Britta Shoot
@brittashoot.com
san francisco writer, reader, birder, beachcomber
here to meet FT-reading marxists & powecomrades (folks who care about clean air & masks) 😷
writing a book about pandemic & protest
http://brittashoot.com
here to meet FT-reading marxists & powecomrades (folks who care about clean air & masks) 😷
writing a book about pandemic & protest
http://brittashoot.com
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Britta Shoot
@brittashoot.com
· Mar 5
Why Masks-Required Concerts Still Sell Out in the Bay Area | KQED
COVID-conscious musicians and fans have created a tight-knit, DIY scene that’s all about accessibility.
www.kqed.org
My latest @kqedarts.bsky.social story about sold-out masks-required shows sums up many of my thoughts on the ongoing pandemic's fifth anniversary. Many of us are living in the actual new normal. It's never too late to start protecting your loved ones & self again! www.kqed.org/arts/1397262...
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rfk is stupid and evil but in 2020 the CDC was literally telling us to wash our hands and sing happy birthday to stop an airborne disease from spreading. both things can be true
December 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
rfk is stupid and evil but in 2020 the CDC was literally telling us to wash our hands and sing happy birthday to stop an airborne disease from spreading. both things can be true
at 8am, physical therapist was in an N95 instead of usual surgical mask
“I actually had an appointment before yours today!”
…did someone beat me at my own safety game? did THEY ask her to wear a better mask, and claim an even earlier slot to avoid other patients?
(would they like to be friends??)
“I actually had an appointment before yours today!”
…did someone beat me at my own safety game? did THEY ask her to wear a better mask, and claim an even earlier slot to avoid other patients?
(would they like to be friends??)
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
at 8am, physical therapist was in an N95 instead of usual surgical mask
“I actually had an appointment before yours today!”
…did someone beat me at my own safety game? did THEY ask her to wear a better mask, and claim an even earlier slot to avoid other patients?
(would they like to be friends??)
“I actually had an appointment before yours today!”
…did someone beat me at my own safety game? did THEY ask her to wear a better mask, and claim an even earlier slot to avoid other patients?
(would they like to be friends??)
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I wrote about #LongCOVID stealing my lifelong favorite hobby of cycling, learning that e-bikes aren't "giving up" or "cheating," and how riding with assistance gave me back one of the greatest joys of my life. bit.ly/48ohIH5
The Greatest Feeling in the World
Seven months with an electric bike.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I wrote about #LongCOVID stealing my lifelong favorite hobby of cycling, learning that e-bikes aren't "giving up" or "cheating," and how riding with assistance gave me back one of the greatest joys of my life. bit.ly/48ohIH5
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
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The chuckwalla body shape is the pinnacle of evolution 🦎
📍 Joshua Tree, CA
📍 Joshua Tree, CA
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The chuckwalla body shape is the pinnacle of evolution 🦎
📍 Joshua Tree, CA
📍 Joshua Tree, CA
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neat how five years after the beginning of a (still ongoing) lethal and mass disabling pandemic plus learning loss effects which we still don’t fully understand pundits want us to focus on the out of nowhere scandal of college students wanting more disability accommodations. real death drive shit
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
neat how five years after the beginning of a (still ongoing) lethal and mass disabling pandemic plus learning loss effects which we still don’t fully understand pundits want us to focus on the out of nowhere scandal of college students wanting more disability accommodations. real death drive shit
me, casual: I think my editor sent me two basically identical copies of the same contract?
spouse, excited: it’s like the Cuban Missile Crisis!!
spouse, excited: it’s like the Cuban Missile Crisis!!
December 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
me, casual: I think my editor sent me two basically identical copies of the same contract?
spouse, excited: it’s like the Cuban Missile Crisis!!
spouse, excited: it’s like the Cuban Missile Crisis!!
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It's #GivingTuesday. At @thesicktimes.org, our end-of-year fundraiser has been lagging behind; we're hoping to raise $10k today to get back on track.
Here are a few recent stories that demonstrate our unique role serving the Long COVID community. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/ (1/10)
Here are a few recent stories that demonstrate our unique role serving the Long COVID community. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/ (1/10)
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's #GivingTuesday. At @thesicktimes.org, our end-of-year fundraiser has been lagging behind; we're hoping to raise $10k today to get back on track.
