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[Jammer @acrossthemersey]

Approximately 75% of US adults, 190M+ people, have at least 1 chronic condition, so when the media frames death due to preventable infection as a result of “underlying conditions,” that places blame on the individuals and not the failure of public health.
https://t.co/clZcQYLoGt

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Do you ever wonder how they’re going to halve the Earth’s population?

They’re going to remove public health protections & let diseases we had previously eradicated surge out of control.

They’re going to slash social services.

They’re going to kill the vulnerable.

Eugenics.

[Noah Karl🌏🌌🚀 🇪🇺🇩🇪 @NoahKarl1]

The difference between

"There used to be hot summers too."

and
climate crisis.

[Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran]

Record outbreak of diarrhea parasite

20M eggs recalled due to salmonella

World’s worst air quality from wildfire smoke

World risks HIV resurgence due to funding cuts

Most measles cases in 35 yrs

They’re going after Fauci to distract you from current public health failures

[collagen machine broke @chronicallybeee]

..he died of COPD. his contract stated people weren’t allowed to smoke. and you think that it’s funny that y’all smoked anyway? around someone with COPD whose contract stated no smoking?

[Brad Carson @bradrcarson]

So AI labs are buying old books by the pallet, slicing them apart, scanning the pages, and pulping what's left. The orders are keyed to ISBNs and blind to scarcity. Nobody in the pipeline checks whether the book being shredded is one of the last copies on earth. Some of them probably are. 1/6

[Jenna @starshipTARDIS]

Scientists have said it can't be washed off. The only safe thing to do is cook your fruit. Mainstream news is giving people incorrect & unsafe information. These news outlets are where a lot of older folks get their news. The elderly are also at higher risk of complications.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

New details are emerging around Trump’s role in the diarrhea parasite outbreak.

2025: Taylor Farms donates $1M to Trump’s Super PAC — 1 week later, Trump delays the “Food Traceability Rule"

2026: Diarrhea parasite breaks out across the US, Taylor Farms lettuce tests positive — but then the FDA quickly retracts and claims the test was a "false positive"

And there’s more.

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Representatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history

https://t.co/QHjk3PKib7

[Reid Southen @Rahll]

Unchecked AI in medicine is going to kill people. Unreal levels of corruption here.

[WTFGOP @doggintrump]

Oh look, a handy dandy sheet on how not to get explosive diarrhea from Taylor Farms

[Jenna @starshipTARDIS]

People were told it was okay to go to brunch, even if their brunch caused the death of someone's grandma. Society focused on individual desires instead of the collective good. Pandemic -> eugenics -> fascism. Disabled folks have been warning about this for six years.

[Matthew Cappucci @MatthewCappucci]

PLASTIC-smelling toxic smoke is shrouding the Great Lakes, Upper Midwest and Northeast. Have you noticed it doesn't smell like smoke?

That's because of chemical reactions catalyzed by sunlight.

When you smell campfire smoke, you’re getting the smoke immediately after it’s been produced. This is “aged” smoke that’s festered for a few days.

It contains longer-lived volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that remain even after larger biomass molecules settle out. Instead, benzenes, formaldehydes and acroleins stick around, known for industrial or chemical smells. Formaldehyde in particular has a plastic scent.

As of Friday morning, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C. and New York City were the most polluted major cities in the world – exceeding Delhi and Kolkata, India, Jakarta, Indonesia and most major cities in China.

The smoke isn’t just annoying – it’s legitimately dangerous. It’s made up of microscopic particulates known as PM2.5, or itty-bitty particles less than 2.5 micrometers in width. That’s about 30 times thinner than a human hair.

Breathing them in is bad – it increases risk of heart attack, respiratory issues, etc. You may also notice your eyes stinging.

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Let me explain wildfires and climate change for the slow learners in the back.

More heat means thirstier air.

♦ Carbon emissions trap heat globally.
♦ Hotter air acts like a sponge.
♦ It sucks moisture out of plants.
♦ It sucks moisture out of soil.
♦ Dry plants turn into perfect tinder

Fire seasons are now longer.

♦ Snow melts much earlier in spring.
♦ Autumn rains arrive much later now.
♦ The dry period lasts weeks longer.
♦ Longer dry periods mean more fires.

Bugs are making it worse.

♦ Warmer winters fail to kill pests.
♦ Pine beetles are multiplying rapidly now.
♦ Pests kill millions of forest trees.
♦ Dead trees create massive fuel piles.

Extreme weather creates spark triggers.

♦ Climate change shifts atmospheric jet streams.
♦ This causes more frequent dry lightning.
♦ It also creates much stronger winds.
♦ Winds fan tiny sparks into infernos.

Climate change is the amplifier.

♦ Campfires and arson still start fires.
♦ Human carelessness triggers the initial spark.
♦ But climate change prepares the fuel.
♦ It turns small fires into monsters.

You're welcome.

[Max Granger @_maxgranger]

Anne Frank died of typhus.

[Michelle Allison, RD @fatnutritionist]

this is a good example of how population health cannot be secured individually

health cannot be a personal responsibility when the conditions for health do not exist

when you lack safe food, clean air, or clean water, individual choices cannot save you

[Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz]

The military is pushing HRT now

[davey @jerseyh0mo]

Breathing in hefty lungfuls of smoke as I get explosive diarrhea from salad, the sky turns apocalyptic orange while oil companies drill in protected lands, screwworms are eating cattle alive and the president just paid $6 million for rape. And I’m also able to bet on all of it!

[J. J. Ellis @jjellisart]

I said this about AI well over a year ago. Using it to diagnose and fire people with medical conditions so they lose their insurance AND their income is somehow even more heartless and evil than I’d predicted.

[Michal Tal, PhD @ImmunoFever]

Welcome to discount public health everyone! Why can't we find the source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak you ask? You can't find what you don't test for.