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Long Covid rewires your brain, Degrades your quality of work, Increases your healthcare costs, and more Bonus Lots of people are still dying of Covid

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Long Covid rewires your brain, Degrades your quality of work, Increases your healthcare costs, and more

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“People used to be getting healthier year on year.

Now we're getting sicker year on year.

The difference is Covid.”

"This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"

Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth Plummeting. 📉

It is a hideous scandal that they can publish a chart as obvious as this and not even mention the words 'covid infections'.

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

We are insane.

Our species is insane.

RESPECTED????
Dear people of Vermont, pick up your phones and ring Senator numbnut’s bell.
The vote is NO.
@electdemocrats.bsky.social

Greater Minnesota schools felt the fear as ICE presence surged While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some...

While the surge of federal agents in the Twin Cities grabbed much of the attention the past few months, stories of children hiding at home, crying in class and being detained have quietly gripped some Minnesota small towns since January.

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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She quit her job to fight for her father’s freedom—and for everyone else inside Alligator Alcatraz Inside the weekly vigils that refuse to let Florida's most notorious detention camp and the immigrants detained there be forgotten.

“What we’re asking for is something very basic: provide confidential outgoing legal calls in detention, make sure this information is posted to make sure detainees know it’s available, let attorneys come to the facility without scheduled visits. It’s nothing out of the ordinary.”

All of this! #Respect

At what point did the internet go from fun to frightening?

@stevehorrocks.bsky.social

Police Body Cameras: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

I recommend watching this entire episode of the latest "Last Week Tonight." It emphasizes, among other things, that cameras are only as good as the people who control the data and the release of that data. (the opening sections on Patel and Bongino are exquisite and bonus)

Measles is so contagious that for every one person infected they can infect 18 more people

CD169+ and HLA-DR+ extracellular vesicles are highly represented in human plasma and dynamically expressed in SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID-associated sequelae — Fanelli et al. "the analysis of EV cell-derived compartments highlighted that HD samples displayed a balanced EV profile characterized by stable monocyte- and platelet-derived EVs and low immune activation markers." "LC subjects exhibited an intermediate but distinct EV signature, characterized by persistent CD169+ and NK-derived EVs and reemergence of T-cell-associated EVs, supporting the presence of chronic immune dysregulation rather than complete immune resolution."

CD169+ and HLA-DR+ extracellular vesicles are highly represented in human plasma and dynamically expressed in SARS-CoV-2 infection and long COVID-associated sequelae

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#LongCovid #COVID19 #COVID

Saving Sumatra YouTube video by Greenpeace International

Beautiful Begonias🌱 & animals used to live here. 💔

The devastation of Sumatra's rainforests is primarily due to extensive deforestation for palm oil and timber plantations, which has led to significant loss of biodiversity.
Source: Wikipedia.

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Long COVID — Here’s What To Know And The Challenges Ahead Six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus still exists. A public health expert explains what Long COVID is, and the challenges associated with it.

Explicitly capitalist media again shares a new piece that Long COVID is concerning, has no cure and again, embarrassingly, is doing better public health comms about this than most public health orgs. www.forbes.com/sites/omeraw...

"Hey Kurds, it's the United States. Remember us, from all the betrayals? Anyhoo, would love it if you all could march into this thresher for us. Let us know."

Expert Interview: Dr Michael Hoerger on psychological barriers to taking action on COVID YouTube video by COVID Safety For Schools

If you're like me and try to understand why so many people are denying the reality of the ongoing SARS CoV 2 pandemic, you might find this video by Dr. Mike Hoerger helpful on psychological barriers to taking action on covid.

#CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #CovidIsAirborne

Now U.S. has closed two embassies in Mideast & told Americans in 14 countries to leave. But most airspace is shut down, there are no flights. Reading about people from around the world stranded.

Why are they only now telling Americans to leave? No planning, they weren’t expecting it to spiral.

Photo of Peter with Pastor Steven Tendo.

Pastor Steven Tendo fled persecution and torture in Uganda and has lived peacefully in Vermont for many years.

ICE violated his due process and detained him as he was leaving work.

ICE should be focused on violent criminals, not terrorizing our communities. 

Long COVID Defense Series III featuring 6 Virtual Q&A Sessions — Mask Together America March 4, 2026, 4:30pm - 9:00pm EST Join Long COVID Defense Series III to honor patients and their allies who are tirelessly advocating for health justice in this historical struggle. On March 4, 2026....

I will be speaking virtually about #LongCovid for @togetherwemask.bsky.social
LC Defense Series
5:45pm EST. 4 March 2026
Registration link and programme here

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Federal judge: I've been at this for 44 years. I have never encountered the hostility toward the judiciary that has existed in this country in the last year.

Why did the Democrats play nice all those years? I can say firsthand that their voters didn’t require it. They always came out looking weak. Where was the fire? This is why you can see they are “controlled opposition.” In the face of brutality, violent propaganda & the fall of democracy.. “nice”

Map of the United States titled “COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data and Levels (U.S.)” dated March 2, 2026. States are color-coded by COVID levels: very high (dark red), high (red), moderate (orange), low (yellow), very low (light yellow), and limited data (striped). Many Midwest and some Eastern states show high or very high levels, while much of the West shows low or very low levels. A note states transmission is subsiding unevenly, with 16 states still at high or very high levels and many states having limited data.

Slide titled “National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)” dated March 2, 2026. It reports an estimated 1 in 76 people (1.3%) are actively infectious, with about 645,000 new daily infections and 4.72 million infections in the past week. Total infections in 2026 are estimated at 51 million, with an average of 5.09 cumulative infections per person. Under Long COVID, it estimates 32,000 to 129,000 new daily cases and 236,000 to 940,000 weekly cases. Under Excess Deaths, it estimates 180 to 310 deaths daily and 1,300 to 2,200 weekly. A note states the U.S. is seeing roughly 650,000 new daily infections amid moderate transmission levels.

Table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” (U.S.), dated March 2, 2026. It lists states alongside CDC transmission levels (Very Low to Very High), estimated percentage actively infectious, and the probability that at least one person is infectious in gatherings of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. Several states, including Illinois and Mississippi, are marked Very High, while others like Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and others are High. Many Western states are listed as Low or Very Low. A note indicates some states have limited data reporting.

Table titled “COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates” (U.S.), dated March 2, 2026, listing additional states with CDC transmission levels, estimated percentage actively infectious, and the probability that at least one person is infectious in groups of 10, 25, 50, or 100 people. Several states including South Dakota and West Virginia are marked Very High, while Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin are marked High. Many other states are listed as Low or Moderate. A note indicates limited data reporting in some areas and explains that West Virginia’s estimate is capped at 1 in 15 due to reporting variability.

US Weekly COVID update: Mar 2, 2026

🔸1 in 76 Actively Infectious
🔸645,000 Daily Infections
🔸4,720,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸51,000,000 Infections in 2026
🔸236,000 to 940,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,300 to 2,200 Weekly Excess Deaths

Source: pmc19.com/data/

Homeland Security Plans to Build a Border Wall Through Big Bend National Park DHS Secretary Kristi Noem waived 28 environmental and conservation laws to fast-track this project

I know there's a LOT going on, but this is right up there with the worst of the worst.

Sign the petition! (Linked in my latest article below)

#bigbendnationalpark #nationalparks #protectourparks #publiclands #parkchat

DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of February!