Queermint
@queermint.bsky.social
Queer multiply-disabled enby trying to survive the pandemic everyone is pretending is over. Please wear a mask, free Palestine, abolish billionaires
Living on Boon Wurrung country, Australia
Living on Boon Wurrung country, Australia
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Please help my friend, Mem, Mem is a black disabled person who is suffering from MECFS and Long Covid.
They are trying to raise $1133 for rent before mon., Dec 1st. Any late utility or rent will result in termination of their lease.
linktr.ee/torqu111
#MABoost #MutualAid #Thanksgiving #Helpsky
They are trying to raise $1133 for rent before mon., Dec 1st. Any late utility or rent will result in termination of their lease.
linktr.ee/torqu111
#MABoost #MutualAid #Thanksgiving #Helpsky
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Please help my friend, Mem, Mem is a black disabled person who is suffering from MECFS and Long Covid.
They are trying to raise $1133 for rent before mon., Dec 1st. Any late utility or rent will result in termination of their lease.
linktr.ee/torqu111
#MABoost #MutualAid #Thanksgiving #Helpsky
They are trying to raise $1133 for rent before mon., Dec 1st. Any late utility or rent will result in termination of their lease.
linktr.ee/torqu111
#MABoost #MutualAid #Thanksgiving #Helpsky
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Dallas, TX friends: this big, fluffy boy has escaped. His name is Casey. He has one naked ear at the moment. In the vicinity of Abrams & Mockingbird. If you see him, please respond to this post with a location. We can’t have Thanksgiving without
him.
him.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Dallas, TX friends: this big, fluffy boy has escaped. His name is Casey. He has one naked ear at the moment. In the vicinity of Abrams & Mockingbird. If you see him, please respond to this post with a location. We can’t have Thanksgiving without
him.
him.
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🚨 Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says (Nov 27, 2025)
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says
The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if the virus mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France’s Inst...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🚨 Bird flu poses risk of pandemic worse than COVID, France’s Institut Pasteur says (Nov 27, 2025)
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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A recent study in case you or others want to learn more.
“Adults in the highest quartile of cumulative social disadvantage exhibited an increased odds of experiencing long COVID compared to those in the lowest quartile”—more than 250% higher, in fact.
Long Covid is a class issue.
“Adults in the highest quartile of cumulative social disadvantage exhibited an increased odds of experiencing long COVID compared to those in the lowest quartile”—more than 250% higher, in fact.
Long Covid is a class issue.
Cumulative social disadvantage and its impact on long COVID: insights from a U.S. national survey - BMC Medicine
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health disparities, with long COVID emerging as a major global public health challenge. Although clinical risk factors for long COVID are well-document...
link.springer.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A recent study in case you or others want to learn more.
“Adults in the highest quartile of cumulative social disadvantage exhibited an increased odds of experiencing long COVID compared to those in the lowest quartile”—more than 250% higher, in fact.
Long Covid is a class issue.
“Adults in the highest quartile of cumulative social disadvantage exhibited an increased odds of experiencing long COVID compared to those in the lowest quartile”—more than 250% higher, in fact.
Long Covid is a class issue.
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Another🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Covid potentially accelerating the aging process:
"Some people [3yr] after COVID still carry an immune profile that looks like accelerated aging - low naive T cells and persistent activation of pathogenic Th17."
Full 🧵 (20 tweets):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19937...
"Some people [3yr] after COVID still carry an immune profile that looks like accelerated aging - low naive T cells and persistent activation of pathogenic Th17."
Full 🧵 (20 tweets):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19937...
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Another🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Covid potentially accelerating the aging process:
"Some people [3yr] after COVID still carry an immune profile that looks like accelerated aging - low naive T cells and persistent activation of pathogenic Th17."
Full 🧵 (20 tweets):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19937...
"Some people [3yr] after COVID still carry an immune profile that looks like accelerated aging - low naive T cells and persistent activation of pathogenic Th17."
Full 🧵 (20 tweets):
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19937...
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Another 🎯stated by Dr. Michael aka @internetuserf12 on Twitter:
"Covid denial is a choice, not ignorance. It's disappearing the sick and disabled, abandoning community that keeps you alive, pretending that comfort is the same as truth, clinging to supremacy..."
OP: x.com/internetuser...
"Covid denial is a choice, not ignorance. It's disappearing the sick and disabled, abandoning community that keeps you alive, pretending that comfort is the same as truth, clinging to supremacy..."
OP: x.com/internetuser...
November 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Another 🎯stated by Dr. Michael aka @internetuserf12 on Twitter:
"Covid denial is a choice, not ignorance. It's disappearing the sick and disabled, abandoning community that keeps you alive, pretending that comfort is the same as truth, clinging to supremacy..."
OP: x.com/internetuser...
"Covid denial is a choice, not ignorance. It's disappearing the sick and disabled, abandoning community that keeps you alive, pretending that comfort is the same as truth, clinging to supremacy..."
OP: x.com/internetuser...
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Follow a dozen trans women and you'll see at least a dozen hobbies and projects and interests all eagerly pursued.
Follow a dozen terves and you just see 12x more identically miserable asshole posts whining and moaning.
Follow a dozen terves and you just see 12x more identically miserable asshole posts whining and moaning.
August 30, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Follow a dozen trans women and you'll see at least a dozen hobbies and projects and interests all eagerly pursued.
Follow a dozen terves and you just see 12x more identically miserable asshole posts whining and moaning.
Follow a dozen terves and you just see 12x more identically miserable asshole posts whining and moaning.
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What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
What are abstract ideas like “being happy” and “having fulfillment” compared to real world achievements like “working full time for a company and still needing food stamps”
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happy thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
happy thanksgiving!
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Fantastic. And a giant middle finger to the "conservative" ghouls (looking at you, Barnaby Joyce) who tried to block the cervical cancer vaccine.
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Fantastic. And a giant middle finger to the "conservative" ghouls (looking at you, Barnaby Joyce) who tried to block the cervical cancer vaccine.
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I am thankful.
Truly, I am thankful,
to have survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day.
And though
I am thankful,
(truly, I am thankful)
I understand
that having survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day
does not yet mean
that I have survived
the pandemic.
Truly, I am thankful,
to have survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day.
And though
I am thankful,
(truly, I am thankful)
I understand
that having survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day
does not yet mean
that I have survived
the pandemic.
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am thankful.
Truly, I am thankful,
to have survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day.
And though
I am thankful,
(truly, I am thankful)
I understand
that having survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day
does not yet mean
that I have survived
the pandemic.
Truly, I am thankful,
to have survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day.
And though
I am thankful,
(truly, I am thankful)
I understand
that having survived
the pandemic
long enough
to reach this day
does not yet mean
that I have survived
the pandemic.
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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Every single part of my heart aches for this woman and her family.
Long Covid is torture. I understand wanting to be out of pain, find peace from medical gaslighting and to rest.
Long Covid is URGENT.🚨
Long Covid is torture. I understand wanting to be out of pain, find peace from medical gaslighting and to rest.
Long Covid is URGENT.🚨
CW: Death, Distressing Content
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle
Her heartbroken partner says she was 'let down' by the health service
www.devonlive.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every single part of my heart aches for this woman and her family.
Long Covid is torture. I understand wanting to be out of pain, find peace from medical gaslighting and to rest.
Long Covid is URGENT.🚨
Long Covid is torture. I understand wanting to be out of pain, find peace from medical gaslighting and to rest.
Long Covid is URGENT.🚨
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331 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Andalusite:
- An aluminosilicate mineral
- A polymorph of kyanite and sillimanite
- A common low grade metamorphic mineral
- Used in the production of high temperature ceramics
- Named after Andalusia in Spain #minerals
Andalusite:
- An aluminosilicate mineral
- A polymorph of kyanite and sillimanite
- A common low grade metamorphic mineral
- Used in the production of high temperature ceramics
- Named after Andalusia in Spain #minerals
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
331 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️
Andalusite:
- An aluminosilicate mineral
- A polymorph of kyanite and sillimanite
- A common low grade metamorphic mineral
- Used in the production of high temperature ceramics
- Named after Andalusia in Spain #minerals
Andalusite:
- An aluminosilicate mineral
- A polymorph of kyanite and sillimanite
- A common low grade metamorphic mineral
- Used in the production of high temperature ceramics
- Named after Andalusia in Spain #minerals
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Starbucks baristas picketing at the Buffalo, NY store where it all began for Starbucks Workers United.
