Char Gail
@chargail.bsky.social
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If any parents are out on bsky, get your kids off Roblox immediately, it's no longer safe, and the people who are trying to keep it safe aren't even allowed on the platform anymore.
Fuck you David Bazucki
#freeschlep
Fuck you David Bazucki
#freeschlep
August 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If any parents are out on bsky, get your kids off Roblox immediately, it's no longer safe, and the people who are trying to keep it safe aren't even allowed on the platform anymore.
Fuck you David Bazucki
#freeschlep
Fuck you David Bazucki
#freeschlep
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The State of Louisiana is suing Roblox
"Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety"
"Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety"
August 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The State of Louisiana is suing Roblox
"Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety"
"Roblox is overrun with harmful content and child predators because it prioritizes user growth, revenue, and profits over child safety"
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Flutracker website now has a portal for reporting dead wildlife to help detect H5N1.
January 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Flutracker website now has a portal for reporting dead wildlife to help detect H5N1.
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#PlanetaryParade excitement is fantastic! #DoLookUp But I'm baffled by the media saying 25th Jan is a "once in a lifetime event" 🔭🧪
The awesome foursome Mars, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn have been on display for weeks + Neptune & Uranus if you have a telescope. We won't see Mercury until late Feb🤔
🧵1/6
The awesome foursome Mars, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn have been on display for weeks + Neptune & Uranus if you have a telescope. We won't see Mercury until late Feb🤔
🧵1/6
January 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#PlanetaryParade excitement is fantastic! #DoLookUp But I'm baffled by the media saying 25th Jan is a "once in a lifetime event" 🔭🧪
The awesome foursome Mars, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn have been on display for weeks + Neptune & Uranus if you have a telescope. We won't see Mercury until late Feb🤔
🧵1/6
The awesome foursome Mars, Jupiter, Venus & Saturn have been on display for weeks + Neptune & Uranus if you have a telescope. We won't see Mercury until late Feb🤔
🧵1/6
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“Please stop assuming our government is incompetent. You have to operate as if their choices are intentional.
They are.”
Maybe they want this.
Thoughts on another pandemic.
Latest substack from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/wait-a-min...
They are.”
Maybe they want this.
Thoughts on another pandemic.
Latest substack from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/wait-a-min...
Wait a Minute. Do They Actually Want a Bird Flu Pandemic? A Look at the Preparations.
It's the only thing that makes sense.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“Please stop assuming our government is incompetent. You have to operate as if their choices are intentional.
They are.”
Maybe they want this.
Thoughts on another pandemic.
Latest substack from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/wait-a-min...
They are.”
Maybe they want this.
Thoughts on another pandemic.
Latest substack from @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/wait-a-min...
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My heart breaks for family, friends, and strangers who are affected by the enormous fire tragedy in Southern California.
Here's a timeline cleanse ✨️ for all of us! 🫂
Here's a timeline cleanse ✨️ for all of us! 🫂
January 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
My heart breaks for family, friends, and strangers who are affected by the enormous fire tragedy in Southern California.
Here's a timeline cleanse ✨️ for all of us! 🫂
Here's a timeline cleanse ✨️ for all of us! 🫂
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There is another new fire not yet updated on the map below...
#Kennith
#Wildfires
lafd.org/alert/mandat...
#Kennith
#Wildfires
lafd.org/alert/mandat...
January 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
There is another new fire not yet updated on the map below...
#Kennith
#Wildfires
lafd.org/alert/mandat...
#Kennith
#Wildfires
lafd.org/alert/mandat...
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🧵 Human actions and beliefs are hugely influenced by peer pressure, and not standing out from the crowd. C.f. everything from teen drug/alcohol use through cults and diffusion of responsibility for war crimes.
This will allow Meta (like X) to surround each user with a targeted, synthetic "crowd"…
This will allow Meta (like X) to surround each user with a targeted, synthetic "crowd"…
This is an interesting hypothesis
Meta is very predatory with content creators, this could fit
It probably wouldn’t work with established creators but for beginner ones (who I think makes a large proportion of the contingent of creators), it may
Meta is very predatory with content creators, this could fit
It probably wouldn’t work with established creators but for beginner ones (who I think makes a large proportion of the contingent of creators), it may
I think the point is to propose engagement with persons posting but having no engagement / no reaction.
Final goal is to keep the people posting, and using the platform
Final goal is to keep the people posting, and using the platform
January 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🧵 Human actions and beliefs are hugely influenced by peer pressure, and not standing out from the crowd. C.f. everything from teen drug/alcohol use through cults and diffusion of responsibility for war crimes.
