Skirrell (they/she)
@deliqueena.bsky.social
Maker of Many & Varied Things
Queer disabled/AuDHD/Chronically Ill dork with Too Many Thoughts (won't put any back)
Edible plant/food forest/companion planting nerd, oak tree/acorn fanatic
Advocate for Housing Justice, Universal Accessibility
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Queer disabled/AuDHD/Chronically Ill dork with Too Many Thoughts (won't put any back)
Edible plant/food forest/companion planting nerd, oak tree/acorn fanatic
Advocate for Housing Justice, Universal Accessibility
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Being radicalized increasingly since 2016 has just been banging my head against this post indefinitely.
February 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Being radicalized increasingly since 2016 has just been banging my head against this post indefinitely.
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If you live downwind of a large concentration of birds or cattle, it's time to start thinking about how you will protect yourself if there's an outbreak of bird flu among them.
And how you will know when it happens.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
And how you will know when it happens.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
February 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If you live downwind of a large concentration of birds or cattle, it's time to start thinking about how you will protect yourself if there's an outbreak of bird flu among them.
And how you will know when it happens.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
And how you will know when it happens.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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If you're quiet about your disabilities, you get accused of being a fake. If you're outspoken, you get accused of being attention seeking.
Disabled people deserve to be believed and supported without hate. We deserve to be able to thrive.
Disabled people deserve to be believed and supported without hate. We deserve to be able to thrive.
November 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
If you're quiet about your disabilities, you get accused of being a fake. If you're outspoken, you get accused of being attention seeking.
Disabled people deserve to be believed and supported without hate. We deserve to be able to thrive.
Disabled people deserve to be believed and supported without hate. We deserve to be able to thrive.
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Another extraordinary exchange just now about "animus" in the court hearing on trasngender members of the military:
February 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Another extraordinary exchange just now about "animus" in the court hearing on trasngender members of the military:
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We love y’all, but we need your help in more places than here or FB, IG, TT, etc.
We need you to call your Senators and Representative.
Here is the number - you just have to ask for who you want.
Please call and tell them how you feel. Please. 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼
☎️(202) 224-3121 ☎️
We love y’all, but we need your help in more places than here or FB, IG, TT, etc.
We need you to call your Senators and Representative.
Here is the number - you just have to ask for who you want.
Please call and tell them how you feel. Please. 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼
☎️(202) 224-3121 ☎️
REQUIRED READING. This article by @janus.bsky.social articulates so much of what I’ve been thinking and feeling lately.
“Resistance Twitter” doesn’t work. If it did, we wouldn’t be back here. www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
“Resistance Twitter” doesn’t work. If it did, we wouldn’t be back here. www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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We love y’all, but we need your help in more places than here or FB, IG, TT, etc.
We need you to call your Senators and Representative.
Here is the number - you just have to ask for who you want.
Please call and tell them how you feel. Please. 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼
☎️(202) 224-3121 ☎️
We love y’all, but we need your help in more places than here or FB, IG, TT, etc.
We need you to call your Senators and Representative.
Here is the number - you just have to ask for who you want.
Please call and tell them how you feel. Please. 🙏🏾🙏🏽🙏🏼
☎️(202) 224-3121 ☎️
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BC infectious disease doctor reflects on treating teen with #H5N1
"As soon as these results came back, the patient was placed in a negative pressure room and her medical team put on N95 respirators"
Why not wear N95s from the start?
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5273...
"As soon as these results came back, the patient was placed in a negative pressure room and her medical team put on N95 respirators"
Why not wear N95s from the start?
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5273...
B.C. doc reflects on treating teen with avian flu for two months - BC News
A British Columbia doctor who treated a 13-year-old avian flu patient says the case has made him concerned about the potential for more human H5N1 infections.
www.castanet.net
January 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
BC infectious disease doctor reflects on treating teen with #H5N1
"As soon as these results came back, the patient was placed in a negative pressure room and her medical team put on N95 respirators"
Why not wear N95s from the start?
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5273...
"As soon as these results came back, the patient was placed in a negative pressure room and her medical team put on N95 respirators"
Why not wear N95s from the start?
www.castanet.net/news/BC/5273...
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
CW stats for violence against women
Is 2024 Australia's worst year yet for violence against women?
-it's not "an epidemic". It's ENDEMIC to Australia, and that's the problem. Stop making this seem like a surprise.
Every.
Single.
Time.
The surprise is the lack of political anger at it. From anywhere.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
-it's not "an epidemic". It's ENDEMIC to Australia, and that's the problem. Stop making this seem like a surprise.
Every.
Single.
Time.
The surprise is the lack of political anger at it. From anywhere.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
January 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
CW stats for violence against women
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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
January 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
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Number of chickens culled in Japan soars to 1.7 million amid bird flu outbreak, according to The Independent.
The environment ministry raised the bird flu alert to its highest level in October following detections in wild birds in Hokkaido.
The environment ministry raised the bird flu alert to its highest level in October following detections in wild birds in Hokkaido.
January 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Number of chickens culled in Japan soars to 1.7 million amid bird flu outbreak, according to The Independent.
The environment ministry raised the bird flu alert to its highest level in October following detections in wild birds in Hokkaido.
The environment ministry raised the bird flu alert to its highest level in October following detections in wild birds in Hokkaido.
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Dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu in California surpass the 700-mark, according to USDA.
January 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu in California surpass the 700-mark, according to USDA.
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Holy Cow! Some store bought cheese might be contaminated with #BirdFlu.
No one tells you that flash pasteurization may not kill all harmful microbes. Too brief. Too cool.
#RawMilk #FoodSafety
https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-update-fda-cheese-raw-milk-pasteurization-2007821
No one tells you that flash pasteurization may not kill all harmful microbes. Too brief. Too cool.
#RawMilk #FoodSafety
https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-update-fda-cheese-raw-milk-pasteurization-2007821
January 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Holy Cow! Some store bought cheese might be contaminated with #BirdFlu.
No one tells you that flash pasteurization may not kill all harmful microbes. Too brief. Too cool.
#RawMilk #FoodSafety
https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-update-fda-cheese-raw-milk-pasteurization-2007821
No one tells you that flash pasteurization may not kill all harmful microbes. Too brief. Too cool.
#RawMilk #FoodSafety
https://www.newsweek.com/bird-flu-update-fda-cheese-raw-milk-pasteurization-2007821
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“Lack of wastewater testing is blinding the Central Valley {CA} to its #BirdFlu problem”
“should be a key public #health tool”
“experts: the region’s testing of wastewater is NOT UP TO PAR”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-06/central-valley-lack-of-wastewater-testing-for-bird-flu
“should be a key public #health tool”
“experts: the region’s testing of wastewater is NOT UP TO PAR”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-06/central-valley-lack-of-wastewater-testing-for-bird-flu
In the Central Valley lack of wastewater testing for bird flu a blind spot - Los Angeles Times
The Central Valley is home to many of California's most vulnerable groups to bird flu: agricultural workers. It's also where wastewater surveillance of the virus is the weakest.
www.latimes.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Lack of wastewater testing is blinding the Central Valley {CA} to its #BirdFlu problem”
“should be a key public #health tool”
“experts: the region’s testing of wastewater is NOT UP TO PAR”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-06/central-valley-lack-of-wastewater-testing-for-bird-flu
“should be a key public #health tool”
“experts: the region’s testing of wastewater is NOT UP TO PAR”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-06/central-valley-lack-of-wastewater-testing-for-bird-flu
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BREAKING: The United States has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu.
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
January 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
BREAKING: The United States has recorded its first fatal case of H5N1 bird flu.
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
The death was reported by the Louisiana Department of Health. The patient contracted H5N1 after exposure to a combination of a non-commercial backyard flock and wild birds.
ldh.la.gov/news/H5N1-de...
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What happens in China never just stays in China. There is a surge in influenza A in the U.S. as well this winter. We rarely test whether the virus is conventional flu, or H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu. But the crowded ERs seen in many places are indications something is afoot. 🧵
December 29, 2024 at 1:27 PM
What happens in China never just stays in China. There is a surge in influenza A in the U.S. as well this winter. We rarely test whether the virus is conventional flu, or H1N1 swine flu, H5N1 bird flu. But the crowded ERs seen in many places are indications something is afoot. 🧵
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Thank you for your persistence!
January 2, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thank you for your persistence!
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COVID-19 may raise the risk of gut issues like IBS and ulcers, even YEARS AFTER INFECTION. A study found COVID patients were 18% more likely to develop gastrointestinal disorders. These findings highlight the need for more research and follow-up for at-risk individuals.
New-onset gastrointestinal disorders in COVID-19 patients 3.5 years post-infection in the inner-city population in the Bronx - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - New-onset gastrointestinal disorders in COVID-19 patients 3.5 years post-infection in the inner-city population in the Bronx
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
COVID-19 may raise the risk of gut issues like IBS and ulcers, even YEARS AFTER INFECTION. A study found COVID patients were 18% more likely to develop gastrointestinal disorders. These findings highlight the need for more research and follow-up for at-risk individuals.
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I really need a better hobby, but I've enabled a new H5N1 dashboard view to let you see how known outbreaks/detections may interact with USDA Ag Census (2022) livestock inventories for:
• 🐔 Poultry
• 🐷 Pigs/Hogs
• 🐄 Dairy Cattle
• 🐮 Beef Cattle
Select the new "USDA" tab:
bit.ly/H5N1_Dashboard
• 🐔 Poultry
• 🐷 Pigs/Hogs
• 🐄 Dairy Cattle
• 🐮 Beef Cattle
Select the new "USDA" tab:
bit.ly/H5N1_Dashboard
January 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I really need a better hobby, but I've enabled a new H5N1 dashboard view to let you see how known outbreaks/detections may interact with USDA Ag Census (2022) livestock inventories for:
• 🐔 Poultry
• 🐷 Pigs/Hogs
• 🐄 Dairy Cattle
• 🐮 Beef Cattle
Select the new "USDA" tab:
bit.ly/H5N1_Dashboard
• 🐔 Poultry
• 🐷 Pigs/Hogs
• 🐄 Dairy Cattle
• 🐮 Beef Cattle
Select the new "USDA" tab:
bit.ly/H5N1_Dashboard
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Where did we go wrong? Allowing a little ol' virus that carries the hallmark of a chronic HIV infection to successfully prey upon the emotions, biases, and prejudices of an untold that resulted in an emotional response so strong that it prevented the scientific response we were deserving of.
On normalization of infectious disease: "What we have done is take something that should never have established itself in human communities in the first place and have built a public health consensus around the concept of repeated mass infection. So, yes, this is what failure looks like."
“If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude”
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
December 31, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Where did we go wrong? Allowing a little ol' virus that carries the hallmark of a chronic HIV infection to successfully prey upon the emotions, biases, and prejudices of an untold that resulted in an emotional response so strong that it prevented the scientific response we were deserving of.
One. Day. Apart.
The lungs of the H5N1 bird flu infected teenager in B.C., Canada 1 day apart.
She was mechanically ventilated, put on ECMO and given 3 antivirals, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
She was mechanically ventilated, put on ECMO and given 3 antivirals, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
January 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One. Day. Apart.
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Oh!!
@georgelakoff is on #BlueSky
Dr. Lakoff is a brilliant linguist and cognitive scientist. ‘The Political Mind’ is one of my favourite, must-read classics, rooted in science.
As extremism rises in all our countries, he answers our biggest questions: why and what can we do?
CliffsNotes🧵
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@georgelakoff is on #BlueSky
Dr. Lakoff is a brilliant linguist and cognitive scientist. ‘The Political Mind’ is one of my favourite, must-read classics, rooted in science.
As extremism rises in all our countries, he answers our biggest questions: why and what can we do?
CliffsNotes🧵
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Tips to keep democracy alive in 2025:
1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
1. Be Brave. Avoid helpless/hopeless talk. Authoritarians want you to feel powerless because it makes their work easier. Courage, faith, and optimism are essential. Fascism feeds on cynicism and pessimism. Starve it.
www.theframelab.org/how-to-thriv...
2025: Keep democracy alive. FrameLab New Year's resolutions
Advice for defeating the authoritarian threat
www.theframelab.org
January 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Oh!!
@georgelakoff is on #BlueSky
Dr. Lakoff is a brilliant linguist and cognitive scientist. ‘The Political Mind’ is one of my favourite, must-read classics, rooted in science.
As extremism rises in all our countries, he answers our biggest questions: why and what can we do?
CliffsNotes🧵
🧪
@georgelakoff is on #BlueSky
Dr. Lakoff is a brilliant linguist and cognitive scientist. ‘The Political Mind’ is one of my favourite, must-read classics, rooted in science.
As extremism rises in all our countries, he answers our biggest questions: why and what can we do?
CliffsNotes🧵
🧪
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The authors of the journal article on the 13-year-old with #birdflu in BC are trying to make a point by saying that the kid is unhealthy (BMI over 35 & slight asthma).
If that's all it takes for #H5N1 to require life support to survive, then we're screwed.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
If that's all it takes for #H5N1 to require life support to survive, then we're screwed.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection | NEJM
Influenza A(H5N1) viruses are an emerging zoonotic threat and have spread widely throughout
birds in North America. Recently, influenza A(H5N1) infection led to serious illness
in a teenager in Canada...
www.nejm.org
January 2, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The authors of the journal article on the 13-year-old with #birdflu in BC are trying to make a point by saying that the kid is unhealthy (BMI over 35 & slight asthma).
If that's all it takes for #H5N1 to require life support to survive, then we're screwed.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
If that's all it takes for #H5N1 to require life support to survive, then we're screwed.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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This article about BC teen who ended up in the ICU with bird flu is terrifying
I want to remind people that a well fitted respirator offers excellent protection
Don’t handle sick birds or other wild animals
Our hospital system would NOT be able to provide this level of care if H5N1 goes pandemic
I want to remind people that a well fitted respirator offers excellent protection
Don’t handle sick birds or other wild animals
Our hospital system would NOT be able to provide this level of care if H5N1 goes pandemic
B.C. teen no longer critical with avian flu, has been taken off oxygen | Globalnews.ca
According to the case summary, the patient was a 13-year-old girl with a history of mild asthma who first reported to a hospital on Nov. 4.
globalnews.ca
January 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This article about BC teen who ended up in the ICU with bird flu is terrifying
I want to remind people that a well fitted respirator offers excellent protection
Don’t handle sick birds or other wild animals
Our hospital system would NOT be able to provide this level of care if H5N1 goes pandemic
I want to remind people that a well fitted respirator offers excellent protection
Don’t handle sick birds or other wild animals
Our hospital system would NOT be able to provide this level of care if H5N1 goes pandemic