THREAD. This week, I was in Los Angeles and Houston for two major civil rights cases. Each case raises a question that one would think is no longer relevant to our civilization: can a person be put in a cage solely because they cannot make a cash payment? A few thoughts:

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Stressed plants make audible sounds that can be heard many feet away, and the type of sound corresponds with the kind of bad day they are having. nyti.ms/3zlJIZu

For over a year, the province has been overtly nudging the public toward accepting mass infection and disregarding increasing debility and death. They do this by leveraging the public's belief in the myth of government protection. 🧵

Things are going so well here in the Land Of No Safety Nets

Since we've been looking for more things to do, @emilymbender.bsky.social MMitchell @mcmillan_majora and I wrote a statement about the horrible "letter" on the AI apocalypse, the very first citation of which, was our #StochasticParrots paper. dair-institute.org/blog/letter-st…

Our advocacy form for the CARE for Long COVID Act is now live. Use it to ask your elected officials to cosponsor this important legislation! secure.everyaction.com/ikM-E04TtUi3nc…

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No one should catch COVID in a healthcare facility. This is unacceptable and puts yet another burden upon those who are disabled, immunocompromised and vulnerable, who have already borne an extraordinary cost over the last 3 years. Please join me in signing this petition.

Wow: Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of the Dems that the GOP is trying to expel from state legislature to protesting gun violence, calls out his colleagues on the floor ‘For years, one of your colleagues, an admitted child molester, sat in this chamber – no expulsion’

Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson speaks after vote to expel him from the House over participating in gun protests: “Our lives are at stake. And we're going to fight for our lives, just like they're fighting for the NRA." #TenneseeThree

COVID caused NYers' life expectancy to drop *4.6 years.* It was much worse for residents of color. White residents lost three years. Blacks: *five years.* Hispanic NYers: *six years* And all of that is on top of the preexisting disparities nytimes.com/2023/04/07/nyr… 👇🏻

👋I’m back. And I wrote about the current wave of attempts to downplay long COVID—less outright denial & more "it’s real but no big deal". Except: it very much is. It’s a substantial and ongoing crisis that still demands our attention. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Every single person in this country needs to read this article. nytimes.com/2023/04/20/mag…

"Do no harm." I am disgusted by the medical professionals and institutions colluding in pretending the pandemic is over.

Patients walk out of a Stanford Medicine #LongCovid trial after medical staff stop masking while tending to LC participants. 1/

This is absolutely appalling Stanford Medicine. You have absolutely no understanding of the difficulties these patients navigated to be able to participate in this study, and to put them at further risk is not only harmful but also unscientific. This is a shame on your profession.

I’ve seen multiple news articles and anecdotes depicting people 10-30 being diagnosed with dementia after multiple COVID infections, but you do you, I guess. Can’t live in fear of something you won’t remember anyways.

And let's remember, the "vulnerable" includes anyone who has had covid.

Every time you catch COVID-19, your risk of other severe issues starts to rise. Research is starting to show that with reinfection, your chance of serious issues such as diabetes, mental health issues, and chronic fatigue goes up.