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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

To be candid, I want the bubble to burst. Because it will eventually and inevitably, but the longer the current charade goes on the more our planet and communities are decimated— and the more dependent we become on the few powerful people left who control those resources.

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

Energy requirements for AI mean that the only way for the bubble not to burst would require companies to multiply their carbon footprint to an unimaginable degree. Right now, while AI is barely functional and mostly a novelty for the lazy, it requires so much energy that data centers rival cities.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 2d

can be either growth- or degrowth-oriented – here both sides agree that technological innovation is beside the point, and redistribution and mass deployment of current technology is the main priority. Finally, only degrowth seems to offer clear critiques of technology and growth as such."

Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 2d

Any faintly realistic chance to not blow past 2C° in the very near future would (obviously) require massive growth in renewables and non-negotiable degrowth in fossil fuels, luxury consumption, flying etc:

"There is greater common ground in technologically neutral Green New Deal thinking, which...

Jacob Hasselbalch @jhasselbalch.bsky.social · 2d

We’re stuck in a false choice between green growth and degrowth.

One promises to fix the planet by growing the economy, the other by shrinking it.

But when you look closer, neither is a coherent political project. And there’s more overlap than most debates admit.

Reimagining growth futures: Overcoming the false binary between green growth and degrowth

When imagining how a green transition can take place, the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability is commonly viewed in …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 2d

Pondering why public health struggles to acknowledge "the long chronic phase of a pandemic" and insists on COVID being endemic although it's not seasonally predictable, I always return to this excellent piece: blogs.bmj.com/medical-huma...

Endemic Fatalism and Why It Won’t Resolve COVID-19 - Medical Humanities

'The evolutionary trajectory of COVID-19 does not at this time suggest a clear path towards endemicity.'

blogs.bmj.com

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 2d

should get their immunity through repeated infections. They even claim that it might be harmful to "postpone" an infection, and that long periods without catching COVID might make the disease worse.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 2d

Now they decided a booster will cost more than 100 dollars (market price) if you're not in an acknowledged risk group.

This is in accordance with their, in best case, cost-benefit neoliberal fatalism or, worst case, social darwinian ideology and strategy: that the majority of the population...

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 2d

After the initial Omicron booster, Norwegian public health (NIPH) originally advised that the COVID vaccine should not be made available outside risk groups (not as in "not recommended" but as in not available at all). This, however, was met with protest, and they changed their advice.

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2d

“A study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29%, their risk of hospitalizations by 39% & their risk of death by 64%”

Benefits were seen even if 0 risk factors

Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 2d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, true. It was a bit of a silly question, really.

Just trying to calculate whether it's worth saving the booster for optimal timing at the dentist or other potential high risk settings later, or if the protection vanes so much that it's smartest to get it asap when a year since last.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

som det er et tegn på den dype ableismen i Norge.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

ressurskrevende, har usikker effekt og er derfor ikke en del av strategien i Norge"

tenker jeg det er helt riktig å betegne det som sosialdarwinisme.

At venstre-siden i norsk politikk (og offentligheten forøvrig) stilltiende godtar at dette er FHIs de facto talsmann er like skandaløst...

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

Det er i aller beste fall en form for fatalisme.

Med tanke på at Aavitsland så sent som i år har uttalt tillit/kommet til forsvar av både Bhattacharya og Kulldorff (GBD), og at han i jan. 2020 skrev en leder hvor han hevdet at:

"Tiltak for å redusere kontakthyppigheten i befolkningen er...

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

Per Anders Todal fortsetter å være en av ytterst få norske journalister som driver kritisk pandemi-journalistikk i den nye normalen.

Astrid Meyer-Knutsen @astridmeyerknutsen.bsky.social · 5d

Professor Jörn Klein:

– Når Nav peikar på covid og lang-covid som ei viktig årsak til sjukefravær, er det dårleg samfunnsøkonomi å gjere vaksinen dyr.

(åpen lenke)
www.dagogtid.no/samfunn/ei-k...

