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@sighfie.bsky.social
Labradorian. Slowing down a little. Still masking.
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You can’t convince me that we have a good economic system when “customer satisfaction” is more important in hospital stays than commercial air travel
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You can’t convince me that we have a good economic system when “customer satisfaction” is more important in hospital stays than commercial air travel
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I spoke in Indiana days before the Republicans refused Trump’s gerrymandered map. Everyone I talked to said the Rs weren’t going to pass the map.
Know why?
He threatened them. Even Republicans are tired of that shit. You’re going to see more of it too. Mark it. The fever is breaking.
Know why?
He threatened them. Even Republicans are tired of that shit. You’re going to see more of it too. Mark it. The fever is breaking.
December 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I spoke in Indiana days before the Republicans refused Trump’s gerrymandered map. Everyone I talked to said the Rs weren’t going to pass the map.
Know why?
He threatened them. Even Republicans are tired of that shit. You’re going to see more of it too. Mark it. The fever is breaking.
Know why?
He threatened them. Even Republicans are tired of that shit. You’re going to see more of it too. Mark it. The fever is breaking.
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Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
He's not all powerful.
A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it.
Remember this.
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If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If it doesn't get inside you, it can't make you sick.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
Respirators are designed by experts to help protect you from aerosol hazards, including COVID, the flu and other airborne diseases, and tested to make sure they are effective - and they are.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is a quack.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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This.... 💯
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This.... 💯
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When population complains they never fix the issue but put more effort into preventing people from complaining again. This is also why we have anti-union laws
Millions of young people across the globe protested against a genocide — an unprecedented mass movement that was organized on social media.
In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.
In that time, the US government basically nationalized TikTok and the Australian government has banned teenagers from social media altogether.
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
When population complains they never fix the issue but put more effort into preventing people from complaining again. This is also why we have anti-union laws
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Many of us hate billionaires, and with good reason, but it must be remembered that billionaires are merely a result of the actual problem, which is capitalism.
#billionaires #capitalism
#billionaires #capitalism
Billionaires are glaring evidence of the problem, and provide overt targets for animosity, but billionaires, however loathsome they might be, are not the problem itself. The problem that needs to be fully addressed is the problem of capitalism.
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Many of us hate billionaires, and with good reason, but it must be remembered that billionaires are merely a result of the actual problem, which is capitalism.
#billionaires #capitalism
#billionaires #capitalism
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I find the Canadian right’s shift from attacking the feds to attacking the courts very concerning.
They’ve found a new enemy and it just so happens to be the branch of gov that can uphold the rights of citizens.
Doesn’t bode well for facism.
#cdnpoli
They’ve found a new enemy and it just so happens to be the branch of gov that can uphold the rights of citizens.
Doesn’t bode well for facism.
#cdnpoli
No. And wrong word. They're not gatekeepers. They are doing their job. Premiers are not above laws and constitution.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta Premier says courts should not be gatekeepers on independence questions | CBC News
Danielle Smith was asked about the independence question Saturday on her radio call-in show, weighing in for the first time after her government proposed legislation that ground to a halt an ongoing c...
www.cbc.ca
December 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I find the Canadian right’s shift from attacking the feds to attacking the courts very concerning.
They’ve found a new enemy and it just so happens to be the branch of gov that can uphold the rights of citizens.
Doesn’t bode well for facism.
#cdnpoli
They’ve found a new enemy and it just so happens to be the branch of gov that can uphold the rights of citizens.
Doesn’t bode well for facism.
#cdnpoli
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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It’s easier to have morals, ethics, scruples… when you are fed, warm, housed.
So. If you need to raise an army of goons, it’s important to squeeze the life out of people first.
Not a suggestion. A warning.
So. If you need to raise an army of goons, it’s important to squeeze the life out of people first.
Not a suggestion. A warning.
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It’s easier to have morals, ethics, scruples… when you are fed, warm, housed.
So. If you need to raise an army of goons, it’s important to squeeze the life out of people first.
Not a suggestion. A warning.
So. If you need to raise an army of goons, it’s important to squeeze the life out of people first.
Not a suggestion. A warning.
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“Why can’t you just it? It’s not that hard”
We’ve all heard this when we say “no” to a non disabled person.
They don’t understand why we’re saying no. They don’t understand that something “easy” to them could wreck us.
Please be kind when disabled people say “no”. We’re the experts in our bodies.
We’ve all heard this when we say “no” to a non disabled person.
They don’t understand why we’re saying no. They don’t understand that something “easy” to them could wreck us.
Please be kind when disabled people say “no”. We’re the experts in our bodies.
December 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
“Why can’t you just it? It’s not that hard”
We’ve all heard this when we say “no” to a non disabled person.
They don’t understand why we’re saying no. They don’t understand that something “easy” to them could wreck us.
Please be kind when disabled people say “no”. We’re the experts in our bodies.
We’ve all heard this when we say “no” to a non disabled person.
They don’t understand why we’re saying no. They don’t understand that something “easy” to them could wreck us.
Please be kind when disabled people say “no”. We’re the experts in our bodies.
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My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
My transport plan is simple: a lifetime ban on driving for anyone with a DUI, turning drunks into a powerful constituency in favour of dense walkable neighbourhoods
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Every person who has taken part in the abuse and trafficking of young girls must be held to account.
