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waitforhightide.bsky.social
Does anyone play Pokemon Shuffle on mobile? If so you should add me because apparently it lets me play longer without hitting paywall if I have friends!

RC5DJSTZ

#PokemonShuffle
Screenshot of the Pokemon Shuffle mobile game. Profile card for a player named StarPup with a Bulbasaur icon. The four pokemon featured on their card are a Lopunny, a Donphan, a Cubone, and a Phanphy. There are miscellaneous statistics about the player listed underneath that the player does not find important enough to transcribe (sorry!)
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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maskblocmsp.bsky.social
Our visual slideshow for VIRAL LOAD if you prefer it / want to save it for reference!
❓ What's a "viral load?" 🦠 It means the amount of the virus that has entered your blood! Higher viral load = more virus copies found in 1ml of blood. For SARS-CoV-2, we know that a higher viral load leads to a higher risk of serious complications. To DECREASE the amount of virus you possibly receive from someone else, it's best to use a "Swiss cheese" model of protection: many layers of mitigation (aka prevention) This means if one of your prevention measures fails, the next will hopefully not If you're protecting yourself or caretaking for someone else, even if you think you will inevitably catch COVID, taking precautions will still prevent a higher viral load, which may prevent recovery, further complications, post viral effects, and other problems On the far left are many green illustrated virus particles on the far right is a human figure in between them are many slices of Swiss cheese with holes. The holes line up in some places and not others. The left section of the cheese is labeled personal responsibilities and the right section of the cheese is labeled shared responsibilities. The summary at the bottom reads each intervention or layer has imperfections or holes. Multiple layers improve success. The individual cheese layers from left to right are: physical distance, stay home when sick, masks, hand hygiene, cough etiquette, avoid touching your face, if crowded limit your time, fast and sensitive testing and tracing, ventilation outdoors, air filtration, government messaging and financial support, quarantine and isolation, vaccines
November 8, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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maskblocmsp.bsky.social
Keeping trans people safe-keeping Black trans women, who are most likely to be murdered, safe-includes keeping them safe from violence we’re perpetuating with sickness and ostracization in our own communities. If you need help accessing respirators or (soon!) rapid testing, check our bye-oh!
November 21, 2024 at 3:29 AM
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maskblocmsp.bsky.social
November 20th is the #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance. While we honor those who have died from anti-trans violence in the last year, we must acknowledge what has allowed that violence to occur. A rising tide of anti-trans and anti-queer hate is on our horizon, and we must lock in together to face it.
Blue design with the words TRANS LIVES MATTER on a trans pride flag with illustrations of disabled BIPOC trans community members gathering at a candlelight vigil. Below that, the @MaskBlocMSP logo and QR and text reading: “TDOR: Transgender Day of Remembrance” Text at the bottom over a pink and blue gradient reads,” Today, November 20, is the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance honoring the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. To see all the trans people being memorialized for TDOR 2024, you can check tdor.translivesmatter.info/ “ Quote design with transgender pride colors surrounding text: “[TDOR] seeks to highlight the losses we face due to anti-transgender bigotry and violence. I am no stranger to the need to fight for our rights, and the right to simply exist is first and foremost. With so many seeking to erase transgender people — sometimes in the most brutal ways possible — it is vitally important that those we lose are remembered, and that we continue to fight for justice.” – Transgender Day of Remembrance founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith. Additional text reads, “TDOR was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, who was killed in 1998. Now, the day commemorates all the transgender people we have lost to violence in the past year. At The bottom there is a title that says “TDOR: Transgender Day of Remembrance” next to the @MaskBlocMSP logo with QR code A muted pink triangle with the words, “Minnesota is a trans refuge, but anti-transgender violence still strikes close to home.” Next, An abstract shape with text and pink and blue flower decorations. In the shape, text reads, “On November 10th, two trans women were assaulted in downtown Minneapolis near the light rail.” There is a Google Maps satellite image labeled 5th St & Hennepin Ave. On the bottom, a logo and QR code to @MaskBlocMSP and text that reads, Source: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/11/two-trans-women-beaten-in-train-station-while-bystanders- cheered/” On the left, a photo of Rep. Leigh Finke, MN-DFL, a trans woman with curly light pink hair, bright pink lipstick, and an orange blazer. Text reads, “As Rep. Finke (D-MN), the author of MN's Trans Refuge bill, said at a rally in support of the victims, "Policy cannot change behavior. [...] We really cannot use the law to change the hearts of people who hate us." The same way come together as a community to protect each other after anti-trans hate and violence, we must continue to work together to ensure disabled, ill, and viral-avoidant trans and queer people are welcome in our spaces. Even at an open-air rally, if comrades and allies are not wearing respirators, we cannot be safe there. Keeping us safe requires us to prepare for what is to come and take steps to ensure our collective survival. We need to protect one another, including by wearing a high-quality respirator mask. ” Below that, it lists the quote source as https://www.instagram.com/reel/DChRKyOxOL1
November 21, 2024 at 3:20 AM
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qatgondelete.bsky.social
FUCK THEM AWARDS SHOWS Y'ALL CMON, LOOK WAT WHAT HAPPENED W/ DA USHERBOWL!!!!

PAY FOR ESIMS SO PALESTINIANS CAN FIND EACH OTHER AND ESCAPE DANGER! IT REALLY HELPS!! 💪🏾💲🧡🖤
sfdirewolf.bsky.social Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · Mar 4
We're still rolling and if this week isn't enough to convince you that this is a genocide and Palestinian lands are being stolen, I don't know you

A project w/ @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social & @thellpsx.bsky.social

Donate: chuffed.org/project/crip...

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/25/c...
Graphic with a lilac background with a slice of watermelon on top. Text reads “Crips for eSims for Gaza Update 3/3/24, 343k CAD raised ($253k US) 3423 eSims purchased and sent, 937 eSims activated” On the lower left corner, “Thank you! Jane, Leah, and Alice.” On the lower right corner is a QR code
March 11, 2024 at 2:01 AM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
THERE IS GOODNESS IN THE WORLD AND I WILL PROVE IT EVEN IF ALL THAT GOODNESS HAS TO COME FROM ME
March 7, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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maskblocmsp.bsky.social
Friends, we learned today that Minnesota's free rapid COVID test program IS ENDING MARCH 29 or WHEN SUPPLIES RUN OUT, whichever comes first!

Please order your tests! If you have surplus, connect with us & we can take them off your hands!

SayYesHomeTest.org

#Covid19 #CovidIsntOver #COVIDisAirborne
Say Yes! Covid Test | Keep our communities safe
SayYesHomeTest.org
March 6, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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sfdirewolf.bsky.social
We're still rolling and if this week isn't enough to convince you that this is a genocide and Palestinian lands are being stolen, I don't know you

A project w/ @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social & @thellpsx.bsky.social

Donate: chuffed.org/project/crip...

disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/12/25/c...
Graphic with a lilac background with a slice of watermelon on top. Text reads “Crips for eSims for Gaza Update 3/3/24, 343k CAD raised ($253k US) 3423 eSims purchased and sent, 937 eSims activated” On the lower left corner, “Thank you! Jane, Leah, and Alice.” On the lower right corner is a QR code
March 4, 2024 at 6:25 AM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
I'm writing a post about all my COVID mitigation measures over on the hellsite--if I got a realname bluesky and crossposted, would that be interesting to people...?
March 2, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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kennedytcooper.bsky.social
Keep up the good work everyone
headline: 77% of young Americans too fat, mentally ill, on drugs and more to join military, Pentagon study finds
March 1, 2024 at 3:29 PM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
My brain is screaming and screaming and screaming but someone's gotta be the hope and it gotta be me I guess it's gotta be me in so fucking tired it's me again here we go
March 1, 2024 at 11:44 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
"The biggest labor union in Washington state endorsed voting “uncommitted” in the state’s Democratic presidential primary next month, citing concerns about President Joe Biden’s political strength and his support for Israel’s war in Gaza."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Washington state’s largest labor union endorses ‘uncommitted’ over Biden
The biggest state chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers suggested it is concerned about Joe Biden’s ability to defeat Donald Trump.
www.nbcnews.com
March 1, 2024 at 2:30 AM
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mishafletch.bsky.social
Also, my ongoing reminders that if you have a steel water bottle that's a nightmare to wash and gets a weird film in it, buy yourself some cheap denture tablets, fill bottle with hot water, add tablet, and then watch it fizz away the gross!

If you do this weekly there is less gross but more hygiene
shortymcboots.bsky.social yung shelob @shortymcboots.bsky.social · Feb 28
Hey! It's Water Bottle Wednesday! Wash your water bottle! It probably needs it, and nobody needs some foul, drug-resistant water bottle disease to add to their agonies.
A photo of several plastic water drinking bottles in a metal kitchen sink filled with soapy water.
February 29, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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maskblocmsp.bsky.social
Hey hi! Some tiny movements are moving! In the mean time, have you checked out our linktree with resources, including MN's monthly FREE shipment of rapid tests? We still have a few hours of February, so you could get 8 tests in the next few days!

linktr.ee/MaskBlocMSP
maskblocmsp | Twitter | Linktree
Minneapolis/St. Paul. Not running yet, but want to be. In the organizing stage.
linktr.ee
March 1, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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thingswithwings.bsky.social
ALERT ALERT YOU CAN MUTE WORDS ON THIS APP NOW
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Feb 28
📢 1.70 is rolling out now (2/6)

Mute words! In the Moderation screen, you can now add mute words which target either hashtags or the full content of a post (text, alt text, and hashtags).
A screenshot of the Bluesky side menu Search Home Notifications Feeds Lists Moderation Profile Settings A red arrow is pointed at Moderation A screenshot of the Moderation screen Content filtering Muted words & tags Moderation lists Muted accounts Blocked accounts A red arrow is pointed at Muted words & tags A screenshot of the mute words menu Add muted words and tags Posts can be muted based on their text, their tags, or both. Enter a word or tag Mute in text & tags Mute in tags only Add + We recommend avoiding common words that appear in many posts, since it can result in no posts being shown.
February 29, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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maskblocmsp.bsky.social
We're trying to try this thing, folks. I don't want to be a solo operator so I'm working on building my network & making this a BLOC and not "one dude with a bike and masks."

If you're in #Minneapolis or #StPaul or near, and want to help build a mask bloc, we're ready! - Crash
February 29, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
To recap: Israel has destroyed 70% of homes in Gaza, killed thousands of children, is blocking humanitarian aid, has killed dozens of journalists. NO ONE DISPUTES THIS.

We are watching mass death unfold in front of our eyes and they want us to debate the motivations of the people trying to stop it
February 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
Me, feeling like starting a mask bloc locally would be too little too late and then realizing the worst of the AIDS crisis lasted TEN YEARS

YEAH OKAY ALRIGHT I WILL GO GET ORGANIZED
February 28, 2024 at 4:08 AM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
I just want to know and touch and feel and understand and yet, did you know, Minnesota is still not New York?
February 24, 2024 at 11:58 PM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
I miss tumblr partly because it encouraged me to write little scrap-piece shit all the time, I never write anything anymore bc like, where would I even put it?
February 24, 2024 at 11:34 PM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
trying not to cry at work because sometimes poly is great and sometime poly is not getting to meet your partner's/meta's family because you're the secret again
February 24, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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chantzy.bsky.social
"A tide of Long Covid denialism is rising. This movement sows doubt about the scale and urgency of Long Covid, conflates Long Covid with vaccine adverse events, and seeks to hamper progress on addressing the care needs of people suffering"

From Topol & Al-Aly👇🏼

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Solving the puzzle of Long Covid
Long Covid provides an opportunity to understand how acute infections cause chronic disease
www.science.org
February 23, 2024 at 1:55 AM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
Void and I got into a lil argument the other day where they were like, "Stop doing so much," and I was like, "I can't while [big worldwide things are happening]."

Because the thing is, the kids deserve better. I don't get to rest until the kids have & get & secure better.
February 23, 2024 at 3:28 AM
waitforhightide.bsky.social
So @itsbabs.bsky.social said something on twt to the effect of, "What if we had stickers like warning labels so we could help each other and throw shade on doctors?"

Here's a first draft of some. Feel free to use / adapt / feedback as I am not at a place to print! #CovidISAirborne #COVIDisNotOver
A white bumper sticker with red and black bold text. It says, "Enter at your own risk / DANGER! DANGER! / [Danger symbol for signs] NO AIRBORNE SAFETY MEASURES ENFORCED / Immuno-compromised people strongly cautioned" A white bumper sticker with black and yellow text. It says, "CAUTION! [caution symbol for signs] / UNRELIABLE AIRBORNE SAFETY MEASURES IN EFFECT / Immuno-compromised people are advised to take deliberate precautions"
February 23, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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luckytran.com
I can't stress enough how downplaying COVID has emboldened the far right.

When you tell people "you do you" or say that schools don't need public health protections, you shift the Overton window, making it easier for anti-vaxxers to say it's fine to spread measles.
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Feb 21
Six students have measles in an outbreak at a Florida elementary school.

How did Florida's health department respond?

Their Surgeon General sent out a letter that supports parents sending unvaccinated children to school during the outbreak and doesn't recommend vaccination.
here is a cluster of measles cases that has been identified at Manatee Bay Elementary. The Florida Department of Health (DOH) is continuously working with all partners, including Broward County Public Schools and local hospitals, to identify close contacts. Measles can be transmitted four days prior to the start of symptoms. When measles is detected in a school, it is normally recommended that individuals without history of prior infection or vaccination stay home for up to 21 days. This is the period of time that the virus can be transmitted. However, due to the high immunity rate in the community, as well as the burden on families and educational cost of healthy children missing school, DOH is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance. This recommendation may change as epidemiological investigations continue. Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD State Surgeon General
February 22, 2024 at 6:57 PM