#masks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #masks, aggregated by home.social.
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Pieces Without a Puzzle
The season is changing. I feel the press of autumn on the threshold of my world. Summer is lingering, and will linger for a while yet. I can appreciate that, but I am glad for the fall. From a poem by Wendell Berry: "When I fall let me fall without regret like a leaf." His name can be spelled as Amsunteygralt or Amsonteygralt. We can call him the demalion of rabbits, by which we mean he is the demalion of a wild animal, because, like cats and ducks, no rabbit1 is domesticated to the […]https://vraic.wordpress.com/2026/09/06/pieces-without-a-puzzle/
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#Mastodon voice messages?
"Make social vocal" ?
Voice #filters added for #privacy?
(like #TikTok funny voice masks but more human sounding?)= voice messages + #masks / filters ?
(a risk but much more #progressive #P2P)
Protection with a voice 'mask'.
What do you think ?
(Text is limited = can't cover the human expression range like voice and for some text isn't possible / too hard).
Also #Jitsi (https://meet.osna.social/) + integrated voice #masks?
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Tomorrow is the last day of our matching campaign! That means there’s still time to make a donation and immediately DOUBLE its impact!
https://donatemask.ca/fundraiser
We have a little ways to go to reach our $2,000 goal. Donate today to help us get to the finish line!
You can also shop for #masks and clean air tools at our charity fundraising store: https://buymask.ca
All donations and proceeds from our charity fundraising store will go toward sending masks to people who request them.
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Donate today so we can keep sending #masks to help folks stay safe!
https://donatemask.ca/fundraiser
All donations, up to $2,000, will be doubled–how’s that for a great deal?
And psst…DYK that Donate A Mask has volunteers from coast to coast, all the way from Vancouver to Halifax?
Also–we’ve had volunteers in every Canadian time zone except Newfoundland!
If you want to join our team of volunteers, sign up here: https://donatemask.ca/volunteer
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Skirnir (ca. 1924) by Minya Diez-Dührkoop.
Source: MKG Collection Online
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3e19cdc1-ed61-4ddf-9f73-598206241fd2
#masks #pain #costumes #weimar #dance #armor #sitting #theatre #swords #suicide #knights #photography #art #publicdomain
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Various creatures that I transformed into at #FantasyForest this past weekend - a great festival with a lovely atmosphere!
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Jiang Ren in *The Rouge Tigress* (ca. 1900), from One Hundred Portraits of Peking Opera Characters.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/42840168-6f20-416f-b6ec-0767433dfc48
#masks #costumes #theatre #china #opera #fashion #art #publicdomain
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The Dance of Dissonance
Sometimes
#brainFog #circleOfLove #danceOfRelationship #dissonance #dock #emotionalBoundaries #emotionalReflection #empathy #GriefAndGrace #healingJourney #humanRelationships #hypervigilance #innerHealing #invisibleStrings #June2026 #labyrinth #marionette #Masks #MentalHealth #pastoralReflection #photorealisticIllustration #relationshipAnxiety #selfCompassion #SelfDoubt #SpiritualReflection #stage #surrealArt #surrealism #symbolicArt #unraveling #vulnerability
I find myself lost
at the end of
a confusing day
trying to decipher labyrinthian relations
and coming up short,
suddenly wondering
how a day I thought good
was not for another,
caught up in
opposing realities
where mine is suspect
and empathy is a struggle.
The brain fog
of past illness
has left its trailing
fingers over my head
like the cigarette smoke
of the man I see one morning standing with his back to me on the dock outside the store where I used to work
and I wonder why he is there.
I am suspicious, feeling responsible for what is no longer mine to care about, so I observe, yet remain at a distance and leave without really discovering if his presence is innocent.
Such is the dance of dissonance.
I am close enough to see your back but too far to see your face clearly,
afraid that if I look too closely I will not like what I see or that I will recognize some ugly part of me.
I want to hear
that which runs
counter to my experience
but I must be honest and say that my capacity to understand the complexities of human behavior is diminishing.
I long for circles that are completely safe,
where the people I pass on the walk home illicit in me feelings other than fear,
lust, guilt, or judgement,
all of which mirror
the overwhelming sense
of dislike
I feel from the
world, and from myself perhaps.
It is my inability to not receive everything personally, this overwhelming sadness, unprotected by my hypervigilance, where I still seem to miss what is most important, and no matter how much I try to hold everything together, I cannot keep things from unraveling.
How do I continue to remain caring and yet not take on burdens that are not mine to carry?
This then is the strange choreography of relationship, the stumbling herky-jerky movements of a marionette pulled by invisible strings, revealed in the bright lights of another angry stage.
Yet we dance.
Through the pain of revelation.
The occasional stepping on of toes.
In the percieved exposure of audience eyes.
Shedding these inadequate masks and costumes one by one.
Finding our own rhythm in the strange movings of this particular
circle of love.
Beg: June 5, 2026
Fin: June 30, 2026 -
Face Mask (late 1800s–early 1900s).
Source: The Cleveland Museum of Art
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b4f05878-97c6-4c5d-bbff-4d555f9238a7
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Some of us enjoy Social Distancing so much, we've continued our Covid Habits to the present. Old Farts of the Stone Arch Players' regular Friday morning Zoom Call. #socialdistancing #covid #covidhealthhabits #covidhabits #pandemic #epidemic #worldpandemic #worldpandemics #health #KeepPoliticsOutOfHealthcare #masks #mask #masking #spit #germs #sharinggerms #zoomcall #zoomcalls #socialdistance #sixfeet #distance #germwarfare #lysol #tilex #oldfarts #oldfart #communitytheater #communitytheatre
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#WritersCoffeeClub 5/13 If writing wasn’t your thing, what would your thing be?
If I wasn't writing (novels, stories, or plays) I'd probably have a lot of fun with sculpting. I got motivated to make some latex Commedia masks a few years back and really enjoy it!
You make a clay model first, then cover it in plaster to make a mold, then pour in the latex up to the brim of the mold for about 40 min, then pour it out, let the film dry (1-2 days) and gently peel off a new face!
Cut, paint, and enjoy! It's rather satisfying.
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CW: mask decoration shop! (not mine, just sharing)
"I started making mask chains in 2025 because I wanted my respirator to look like an intentional part of my outfit. I found that this increased my confidence when interacting with other people. I enjoyed making them so much that I decided to start selling them to raise money for Breathe Easy Sheffield, a volunteer-led organisation working to make indoor social and cultural spaces safer, more inclusive, and more accessible."
Vis Makes Chains on Folksy
https://folksy.com/shops/vismakeschains#masks #fashion #Masks4All #CovidCareful #BreatheEasy #Sheffield #CovidIsntOver
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Should ICE Agents Be Able To Wear Masks?
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Should ICE Agents Be Able To Wear Masks?
By Joyce Vance, Jan 13, 2026
Protect and serve. That’s supposed to be the job.
What could be further from that than masked agents roaming American streets in packs, refusing to identify themselves, and terrorizing—there is no other word for it at this point—American citizens?
Early on, the excuse for wearing masks was that it was necessary to protect the agents. From what? There were reports that they were being doxxed, which no one in law enforcement likes to deal with. But they’re the ones assaulting and killing people, which is far more problematic. Back in July, the Acting Director of ICE, Todd Lyons, said that he did not encourage agents to use masks but would continue to let them wear them in the field “if that’s a tool they need to keep them and their families safe.” Now masks and gaiters are emblematic of ICE agents and their colleagues from CBP (Customs and Border Protection) doing immigration work in places like Minneapolis.