@oversightdemocrats.house.gov will not stop fighting for Epstein victims and survivors AND for all survivors of abuse who have been denied justice for far too long.
@oversightdemocrats.house.gov will not stop fighting for Epstein victims and survivors AND for all survivors of abuse who have been denied justice for far too long.
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Every person who has taken part in the abuse and trafficking of young girls must be held to account.
@oversightdemocrats.house.gov will not stop fighting for Epstein victims and survivors AND for all survivors of abuse who have been denied justice for far too long.
@oversightdemocrats.house.gov will not stop fighting for Epstein victims and survivors AND for all survivors of abuse who have been denied justice for far too long.
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”In the Covid years, we all wore masks regularly, & if someone in our family was ill, we didn’t meet up. We didn’t get any colds or flu for about two years. I think it speaks for itself.”
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
‘It’s hardly an inconvenience’: your views on wearing a mask to combat flu
With a record number of flu patients in hospital, Britons are weighing up the merits of face coverings
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
”In the Covid years, we all wore masks regularly, & if someone in our family was ill, we didn’t meet up. We didn’t get any colds or flu for about two years. I think it speaks for itself.”
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
Well done. Except—everybody now!—we‘re still in the Covid years. (There’s been a really big misunderstanding.)
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My Mum does not know this much about me.
What my Mum doesn’t know, no one needs to know, except possibly the doc.
What my Mum doesn’t know, no one needs to know, except possibly the doc.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My Mum does not know this much about me.
What my Mum doesn’t know, no one needs to know, except possibly the doc.
What my Mum doesn’t know, no one needs to know, except possibly the doc.
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Re that survey on attitudes to masking someone said I should do…
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Re that survey on attitudes to masking someone said I should do…
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
“What do you think of masks in hospital?”
I’d like to ask
“If I could stop you from catching flu, COVID, RSV, and many other infections that we breathe in, would you want me to?”
->
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We are so bad off
Trapped in on all sides with the bridges and roads gone.
Skagit county December 11 2025
Historic floods
Historic rethinking of emergency preparedness
Trapped in on all sides with the bridges and roads gone.
Skagit county December 11 2025
Historic floods
Historic rethinking of emergency preparedness
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
We are so bad off
Trapped in on all sides with the bridges and roads gone.
Skagit county December 11 2025
Historic floods
Historic rethinking of emergency preparedness
Trapped in on all sides with the bridges and roads gone.
Skagit county December 11 2025
Historic floods
Historic rethinking of emergency preparedness
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Does anyone else miss the old days where it was possible to chat and debate without anything getting heated and things stayed friendly. I miss that. Culture wars have a lot to answer for.
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Does anyone else miss the old days where it was possible to chat and debate without anything getting heated and things stayed friendly. I miss that. Culture wars have a lot to answer for.
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Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the current influenza surge in today's Belfast Telegraph; the virus itself, what we should be doing to mitigate it - vaccination, ventilation, masks - and how infection control has become ideological.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Not a pleasant Christmas for the NHS’: ‘Super flu’ mutation will further stress NI healthcare system, says biorisk expert
The early surge in a so-called ‘super flu’ strain of the influenza virus is going to “dramatically stress” the Northern Ireland healthcare service in the run-up to Christmas, a biorisk expert has said...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the current influenza surge in today's Belfast Telegraph; the virus itself, what we should be doing to mitigate it - vaccination, ventilation, masks - and how infection control has become ideological.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
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A 50 year old man in Idaho has died from flu.
The article I read did not say the usual “but he had comorbidities”.
So.
Prepare accordingly.
The article I read did not say the usual “but he had comorbidities”.
So.
Prepare accordingly.
December 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A 50 year old man in Idaho has died from flu.
The article I read did not say the usual “but he had comorbidities”.
So.
Prepare accordingly.
The article I read did not say the usual “but he had comorbidities”.
So.
Prepare accordingly.
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This reminds me of how Canadian police would arrest indigenous people and then drop them off in the middle of nowhere in the freezing cold. It's attempted murder.
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This reminds me of how Canadian police would arrest indigenous people and then drop them off in the middle of nowhere in the freezing cold. It's attempted murder.
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Great thread by an expert, recommended reading!
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Great thread by an expert, recommended reading!
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🚨 Alberta’s Two-Tier Healthcare plan is a threat to all Canadians from coast to coast to coast. While the rich get a fast lane to care, your costs and wait times are set to increase dramatically.
Tell Ottawa to act now and stop it. Sign the petition and send a letter: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
Tell Ottawa to act now and stop it. Sign the petition and send a letter: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
URGENT: Stop Two Tier Care. Prime Minister Mark Carney Must Act Now.
We have to defend and promote Universal Public Healthcare before it's too late.
NoTwoTier.ca
December 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚨 Alberta’s Two-Tier Healthcare plan is a threat to all Canadians from coast to coast to coast. While the rich get a fast lane to care, your costs and wait times are set to increase dramatically.
Tell Ottawa to act now and stop it. Sign the petition and send a letter: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
Tell Ottawa to act now and stop it. Sign the petition and send a letter: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct