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CassandraZeroCovid

@CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social

RIA Principal/MDiv
Boosting the wise + refuting the gravely mistaken.

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jik, to random
@jik@federate.social avatar

I am so sad and angry about being increasingly shut out of most communal Jewish life, starting in 2016 thanks to Trump, seguing into the pandemic, and more recently escalating thanks to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
🧵 1/10

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@jik

Not Jewish. But, for me, the big surprise was Jewish acquaintances who backed Trump "because they were Republican". It became clear to me that "Republican" to them meant "people with money". These same people continue to turn a blind eye to the rampant ACTUAL antisemitism in the current "Republican" Party, because their primary identity is "affluent". Mind-boggling. If Trump is reelected and Project 2025 comes to fruition, I think these folks may regret their shallow analysis of reality.

tomkindlon, to mecfs
@tomkindlon@disabled.social avatar

Austria
An article from March indicates that the Austrian Neurology Society plans to hold consensus-building meetings on ME/CFS. Unfortunately, The Austrian Society for ME/CFS (ÖG ME/CFS) has not yet been invited.

Google translation:

https://t.ly/5_ZjU

@mecfs @mecfs_de

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@tomkindlon @mecfs @mecfs_de

Unbelievable.

ai6yr, to random

Hmm, took a zinc and hoping for the best. One of my relatives was sniffly in the car, I should have just wore an N95 when picking them up from the airport and dealt with the crap I'd get about wearing a mask from the family. (I generally don't care about what anyone things, but in-family politics are something else...). "But the pandemic is over, that's what the CDC said" normies.

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@ai6yr

Hindsight is 20/20 but perhaps a policy of "wearing a mask when picking up anybody from the airport" is an iron-clad policy that could be defended with, "from what I read, most infections now are coming from folks who've been flying/traveling". Or even make up something, like "flu is on the rise" ( in spring less likely, true in summer+ winter).

Cmastication, to random
@Cmastication@mastodon.social avatar

Today I learned...

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@javier @Cmastication

So you don't add them up? It's just about how many are on each arm?

timkmak, to Ukraine
@timkmak@journa.host avatar

Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

War has brought destruction to the waters around .

15-20% of the Black Sea dolphin population perished after the full-scale invasion.

But some of these dolphins have a secret… they are trained Russian agents.

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@timkmak

Thank you Germany.

CassandraZeroCovid, to random
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Biden Takes Aim at SpaceX’s Tax-Free Ride in American Airspace

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/us/politics/spacex-biden-musk-taxes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.h00.c-DE.Kb-no1tm7Iqj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Nonilex, to Law
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

Federal judge on Thurs rejected 's argument that the case should be tossed out because he viewed the material as his records.

argued that his retention of highly sensitive documents was authorized under a the .


https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.431.0.pdf

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@Nonilex

Where does that leave Jack Smith? Does the toss mean we don't have to think ever again about those insane jury instructions?

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@Nonilex

So what does Smith do now about those jury instructions? He can't appeal what she hasn't done, right? And if he waits until she does it, isn't the case f- cked?

broadwaybabyto, to disability
@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca avatar

“Congrats - you’re old! Maybe this year you will try and be normal again.”

This was a birthday message I received from a relative. They’re referring to my disabilities and to my Covid caution. They consider both “abnormal”.

I’m sick & tired of the insinuation that being disabled means we’re abnormal. That we simply need to “try harder” and we will no longer be sick - or that our illnesses are a personal failing. Temporarily abled people always seem to think it’s OUR fault we are sick.

This assumption stems from people being unable to comprehend that certain illnesses can be permanent but not fatal.

People tend to see illness as two pronged - you get sick and die or you get sick and recover. They don't understand the spectrum that lies in between.

As a result if you become chronically ill - people may be supportive at first but that support wanes when you don't get better. They assume if you're not improving and you haven't died that you're either faking, not really "that sick" or that you don't want to get well.

It's incredibly hurtful considering most chronically ill people spend the vast majority of their energy trying to be well. We do so much to try and retain or improve our baseline - but most of it is stuff others will never see. Compromise & sacrifice are daily occurrences.

The reality is that you can't "try harder" your way out of chronic illness. If you could no one would be sick. We try very hard - but our bodies aren’t well. Just because something doesn't kill you doesn't mean it won't debilitate you and rob you of your quality of life.

I know that's unpleasant for many people to think about - but looking away & refusing to acknowledge our reality doesn't change our situation. It just hurts us and lets you remain in denial. As for faking? Most people are trying to fake being WELL.

Putting on a happy face to make others more comfortable. There's no benefit to faking disabilities. It's a hard life with very little support & many cruel comments like the one I received.

Finally let's consider the word "normal". This person was referring in part to my illnesses (as they see them as an abnormality) and in part to my COVID caution which they see as nonsensical & unnecessary.

Disabled & chronically ill individuals are not abnormal. Health does not equal normalcy.
Health is a temporary state for everyone - not a bar to measure one's worth or commonality with others. It's discriminatory, ableist and cruel to suggest we are somehow abnormal.

As for the Covid caution - I look around at what we are doing and can't understand how anyone could think it abnormal that I'm trying to avoid catching (and spreading) this virus. When did it become "normal" to catch bugs all the time?

When did we decide it was "normal" to throw away our health, the health of the elderly, vulnerable and children? When did we stop caring for other people? We have become a society that looks down on people trying to protect themselves & others. That's ANYTHING but normal.

I don't think anything about the way society at large is responding to covid is “normal" but if it IS? I don't want any part of it. I'm proud to be someone who still cares about what's left of my health. Who cares about the health of others & breaking chains of transmission 1/2


CassandraZeroCovid,
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@broadwaybabyto

Worth repeating:

"if you become chronically ill - people may be supportive at first but that support wanes when you don't get better. They assume if you're not improving and you haven't died that you're either faking, not really "that sick" or that you don't want to get well. "

1/3

noondlyt, to random
@noondlyt@mastodon.social avatar

A predatory subprime auto loan king out of California provided the $175m bond for trump.

The filing was rejected because Trump did not submit his current financial statement, a Power of Attorney, or the name of the Attorney-in-Fact, to the court. Has all of the Habba earmarks of incompetence.

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@noondlyt

Also, per Maddow tonight, the crook who's paying Trump's bond isn't liscened in NY as required. (And likely couldn't be because their capital to loan value isn't high enough to meet NY insurance requirements.)

appassionato, to KindActions
@appassionato@mastodon.social avatar

World Central Kitchen founder's response

“The air strikes on our convoy were not just some unfortunate mistake in the fog of war. It was a direct attack on clearly marked vehicles whose movements were known by the [Israeli military]. It was also the direct result of his [PM Netanyahu’s] government’s policy to squeeze humanitarian aid to desperate levels.”

Jose Andres

@palestine


CassandraZeroCovid,
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@appassionato @palestine

What was this in response to?

godsouza, to random
@godsouza@sfba.social avatar

The Biden administration is saying with its connect on that whatever bogus reasons are provided this week to safeguard civilians will be believed so that Israel can attack and make unlivable.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/02/aauk-a02.html

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@noyes @godsouza @beadsland

Israel IS blackmailing Democratic politicians - as they have for over 30 years - through AIPAC.

Protest AIPAC.

appassionato, to KindActions
@appassionato@mastodon.social avatar

World Central Kitchen

"These are the heroes of World Central Kitchen. These 7 beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in a strike as they were returning from a full day's mission. Their smiles, laughter, and voices are forever embedded in our memories. And we have countless memories of them giving their best selves to the world. We are reeling from our loss. The world's loss.” - Erin Gore, CEO

https://wck.org/news/honoring-gaza-team

@palestine



CassandraZeroCovid,
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@appassionato @palestine

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
@Miro_Collas@masto.ai avatar

Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital | Israel War on Gaza News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/4/1/the-destruction-of-gazas-al-shifa-hospital


@palestine

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@faab64 @Miro_Collas @palestine

Ignoring this is unbelievablely terrible. Ukraine has been terrible, too.

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

"This is not subjective. We all saw it. Plenty of leaders today try to convince the masses we did not see what we saw, but our eyes don’t deceive. (If leaders began a yearslong campaign today to convince us that the Baltimore bridge did not collapse Tuesday morning, would you ever believe them?) Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it." https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.html

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@SherBeareth @GottaLaff

Except Covid + Gaza he's been a terrific President. Too bad those are such big things.

Still, a 1000x preferable to Trump.

GottaLaff, to random
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

“Dept of Health & Human Services said hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before they undergo sensitive examinations — like pelvis & prostate exams — esp if patients will be under anesthesia.

NYT investigation in 2020 found hospitals, doctors & doctors in training sometimes conducted pelvic exams on women who were under anesthesia, even when those exams were not medically necess & when patient had not authorized them..”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/health/pelvic-exam-consent-unconcious.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@dbc3 @GottaLaff

Every single thing they are going to do needs to be disclosed. Almost nobody is aware they are going to be gawked at by surgeons in training, much less that unnecessary procedures might done for "educational" purposes.

thisismissem, to random
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Specifically, there's a bunch of what look like fake accounts all posting a pro-Israel set of hashtags / messages; The other posts by these accounts seem completely random garbage, like a quote from breaking bad with a picture of flamingos, or random "feel good" quotes. https://josh.tel/@josh/112180104323769056

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@thisismissem

Thank you.

morgfair, to random
@morgfair@newsie.social avatar

Pro-Trump Network Newsmax Secured a Ton of Cash From Qatar—For a Price | The New Republic
https://newrepublic.com/post/180139/wealthy-gulf-country-poured-money-pro-trump-newsmax?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@morgfair
☝️
"A previously undisclosed $50 million investment helped launch Newsmax into a Fox News competitor, a new report shows, and it came from an unexpected place: the Qatari government."

TheConversationUS, to random
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social avatar

Two ship pilots were on board the large cargo vessel that hit Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge.

Here’s a Q&A with a veteran ship captain, now working for a maritime academy, describing the role these pilots play on boats and why what happened last night was "absolutely" every crew member's nightmare:

https://theconversation.com/ive-captained-ships-into-tight-ports-like-baltimore-and-this-is-how-captains-like-me-work-with-harbor-pilots-to-avoid-deadly-collisions-226700

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@TheConversationUS

Wow.

Those ship's pilots have 10 years training in the geographic area in which they specialize/work.

Sure seems like only a full-on electrical failure could have caused this catastrophe.

jik, to Insurance
@jik@federate.social avatar

Just FYI, when companies don't let you submit correspondence to them electronically through their web site, it's not because they're concerned about privacy. It's because they want to make it as hard as possible for you to create a paper trail of your interactions with them to minimize evidence of their wrongdoing.

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@jik

SO frustrating. They ALWAYS try to pawn it off on the other company or the patient - no matter how obvious it is that the error is theirs.

GottaLaff, to random
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#Trump’s Truth Social is now a public company. Experts warn its multibillion-dollar valuation defies logic

“Despite the late-day slide, Wall Street is still assigning Trump Media an eye-popping valuation of nearly $11 billion — a price tag that experts warn is untethered to reality.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/markets/trump-media-stock-truth-social?cid=ios_app

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@Bam @GottaLaff @_L1vY_

Need to be able to borrow shares to short. The way the capital structure is designed unclear if any will be available.

hanse_mina, to Ukraine
@hanse_mina@mastodon.social avatar

"Ukrainians put 8,000 cellphones connected to microphones on 6-foot poles around the country to detect incoming Russian drones. They detected 84/84 and shot down 80 of them with AA guns. Cost: $500ea

--- Gen James B Hecker, Commander US Air Forces, Europe"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O0sRM-uY7E&t=109s

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1772338187349934355.html

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@hanse_mina

Ukrainians are amazing!

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@mozz

Fine. Good.

GottaLaff, to legal
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️A New York appeals court agreed to slash the amount of the bond Donald must post to cover a $454 million civil fraud verdict to just $175 million -Bloomberg

granting him 10 days to pay a reduced bond

CassandraZeroCovid,
@CassandraZeroCovid@mastodon.social avatar

@GottaLaff

Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️
@theregister

"NY appellate court’s unexplained reduction from $454M to $175M in the bond Trump must post in 10 days to secure the judgment pending appeal is a travesty of justice. Let’s hope public disgust with this preferential treatment will come back to bite Trump politically."

Last edited
8:37 AM · Mar 25, 2024

oatmeal, to Israel
@oatmeal@kolektiva.social avatar

/ UN security council passes [a draft] resolution calling for immediate ceasefire, as US abstains

The UN Security Council voted today (Monday) in favor of a draft resolution including a "demand" for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire during the month of Ramadan, which ends in about two weeks, and for the "immediate and unconditional release" of the hostages. 14 countries supported the draft resolution, the United States abstained, since it does not include condemnation of - but did not use its veto.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-live-unrwa-aid-north-gaza-un-security-council-vote-ceasefire-middle-east-latest

@israel
@palestine

CassandraZeroCovid,
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@chargrille @oatmeal @israel @palestine

They seem fine with that.

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