joe
@disabledguy.bsky.social
𝘴𝘩𝘦/𝘩𝘦𝘳
ɴʙ, ᴄᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ
dreamer of a better world.
mask up, friend, there’s work to do
ɴʙ, ᴄᴀɴᴀᴅᴀ
dreamer of a better world.
mask up, friend, there’s work to do
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Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
June 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lyft driver picked me up from UNC, turned out he was a medicinal chemistry post-doc in a building near mine, until his grant got cut last month.
Worked on novel antivirals.
Worked on novel antivirals.
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Meet "Nimbus", aka SARS-CoV-2 variant NB.1.8.1.
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May 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Meet "Nimbus", aka SARS-CoV-2 variant NB.1.8.1.
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We tried to warn everyone that every Covid infection ages you, and we tried to warn them it would take a few years for the impact to manifest. On cue, everyone's talking about Gen Z's "accelerated aging," and they still refuse to acknowledge one major source of the problem.
May 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We tried to warn everyone that every Covid infection ages you, and we tried to warn them it would take a few years for the impact to manifest. On cue, everyone's talking about Gen Z's "accelerated aging," and they still refuse to acknowledge one major source of the problem.
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Canadian COVID Forecast May 10-23, 2025
CANADA
HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 134 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~8X higher
-Long COVID ~6X higher
-Hospitalizations ~11X higher
-Deaths ~11X higher
CANADA
HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 134 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~8X higher
-Long COVID ~6X higher
-Hospitalizations ~11X higher
-Deaths ~11X higher
May 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast May 10-23, 2025
CANADA
HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 134 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~8X higher
-Long COVID ~6X higher
-Hospitalizations ~11X higher
-Deaths ~11X higher
CANADA
HIGH (no change)
About 1 in every 134 people infected
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~8X higher
-Long COVID ~6X higher
-Hospitalizations ~11X higher
-Deaths ~11X higher
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this is not true either legally or in a colloquial sense, but an NYT reporter says it like he's telling you the weather.
Corruption requires explict quid pro quo. It is not corrupt to take an action that aligns with the interest of a person who gives you a gift, unless the official action was in direct response to that gift--a bribe. Terms matter. Accuracy and fairness matters. Regardless of what social media wants.
May 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this is not true either legally or in a colloquial sense, but an NYT reporter says it like he's telling you the weather.
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here’s my life advice: you only get ONE LIFE in this body, ONE, and the thing has been depreciating since you drove it off the lot. are you really going to hand it back to god in pristine condition like you’re some security-deposit-groveling little bitch?
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
here’s my life advice: you only get ONE LIFE in this body, ONE, and the thing has been depreciating since you drove it off the lot. are you really going to hand it back to god in pristine condition like you’re some security-deposit-groveling little bitch?
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I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
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Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
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There’s no such thing as A.I “art.” It’s a soulless amalgamation of plagiarised data. That is the antithesis of art.
March 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There’s no such thing as A.I “art.” It’s a soulless amalgamation of plagiarised data. That is the antithesis of art.
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I literally have covid RIGHT NOW
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I literally have covid RIGHT NOW
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It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
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nobody is immune to propaganda, but it does help if you can develop a moral framework independent of a book you read when you were twelve
March 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
nobody is immune to propaganda, but it does help if you can develop a moral framework independent of a book you read when you were twelve
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BlueSky becoming more useful for news basically every day. Simple reason: None of that Elon trash code that punishes direct links. People share stories and we click, like God intended.
March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
BlueSky becoming more useful for news basically every day. Simple reason: None of that Elon trash code that punishes direct links. People share stories and we click, like God intended.
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Pretty sure the decisive test of our society in my lifetime was when an actual full scale pandemic happened with millions of deaths and people were fine with that as long as they could go to restaurants and concerts. If you think the two things are not connected, think more.
The decisive test of our society in my lifetime was the 2024 election and our failure was spectacular and total. I will never again have any faith in the American electorate to do the obviously right thing.
