Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Disabled and Covid cautious people have been sounding alarm bells about H5N1 for months. We are desperately trying to warn others to pay attention - but no one is listening.

The first severe human case was announced today in Louisiana.

Where are we headed & why don’t people care?

First - I think it’s important to note that Canada had its first severe human case a few weeks ago.

A 16 year old BC teen was in the ICU and had no confirmed exposure to infected animals/birds.

No updates are being given on his condition (and public health has confirmed none will be provided).

Louisiana’s case appears to be getting slightly more media attention - likely because it was announced on the same day as a State of Emergency in California and the first human case in Wisconsin.

Despite all these concerning events - governments are doing virtually nothing to prepare for the possibility of another pandemic.

In fact - the new nominee for HHS RFK Jr recently posted a photo of his meal which included raw milk (among other high risk items)

Farm workers were provided with FREE PPE months ago in an effort to prevent spread from animals to humans - the majority refused to use it.

After all - we can’t “live in fear”.

Anti mask rhetoric combined with public health failures is once again costing lives.

Many animals have been culled already - and we don’t know if the BC teen survived.

We’ve got a population that’s been allowing themselves to be repeatedly infected with Covid for the last five years - leading to possible severe immune system damage.

People no longer believe in taking any precautions - masks and vaccines are seen as “weak”.

They praise themselves for “not living in fear” while throwing away their health and risking the health of those around them.

The incoming administration has proven they have no interest in fixing public health - in fact they seem intent on undermining it at every turn.

They’ve talked of removing access to certain vaccines, abortion pills, contraceptives, affordable healthcare and more.

They promote harmful narratives about “wellness” that suggest a person can ignore all sound science and medical advice without consequence.

Drink raw milk, avoid vaccines, inject yourself with bleach and let the “health” wash over you.

I’m gutted that more people aren’t pushing back. Our public health agencies and leaders are failing us over and over - and because people can’t bring themselves to face the reality that our 2019 “normal” is gone - they’re swallowing the comfortable lies with a smile.

We must change course. Too many lives have been lost already. Millions upon millions are disabled. Many of the deaths and disability were preventable if people would simply accept that our world has changed and we must change with it.

We don’t need lockdowns. You don’t have to stop living your life. You need to stop accepting covid infections as inevitable. Wear a respirator. Clean and ventilate the air. Stay home when you’re sick.

Demand better from leaders. Refuse to participate in the ruse any longer.

Maskers are NOT the sheep. Everyone who stopped masking did so at the urging of government leaders. They were told it was time to “go back to normal”.

They were instructed that “only then vulnerable” needed to worry and it was ok to leave them by the wayside.

The problem is - it wasn’t true. Covid is a threat to everyone. Bird flu is as well. The “wayside” is growing exponentially every day because people outright refuse to take measures to safeguard their health.

The few people still masking aren’t doing it for fun. They’re trying to stay alive.

It’s time to join us. We will help you. You don’t have to be the lone masker. There’s many people who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. They WANT to mask back up but peer pressure and ableism are powerful drugs.

The more of us masking - the easier it will be to normalize masks as a public health tool. We will lessen the effects of peer pressure and break chains of transmission.

We can and will literally save lives.

It’s time. Demand more transparency from government and better access to honest and accurate data about the risks of COVID and H5N1.

Wear a mask and clean the air. Refuse to relegate people to the wayside - and you just might avoid ending up there yourself.

#H5N1 #birdflu #pandemic #airborne #WearAMask #sarscov2 #longcovid #covidisairborne #covidisnotover #eugenics #ableism #disability

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The media seems to think they can operate under normal rules. The more they do to turn the public against Luigi, the more they discredit themselves, and they're already on thin ice with liberals after the way they covered the 2024 election campaign. Conservatives have long ago abandoned them.

It's the Streisand Effect all over again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

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19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.

On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of #Auschwitz II-Birkenau.

The BASIC feature of the C language standard permits the use of familiar line numbering:

https://godbolt.org/z/dfsKGqYGz

You can use an if () statement to see if the feature is supported by your compiler.

@Npars01 @GottaLaff
Nothing sums up musk better than this post by Rod Hilton.

@davidgerard

I filled in the feedback form. I suggested that they employ a civil servant to be given a rolled-up newspaper and tasked with hitting any MP who says ‘AI’ on the nose and shouting ‘NO!’ at them.

It seemed much more sensible an idea than anything that they were proposing.

As one reader pointed out, this post of mine from 2016 has unfortunately aged well. - Andy Borowitz

play the grindr notification noise at Christmas dinner to see which conservative relatives panickedly check their phone ringer

My policy for close to two years now has been that when I see someone post that they are looking for work, I boost the post.

I don’t check their creds. I don’t even really read the post that closely. I certainly don’t consider whether I like the poster or not. I just boost.

Being out of work when you can’t afford to be sucks. Looking for work sucks. I don’t know how much of a difference it makes, but if someone is looking, I lend my voice and whatever reach I have to help.

The UN General Assembly passed a resolution on human rights in occupied territories of Ukraine, for the first time calling Russia’s actions a “war of aggression against Ukraine.”

81 countries supported it, 80 abstained, and 14, including Russia, Belarus, China, and Iran, opposed.

🪐 Subscribe to Live: Ukraine

Christmas eve my momma even laid out fake snow with footprints and shit fo us .
We ain een got a chimney and snow in Houston 🤷🏿 that take sum believing!!
Thank you momma for making Christmas special. We really preciate it.
Time for us to pay that back xxxxx
Love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
#christmas #merrychristmas y'all xx

Older article, yet the #HumanRights issue of #ChildMarriage is still a problem, globally, to this day.
While many folks in Western nations in #GlobalNorth are quick to judge #BIPOC in #GlobalSouth for the abusive, oppressive practice of child marriage - they don't seem very aware that it happens in Canada, UK & US too.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-may-17-2021-1.6029349/child-marriage-is-a-hidden-crime-and-it-s-happening-in-western-nations-says-survivor-and-advocate-1.6029454

I believe in ending ALL child marriages everywhere.
I support the work of #TooYoungToWed organization.
https://tooyoungtowed.org/main/index

#LetKidsBeKids #BanChildMarriage #ProtectChildren #ChildrensRights #SaveTheChildren #KidsFirst #EducationIsKey #HelpChildren #SocialJustice #JusticeForChildren #BanChildBrides #BanChildGrooms

#WritersCoffeeClub 17. Which writing conventions do you ignore, if any?

I don't go to conventions - too many people.

Oh, that's not what this means, ok...erm...all of them, with great relish.

Nom, relish...

BONUS #DadJoke
What do you call someone who’s afraid of Santa?

Claus-trophobic!

(It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.)

#Humor #Humour #FunnyMeme #Holidays #Christmas #ChristmasTree #Xmas #ChristmasMeme #ChristmasMemes #Santa #Reindeer #SantaClaus #HoHoHo #SaintNick #FatherChristmas #Rudolf #DadJokes #RudolfTheRedNoseReindeer #Punday

I keep trying to tell anyone who will listen: the conservative institutionalists are dead.

Creepy Weirdos™ in the form of neofeudalist reactionaries are a cancer on the Gallant Olde Party.

They don’t want to turn clock to 1950.

Implementing policies of 1850 is cute.

Evergreen vision of fascist techbroligarchs: roll back the #Enlightenment and the #Renaissance. BITFD and build political economy of 850.

The problem is not that I’m right.

The problem is that you think I’m exaggerating.

How do I set my Mastodon banner to auto play this when someone visits my profile? (with sound of course)

Perspective.