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5 months

Hot take maybe but I think we should all just decide to stop killing and disabling each other

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6 months

Some applause for these protesters who are still at it 3 days later and HAVE BEEN MASKED THROUGHOUT 😷😭👏

Democracy Now!

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6 months

19 students at Brown University have entered their fourth day on hunger strike to urge Brown to divest from weapons manufacturers who are arming Israel. The group, which includes four Palestinian students and six Jewish students, will refuse food until their demands are met.

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2 months

The NC legislature has REMOVED the video footage of this morning’s meeting which affirmed changes to HB237 would make masking illegal and that exemptions could be made for certain select groups including the KKK. Please see this thread for more info 👇 Un-fucking-believable.

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2 months

The meeting can be watched here (you have to ff a lot to get there—video starts at 34:30):

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10 months

Childhood friend wrote a FB post about how 3 bouts of c***d in 9 mos has left her with significant health challenges & concluded by somewhat apologetically saying: “so if you see me wearing a mask, know it’s for good reason.” 🤦🏻‍♀️ The woman is a PhD immunologist.

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5 months

Most upsetting to me about the @NPR article is not the wife (though awful), but the therapist—for decades now ppl have been encouraged to seek therapy to cope with the effects of societal failures on their individual lives. Therapy absolutely has its place, but for too long 1/

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@__potatie__

2 months

Hi friends: an update on the NC mask ban and a note of thanks to *everyone* who has helped in any small way to bring attention to this issue or speak out against it—our efforts are working! The vote has been postponed—likely just until mid week next week. 1/

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10 months

It is so important to emphasize that while masks work, one-way masking is often not enough in risky situations. This reframes it as a communal responsibility. Too many ppl believe they are off the hook bc they think vulnerable ppl can just take care of themselves. 1/

Nili Kaplan-Myrth MD PhD

@nilikm

10 months

Damn it. It has been ONE MONTH SINCE LAST INFECTION. To nitwits out there who say, “Aha! So masks don’t work.” Masks work. Meetings/groups of unmasked people put those of us being responsible at risk. 500 patients coming for #COVID19 vaccine & flu shots next week. #MaskUp

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2 months

I just listened to the NC Senate Judiciary Committee discuss the proposed amendment to NC HB237 which would make mask wearing illegal in public. I gained some troubling clarification for anyone who is interested: 1/

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@__potatie__

10 months

@audisdead Ughhh I am so sorry. I know it’s extra work but if it was me I would def file a HIPPA complaint.

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@__potatie__

2 months

Friends near & far: The NC masking bill has been revised to allow for ANY PERSON in public to request someone remove their mask temporarily for “ID” purposes, & for police to do it w/out reason or time limit. I think the best shot we have at stopping this right now is 1/

Victoria Coble

@victoriacoble15

2 months

Y’all this vote on NC House Bill 237 is likely coming tomorrow. If we don’t tell the @NCGOP why we shouldn’t have to unmask for any “occupant” when unmasking will likely infect us, get ready for this in your state & your country next. Steps to fight this in quoted tweet. 1/

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9 months

There is nobody who can claim with any real degree of certainty that they’ve never had c*vid. 32%+ of infections are asymptomatic & 36% of ppl don’t produce antibodies, meaning blood tests cannot confirm lack of infection. Further I just see this claim being used in insidious 1/

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@__potatie__

6 months

Still thinking abt this. The government is THRILLED you are gathering together, unmasked, spreading a deadly & disabling disease, giving them a really good look at your faces, & leaving yourselves vulnerable to chemical agents. “Resistance” w/out masking isn’t resistance at all

Riley

@plagueprose

6 months

y’all can’t enforce masking at a protest and you want me to believe you’re going to force the fucking government to take action on something? you and your plague parade ARE the government action! your ableism is state policy. being bare faced is a badge.

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2 months

The immunologist I’ve been trying to see for 6 mos just told me 1/ no the dr cannot do a phone consult & 2/ I am banned from *ever* requesting an appointment again bc I had to postpone once already due to, you know, BEING BEDBOUND. ♥️ them & their commitment to helping sick ppl

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@__potatie__

10 months

My bf has started loudly telling his friends who are getting c*vid (after not masking) that they’ve just likely killed and disabled ppl, & I’m proud of him and think this is where we need to be—ppl do not believe it can harm them. So shame them for harming others.