You don’t routinely see the FBI or U.S. Marshals out doing their jobs with masks on. There is literally no legitimate reason for ICE and Customs Border Patrol (CBP) to continue to operate this way during immigration “enforcement actions,” especially in light of the recent history of documented abuses. Anonymity accelerates that kind of behavior. It tells the agents they aren’t accountable for violating people’s civil rights.
There has been concern about the kind of people the administration is rushing into service in ICE and as deportation officers. Congressional Democrats are asking for information on whether hiring includes now-pardoned Jan. 6 defendants.
The overwhelming majority of federal law enforcement agents I worked with during my 25-year career at DOJ were men and women who were committed to following the law themselves while protecting their communities and prosecuting crimes. They believed citizens had constitutional rights. There’s no reason for the sudden change, a world where an agent shoots and kills a woman for no good reason, except that the current leadership in the White House and at DHS is willing to tolerate, if not encourage, what we’re now seeing. There are people ripped out of their cars, homes entered without a judicial warrant, agents who treat American citizens like they have no rights. This administration dishonors the service of the federal agents who spent their careers committed to constitutional policing.
Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate tense situations. Instead, we’re watching ICE agents act like the accelerant to a smoldering fire. The administration’s take on the failure of agents to behave like the good guys they’re supposed to be isn’t to put a stop to it. Instead, they revel in the Gestapo-like images of doors being busted down, school kids being knocked to the ground, and peaceful protesters being hit with pepper spray. So, it’s up to someone else to stop it.
The state of training at ICE is unclear, as new agents are rapidly hired and deployed. But what we’re seeing is troubling.
Some states have tried passing laws to prohibit masking.
California passed SB 627 (the “No Secret Police Act”) in late 2025, restricting law enforcement, including federal agents, from using extreme face coverings like ski masks during operations, effective Jan 1, 2026. There are logical exemptions to protect officer safety and the identity of undercover operatives. California Governor Gavin Newsom said at the time, “This is about the secret police. We’re not North Korea, Mr. President. We’re not the Soviet Union. This is the United States of America.”
The language of the bill explains that “facial coverings limit the visibility of facial expressions, which are essential components of nonverbal communication. In high-stress or emotionally charged interactions, the inability to read an officer’s expression may lead to misinterpretation of tone or intent, increasing the risk of conflict escalation” and that “the visibility of an officer’s face is vital for promoting transparency, facilitating communication, and building trust between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.” It also points out that “when officers are not readily identifiable, it increases the risk of impersonation by unauthorized individuals, which further undermines public trust, endangers public safety, and hinders legitimate law enforcement operations.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: Should ICE Agents Be Able To Wear Masks?
Tags: Civil Discourse, Identify ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Joyce Vance, Legality, Like WW II, Masks, Nazi Tactic, Stormtroopers, Substack
#CivilDiscourse #IdentifyICE #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcementICE #JoyceVance #Legality #LikeWWII #Masks #NaziTactic #Stormtroopers #Substack -
Friday, January 2, 2026
Welcome back to life: Ukraine's HUR faked death of top anti-Putin Russian commander, claimed Kremlin bounty money -- Russia is targeting civilians: Casualties, outages reported following Russian drone strikes on residential buildings in Odesa -- Malanka: Ukraine's winter ritual of masks, mischief, and good fortune -- The Russians took our dead ones away; 5 things we lost in Pokrovsk ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/friday-january-2-2026/
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RADIO CAMPUS ACADEMY #08 – L’impro et faire du JDR sans JDR (feat. Les Imagitateurs)
Le huitième épisode de notre émission Radio Campus Academy est désormais disponible au format podcast.
Une émission de discussions à la cool autour du jeu de rôle ! Ce mois-ci nous recevons l’équipe de la chaîne Les Imagitateurs du JDR ! Jennnyyyy, Eric et Meriks jouent la plus part du temps en total improvisation et leurs actual plays ne se reposent sur aucun jdr existant ! Ils viennent nous parlez de leur façon de faire et de leur vision du JDR !
On en profite aussi pour faire le point sur les actus de la JDR ACADEMY, des gros bisous et des petits recos tendance horreur !Leur chaine : https://www.youtube.com/@lesimagitateursdujdr5869
Leur discord : https://discord.gg/DNHdqT2zL’émission est enregistrée une fois par mois en live !
N’oubliez pas de vous abonner pour ne rien manquer des prochains épisodes et de partager vos retours avec nous en commentaire ou sur nos réseaux sociaux.Radio Campus Academy, c’est votre nouveau rendez-vous mensuel pour parler jeu de rôle !
Vous pouvez nous soutenir sur Patreon
Retrouvez tous les épisodes de la JDR Academy sur www.jdracademy.com
Et si vous souhaitez revivre l’expérience avec la version vidéo, le live est toujours disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq0aCZfksBk
https://jdracademy.fr/radio-campus-academy-08-limpro-et-faire-du-jdr-sans-jdr-feat-les-imagitateurs/
#ActualPlay #add #add3 #alt236 #ApocalypseWorld #blacksad #bloodMoon #bluePrince #campus #collection #debats #discussions #drama #dungeonCrawlCarl #emissionLive #enDirect #feldup #gouTanabe #improvisation #isekai #jdr #jenga #jeuDeRôle #laLicorne #lastOfUs #leGrandJd #leRoiLion #lesImagitateurs #liminal #live #Lovecraft #maladie #masks #MonsterOfTheWeek #Monsterhearts #neuralnoise #nouvelle #octogones #OSR #PbtA #perception #playToLose #podcast #radio #reincarnatedAsASword #Riley #sherlockCthulhu #shieldHero #spidergro #stacklands #talk #talkShow #tchat #tenCandle #theBetween #Valkann #xFiles #YouTube #zombies
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Masks
New York City based photographer Phyllis Galembo spent ten years collecting images of masked celebrants throughout Mexico illustrating the wide cultural influences + diversity of the country. Published in her book Mexico: Masks, Rituals
#mexico #mexicanart #phyllisgalembo #masks #masques #masquerade #cincodemayo #celebrants #photographer #photography #portraitphotography #enmasque #art #artist #mexicomasksrituals #artbook #michaeljacksonmask #colorphotography #colourphotography #halloweenvibes #halloweenseason #halloween
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Masks
New York City based photographer Phyllis Galembo spent ten years collecting images of masked celebrants throughout Mexico illustrating the wide cultural influences + diversity of the country. Published in her book Mexico: Masks, Rituals
#mexico #mexicanart #phyllisgalembo #masks #masques #masquerade #cincodemayo #celebrants #photographer #photography #portraitphotography #enmasque #art #artist #mexicomasksrituals #artbook #michaeljacksonmask #colorphotography #colourphotography #halloweenvibes #halloweenseason #halloween
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RADIO CAMPUS ACADEMY #07 – Systèmes de jeu et joie de l’Aléatoire
Le septième épisode de notre émission Radio Campus Academy est désormais disponible au format podcast.
Une émission de discussions à la cool autour du jeu de rôle ! Pour cette rentrée, on se réunit entre membres de l’académie pour revenir sur l’actualité du podcast, discuter systèmes de jeu et des bienfaits de l’aléatoire, vous recommandez des trucs chouettes et finir avec des gros bisous ! Encore un bon podcast !
L’émission est enregistrée une fois par mois en live !
N’oubliez pas de vous abonner pour ne rien manquer des prochains épisodes et de partager vos retours avec nous en commentaire ou sur nos réseaux sociaux.Radio Campus Academy, c’est votre nouveau rendez-vous mensuel pour parler jeu de rôle !
