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😷Mark Dixon

@markdixon.bsky.social

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Filmmaker, photographer, environmental activist, runner. Working to clean the air and end fossil fuels. I don't have long COVID but support those who do. #covidisntover #maskup #airquality #climate https://linktr.ee/markedixon

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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · Jan 30

Hey there #COVIDisNotOver friends. My wife @mchristinebd.bsky.social and I put our heads together and made a flier about basic COVID-19 precautions - particularly for small events/gatherings. All the icons and entire flier are CC0/public domain/free to use: bit.ly/lesscovid 1/2

Flier titled "Reducing COVID-19 Transmission" with 7 colorful sections and icons representing the headings on it: COVID-19 Transmission 101, Mask, Ventilate, Filter, Go Outside/Hybrid, Test, Monitor. There is also a link for more resources at https://bit.ly/lesscovid, where you can also find a PDF with readable text in the document.

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 4d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · 15d

A few COVID-aware friends and I have been testifying at local Allegheny County Health Department board meetings to ask them restart COVID wastewater testing and this week they announced they would! A small but serious win for public health! Thanks, ACHD! www.facebook.com/AlleghenyCou...

Slide from Zoom meeting for Allegheny County Health Department with "restarted wastewater testing" circled by me in the "COVID-19" bullet under "Respiratory Season"

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 22d

Listen carefully to what Jimmy Kimmel said...

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Hana Michels (Personal Account) @hanamichels.bsky.social · 22d

We’re gonna have a ministry of jokes in like 6 months

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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · Sep 6

I went to film an indoor event yesterday and wore a P100 mask + set up 8 AirFanta 3Pro filters to clean the air. Used the box fan to push outside air indoors. #CovidIsNotOver

Inside of Chevy Bolt car filled with seven visible AirFanta 3Pro air filters and a box fan. (There is an 8th AirFanta in the front seat, not visible.)

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Marcia Cohen Zakai @cozamarsh.bsky.social · Aug 26

17K views of an MD and a psychotherapist discussing health anxiety for 2+ hours. Are people who still mask in airports & elsewhere displaying “maladaptive behavior”? The 2 experts admit they are “ignorant” about Long Covid; they also seem unaware that people are still dying (130/wk in US)
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Keith Muise @keithmuise.bsky.social · Aug 15

The next Covid Awareness billboard will be something to the effect of…

“Mask Up, Clean The Air, Protect the Kids, and Show We Care.”
#SafeSchoolsNow

If you like to help me continue my work and place some more billboards please share/donate. Every bit helps. YerAweSum!

gofund.me/b398a403

A collage of four pictures of Covid awareness billboards. The first one in the upper left corner is at night time in the winter. The long Covid billboard reads long Covid ruins lives mask up. And there is a graphic of a white N 95 mask. The billboard is on a brick pizza shop and it is brightly lit up in the nighttime.

The second billboard in the bottom left corner is on a large brown platform and is also in winter, but in the daytime and it is a clear blue sky day. The billboard also reads long Covid ruins lives mask up and there is a graphic of a white N 95 mask.

The third billboard is in the top right corner

There’s a rainbow coloured crosswalk at the intersection of two streets. There is a brown brick building with large glass window panes. On the side of the building, there is a very large billboard a digital one that reads. Bright green background. With words that read COVID-19 CAUSES...
BRAIN DAMAGE
DEMENTIA
IMMUNE DAMAGE
HEART PROBLEMS
DIABETES
CHRONIC ILLNESS
N95
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
ANYONE CAN GET LONG COVID, EVEN KIDS.
MASK UP AND STAY SAFE. On the left side of each symptom is a small graphic of a red virus particle. There is a large red virus particle in the upper right corner. There are two men and walking separately in different directions as well as two women walking the same direction as one of the men. The sky is clear. The women are wearing black and one of the r men is wearing jeans, and a blue shirt.

The fourth billboard is in the Bottom right There is a large green digital billboard display with the words COVID-19 CAUSES...
BRAIN DAMAGE
DEMENTIA
IMMUNE DAMAGE
HEART PROBLEMS
DIABETES
CHRONIC ILLNESS
N95
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
ANYONE CAN GET LONG COVID, EVEN KIDS.
MASK UP AND STAY SAFE. On it. There is also a graphic of a purplish virus particle, and a white n95 mask. There are also 3 vehicles in the picture, two are dark blue suvs and the other is a white car. There are buildings in the background.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Aug 11

#FreeDC

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 4

Question for Mike Flood: With $450 million being allocated to Alligator Alcatraz, and ICE burning through $8.4 million a day to illegally detain people—How much does it cost for fascism? How much do the tax payers have to pay for a fascist country?

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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · Aug 5

This recent news from BCMAC is so frustrating. The PA government encouraged the development of this facility. Now we get served poorly regulated pollution with our climate catastrophe. "Shell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines"
www.marcellusawareness.org/shell-plasti...

Shell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines - Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community

For Immediate Release Media Contact Hilary Flint, Director of Communications and Community Engagement, BCMAC, [email protected] Shell Plastics Plant Racks Up More Violations, Still No New Fines...

www.marcellusawareness.org

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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · Aug 4

Yes! Please unpack!

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😷Mark Dixon @markdixon.bsky.social · Aug 4

In many places, as you well know, masking IS the crime! You’re already there!

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MECFS Clinic MN @mecfsclinicmn.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Topic: Listening to the Body: Whole-Person Care for Long COVID.

Panelists will bring insight into the complexities of Long COVID and the evolving tools we can use to address it—ranging from pacing strategies and acupuncture to nutrition, somatic practices, and retraining the nervous system.

Join conversation

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · Jul 3

It absolutely fucking floors me that we have normalized repeat infections with this virus - I know people who have had Covid 5+ times already! Wear a mask and fight for clean indoor air and better vaccine access because we all deserve so much better than this.

🔬🔭🧭👨‍💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️ @dcrinyyc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Not sure why studies like this don't freak other people out as much as they do me ....

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

Mapping brain changes in post-COVID-19 cognitive decline via FDG PET hypometabolism and EEG slowing - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Mapping brain changes in post-COVID-19 cognitive decline via FDG PET hypometabolism and EEG slowing

www.nature.com

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Reijo Eriksson @reijoeriksson.bsky.social · Jul 2

#COVID-19 is 5 years old now, a majority of the world has moved on, but many of us are stuck in a nightmare not of our own choice. Great article speaking about life with #LongCOVID. #COVID

m.thewire.in/article/heal...

COVID-19 Is Five Years Old. But for ‘Long Haulers’, the Problems Are as Fresh as Ever. - The Wire

Patients suffering from Long Covid spoke to The Wire about being dismissed by medical professionals, facing financial instability and being unable to work, and having their lives turn upside down – al...

m.thewire.in

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jun 28

I’m begging folks to mask up for Pride events! Show solidarity with your disabled and high risk peers and make the event safe and inclusive for everyone.

Now more than ever we need to stay united and ensure no one is left behind.

Masking is resistance.

Masking is community care.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jun 20

PSA Neck gaiters are not masks. Neck gaiters are not effective at stopping the spread of airborne viruses. Masks, especially well-fitting ones are effective at preventing infection. Conflating the two is bad because it can encourage politicians to ban masks for the general public.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 18

“The only democracy in the Middle East” they keep telling us

“Just because it’s Jews only doesn’t make it an apartheid state” they insist

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...