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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · 2d

September 2025 research finds post-Covid loss of smell may be permanent. It doesn't happen to everyone, but why would anyone risk this if they knew?

Study link: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Story from The Independent: www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Scientists reveal the one Covid symptom you may be stuck with for life

A new study has found that a post-Covid loss of smell may be permanent

www.independent.co.uk

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · 4d

Wow! Where are you?

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · 12d

“ …those who relate to others as though they are not worthy of respect ought to be treated with the regard that orientation deserves.”

Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 12d

The death of shame and its consequences, especially for public figures, is a huge reason why we are in this place as a country. Shame as a concept is imperfect and can be abused, but we should absolutely be able to say that people with horrific, hateful beliefs must be made pariahs.

Not everyone you go to school with is invited to your birthday party, not every coworker and neighbor to the cookout. Deciding the level of intimacy with which you will live with the people around you is an utterly mundane part of living in the world—yes, even a free world—and doing so on the basis of other people’s character and conduct informs those decisions for anyone with values that stretch beyond those of cynical self-protection and into the territory of things like “basic self-respect,” “respect for others,” and “basic integrity.” Russell was not infringing on Mosley’s freedom by deeming him unworthy of polite conversation—even if he had done so for questionable rather than principled reasons. He was simply exercising his own freedom, alongside a better set of values than Mosley had. A free world would expect as much: indeed, it would require it.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17d

yes, bay area, that was an earthquake. the dogs are still freaking out.

earthquake map showing a 4.5 that just hit near berkeley california

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · 17d

Indeed! MyShake verified it wasn’t a dream.

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Beast of Booorbon 👻 @jenleepa.bsky.social · 27d

If you are not an Online Elder who was active in the online journaling circles back in the day m, you might not know about this beautiful story, so here ya go! tomatonation.com/stories-true...

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adamouest.bsky.social @adamouest.bsky.social · Jun 14

www.fbi.gov/wanted/law-e... Democratic state politician Melissa Hortman and her husband have been killed in what appears to be a "politically motivated assassination. Democratic state lawmaker John Hoffman and his wife were also shot. Police say they are looking for a suspect Vance Luther Boelter.

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Quinn Cummings @quinncy.bsky.social · Aug 24

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yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · Sep 4

Personally, I love vaccines. I love not getting diseases

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Sep 2

Oh no. Best of luck tomorrow!
(Is gabapentin an option? It has helped our very reactive cats)

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · Aug 24

they do oppose the CA midcycle redistricting (& they also opposed the Texas one) - which is consistent if not very awake to the fascist threat. members should probably tell the org what they think!

but it's really good that they're not part of the mailer action

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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · Aug 24

hey Californians, if you got a mailer (already!) against the fall special election to counter Texas gerrymandering, the League of Women Voters wants you to know that the mailer was lying about them - screenshotting with alt text here:

screenshot of the League of Women Voters of California's post:

Important Announcement

You may have received a mailer from "Protect Voters First" about the redistricting ballot initiative this November. By naming our organization and quoting Gloria Chun Hoo, the mailer wrongly implies that the League of Women Voters of California is part of their coalition and endorses the information contained in the flyer.

This implication is not correct - we are not part of htat coalition. The League of Women Voters of California did not authorize this action.

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Aug 21

Can confirm.

Instagram photo of a white woman wearing a white blouse with an Election Official “May I Help You” name tag and the name Samantha (Inspector) printed in black ink, an “I Voted sticker”, and an official California Pollworker enamel pin.
The photo caption states: “Life-changing. I learned so much.”

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please tell me this is AI.

Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Aug 19

And I always thought that stalacTites hold Tight to the ceiling, StalagMites look like little Mountains
Yours is simpler.

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Aug 19

“Mary’s violet eyes make John stay up nights, pondering” is a good mnemonic for Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto

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Foghorn Leghorn 🇺🇸♨️ @foghorn453.bsky.social · Aug 10

I'll never get over that supplements, woo, etc. mostly don't require FDA approval and are an example of unscrupulous capitalism run amok and Big Pharma is heavily regulated and can be sued if they try to sell you sugar water, but everyone thinks it's the opposite

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Aug 9

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Aug 8

Interested to hear more! You are not alone in seeking the outside.

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Jul 21

One of the benefits of private browsing is getting to see ads for objects I'd never encounter otherwise, such as the Acquity UPLC Chromatography tool, which separates substances based on their differing affinities for a stationary and mobile phase. It's my personal (free!) version of Stumble Upon.

Photo shows a scientific instrument - a silver rod with slender, threaded, flat-topped cones on each end, the Acquity UPLC BEH C18 Column. It is described as “the premier column for method development, this sorbent provides you with the most universal choice for UPLC separations. The trifunctionally bonded BEH particle gives you the widest usable pH range, superior low pH stability, and ultra-low column bleed for high sensitivity MS applications.”

Photo shows a scientific instrument - a silver rod with slender, threaded, flat-topped cones on each end, the Acquity UPLC BEH C18 Column.

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Samantha Soma @sisoma.bsky.social · Jul 21

I guess now I have something to look forward to in October!
Preordering today.

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Nate Jones @kn8.bsky.social · Jul 15

A lovely interview by @jasonspank.bsky.social:

New York Magazine @nymag.com · Jul 15

Jeff Hiller had given up hope that he would get an Emmy nomination for ‘Somebody Somewhere’: ‘“Both my manager and my publicist wept. That’s how shocked they were. Jeremy Allen White’s team didn’t do that.”

Somebody Somewhere Emmy Nominee Jeff Hiller Had Given Up Hope

Jeff Hiller had given up hope that he would get an Emmy nomination for ‘Somebody Somewhere’: ‘“Both my manager and my publicist wept. That’s how shocked they were. Jeremy Allen White’s team didn’t do that.”

www.vulture.com

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Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · Jul 2

On days like this I find it so hard to reconcile our human actions with the almost impossible odds that we exist at all. I wish we treasured and valued each other. I wish we realized there’s more than enough for everyone. That we belong to each other, we need each other. That we are all we have.

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The labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · Jun 30

I think my exact words were “you no longer pay taxes, which means you’ve opted out of library service.” It felt amazing.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · Jun 16

As someone who has worked counter-influence on the DOD side, this is an excellent 🧵!!!! If you're curious as to the empirical theory behind what @asharangappa.bsky.social is describing, it is techniques of neutralization & drift.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧵I think it’s important to understand what disinformation like Sen. Mike Lee’s tweets are trying to do, psychologically/cognitively. In my disinfo class/Substack, I talk about how disinfo often uses “moral disengagement strategies” to manipulate people into accepting harmful conduct 1/

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 15

This is an egregiously shameful tweet from a US senator

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