MaskedMindfulTherapist

Psychology, Math, Chemical Engineering, meditation, human rights

She/her
Science..Logic..Caring

[Lynnez 🌊♥️🇺🇸 Rib Gone Rogue @RibGoneRogue]

California takes so long to count votes because here, we are allowed to vote by mail so we don't lose our pay in order to exercise our Consitutional right to vote. We also check every ballot signature that comes in from our 23.1 MILLION registered voters. There have been 71 cases of voter fraud total in California in 8 years and they have been prosecuted. Red states should try this instead of suppressing votes and letting voter fraud go unchecked.

#DemsUnited

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

This is the latest Trump corruption to push back on.

He's gotten the attorney general to exempt him from the tax laws that govern everyone else—including other presidents.

Bill and I released 30+ years of tax returns and were audited a few times! https://t.co/6JiiVjIv3F

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

i hope the next global trend will be empathy and critical thinking.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

Things are not always what they seem: The deer isn't crossing the road. The road is crossing the forest! 🌳

We need nature more than ever. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #nature

[Ian Weissman, DO @DrIanWeissman]

"Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules."
https://t.co/GWFpUZuLrI

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Michigan's seniors worked, paid in, and played by the rules. They deserve Medicare that actually covers all their health needs, Social Security they can live on, and a home they can afford to stay in.

My Aging Affordably in America platform delivers all 3 — and pays for it by making the wealthy pay their fair share. Take a look.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

This is the team. This is our year. Get out and vote.

Early voting starts June 13th and runs until June 21st.

Election Day is Tuesday, June 23rd.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

A late night prepping for Supreme Court opinions in the am. Here are the two that I am personally involved in:

-Watson (GOP challenge to mail-in voting)
-NRSC (GOP challenge to campaign finance)

Democracy Docket will have it covered. Subscribe now. https://t.co/0StGlWz45f

[Laura Ramirez @Imanismami]

Cool cool cool

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Trump, Musk and Rubio slashed aid and scoffed that it was woke nonsense. Now they're seeing that it not only saved one life every 10 seconds but also protected us from diseases like Ebola. Their actions constituted a security failure as well as a moral one.
More broadly, their fecklessness contrasts with the courage and humanity of doctors and aid workers in Congo and Uganda, lacking adequate PPE but still risking the virus to care for fellow humans.
Trump, Musk and Rubio might learn something from them. https://t.co/kPKj7fqJFZ

[Basho Society @BashoSociety]

there are mornings
made entirely
of second chances

Aiko

[MaskedMindfulTherapist @Sanfranpixie]

Someone having $1 trillion is the equivalent of 10 million people having $100,000.

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

"As part of President Donald Trump's budget plan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) will see its funding cut from around $125 million a year to about $25 million." -Newsweek

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Unpopular opinion, but if you’re not an expert on a subject, your opinions on it really do carry less weight than those of experts. It’s not indoctrination or elitism. It’s simply that you don’t know as much about the subject as they do.

[Biff #SARSisAirborne 🍉 @Biff234523]

📢A new study is out from Emory University that compares the performance of all available SARS-CoV-2 / Influenza combo rapid test brands against JN.1-lineage SARS2 strains

The two main takeaways:

🧪Don’t waste your money on a more expensive brand or overthink your purchase. No single brand consistently performed better than all other tests - The lowest detected concentrations were achieved by different tests for each of the 4 viruses.

🧪It’s essential to wait until the END of the time window listed on the instructions to read the results. “We found that at low viral concentrations, many OTC tests were interpreted as negative at the start of the stated interpretation window but converted to a positive result by the end of the interpretation window.”

They looked at the 8 SARS-CoV-2 / Influenza combo rapid tests that were available in the U.S market as of fall 2025. Unfortunately, they didn’t include the Aptitude Metrix molecular combo test, or the newer 4-in-1 rapid tests that include RSV from Flowflex and iHealth, because they were not yet available at the time.

They tested the following 8 brands:
• ACON Flowflex
• iHealth
• OSANG BinaxNOW*, QuickFinder
• CorDx Tyfast
• Healgen Rapid Check*, InBios, statID, Equate, INDICAID, GenaCheck, Consult, RiteAid, ACCUBIO, healthconfirm, RapidResponse, RapidGo, Walgreens, CVS
• SEKISUI Osom
• Watmind SpeedySwab
• Wondfo WELLlife*, INDICAID, Hough, 2San

*Specific test used in this study

For the main portion of the study, to determine sensitivity, they examined the lowest concentration of virus at which each of the test brands would reliably (3 out of 3 tests) show a positive result. For H1N1, WELLlife and Osom performed the best. For H3N2, Healgen and SpeedySwab performed the best. For influenza B, Osom performed the best. And for SARS-CoV-2, Flowflex performed the best. As the authors point out, there isn’t really any sort of a clear pattern here, and the results are indicative of all tests having about equivalent capabilities.

Next, they examined whether the readability of the results changed from the start to the end of the timed viewing window listed in the test instructions. The answer was consistently “yes”. In the 2nd image, all of the solid bars were positives that were able to be read at the end of the window, but were missed at the beginning of the window. It was a major issue across all tests - but especially with SARS-CoV-2, and especially with some brands (eg. WELLife, Osom, BinaxNOW).

Analytical comparison of over-the-counter multiplex tests for influenza A, influenza B, and SARS-CoV-2: https://t.co/BvQVEYLPVS

[Karen Asp 🌱🐾✍️👟 @karenaspwriter]

I N95 everywhere, especially when I visit my mom in memory care, b/c I know the dangers of COVID.

Sadly, I worry more about getting (vs giving) a virus at her place, given that no staff or guests 😷 & yesterday I saw I resident in baggy blue. I assume she’s sick. 😔

#MaskUp

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I really like that animal well-being is an issue that many on the right and left agree on.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

[Dr. Cole @1drcole]

This isn't just Rubio getting busted on a silly denial—it's the blueprint for how Trump's inner circle operates. When a Secretary of State will straight-up lie to Congress (on camera, with receipts) to shield "dear leader" from basic reality, it proves that personal loyalty now overrides the oath, competence, and the national interest.

We've seen this pattern before: deny, deflect, gaslight, repeat. It erodes trust in every institution they touch—from cabinet meetings to foreign policy briefings. If they'll perjure themselves over Trump dozing off, imagine what else gets sacrificed. This isn't governance. It's a loyalty test that the country keeps failing.