Thank you, babs!!! And thank you so much for your support on editing this together!! 🫶🏼💫🫶🏼

#YallMasking Had a ton of fun guesting at Harrisburg Comic & Pop Con this weekend! Proof you can stay safe AND stylish in cosplay. 😘 Just wanted to let the Covid conscious cuties know they aren’t alone out there — it’s okay to be “strange and unusual” masked on the con floor. 👻

i love second hand bookstores that are laid out in a way that's actively hostile

I quietly lost faith in society as a whole and it broke something inside of me that hasn’t ok since.

I feel like this has been the most exhausting covid wave yet in terms of ignorance and gaslighting and denialism. Is anyone else feeling that way?

Hey Internet sleuths, do we know if Lucky the cat is safe and rehomed? If the owner has been reported to authorities and shelters so she is placed on “no adopt” lists? If we have proof of life? Is Lucky okay? I’m still mortified after reading that horrific The Cut article.

August 9th update: Estimated daily infections reach 1 million. Remarkable infection rates for a summer surge. Only BA.2->BA.5 was higher in the 2022 summer. 🔸1,000,000 new infections/day 🔸1 in every 33 people currently infected 🔸74% higher than 12 month avg.

🚨BREAKING: tentative ruling in AI copyright lawsuit is FAVORABLE to artists @SarahCAndersen, @kortizart & @Kelly_McKernan, allowing discovery to proceed. Quotes: "Beyond the Training Images theory (that suffices for direct infringement as to Stability, Runway, and Midjourney), plaintiffs have plausibly alleged facts to suggest compress copies, or effective compressed copies albeit stored as mathematical information, of their works are contained in the versions of Stable Diffusion identified. At this juncture, plaintiffs should be allowed to proceed with discovery. The facts regarding how the diffusion models operate, or are operated by the defendants, should be tested at summary judgment against various direct and induced infringement theories and precedent under the Copyright Act." - "I am inclined to GRANT the motions to dismiss all DMCA claims. (...)" - "I am inclined to DENY Midjourney’s motion to dismiss the false endorsement and trade dress claims." ➡️This is an extremely important lawsuit that might change copyright law in the age of Generative AI. ➡️Link to the tentative ruling below. ➡️For more info on AI lawsuits, subscribe to my weekly newsletter.

My #LongCovid billboard is now up & running!!😆 So proud of myself! It’s located in Santa Clara, CA on highway 101 & is on east bound traffic (left side of road) for anyone who’s nearby & wants to see it. So far it has over 17k impressions🙏 1/

I can’t even imagine what it’s like be that lone woman in the black respirator showing up to work everyday to the fucking CDC and be the only person who seems to actually give a shit about fighting infectious diseases.

As a neurologist specializing in #Dysautonomia, I see patients with #LongCovid every day. Most of these patients were vaccinated and had either no or minimal health problems prior to #Covid. I am going to be honest: even those Long Covid patients that have improved are at risk of getting worse with recurrent Covid infections. Additionally, every healthy person is at risk of getting Long Covid and numerous other post-Covid neurologic, cardiovascular, metabolic and immune complications. Of course we don't want to scare the public, of course things are definitely better now than in 2020, of course treatment of acute Covid is a lot better now, of course hospitalization rates are down now compared to 2020, but... what is NOT better is us dropping all of the mitigation strategies that we had for Covid starting in 2020, what is NOT better is our lack of FDA-approved therapies for Long Covid, what is NOT better is the general health of Americans because of the ongoing Covid #pandemic and the ongoing shadow pandemic of #LongCovid. #LongCovid and all post-Covid complications are a major threat to public health in the United States and worldwide. We can pretend that things are fine and that we are "back to normal" pre-pandemic state of affairs, but it's not our reality, it's wishful thinking. Our "new normal" should not include at last 7-10% of population falling chronically ill with Long Covid and post-Covid complications. Our "new normal" should not include billions of dollars in economic loss and disability payments to previously employed people who are too sick to work. Our "new normal" should not include children having Covid every year and long-term neurologic and cognitive dysfunction as a result of the repeated Covid. Our "new normal" should not include adults with brains 20 years older than their age because of Covid. Our "new normal" should not include a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, blood clots and stroke for every person, young and old, who has had Covid once and a higher risk with every repeated Covid infection. So... it's not a good time to deny and dismiss the gravity of #Covid pandemic. What we need: ✔️ Bring indoor masking back during the months with high Covid rates ✔️ Improve ventilation at schools and all crowded buildings ✔️ Require at least 7-days of quarantine for students and employees with Covid before returning to school/work. ✔️ Provide free Covid testing everywhere and to everyone ✔️ Require all healthcare facilities and clinics to have indoor masking for heatlhcare providers and patients ✔️ Invest in developing better Covid vaccines ✔️ Make Paxlovid free and available to most Americans ✔️ INVEST IN REAL LONG COVID THERAPEUTICS (not exercise or psychotherapy trials) ✔️ INVEST IN REAL LONG COVID CLINICS (not the ones that gather data and have nothing to offer to patients) #MedTwitter #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

I’m doing better than before (but nowhere near my pre-Covid self), but for the record — this is similar to the terrifying memory loss and cognitive decline I experienced for MONTHS during the height of my long Covid symptoms. It really is this bad for many, many people.

babe, is everything ok? you've barely touched your Shirecuterie board

🧵 There are 7 human coronaviruses (so far). Four of them cause the "common cold" (229E, NL63, OC43, HKU1). The three most recent are deadly (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2). All three of the deadly ones use the ACE2 receptor. Only one of the common cold viruses (NL63) does.

With COVID spiking again, I wanted to write about my experience this year dealing with a very mild form of long COVID. I hope this can be a cautionary tale for people who are still convinced that healthy "low risk" people have nothing to worry about from a COVID infection.

Long COVID is Disability Roulette @GlobeOpinion ✍🏻👇 ✔️ This Op-Ed is to raise #LongCOVID public awareness ✔️I hope it helps ✔️It will never be enough ✔️The millions suffering deserve more On Tuesday 5/30 I’ll unpack it & >20 references in a teaching🧵 bit.ly/43uMoko