Angela (she/they)
@cinnamunthunder.bsky.social
Covid Conscious Asian Americanadian |
UWaterloo Student + writer + aspiring game dev |
@uwimprint.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social Code Coven IGM 2021
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UWaterloo Student + writer + aspiring game dev |
@uwimprint.bsky.social @uw-english.bsky.social Code Coven IGM 2021
pfp by grgikau.com | views are my own
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Just finished exams so a proper intro to new followers (and old). Hi, I'm Angela! I'm a UW undergrad student who's also a staff writer at @uwimprint.bsky.social and the UW English Society! I'm a math major, but I also do game dev, writing, and Covid conscious advocacy on the side.
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Brown Health to require masks at hospitals due to rise in flu cases www.wpri.com/health/brown...
www.wpri.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Brown Health to require masks at hospitals due to rise in flu cases www.wpri.com/health/brown...
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Good advice for Health Canada & Ontario Public Health re: the prevention of airborne pathogens using N95s & the importance of indoor air quality.
Still not sure who did this, but it’s really good advice for cities.
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Good advice for Health Canada & Ontario Public Health re: the prevention of airborne pathogens using N95s & the importance of indoor air quality.
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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When you hear people ask
“what never came back
after Covid?”
calmly and politely tell them that
what never came back
(what never will come back)
are the more than 7.1 million people
who lost their lives to Covid,
and that number is still growing
for we are not yet
“after Covid.”
“what never came back
after Covid?”
calmly and politely tell them that
what never came back
(what never will come back)
are the more than 7.1 million people
who lost their lives to Covid,
and that number is still growing
for we are not yet
“after Covid.”
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
When you hear people ask
“what never came back
after Covid?”
calmly and politely tell them that
what never came back
(what never will come back)
are the more than 7.1 million people
who lost their lives to Covid,
and that number is still growing
for we are not yet
“after Covid.”
“what never came back
after Covid?”
calmly and politely tell them that
what never came back
(what never will come back)
are the more than 7.1 million people
who lost their lives to Covid,
and that number is still growing
for we are not yet
“after Covid.”
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⚠️ BREAKING:
WHO Warns as New Influenza A(H3N2) Subclade K Spreads Globally
The World Health Organization has warned of the spread of new influenza A(H3N2) subclade K across the European Union, East Asia, and parts of North America.
WHO Warns as New Influenza A(H3N2) Subclade K Spreads Globally
The World Health Organization has warned of the spread of new influenza A(H3N2) subclade K across the European Union, East Asia, and parts of North America.
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
WHO Warns as New Influenza A(H3N2) Subclade K Spreads Globally
The World Health Organization has warned of the spread of new influenza A(H3N2) subclade K across the European Union, East Asia, and parts of North America.
WHO Warns as New Influenza A(H3N2) Subclade K Spreads Globally
The World Health Organization has warned of the spread of new influenza A(H3N2) subclade K across the European Union, East Asia, and parts of North America.
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Love to see the respirator but if we should mask in crowded indoor spaces like airports, what about schools and hospitals? They are crowded indoor spaces too
Traveling for the holidays? Stay well on your way by wearing a high-quality mask like an N95 in crowded indoor spaces like airports and planes. Also wash your hands frequently, cover your cough or sneeze, and avoid traveling if you’re sick.
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
📲 Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/respiratory-viruses
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Love to see the respirator but if we should mask in crowded indoor spaces like airports, what about schools and hospitals? They are crowded indoor spaces too
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A lot of people are sick right now.
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
We’re Witnessing the Fall of Public Health… and Your Best Tool is a Mask
Measles in Texas, bird flu in Louisiana, tuberculosis in Kansas and Covid everywhere. Public health has been dying a slow death for years, we can’t count on it anymore. What can we count on? A mask!
www.disabledginger.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A lot of people are sick right now.
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
Flu and Covid are raging, but the good news is a well fitted respirator can prevent both!
A good mask like an N95 is very effective at stopping flu and Covid.
My article looks at how to choose one, how to fit test, where to buy & more.
Mask up & save lives!
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I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
It’s crazy that people used to be able to just smoke cigarettes wherever they wanted
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals…
All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it.
We CAN change things.
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Yes!
Huge benefits from cleaning up the air that contacts our largest personal interface with the world around us (the surface area of the lungs) - and we can do the same again!
Huge benefits from cleaning up the air that contacts our largest personal interface with the world around us (the surface area of the lungs) - and we can do the same again!
The next leap forward: Clean air for Canadians
“Weak productivity is making life less affordable for Canadians and beginning to strain our government’s finances and starting to put at risk the social programs on which Canadians rely,” Prime Minist...
policyoptions.irpp.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Yes!
Huge benefits from cleaning up the air that contacts our largest personal interface with the world around us (the surface area of the lungs) - and we can do the same again!
Huge benefits from cleaning up the air that contacts our largest personal interface with the world around us (the surface area of the lungs) - and we can do the same again!
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2/Read the paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39947217/
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
2/Read the paper here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39947217/
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Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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The flu continues to wreak havoc across the northern hemisphere. In Canada, we've had at least two dozen deaths so far, including among small children, over a handful of days. Here are some things you need to know:
Thread [1/12]
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December 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The flu continues to wreak havoc across the northern hemisphere. In Canada, we've had at least two dozen deaths so far, including among small children, over a handful of days. Here are some things you need to know:
Thread [1/12]
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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Let's have a #CorsiRosenthalBoxChristmas or a #CorsiRosenthalBoxHoliday. It's airborne, why not clean the indoor air while you gather? We have three in our home.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Let's have a #CorsiRosenthalBoxChristmas or a #CorsiRosenthalBoxHoliday. It's airborne, why not clean the indoor air while you gather? We have three in our home.
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We have this discourse every few months and it never gets any easier.
Disabled people deserve to eat too.
They deserve to have the odd treat.
They deserve to have a living wage and not be forced to grovel for scraps.
Disabled people deserve to eat too.
They deserve to have the odd treat.
They deserve to have a living wage and not be forced to grovel for scraps.
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
We have this discourse every few months and it never gets any easier.
Disabled people deserve to eat too.
They deserve to have the odd treat.
They deserve to have a living wage and not be forced to grovel for scraps.
Disabled people deserve to eat too.
They deserve to have the odd treat.
They deserve to have a living wage and not be forced to grovel for scraps.
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There’s more to it than that though.
For many of us, DoorDash isn’t a treat…
It’s a survival tool.
Not everyone can cook. Not everyone can eat frozen meals. Not everyone can drive to a restaurant to pick up food.
We’re all different with unique needs.
For many of us, DoorDash isn’t a treat…
It’s a survival tool.
Not everyone can cook. Not everyone can eat frozen meals. Not everyone can drive to a restaurant to pick up food.
We’re all different with unique needs.
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
There’s more to it than that though.
For many of us, DoorDash isn’t a treat…
It’s a survival tool.
Not everyone can cook. Not everyone can eat frozen meals. Not everyone can drive to a restaurant to pick up food.
We’re all different with unique needs.
For many of us, DoorDash isn’t a treat…
It’s a survival tool.
Not everyone can cook. Not everyone can eat frozen meals. Not everyone can drive to a restaurant to pick up food.
We’re all different with unique needs.
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Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
Study Examines Performance of Serial COVID Testing - News Center
Testing performance of rapid antigen tests for SARS-CoV-2 improved for both asymptomatic and symptomatic patients after testing multiple times in 48-hour intervals, according to findings published in ...
news.feinberg.northwestern.edu
December 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Holiday gathering reminder 🎁
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
If your guests test w/rapids twice before the event, 48 hours apart, it’ll catch 63% of Covid cases even if they have no symptoms. Testing 3x improves that to 79%!
This is how we curb the annual January surge that gave me Long Covid—thanks for protecting yr community 🤍
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Please please support if you can. This site does vital work.
We’re over halfway through our end-of-year fundraiser, and we’re not where we need to be to keep our vital work going. We have three weeks left to hit our goals of $60,000 and 200 monthly supporters.
The #LongCOVID community needs us — we need you! the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
The #LongCOVID community needs us — we need you! the-sick-times.fundjournalism.org/donate/
December 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Please please support if you can. This site does vital work.
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A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
Number of people in England being treated remains at record level for this time of year with daily average of 2,660
The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has increased by 55% in a week, NHS figures show.
An average of 2,660 flu patients were in hospital each day last week, up from 1,717 the previous week. At this point last year the number stood at 1,861 patients, while in 2023 it was just 402. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
NHS ‘facing worst-case scenario’ as hospital flu cases jump 55% in a week
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TODAY: Wholesome Snack: #TheGameAwards Edition premieres at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
TODAY: Wholesome Snack: #TheGameAwards Edition premieres at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
NHS 'cover your mouth and nose' UK-wide update as H3N2 strain spreads
People are being urged to follow safety procedures as the virus spreads
www.mirror.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
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Got flu problems?
Try this.
Try this.
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Got flu problems?
Try this.
Try this.
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Mask (respirators) Beginner Guide
This guide is for people who want to start wearing masks or want to wear masks more often but are a bit confused about the whole thing.
What is a respirator? What is a duckbill mask? What is an 3M Aura? Where can I buy masks that will protect me? What is a KN95?
This guide is for people who want to start wearing masks or want to wear masks more often but are a bit confused about the whole thing.
What is a respirator? What is a duckbill mask? What is an 3M Aura? Where can I buy masks that will protect me? What is a KN95?
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Mask (respirators) Beginner Guide
This guide is for people who want to start wearing masks or want to wear masks more often but are a bit confused about the whole thing.
What is a respirator? What is a duckbill mask? What is an 3M Aura? Where can I buy masks that will protect me? What is a KN95?
This guide is for people who want to start wearing masks or want to wear masks more often but are a bit confused about the whole thing.
What is a respirator? What is a duckbill mask? What is an 3M Aura? Where can I buy masks that will protect me? What is a KN95?