Clare Paine 💖💜💙

Bookworm, tea drinker, Star Wars/Trek/Gate addict, violinist, NUMTOT, punk rock fan, political nerd, currently in WA, former Canberran, born 345ppm CO2

[ADHD Jesse @adhdjesse]

ADHD is having every childhood authority figure tell you you’re gifted and have such potential, but you’re wasting it by being too lazy, spacey, selfish, or failing to “apply” yourself.

[David Milner @DaveMilbo]

Mosquito sprays don't work well enough. We're coming at this all wrong. Instead of a spray that repels mosquitos, imagine a spray that attracts spiders, natural enemy of the mosquito, in massive quantities. Cannot see a downside.

[Linden Austin @kingswood10]

@DavidJoffe64 @KatePri14608408 ABC Victoria radio news this morning.Two Victorian children died of StrepA last year.MCRI research Professor Andrew Steer said covid is causing our immune system NOT to recognise Strep.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If this year taught us anything, it's that:

1) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
2) Corporate profits don't trickle down to workers.
3) Poverty is a policy choice.
4) Health care is a human right.
5) Strikes work.

I hope we act on these lessons in the new year.

[Prof Marc Tennant AM @MarcTennant]

And today Vic positive cases in hospital is 750!!!!

[My memory has 800 is level 4 disaster status - leave cancel, elective cancel!!]

https://t.co/KRBZCeJsW1

[Kit Yates @Kit_Yates_Maths]

“ People with long Covid are turning to unproven and expensive treatments because of a lack of approved therapies coupled with a need to return to paid work, experts have warned.”
https://t.co/Tvs83Dhf0g

[Dr Mirella Sarah 🔎🦋 @Mirella_PhD]

The Rise of Covid Propaganda In The Media: Part 2 📌

-Don't mention C19 deaths
-Never equate labour shortages to long Covid
-Avoid noting that C19 reinfections are associated with major health risks
-Avoid use of words such as 'Covid' & 'pandemic'
-Stress freedom & reg-free

[TACT @TactNowInfo]

Reminder from Japan,
"Risk of COVID infection remains until 10 days after onset, & infectivity is high until 7 days after onset."

@CDCgov - 5 days is too short.
7 days minimum isolation.
2 negative tests & without symptoms to return to school or work.

https://t.co/bzYSpZg3r8

[Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ @RadCentrism]

Buckle up buttercups.

[Thomas Zimmer @tzimmer_history]

Much of the moral panic over “cancel culture” – which animated Musk to buy Twitter in the first place – is a reaction to precisely this: Traditionally marginalized groups have gained enough influence and have acquired the technological means to affect the political debate.

[Lesley Russell Wolpe @LRussellWolpe]

Covid deaths in aged care over the past five weeks have exceeded the total number of deaths recorded over the whole of 2021. 💔 https://t.co/2Pup7NkkVs

[Prof Gemma Carey, PhD MMedSci @gemcarey]

Can someone tell the government they can't hide covid? Fine, you stop collecting numbers, close down testing sites etc etc. It'll be there in workforce participation dropping, excess mortality increasing, vast pressure on the hospital system.

[Михайло Подоляк @Podolyak_M]

"War in Ukraine" disappearance from Twitter trends. Radical curtailment of tweets mentioning ru-aggression coverage. Users aren’t allowed to register or log into accounts with Ukrainian phone number. @elonmusk, I wonder if will we ever see “Twitter Files” about Fall/Winter 2022?

[Gregory Travis @greg_travis]

25-54 year old males are experiencing a nearly forty percent increase in monthly deaths from cardiovascular & respiratory diseases since the start of the pandemic

Retweet of you would like public health professionals, including the CDC, to please explain why that is happening

[Jenny Leong MP 梁珍妮 @jennyleong]

Oh, so apparently all the COVID trauma and anxiety about the climate and cost of living crisis is sorted.

This is a disgrace - and will have real impacts on so many people in our communities. Mental healthcare - like all healthcare - should be free and universally available.

[Alan Baxter ♛ @AlanBixter]

It is NOT over.

[@chriswallace.bsky.social @c_s_wallace]

💯. Labor runs up the white flag on #COVID19 as the Perrottet/Murdoch tail wags the dog. 🦠

Dismaying, disturbing, pathetic. #auspol

[Get Shortened @Get_Shortened]

@GeoffHanmer @c_s_wallace This ridiculous slide with the column on the right specifically says (paraphrased) “we want people to get infected.”

[Julian Gough @juliangough]

So, eleven-and-a-bit years ago, I wrote the only written narrative in Minecraft: the story that appears after you kill the Ender Dragon. (A narrative which players often call The End Poem.)
Today, I officially librated that ending.

Er, what does that mean?

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