Amylamadingdong 🐈 🪁
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Hey everyone who needs money, all I can do is repost your requests for help. I pray you receive all the help you need! But it can't come from me right now. 💜
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Most LLM-based Chatbots are designed to tell you things you're more likely to accept. So if you're in the middle of— or even just susceptible to— crisis, they absolutely can & often will *Affirm That Headspace*. And this has been shown w/ depression, schizoaffective syndromes, & self-harm ideation…
They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
www.nytimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Most LLM-based Chatbots are designed to tell you things you're more likely to accept. So if you're in the middle of— or even just susceptible to— crisis, they absolutely can & often will *Affirm That Headspace*. And this has been shown w/ depression, schizoaffective syndromes, & self-harm ideation…
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Holy shit. "Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis."
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Holy shit. "Turning off the genetic switch to its respiratory system might finally eliminate the bacteria behind tuberculosis."
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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I tried to explain this to people the other day - a rainbow flag to me as a gay man means, “LGBTQA+ people are welcome and safe here”. No more. No less. And removing them means, “You are not welcome or safe here”. No more. No less.
stories like this piss me off for multiple reasons
- stop participating in the erosion of rights of our fellow americans
- this is not the maryland way
- bitch youre in maryland, one of the bluest states, stop being such a reactionary wingnut
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
- stop participating in the erosion of rights of our fellow americans
- this is not the maryland way
- bitch youre in maryland, one of the bluest states, stop being such a reactionary wingnut
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
A Maryland mayor removes rainbow crosswalks, citing neutrality concerns
“Our City is home to a diverse and vibrant community, and we want our public spaces to be welcoming to all,” Salisbury Mayor Randy Taylor said in announcing the decision.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I tried to explain this to people the other day - a rainbow flag to me as a gay man means, “LGBTQA+ people are welcome and safe here”. No more. No less. And removing them means, “You are not welcome or safe here”. No more. No less.
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COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.
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maybe we shouldn’t even say mutual aid and just start saying this isn’t anything special—this is community.
this is actually what being in community means. helping each other, realizing our fates are intertwined.
we are building community while the bad guys are trying to tear it down.
this is actually what being in community means. helping each other, realizing our fates are intertwined.
we are building community while the bad guys are trying to tear it down.
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to each other in what many call 'mutual aid'
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
maybe we shouldn’t even say mutual aid and just start saying this isn’t anything special—this is community.
this is actually what being in community means. helping each other, realizing our fates are intertwined.
we are building community while the bad guys are trying to tear it down.
this is actually what being in community means. helping each other, realizing our fates are intertwined.
we are building community while the bad guys are trying to tear it down.
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Everytime I advertise a product being accessible to disabled people. I lose sales because able-bodied people feel like it isn't for them as well.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Everytime I advertise a product being accessible to disabled people. I lose sales because able-bodied people feel like it isn't for them as well.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
My products are for anyone that likes or wants them. You don't need to view yourself as disabled to want them too.
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Great news! My hospital/clinic system is doing universal masking again!
Sure, it would be great if they were masking the whole time but whatever, take this as a reminder you can start masking again too!
Sure, it would be great if they were masking the whole time but whatever, take this as a reminder you can start masking again too!
December 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Great news! My hospital/clinic system is doing universal masking again!
Sure, it would be great if they were masking the whole time but whatever, take this as a reminder you can start masking again too!
Sure, it would be great if they were masking the whole time but whatever, take this as a reminder you can start masking again too!
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another good day to start masking again
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.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
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
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
another good day to start masking again
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Interested in one of these screen-printed posters for your porch or window?
Pick yours up in-person:
Pillsbury House & Theatre, (Sunday, Dec 7th only!) 4-7pm (2nd floor)
Arbeiter Brewing Co. (week of Dec 8th — limited / while supplies last)
*or* message me to request some mailed to your house! 💌
Pick yours up in-person:
Pillsbury House & Theatre, (Sunday, Dec 7th only!) 4-7pm (2nd floor)
Arbeiter Brewing Co. (week of Dec 8th — limited / while supplies last)
*or* message me to request some mailed to your house! 💌
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Interested in one of these screen-printed posters for your porch or window?
