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Ronlyn Domingue

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AUTHOR. I write about deep, sensitive people in strange, transformative circumstances. (The Mercy of Thin Air; Keeper of Tales Trilogy; CRONE ENERGY on Substack.) EDITOR. NATURE LOVER. www.ronlyndomingue.com.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 1d

My latest on CRONE ENERGY. Some gentle reading if you need a break from the horrors.

Sunflower Memories of Mom

Along the highway ditches, stands of swamp sunflowers tossed in the wind.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 9h

HIV is transmitted through body fluids and requires direct contact. COVID is airborne, so a person could just go into an area with a high viral load and get it. How many more human beings are likely to be exposed to and spread COVID compared to HIV?

Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 9h

So for everyone who has said that comparisons between HIV and COVID-19 are inflammatory and irresponsible, I’m sharing this new article in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine that does just that and finds some clear parallels:

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

A screenshot of article highlights:

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HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction.
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Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and Long COVID/PASC.
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Tissue reservoir persistence drives long-term damage in both HIV and SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 mirrors HIV-1 in its ability to evade immune defenses and cause chronic infection.
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SARS-CoV-2 -associated neurological disorders (SAND) parallel HIV-associated neurological disorders (HAND).
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Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 1d

My latest on CRONE ENERGY. Some gentle reading if you need a break from the horrors.

Sunflower Memories of Mom

Along the highway ditches, stands of swamp sunflowers tossed in the wind.

open.substack.com

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 6d

This morning. Praise be.

Morning in a woodland. The path is lit up by sunlight. The sun is shining through the treetops.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 9d

Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.

I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.

It’s destructive to the environment.

It’s destructive to artists.

It’s destructive to humanity.

It steals from us and churns out slop.

Just stop.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 9d

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 9d

...the world, as well as basic fucking common sense on our side. The war criminals have hate, lies, and weapons. Justice will prevail. Free Palestine.”

Greta Thunberg shares a video after arriving in Greece following her illegal detention by Israeli forces from aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 9d

Remember the Carousel in Logan's Run? Can someone set those up so folks can queue in and opt out in dazzle of laser lights? Efficient, too, nothing to bury or spread.

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 9d

No equivocation. Plain language. Absolute focus.

Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 9d

Pt2🧵: Greta Thunberg deported to Athens says, "Global Samud Flotilla are not heroes. Our mistreatment by Israel is not the story. We need more than humanitarian aid to Gaza, we need to stop the decades-long siege. The violence of 'business as usual.' Genocides fueled by our own governments."

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 9d

The same soul sickness that leads people to be cruel to humans is the same one that leads them to be cruel to the Earth.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 9d

Hundreds of olive trees were seen uprooted by Israeli forces in the villages of al-Mughayyir and abu Falah near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 11d

I despise leaf blowers with the force of a million suns.....but in this context, may they be a force for good.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 11d

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 11d

The ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits are at the center of the ongoing government shutdown. The tax credits have led to a more than doubling of Marketplace enrollment, but they'll expire at end of this year if Congress doesn’t act to extend them.

Here are some key facts about the credits from KFF

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 11d

Family of four in Chatham County, Georgia paid--for the lowest cost option--$559.69/ mo for insurance. In 2026, if the insanity continues, $2,131.65 / mo.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11d

This is it #trumpshutdown

🎥: @warnock.senate.gov

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 13d

www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Study challenges notion that Covid is ‘mild’ for children

More than 6 million American children suffer from long Covid which can lead to life-threatening complications

www.independent.co.uk

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 14d

"No matter what happens with this [extreme anti-choice] bill...Republicans are giving us the exact roadmap for what they want for American women and how they want to do it." (e.g., ban abortions, certain contraception, pro-choice speech; charge providers under RICO Act; and more)

Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14d

All eyes on South Carolina, where the anti-abortion movement is using the state as a testing ground for what they want nationally

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 14d

This is with two infections. What about the kids (and adults) who've been sick four, six, ten + times?

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 14d

"In a study taking data from across the USA, children and adolescents were found to have double the risk of developing long COVID after their second infection with SARS-CoV-2"

Timely study given the current #CovidInquiry module is focussed on children.

Long COVID Risk In Kids Found To Double After Their Second COVID-19 Infection

Catching COVID-19 twice was found to increase the risk of post-viral syndrome, contrary to popular belief.

www.iflscience.com

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah, it's fine. It's going to be totally okay for my and my neighbors' electricity and water bills to skyrocket once that (really necessary) data center near us goes online.

Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 16d

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

How AI impacts the environment (and your energy bill) : It's Been a Minute

AI is the future, but how is its infrastructure impacting your air, water, and utilities bills today? You asked, and Brittany delivered. Many of you wrote in asking about artificial intelligence’s env...

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 17d

Same. Some days I can't function. Wishing you moments of respite in the midst of unrelenting chaos.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 17d

What you said in this thread times a bagillion.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 18d

“The solution to migration is not chains, prisons, or missiles... God’s chosen people is all humanity.” --Colombian Pres. Urrego's U.N. speech, 9/23/2025.

Robert Jones, Jr. (some might remember him as Son of Baldwin on FB) shared the full translated transcript in this post.

With His Whole Chest

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urrego's Revolutionary Words

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 19d

A damn good piece about the publishing industry.
Most writers already know about this. Readers who ask published authors "when's your next book coming out?" would do well to understand the odds against us.

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 19d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 19d

I had one of these beauties just outside my woodland front porch a few nights ago! They are wonderful! (I escaped from traffic, construction, and lawn equipment noise that almost drove me insane.)

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 19d

You're fortunate to live there. I'm in the Deep South, where someone like him wouldn't stand a chance. The video did a good job pointing out the problematic eugenics behind the movement & the historical, ongoing barriers that far too many people still face. May an inclusive future be ahead for all.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 19d

Mamdani connecting the dots. I learned something new about reproductive rights history. (Must be amazing to live somewhere that a candidate like this has a chance.)

Hex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 19d

Cuomo could never.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 20d

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Alma Katsu (FIEND is out now) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 20d

I’m frequently asked how can writers use genAI to help short of writing your books and the answer is NONE. Every use is refining the tool.

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Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 21d

The closed captions made me dry heave. Praise be I had the sound off.

Ronlyn Domingue @ronlyndomingue.bsky.social · 22d

Ms. Affleck: "It is neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes and say, 'We knew how to protect you, and we didn't do it.'" (((Not just COVID, right? Gun violence, climate collapse, etc.)))

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 22d

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!