Violinda
@violindasu.bsky.social
Nomad, living on the road in my RV, Jeep in tow, with my dog, Ava. Still Coviding. LGBTQ ally. Doomer. Cynic. Avid reader. Crone.
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Someone tell the Democratic Party that fascism is, in fact, a kitchen table issue
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Someone tell the Democratic Party that fascism is, in fact, a kitchen table issue
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"We estimate that 5,400 (3,400–7,400) acute deaths in North America and 64,300 (37,800–90,900) chronic deaths in North America and Europe were attributable to PM2.5 exposure to the 2023 Canadian wildfires."
#ClimateCrisis #health #survival #airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateCrisis #health #survival #airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Smoke from Canada’s wildfires killed nine-year-old Carter Vigh – and 82,000 others around the world
Toxic particles spewed by 2023’s wildfires were even responsible for 22,000 early deaths in Europe, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"We estimate that 5,400 (3,400–7,400) acute deaths in North America and 64,300 (37,800–90,900) chronic deaths in North America and Europe were attributable to PM2.5 exposure to the 2023 Canadian wildfires."
#ClimateCrisis #health #survival #airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateCrisis #health #survival #airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Thank climate change: “Giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees, evolved to survive low-intensity fire, which helps them release seeds. But recent megafires have overwhelmed even these natural defenses. Since 2020, wildfires have killed as much as a fifth of all mature sequoias” 😢
Meanwhile the world burns. In this case with 2000 year old trees at risk. www.accuweather.com/en/weather-n...
Garnet Fire endangers giant sequoias, triggers smoke alerts in California
Crews are using sprinklers, brush clearing and smokejumpers to defend McKinley Grove’s sequoias from the Garnet Fire, while smoke advisories extend into Nevada, reducing visibility and air quality.
www.accuweather.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Thank climate change: “Giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees, evolved to survive low-intensity fire, which helps them release seeds. But recent megafires have overwhelmed even these natural defenses. Since 2020, wildfires have killed as much as a fifth of all mature sequoias” 😢
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There is a real possibility that Charlie Kirk’s death will serve as a pretext for authoritarian purges.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
There is a real possibility that Charlie Kirk’s death will serve as a pretext for authoritarian purges.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
And our political culture does not have much experience with that. Mainstream reporters and politicians are not in the habit of recognizing or naming it.
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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Can you fucking believe how The Washington Post frames what SCOTUS did today?
Compare to how Democracy Docket describes and sign-up to support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Compare to how Democracy Docket describes and sign-up to support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
September 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can you fucking believe how The Washington Post frames what SCOTUS did today?
Compare to how Democracy Docket describes and sign-up to support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
Compare to how Democracy Docket describes and sign-up to support independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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“Children are not spared from Long COVID. A study from Taiwan shows that in children ages 6 to 18 years, COVID infection can lead to changes in the brain that are associated with persistent headaches, memory, and attention problems.”
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👧ER visits for COVID are HIGH & kids are most affected
👍States bypass Fed guidance on COVID vaccines
👃Astepro nasal spray to prevent COVID infection
💊Metformin decreases Long COVID in overweight ppl
& much more buff.ly/Vg3f58x
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
👧ER visits for COVID are HIGH & kids are most affected
👍States bypass Fed guidance on COVID vaccines
👃Astepro nasal spray to prevent COVID infection
💊Metformin decreases Long COVID in overweight ppl
& much more buff.ly/Vg3f58x
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
September 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Children are not spared from Long COVID. A study from Taiwan shows that in children ages 6 to 18 years, COVID infection can lead to changes in the brain that are associated with persistent headaches, memory, and attention problems.”
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MAGA lives in an alternate reality where Donald Trump is not a pedophile. A world where 20+ sexual abuse accusers and a rape conviction prove that Donald Trump is a pious man. Where six bankruptcies and a fraud conviction make him a good businessman. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so dangerous.
September 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
MAGA lives in an alternate reality where Donald Trump is not a pedophile. A world where 20+ sexual abuse accusers and a rape conviction prove that Donald Trump is a pious man. Where six bankruptcies and a fraud conviction make him a good businessman. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so dangerous.
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Just say “after quarantine.” Saying we’re past COVID after two presidents have deliberately stopped testing for it is a bit like saying the era of school shootings is over because we no longer hope for any government intervention. COVID causes serious brain damage and many don’t know they have it.
