mcboingboing
Mid-Mod mom, editor, nit-picker, N95 wearer. #COVIDIsAirborne {she/her}
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- Reposted by mcboingboingReminds me of one of these, it's some sort of leaf-footed bug.
- Reposted by mcboingboingHello #InsectThursday
- Reposted by mcboingboingChecking on the various stages of butterflies in the yard today. 1- Monarch #5 in protective cage resting on host plant 2- #6 giving clear signals it’s ready to fly 3- good size Cloudless sulfur cat blending with host blooms 4- smaller cat inside a bloom and a tiny egg on the outside #invertes
- Reposted by mcboingboingSunlight on freshly opened wings. Euploea core - Common Crow #invertebrate #butterfly
- Reposted by mcboingboingA hairstreak doing special hairstreak things. I find them so entertaining. Amazing physical and behavioral adaptations to fool potential predators to attack non-essential body parts. Pseudo antennae and eyes at their posterior. 🦋 #butterflies #insects #bugsky #nature #EastCoastKin #hairstreak
- Reposted by mcboingboingThe second of today's cool bugs: The American Grass Mantis (Thesprotia graminis)! I see these pretty frequently at my porch light during the summer, but this is the first one I've spotted "in the wild", so I initially wasn't even sure it was the same species. #insect #wildlife #bugsky 🪲🪳
- Reposted by mcboingboing#InsectThursday with a Platycheirus tarsalis #hoverfly seen yesterday investigating the yellow witchhazel. #pollinators #Lancashire #vitaminN
- Reposted by mcboingboingOur backyard has another 'first' record for an insect species in Armidale @inaturalist.bsky.social, Amphirhoe sloanei(?). So many possible reasons for 'firsts', eg few people looking; less common species; dispersal from the coast (random or migration)... we'll probably never know #wildoz #ozinverts
- Reposted by mcboingboingA cluster of 7-spot ladybirds still huddled together after over-wintering on a moss covered wooden post in Wandlebury, Cambridgeshire; there are leafless trees and a carpet of fallen leaves in the background 🐞 #Ladybirds #Ladybugs #InsectThursday @cambridgeppf.bsky.social
- Reposted by mcboingboingThe goldenrod soldier beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus), aka the Pennsylvania leatherwing, is harmless to humans and plants; it's a notable pollinator of goldenrod, asters, milkweed, and other native plants. #backyardnature #entomology
- Reposted by mcboingboingThis is was just 3 weeks ago from the great @iamrosescott.bsky.social and her team at @wabe.org, who devoted their show to a recent Georgia State study that found thousands of unhoused people living in extended-stay hotels in DeKalb County, Georgia. Listen and read: www.wabe.org/researchers-...
- Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/m...
- Reposted by mcboingboingNot only is it Black History Month. It’s also its 100th anniversary!! To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
- Reposted by mcboingboingI don't think it's a coincidence that in the wake of that narrative we're seeing men who thrive on centering themselves in political narratives get mad because their M.O. of parachuting in and doing adventurism is not going over well with the folks doing the work.
- Reposted by mcboingboingRenee Good's brother, Luke Ganger: "And I still don't know how to explain to my 4-year-old what these agents are doing when we pass by."
- Reposted by mcboingboingMarimar Martinez, shot by federal agents in Chicago, testifying in Washington today:
- Reposted by mcboingboingMarimar Martinez is displaying an enormous amount of courage. An ICE agent shot her five times. Called her a “b*tch” and bragged “5 shots 7 holes”. They tried to kill her. Rather than cowering, she’s using her voice to warn others. Thank you Ms Martinez.
- Reposted by mcboingboing🧵 At 3pm ET today, I'll be live-posting highlights from the public forum for @lawfaremedia.org. This will some witnesses' very first public appearance and the only one for Brent and Luke Ganger, who do not plan to do any additional interviews. Follow this thread for updates as they happen 🧵👇
- Reposted by mcboingboingLatest video looking behind the headlines at authoritarian things you might have missed from the Trump administration this week youtu.be/eeHVsdn_yus
- Reposted by mcboingboingPart of what’s breaking my brain today is I’ve got friends fleeing the country, friends doing grocery runs for hunted neighbors, friends pretending nothing is wrong, and all of them are working on their taxes.
- Reposted by mcboingboingMy work union has a satisfaction survey open, so I made sure to give them my thoughts. "Extremely disappointed in terms of the union's response to the ongoing covid pandemic, which is a mass mortality event and significantly impacting workers..." 1/6 #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #LongCovid
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View full threadReposted by mcboingboingRelevant article for you to educate yourselves: "The deepening toll of Long COVID after 5 years of the pandemic" www.wsws.org/en/articles/... 6/6
- Reposted by mcboingboingIT IS NOT “ALL IN YOUR HEAD”. THIS IS NOW PROVED BY ACTUAL SCIENCE. Many years ago when I was a young and sprightly lolephant, I was told my asthma was because I was “too emotional”; & I was “addicted” to my inhaler. For *asthma*, not even complex things like ME, fibromyalgia, long covid & endo.
- Reposted by mcboingboingFrom the review: “We review this body of literature and why metformin should now be offered to outpatient adults for treating acute SARS-CoV-2 infection to prevent long COVID.” academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...
- New review highlights growing evidence that diabetes drug metformin can prevent long COVID The low-cost drug may lower the risk of clinician-diagnosed long COVID by 40% to 60%. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
- Reposted by mcboingboingDespite Long COVID's toll on millions of children, there are only a handful of clinical trials that include them. @spichaksimon.bsky.social reported on three upcoming pediatric trials. Co-published with @19thnews.org! thesicktimes.org/2026/02/03/l...
