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🍋we’re still in a pandemic🍋eugenics leads to fascism🍋LC/ME/MCAS/lupus/endo🍋still with her🍋OG khive🍋shame fascists out of society. yes, all of them, even the ones to whom you’re related🍋

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🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · Nov 11

i’ve said it before: my parents told their right wing families to fuck off (literally) in the early 1970s over vietnam + civil rights

since then, every member of my family, including my 20 yr old white nephew, has voted straight blue

this is how we build a movement + win

Thee NYC angry black latina mom! ♉️🇩🇴🗽 🐝💛 @urbanmodernism.bsky.social · Nov 11

The vice president ran an excellent campaign. The past 4 years while she was working to make the country better. A right wing campaign was growing. Start talking to your family & friends. The root of the problem isn’t on the top. It’s locally !

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Nov 11

If you are a Democrat who is spending time attacking Kamala Harris or her campaign rather than focusing on the fight ahead, you aren't helping anyone.

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VC @vgc1720.bsky.social · 2h

Average ppl: People who are still masking are living in fear and not following the science.

The science: ~6 million US children have Long Covid and more than 20 million adults. 400+ million cases worldwide, and oh by the way…

time.com/7322188/covi...

Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID

The latest study shows that getting repeat COVID-19 infections can come at a high health cost.

time.com

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 4h

It's somehow both wildly underreported and just out in the open that the vice president is either a neo-Nazi or, at a bare minimum, a neo-Nazi fellow traveler.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Neguse: "What Trump is attempting to do is create a perception that he has all the power & create a sense of hopelessness or helplessness in the public. We've gotta resist the temptation. He's electorally unpopular. In fact, the most unpopular POTUS at this juncture than any modern POTUS in history"

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 8h

Data from 2023. The good ‘ol days. 🤦‍♂️
Measles and pertussis are already on the rise.
Sadly we won’t see these numbers ever again, except for maybe SP, unless it escapes some lab freezer or closet (remember that one?).

A bar graph showing the numbers of cases of various diseases in the US in 2023.
Vaccines have decreased cases of Measles, Pertussis, Mumps, Rubella, smallpox, Diptheria, and polio by over 97%.

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Erin Candy 🍒🇨🇦 @erincandy.bsky.social · 8h

Covid gave me an arrhythmia

Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 8h

High levels of chemicals are produced by the body early in infection to mobilise the infection fighting cells.

Those chemicals also irritate the heart making it jumpy.

And by jumpy, I do mean dead.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

As shutdown enters its 3rd week, expect it to impact the economy “in a nonlinear fashion.

“.. missed paychecks, slower pace of business investment ..

“.. our initial estimate of a 0.1% drag on GDP is now outdated, and we expect a 0.25% drag per week, or 1% per month.”

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🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 8h

wait, they’re different people? they all look the same to me🙃🙃🙃

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 8h

15 October 1937 | A French Jewish boy, Jacques Wisznia, was born in Paris.

In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber.
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The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Vintage black and white photo of a young boy with neatly combed hair, wearing a sweater and collared shirt.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 8h

The new normal.

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 12h

Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy

Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations

Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.

www.nature.com

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 18h

who did this

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 17h

At about 0:55, a couple in a nearby car gets out and hurries away with an infant in a carseat to try and escape the tear gas:

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 19h

Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way🇺🇸

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 17h

15 October 1930 | Czech Jewish girl, Gertrud Gunst, was born in Prague. In March 1939 she emigrated to Norway.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

A young girl in white blows with some patters and curly hait. She is photographed somewhere outside - some. blured buildings in the background.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 1d

There are thousands of studies showing the long term health risks to people posed by COVID-19.

Any rational person would look at this data and pause for thought.

I think we aren’t doing that because we aren’t very rational at the moment.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

(and i think it is a demand that stems from fear more than a rational assessment of the threat environment)

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23h

“I am not interested in allowing disabled people to access society with an equitable level of safety if it inconveniences me”

Joad The Wet Sprocket @joadsprocket.bsky.social · 1d

I am not interested in living in a society of Universal Public Masking and neither are most people. This ask is not reasonable, and the invocation of solidarity in service of it is ridiculous.

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Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 1d

You really don't have to entertain the people whose opinions about COVID-19 come from anti-vaccine quacks & disease minimizers that made a name for themselves by being an evidence-free contrarian on social media.

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 23h

It’s really disheartening to see people who admit this regime is doing eugenics fail to understand the ways in which chronically ill, disabled, and immunocompromised people are just absolutely fucked by Long Covid

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🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 18h

THIS

most of the 30 million people
covid has killed and 400 million people it has disabled in only 5 years are black or brown. refusing to take precautions against one of the deadliest diseases in human history because you can’t be bothered is DEEPLY privileged (and makes you a selfish fuck)

LAND BACK @geeee.bsky.social · 1d

My ancestors were almost wiped out by colonizers and their smallpox so you'll have to excuse me if I don't consider you a leftist if you refuse to mask. I'm not letting this generation of colonizers kill me because they don't understand basic science.

A post from @joadsprocket.bsky.social that reads "I am not interested in living in a society of Universal Public Masking and neither are most people. This ask is not reasonable, and the invocation of solidarity in service of it is ridiculous." The post is quoting a blocked post by @chantzy.bsky.social which reads "Dear liberals, if you identify as a leftist who believes in intersectional justice & fighting fascism, please wear a mask in public. It's one small act of solidarity with millions living with long Covid - and a reminder that caring for others includes protecting their health"

The second post by @joadsprocket.bsky.social reads "Also a fine example of 'anyone not doing what I want them to is a Liberal."

The third post by @joadsprocket.bsky.social is a screenshot of the original chantzy.bsky.social post with the caption "ope"

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Ckan @ckanned.bsky.social · 18h

Carving out the people who are taking seriously the measurable and well-documented half-decade-old ongoing threat to your health as “Covid forever dead enders” is just your own way of being “antivax”.

Same assed mindset because you don’t wanna, don’t care, and *need* to poop in the public well.😤💪

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Jay @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 1d

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🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 19h

people don’t like being reminded they’re actively contributing to the 5th worst disease in human history that’s killed 30 million people and disabled at least 400 million more in only 5 years

reality sometimes sucks and this horrific disease is an example of reality REALLY sucking. fucking cope

Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 19h

And if you don’t want to do that with people vulnerable to Covid, nobody is getting you fired, nobody is sending you to jail, nobody is calling your mommy. But don’t go all doe-eyed and trembly with shame and rage at being told by that group that they don’t think you’re being kind.

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 2d

Dear liberals,

If you identify as a leftist who believes in intersectional justice & fighting fascism, please wear a mask in public. It’s one small act of solidarity with the millions living with long Covid - and a reminder that caring for others includes protecting their health

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🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 19h

THIS WHOLE THREAD

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 1d

“Doing what you can to avoid spreading it to other people” is masking , until we have clean air - and in the meantime , you all need to be advocating for clean air, which none of you are showing the urgency around when you fail to mask.
40%+ of Covid cases are asymp and Covid disables people

🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 19h

THIS (and the whole thread)

the fucking privilege absolutely dripping from, “but masking is haaaaaard” makes me want to stab things

i would give fucking anything on this earth so that masking was the worst thing in my life. what an absolutely blessed existence

Kate Violette @kateviolette.com · 1d

Crumbling at the notion of simply putting a mask on is tiny baby pathetic weaksauce. Anyone with such lack of resilience would not last a single week with an illness like Long COVID.

Yet they continue to risk getting exactly such an illness. 🤷 (Not to mention spreading it to others, too.)

🐝thee agnes de buffle🐝 @vanadiumzest.bsky.social · 19h

this is nothing new

the OG nazis kicked off the holocaust by killing disabled and chronically ill people

the absolute least we can do now is stop that horrific historical pattern by doing everything in our power to INCLUDE disabled and chronically ill people.

we’re doing the opposite

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