September 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Just say “after quarantine.” Saying we’re past COVID after two presidents have deliberately stopped testing for it is a bit like saying the era of school shootings is over because we no longer hope for any government intervention. COVID causes serious brain damage and many don’t know they have it.
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Seriously, these scores are a significant impairment from a single infection and these people have zero awareness of it! Between brain damage, immune compromise, and strokes + heart attacks at all ages, it’s ruining tons of lives. Plus it’s sky high right now. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
Changes in memory and cognition during the SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study
These results support larger cross sectional findings indicating that mild Wildtype
SARS-CoV-2 infection can be followed by small changes in cognition and memory that
persist for at least a year. The ...
www.thelancet.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Seriously, these scores are a significant impairment from a single infection and these people have zero awareness of it! Between brain damage, immune compromise, and strokes + heart attacks at all ages, it’s ruining tons of lives. Plus it’s sky high right now. www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
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Long COVID Hitting Doctors and Nurses Hard.
David Putrino, PhD, at Mount Sinai, has treated about 3,500 people with long COVID and sees 500–700 new patients per year. He says 5–7% are healthcare workers, showing disproportionate long COVID impact in this group.
Source: archive.md/8odRz
David Putrino, PhD, at Mount Sinai, has treated about 3,500 people with long COVID and sees 500–700 new patients per year. He says 5–7% are healthcare workers, showing disproportionate long COVID impact in this group.
Source: archive.md/8odRz
September 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Long COVID Hitting Doctors and Nurses Hard.
David Putrino, PhD, at Mount Sinai, has treated about 3,500 people with long COVID and sees 500–700 new patients per year. He says 5–7% are healthcare workers, showing disproportionate long COVID impact in this group.
Source: archive.md/8odRz
David Putrino, PhD, at Mount Sinai, has treated about 3,500 people with long COVID and sees 500–700 new patients per year. He says 5–7% are healthcare workers, showing disproportionate long COVID impact in this group.
Source: archive.md/8odRz
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During the 20 years following WWII, the worst epidemic year for polio in the US was 1951. There were 58.000 cases and 3100 deaths.
In 2024, there were over 50,000 recorded deaths from acute COVID-19 and an estimated 75,000 premature deaths from long term or permanent effects of COVID-19.
In 2024, there were over 50,000 recorded deaths from acute COVID-19 and an estimated 75,000 premature deaths from long term or permanent effects of COVID-19.
September 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
During the 20 years following WWII, the worst epidemic year for polio in the US was 1951. There were 58.000 cases and 3100 deaths.
In 2024, there were over 50,000 recorded deaths from acute COVID-19 and an estimated 75,000 premature deaths from long term or permanent effects of COVID-19.
In 2024, there were over 50,000 recorded deaths from acute COVID-19 and an estimated 75,000 premature deaths from long term or permanent effects of COVID-19.
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💯 Surprised by the demise of U.S. public health? Some of us already saw the signs when they let 5M+ kids get long COVID with zero mitigations
Well the slope from “let the elderly and disabled die of COVID” to “let’s trash all the rest of our ethics, morals and laws” was basically a short walk on a flat path wasn’t it?
September 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
💯 Surprised by the demise of U.S. public health? Some of us already saw the signs when they let 5M+ kids get long COVID with zero mitigations
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CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from eight foodborne pathogens to two, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/f...
The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from eight foodborne pathogens to two, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/f...
August 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from eight foodborne pathogens to two, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/f...
The CDC's FoodNet program has reduced required surveillance from eight foodborne pathogens to two, a move some experts warn could leave the country more vulnerable to outbreaks.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/f...
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Scientists shocked. Humans shrug. Collapse ahead.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Scientists shocked. Humans shrug. Collapse ahead.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
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They can’t even dependably deploy basic PPE
and infection control anymore: just another toady cog in the growing fascist-industrial collusive complex we find ourselves in.
and infection control anymore: just another toady cog in the growing fascist-industrial collusive complex we find ourselves in.
August 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
They can’t even dependably deploy basic PPE
and infection control anymore: just another toady cog in the growing fascist-industrial collusive complex we find ourselves in.
and infection control anymore: just another toady cog in the growing fascist-industrial collusive complex we find ourselves in.