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@__potatie__

2 months

🚨LAST PUSH TO STOP NC MASK BAN- we have names of three house republicans to contact that may be swayed to vote no on this bill, in the tweet below. A vote on this could come as early as tomorrow so it’s so important we call now. Remember ppl from out of state can also call 👇1/

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@__potatie__

3 months

We are about to witness a widespread crackdown on masking that will kill disabled ppl & directly harm the pro-Palestine movement. Spread the word: anyone even remotely hesitant to participate in genocide needs to start masking everywhere, NOW. Make this impossible to enforce.

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@laymagdalene333

3 months

ucla is saying masking is not allowed.

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1 year

@Nicole_Lee_Sch I think that’s how we know for sure that Covid is very, very bad. If it was medium bad they’d be on it

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@__potatie__

2 months

b cont/ It should go without saying that we cannot rely on the “common sense” of police officers to protect anyone, but esp Black ppl who are already stopped by police officers in NC at 10x the rate of white ppl. This amendment will put Black ppl in NC in very serious danger. 4/

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@__potatie__

9 months

People who end up with long covid after assuming they weren’t vulnerable, after believing friends & family w LC were exaggerating or experiencing psychosomatic symptoms, who laughed at those taking precautions and told them not to live in fear: 1/

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@__potatie__

11 months

Ppl have said it here before but wearing a mask is the most visibly punk, anti establishment thing you can do. Somebody needs to tell the teenagers 😷🤘

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@__potatie__

2 months

Hey guys you all probably know this already but if not the best thing we can do wrt Congo right now is to boycott new electronics—buy used!! Shop brands who aren’t known for planned obsolescence and look for certified refurbished.

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@__potatie__

6 months

PSA: You can order these one-swab, multiple pathogen tests from Germany, at least in the US. I got 25 tests for a little more than $100, though sadly the shipping was like $40 of that, but they’re still cheaper than many Covid-only RATs in the US

Fluorecare SARS-CoV-2 + Influenza A/B + RSV 4in1 Antigen Self-Test

www.maskwholesale.eu

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@__potatie__

10 months

Others are saying this too, but becoming disabled in the US has pulled the veil back fully for me. I knew state sanctioned violence was a serious problem and had even experienced it firsthand, but nothing prepared me for this—yet, in retrospect it really should have. 1/

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@__potatie__

2 months

a/ Some ppl on here have speculated that the language in this amendment would only apply to ppl who are committing other crimes while masked. This is untrue. It was repeatedly affirmed that this amendment will explicitly make it illegal to mask in public, full stop. 2/

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5 months

(esp among white ppl) therapy has been touted not just as the solution to all “personal” problems but therapists as the final authority on them. Now we have an association of professionals not only largely uneducated about the risks of COVID & perhaps even more committed than 2/

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@__potatie__

2 months

c/ It was also affirmed that exemptions to this ban could and would be made for certain groups who obtain state permission. As was pointed out several times, this would include the KKK. 5/

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@__potatie__

10 months

@k1llstreakz Very very good work 👏

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@__potatie__

2 months

The bill is now moving forward and may be voted on as early as next week. If you are a North Carolinian, now is the time to pick up the phone to call your state representatives.

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@__potatie__

11 months

@KVG9ine @annoyed_sister @zedonarrival And aside from being daughters, they are also *people* 🫠

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@__potatie__

1 year

Truly wild that we’re on year four of this pandemic and all having to depend on strangers on Twitter to tell us how to avoid Covid or what to do if we get it

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@__potatie__

10 months

And you know, I’m happy she’s masking now. I’m happy she’s sharing that Covid has made her very sick. I just really struggle to understand how it’s taken all of this to get her to believe that there’s a good reason to wear a mask.