(+) Ei kostbar koronaforsikring

No må folk flest betale over tusen kroner for covid-vaksine. Er det bra for folkehelsa?

www.dagogtid.no

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

Aavitsland mener, som representant for FHI, at "jo lenger man utsetter [sykdom] jo dårligere immunitet har man neste gang man blir smittet, og da kan sykdommen bli verre." www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/dett...

Dårligere immunitet ved mindre sykdom

Selv om man ønsker å holde seg frisk, kan lange perioder uten sykdom føre til dårligere immunitet.

– Kan man unngå å bli syk?

– Man kan prøve å utsette tidspunktet for neste episode med korona eller influensa, for eksempel ved å vaksinere seg og holde seg unna andre mennesker, særlig innendørs. Jo lenger man utsetter, jo dårligere immunitet har man neste gang man blir smittet, og da kan sykdommen bli verre. Dette er noe folk får bestemme selv, sier Aavitsland.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 5d

If you are able to answer: when novid and 5 times waxed (mRNA), how much protection can one expect if it's one year since last boost (not planning on catching i thought)?

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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 5d

If we can't learn from a pandemic, then will we ever? SARS2 is devastating, but H5N1 and others are lining up to have a go next...
Clean the air, monitor, test, and vaccinate. Before it's too late.

Oh, and ignore any US/MAHA/Reform party conference 💩. #vaccineswork 👍💪😇

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 6d

people who built bsky:
-trans women (bsky protects jesse singal)
-Black users (bsky allows rampant antiBlack racism)
-SWers (bsky to implement hostile age verification in UK)
-organizers and activists (bsky autodeletes anyone in gaza with a pulse)
-artists (bsky dev says AI has rights lmao)

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 7d

I will say it again: one of the most radical acts of resistance you can perform in your day-to-day That’s very easy to do is wearing a well fitting elastomeric or other well fitting n95 or better mask.

Radical acts of shared humanity are resistance.

Bilbo Yaga @bilboyaga.bsky.social · 7d

The gov shutdown means loss of funding for many programs, like in-home health services that free up hospital beds.

Hospital overwhelm is bad: fewer beds, longer waits, more worker burnout, more patient deaths.

Slow system collapse by reducing preventable illness. Wear an n95 in public. Mutual aid:

Worldwide Mask Bloc Directory – Find your local Mask Bloc

MaskBloc.org lists active Mask Blocs around the world. Free high-quality masks, COVID-19 tests and other equipment for your community. Mutual Aid & We Keep Us Safe.

maskbloc.org

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 7d

where Trumpian ideology has institutional influence.

Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 7d

So much this. The Norwegian left writes hundreds of articles and hosts discussions and podcasts about the fascist dangers of Trump (understandably), but the one thing they won't touch is the strong Scandinavian influence in public health under RFK Jr., which is really the only place in Norway...

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8d

Since 2020, disabled people have been pointing out the rising ease with ableist rhetoric/language, the comfort with which so many people used the r word, the number of people willing to abandon disabled people for some notion of the "normal."
All of it mattered/matters to understand fascism today.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 7d

Luckily this view did not decide the initial strategy, contrary to Sweden the NIPH only has an advisory role, and the executive decision lies at the Directorate of Health and the government. Not for lack of trying though.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8d

Since 2020, disabled people have been pointing out the rising ease with ableist rhetoric/language, the comfort with which so many people used the r word, the number of people willing to abandon disabled people for some notion of the "normal."
All of it mattered/matters to understand fascism today.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 7d

and Kulldorff on the other site. Big on Tegnell, of course.

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 7d

therefore not part of the strategy in Norway" (translated from Norwegian).

This was later brought up and critiqued in the report from the Norwegian Corona Commission.

He is currently the acting director of the Division for Infection Control at the NIPH, as well as a defender of Bhattacharya...

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Jakob @jakobjuhola.bsky.social · 7d

In January 2020, Preben Aavitsland from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health wrote an editorial in the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association in which he claimed that "Measures to reduce the frequency of contact in the population are resource-intensive, have uncertain effects, and are...

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