We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...

Happy Halloween!!

Protect yourself and your community from airborne viruses this season!

(Yes, masks are useful even outside, especially in situations with lots of people!)

Invite your friends to things you enjoy!

Also, silent discos are the BEST!

Oh and ... Eat the rich! ;)

Dräger X-plore 1950 N95 respirator (small): 10/10 would wear again 😀

Great for long indoor days, flights, and medical settings.

Nose foam, soft stretchy headband (all one piece), and crisp comfortable structure.

Available in the US through Amazon 🥲

www.draeger.com/en-us_us/Pro...

Yo dude why are you on *checks notes* bluesky...?

This is a site that supports science, facts, and reality.

Just because you didn't die from one case of covid, doesn't mean that's true for anyone else, or that the vaccines are experimental. It still took you 10 days to recover.

Are these bots?

It's a great day to get vaccinated 💪 against diseases that are airborne, preventable, disabling and/or deadly.*

*please wear a high-quality mask like a KN95 or N95 to your appointment.

Shirt by Raygun (they should bring it back!!). Glasses are Stoggles and mask is a Vitacore Can99.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

"...a series of safety reforms meant to improve conditions for firefighters. In its reversal, the agency said it has now stockpiled some 80,000 N95 masks and will include them in standard equipment packs for all large fires."

🔥😷🔥😷🔥

"...allowing only bandannas that offer no protection against toxins in wildfire smoke. But the Forest Service proposed new guidance Monday acknowledging for the first time that masks can protect firefighters against harmful particles in the smoke, The NYT reported. The move came as part of..."

This is awesome news!!!

From @heatmap.news newsletter: Forest Service reverses decades-old ban on firefighting masks

"For decades, the U.S. government banned wildfire fighters from wearing masks that officials deemed too cumbersome..."

🔥😷🔥😷🔥

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...

Just here to say it's a beautiful color! 😍

Holy shit:

Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.

www.hcn.org/articles/fir...

I'm starting to look into how inflammation is being misused by MAHA types in a way that very much distracts from chronic illness-inflammation problems people actually have. If you're an academic, doctor, immunologist etc with thoughts on this, please be in touch at [email protected]

We have policies/laws/regulations to ensure that our food and water are clean and safe. Why not for air, too?

Typical amounts taken in per day:
food = 4 lb
water = 3 lb
air = 30 lb

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

Mandating Indoor Air Quality in Public Buildings.

Our paper in Science.

🧪 #healthpolicy

No offense, but things should get better, instead of constantly worse

Mask: BreatheTeq
Necklace: Larissa Loden
Earrings: Whispering Daisy
Earbuds: Shokz

breatheteq.com

But how will people know I'm ___________ , if I wear a mask on my face during a massive surge of airborne infections, to help prevent further illness, disability and death from covid?? 😩

...Smiling at them
...Fashionable
...Professional
...Attractive
...Flirting

Oh honey, they'll know 😎😘

It’s amazing how quickly people stopped mentioning that Sam Altman’s sister sued him for sexual abuse.

Huge news out of IRS today.

If you acquire an EV by September 30 - a written binding contract and make a payment (i.e., down payment or a trade-in) - you can take delivery *through the end of 2026.*

45W and 30D will keep on giving into next year.

🔌💡🔌🚗

www.irs.gov/newsroom/tre...

Banning masks in the workplace hurts everyone.

Particularly when you are a firefighter who rushes into toxic smoke-filled spaces.

You can perform just fine, even exercising intensely, in N95 masks.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/u...

The FDA is expected to license the new Covid-19 booster on Friday -- reportedly only for adults 65+ and people at high risk.

Important

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

New Scientist: 'Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels - but only among women'

'“Here we have demonstrated there is something measurable in the blood vessels that corresponds to the symptoms of long-covid patients,” says Rosa Maria Bruno at Université Paris Cité

www.newscientist.com/article/2492...