Unknown Etiology
@viralpersistence.bsky.social
fund research and clinical trials for infection associated chronic illnesses now, and furthermore provide clean energy-powered hotel cold on demand for free. medicaid, not medicare, for all. aspiring #burquesky member.
I blocked them without interacting but someone fedquoteposted on my ice post and their profile was like “if you support Ukraine I fucking hate you” 🤔
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I blocked them without interacting but someone fedquoteposted on my ice post and their profile was like “if you support Ukraine I fucking hate you” 🤔
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If speech was free we wouldn’t have to live in fear of highly litigious cranks with cash to burn on legal harassment
ICYMI: Robert Kennedy Jr., who has sought to cast himself as a free speech advocate, spent the last 5 years pursuing (with help from Children’s Health Defense) an anonymous Daily Kos blogger for summarizing a German news story about him. That case finally ended in Sept.
I spoke with that blogger.
I spoke with that blogger.
NEW: I spoke with David Vickrey, the Daily Kos blogger Robert Kennedy Jr. spent the last five years pursuing in court with a dead-end, costly defamation lawsuit.
Here’s what he had to say:
www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
Here’s what he had to say:
www.importantcontext.news/p/robert-ken...
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If speech was free we wouldn’t have to live in fear of highly litigious cranks with cash to burn on legal harassment
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This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
Fascism at the Door, Neighbors in the Street: Abolition in Practice
“I think a lot of us could level up our skills,” says researcher Tamara Nopper.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This week, I talk to @tamaranopper.bsky.social about abolition in practice — how people learn through engagement with state violence, what gets in the way of developing shared analysis, and why abolitionists need to take recruitment and counter-recruitment seriously.
we need a campaign to get democratic representatives and senators to state their position on abolishing ice and then write letters to local newspapers about it.
before DHS.) I imagine that any real attempt to abolish ice by the democrats might be tied to additional funding for local police, but they will probably do that anyway.
abolishing ice feels like the most important medium term political goal.
abolishing ice feels like the most important medium term political goal.
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
we need a campaign to get democratic representatives and senators to state their position on abolishing ice and then write letters to local newspapers about it.
abolishing ice can be made conceptually moderate-friendly imo. either potential justification for its existence is bad: its purpose is either to terrorize peaceful immigrants who live here or to go after a specific group for stuff that’s already illegal for everyone.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
abolishing ice can be made conceptually moderate-friendly imo. either potential justification for its existence is bad: its purpose is either to terrorize peaceful immigrants who live here or to go after a specific group for stuff that’s already illegal for everyone.
really disturbing situation. I’m donating $25 to help a #severeME patient avoid going to jail for a long time, can anyone match me? #mecfs #LongCovid #HelpSky (I don’t know her but she’s active on twitter)
Donate to Help a Severe ME patient afford Legal Aid, organized by Megan Pendleton
My name is Megan, and I am living with severe ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)… Megan Pendleton needs your support for Help a Severe ME patient afford Legal Aid
www.gofundme.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
really disturbing situation. I’m donating $25 to help a #severeME patient avoid going to jail for a long time, can anyone match me? #mecfs #LongCovid #HelpSky (I don’t know her but she’s active on twitter)
my shirt got here today #NoContractNoCoffee
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November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
my shirt got here today #NoContractNoCoffee
“viral persistence has been found to be vaguely correlated with presence of long covid symptoms” yeah man our immune systems are fucked up
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“viral persistence has been found to be vaguely correlated with presence of long covid symptoms” yeah man our immune systems are fucked up
if I was religious I’d feel like I had something in life that god was calling me to do but I’m not so it seems more like “something I already kind of failed at” and “going to keep me from having money forever” idk
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
if I was religious I’d feel like I had something in life that god was calling me to do but I’m not so it seems more like “something I already kind of failed at” and “going to keep me from having money forever” idk
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I responded to a call to be a legal witness at an ICE raid and Jesus
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I responded to a call to be a legal witness at an ICE raid and Jesus
so are people with #mecfs not excited about the recent investment into research in Germany? is it too little money? are they going to give it to the wrong people?
I wouldn’t have expected huge happiness but based on the lack of reaction I’m wondering if there’s something I’m not aware of.
I wouldn’t have expected huge happiness but based on the lack of reaction I’m wondering if there’s something I’m not aware of.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 AM
so are people with #mecfs not excited about the recent investment into research in Germany? is it too little money? are they going to give it to the wrong people?
I wouldn’t have expected huge happiness but based on the lack of reaction I’m wondering if there’s something I’m not aware of.
