Kasia
@kasiak.bsky.social
Sports Health Art Politics … and such. #ViscaBarca
Not always in that order.
Not always in that order.
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On May 28, the small Alpine village of Blatten, Switzerland, was almost entirely buried under a massive landslide, following the collapse of a nearby glacier.
A Swiss Village, Destroyed by a Landslide
On May 28, the small Alpine village of Blatten, Switzerland, was almost entirely buried under a massive landslide, following the collapse of a nearby glacier.
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June 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
On May 28, the small Alpine village of Blatten, Switzerland, was almost entirely buried under a massive landslide, following the collapse of a nearby glacier.
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For Canada, the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant shows a healthy growth advantage of 3.1% per day (22% per week) over LP.8.1.*, which predicts a crossover in mid-June.
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June 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
For Canada, the NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant shows a healthy growth advantage of 3.1% per day (22% per week) over LP.8.1.*, which predicts a crossover in mid-June.
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NEW: @wendyorent.bsky.social wrote a beautiful review of David Zweig’s new book on COVID school closures, “An Abundance of Caution” for @accountabilityji.bsky.social.
Orent absolutely takes an ice pick to it. If you read anything today, read this.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/an-...
Orent absolutely takes an ice pick to it. If you read anything today, read this.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/an-...
An Abundance Of Bias: New COVID School Closures Book Rewrites History — AJI
AJI Science Adviser Wendy Orent reviews the new book, “An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions” by writer David Zweig, who was an early school reopening advo...
www.accountabilityjournalism.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
NEW: @wendyorent.bsky.social wrote a beautiful review of David Zweig’s new book on COVID school closures, “An Abundance of Caution” for @accountabilityji.bsky.social.
Orent absolutely takes an ice pick to it. If you read anything today, read this.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/an-...
Orent absolutely takes an ice pick to it. If you read anything today, read this.
www.accountabilityjournalism.org/insights/an-...
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Hmmm… so masks work and so do mask mandates in schools.
“We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year.
“We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year.
Universal school masking reduced weekly COVID-19 deaths by 0.57 per 100k people. 50 percent of districts removed mask requirements by spring 2022 contributing to 9 percent of COVID deaths that year, from Guzman, Imberman, Filosa, Kilbride, and Malkus https://www.nber.org/papers/w33849
May 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hmmm… so masks work and so do mask mandates in schools.
“We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year.
“We further estimate that the removal of mandates during this time contributed to 21800 COVID deaths through the rest of 2022, 9% of the U.S. total that year.
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To be clear, my point about the vaccination rates is that even in a highly vaxxed population, SARS-CoV-2 is still resulting in hospitalization/death from acute infection at significant rates, even with the added protection against those things that's conferred by the vaccine.
June 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
To be clear, my point about the vaccination rates is that even in a highly vaxxed population, SARS-CoV-2 is still resulting in hospitalization/death from acute infection at significant rates, even with the added protection against those things that's conferred by the vaccine.
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COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
Forbes
May 31, 2025
By Dave Wessner
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/covi...
#COVID #health #CovidIsNotOver
Forbes
May 31, 2025
By Dave Wessner
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/covi...
#COVID #health #CovidIsNotOver
COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
stillcoviding.ca
June 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
Forbes
May 31, 2025
By Dave Wessner
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/covi...
#COVID #health #CovidIsNotOver
Forbes
May 31, 2025
By Dave Wessner
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/covi...
#COVID #health #CovidIsNotOver
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Danielle Smith owns this Measles outbreak. Alberta highest rate per capita of measles in Canada.
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage
Danielle Smith promotes and thrives on post-pandemic chaos. It’s putting children at too much risk.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage
Danielle Smith promotes and thrives on post-pandemic chaos. It’s putting children at too much risk.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage | The Tyee
Danielle Smith promotes and thrives on post-pandemic chaos. It’s putting children at too much risk.
thetyee.ca
June 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Danielle Smith owns this Measles outbreak. Alberta highest rate per capita of measles in Canada.
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage
Danielle Smith promotes and thrives on post-pandemic chaos. It’s putting children at too much risk.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage
Danielle Smith promotes and thrives on post-pandemic chaos. It’s putting children at too much risk.
thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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I guarantee this is Dr. Bonnie Henry fucking up again.
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools
As outbreaks grow, that’s the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools
As outbreaks grow, that’s the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools | The Tyee
As outbreaks grow, that's the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca
May 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I guarantee this is Dr. Bonnie Henry fucking up again.
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools
As outbreaks grow, that’s the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
BC Won’t Require Measles Vaccination for Schools
As outbreaks grow, that’s the wrong strategy against the most infectious disease, one retired doctor says.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
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Mask up NOW
“A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
“A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
A New COVID Variant Is Here, And It's More Transmissible — Here Are The Signs And Symptoms
A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.
www.huffpost.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mask up NOW
“A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
“A new COVID variant, known as NB.1.8.1, has made landfall in the United States, and it's more transmissible than other variants.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-mo...
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“Medication records from pharmacy chains, lab testing and genomics data from patients treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service, claims from private insurers and data from smartwatches and fitness trackers will all be linked together” www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
www.cbsnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“Medication records from pharmacy chains, lab testing and genomics data from patients treated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Service, claims from private insurers and data from smartwatches and fitness trackers will all be linked together” www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
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As with Covid, there’s a fictional world and the real world.
April 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
As with Covid, there’s a fictional world and the real world.
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i think people are missing the forest for the trees with this one. RFK Jr wants complete centralized knowledge of every American's health in order to exact control on what medications are allowed and in order to fabricate "evidence" for each and all of his nonsense theories.
April 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
i think people are missing the forest for the trees with this one. RFK Jr wants complete centralized knowledge of every American's health in order to exact control on what medications are allowed and in order to fabricate "evidence" for each and all of his nonsense theories.
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Covid leaked from a lab and we did too much to limit it.
The White House has turned covid.gov into a conspiracy theory page.
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak
covid.gov
April 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Covid leaked from a lab and we did too much to limit it.
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Same thing happened in Fall 2024, when the feds released a report on Long Covid that explicitly state that repeat infections are dangerous, the risk of developing LC is cumulative, and that 1 in 5 Canadians adults had Long Covid. Not a word from Canadian media.
tinyurl.com/hahbhcy9
tinyurl.com/hahbhcy9
Dealing with the fallout: Post-COVID Condition and its continued impact on individuals and society
tinyurl.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Same thing happened in Fall 2024, when the feds released a report on Long Covid that explicitly state that repeat infections are dangerous, the risk of developing LC is cumulative, and that 1 in 5 Canadians adults had Long Covid. Not a word from Canadian media.
tinyurl.com/hahbhcy9
tinyurl.com/hahbhcy9
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The Russian army is systematically using chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine. Currently, cases of the occupiers' use of...
by Suspilne in Ukraine
by Suspilne in Ukraine
Russian Army systematically uses chemical weapons in war against Ukraine
The Russian army is systematically using chemical weapons in the...
suspilne.media
April 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The Russian army is systematically using chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine. Currently, cases of the occupiers' use of...
by Suspilne in Ukraine
by Suspilne in Ukraine
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The planet also detected our life and was like: NOPE.
Astronomers detected a possible signature of life on a planet orbiting a star 120 light-years away.
Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The planet also detected our life and was like: NOPE.
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“How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world”
“With airborne mitigations, many of the common complaints about “lockdowns” would never have materialized” healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
“With airborne mitigations, many of the common complaints about “lockdowns” would never have materialized” healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.
healthydebate.ca
April 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
“How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world”
“With airborne mitigations, many of the common complaints about “lockdowns” would never have materialized” healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
“With airborne mitigations, many of the common complaints about “lockdowns” would never have materialized” healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...
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The best of the worst being platformed now …
The best of the worst being platformed now …
This week is the first annual meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Policy, which makes vaccine recommendations.
Representing the FDA is Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine doctor who has long cast doubt on the COVID-19 vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news/p/the-contra...
Representing the FDA is Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine doctor who has long cast doubt on the COVID-19 vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news/p/the-contra...
The Contrarian At The CDC Vaccine Policy Meeting
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg used her time at the critical ACIP meeting to cast doubt on vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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The best of the worst being platformed now …
The best of the worst being platformed now …
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Somebody needs to check in with MTG to see how much Boeing stock she is buying today.
Russia has asked the US to let it buy Boeing Co. aircraft using money from billions of dollars in frozen state assets once there’s a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a person in Moscow familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Russia Asks to Buy Boeing Jets With Frozen Assets in US Talks
Russia has asked the US to let it buy Boeing Co. aircraft using money from billions of dollars in frozen state assets once there’s a ceasefire in Ukraine, according to a person in Moscow familiar with...
www.bloomberg.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Somebody needs to check in with MTG to see how much Boeing stock she is buying today.
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You don't have to move out to the country to start prepping. In fact, it's not a good idea for most of us.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/during-col...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/during-col...
During Collapse, Cities Don't Have to Become Death Traps
It's not that simple...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You don't have to move out to the country to start prepping. In fact, it's not a good idea for most of us.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/during-col...
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/during-col...
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Our problems, in order: The destruction of the planet we live on; diseases circulating that cause severe long term damage; the ignorance that drives fascism. These problems require simultaneous attention and you can't neglect any one of them.
April 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Our problems, in order: The destruction of the planet we live on; diseases circulating that cause severe long term damage; the ignorance that drives fascism. These problems require simultaneous attention and you can't neglect any one of them.
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Jay Bhattacharya got famous saying the wonderful things he would have done. He made it all sound so easy, but bad people stopped him.
He’s in charge now. He’s the medical establishment.
It’s our turn to say what we *would do.*
I would stop firing and censoring people at the NIH.
What about you?
He’s in charge now. He’s the medical establishment.
It’s our turn to say what we *would do.*
I would stop firing and censoring people at the NIH.
What about you?
April 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Jay Bhattacharya got famous saying the wonderful things he would have done. He made it all sound so easy, but bad people stopped him.
He’s in charge now. He’s the medical establishment.
It’s our turn to say what we *would do.*
I would stop firing and censoring people at the NIH.
What about you?
He’s in charge now. He’s the medical establishment.
It’s our turn to say what we *would do.*
I would stop firing and censoring people at the NIH.
What about you?
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Yes, he said this an about Covid, and he’s now part of a government where it is true, and not just about Covid, but about everything.
The Trump administration lies about everything constantly.
He’s part of that machine.
The Trump administration lies about everything constantly.
He’s part of that machine.
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Yes, he said this an about Covid, and he’s now part of a government where it is true, and not just about Covid, but about everything.
The Trump administration lies about everything constantly.
He’s part of that machine.
The Trump administration lies about everything constantly.
He’s part of that machine.