A good reminder: When you’re fighting a corporate oligarchy, worker solidarity is the only path to a fair economy.
Very thankful for unions today! ✊
A good reminder: When you’re fighting a corporate oligarchy, worker solidarity is the only path to a fair economy.
Very thankful for unions today! ✊
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Starbucks baristas picketing at the Buffalo, NY store where it all began for Starbucks Workers United.
A good reminder: When you’re fighting a corporate oligarchy, worker solidarity is the only path to a fair economy.
Very thankful for unions today! ✊
A good reminder: When you’re fighting a corporate oligarchy, worker solidarity is the only path to a fair economy.
Very thankful for unions today! ✊
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💙 Science 💙
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
💙 Science 💙
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"The lingering effects of COVID-19 [ #LongCOVID] may be impacting the education of thousands of college students, & experts say the challenges those students face can be severe" -
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The lingering effects of COVID-19 [ #LongCOVID] may be impacting the education of thousands of college students, & experts say the challenges those students face can be severe" -
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"...she was 'let down by the health system' and if it had offered her interventions sooner it 'could have saved her life'" -
#LongCOVIDSuicide
#LongCOVIDSuicide
CW: Death, Distressing Content
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon Live: 'Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle'
'A 58-year-old Teignmouth woman was struggling with debilitating long Covid symptoms when she took her own life, an inquest has heard.'
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Devon woman killed by train after Long Covid struggle
Her heartbroken partner says she was 'let down' by the health service
www.devonlive.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"...she was 'let down by the health system' and if it had offered her interventions sooner it 'could have saved her life'" -
#LongCOVIDSuicide
#LongCOVIDSuicide
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On this cursed holiday consider blessing your friendly neighborhood homeless priest:
Links where you can support us:
💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ( preferred )
☕ bit.ly/FDKofi ( monthly )
👑 bit.ly/FDThrone ( wishlist )
💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ( preferred )
☕ bit.ly/FDKofi ( monthly )
👑 bit.ly/FDThrone ( wishlist )
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
On this cursed holiday consider blessing your friendly neighborhood homeless priest:
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November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
November is #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a great month to support Indigenous artists! Art is how we celebrate our cultures and keep them alive 💛🧡❤️🖤
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
Check out my new Heleswv (Medicine) earrings & more from my NAHM collection → cvkvlv.com
Goal progress in comments ↓
#Beadwork #Art #MutualAid
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This demonstrates that we do not have "broad population immunity" to SARS-CoV-2, despite what minimizers like to inisist. There is no real immunity to COVID.
Australian COVID-19 cases update:
Reported Cases in the Northen Territory have showed a sharp recent rise, approaching their peak from the June-July wave. The Reff (case momentum) hit 2.0 before finishing at 1.59.
#COVID19 #Australia #NT
🧵
Reported Cases in the Northen Territory have showed a sharp recent rise, approaching their peak from the June-July wave. The Reff (case momentum) hit 2.0 before finishing at 1.59.
#COVID19 #Australia #NT
🧵
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This demonstrates that we do not have "broad population immunity" to SARS-CoV-2, despite what minimizers like to inisist. There is no real immunity to COVID.
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If at some point today
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
November 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
If at some point today
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
your uncle or your sibling
or your acquaintance
asks you why
you are still talking
about the pandemic
even after all this time,
kindly but firmly tell them
that you are still talking
about this pandemic
because
even after all this time
it has not ended.
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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El otro día vi en Reddit esta foto y joder sí, los astrofotógrafos están definitivamente contentos
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
El otro día vi en Reddit esta foto y joder sí, los astrofotógrafos están definitivamente contentos
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If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you still wear a mask at all, even just when sick or at the hospital or on public transit, THANK YOU!
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.
If you still try to isolate or protect others when you are sick, THANK YOU.
If you still test for COVID when you have any symptoms, THANK YOU.