There's a common myth being passed around that longCOVID is rare, that it only affects medically infirm people, that it can't happen to me. Here's a short thread on the famous people (politicians, atheletes, entertainers) that are dealing with #longCOVID v.2 1/

Has there been any discussion about setting up a mastodon instance for NSF - NASASpaceflight.com contributors?

Dead people can't die twice. I decided to try to visually represent the concept of "hybrid immunity" to try to show why it's a misleading concept that has the overall effect of hiding the bodies and the magnitude of the damage covid infections leave behind. Here's what I mean🧵

🚨#SCAM ALERT!🚨 We're getting reports of phishing text messages claiming to be from the CRA which include a real CRA phone number to make it look legitimate. If you get a text asking you to click on a link, it's a scam! For more: antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/scams-fraudes/… #FPM2023 #BeScamSmart

Please enjoy my #PierrePoilievre cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

When an "imaging artifact" turns out to be one of the wildest things we've ever observed in the universe. A supermassive black hole. Ejected from its galaxy. Compressed gas in its wake. AND FORMED A 200,000 LIGHT-YEAR LONG STRING OF STARS. WHAT.

Chris Alvino Dr. Lisa Iannattone HBO's Chernobyl isn't about a nuclear accident in the USSR in 1986, it's about human clusterfucks and how we NEVER learn. You know that scene when the dosimeter maxed out at 3 Röntgen and everyone was like "well, 3 Röntgen isn't great but it's not terrible, either" ? 😐

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

I just want to say as someone who has successfully beaten a horrific drug addiction that came within inches of costing me my life.. compulsory recovery is fucking stupid and, well, the dumbest thing we can do. Another 'are you fucking kidding me' Thread from Colman. 🧵

Did USGS Earthquakes get any seismological readings on the vibrations from the SpaceX launch from Boca Chica yesterday?

Checking in on excess mortality in Quebec. Data up to early April 2023 now available. Excess mortality in 0-49 year olds has yet to slow down. Week of Apr 1: 59% excess deaths. Week of April 8, 2023: 71% excess deaths. Folks that is the single worst week of the entire pandemic.

1. This is Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman On March 31, she was killed when an alleged white nationalist ran her over on the side of a highway Her killer is not currently facing any charges for killing Mika Mika matters This is her story 🧵

@Stonekettle Found this the other day 💙

I am looking at the pre-colonial history of the Indigenous people of each province. Today, I am focusing on the Tlingit people of northwestern B.C. Located in the northern coast of British Columbia, the traditional Tlingit territory stretched down from Alaska. 🧵1/8

Here is On the Media's guide for interviewing conspiracy theorists and other disinformers running for office. The first one is by far the most important. And I'd go further: ask yourself why you're doing this— then share that answer with the rest of us.

ok, I've now read the full NYT complaint filed this morning vs OpenAI and Microsoft. I'm impressed - it's future-focused around fair value for work vital to democracy. It also contains 220k pages of exhibits although the pages of Ex J stood out to me. more on that in a minute. /1

Phil Katz, the designer of .ZIP, died because of acute alcoholism. His mark, “PKZIP” is the preceding mark of every ZIP file in the world. He is forever. He mattered. And in the end, it didn’t matter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Katz

Sad to hear of the death of Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, 90, after he crashed the T-34 he was flying in Washington state this afternoon. We now only have 6 survivors of the cadre of 24 humans who have flown to the vicinity of the Moon.

In 1968, during Apollo 8, Bill Anders offered to humanity among the deepest of gifts an astronaut can give. He traveled to the threshold of the Moon and helped all of us see something else: ourselves. He embodied the lessons and the purpose of exploration. We will miss him.

I cancelled my #adobe creative cloud subscription and bought another @affinitybyserif license.