Pick yours up in-person:
Pillsbury House & Theatre, (Sunday, Dec 7th only!) 4-7pm (2nd floor)
Arbeiter Brewing Co. (week of Dec 8th — limited / while supplies last)
*or* message me to request some mailed to your house! 💌
Pick yours up in-person:
Pillsbury House & Theatre, (Sunday, Dec 7th only!) 4-7pm (2nd floor)
Arbeiter Brewing Co. (week of Dec 8th — limited / while supplies last)
*or* message me to request some mailed to your house! 💌
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we genuinely need more research on this. bc covid infections cause brain fog which can result in exactly this BUT ALSO 2020 was a traumatic year and the virus causing all the trauma never went away nor became more mild so there’s for sure unprocessed trauma in over 50% of the population
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
we genuinely need more research on this. bc covid infections cause brain fog which can result in exactly this BUT ALSO 2020 was a traumatic year and the virus causing all the trauma never went away nor became more mild so there’s for sure unprocessed trauma in over 50% of the population
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Joshua Roman, 41, is an American cellist who once practiced 10hrs a day and toured the world performing standard and original works. After getting COVID in 2021, he developed Long COVID with severe brain fog and fatigue, becoming too weak to play his instrument or even climb stairs
archive.md/Wpg33
archive.md/Wpg33
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Joshua Roman, 41, is an American cellist who once practiced 10hrs a day and toured the world performing standard and original works. After getting COVID in 2021, he developed Long COVID with severe brain fog and fatigue, becoming too weak to play his instrument or even climb stairs
archive.md/Wpg33
archive.md/Wpg33
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Random thought, but men who use the term "friend zone" like some kind of punishment sound entitled. Women don’t owe you romance - and honestly, if having a female friend disappoints you that much, why would we want anything more?
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Random thought, but men who use the term "friend zone" like some kind of punishment sound entitled. Women don’t owe you romance - and honestly, if having a female friend disappoints you that much, why would we want anything more?
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The fact that life has been sh*t so far has zero to do w/ what life will be like going forward. I know that's hard to wrap your head around, but it's true. Do not let your bullies & abusers convince you you have nothing left to give or receive. Your real life hasn't even started.
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The fact that life has been sh*t so far has zero to do w/ what life will be like going forward. I know that's hard to wrap your head around, but it's true. Do not let your bullies & abusers convince you you have nothing left to give or receive. Your real life hasn't even started.
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I love the @chronicloaf.bsky.social community, where #disabled folks get to watch movies, series, stand up and such together: it is a bigot free space and it rocks
NEW OFFICIAL #ChronicLoaf LINK:
mzelo.com/app/rooms/chro… #NEISvoidi#DisCoC#spooniese#longcovidi#DisabilityCommunityt#chronicpaini#Neurodivergentn#cannabiscommunityty
mzelo.com/app/rooms/chro… #NEISvoidi#DisCoC#spooniese#longcovidi#DisabilityCommunityt#chronicpaini#Neurodivergentn#cannabiscommunityty
Mzelo | Share the web with a virtual browser and watch YouTube and movies together
Share the web with a virtual browser and watch YouTube and movies together
https://mzelo.com/app/rooms/chro…
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I love the @chronicloaf.bsky.social community, where #disabled folks get to watch movies, series, stand up and such together: it is a bigot free space and it rocks
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Having to identify oneself as disabled to access accommodations is, on its own, a huge barrier to getting many disabled people the accommodations they need.
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Having to identify oneself as disabled to access accommodations is, on its own, a huge barrier to getting many disabled people the accommodations they need.
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are you a parent trying to keep your kiddo safe as our health systems collapse? mask bloc la has a zine: “Helping Kids Mask” with info and recs for this surreal situation we find ourselves in. hopefully this link works but it’s also at the zine library in my bio.
drive.proton.me/urls/S21WG03...
drive.proton.me/urls/S21WG03...
