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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class

@thrasherxy.bsky.social

R-E-S-P-E-C-T-: Alice Wong on why "You gotta give props to the microorganisms, because if anything it's shown us humans are as frail as any other organism...Like, if you don't respect it and understand how it functions, you're fucked...I respect the virus." (Full interview coming later today.)

It's about respect. Like, I respect this virus. You gotta give props to the microorganisms, because if anything it's shown us humans are as frail as any other organism, but gosh... viruses, respect the viruses! Like, what an almost superior organism. I mean, they are pretty ingenious, and if you don't respect the virus, you can't figure out how to, like, deal with it. You have to deal with it. And if you don't respect it-....people underestimate viruses, right? I think we’re seeing this. The people that underestimate viruses are the ones who are making these policies, right? Like, if you don't respect it and understand how it functions, you're fucked. You're fucked. I respect the virus. I take it seriously, and I'll do my best to do this dance, right? Like, we're gonna dance... and dance at a socially distanced dance for as long as possible, but there is a lot of respect I have for viruses, and, I feel like that's the feeling, right? That we don't, again, this is a devoid, this is an anti-science society, and we don't have that understanding. We don't have the grounding or respect for other life forms. I mean, viruses are as real as a puppy, or other mammal, right? Like, I think just because we can't see them doesn't mean they're not there. So, it's part of our failure of our imagination that we don't see it as clearly as a mirror, right?

November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM

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Chantzy

@chantzy.bsky.social

Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected

ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Ottawa citizen screenshot of headline from Nov 18 - sick days increased almost 14 per cent when public servants returned to office three days a week

November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM

Julia Doubleday

@juliadoubleday.bsky.social

I can’t walk bc of the last (ongoing) pandemic. I’ve been homebound w long covid for over a year . But thanks!!!!!

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d

The only way to understand this is to realize that they are eugenicists.

To Survive the Next Pandemic, Walk More, the NIH Says

The agency is picking up Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s argument that a healthy immune system can keep even pandemic germs at bay.

www.theatlantic.com

November 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM

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Kevin Ball

@stairway-to-kevin.bsky.social

dunno how she could’ve been more explicit. and yet …

LadyLettera "Free Link" 🍁😷🌈 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 8d

If you're posting tributes to Alice Wong but aren't wearing a well fitted respirator indoors when sharing air with people outside your household AND outdoors when it's crowded than I think you misunderstood the assignment.

You care about others?
Prove it.

Wear a mask.

November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM

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Effie Seiberg

@effies.bsky.social

Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.

November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM

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Karla Monterroso

@karlaliliana.bsky.social

For those of us who became disabled as a result of the pandemic, Alice was a bright light walking us through the experience. She did so much to show many of us what it meant to see disability as a beautiful part of who we are, not something to resent.

Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 11d

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...

423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

www.instagram.com

November 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class

@thrasherxy.bsky.social

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM

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Elea Chang

@elea.fyi

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...

423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

www.instagram.com

November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM

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Humu Trott

@humuhumu.com

I couldn’t decide on a favorite part of this essay, because every single bit of it was spot on. A must-read, even if you’re not interested in Pluribus. Maybe even *especially* if you’re not interested.

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 15d

Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...

"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world

For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.

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