- Trump administration continues its whitewashing of history in our national parks. www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
- Reposted by mcboingboingDay 1243—Petition to introduce this as a mandatory disclaimer under every hyped-up Long COVID & ME/CFS treatment: "The Better the Study, the Less It Finds"
- The skinny on intermittent fasting "the better the study , the less it finds" gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/w...
- The good news: the Bateman Horne Center is developing a program in which ME/CFS and Long Covid experts would create a multifaceted care plan for your local care team to administer. The bad news: Bateman Horne Center operates from an all-cash model and does not accept health insurance.
- Here’s some FREE good news, though: you can download BHC’s clinical care guide for providers. batemanhornecenter.org/clinical-car...
- Reposted by mcboingboingA moving 'thank you' from a longCOVID patient to the ME/CFS community. Worth a read. centerleftstack.substack.com/p/those-who-...
- Reposted by mcboingboingI believe we need nationwide screening because we can’t see immune damage or blood vessel damage #InvisibleIllness. We need something like Oxford Coverscan.
- One of the greatest barriers for addressing the #LongCOVID crisis is public invisibility. To make the illness more legible to the public, Kayli Jamieson’s research team has launched a photo exhibition called Living with Long COVID at the Museum of Vancouver. bit.ly/4byOFlX
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- BONJOUR TOUT LE MONDE www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by mcboingboingOne of the greatest barriers for addressing the #LongCOVID crisis is public invisibility. To make the illness more legible to the public, Kayli Jamieson’s research team has launched a photo exhibition called Living with Long COVID at the Museum of Vancouver. bit.ly/4byOFlX
- Reposted by mcboingboing“Younger and middle-age individuals are disproportionally affected by neurologic manifestations of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection regardless of acute COVID-19 severity.” (Choudhury et al., 2025; DOI: 10.1002/ana.27128) Might 👆 be connected to 👇? www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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- Reposted by mcboingboingMaybe I’m late to the game on this but there’s a gluten free option now fyi ☺️
- Reposted by mcboingboingSobbing “because I’m worth it, it’s okay not to be okay” & colouring my whole entire self in from face to feet with the BACP lipstick collection & wondering why I’m still completely & utterly fucked
- Reposted by mcboingboingAnti-trans group set up by 4 mums "has *dozens* of members nationwide" and gets a big write up in the Telegraph. @transparentaction.bsky.social a pro-trans parent group set up by 4 mums has over 1350 signatories to it's pledge. Crickets. Please sign and share actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
- Reposted by mcboingboingThis is happening TONIGHT on the UNC-Asheville Campus, 5:30pm ET. If you would like to listen virtually, DM me and I'll send you a link. #NCwx #Disasterology #Helene @samlmontano.bsky.social
- Come join Dr. @samlmontano.bsky.social and I on the UNC-Asheville campus Tuesday night (Feb 3rd 5:30pm ET) to talk about our favorite subjects: Disasterology and Helene #NCwx #Helene #Disasterology
- Reposted by mcboingboingno new pictures, where are you at mentally?
- No new pictures. Where are you mentally?
- Reposted by mcboingboingthis is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
- Reposted by mcboingboingI'm so thankful that Liam is back home. Sick to my stomach that there are so many others we don't know about still locked away. END ICE. End the occupation. End the kidnappings! Thank you to @comixaction.com for starting this #Comics4Liam campaign. Check out comics4liam.com
- Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!
- Reposted by mcboingboingA white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
- Reposted by mcboingboingExperts have described Dilley as “a hellhole” and decried the lack of proper medical care. Court records claim food is filled with worms, and the water is undrinkable. As a result, reports have spread of children are hitting themselves in the face and wetting themselves long after potty-training.
- NEW: @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social is calling for Dilley Immigration Center to be “shut down immediately.” Dilley released Liam Ramos. But hundreds of children who remain in the facility are facing a measles outbreak. The highly contagious disease can be deadly. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/02/h...
- Reposted by mcboingboingWestern snow is at record lows. Salt Lake City reports 0.1 inch this winter. Temperatures 15 degrees above normal put water for 40 million at risk. While we are still seeing snow in the mountains, it has been bare ground here in Missoula for quite a while now.
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This is how you do it: “It’s everybody, everywhere, trying to do anything.” - Reposted by mcboingboingAfter three weeks of labor strife, it became clear over the weekend that both sides of the nurses' strike in New York City had re-engaged, with the two sides each sharing new offers and agreeing to resume negotiations today.
- Reposted by mcboingboing🎁🔗 Elon Musk required xAI employees to sign a waiver that their jobs would require being exposed to “sensitive, violent, sexual and/or other offensive or disturbing content,” emphasizing that some such content “may be disturbing, traumatizing, and/or cause you psychological stress.” wapo.st/45DcMMI
- Reposted by mcboingboingIt’s my honor to know Mrs.Tori Samuels and this article does a great job of laying out just how disastrous these changes would/will be
- Reposted by mcboingboingwhoopsie daisy! just another case of a multi billion dollar company doing something blatantly illegal that profited them massively, and getting a comparative slap on the wrist fine as a result
- Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
- Reposted by mcboingboingIt is one thing to seize old ballots; it is quite another to imagine federal agents seizing ballots from county offices on election night or the day after. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/dojs...
- Reposted by mcboingboingThis sign was created and printed by local design collective Burlseque, the same folks behind these signs: www.fastcompany.com/91480108/the...
- Reposted by mcboingboingThis is the business in Uptown that got randomly tear-gassed by ICE a few weeks ago. Guess they didn’t like it
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