Adrian Constantin
@adriancjr.bsky.social
From Finland, in our world and our times.
Typos galore.
Opinions 100% my own.
Typos galore.
Opinions 100% my own.
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Study: The lingering shadow of epidemics: post-acute sequelae across history
Published: December 04, 2025
www.cell.com/trends/immun...
Published: December 04, 2025
www.cell.com/trends/immun...
The lingering shadow of epidemics: post-acute sequelae across history
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has drawn global attention to post-acute infection syndromes
(PAIS), with millions affected by post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC, or Long COVID).
While Long COVID is newly ...
www.cell.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Study: The lingering shadow of epidemics: post-acute sequelae across history
Published: December 04, 2025
www.cell.com/trends/immun...
Published: December 04, 2025
www.cell.com/trends/immun...
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Scientists at Yale say long COVID is part of a “long-established family of post-acute infection syndromes.” The biggest challenge is understanding its “underlying pathobiology.” They were “surprised” how often children are affected, noting kids are also vulnerable to “long-term effects.”
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Scientists at Yale say long COVID is part of a “long-established family of post-acute infection syndromes.” The biggest challenge is understanding its “underlying pathobiology.” They were “surprised” how often children are affected, noting kids are also vulnerable to “long-term effects.”
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Just sent out this post. For Europeans to start looking after their own security one step seems vital, they need to stop genuflecting to official Washington, which always "hopewashes" the policies of Donald Trump. Unless Europe can think for itself, it will fail. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The First Step
Europe Needs To Stop Listening to the "Hopewashing" from Official Washington
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just sent out this post. For Europeans to start looking after their own security one step seems vital, they need to stop genuflecting to official Washington, which always "hopewashes" the policies of Donald Trump. Unless Europe can think for itself, it will fail. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gotta admit "the font is DEI" is a stage of absurdity I could not have predicted
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Woke PhDs want clean air in schools. Losers!
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Woke PhDs want clean air in schools. Losers!
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And yes, there absolutely were people like this when there were calls to clean drinking water, develop safety standards for cars, remove asbestos, ban smoking, and every other public health measure ever.
December 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And yes, there absolutely were people like this when there were calls to clean drinking water, develop safety standards for cars, remove asbestos, ban smoking, and every other public health measure ever.
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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The Kremlin had to exhibit self-control to praise this only after it was published.
"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Kremlin had to exhibit self-control to praise this only after it was published.
Should I brace myself for the announcement of the Eurovision Peace Prize going to Benjamin Netanyahu?
so the EBU is allowing Israel to participate in Eurovision 2026 and a bunch of countries are dropping out as a result. unfortunately both SVT and Yle have confirmed they’re participating which means i have to be A Hater towards Swedish and Finnish bureaucracy once again
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Should I brace myself for the announcement of the Eurovision Peace Prize going to Benjamin Netanyahu?
You gotta love the "nationalists" turning into your prototypical globalists when it comes to their money.
Around two thirds of Reform's money has come from overseas | me with @catneilan.bsky.social 📰 observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform’s record £9m crypto donation is just the latest offering from abroad | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
You gotta love the "nationalists" turning into your prototypical globalists when it comes to their money.
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With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
Here is an example 🧵 on how confounding factors make population level analysis very hard. When analyzing an intervention, you have to know the baseline for all the groups, before the intervention, to be able to draw any conclusions after the intervention.
Quick warning: The @epiphare.bsky.social study on vax/unvaxed mortality in France is very interesting
However, it does not show "covid vax does not increase mortality" as claimed by its president
For that, one would need to know the relationship of mortality BEFORE VAX and this is not available
However, it does not show "covid vax does not increase mortality" as claimed by its president
For that, one would need to know the relationship of mortality BEFORE VAX and this is not available
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Here is an example 🧵 on how confounding factors make population level analysis very hard. When analyzing an intervention, you have to know the baseline for all the groups, before the intervention, to be able to draw any conclusions after the intervention.
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This is still the ugly truth that probably is talked about behind closed doors, but is IMHO necessary to understand widely.
Once active fighting ceases in Ukraine, it won't take long before there will be grumbling about the costs of beefing up the defences of small Eastern European states.
Once active fighting ceases in Ukraine, it won't take long before there will be grumbling about the costs of beefing up the defences of small Eastern European states.
The fundamental problem in common European defence is that Russia simply isn't an existential threat to voters west of river Oder.
Yes, Russia grabbing its old imperial sphere of influence the Kremlin so desires would probably be bad for the rest of Europe in many ways.
But in a diffuse way.
Yes, Russia grabbing its old imperial sphere of influence the Kremlin so desires would probably be bad for the rest of Europe in many ways.
But in a diffuse way.
December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is still the ugly truth that probably is talked about behind closed doors, but is IMHO necessary to understand widely.
Once active fighting ceases in Ukraine, it won't take long before there will be grumbling about the costs of beefing up the defences of small Eastern European states.
Once active fighting ceases in Ukraine, it won't take long before there will be grumbling about the costs of beefing up the defences of small Eastern European states.
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The fundamental problem in common European defence is that Russia simply isn't an existential threat to voters west of river Oder.
Yes, Russia grabbing its old imperial sphere of influence the Kremlin so desires would probably be bad for the rest of Europe in many ways.
But in a diffuse way.
Yes, Russia grabbing its old imperial sphere of influence the Kremlin so desires would probably be bad for the rest of Europe in many ways.