This will allow Meta (like X) to surround each user with a targeted, synthetic "crowd"…
This will allow Meta (like X) to surround each user with a targeted, synthetic "crowd"…
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Because it's come up recently, a reminder that the Y2K bug wasn't overhyped. It was a huge problem and an huge number of people worked fast and hard and fixed it. Like the ozone hole.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
January 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Because it's come up recently, a reminder that the Y2K bug wasn't overhyped. It was a huge problem and an huge number of people worked fast and hard and fixed it. Like the ozone hole.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
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The actual study is here for people who are interested ( jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... ).
December 31, 2024 at 1:00 PM
The actual study is here for people who are interested ( jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... ).
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Let me get this straight … folks believe the government lied about:
Death rates
Vaccines
Masks
Stay at home orders
Origin of COVID
But they believe the government whole heartedly when they said “take off your masks everyone is safe now!”
I don’t get it.
Death rates
Vaccines
Masks
Stay at home orders
Origin of COVID
But they believe the government whole heartedly when they said “take off your masks everyone is safe now!”
I don’t get it.
December 30, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Let me get this straight … folks believe the government lied about:
Death rates
Vaccines
Masks
Stay at home orders
Origin of COVID
But they believe the government whole heartedly when they said “take off your masks everyone is safe now!”
I don’t get it.
Death rates
Vaccines
Masks
Stay at home orders
Origin of COVID
But they believe the government whole heartedly when they said “take off your masks everyone is safe now!”
I don’t get it.
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President Jimmy Carter spent a good bit of his post presidency trying to rid the world of some truly awful diseases — things that afflict the poor & powerless like river blindness, Guinea worm & lymphatic filariasis. Not glamorous work, but so important. RIP. www.statnews.com/2024/12/29/h...
How Jimmy Carter's global health efforts elevated 'the art of the possible'
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, gave visibility to devastating health problems that are often invisible.
www.statnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 1:50 PM
President Jimmy Carter spent a good bit of his post presidency trying to rid the world of some truly awful diseases — things that afflict the poor & powerless like river blindness, Guinea worm & lymphatic filariasis. Not glamorous work, but so important. RIP. www.statnews.com/2024/12/29/h...
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Never forget that DNRs were placed in the charts of disabled people in the UK without their consent.
When the government became worried about hospital overwhelm due to Covid - they were quick to decide who would be triaged out of care.
When the government became worried about hospital overwhelm due to Covid - they were quick to decide who would be triaged out of care.
December 30, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Never forget that DNRs were placed in the charts of disabled people in the UK without their consent.
When the government became worried about hospital overwhelm due to Covid - they were quick to decide who would be triaged out of care.
When the government became worried about hospital overwhelm due to Covid - they were quick to decide who would be triaged out of care.
Reposted by Char Gail
Global data show rising resistance in Helicobacter pylori infections in kids
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
December 30, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Global data show rising resistance in Helicobacter pylori infections in kids
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
A review and meta-analysis of data from 28 countries found significant increases in resistance to clarithromycin, metronidazole, and amoxicillin from 2020 to 2023.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
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Clip of the video for those behind the paywall. Brain shrinkage is observed even in mild or asymptomatic cases of Covid and impact cognition. #NeuroCovid
December 30, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Clip of the video for those behind the paywall. Brain shrinkage is observed even in mild or asymptomatic cases of Covid and impact cognition. #NeuroCovid
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PSA: this month, we’ve already had pregnant patients admitted with influenza & RSV. “Respiratory virus season” is only just beginning & kids will be back in school next week.
Mask up, stay home if sick & practice good hand hygiene. There’s also still time to get a flu shot & COVID booster!
😷 💉 🤰🏾
Mask up, stay home if sick & practice good hand hygiene. There’s also still time to get a flu shot & COVID booster!
😷 💉 🤰🏾
December 29, 2024 at 8:29 PM
PSA: this month, we’ve already had pregnant patients admitted with influenza & RSV. “Respiratory virus season” is only just beginning & kids will be back in school next week.
Mask up, stay home if sick & practice good hand hygiene. There’s also still time to get a flu shot & COVID booster!
😷 💉 🤰🏾
Mask up, stay home if sick & practice good hand hygiene. There’s also still time to get a flu shot & COVID booster!
😷 💉 🤰🏾
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Shoe/boot cleaning is encouraged if you hike in areas with geese/ducks/etc around. I currently have a separate set of boots for my local park hikes that I take off as soon as I get back to my car and bag until I can clean them at home.
December 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Shoe/boot cleaning is encouraged if you hike in areas with geese/ducks/etc around. I currently have a separate set of boots for my local park hikes that I take off as soon as I get back to my car and bag until I can clean them at home.
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So cute how humans were traumatized by masks and lockdowns but not mass deaths and people failing care for one another. Guess we really do only fear what we don’t already know.
December 28, 2024 at 3:41 PM
So cute how humans were traumatized by masks and lockdowns but not mass deaths and people failing care for one another. Guess we really do only fear what we don’t already know.
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3 #H5N1 B3.13 genotype sets of seqs uploaded to GISAID
labeled
raw pet food
1 set with 8 segs has a
NP seq with Y52Q
matching the dead Oregon cat seq
A/environment/Oregon/037325-011/2024 full
A/environment/Oregon/037325-012/2024 MP NS
A/environment/Oregon/037325-013/2024 MP NS
labeled
raw pet food
1 set with 8 segs has a
NP seq with Y52Q
matching the dead Oregon cat seq
A/environment/Oregon/037325-011/2024 full
A/environment/Oregon/037325-012/2024 MP NS
A/environment/Oregon/037325-013/2024 MP NS
December 29, 2024 at 1:17 AM
3 #H5N1 B3.13 genotype sets of seqs uploaded to GISAID
labeled
raw pet food
1 set with 8 segs has a
NP seq with Y52Q
matching the dead Oregon cat seq
A/environment/Oregon/037325-011/2024 full
A/environment/Oregon/037325-012/2024 MP NS
A/environment/Oregon/037325-013/2024 MP NS
labeled
raw pet food
1 set with 8 segs has a
NP seq with Y52Q
matching the dead Oregon cat seq
A/environment/Oregon/037325-011/2024 full
A/environment/Oregon/037325-012/2024 MP NS
A/environment/Oregon/037325-013/2024 MP NS
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My new year’s resolution is the same as it has been since Jan 2020. To protect my brain and body from COVID infection. Respirator wearing inside all public places, boosters when eligible, cleaning the air, advocating for safety at events, fighting ignorance and apathy.
Who’s with me?
Who’s with me?
December 27, 2024 at 10:57 PM
My new year’s resolution is the same as it has been since Jan 2020. To protect my brain and body from COVID infection. Respirator wearing inside all public places, boosters when eligible, cleaning the air, advocating for safety at events, fighting ignorance and apathy.
Who’s with me?
Who’s with me?
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I made a new video to show not only how powerful the AirFanta 3Pro is, but also how compact and portable it is.
December 2, 2024 at 8:08 AM
I made a new video to show not only how powerful the AirFanta 3Pro is, but also how compact and portable it is.
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UK doctors and nurses with long Covid to sue for compensation
"Nearly 300 British doctors, nurses and other health workers with long Covid are suing the health service for compensation, saying they were not given proper protection during the pandemic. 1/
www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
"Nearly 300 British doctors, nurses and other health workers with long Covid are suing the health service for compensation, saying they were not given proper protection during the pandemic. 1/
www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
UK doctors and nurses with long Covid to sue for compensation
Health workers who fell ill on Covid pandemic frontline sue employers as they confront life-changing disabilities
www.irishtimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 10:48 PM
UK doctors and nurses with long Covid to sue for compensation
"Nearly 300 British doctors, nurses and other health workers with long Covid are suing the health service for compensation, saying they were not given proper protection during the pandemic. 1/
www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
"Nearly 300 British doctors, nurses and other health workers with long Covid are suing the health service for compensation, saying they were not given proper protection during the pandemic. 1/
www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...
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For those of us who study misinformation, the rise of lie-spewing authoritarian politicians is not a sign that their bunk has merit.
It is stark evidence of the power of misinformation...
and why it is one of the most urgent issues of our time.
It is stark evidence of the power of misinformation...
and why it is one of the most urgent issues of our time.
December 27, 2024 at 6:53 PM
For those of us who study misinformation, the rise of lie-spewing authoritarian politicians is not a sign that their bunk has merit.
It is stark evidence of the power of misinformation...
and why it is one of the most urgent issues of our time.
It is stark evidence of the power of misinformation...
and why it is one of the most urgent issues of our time.
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We are failing to protect babies & pregnant people… a lot to unpack here:
“on average more than 3/4 of tissue in infected placentas had been damaged, cutting off oxygen & nutrients essential for fetal survival. this damage could occur silently, even in mothers without acute Covid symptoms”
🧵
“on average more than 3/4 of tissue in infected placentas had been damaged, cutting off oxygen & nutrients essential for fetal survival. this damage could occur silently, even in mothers without acute Covid symptoms”
🧵
December 27, 2024 at 11:27 PM
We are failing to protect babies & pregnant people… a lot to unpack here:
“on average more than 3/4 of tissue in infected placentas had been damaged, cutting off oxygen & nutrients essential for fetal survival. this damage could occur silently, even in mothers without acute Covid symptoms”
🧵
“on average more than 3/4 of tissue in infected placentas had been damaged, cutting off oxygen & nutrients essential for fetal survival. this damage could occur silently, even in mothers without acute Covid symptoms”
🧵