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pretty sure the decisive test of our society in my lifetime was when an actual full scale pandemic happened with millions of deaths and people were fine with that as long as they could go to restaurants and concerts. If you think the two things are not connected, think more.
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It’s a very good time to get used to doing the right thing even though you’re afraid of it or there might be consequences.
March 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s a very good time to get used to doing the right thing even though you’re afraid of it or there might be consequences.
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Really really nice to see Rep Keating speak up like this. This is how it all starts, by not letting them disrespect the most vulnerable person in the room.
March 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Really really nice to see Rep Keating speak up like this. This is how it all starts, by not letting them disrespect the most vulnerable person in the room.
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As kids get sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, pneumonia, & more, while masks, clean air and the pandemic are pointedly never mentioned.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
Kids keep getting sicker as evidence for COVID immune damage builds
As the press pushes "immunity debt" past the breaking point of believability, are parents ready to wake up to the illness crisis?
www.thegauntlet.news
March 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As kids get sicker, media ignores scientific papers pointing to immune damage after COVID. Instead, parents are urged to “watch out” for unusual waves of RSV, flu, pneumonia, & more, while masks, clean air and the pandemic are pointedly never mentioned.
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-...
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Idk, sounds exactly like what most people have said about Covid.
Anyway, this is about as gross and anti-social a statement from an antivaxxer as you'll find, but also probably pretty par for the course
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
![“We’re not going to harm our children or [risk] the potential to harm our children,” she said, “so that we can save yours.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn6b23ra25vaybk53lm2sxspxn2qs4g2zkedlkmi7t55biemt2ri@jpeg)
March 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Idk, sounds exactly like what most people have said about Covid.
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That’s how you write a headline, people.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
That’s how you write a headline, people.
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Canadian research discoveries funded by non-profit and government mechanisms led to the development of:
1. Insulin
2. Polio vaccine
3. Cardiac pacemakers
4. Stem cell treatments
5. Ozempic
How many people are alive in the world today because of this funding?
1. Insulin
2. Polio vaccine
3. Cardiac pacemakers
4. Stem cell treatments
5. Ozempic
How many people are alive in the world today because of this funding?
Nearly every medicine we benefit from started with NIH-funded research. Early discovery work starts in academia.
Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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Immunotherapies?
Gene therapy for rare diseases?
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s medicines?
Vaccines?
Novel cancer treatments?
Psychiatric medicines?
You betcha.
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February 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Canadian research discoveries funded by non-profit and government mechanisms led to the development of:
1. Insulin
2. Polio vaccine
3. Cardiac pacemakers
4. Stem cell treatments
5. Ozempic
How many people are alive in the world today because of this funding?
1. Insulin
2. Polio vaccine
3. Cardiac pacemakers
4. Stem cell treatments
5. Ozempic
How many people are alive in the world today because of this funding?
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The US is in the throes of an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic.
An intense flu season is filling hospitals with severely ill patients | CNN
The US is in the throes an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic.
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The US is in the throes of an unusually intense and severe flu season, with hospitalization rates topping the levels seen with Covid-19 at some points of the pandemic.
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#medsky #pedsky #IDsky #immunosky 🧪
I published this a bit more than a year ago.
You should expect to hear a ton of falsities about measles in the coming days, mostly concentrated on purported benefits of the disease and the low severity. Here's why measles is best remembered as a monster:
I published this a bit more than a year ago.
You should expect to hear a ton of falsities about measles in the coming days, mostly concentrated on purported benefits of the disease and the low severity. Here's why measles is best remembered as a monster:
Malicious Measles Myths: Memory-Holing a Monster
Measles is already having a great 2024. We ought to put a stop to that.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
#medsky #pedsky #IDsky #immunosky 🧪
I published this a bit more than a year ago.
You should expect to hear a ton of falsities about measles in the coming days, mostly concentrated on purported benefits of the disease and the low severity. Here's why measles is best remembered as a monster:
I published this a bit more than a year ago.
You should expect to hear a ton of falsities about measles in the coming days, mostly concentrated on purported benefits of the disease and the low severity. Here's why measles is best remembered as a monster: