seems bad! perhaps,, an infection worth preventing?

Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · 13h ago

Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I've been irate at how little national coverage the killings of four Black men in Memphis by federal agents have gotten -- and even how little in Tennessee. The root? State lawmakers who wholeheartedly approve of the occupation of Memphis.

Crickets: Four fatal shootings by Memphis Task Force and little coverage from national news • Tennessee Lookout

Four men have been shot and killed in Memphis by agents with the Memphis Safe Task Force. Does anyone outside the city care?

tennesseelookout.com

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

When disabled people/many people who work on disability/health pointed to the dangers of this kind of framing since COVID, they were usually mocked ("oh you think everything is eugenics") or ignored. But normalising the idea that the deaths of disabled people are desirable/reassuring is dangerous.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d ago

Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

This is so cruel – so deliberate. To intentionally and blatantly cause and intensify human suffering on the scale of a nation like this.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 3d ago

Cuba’s ageing power grid collapsed on Sunday after a weekend of outages and amid US-imposed fuel shortages.

As a disabled person i was amazed at the amount of accessible options that suddenly became available. I really felt like it had changed the world for the better. Then it all just got taken away and the world moved on and left us behind. Alone. I actually felt genuine grief.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

If you haven't been masking, give it a try. What do you have to lose? Just wear one in crowds and on planes, trains, and buses. Find a style that fits, so you don't futz with it. You don't have to get sick all the time.

Honestly, this is so much of things right now. The terrible choices of people in charge who continually ignored and belittled people telling them that their choices were terrible are now upset they are dealing with the consequences. And still blaming others instead of themselves.

Lupita Nihongo@otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 4d ago

What I hate about COVID downplayers is… you won okay. In the aftermath of humanity coming together to develop the most crucial vaccines of our lifetime & collectively sacrificing to save lives, we are now less safe, less vaccinated & less empathetic than ever. You won ok. Lay down your swords.

As we recall the trauma caused by COVID in 2020, we should not forget COVID continues to harm. Many still suffer from Long COVID, people who mask are often harassed, and we haven’t scaled clean air infrastructure. If we truly acknowledge past harms, we should be working to create a better future.

A conspiracy theorist, not me, of course, but, a conspiracy theorist would say the timing of this whole Google Earth thing just before Trump planned to increase bombing runs in Iran is odd

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d ago

The U.S. struck a family home on Iran’s Qeshm Island overnight on Thursday with a large-scale bomb, according to an analysis of videos, photos and satellite imagery by weapons experts and The New York Times. Iranian officials said the strike killed a boy and his parents.

What we are doing here is evil.

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last wk.

"America is my home, and it has been for 31 years," Marlene told ABC News in April. "It took three years for me to get granted #TPS. So a lot of hard work went into this, just to have it potentially ripped away from me ... It's kind of cruel and inhumane to rip that away from us."

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Delighted to dig into some of the works that made Betye Saar such a special artist for the NYT — with gift link! (I actually remembered.) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/a...

7 of Betye Saar’s Most Important Works (Gift Article)

The artist, who died just short of her 100th birthday, subverted racist tropes by turning mammy dolls into warriors and presenting the breadth of the Black experience.

nytimes.com

Actually did something and donated to the Haitian Community and Support Center emergency fund, consider doing the same if you can: ancljkuy.donorsupport.co/page/FUNDVDT...

Stand with Haitian Families in Crisis

Build the Emergency Fund that protects families when everything feels uncertain. The end of TPS. Increasing ICE actions. Families losing work authorization overnight. For Haitian parents and children ...

ancljkuy.donorsupport.co

Megan Wachspress@meganwachspress.bsky.social · last wk.

The Trump administration has done many terrible things but what they have done to the 350,000 Haitians living as our neighbors and colleagues and carers, even if not a single one is deported (and there will be many deported, to death) is I think among the worst.

If you struggled with lockdown or wearing a mask all the time, I would like you to sit with the fact that complete abandonment of high risk people has damned us to those exact things. Still. When, if people stepped up and did these things even a little bit more, we wouldn’t be in that position.