Here are a few recent stories that demonstrate our unique role serving the Long COVID community. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/ (1/10)
Here are a few recent stories that demonstrate our unique role serving the Long COVID community. the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/ (1/10)
I believe in the future of shaming not masking in essential spaces, on transit or in healthcare, the way we shun indoor smoking or lewd public acts. A time will come when not wearing an N95 to a routine medical appointment will be like lighting a cigar in the ER. You’ll be asked to mask up or leave.
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I believe in the future of shaming not masking in essential spaces, on transit or in healthcare, the way we shun indoor smoking or lewd public acts. A time will come when not wearing an N95 to a routine medical appointment will be like lighting a cigar in the ER. You’ll be asked to mask up or leave.
orange clock vine fuzzy and bright, and right on time for winter in San Francisco #flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#bloomscrolling
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
orange clock vine fuzzy and bright, and right on time for winter in San Francisco #flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#bloomscrolling
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I had two goals for 2025: 1) Read 50 books and 2) Don’t talk about it; be about it. In my newsletter today, I wrote about what Being About It looked like for me this year, including these cold weather packs I assembled today! substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I had two goals for 2025: 1) Read 50 books and 2) Don’t talk about it; be about it. In my newsletter today, I wrote about what Being About It looked like for me this year, including these cold weather packs I assembled today! substack.com/home/post/p-...
the annual @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch makes me laugh SO hard that a top reward tier should simply be a recommending something equally as funny
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
the annual @nplusonemag.com Bookmatch makes me laugh SO hard that a top reward tier should simply be a recommending something equally as funny
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listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win
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it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.
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of course it's airborne, it's fucking flu
After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne.
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
So ProPublica did.
Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social:
www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
of course it's airborne, it's fucking flu
"What bizarre collective behavior. I’m implicating myself here by the way. I too have been guilty of treating group chats like I’m a member of some tiresome CNN panel & I need to urgently fact check Van Jones for the sake of the Republic."
Good blogging about the rancidness of mayo Pete (& us all)
Good blogging about the rancidness of mayo Pete (& us all)
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"What bizarre collective behavior. I’m implicating myself here by the way. I too have been guilty of treating group chats like I’m a member of some tiresome CNN panel & I need to urgently fact check Van Jones for the sake of the Republic."
Good blogging about the rancidness of mayo Pete (& us all)
Good blogging about the rancidness of mayo Pete (& us all)
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Hi, folks. I wrote about my buddy @leslieleeiii.bsky.social. He had #LongCOVID and passed away this week. Thanks for reading. adamumak.medium.com/leslie-lee-i...
Leslie Lee III: Funeral for a Friend
Explaining the one important lesson that he wanted you to learn.
adamumak.medium.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hi, folks. I wrote about my buddy @leslieleeiii.bsky.social. He had #LongCOVID and passed away this week. Thanks for reading. adamumak.medium.com/leslie-lee-i...
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How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
Demanding more of public health
Public Health is Dead podcast host Daniella Barreto on the impact of COVID-19 on workers
briarpatchmagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
incredible things are happening on eBird 🪶
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
incredible things are happening on eBird 🪶
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I'm genuinely confused about why I've heard virtually no public health statements or news reports about measles that actually explain all of the gruesome things measles does.
Public health seems allergic to "scaring people" - to the point of not informing people.
Public health seems allergic to "scaring people" - to the point of not informing people.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I'm genuinely confused about why I've heard virtually no public health statements or news reports about measles that actually explain all of the gruesome things measles does.
Public health seems allergic to "scaring people" - to the point of not informing people.
Public health seems allergic to "scaring people" - to the point of not informing people.
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Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life.
"When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”
How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
Demanding more of public health
Public Health is Dead podcast host Daniella Barreto on the impact of COVID-19 on workers
briarpatchmagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
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normalize name changes for anyone tbh. even if you're not trans, you should be able to just choose a name you feel good about and not have it be a big deal
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
normalize name changes for anyone tbh. even if you're not trans, you should be able to just choose a name you feel good about and not have it be a big deal