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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8h

This isn’t fearmongering — it’s reality. Hospital-acquired COVID can delay care or cost you your health — even your life.

Infection control measures — masks, ventilation, testing, and staff/patient protections — should be standard care in every healthcare setting.

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Prognostic Chats @PrognosticChats

Some day you’ll be in hospital for surgery or chemotherapy or with another illness & a nurse, or doctor or visitor at the next bed, or the patient opposite you will give you a Covid infection & your treatment will get delayed & your life will be put at unnecessary risk.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 1d

Bloody brilliant. And all too true as the US disaster arrives on NZ shores.

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Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

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Jennifer Molidor @jennifermolidor.bsky.social · 2d

Hanging onto every bit of good news

The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.

This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.

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One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife

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Sham Jaff @shamjaff.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

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EV Curve Futurist @evcurvefuturist.com · 4d

China’s no longer just exporting goods — it’s exporting energy independence. From panels, EVs & batteries to full cleantech ecosystems, it’s overtaking the U.S. fossil model built on extraction—ashes to dust. The Petro Age is ending; the Electron Age has begun.⚡ #EnergyTransition #EV #Lithium #Solar

China's Cleantech Exports Overtake US Fossil Fuel Energy Dominance with Lasting Implications - CleanTechnica

Recent reports out of thinktank Ember on China’s record-breaking $20 Billion in August clean technology exports and the underlying data have stimulated discussion online. Electrek focused on the EV ex...

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3d

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.

"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Remember the claim that we couldn't force a rush to renewables too soon, because it just wouldn't be fair to "developing nations" (i.e. the global majority world)? Welp, turns out they're willing and eager to get in on renewables, and are doing really, really well with them. So.

Infinite Women @infinite-women.com · 3d

"However, Ember says the headlines mask a mixed global picture.

Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation." 2/2
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Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 4d

here it is, my medically necessary daily dose of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 3d

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar.

Up to 150,000 COVID ‘auto-tests’ were sold last week amid a surge linked to the new XFG variant.

Self-tests give results in 15 mins but are only ~70% accurate, meaning 3 in 10 positive cases could be missed.

Source: archive.md/52Qfc

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar

A vaccination campaign against Covid begins in France on October 14

A view of a positive lateral flow Covid test

Self-testing kits are the easiest and quickest way to check for Covid-19

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Zane Lilley
Published Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 13:48 Modified Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 14:28

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 4d

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”

Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.

Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 4d

Surprise, surprise. /s/

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Using AI Increases Unethical Behavior, Study Finds

A new study in Nature reveals that people who use AI tend to be more dishonest compared to when they don't use AI for tasks.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 6d

Weird thing where people say “no one could have predicted it” when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but “no one could have“ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 5d

US Breaks New Measles Record, Surpassing 1,500 Cases – The Most In 33 Years.

"Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 – that is no longer the case."

As of Sept 30, there have been 1,544 confirmed cases in 2025 — the most since 1992, when 2,126 cases were recorded.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 5d

New Zealand COVID weekly update: 29 Sep to 5 Oct 2025

🔹New cases: 198 (-19.1%)
🔹Reinfections: 130 (65.6%)
🔹Deaths: 4 (+33.3%)
🔹Total deaths: 4,802 (+4)
🔹Hospital: 21 (-16.0%)
🔹ICU: n/a

🔸65.6% were reinfections

#COVID19NZ

Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 7d

This “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” propaganda is demonstrably a false narrative when all the ways to pull yourself up have been deliberately and systemically removed by people who have never had to worry a single day in their entire lives about where their next meal is going to come from.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 7d

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 7d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 7d

“An artist’s duty is to reflect the times.”
Nina Simone

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 8d

Here is a pip! Evening with rainbow and moonrise.

Rainbow, moonrise and clouds through a window.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 8d

Yet again, we see that vaccinated mothers tend to have healthier pregnancies and infants.

Women who were vaccinated against COVID during pregnancy had a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks & lower risk of congenital anomalies.

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Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed

Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent choice. I've been wearing military surplus since I was a kid. My favorite jacket, still worn, is a 1953 Canadian Eisenhower-style with the patch, "Princess of Wales Own Regt. Canada." Bought it in 1981 at a college vintage sale. Those clothes wear like iron. Good luck!

Green vintage jacket: 1953 Canadian Eisenhower-style with the patch, "Princess of Wales Own Regt. Canada."

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 9d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 9d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

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