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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 27m

Yes, I agree. I'm beyond fear though. Fear just makes my symptoms worse. Accepting "this is life now" has made it much easier to live with.

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 42m

I can't tell you the number of times I've thought about this over the course of my illness. Countless. It boggles the mind how badly we've handled this thus far.

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 43m

Practically the entire population of the world could be walking around with ticking time bombs ...

... while a sizable portion of the (American) medical establishment continues to pretend they're oblivious to the facts about post-COVID complications and implications.

#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 4h

Untreated HIV can take on average around 10 years to progress to AIDS. This means HIV was unknowingly circulating throughout the ‘70s (and likely before). Going by this rough timeline, we won’t know what damage a single COVID infection, let alone several, does long term until around 2030.

Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 5h

The first reports of what would eventually be called AIDS and its causative agent identified as HIV were published in the MMWR in 1981 alerting health care and public health systems across the country. A tremendous loss for public health.

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 22h

This sent chills down my spine.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 23h

House Republicans will go to any length to avoid swearing in Adelita Grijalva. Kind of makes one wonder how many of their names appear in the Epstein files. Or maybe they fear what Trump will do to them if the files are released.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 1d

“We live in a society that decided years ago to ignore a global pandemic, & continues to look away as the numbers of people disabled & killed by Covid climb each day. We’re forced 2 continue contributing to the economy & carrying out our civic duties without a shred of protection from…institutions…”

Guiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 4d

Are we suffering from benevolence debt?

As a Covid-Conscious person, your choice to continue with masking and mitigations is part of the legacy you're building.

It matters more than you'll ever know.

guinesspig.ghost.io/a-little-gol...

A Little Gold Dog, A Not-So-Little Legacy

There’s a little figurine of a dog I keep on a shelf in my home. It’s painted gold, mounted on a weighted piece of wood, and has an embedded metal hook. I assume it’s to hold a leash, since it came w...

guinesspig.ghost.io

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 1d

Republican operatives aligned with Trump now own voting machines in "more than 40 states."

"Free and fair" elections, my arse. If you don't like the outcome, just buy the systems that generate outcomes. Voila.

Private enterprise at its basest.

www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Liberty Vote acquires Dominion Voting Systems, touts paper ballot 'simplicity' - UPI.com

St. Louis-based Liberty Vote has acquired Dominion Voting Systems, among the nation's largest election technology companies, and was wrongly accused of election rigging.

www.upi.com

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 1d

He took a job he's grotesquely unqualified to do. Now he's "losing his mind" because he can't control his incompetence. Who could have predicted it?

Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 2d

They're also trying to convince the public that autism is a result of parental choices. Pity the poor mother who believes that shit. Talk about an assault on a person's psyche!

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 2d

When the population-at-large realizes that COVID acts a lot like HIV, maybe they'll take it upon themselves to stop volunteering for disability and stop listening to the moneyed interests who seek to protect profits over people.

#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 2d

The Atlantic, the NYT, and so many others also participated in the destruction of public health by repeatedly publishing the lie that COVID is mild, and now an organ- and immune-system damaging airborne virus is running rampant everywhere—w/ no infection control anywhere.

Great work everyone.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 4d

Wise words and hope. Thank you, Jane Goodall.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 4d

We (they, actually) didn't just tolerate it. They rewarded the rioters with pardons and significant financial incentives to join ICE. If they're going to stick with the precedent they set, why aren't they handing out $10,000 checks to protesters at government buildings?

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 5d

The devil is in the details, which he cleverly omitted. Republicans are working to "fix" healthcare so that only the elite can access it.

Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 6d

We are fast approaching the point that being a registered Democrat or voting for Democrats will get you labeled a terrorist by this administration.

Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 6d

Has anyone in this administration or the MAGA movement denied being a fascist? Evidence suggests they're all proudly, loudly fascist.

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 6d

He was actually sentenced to 10 years, 9.5 of which were suspended. The only consolation in this is that child sex offenders are perhaps the most-hated among the prison population.

Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 12d

This gives me hope, lifts my spirits, both of which I needed tonight!

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13d

There's a global uprising underway that the media
ISN'T showing you

🖕the government around the world!

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 20d

Nobody wants to be the one to publicly admit that COVID causes autoimmune disease. I haven't seen that mentioned anywhere, yet long COVID acts very much like other autoimmune disorders and, in some cases, like a combination of several autoimmune disorders.

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Pam @pamboling.bsky.social · 20d

I agree wholeheartedly. Politicians aren't our biggest problem. Corporate thugs are. We need a crop of politicians courageous enough to take on grotesque wealth disparity and oppressive employment practices including low wages and worker rights.

THAT might re-unite this nation!

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20d

People on the right and left are sick of big corporations - like media companies - having become such a dominant force in our economy and our culture. Whichever party offers a vision to break up concentrated economic power has the potential to capture a new alignment of voters.