I wouldn’t have expected huge happiness but based on the lack of reaction I’m wondering if there’s something I’m not aware of.
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perhaps we can make the cartoonishly villainous RFK Jr an sin-eater for those kinds of beliefs and perhaps years of enduring his misrule will complete the crank re-alignment
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
perhaps we can make the cartoonishly villainous RFK Jr an sin-eater for those kinds of beliefs and perhaps years of enduring his misrule will complete the crank re-alignment
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sometimes lm just chilling and then I remember that tens or hundreds of thousands of ppl have already died bc of doge destroying usaid
August 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
sometimes lm just chilling and then I remember that tens or hundreds of thousands of ppl have already died bc of doge destroying usaid
one of the problems with the social model of disability is that it lends itself very well to generic critique of society that doesn‘t really relate to disabled people’s perspectives and needs
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
one of the problems with the social model of disability is that it lends itself very well to generic critique of society that doesn‘t really relate to disabled people’s perspectives and needs
top 10 cities to start your life over from scratch in
November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
top 10 cities to start your life over from scratch in
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4) Gender stereotypes:
"The widely-held stereotypical view of women as weak, suggestible, emotionally unbalanced, irrational, manipulative, and unable to cope with even relatively minor stress have made them easy targets to be labeled as hysterical, unreliable"
"The widely-held stereotypical view of women as weak, suggestible, emotionally unbalanced, irrational, manipulative, and unable to cope with even relatively minor stress have made them easy targets to be labeled as hysterical, unreliable"
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
4) Gender stereotypes:
"The widely-held stereotypical view of women as weak, suggestible, emotionally unbalanced, irrational, manipulative, and unable to cope with even relatively minor stress have made them easy targets to be labeled as hysterical, unreliable"
"The widely-held stereotypical view of women as weak, suggestible, emotionally unbalanced, irrational, manipulative, and unable to cope with even relatively minor stress have made them easy targets to be labeled as hysterical, unreliable"
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Woman and Bird in the Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227979
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Woman and Bird in the Night https://www.wikiart.org/en/joan-miro/not_detected_227979
unfortunately I may be with the Fun Police on the news of the day. rare but it happens
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
unfortunately I may be with the Fun Police on the news of the day. rare but it happens
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nothing confirms the "trump believes the last thing he heard" theory like him meeting MBS and then immediately going "my various political enemies should be put to death"
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
nothing confirms the "trump believes the last thing he heard" theory like him meeting MBS and then immediately going "my various political enemies should be put to death"
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I’ll be presenting at Yales disability conference next April. I really desperately wish I could be there in person because I LOVE Connecticut. But alas. Anyways here’s the info. I’m working on IRB w a mentor rn since Im not in academia. Coming soon !
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’ll be presenting at Yales disability conference next April. I really desperately wish I could be there in person because I LOVE Connecticut. But alas. Anyways here’s the info. I’m working on IRB w a mentor rn since Im not in academia. Coming soon !
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Chi has been an excellent council member getting the anti broker fee bill passed and he’s a tremendous communicator and educator
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Chi has been an excellent council member getting the anti broker fee bill passed and he’s a tremendous communicator and educator
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Very different from backing a challenger to the House Minority Leader.
I'd love to see Hakeem lose, but if Zohran backs a challenge every power broker in NY will work to scuttle his agenda from Day 1. It's a smart move for him, and frankly his people are gonna work against Hakeem regardless
I'd love to see Hakeem lose, but if Zohran backs a challenge every power broker in NY will work to scuttle his agenda from Day 1. It's a smart move for him, and frankly his people are gonna work against Hakeem regardless
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Very different from backing a challenger to the House Minority Leader.
I'd love to see Hakeem lose, but if Zohran backs a challenge every power broker in NY will work to scuttle his agenda from Day 1. It's a smart move for him, and frankly his people are gonna work against Hakeem regardless
I'd love to see Hakeem lose, but if Zohran backs a challenge every power broker in NY will work to scuttle his agenda from Day 1. It's a smart move for him, and frankly his people are gonna work against Hakeem regardless
even if Chi Osse is a loose cannon or something, the opportunity to select a new speaker seems like it would be in the best interest of the entire country. at this point without much information I support him, not bc of ideology but bc I’m tired of a corrupt political machine in a state I’ve never
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
even if Chi Osse is a loose cannon or something, the opportunity to select a new speaker seems like it would be in the best interest of the entire country. at this point without much information I support him, not bc of ideology but bc I’m tired of a corrupt political machine in a state I’ve never