerpt from 2002's "The Crooked World" EDA by Steve Lyons. Twitter was founded four years later.

#8thDoctor #EDAs #DoctorWho
July 13, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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mark-ungrin.bsky.social
This paper is interesting for a few reasons. It shows that mask mandates in healthcare protect patients from infections, and removing mask mandates in healthcare harms patients.

A facility without a mask mandate is making a *deliberate choice* known to harm patients.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In unadjusted analyses, the mean weekly ratio between hospital-onset and community-onset infections increased from 2.9% prior to Omicron dominance to 7.6% (95% CI, 6.0%-9.1%) during Omicron dominance. After universal masking and testing ended, it increased to 15.5% (95% CI, 13.6%-17.4%), then fell to 8.0% (95% CI, 5.0%-11.0%) following resumption of masking among health care workers. Under the adjusted Poisson model (Figure), cessation of universal masking and testing was associated with a 25% increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections compared with the preceding Omicron-dominant period (rate ratio [RR], 1.25; 95% CI, 1.02-1.53), and resumption of masking among staff was associated with a 33% decrease in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections (RR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.52-0.85).
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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georgiacooked.bsky.social
Putting up some of my favourite pieces to decorate the new account! Starting with this little array of floating (or falling?) Doctors, the start of my quest through DW canon to draw every character in this style!

#Doctorwho #fanart #characterdesign
August 1, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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1goodtern.bsky.social
One of the greatest tricks they ever pulled was to convince the world that covid was now 'just a respiratory virus'.
November 27, 2024 at 10:19 AM
shena.bsky.social
My favourite story for each #DoctorWho
Edge of Destruction
The Enemy of the World
The Three Doctors
Logopolis
Black Orchid
The One Doctor
Survival
Neverland
The Doctor Dances
Partners in Crime
Vincent and the Doctor
Heaven Sent
Eve of the Daleks
Wild Blue Yonder
Boom
cooperhillier.bsky.social Cooper Hillier 🏏 @cooperhillier.bsky.social · Nov 8
My favourite story for each #DoctorWho

The Daleks Master Plan
Fury from the Deep
The Ambassadors OF DEATH
The Deadly Assassin
Planet of Fire
Terror of the Vervoids
The Curse of Fenric
TV Movie
The Unquiet Dead
Utopia
The Angels Take Manhattan
Heaven Sent
Resolution
Wild Blue Yonder
73 Yards
November 27, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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1goodtern.bsky.social
If you can't bring yourself to admit that covid infections are causing health problems, then I think you may need to explore whether you have health anxiety and it's causing denial issues.
November 23, 2024 at 5:28 AM
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professorwho1.bsky.social
This whole dialogue might be one of my all-time favourite Doctor Who scenes. It’s the best proof that not every little exchange should serve the purely pragmatic purpose of “moving the plot forward”. There should always be moments of wholesome contemplation like this in the show.
November 24, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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smpwrgr.bsky.social
The people you see masking are the ones who:

* care
* are paying attention
* know there’s a better way

We understand what’s happening and we reject it

Masking is an act of compassionate defiance
We choose to mask Rather than be complicity in the mass disablement of humanity
November 24, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social
New research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults

"On an average of 10 months after COVID-19 onset, younger (ages 18-44) and middle-aged (ages 45-64) adults had worse neurologic symptoms of long COVID than adults 65 and older."

#LongCOVID
New research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults
New study from Northwestern Medicine finds symptoms occurred regardless of mild or severe COVID-19 infection
news.nm.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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drgrahamlj.bsky.social
Here's my take on #COVID-19 (the disease not the pandemic).

It's not what you think it is ...

A thread 👇
1/23
A chest X-ray highlighting the pattern of blood vessel damage caused by acute COVID-19 lung disease
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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octopuswaffle.bsky.social
This whole 🧵 is 🔥

And if you wonder how we got here, re: Covid disinformation, this article from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social is a good place to consider and reflect on.

www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-pr...
November 20, 2024 at 5:02 AM
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tryangregory.bsky.social
I guess I kinda get it. Spending years of a deadly pandemic telling people not to be cautious and being proved wrong by literally thousands of studies must cause some very harsh cognitive dissonance. Without intellectual honesty or integrity, denialism must be the only recourse.
October 21, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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thev.bsky.social
We’ve Tried Ignoring Covid, And That Hasn’t Worked To Get Rid Of It. Do We Need To Ignore It Harder?
Someone ignoring something Headline: We’ve Tried Ignoring Covid, And That Hasn’t Worked To Get Rid Of It. Do We Need To Ignore It Harder? Story by Jimmy Dodger and Derwent Perrywinkle Photo from Unsplash
October 12, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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thev.bsky.social
As We Always Say, “When The Going Gets Cough, The Cough Gets Going.”
December 7, 2023 at 4:15 PM
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jeffgilchrist.bsky.social
Why can you still #smell things wearing an effective #mask?

You can smell some nasty things like smoke and rotten eggs even with fit tested #N95 #respirators which block tiny viruses/bacteria because the smell molecules have atomic masses that are 17 million times less than a #virus. 🧪🧵1/ #COVID
Image of a woman wearing an N95 respirator with an expression of disgust from smelling something bad. Generated using Bing Image Creator powered by DALL-E 3 using prompt, "A person wearing an N95 mask with an expression of disgust from smelling something bad" Graph using logarithmic scale showing difference in atomic mass (Daltons) of various gases like oxygen, carbon dioxide and some you can smell ranging from 32 to 131 Daltons while the COVID-19 virus is millions of times more at 602 million Daltons and the aerosol it travels in is billions of times more at 160 billion Daltons.
November 25, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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castltrastondrs.bsky.social
MedSky🧪 #IDSky #CovidIsNotOver
#Maskup😷
A comprehensive overview of the current knowledge on #longCOVID & its immunological implications

akjournals.com/view/journal...
Through the respiratory system, the SARS-CoV-2 virus enters the body and has the potential to harm multiple organ systems. SARS-CoV-2 has an impact on the immune system, triggering cytokine storm and autoimmune disease. The pulmonary system is also affected, which results in lung fibrosis, dyspnea, fatigue, chest pain, cough, and pulmonary hypertension. Long-term impacts of the virus may potentially cause hematological problems such as deep vein thrombosis and irregular coagulation (Created with Biorender.com.) Myocardial damage and arrhythmias are brought on by the SARS-CoV-2 virus's impact on the cardiac system. The virus's long-term impact on the brain and neurological system may also lead to cognitive impairment and neuropsychological difficulties like anxiety, brain fog, forgetfulness, and memory loss as well as headaches, sleep disorders, tiredness, and ischemic stroke (Created with Biorender.com.) Apart from the initial stages of the infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus can have a long-term effect on many organ systems. Irritable bowel syndrome and an imbalance in the gut microbiota are side effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the gastrointestinal system. The long-term consequences of the virus that causes Type 1 diabetes mellitus and insulin sensitivity could have a serious negative impact on the endocrine system. Due to the long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2, the damage to the skeletal muscle and synovial tissue can result in severe joint pain, exhaustion, and muscular weakening (Created with Biorender.com.) The intensity of the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection may also affect the skin and hair, resulting in rashes on the skin and hair loss. The long-term effects of the virus that causes acute renal insufficiency and end-stage kidney disease have a serious negative influence on the renal system as well. The complex multisystem effects of the virus may continue to result in chronic fatigue, severe exhaustion, and weakness even after the acute infection has faded (Created with Biorender.com.)
November 12, 2023 at 10:56 AM
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mattielubchansky.com
my heart is just fucking broken man. the most vile people on earth have their hands on the wheel for every aspect of our lives. i can only hope that we figure out how to teach them shame
October 27, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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thev.bsky.social
FILM REVIEW: Infectious Laughs All Round In The Topical New Tragicomedy
‘Four Funerals And A Wedding That Was Shit Because Absolutely Everyone Was Ill’
Image description Movie Poster for ‘Four Funerals And A Wedding That Was Shit Because Absolutely Everyone Was Ill’ Headline: FILM REVIEW: Infectious Laughs All Round In The Topical New Tragicomedy ‘Four Funerals And A Wedding That Was Shit Because Absolutely Everyone Was Ill’ Story by Norman Barry and Tight Barndoor
October 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
“Masks don’t work”? Or “Cochrane methodology applied in the absence of common sense will mislead”? Looks like it’s the latter.

www.scientificamerican.com/article/what...
What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis?
The Cochrane Library, a trusted source of health information, misled the public by prioritizing rigor over reality
www.scientificamerican.com
October 18, 2023 at 10:36 AM