But in a diffuse way.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The fundamental problem in common European defence is that Russia simply isn't an existential threat to voters west of river Oder.
Yes, Russia grabbing its old imperial sphere of influence the Kremlin so desires would probably be bad for the rest of Europe in many ways.
But in a diffuse way.
Yes, Russia grabbing its old imperial sphere of influence the Kremlin so desires would probably be bad for the rest of Europe in many ways.
But in a diffuse way.
At the point when money comes to be the end, rather than the means, being rich becomes a nihilistic vicious circle.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
At the point when money comes to be the end, rather than the means, being rich becomes a nihilistic vicious circle.
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Pete Hegseth thinks the "fog of war" is literal smoke.
" “The thing was on fire. It exploded, there’s fire, there’s smoke. This is called the fog of war,” he added. "
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" “The thing was on fire. It exploded, there’s fire, there’s smoke. This is called the fog of war,” he added. "
🤡
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Pete Hegseth thinks the "fog of war" is literal smoke.
" “The thing was on fire. It exploded, there’s fire, there’s smoke. This is called the fog of war,” he added. "
🤡
" “The thing was on fire. It exploded, there’s fire, there’s smoke. This is called the fog of war,” he added. "
🤡
As JV Stalin would put it, in EBM, it's not the evidence that matters, it's the people who tally the evidence.
...people like Trump, Kulldorf, Bhattacharya, Prasad, RFK etc love GRADE and "Evidence Based Medicine". None of that pesky rigour that makes science such a pain to deal with.
In EBM/GRADE you just grade up here, downgrade there, and bury your screwups under BS about "the totality of the evidence".
In EBM/GRADE you just grade up here, downgrade there, and bury your screwups under BS about "the totality of the evidence".
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
As JV Stalin would put it, in EBM, it's not the evidence that matters, it's the people who tally the evidence.
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...people like Trump, Kulldorf, Bhattacharya, Prasad, RFK etc love GRADE and "Evidence Based Medicine". None of that pesky rigour that makes science such a pain to deal with.
In EBM/GRADE you just grade up here, downgrade there, and bury your screwups under BS about "the totality of the evidence".
In EBM/GRADE you just grade up here, downgrade there, and bury your screwups under BS about "the totality of the evidence".
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
...people like Trump, Kulldorf, Bhattacharya, Prasad, RFK etc love GRADE and "Evidence Based Medicine". None of that pesky rigour that makes science such a pain to deal with.
In EBM/GRADE you just grade up here, downgrade there, and bury your screwups under BS about "the totality of the evidence".
In EBM/GRADE you just grade up here, downgrade there, and bury your screwups under BS about "the totality of the evidence".
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Very important study and more evidence that #NeuroCovid can contribute to neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment. When they say 'it's all in your head', they might be trying to be dismissive, but are accidentally being very realistic.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LongCovid #COVID
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LongCovid #COVID
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Very important study and more evidence that #NeuroCovid can contribute to neurodegeneration and cognitive impairment. When they say 'it's all in your head', they might be trying to be dismissive, but are accidentally being very realistic.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LongCovid #COVID
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LongCovid #COVID
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they’ll do anything to avoid being woke
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
they’ll do anything to avoid being woke
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I tell Trump my peace terms, Trump tells Witkoff what they are and then Witkoff tells me Trump's terms that I told him then I say they aren't enough so we both blame Ukraine for me not accepting my own terms and I keep attacking them.
Rinse. Repeat.
Rinse. Repeat.
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I tell Trump my peace terms, Trump tells Witkoff what they are and then Witkoff tells me Trump's terms that I told him then I say they aren't enough so we both blame Ukraine for me not accepting my own terms and I keep attacking them.
Rinse. Repeat.
Rinse. Repeat.
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At a minimum, please wear a well-fitting mask in airports and on planes, and in healthcare settings. If people did this, COVID transmission would fall demonstrably. It’s not that hard, and it’s not all or nothing. It’s also not just a cold—it’s an organ-damaging virus.
It’s been six years since the first reported case of SARSCov2.
It’s never too late to wear a mask.
It’s never too late to clean the air.
Every infection avoided or delayed is a win for long term health.
We can drastically reduce transmission if everyone does their part.
It’s never too late to wear a mask.
It’s never too late to clean the air.
Every infection avoided or delayed is a win for long term health.
We can drastically reduce transmission if everyone does their part.
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
At a minimum, please wear a well-fitting mask in airports and on planes, and in healthcare settings. If people did this, COVID transmission would fall demonstrably. It’s not that hard, and it’s not all or nothing. It’s also not just a cold—it’s an organ-damaging virus.
FAFO Finland 2025 edition.
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
FAFO Finland 2025 edition.
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Once again from the please-learn-from-the-mistakes-of-others department: In #Finland, the share of children (under 16 years old) suffering from material deprivation has jumped from 3.7 % in 2021 to 10 % in 2024.
To a large extent "thanks" to the most right-wing government in Finland's history.
To a large extent "thanks" to the most right-wing government in Finland's history.
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Once again from the please-learn-from-the-mistakes-of-others department: In #Finland, the share of children (under 16 years old) suffering from material deprivation has jumped from 3.7 % in 2021 to 10 % in 2024.
To a large extent "thanks" to the most right-wing government in Finland's history.
To a large extent "thanks" to the most right-wing government in Finland's history.
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What strikes me in the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine are the similarities to the Winter War (1939-40) against Finland. However, I'm afraid the end result could be similar as well - but it doesn't need to be. A THREAD.
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM