Medium Dave
@azzageddi.myatproto.social
English professor in Fukuoka, Japan; research focus on utopias in literature with forays into science fiction, ecocriticism, & monster theory. Immigrant, grandad, LGBTQIA+(bi), intersectional equality for all. he/him
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In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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I hung out in this room, with this man, one delightful afternoon.
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, the creator of Peanuts. (Nov. 26, 1922-Feb. 12, 2000.)
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I hung out in this room, with this man, one delightful afternoon.
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"There is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies."
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
This paragraph from Brightling and Evans' report is very concerning.
The government stopped the long-term follow-up of cohort studies in 2021. 🤦
The government stopped the long-term follow-up of cohort studies in 2021. 🤦
![5.10. It is our opinion, shared with many of the participants of the National Long Covid research group, that there has been a lack of progression in research funding from mid-2021. Further discussion of current and future research, along with potential gaps are described in M3. Overall, there is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies [Routen A 2022], the CIS [Covid Infection Survey] through ONS was stopped in March 2023, and no precision medicine studies were funded including no funding for mechanistic studies as part of Stimulate-lCP. The latter means that Stimulate-I GP may not be able to identify any variability in response to treatments that would inform next steps. There remains a substantial number of people suffering from Long Covid and there remain unanswered questions about causes, diagnostic tests and any specific treatments. In contrast, the UK's early response to Long Covid during the pandemic in terms of research was better than compared with other countries for example the National Institute of Health Recover initiative started in February 2021 (albeit a sizeable investment of over $1 billion) with awards being made in summer 2021 and 2022 [recovercovid.org] The crisis we faced due to acute Covid has subsided and correctly health priorities have been reset to address other acute and long-term conditions. However, Long Covid is now amongst these important long-term conditions and requires support commensurate to the scale of the problem i.e., research funding should be similar to other long-term conditions with a similar burden of symptoms and impact on quality of life.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:idf6m3amxguxiftesf7y24hd/bafkreifcehvjcyhnwfgsmyefbsm22u3ef6ef2jwxz3yrlegfqwqxchds3y@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"There is no ongoing funding for longer term follow-up of the existing cohort studies."
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
Read that again.
There are no long-term cohort (longitudinal) studies for Long Covid in the UK.
That is a shocking omission. UK Government / medical research bodies should be ashamed.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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I got whooping cough as a baby from someone’s unvaccinated toddler. Almost died and now I have scar tissue in my lungs and respiratory issues. It’s no joke. I was lucky.
Vaccines save lives.
Vaccines save lives.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I got whooping cough as a baby from someone’s unvaccinated toddler. Almost died and now I have scar tissue in my lungs and respiratory issues. It’s no joke. I was lucky.
Vaccines save lives.
Vaccines save lives.
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We are on track to lose $12.5 billion in tourism spending for 2025.
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
We are on track to lose $12.5 billion in tourism spending for 2025.
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New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this:
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this:
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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The isidia of Punctelia ruderata on the knee of the sculpture of Kobo Daishi. Mt Kokuzo, Saku, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
弘法大師石像の膝のところにトゲハクテンゴケ。長野県佐久市虚空蔵山 #地衣類
弘法大師石像の膝のところにトゲハクテンゴケ。長野県佐久市虚空蔵山 #地衣類
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The isidia of Punctelia ruderata on the knee of the sculpture of Kobo Daishi. Mt Kokuzo, Saku, Nagano #Lichen #FungiFriends
弘法大師石像の膝のところにトゲハクテンゴケ。長野県佐久市虚空蔵山 #地衣類
弘法大師石像の膝のところにトゲハクテンゴケ。長野県佐久市虚空蔵山 #地衣類
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Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell
Just wondrous
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell
Just wondrous
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell
Just wondrous
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Ding-dong.
Hark! now I hear them—Ding-dong, bell
Just wondrous
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Yeah my camera is absolutely fine. I'll be honest, the phone *before* this had a camera that's absolutely fine. I genuinely think you could give people ten year old smartphones with fresh batteries and they wouldn't notice the difference.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Yeah my camera is absolutely fine. I'll be honest, the phone *before* this had a camera that's absolutely fine. I genuinely think you could give people ten year old smartphones with fresh batteries and they wouldn't notice the difference.
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The style in which this is delivered is extremely funny. A+ snark
What can we learn from RFK's 'erotic poetry'? That Americans need to get better at enjoying a scandal | Marina Hyde
The US health secretary’s ‘digital affair’ with Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t need sombre analysis. Take it from this Brit: sometimes laughter is the only option, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The style in which this is delivered is extremely funny. A+ snark
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Thanksgiving week, thinking of dearest dearest chosen family no longer here. I am so thankful to have known you, to have befriended you, to have been dazzled by you, to have loved you.
Until it ends, there is no end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzz...
Until it ends, there is no end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzz...
Cyndi Lauper All through the night
YouTube video by Delfim Business
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thanksgiving week, thinking of dearest dearest chosen family no longer here. I am so thankful to have known you, to have befriended you, to have been dazzled by you, to have loved you.
Until it ends, there is no end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzz...
Until it ends, there is no end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmzz...
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This is a very interesting set of insights into Chotiner's thought process and approach
Some of his Q&As sound vaguely familiar, but before today I don't think the name Isaac Chotiner would have rung any bells for me. The torrent of posts today led me to read some of this.
The Interview Assassin: Why Isaac Chotiner doesn’t mind the “gotcha” label.
Why Isaac Chotiner doesn’t mind the “gotcha” label.
www.cjr.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is a very interesting set of insights into Chotiner's thought process and approach
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A complete and utter cockwomble has reportedly appointed themselves as an expert in your personal circumstances, deciding in their infinite wisdom that your autism is “only mild”.
“You’ve only got mild autism” says mild twat
A complete and utter cockwomble has reportedly appointed themselves as an expert in your personal circumstances, deciding in their infinite wisdom that your autism is “only mild”. Local fucktrumpet…
thedailytism.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A complete and utter cockwomble has reportedly appointed themselves as an expert in your personal circumstances, deciding in their infinite wisdom that your autism is “only mild”.
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
These are the conclusions that every well-conducted, honest study on the topic has come to since studies started. And most politicians will try to ignore it or smear it or just twist the results to fit their anti-trans agenda. Frustrating but I hope it helps change some laws.
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
These are the conclusions that every well-conducted, honest study on the topic has come to since studies started. And most politicians will try to ignore it or smear it or just twist the results to fit their anti-trans agenda. Frustrating but I hope it helps change some laws.
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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You’re about to hear many in the commentariat claim a permitting bill, the SPEED Act, will help all energy sources.
The thing folks like Matt Yglesias don’t mention is that SPEED would fail to do anything for renewables without addressing Trump’s bottleneck.
That’s not “sources say” — it is fact.
The thing folks like Matt Yglesias don’t mention is that SPEED would fail to do anything for renewables without addressing Trump’s bottleneck.
That’s not “sources say” — it is fact.
i have a story coming today that explains how this tweet is… unacceptable levels of weirdly inaccurate
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You’re about to hear many in the commentariat claim a permitting bill, the SPEED Act, will help all energy sources.
The thing folks like Matt Yglesias don’t mention is that SPEED would fail to do anything for renewables without addressing Trump’s bottleneck.
That’s not “sources say” — it is fact.
The thing folks like Matt Yglesias don’t mention is that SPEED would fail to do anything for renewables without addressing Trump’s bottleneck.
That’s not “sources say” — it is fact.
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
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This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred
well, what the heck. it's the tuesday before thanksgiving, and whoever is on here deserves a treat: the first new translation I've posted in a long while: the Life and Martyrdom of Susanna:
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
andrewjacobs.org/translations...
Life and Martyrdom of Susanna
andrewjacobs.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is a late ancient (5-7th c.?) Greek account of the life of a rich woman who was raised Jewish, converted to Christianity when her parents died, lived for 20 years as a male monk named John, was discovered & made head of a woman's monastery, & was later martyred