In 2026 so far, the Trump admin has bombed: —Iran—14,000+ strikes; 1 JSOC mission —Somalia—strikes on 66 days —Caribbean/E. Pacific—31 strikes —Iraq—strikes on 26+ days —Syria—strikes on 18 days —Arabian Sea—9 strikes —Nigeria—strikes on 3 days; 1 JSOC raid —Venezuela—strikes on 2 days; 1 JSOC raid

Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Year-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025: —Yemen—1,000+ strikes* —Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid** —Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids*** —Iran—3 B-2 strikes —Iraq—1 strike —Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes —Caribbean—11 strikes —Eastern Pacific—20 strikes —Venezuela—1 known CIA strike

What I’m seeing recently among Dems is a lot of “boy those republicans were sure terrible about Covid back when it existed.” It’s an attempt to separate themselves from the harm done, even though their behavior has been identical for four of the last six years. And a repetition that it is over.

The vehemence with which currently healthy people demanded compliance from disabled and vulnerable people still at risk - and whom they immediately abandoned and ostracized if they would not comply - always suggested to me that this was not rationalism speaking.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · last wk.

One more thing I want to be clear about: Most people are not talking about the trauma of lockdowns. They’re overwhelmingly talking about the trauma of being forced “back to normal” when “normal” had a new level of danger and cruelty.

The never-ending pandemic denial/eugenics continues—mask bans keep popping up & too few notice or care. Meanwhile, these policies harm those protecting vulnerable loved ones or themselves from illnesses, wildfire smoke, etc. This will forcibly out disabled folks and lead to more harassment and harm

Myra Batchelder@myrabatchelder.bsky.social · last wk.

This is not okay. Everyone has a right to wear a medical mask. www.somdnews.com/news/local/m...

My anger toward people who talk about "lockdowns" is definitely about the trauma of losing multiple members of my family and having too many loved ones suffering with Long COVID while people who lost no one and nothing of importance continue to bash the efforts that kept them safe.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · last wk.

It comes up in the most mundane conversations, but with profound implications. It touched (and continues to touch) every aspect of people’s lives. Work, education, family, friendships, the way they feel about their community, the way they feel about technology and social media.

Remember, the UAE is committing genocide in Sudan. This is how they get the money and weapons to do it. breakingdefense.com/2025/05/rtx-...

RTX deepens footprint in UAE with gallium project and counter-drone facility - Breaking Defense

The American company said gallium has "applications across many different sectors ... [for] the defense industry, the supply of gallium is critical as it is a key component of defense products includi...

breakingdefense.com

Cuts to the CDC have created a “perfect storm” in which the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite outbreak could go from a minor inconvenience to a national public health crisis within a matter of weeks. DOGE cut eight of the 11 jobs at the CDC lab specializing in cyclospora.

Disease Researchers Blame DOGE Cuts for Spiraling Cyclospora Outbreak

Public health agencies are struggling to mount an effective response with less resources and fewer staff.

truthout.org

I literally saw red when Joe Biden told teachers and kids to go back to school with zero precautions or mitigations. I curse Andy Slavitt et. al. to the depths of hell for telling people that the moment they were vaccinated, they didn't have to care anymore.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · last wk.

One more thing I want to be clear about: Most people are not talking about the trauma of lockdowns. They’re overwhelmingly talking about the trauma of being forced “back to normal” when “normal” had a new level of danger and cruelty.

“In the face of these attacks, freedom, or something like it, might be both the capacity to comprehend the full brutality of what we are living at this very hour and to be able to imagine and risk other ways of being, together, on this planet.” Dr. Christina Sharpe 💐@hystericalblkns.bsky.social

What Is Freedom: Christina Sharpe - The Rumpus

On July 5, 1852, at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York, at a meeting organized by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society, Frederick Douglass

therumpus.net

Today's the 1 month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela. I have a #painting in this fundraiser for Yo Tengo un Sueño, which has supported Venezuelan youth in underserved communities for 10+ yrs. 100% of proceeds will be donated, offers welcome. www.artsy.net/show/rancho-... #art

Today's the 1 month anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Venezuela. I have a #painting in this fundraiser for Yo Tengo un Sueño, which has supported Venezuelan youth in underserved communities for 10+ yrs. 100% of proceeds will be donated, offers welcome. www.artsy.net/show/rancho-... #art

Alexandra Bravo, the Ecuadorian prosecutor assigned to investigate U.S. strikes on 3 Ecuadorian boats and the 36 survivors’ accounts of torture & kidnapping by US, was shot dead by a hitman. The police detail that had been assigned to protect her was not present. www.dropsitenews.com/p/prosecutor...

Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador

New evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony.

dropsitenews.com

This is largely because they are letting women have their babies slowly die inside of them instead of offering them the standard of care which is to do an abortion and evacuate their uteruses. Which means you can get an infection first in your uterus and then in your whole body. And even die.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2w ago

We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)