Cautious Xitter

X marks the spot.

[Michael Moran | APC Injury @internetuserf12]

The mistake isn't assuming COVID-19 explains every chronic illness. It's assuming a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection is irrelevant to the etiology of new chronic illness despite its documented effects on nearly every major physiological system.

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

We are at the point in the criminal Trump presidency where most Americans are coming to the same conclusion as this woman.

[The Vertlartnic @TheVertlartnic]

Public Urged To Consider Thinking About The Possibility Of Thinking About Considering Taking Action

[Cautious Xitter @cautiousotter]

@redskyes2024 @isabellabc @covie_93 Ohhhh, well then, that sounds reliable! 😒

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

I spent the last few months talking to people across the political spectrum, and to people who want nothing to do with politics at all. Here is what I learned.

We are not a divided country. We are a country being divided, on purpose, by an American oligarchy that profits from the fight. They’ve captured our government, denied our healthcare, looted our treasury, and saddled us with crippling debt.

I believe in a New New Deal. Healthcare as a human right. The right of every family to a decent home, and an end to endless wars.

And a dividend paid to every American from the AI economy, because these machines were built on the whole of human inheritance. That inheritance belongs to all of us, and not just to the handful of men playing God with our very existence.

And none of it happens if we just move on. Donald Trump, his family, and his administration are robbing us blind, not just of our money, but of our faith in one another, and they have to answer for it. Truth and reconciliation, not revenge. Then we break the system that let them do it.

The question is not whether we will lose our democracy. The question is whether we will fight to take back what has already been stolen.

I learned in recovery that you can’t heal what you won’t name. Neither can a country.

[Robin Boardman @RobinBoardmanUK]

Our actions today will shape Earth's climate until the year 3000.

A new study in Earth's Future warns we've entered "Anthropocene quicksand": every tonne of CO₂ sinks us deeper, while only rapid action can pull us out.

This is civilisational suicide.

[Darryn M. Briggs @darryn_briggs]

Both Mitch McConnell & Lindsey Graham strike me as men who knew better, but made craven decisions for power.

BOTH knew Trump was unfit. They knew Jan 6 was a red line.

Yet, they capitulated & used him to destroy rights for marginalized people. They did great damage to the U.S.

[Cautious Xitter @cautiousotter]

@JimSteeleSkepti @mhdksafa No trend in precipitation, other than a major drought.

https://t.co/z5w6BlkGcI

[Climate Reality @ClimateReality]

They took down the website.
Scientists built a new one.
Former NOAA employees launched https://t.co/sL7OP9zg0s to make sure reliable climate science stays accessible to the people who need it most.
Now that's climate resilience. 👏
https://t.co/NhjES9G37x

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.

[The Real Bradshaw @PaulReneBradsha]

@Alexandra4Trump @RepMcGovern Trump giving a primetime address on election integrity is like Jeffrey Dahmer hosting a fine dining masterclass.

[Cautious Xitter @cautiousotter]

@DiaryofaSickGrl Last time I was sick with anything was in 2019, before Covid, before I began wearing an N-95 in all public places. Can’t say I miss it.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

My kids have measles, I lost my job, and a parasite that the CDC no longer monitors has given me explosive diarrhea. But at least now there’s no plaques honoring Black scientists at the Smithsonian.

[Dr. Catharine Young @DrCatharineY]

A year ago, CDC made Cyclospora surveillance optional. It had been tracked for 28 years.

Today: ~3,000 cases across 31 states, no confirmed source, and CDC’s own count (843) is trailing what states are reporting by thousands.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

America has never been susceptible to communism. It has always been susceptible to fascism.

Know your history. Know your context. Know smokescreens when you see them.

The threat of communism has always been a smokescreen used by fascists in America.

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

They want you to believe your voice doesn't matter.

Yet in just the last few days:

-LAPD canceled its Flock contract.

-Meta cancelled Muse Image AI after privacy outrage.

-One of the largest planned U.S. data centers was killed (PW Digital Gateway) by local opposition.

The surveillance state isn't inevitable.

It advances when people are apathetic.
It retreats when people fight back.

Public pressure works. Keep pushing.

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

Ossoff, to conservatives:

"Why are gangs of masked men... [in our cities] shooting people? What happened to 'Don't tread on me?' Are there any principled conservatives left?"

Good question.

Conservatives cannot claim a belief in liberty if they refuse to speak out against ICE.

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

Your reminder that Lindsey Graham, along with Mike Crapo, Chuck Grassley, Jerry Moran, Mitch McConnell, John Thune and Roger Wicker, voted to convict Bill Clinton for lying about an affair - but acquitted Trump for attempting a coup.

[tern @1goodtern]

Like I said:
Our society has thrown away the process of risk management of Covid and processes of risk management for other diseases and hazards will inevitably follow.