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2 months

b/ When pointed out that this is a problem for disabled and immunocompromised ppl, the sponsor of the bill (Sen Buck Newton) said it was not the *intent* to go after ppl who need masks for legitimate reasons, and he was sure common sense would prevail in cases such as these. 3/

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@__potatie__

10 months

I think that ppl who “don’t worry about c***d anymore” are spending a LOT of energy to achieve that—conscious or no. The reason that masks, information, & the word itself has become so taboo to so many is bc the wall between reality & denial is tissue thin, & they know it.

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@__potatie__

9 months

These people will never admit that what they are suffering with is indeed long covid, just as they haven’t been willing to admit their acute infections are covid, because the mental cost will be too high. They will find any other explanation, and the medical establishment 2/

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@__potatie__

6 months

Vaccine injured folks are welcome in any community I’m a part of. It’s real, I experienced a *dramatic* worsening of my LC symptoms with my last booster. Anti-vaxxers on the other hand, are not. There’s a massive difference.

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@__potatie__

2 months

The meeting can be watched here (you have to ff a lot to get there—video starts at 34:30):

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5 months

This pic of AB masking next to this kitty has got me 😭

redivivus

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"Thus, I want to engage in egalitarian forms of organizing that produce horizontal power structures based on mutual aid and solidarity, which are capable of liberating humans." -Aaron Bushnell

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@__potatie__

10 months

If a pet suddenly became unable to run around or play, any decent person would get them to a vet, and do absolutely anything they could to get them feeling better. Because they would believe that animal was sick. Why are we holding our friends and family to a different standard?

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@__potatie__

5 months

the average Jane to preserving the status quo (as a means of maintaining both a clientele uninterested in challenging it and their own identities as “good people” w/in this system bc they have invested so much in a career revolving around “helping” others), 3/

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@__potatie__

10 months

I just can’t take activists of any stripe who aren’t masking seriously anymore. Your disregard for the health of those around you has undermined any good work you may be doing. Without a mask, your advocacy just reads like a vanity project.

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@__potatie__

10 months

Seriously fuck all of these Drs defending this woman who puts her patients’ health at risk by not masking and their care in jeopardy for being “rude.” In case you missed it she is a pediatrician. Can you imagine acting this way towards CHILDREN or their terrified parents?!

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@__potatie__

4 months

Lest we forget: this doesn’t mean it’s coming, this means it’s been here for awhile already. Mask up 😷

KSNT 27 News

@KSNTNews

4 months

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory in response to a rise in measles cases in the U.S. and abroad, with domestic infections this year already meeting the total seen in 2023.

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@__potatie__

6 months

For immunocompromised &/or disabled, ppl, it looks much worse. “I can’t leave my apartment” never ended for many of us, yet now we have to contend w the fact that even supposed “socialists” won’t pretend to care about us enough to even acknowledge the hell we’re going though, 👇

Nora Loreto

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@MikeMcPickles 2020 and 2021 are over. I can't leave my appartment is over too. You're not seriously arguing that where we are right this minute looks like 2020 or 2021?

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@__potatie__

9 months

…will be all too happy to support them in their delusions. Because it is made up of doctors and researchers for whom mental cost will be even higher. Those of us crying “covid!” will continue to be gaslit and dismissed as those with new cases get other diagnoses.

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@__potatie__

9 months

Ya’ll I’m seeing my bf unmasked tonight for the first time since Feb 😭😭 He got a clear from his Dr today & then tested negative on 3 different tests after almost 9 months of + tests. We are both exhausted and am pretty sure are going to immediately nap hahahaha but WHEEEEEEE!!!

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@__potatie__

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@buitengebieden Here’s a longer version where the framing shows his pops right behind him who has to stop him at the end when he is improvising a *very* extended drum solo 😅😅😅

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@__potatie__

6 months

LC activists getting infected while traveling to support research funding 😣 How to even fight this fight?

Seets💫

@MamaSitaa__

6 months

Fuck me. Clear negatives until day 4. I knew this wasn't PEM. I can taste the metallic covid taste. I have zero paxlovid, metformin, anything. Its just me and covid again. Lets hope this time I don't lose so hard.

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@__potatie__

9 months

The deeper we get into our collective denial and the longer things continue the way they are, the more pronounced this will be. I do not foresee a time when this disease will be taken seriously, precisely because it has been so dismissed for so long already.

