Sasquatch
@intellekt37.bsky.social
Ex helicopter pilot wanting to help make a better world for all of us. Anti-war. Anti-politician. Happily married
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Covid isn’t “back”, it never left
Those of us who are covid competent have been screaming about clean air & respirators for years because we’re in the midst of a mass disabling event
Media & government have been complicit in minimizing it
If they’re mentioning masks, it’s bad
Those of us who are covid competent have been screaming about clean air & respirators for years because we’re in the midst of a mass disabling event
Media & government have been complicit in minimizing it
If they’re mentioning masks, it’s bad
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Covid isn’t “back”, it never left
Those of us who are covid competent have been screaming about clean air & respirators for years because we’re in the midst of a mass disabling event
Media & government have been complicit in minimizing it
If they’re mentioning masks, it’s bad
Those of us who are covid competent have been screaming about clean air & respirators for years because we’re in the midst of a mass disabling event
Media & government have been complicit in minimizing it
If they’re mentioning masks, it’s bad
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You don’t have stories like this in countries with national healthcare systems
He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler
In our new series “The Cost of Denial,” NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the young man who went to refill his asthma inhaler only to find it unaffordable because it was no longer covered by his insu...
www.nbcnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
You don’t have stories like this in countries with national healthcare systems
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one particularly damning graph of tech company energy use from the excellent @ketanjoshi.co blog post below
Also note that e.g. Amazon has stopped publishing estimates of their energy use as of the last two years. I wonder why? 🙄
Also note that e.g. Amazon has stopped publishing estimates of their energy use as of the last two years. I wonder why? 🙄
June 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
one particularly damning graph of tech company energy use from the excellent @ketanjoshi.co blog post below
Also note that e.g. Amazon has stopped publishing estimates of their energy use as of the last two years. I wonder why? 🙄
Also note that e.g. Amazon has stopped publishing estimates of their energy use as of the last two years. I wonder why? 🙄
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We have allowed a multi system vascular virus to spread unchecked for nearly 6 years.
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
Why so many people are having strokes in their 20s, 30s and 40s: ‘We’ve never had patients so young’
Dr. Mohammad Anadani has shared some intriguing theories on what’s behind the alarming trend of healthy, 20-somethings having strokes.
nypost.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We have allowed a multi system vascular virus to spread unchecked for nearly 6 years.
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
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Deaths Caused By New Covid Variant No More Severe Than Deaths Caused By Earlier Variants Say Scientators
June 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Deaths Caused By New Covid Variant No More Severe Than Deaths Caused By Earlier Variants Say Scientators
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The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
May 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The story of Alma Bowman, a disabled woman and US citizen detained by ICE, keeps getting worse
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
She’s been in the country for 50 years. They took her wheelchair, denied her medications & threw her in a detention facility in Georgia
Did you know she was a whistle blower against forced sterilization?
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How justice 'works'.
May 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How justice 'works'.
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peter theils palantir becoming the worlds most powerful military system and data harvester is going to usher in a new, worse age of humanity. i hate to say it but this is complete libertarian cultural victory
May 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
peter theils palantir becoming the worlds most powerful military system and data harvester is going to usher in a new, worse age of humanity. i hate to say it but this is complete libertarian cultural victory
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When someone says to me they don’t know anyone with long covid, what I hear is “I ditched the people I knew with long covid”
I'm sorry but if by 2025, you don't know anyone with Long COVID, perhaps a) you need more friends or b) you may not be a safe person to disclose things to?
May 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When someone says to me they don’t know anyone with long covid, what I hear is “I ditched the people I knew with long covid”
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If you use AI you’re accelerating climate crisis, polluting deprived communities, burning through water, giving bosses excuses to reduce workers rights and wages. It’s a moral and ethical degradation.
A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
wrd.cm
May 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you use AI you’re accelerating climate crisis, polluting deprived communities, burning through water, giving bosses excuses to reduce workers rights and wages. It’s a moral and ethical degradation.
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The Palestinian ambassador to the UN broke down as he talked about the number of Palestinian children murdered since March.
And while he was talking about dead Palestinian children the camera panned to the Israeli ambassador, who was yawning.
And while he was talking about dead Palestinian children the camera panned to the Israeli ambassador, who was yawning.
May 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Palestinian ambassador to the UN broke down as he talked about the number of Palestinian children murdered since March.
And while he was talking about dead Palestinian children the camera panned to the Israeli ambassador, who was yawning.
And while he was talking about dead Palestinian children the camera panned to the Israeli ambassador, who was yawning.
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Covid vaccines will be restricted to those over 65 or with preconditions
Pregnant women, one of the highest risk groups for Covid complications, are restricted.
Wear a well fitted respirator. Long Covid is debilitating. There’s no cure. And there’s way more people suffering that you might realize
Pregnant women, one of the highest risk groups for Covid complications, are restricted.
Wear a well fitted respirator. Long Covid is debilitating. There’s no cure. And there’s way more people suffering that you might realize
I Don't Know Anyone With Long Covid
Yes. You do. It might even be you. Let's take a look at why people don't realize, or can't admit, that they're dealing with Long Covid.
www.disabledginger.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Covid vaccines will be restricted to those over 65 or with preconditions
Pregnant women, one of the highest risk groups for Covid complications, are restricted.
Wear a well fitted respirator. Long Covid is debilitating. There’s no cure. And there’s way more people suffering that you might realize
Pregnant women, one of the highest risk groups for Covid complications, are restricted.
Wear a well fitted respirator. Long Covid is debilitating. There’s no cure. And there’s way more people suffering that you might realize
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'Denying vaccine access to the 'healthy' makes no sense, not least because anybody can become disabled by a single COVID infection.'
💯 @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
'COVID is NOT the problem of a few vulnerable individuals, it's a collective public health crisis.'
open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt...
💯 @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
'COVID is NOT the problem of a few vulnerable individuals, it's a collective public health crisis.'
open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt...
Republicans' New Vaccine Restrictions Codify a False Healthy/Unhealthy Dichotomy
Denying vaccine access to the "healthy" makes no sense, not least because anybody can become disabled by a single COVID infection
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
'Denying vaccine access to the 'healthy' makes no sense, not least because anybody can become disabled by a single COVID infection.'
💯 @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
'COVID is NOT the problem of a few vulnerable individuals, it's a collective public health crisis.'
open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt...
💯 @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
'COVID is NOT the problem of a few vulnerable individuals, it's a collective public health crisis.'
open.substack.com/pub/thegaunt...
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We're all pretty used to the idea that our phones are listening to us, that algos know our preferences, and that ad companies have a very good idea of who we are and what we like
Right now, they mostly use this to sell us stuff. We are on the cusp of them using it to do something very different
Right now, they mostly use this to sell us stuff. We are on the cusp of them using it to do something very different
Local police are using Flock’s AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for “immigration” related searches and as part of other ICE investigations, giving federal law enforcement side-door access to a tool that it currently does not have a formal contract for.
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
www.404media.co
May 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We're all pretty used to the idea that our phones are listening to us, that algos know our preferences, and that ad companies have a very good idea of who we are and what we like
Right now, they mostly use this to sell us stuff. We are on the cusp of them using it to do something very different
Right now, they mostly use this to sell us stuff. We are on the cusp of them using it to do something very different
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This is a bop and a half
May 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This is a bop and a half
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That's the lesson huh
May 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
That's the lesson huh
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Well yeah, because the Democrats dismantled the Black Lives Matter movement when Biden came into office and then Biden gave hundreds of millions of dollars in what was supposed to be covid money to police no strings attached and did nothing to stop the systemic racism or violence.
The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Well yeah, because the Democrats dismantled the Black Lives Matter movement when Biden came into office and then Biden gave hundreds of millions of dollars in what was supposed to be covid money to police no strings attached and did nothing to stop the systemic racism or violence.
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Giving police more money -> more killings by police
The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Giving police more money -> more killings by police
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Property rights would kill the industry. Does that tell you what the industry is, finally??
The latest in a long line of terrible humans seeing if they can destroy people lives before asking if they should. If only sociopaths were seen as bad instead of rewarded.
May 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Property rights would kill the industry. Does that tell you what the industry is, finally??
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Latest study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine show that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can "re-program" pathogen-fighting white blood cells known as neutrophils into immune system suppressing cells known as PMN-MDSCs.
#Covid #SarsCov2 #ImmuneSystem
#Covid #SarsCov2 #ImmuneSystem
COVID virus 'reprograms' infection fighters into immune system suppressors, study shows
A study by researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering finds that neutrophils—the most a...
medicalxpress.com
May 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Gift link: Cops in New Orleans have been using a private face surveillance network to track people across the city, which is prohibited by local law. Now the cops are trying to change the law. wapo.st/4ds19e7
Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
Following records requests from The Post, officials paused the first known, widespread live facial recognition program used by police in the United States.
wapo.st
May 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Gift link: Cops in New Orleans have been using a private face surveillance network to track people across the city, which is prohibited by local law. Now the cops are trying to change the law. wapo.st/4ds19e7
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ai tech is awful, evil and should be heavily regulated on all fronts and avoided as much as possible. the horrible part about it is that companies that make ai have power over everything and force us all to engage with it in ways people don’t even realize or have control over
May 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ai tech is awful, evil and should be heavily regulated on all fronts and avoided as much as possible. the horrible part about it is that companies that make ai have power over everything and force us all to engage with it in ways people don’t even realize or have control over
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The House GOP last night approved Medicaid cuts that will kick millions off insurance & shrink after-tax income for many families in the bottom income quintile
Hard to fathom how unpopular this is. Just 14% of voters wants to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-a...
Hard to fathom how unpopular this is. Just 14% of voters wants to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-a...
May 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The House GOP last night approved Medicaid cuts that will kick millions off insurance & shrink after-tax income for many families in the bottom income quintile
Hard to fathom how unpopular this is. Just 14% of voters wants to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-a...
Hard to fathom how unpopular this is. Just 14% of voters wants to cut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-a...