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kissane

@kissane@mas.to

Working on governance, risk, and social patterns across federated systems. Previously: COVID Tracking Project + Mozilla Foundation + editorial and community advocacy in tech and culture orgs.

I want our tools and networks to be better in more ways for more people in more places. Also: Books, care, plants, very old bones, humane journalism, magic as technology.

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kissane, to random
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Hey it’s that time again.

The contention that using high-filtration masks to prevent transmission of respiratory disease is “unscientific” and “lacking evidence” when we have reams of aerosol and transmission studies is a display of either unawareness/scientific illiteracy (super fixable! non-shameful!) or of an intentional disregard of the evidence for emotional or ideological reasons (common but troubling).

kissane,
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What we lack is consistent evidence of large-scale effects across communities, which is understandable even given all the evidence that high-filtration masks work very well, because the variables are nightmarishly complex. That gap has given motivated reasoners license to demand that everyone else accept their rejection of a solid and deep body of evidence for mask efficacy.

I don’t think it’s beyond the bounds of civility to sharply disagree with that whole maneuver.

eom

kissane,
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Hahaha sorry actually a third secret thing, I never expect other people’s risk calculations to match mine, which is good because they mostly don’t! It’s all incredibly messy, and my own decision has been to just do far fewer things without being mad at people who elect to never think about it. (Y’all can lecture me about how my feelings are wrong but egh, maybe just don’t.)

The demand that we toss all the lab studies and case studies on transmission isn’t cool though. 🤷🏻

kissane,
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@billseitz His main contention is that vaccines reduce mortality, which I agree with, it’s a settled question.

I think extrapolating to “nothing else matters” is goofy given the absolute shambles of mask ~mandates and advice and even just availability of high-filtration masks, not to mention the huge confounding variable for mortality of the devastating and very urban first wave. +

kissane,
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@billseitz I’m sure it’s just bc I spent so much time with my face in the geographic data but the shaping factors of those first three pre-vax waves were so wild. Mortality through the roof in the first wave, and then rapidly decreasing (but still v bad) through the subsequent sunmer surge, as hospitals figured out how to treat covid patients more effectively. And then that horribly national winter wave. The data stories are so complicated.

kissane,
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@libroraptor Always appreciated!

kissane,
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@raph I totally empathize with your frustration but will note that tagging in antagonists to argue with me is not going to result in a great time for anyone. (Except me, I will mute the thread bc I don’t do bespoke social media fights anymore, the studies are plentiful and easy to find.)

kissane,
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@raph I never ask people to delete things that aren’t my personal info so it’s up to you, just laying out my stance on thread squabbles. ✌️

kissane,
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@raph I appreciate that—I think there’s a whole lot to unpack in the wider debate, and we’ll be doing it for years and years 🙃

kissane,
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okay time to mute thread notifications so I’m not bracing for trolls all evening 🌱🍃🌾

sysop408, to ADHD
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Just saw this ad for a magnetic tag that can be bound to your bags to allow you to leave handbags and backpacks hanging on any metal surface.

Anyone with #ADHD upon seeing this. 😳

I’m often seen carrying a messenger bag that never leaves my body. Even when I do put it down in public, I usually loop a strap around my leg.

There’s a reason for that.

A purse magnetically attached to the side of a car by way of a tag with a magnet inside it.
A magnetic tag on a purse holds the purse up against a magnetic door frame. Text overlay reads “in restrooms.”
A magnetic tag shaped like a leaf holds a backpack up against a bathroom stall door. Text reads “In restrooms”

kissane,
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@sysop408 My whole body just screamed in alarm

glennf, to random
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Six Flags Over Alito

kissane,
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@Meyerweb @glennf [sic]

aworkinglibrary, to random
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quick love letter to all the perfectionists out there https://everythingchanges.us/blog/half-ass-it/

kissane,
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@aworkinglibrary mandy brown how dare you attack me so personally

misc, to random
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One thing Mastodon (or a fork) could do to win some users over from Bluesky, is support taking your account private. It's wild that X and Threads are the only big post-Twitter microblogging platforms that allow this.

kissane,
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@misc I don't know very much at all, but that sounds extremely dicey to implement in ActivityPub since other forks and systems could just ignore the changed flag.

Maybe I'm wrong, but since doing a wholesale "going private" move is so frequently used when shit gets super hostile, it seems like it would be important to bulletproof in ways that…may not be available? Idk.

kissane, to random
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Summoning summer to the coastal gloom zone by cranking Florence and all her various Machines, making iced coffee while wearing a sweater and heated gloves

kissane,
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@cour13r5 yes please let's average it

kissane, to random
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Delighted and totally honored to be at XOXO this year, look at these absolute badasses who will be speaking, lordy, no pressure or anything 😬

https://2024.xoxofest.com/

kissane,
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@tealtan Allen I FINALLY GET TO ACTUALLY MEET ED I am so so psyched

kissane,
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@markllobrera Thank you! I had already signed up for the lottery mailing list when they invited me, I am so psyched to be there

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