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Andi Popp 🇺🇦 :antifa:

Because it has to be repeated again and again: We need to drastically reduce the number of cars to solve our problems.

Meme with two pictures. Left picture shows an electric car and is captioned "this can save the car industry". Right picture shows a train and is captioned "this can save the planet".
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Unknown Rebel 🤫

Kerala government makes masks mandatory in public places.😷

#Covid is officially back in its form. 😐

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toussaint

In 2022, Amazon’s revenues were higher than the GDP of 70 countries combined.
1 company’s revenues > GDP generated by 300 million people.

chart of info in toot
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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦

Jan 13: #WHO continues to recommend the use of masks by the public in specific situations, and this update recommends their use irrespective of the local epidemiological situation, given the current spread of the COVID-19 globally.
#covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #MaskUp
who.int/news/item/13-01-2023-w

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Conrad Hackett :verified:

The remarkable concentration of total household wealth held by the wealthiest 10%
🇺🇸 US 79%
🇳🇱 Netherlands 68%
🇩🇰 Denmark 64%
🇩🇪 Germany 60%
🇨🇱 Chile 58%
🇦🇹 Austria 56%
🇬🇧 UK 52%
🇨🇦 Canada 51%
🇫🇷 France 51%
🇳🇴 Norway 51%
🇦🇺 Australia 46%
🇪🇸 Spain 46%
🇫🇮 Finland 45%
🇮🇹 Italy 43%
🇯🇵 Japan 41%
oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/e2879a @sociology @economics

Chart showing the concentration of wealth among the wealthiest 10% in OECD countries.
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Renalpages

A short-term #KetogenicDiet potently induce ketogenesis in people with #ADPKD- #TLV quickly changes upon the onset of ketogeneses but no reduction in #TKV

academic.oup.com/ndt/advance-a

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Florian Siegerist

Bad news for patients on the waitlist for a kidney allograft in Germany. Deceased donor transplantations have dropped by 6.9% in 2022. No good news as 🇩🇪 was already far behind most other 🇪🇺countries... Image credit @dso_organspende@twitter.com & @Katapultmagazin@twitter.com @ADTKD_MUC1@twitter.com

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LadyFluffyOrca

Meanwhile in Edinburgh

A notice on a door SHOWER We apologise for the inconvenience but this room is out of bounds. Somehow an owl has got in here and made it his house. We don't want to disturb him. He seems to come and go as he wants through the fan hole but it is definitely his house now. Apologies - The Management
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Michael Russell

I was attracted to this location in #Nanaimo, #BritishColumbia, Canada by the reflections of the downed trees, but the moss and ferns were great in the reflections too. This is a #panorama so you might have to click on it to see it in full, or view it in my Image Library here:

mrussellphotography.photoshelt

#thicktrunktuesday #TreeTuesday #Mosstodon #reflections #rainforest #photo #photography #landscape #LandscapePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

A small ravine filled with ferns, moss, tree trunks - all reflected in water in the bottom
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Birgit Uwaila Umaigba

So much respect & admiration for NYC nurses who took a stand for patients by demanding safe staffing levels via a 3-day strike. Now, they get to celebrate a 19% pay raise plus safer nurse-patient ratios. This is yet another reminder that nothing changes until we act in courage.

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@maggiejk@mstdn.social @Pat

I'm so sorry to hear about the lack of free masks.

Free rapid tests are also helpful but everyone should be aware that in Omicron 63% of people with Covid will have a false negative result.

This means a negative test does not rule it out. People who are eligible for paxlovid or Remdesivir in their jurisdiction should go on to access a PCR.

Also it means for at least 10 days for every respiratory illness. If you don't have access to PCR you cannot rule out Covid.

at the testing centre though!

These are data from early Omicron strains compiled by Ontario science table, Sally now disbanded. I'm not aware of any more recent data: anyone?

covid19-sciencetable.ca/scienc

Use of Rapid Antigen Tests during the Omicron Wave - Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table

The emergence of the now provincially and globally dominant SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant demands a reassessment of the diagnostic performance of rapid antigen tests. Rapid antigen tests are less sensitive for the Omicron variant compared to the Delta variant in nasal samples, especially in the first 1-2 days after infection. However, rapid antigen tests can more reliably detect infectious cases of the Omicron variant in combined oral-nasal samples. Individuals can collect these samples by initially swabbing both cheeks, followed by the back of the tongue or throat, and then both nostrils. In light of currently very high SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates in Ontario and the limited sensitivity of rapid antigen tests for the Omicron variant, a single negative rapid antigen test result cannot reliably rule out infection; a single negative test result is not conclusive and should not be used as a green light for abandoning or reducing precautions. Conversely, in this context, an individual with a positive rapid test result should be considered and managed as a case of COVID-19 and should immediately isolate; additional confirmation by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is not necessary in most settings. If asymptomatic testing strategies are considered, rapid antigen tests need to be performed frequently to be effective. When using ‘Test-to-Stay’ strategies as an alternative to large-scale isolation, asymptomatic close contacts of a positive case need to do rapid antigen testing daily. When using ‘Voluntary Asymptomatic Screen Testing’ strategies, asymptomatic individuals should do rapid antigen testing 3-5 times per week.

covid19-sciencetable.ca
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Louis Ingenthron

As an , the entire concept of infuriates me.

Without marketing, the best in the world is doomed to languish in obscurity; you've got to make people aware that the experience is available.

But, *because* of marketing, the best art is already doomed to languish in obscurity, because only the most mediocre mainstream crap is funded by multi-million dollar firms that can browbeat upstarts with their marketing budget. It's hard enough to cut through the noise of 8 billion other people before dealing with the multi-millionaires outbidding you for ad space.

So, inevitably, is a double-edged sword wielded by the rich to cut down fledgling artists with both edges.

And I cannot, for the life of me, think of an equitable solution that would work.

Are we doomed to repeat this cycle until the end of time?

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Robin Lacassin

Speaking in Davos, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, accused big oil companies of peddling 'the big lie', calling for them to be held accountable.

“Today fossil fuel producers and their enablers are still racing to expand production knowing full well that this business model is inconsistent with human survival”

theguardian.com/global/video/2

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Samhain Night

Hi everyone! It’s me, here in exile from the bird site. I tried tumblr, but while it’s fun, it’s too non-linear to keep up with the news on. I’m here for now. Hopefully this’ll work out. Follow back for curated news, topical events, loads of open minded, progressive, civil rights things, art, geek culture, and occasionally recipes.
edit- I'm here for good. 🙂

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Ben Cohen

Just right-clicked a link in a mastodon post and copied it then sent it to someone and only then did it finally occur to me that it was completely a unfucked-with link. Not some BS redirect link that tracks where it came from and who I sent it to. Just a regular link.

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Augie Ray

It's time for another exciting episode of “Let's Do What Sweden Did,” which #COVID19 minimizers kept demanding in the race for imaginary herd immunity. Today's episode is titled, “The Pandemic is Over, right?”

Highest COVID rate of death in almost two years. Third highest of the pandemic and climbing rapidly. Have I mentioned you should #WearAMask before?

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Steven 💚

If HEPA, PCR, and UV-C work for Davos they should work for every school and workplace in BC.

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Magpieblog

Today is the 10th anniversary of the Finkbiner Test, which identifies bias in stories about women in science.

' To pass [the] test, the story cannot mention:

The fact that she’s a woman
Her husband’s job
Her child care arrangements
9How she nurtures her underlings
How she was taken aback by the competitiveness in her field
How she’s such a role model for other women
How she’s the “first woman to…” '

Way more at the link.

#WomenInScience #science #sexism

lastwordonnothing.com/2023/01/

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Robson Fletcher

Sheep River Falls in #Kananaskis, #Alberta.

A great place to bike to in early winter when the seasonal highway is closed to cars.

#WaterfallWednesday

A woman sits on a rock ledge overlooking a small waterfall along a river that is just starting to ice over at the edges, with pine trees and a snow-dusted mountain peak in the background
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Michaeli Knight

Just joined up, so here's a brief introduction!

An editor by profession, I specialize in fantasy, sci-fi & romance. I recently woke up at 3am with an idea, & thus Illaeria was born! I haven't written since college, so it's a novel experience.

I've been worldbuilding mostly, but I've got 2500 words down so far, and I'm excited to keep going!

I live in AL w/my husband & two cats. In my spare time I enjoy playing the piano, singing, playing JRPGs, Tabletop gaming, and (of course) reading.

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