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Absolutely heartbreaking to see CDC staffers say they were surprised that the shooting didn’t happen sooner.
Some CDC staff say that they have long feared the day that escalating animosity toward the agency would culminate in actual violence, @landmanspeaking.bsky.social reports:
‘I’m Actually Surprised It Didn’t Happen Sooner’
CDC staffers saw the violence coming.
bit.ly
August 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Absolutely heartbreaking to see CDC staffers say they were surprised that the shooting didn’t happen sooner.
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Modern humans can’t change course because we’re hard-wired to believe we’re exceptional. It’s not possible to rip through Earth’s environmental resources at warp speed and avoid extinction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Modern humans can’t change course because we’re hard-wired to believe we’re exceptional. It’s not possible to rip through Earth’s environmental resources at warp speed and avoid extinction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“It’s funny how, as a culture, we feel immortal — as if no matter how much damage we do to the natural systems that support life on Earth, and no matter how many other species we send to extinction daily, it can’t possibly happen to us.”
— Sue Coulstock, Racing to Extinction
— Sue Coulstock, Racing to Extinction
August 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“It’s funny how, as a culture, we feel immortal — as if no matter how much damage we do to the natural systems that support life on Earth, and no matter how many other species we send to extinction daily, it can’t possibly happen to us.”
— Sue Coulstock, Racing to Extinction
— Sue Coulstock, Racing to Extinction
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USA: Study finds removing school mask mandates contributed to almost 22,000 U.S. COVID deaths in a year.
Issue Date: May 2025
Source: www.nber.org/papers/w33849
Issue Date: May 2025
Source: www.nber.org/papers/w33849
August 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
USA: Study finds removing school mask mandates contributed to almost 22,000 U.S. COVID deaths in a year.
Issue Date: May 2025
Source: www.nber.org/papers/w33849
Issue Date: May 2025
Source: www.nber.org/papers/w33849
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Day after day, Covid-19 continues its unrelenting assault on the human community.
Day after day, nothing is done to stop the grievous harm.
Day after day, the situation gets worse.
Day after day, collective survival in the long term becomes less likely.
#COVID19
Day after day, nothing is done to stop the grievous harm.
Day after day, the situation gets worse.
Day after day, collective survival in the long term becomes less likely.
#COVID19
Today is another day of Covid-19 being allowed to spread throughout the world, with no attempt at control.
Today is another day of deliberate negligence causing repeated infections, mass illness, and excess mortality.
#COVID19
Today is another day of deliberate negligence causing repeated infections, mass illness, and excess mortality.
#COVID19
June 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Day after day, Covid-19 continues its unrelenting assault on the human community.
Day after day, nothing is done to stop the grievous harm.
Day after day, the situation gets worse.
Day after day, collective survival in the long term becomes less likely.
#COVID19
Day after day, nothing is done to stop the grievous harm.
Day after day, the situation gets worse.
Day after day, collective survival in the long term becomes less likely.
#COVID19
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We’re going to need a bigger scale..
The exceptional mediterranean heatwave continues with anomalies close to 8°C above average.
This is around 9 standard deviations above normal. 5 is considered an exceptional, once in a several thousand year event. This is EXTREME.
The exceptional mediterranean heatwave continues with anomalies close to 8°C above average.
This is around 9 standard deviations above normal. 5 is considered an exceptional, once in a several thousand year event. This is EXTREME.
July 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
We’re going to need a bigger scale..
The exceptional mediterranean heatwave continues with anomalies close to 8°C above average.
This is around 9 standard deviations above normal. 5 is considered an exceptional, once in a several thousand year event. This is EXTREME.
The exceptional mediterranean heatwave continues with anomalies close to 8°C above average.
This is around 9 standard deviations above normal. 5 is considered an exceptional, once in a several thousand year event. This is EXTREME.
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Nearing the quarter-century mark in our nation’s life, we have collectively failed those who came before by allowing the ascension of the very fascism millions of our forebears courageously fought, bled, and died driving back into the sewers of history.
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Born on The Farce of July
This Independence Day isn't a birthday for our nation; it's a funeral.
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July 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Nearing the quarter-century mark in our nation’s life, we have collectively failed those who came before by allowing the ascension of the very fascism millions of our forebears courageously fought, bled, and died driving back into the sewers of history.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/born-on-th...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/born-on-th...