Kris Truelsen
@klowder.bsky.social
My latest song. (Full disclosure: this is not a song involving dinosaurs, except maybe as allegories.)
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Tired of It All (demo)
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February 12, 2026 at 4:14 AM
My latest song. (Full disclosure: this is not a song involving dinosaurs, except maybe as allegories.)
soundcloud.com/ghostballoon...
soundcloud.com/ghostballoon...
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In other words: We’d love for there to be a 100% risk-free way to live life, but since there’s not, the best thing you can do is make the low-risk, highly effective choice to protect yourself and others by getting vaccinated.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
In other words: We’d love for there to be a 100% risk-free way to live life, but since there’s not, the best thing you can do is make the low-risk, highly effective choice to protect yourself and others by getting vaccinated.
Canadian Medical Association's findings from new Health and Media Tracking Survey: about 65 per cent reported encountering false or misleading health information.
And those who followed health advice from AI were five times more likely to say they had experienced harms than those who did not.
And those who followed health advice from AI were five times more likely to say they had experienced harms than those who did not.
February 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Canadian Medical Association's findings from new Health and Media Tracking Survey: about 65 per cent reported encountering false or misleading health information.
And those who followed health advice from AI were five times more likely to say they had experienced harms than those who did not.
And those who followed health advice from AI were five times more likely to say they had experienced harms than those who did not.
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"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Use products designed to protect you from malicious activity and nobody says “What, are you afraid of crime?!”
But when it comes to infectious viruses that damage your internal organs, if you use products designed to protect you, they say “What, are you afraid of a li’l illness?!”
But when it comes to infectious viruses that damage your internal organs, if you use products designed to protect you, they say “What, are you afraid of a li’l illness?!”
February 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Use products designed to protect you from malicious activity and nobody says “What, are you afraid of crime?!”
But when it comes to infectious viruses that damage your internal organs, if you use products designed to protect you, they say “What, are you afraid of a li’l illness?!”
But when it comes to infectious viruses that damage your internal organs, if you use products designed to protect you, they say “What, are you afraid of a li’l illness?!”
Notice to anyone decent: Get the hell off of Xitter.
This sums up so much of why we are where we are
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
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🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
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February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Notice to anyone decent: Get the hell off of Xitter.
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This sums up so much of why we are where we are
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
This sums up so much of why we are where we are
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Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoa—he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.
RFK Jr said during his Senate confirmation hearings that his trip to Samoa in 2019 ahead of a devastating measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines." Documents obtained by @us.theguardian.com and @apnews.com undermine that testimony. Details here, by me and @aliswenson.bsky.social ⬇️
Newly revealed emails undermine RFK Jr testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of measles outbreak
Kennedy later said the purpose of his trip had nothing to do with vaccines. US embassy and UN staff at the time said otherwise, emails show
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Documents show RFK Jr lied to Congress about his agenda in Samoa—he did indeed go to spread anti-scientific doubts about vaccines. He was ultimately successful in getting an outbreak going there that killed 83 people, mostly babies and young children.
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An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.
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Trump wants to destroy Ukraine.
Europe must step up to defeat the Russian Regime and de-couple from U.S..
Pic source: A. Applebaum
Europe must step up to defeat the Russian Regime and de-couple from U.S..
Pic source: A. Applebaum
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Trump wants to destroy Ukraine.
Europe must step up to defeat the Russian Regime and de-couple from U.S..
Pic source: A. Applebaum
Europe must step up to defeat the Russian Regime and de-couple from U.S..
Pic source: A. Applebaum
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I am so angry on behalf of everyone axed by the cretinous turds running the Washington Post today. The best sports section in America. A glittering international crew. It's the ruination of a precious thing by a principle-free rich man, and it makes me sick to my stomach.
February 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I am so angry on behalf of everyone axed by the cretinous turds running the Washington Post today. The best sports section in America. A glittering international crew. It's the ruination of a precious thing by a principle-free rich man, and it makes me sick to my stomach.
This essential article on COVID has been updated several times and includes lots of embedded links in the text, as well as a bunch of source links at the end.
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web.archive.org/web/20251122...
We Can’t Wish Covid-19 Away
Covid-19 is a mean mf’er and it’s coming for all of us unless we do something differently. We just have to clean indoor air
web.archive.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This essential article on COVID has been updated several times and includes lots of embedded links in the text, as well as a bunch of source links at the end.
web.archive.org/web/20251122...
web.archive.org/web/20251122...
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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Post from Robert Reich - YouTube
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January 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net
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THE MAGATS, in "Cognitive Disso-nuts"
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THE MAGATS, in "Cognitive Disso-nuts"
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Tom the Dancing Bug: It's the Magas!
Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world! JOIN US FOR 2026 IN THE INNER HIVE, and…
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January 28, 2026 at 3:11 PM
🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net
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THE MAGATS, in "Cognitive Disso-nuts"
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THE MAGATS, in "Cognitive Disso-nuts"
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STUDY in people over 65 finds that "COVID-19 infection was associated with a 12% increased hazard of LOAD (late-onset Alzheimer disease)."
#COVID19
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#COVID19
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Opposing effects of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 infection and recombinant zoster vaccination on the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease
Abstract Importance More than half a decade since the emergence of SAR-CoV-2, its broader sequelae are still poorly understood. Initial data indicate viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2 and herpes zos...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:14 AM
STUDY in people over 65 finds that "COVID-19 infection was associated with a 12% increased hazard of LOAD (late-onset Alzheimer disease)."
#COVID19
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
#COVID19
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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The Rosenbergs were hanged for far less than #DonvictMcTrumpstein
Trump is a traitor
Trump is a pedophile
Trump is violating the Constitution
Trump is violating international law
Trump is unfit for the office
Republicans that still support him are traitors and make Benedict Arnold look like a school age child.
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Trump is a pedophile
Trump is violating the Constitution
Trump is violating international law
Trump is unfit for the office
Republicans that still support him are traitors and make Benedict Arnold look like a school age child.
www.c-span.org/event/house-...
January 23, 2026 at 8:04 AM
The Rosenbergs were hanged for far less than #DonvictMcTrumpstein
" It is not simply a matter of opinion whether COVID-19 is an issue still or not… There is an ethical, moral answer here, and there is an unethical, immoral alternative which the majority of us are consistently choosing, whether deliberately or not."
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The Pandemic Never Ended. We Only Pretend it Did
Six years into COVID-19, the world has moved on while the virus continues to disable millions. An examination of the ongoing pandemic, long COVID, and our collective failure to prevent a mass disablin...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:52 AM
" It is not simply a matter of opinion whether COVID-19 is an issue still or not… There is an ethical, moral answer here, and there is an unethical, immoral alternative which the majority of us are consistently choosing, whether deliberately or not."
brennan.day/the-pandemic...
brennan.day/the-pandemic...
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The Local offers terrific reporting on cataract surgery and how private is edging out public. | “I know this kind of thing happened back home in our country,” says Imran, who grew up in South Asia. “They overcharge. Emotionally, they blackmail. But we never suspected that ... can happen in Canada."
Launching our "Cost of Care" issue @thelocal.to today, about the places where money and medicine collide. Here's @alisonmotluk.bsky.social writing the best, clearest thing I've seen on what a routine surgery says about the possible future of care. thelocal.to/cataract-sur...
How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local
Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The Local offers terrific reporting on cataract surgery and how private is edging out public. | “I know this kind of thing happened back home in our country,” says Imran, who grew up in South Asia. “They overcharge. Emotionally, they blackmail. But we never suspected that ... can happen in Canada."
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Planning to take medicine to help you get through the workday tomorrow? If you’re not feeling well, some medicines might help you feel better but will not keep you from spreading illness to others! Continue to stay home and away from others as much as you can, and wear a mask if you have to go out.
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Planning to take medicine to help you get through the workday tomorrow? If you’re not feeling well, some medicines might help you feel better but will not keep you from spreading illness to others! Continue to stay home and away from others as much as you can, and wear a mask if you have to go out.
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
January 18, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Today I was Kidnapped By ICE - Dawokefarmer
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Bluesky Corporation have just started hosting and verified the US agency ICE:
bsky.app/profile/iceg...
In other words, Bluesky are collaborating with racist violent thugs and murderers.
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bsky.app/profile/iceg...
In other words, Bluesky are collaborating with racist violent thugs and murderers.
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bsky.app
January 17, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Bluesky Corporation have just started hosting and verified the US agency ICE:
bsky.app/profile/iceg...
In other words, Bluesky are collaborating with racist violent thugs and murderers.
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bsky.app/profile/iceg...
In other words, Bluesky are collaborating with racist violent thugs and murderers.
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You KNEW it would get this bad. What you didn't know is that it would affect you as well..."Too late, too late, shall be the cry."
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
You KNEW it would get this bad. What you didn't know is that it would affect you as well..."Too late, too late, shall be the cry."