December 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
are you a parent trying to keep your kiddo safe as our health systems collapse? mask bloc la has a zine: “Helping Kids Mask” with info and recs for this surreal situation we find ourselves in. hopefully this link works but it’s also at the zine library in my bio.
drive.proton.me/urls/S21WG03...
drive.proton.me/urls/S21WG03...
Can anyone share the article that states that almost 50 percent of Covid infections are asymptomatic? I am having a rough go of it with my family. I need something to point to as evidence of my sanity as a masking human. Thanks for your help.
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Can anyone share the article that states that almost 50 percent of Covid infections are asymptomatic? I am having a rough go of it with my family. I need something to point to as evidence of my sanity as a masking human. Thanks for your help.
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I can’t even get anyone to admit or remember that asymptomatic Covid is a thing.
The fact that asymptomatic Covid cases can lead to Long Covid IMO probably leads to more people attributing illness to vaccine complications than what could actually occurring, when the underlying problem could be a Covid infection.
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I can’t even get anyone to admit or remember that asymptomatic Covid is a thing.
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Given that a significant percentage of infectious covid cases are asymptomatic, a more effective policy is to just require (or at least strongly recommend) masking! You can't really know who's sick and who isn't by symptoms or self reports alone. health.clevelandclinic.org/asymptomatic...
What Is Asymptomatic COVID-19 and Are You Contagious?
An estimated 1 in 5 people infected with the coronavirus never develop symptoms. But they can still get you sick. Learn more about asymptomatic COVID-19 from an infectious disease specialist.
health.clevelandclinic.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Given that a significant percentage of infectious covid cases are asymptomatic, a more effective policy is to just require (or at least strongly recommend) masking! You can't really know who's sick and who isn't by symptoms or self reports alone. health.clevelandclinic.org/asymptomatic...
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Oh I see Zickgraf wrote the “Covid conscious people are crazy” article he’s been threatening. Happy Thanksgiving Ryan, this year thanks to long Covid-caused MCAS, my Thanksgiving feast will be a plain baked sweet potato. Hope yours is tinged with the seasoning of being a horrible person.
I don’t know, I thought after Long Covid effectively ended my chance at a directing career, ruined my health, my energy, my ability to eat a lot of foods, and my body, it would seem pretty obvious why I don’t want to get it again, even going so far as to sacrifice (the horror!) bars and restaurants.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Oh I see Zickgraf wrote the “Covid conscious people are crazy” article he’s been threatening. Happy Thanksgiving Ryan, this year thanks to long Covid-caused MCAS, my Thanksgiving feast will be a plain baked sweet potato. Hope yours is tinged with the seasoning of being a horrible person.
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Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
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🧵You’re invited to the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas – a series of free virtual events designed to bring Covid Conscious folks together for the holidays for celebration, connection, and community!
Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🧵You’re invited to the 12 Days of Covid Consciousmas – a series of free virtual events designed to bring Covid Conscious folks together for the holidays for celebration, connection, and community!
Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Link in 2nd post, additional details about each event in rest of thread!
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Posting this resource again. If anyone knows of a scientific study that supports society’s behavior toward Covid, please share. Everything I’ve seen points to necessary caution. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
LitCovid
LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Posting this resource again. If anyone knows of a scientific study that supports society’s behavior toward Covid, please share. Everything I’ve seen points to necessary caution. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/cor...
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MassCare wishes you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for the Medicare for All Bill, and are hopeful that next Thanksgiving we will be thankful for expanded, equitable access to universal health care! #MedicareForAll #Thanksgiving #Massachusetts #MassachusettsThanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
MassCare wishes you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! We're thankful for the Medicare for All Bill, and are hopeful that next Thanksgiving we will be thankful for expanded, equitable access to universal health care! #MedicareForAll #Thanksgiving #Massachusetts #MassachusettsThanksgiving