Briana Mackay
@brimack.bsky.social
(she/her) 🌱
Mama / vegan / feminist / cottage witch / ND / anti-AI / forever wishing for more compassion & empathy in the world so therefore high-quality masks, cleaner air, and Long Covid research like, yesterday 😷❤️✨
Mama / vegan / feminist / cottage witch / ND / anti-AI / forever wishing for more compassion & empathy in the world so therefore high-quality masks, cleaner air, and Long Covid research like, yesterday 😷❤️✨
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Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
November 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Wait, I was told 19 kids dead in a single month didn’t matter.
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More than 1000 kids died from Covid in 2020-2022, and nearly 6 million have long covid. I don’t have kids, but this government is trying to kill yours.
Stop collaborating by downplaying Covid as a risk.
Stop collaborating by downplaying Covid as a risk.
Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.
FDA to impose strict new vaccine requirements, claiming child covid shot deaths
Vinay Prasad, the nation’s top vaccine regulator, said his team concluded that coronavirus shots were linked to children’s deaths, necessitating a new approach.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
More than 1000 kids died from Covid in 2020-2022, and nearly 6 million have long covid. I don’t have kids, but this government is trying to kill yours.
Stop collaborating by downplaying Covid as a risk.
Stop collaborating by downplaying Covid as a risk.
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He’s using an ableist slur to describe a political opponent.
This is the same man who mocked a disabled reporter on stage during his first run for President.
The same man who said his disabled nephew should be “left to die”.
The same man trying to gut healthcare so disabled people will die.
This is the same man who mocked a disabled reporter on stage during his first run for President.
The same man who said his disabled nephew should be “left to die”.
The same man trying to gut healthcare so disabled people will die.
November 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
He’s using an ableist slur to describe a political opponent.
This is the same man who mocked a disabled reporter on stage during his first run for President.
The same man who said his disabled nephew should be “left to die”.
The same man trying to gut healthcare so disabled people will die.
This is the same man who mocked a disabled reporter on stage during his first run for President.
The same man who said his disabled nephew should be “left to die”.
The same man trying to gut healthcare so disabled people will die.
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Hey guys. @noorhassan3.bsky.social is not doing well, she and her family is starving, no one is helping
Please consider donating, or putting her into your share rotation. Please help her
She is in gaza, i have verified her
ko-fi.com/noor320819
Please consider donating, or putting her into your share rotation. Please help her
She is in gaza, i have verified her
ko-fi.com/noor320819
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Hey guys. @noorhassan3.bsky.social is not doing well, she and her family is starving, no one is helping
Please consider donating, or putting her into your share rotation. Please help her
She is in gaza, i have verified her
ko-fi.com/noor320819
Please consider donating, or putting her into your share rotation. Please help her
She is in gaza, i have verified her
ko-fi.com/noor320819
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
Rereading BEEZUS AND RAMONA with my little, I can’t help but think about how Ramona was clearly a ND girl that everyone treated like the biggest pain in the ass/burden, telling her she was “naughty” and wrong. And also the Eldest Sister bullshit is SO real. Grew up to these messages, loud and clear.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Rereading BEEZUS AND RAMONA with my little, I can’t help but think about how Ramona was clearly a ND girl that everyone treated like the biggest pain in the ass/burden, telling her she was “naughty” and wrong. And also the Eldest Sister bullshit is SO real. Grew up to these messages, loud and clear.
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Ten years ago today. That should have been the end.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Ten years ago today. That should have been the end.
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RFK Jr. says: “Only very, very sick kids should die from measles.” Actually, no kids should die from measles because we have a vaccine that is safe and effective at preventing it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
RFK Jr. says: “Only very, very sick kids should die from measles.” Actually, no kids should die from measles because we have a vaccine that is safe and effective at preventing it.
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Sacrificing people to appease Big Tech oligarchs.
Texas data center expansion raises blackout risk during extreme winter weather
Texas' supply and demand balance can become tight during winter and potentially fall into deficit as data center demand grows.
www.cnbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Sacrificing people to appease Big Tech oligarchs.
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Just learned via Reddit that the Nazi bird app was making user locations viewable to everyone, with a mark indicating VPN usage. How interesting.
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Just learned via Reddit that the Nazi bird app was making user locations viewable to everyone, with a mark indicating VPN usage. How interesting.
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It costs nothing for you to share this.
For every dollar you donate to your local food pantry you’ll be providing up to 10 meals to families in need this holiday season.
For every dollar you donate to your local food pantry you’ll be providing up to 10 meals to families in need this holiday season.
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It costs nothing for you to share this.
For every dollar you donate to your local food pantry you’ll be providing up to 10 meals to families in need this holiday season.
For every dollar you donate to your local food pantry you’ll be providing up to 10 meals to families in need this holiday season.
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Fuck you, Olivia Nuzzi and Cheryl Hines. That gargoyle of a catcher's mitt you profess to love is trying to make medications that keep my family alive illegal.
You can both shove your memoirs up an orc's ass.
Fuck Jacob Bernstein, too.
You can both shove your memoirs up an orc's ass.
Fuck Jacob Bernstein, too.
November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Fuck you, Olivia Nuzzi and Cheryl Hines. That gargoyle of a catcher's mitt you profess to love is trying to make medications that keep my family alive illegal.
You can both shove your memoirs up an orc's ass.
Fuck Jacob Bernstein, too.
You can both shove your memoirs up an orc's ass.
Fuck Jacob Bernstein, too.
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tfw when I'm not allowed to see the aurora borealis
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
tfw when I'm not allowed to see the aurora borealis
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During his campaign, Trump (& RFK) promised to rein in the use of dangerous pesticides, but the EPA has loosened oversight and is accelerating pesticide approvals.
Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists
Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
During his campaign, Trump (& RFK) promised to rein in the use of dangerous pesticides, but the EPA has loosened oversight and is accelerating pesticide approvals.
Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists
Notably, the top 4 positions in the new Trump EPA’s chemical safety office are held by former pesticide and chemical industry lobbyists
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This is will be the 5th forever chemical they have approved this year, and it takes thousands of years to break down. It cannot be filtered out of water with most filtration methods, and it easily moves throughout the environment via water or in the atmosphere. It is increasingly detected in humans.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is will be the 5th forever chemical they have approved this year, and it takes thousands of years to break down. It cannot be filtered out of water with most filtration methods, and it easily moves throughout the environment via water or in the atmosphere. It is increasingly detected in humans.
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Never forget that the airlines were instrumental in reducing the Covid isolation requirements and paid time off.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Never forget that the airlines were instrumental in reducing the Covid isolation requirements and paid time off.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
Why? It was hurting their profits.
They were about to lose money again due to the shutdown… so the Dems caved.
Medicaid & ACA will be gone to keep airlines happy.
Profit over people.
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so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
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Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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re-upping this ‘cuz it’s such a good read.
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
Liberals joined conservatives to mainstream anti-vax beliefs about viruses and public health
Viruses are bad for kids' health. Public health is a collective effort. Liberals no longer believe either.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
re-upping this ‘cuz it’s such a good read.
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.?
@juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
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Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Day 24 of Emmanuel Garcia being in federal custody.
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
He’s a 15 year old autistic boy who went missing 4 weeks ago. Houston PD found him, contacted ICE & his Mom is fighting to get him back
She’s not allowed to visit him.
They’re keeping a disabled kid from his family & the media is largely silent
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Farhana Sultana is a well-known academic who writes about climate change, environmental issues, and social justice. Syracuse University put her on leave at the behest of the far right. Read and sign if you can
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
docs.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Farhana Sultana is a well-known academic who writes about climate change, environmental issues, and social justice. Syracuse University put her on leave at the behest of the far right. Read and sign if you can
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Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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