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@__potatie__

2 months

My initial language re: the potential KKK exemption wasn’t precise enough. The bill as written does not explicitly exempt the KKK from the mask ban. It does provide the possibility of exemption for certain groups; the KKK is an example of a group that could apply for exemption.

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@__potatie__

2 months

Also: anyone in or out of NC or even the US can and should sign this petition:

Victoria Coble

@victoriacoble15

2 months

@__potatie__ Anyone can call you do not have to live in NC or the US. When you call & email let them know you will not visit or vacation in this state if this bill passes and if not already please sign this petition:

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but with the authority to do serious harm w problematic dx that can lead to any number of life shattering consequences, including institutionalization. Faced with new versions of inter/personal conflict they are using the same tired bag of seemingly benign tricks including 4/

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2 months

This gives us time to continue to raise awareness about this bill and the devastating consequences it will have if passed. On Tuesday it will be reviewed by the NC House Rules Committee, linked here. These folks are the next targets for calls & emails. 2/

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@__potatie__

2 months

to make sure the @NCGOP knows this will have dire economic consequences. If you are out of state or even the country, please make it known TODAY that you will 👉 #BoycottNC 👈 if this bill is passed. The *intent* of these revisions is to encourage harassment of disabled ppl. 2/

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@__potatie__

2 months

The NC legislature has REMOVED the video footage of this morning’s meeting which affirmed changes to HB237 would make masking illegal and that exemptions could be made for certain select groups including the KKK. Please see this thread for more info 👇 Un-fucking-believable.

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@__potatie__

10 months

One response to her post advises her to keep safe and healthy before concluding “but having fun is important too!” Who are these people??

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@__potatie__

2 months

A reminder that even ppl from out of state or even the country can call and let it be known that they will no longer feel safe traveling to the state. Even if you only have time to make one or two calls, it is worth it and it is so appreciated. Every voice counts. 3/

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@__potatie__

5 months

“compromise” to pathologize those questioning (& endangered by!) the status quo & to embolden others to feel not only justified but righteous holding extremely selfish beliefs leading to frankly sociopathic behaviors. It’s time to question the role of therapy in our lives 5/

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@__potatie__

10 months

A country that regularly forces its citizens to crowdfund for essential healthcare, that allows children to go hungry, that locks ppl away for drug use, that lets its cops kill with impunity, that refuses to take action on climate change, that repeatedly offers up 2/

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@__potatie__

3 months

Some redditor responses to the proposed NC bill to ban masks 🤔 Orrrr… you 👏could 👏 wear 👏 a 👏 mask 👏 right 👏 now??? (Or never have stopped in the first place??)

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@__potatie__

2 months

While I think it’s important to understand that the NC mask ban will outlaw masking in itself and not just while committing another “crime,” we should care and fight like hell against it EITHER WAY. It will very disproportionately affect Black ppl EITHER WAY.

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@__potatie__

5 months

I want to be clear that this is not a criticism of any individual therapist—many of them do good work in the world—but rather an encouragement, in this increasingly fascist world, to approach the profession w a healthy degree of caution & appreciation for the harm it can do.

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@__potatie__

2 months

On a brighter note, my cardiologist is going to prescribe Ivabradine and was actually incredibly incredibly kind on the phone today which I was not expecting, so overjoyed and emotional about that 😭🙏

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@__potatie__

2 months

NC will NO LONGER be a safe place for disabled or immunocompromised ppl or those who care about them & as always Black ppl & other POC stand to face the most dangerous consequences. If you are out of state: tweet @NCGOP & tell them you will be taking your business elsewhere. 3/

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@__potatie__

2 years

@AlannaBennett “Is Greg having an affair? I know you know” ☠️☠️☠️

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—it can be helpful in some circumstances but the profession as a whole is becoming (& maybe always has been) an association of cops increasingly invested in policing the boundaries between what is healthy & what is pathological, among both their clients & society at large. 6/

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@__potatie__

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…it’s most vulnerable members to repeated traumas & atrocities is NOT a country that cares about any of us. I’m not sure why it took this long to fully know this despite already understanding it intellectually on some level, but it did. 3/

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@__potatie__

6 months

Where is “Covid killed my family and/or friends” Twitter?? Why aren’t they on here with us?

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@__potatie__

5 months

I just want Plague Rat to be safe & know that this entire community is pulling for them so so hard and misses them so much!! 😔

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@__potatie__

1 year

An addendum: Don’t listen to friends/family telling you you’ll be fine when your intuition is telling you otherwise. I listened to 5 of my most trusted friends say “you’ll be fine!” before taking a Mar 2020 trip, despite my own voice loudly saying no: worst mistake of my life.

Olive Siffleur

@OliveSiffleur

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You know how, when you come to know something frightening or threatening to you, that little voice in your head goes, "Surely, it can't be that bad"? Don't listen. That's tip #1 for surviving in a disaster... or, you know, in the 21st century generally.

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They’re not just any cops (who ppl are repeatedly advised NEVER to speak to without counsel) but they’re cops who we are actively encouraged to divulge our innermost thoughts and feelings to, often those we don’t feel comfortable sharing with anyone else. 7/

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And I will add: This is but one piece of a much larger problem w/ all healthcare professions in general and their interest in upholding ableist, racist, patriarchal, homophobic norms & using them to punish those that don’t fall in line. It’s not new; just more visible to some.

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@__potatie__

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A sudden critical mass of masked faces would render this ban unenforceable. Let’s also please look to Ohio where people are already facing FELONY charges for masking. They have set the precedent here and Ohio also deserves our attention right now. 8/

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@__potatie__

9 months

I also want to be clear that I absolutely believe LC can & does lead to a whole host of associated dx, including ME/CFS for many. This post is not about that, it’s about the depth of the denial we are facing.

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@__potatie__

9 months

It also doesn’t mean I’m going to stop trying to spread the word—it’s more important than ever. But the reckoning we have all been anticipating may not be coming how we envisioned it might, or it may take a new generation not burdened with guilt to bring it about.

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This bill WILL make it a misdemeanor to mask in pubic in and of itself. It is unclear if even masking in hospitals by patients will be allowed. It will also increase punishments for ppl committing other “crimes” & let the police use their discretion when deciding who to target.5/

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10 months

I really appreciate this perspective, but here’s where I’m at: I have nothing left to lose, and I have spent most of my life hiding what I really think so as not to offend people. I’m over it, truly. I’m done trying to play nice and convince ppl that c*vid is a threat 1/

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The more I talk with people currently living in reality, the more I realize just how much we are actually being held hostage by the actions of the people around us.

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Time perhaps for a subtle shift in messaging from “masking is caring” to “not masking is not caring”

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@__potatie__

2 months

If you care about Black people, and if you care about Palestine, now is the time to also start caring about your right to mask and exercising it—in North Carolina and everywhere. Covid already impacts marginalized communities disproportionately. White ppl: use your privilege!! 7/

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@__potatie__

9 months

Pre-Covid masks at protests were just seen as smart and were recommended by seasoned protesters to avoid tear gas & surveillance 😭 Now they’re a reminder of complicity in another genocide and must be avoided, amirite??

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at this point if an organizer wants to tell me they’re too inept to require masks… I will probably believe you. what I CAN’T believe is that y’all aren’t masking your fucking selves

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Was feeling a little shy, but yes, #stillmasking over here. (no comments on the fit pls, this has been properly fit tested obviously) #YallMasking #YallStillMasking

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2 months

Let them know you will no longer purchase from NC based companies, & will avoid travel to the state. Make sure to use the hashtag #BoycottNC . If you live in NC, but are considering leaving, or expect this bill to limit your economic dealings in the state, let’s hear about it! 4/

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10 months

@BlackBernieBabe She literally just had to tell someone else to do this for her & still couldn’t be bothered ☹️

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2 months

The police already target Black ppl at WILDLY disproportionate rates. Black lives will be put in very, very serious danger by these proposed amendments. It will also create serious risks for pro-Palestinian protesters & likely create a chilling effect on protests. 6/

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2 months

Calls and emails can be made/sent over the weekend, and it’s likely you will get sent to VM even if you wait until Monday, so make the calls when you can, and pace yourselves if you’re going for all of these folks ;) A few reminders: 4/

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10 months

I’d love it if ppl posting numbers & stats in the Covid conscious community would start listing sources! This is not because I don’t believe your stats—it is because I think we would benefit from having verifiable sources as we try to educate each other & our communities 1/

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@__potatie__

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Bf who I’ve spent the last 2 1/2 weeks with just tested +, I’m still - … either he got it masked and wearing safety glasses at the f-ing gas station, or I picked it up at an early morning Dr appt in a P100 elastomeric and goggles. Fuck this shit, we haven’t been anywhere else.

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Further, I don’t believe there is a single state system in this world that actually exists to protect its citizens in a real way. It seems individual actors can do some good within these systems but they are designed to keep us down. 4/

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NYC does as well, where Mayor Adams recently held a press conference encouraging businesses to require temporary mask removal upon entry to their store. There is very dangerous precedent being set all over the country and we cannot afford to ignore any of it. 9/

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Please sign this petition if you have not already. Sending out my deepest gratitude to everyone participating in these fights in any way that they can. Thank you, and let’s keep it up—we are strong and we are getting through 🙏😷🤍

Sign the Petition

Halt the Passage of NC Bill 237 Banning Medical Masks In Public

www.change.org

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And becoming disabled has stripped away the privilege that allowed whatever bit of delusion I still had to remain. It’s impossible to unsee, and really hard to know how to operate with this knowledge moving forward. If you guys have figured it out please do share ♥️

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2 months

The stress & effort of bringing attn to the NC mask ban has taken a very serious toll on my already fragile health this last week, & I need to step back from Twitter as a result. Please share this post and continue to bring awareness to mask bans in NC, Ohio, and elsewhere. 1/

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2 months

Hi friends: an update on the NC mask ban and a note of thanks to *everyone* who has helped in any small way to bring attention to this issue or speak out against it—our efforts are working! The vote has been postponed—likely just until mid week next week. 1/

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The things clinically vulnerable ppl are asking others to do to prevent us from dying are mildly inconvenient at worst & ALSO keep them healthy/alive… it’s not like we’re asking for anything that’s remotely any sort of real sacrifice. It’s a fucking mask. Grow up & put it on.

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It’s almost as if everybody caught a glimpse of what a new world could look like—one that centered accountability as a means to true inclusivity, community care, and compassion—and then shielded their eyes and ran away

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While you’re here! Join me in boycotting @NPR for publishing this incredibly ableist & harmful article. They have long been creeping to the right & are now publishing pure propaganda in service of those fully excluding disabled & immunocompromised ppl from society. Unacceptable.

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If you are from out of state, let it be known you will NOT feel safe traveling to the state. The bill as it stands outlaws masking for health & safety reasons with NO EXEMPTIONS. It puts all North Carolinans in grave danger, but esp disabled, Black, & POC. 👇2/

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Coming back to say I know that Black & Indigenous ppl & other POC to a large extent in the US never have the experience of being misled about any of this in the first place. Being ignorant to any of this & subsequently awakening to it is a fucked up kind of white privilege 💯

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1 year

We are all fucked if this is the kind of thing @slate is publishing. I used to be a huge fan, but I’ll never click on another article from them again: join me in boycotting this publication—they know better than this and are putting it out there anyway. The shame.

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2 months

EVERYONE in and out of state can use NC Megaphone to *very easily* email all NC reps & tell them why this bill is upsetting to you & what you plan to do about it. It shouldn’t take economic consequences to convince our lawmakers to value human life, but alas, here we are. 5/

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Here are the strategic calls to make, thank you everyone 🙏 Representative Tim Reeder (he's a doctor!): Timothy.Reeder @ncleg .gov/ 919-733-5757 Representative Kristin Baker: Kristin.Baker @ncleg .gov/ 919-733-5861 Representative Donny Lambeth: Donny.Lambeth @ncleg .gov/ 919-733-5747

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Even if I was out there walking around without a mask, the level of shitty I would have to be to try to pathologize someone else for protecting themselves is… beyond. Yet that’s what so many medical & mental health professionals are doing & it’s honestly beyond my comprehension.

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