herid @herid@qoto.org

Another variant to be concerned about after the official end of the Covid emergency.
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver

https://cov-spectrum.org/explore/Singapore/AllSamples/Past1M/variants?nextcladePangoLineage=XBB.1.9.1&

If you're tweeting today that AR-15 isn't the problem and that it's not even the most powerful gun or that 2nd Amendment rights shall not be abridged or AR stands for armalite, I already understand you think that gun is far more important than the lives lost repeatedly to it.

The GOP has lost their damn minds.

Cycles of Life, by Grant Snider

#GrantSnider #bikes

Former mayoral candidate Gil Penalosa is not letting Ana Bailão off easy after yesterday's smear tactic directed at 'lefty' candidates.

"Why would Bailão worry about Cllr Matlow adopting some of my policies?
I wish Bailão herself would adopt some of my housing policies. She led #Housing while #Toronto councillor & deputy mayor and didn't make a dent in the crisis. Her [housing plan] 'CreateTO'.. in 5 yrs did not have a shovel in the ground. Failure."

#voteTO #topoli #toronto
@penalosa_g

There are moments when a conversation leaves you speechless and immediately expands your worldview. When I chatted with United States Army veteran, feminist, writer and trans activist Charlotte Clymer, that is exactly what happened.

As many know, the Republicans have targeted the trans community with particular viciousness and ferocity in the past two years and we want to understand what’s behind it a bit more deeply. At a more fundamental level, we want to hear from trans people like Charlotte about common myths and misconceptions and what it’s like to be trans in America today.

Importantly, those of us who are horrified by the legislative attacks on trans identity and hate crimes against trans people want to know how we can best be allies in this struggle.

Please consider taking the time to hear directly from Charlotte about what is currently happening: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/five-questions-with-charlotte-clymer

How are you doing, friends and colleagues? Let’s end this week in solidarity. I’m a family doctor and trustee in Ottawa, Canada. Here and worldwide, #AbortionIsHealthcare and #TransRightAreHumanRights. We need, more than ever, to be advocates and allies. Will you join the chorus?

Judge tosses Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against magazine, says family farm used undocumented labor
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article274733536.html

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Is Covid "like the flu"?

We asked how many years (pre-2020) it would take for flu & pneumonia cumulative death rates to equal 3 years of Covid

Answer: 17 years

In one state, Hawaii: Covid deaths were like recent (unusually high) flu deaths

Otherwise: nope

#Covid #Covid19 #influenza #pneumonia #pandemic #DeathRates #mortality #PublicHealth #demography #hawaii

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.24.23289045v1

1/ The Siberian village of Mama is finding that Russia's huge military expenditure is coming at the expense of basic services. The villagers face "ruin all around" and are having to dismantle and burn old buildings to keep themselves warm due to a lack of coal. ⬇️

So folks, don't forget to check if your Ikea chair is compatible with your screen. I'm not kidding. A thread 🧵.

I've had the problem with my new screen for several weeks now, that every now and then the screen goes black for a few seconds.

Today I had enough and wanted to investigate the problem. So I started changing all the cables, plugging the screen into a different socket, and and and. Nothing helped.

Republican legislators in Montana today banned their Democrat #ZooeyZephyr from attending floor sessions of the House, after previously disallowing her from speaking in these sessions— their response to Zephyr’s floor speech telling them they would have blood on their hands if they passed a law banning gender-affirming medical treatment for trans young people. I’m compelled to raise funds for Zephyr’s campaign and the Missoula Democratic Party. Here’s why. 1/ (thread) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodonforzooeyandmissouladems