Wail of a Tale Productions
@wailofatale.bsky.social
Wail of a Tale is not a typical Media company. We are a humanitarian-driven 501c3 nonprofit organization. Our expertise is in policy analysis relating to racialized and disparaged communities. We explore the social and political determinants of health.
A CO2 monitor is a receipt. Air you can measure is air you can fix. Want the numbers in your hands? Subscribe to our newsletter. Take it to your school board. Take it to your state legislator. Take it to your member of Congress. Subscribe: https://wailofataleproductions.eo.page/flcroi
Do not ask whether the air is okay. Ask: How many air changes per hour in my child's classroom? What is the filter rating? Does this district operate to ASHRAE Standard 241? When was any of it last verified? Make 241 the standard.
Wail of a Tale has been awarded an ArtSTART Grant from the Ohio Arts Council 🎨 Deeply grateful for this support and for everything OAC does to champion the arts in Ohio. Thank you!
Preprint (under review, Nature Portfolio): 355 long COVID patients, 54 immune biomarkers, 24-month follow-up. Despite clinical heterogeneity, respiratory, pain, and fatigue phenotypes converge on persistent IL-17F upregulation at 3-12 months, a potential therapeutic target.
"One thing I have learned over the past years as a nonprofit leader is to go with your gut. Surround yourself with dedicated people who are excited about the work. It makes all the difference." - Marty Pack, Founder & Creative Producer
Meet Sammie McFarland, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Long Covid Kids, a supporter of "The Air We Share." Thank you for helping make this film possible. Join in: https://www.documentaries.org/films/the-air-we-share/
Air belongs to no one and to everyone. What does stewardship of a shared resource actually require of us? Grounding "The Air We Share," our documentary now filming, in the work of David Bollier and Elinor Ostrom. #DocFilm
Every documentary needs people willing to go first. Thank you, Dr. William Bahnfleth, Prof. of Architectural Engineering Pennsylvania State University, for being one of them. Your support is helping us make the invisible visible in America's public schools.
What do we owe each other through the institutions we build together? The public school answers that question more clearly than almost anywhere else. Grounding "The Air We Share," now filming, in Danielle Allen, Diane Ravitch, and John Dewey. #DocFilm
New Nature Communications study: persistent ocular symptoms after mild COVID include corneal nerve damage, pupil dysautonomia, and chronic immune activation, all invisible to standard exams. 78% had symptoms 1+ year. Tear proteomics matched severe COVID signatures.
Thank you, Plum Stone, Founder & CEO - The Safer Air Project, for supporting "The Air We Share." Your generosity is helping us tell a story that matters. Support the film: https://www.documentaries.org/films/the-air-we-share/ #DocFilm
Disability studies offers a key reframe: environments produce disability, not just bodies. Access is justice. Grounding this idea in "The Air We Share," our documentary now filming, built on the work of Aimi Hamraie and critical design. #DocFilm
A thought from our founder, worth sitting with 🧠 "As brains shrink, so does democracy." The strength of any democracy depends on our capacity for critical thought. Let's keep expanding how deeply we think. #CriticalThinking #Democracy #DeepThinking #FounderQuote
The cheapest way to keep kids safe is clean air. See the math on July 22, with deep discounts for nonprofits and ASHRAE members. Register: https://beyondlongcovid.mlpackconsulting.workers.dev/
Beyond Long COVID: What Reinfection Costs You, and What Mitigation Returns Date: July 22, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Format: Live online, recording available after Register: https://beyondlongcovid.mlpackconsulting.workers.dev/
The architecture of a school building has always been political. Who gets in, who's kept out. Our documentary "The Air We Share" draws on legal scholar Lawrence O. Gostin's work on civil rights and access as we start production. #DocFilm
Over the coming weeks we are introducing the scholarly pillars that hold up this story. Each one is a foundation from a different field, and together they make the case that clean shared air is a matter of justice, not luxury. Follow along as we breathe life into each pillar.
What does COVID reinfection actually cost, and what does prevention return? On July 22, the Beyond Long COVID Seminar answers that at three levels of government: federal, state, and school district.
The Air We Share asks what democracy owes the children breathing the air inside its public schools. Support the Film: https://www.documentaries.org/films/the-air-we-share/
Still one of the most important COVID studies published: Nature Medicine, n=5.8M found reinfection raised death risk 2.17x and hospitalization 3.32x, across 10 organ systems, regardless of vaccination. Cumulative with each infection. Foundational and still relevant.
Still one of the most important COVID studies published: Nature Medicine, n=5.8M found reinfection raised death risk 2.17x and hospitalization 3.32x, across 10 organ systems, regardless of vaccination. Cumulative with each infection. Foundational and still relevant.
People with Long COVID are nearly 2x as likely to fall behind on rent and face eviction. 42% report food insecurity. For low-income households, a health crisis becomes a housing crisis. #LongCOVID #HousingJustice #TheNumbersHaveFaces
People with Long COVID are nearly 2x as likely to fall behind on rent and face eviction. 42% report food insecurity. For low-income households, a health crisis becomes a housing crisis. #LongCOVID #HousingJustice #TheNumbersHaveFaces
New Nature Communications study followed 74 kids with severe long COVID for up to 3.2 years. Symptoms did not reliably improve over time. Heart and lung function were largely normal. But immune profiling revealed distinct subgroups, shaped by EBV history and cytokine patterns.