Vous pouvez nous soutenir sur Patreon
Retrouvez tous les épisodes de la JDR Academy sur www.jdracademy.com
Et si vous souhaitez revivre l’expérience avec la version vidéo, le live est toujours disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIUs3-McpWc
https://jdracademy.fr/radio-campus-academy-07-systemes-de-jeu-et-joie-de-laleatoire/
#ActualPlay #add #add3 #ApocalypseWorld #blacksad #bloodMoon #bluePrince #campus #collection #debats #discussions #drama #dungeonCrawlCarl #emissionLive #enDirect #gouTanabe #isekai #jdr #jenga #jeuDeRôle #laLicorne #lastOfUs #leRoiLion #live #Lovecraft #maladie #masks #MonsterOfTheWeek #Monsterhearts #neuralnoise #nouvelle #OSR #PbtA #perception #playToLose #podcast #radio #reincarnatedAsASword #Riley #shieldHero #spidergro #stacklands #talk #talkShow #tchat #tenCandle #theBetween #Valkann #xFiles #YouTube #zombies
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RADIO CAMPUS ACADEMY #06 – Financements Participatifs et le jeu en Campagne (feat. Tales)
Le sixième épisode de notre émission Radio Campus Academy est désormais disponible au format podcast.
Une émission de discussions à la cool autour du jeu de rôle ! Avec en invité Antoine et Jean du podcast Tales, le podcast qui vous présente des jdr
Au programme : l’actualité du podcast, et deux longues discussions autour des financements participatifs et du jeu en campagne ! 2 Sujets que nos invités maîtrises sur le bout des doigts ! On finira par des recos en lien avec le jeu de rôle et des gros bisous !👉 L’émission est enregistrée une fois par mois en live !
N’oubliez pas de vous abonner pour ne rien manquer des prochains épisodes et de partager vos retours avec nous en commentaire ou sur nos réseaux sociaux.🎙️ Radio Campus Academy, c’est votre nouveau rendez-vous mensuel pour parler jeu de rôle !
Vous pouvez nous soutenir sur Patreon
Retrouvez tous les épisodes de la JDR Academy sur www.jdracademy.com
Et si vous souhaitez revivre l’expérience avec la version vidéo, le live est toujours disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqSh-KwTVq8
#ActualPlay #ApocalypseWorld #blacksad #bluePrince #campus #collection #debats #discussions #drama #emissionLive #enDirect #gouTanabe #isekai #jdr #jeuDeRôle #lastOfUs #live #Lovecraft #maladie #masks #MonsterOfTheWeek #Monsterhearts #neuralnoise #nouvelle #OSR #PbtA #perception #playToLose #podcast #radio #reincarnatedAsASword #Riley #shieldHero #spidergro #stacklands #talk #talkShow #tchat #theBetween #Valkann #xFiles #YouTube #zombies
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RADIO CAMPUS ACADEMY #05 – Le Drama et le Play to lose (feat. Volsung de 2d6+cool)
Le cinquième épisode de notre émission Radio Campus Academy est désormais disponible au format podcast.
Une émission de discussions à la cool autour du jeu de rôle ! Avec en invité Volsung du podcast 2d6+cool !
Au programme : l’actualité du podcast, une double discussion sur le drama dans le jeu de rôle et le « play to lose » si cher au coeur de notre invité ! On finira par des recos en lien avec le jeu de rôle et des gros bisous !
👉 L’émission est enregistrée une fois par mois en live ! Ne manquez pas le prochain rendez-vous : jeudi 26 Juin !
N’oubliez pas de vous abonner pour ne rien manquer des prochains épisodes et de partager vos retours avec nous en commentaire ou sur nos réseaux sociaux.🎙️ Radio Campus Academy, c’est votre nouveau rendez-vous mensuel pour parler jeu de rôle !
Vous pouvez nous soutenir sur Patreon
Retrouvez tous les épisodes de la JDR Academy sur www.jdracademy.com
Et si vous souhaitez revivre l’expérience avec la version vidéo, le live est toujours disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/live/hh-gqrUDo68?feature=shared
https://jdracademy.fr/radio-campus-academy-05-le-drama-et-le-play-to-lose-feat-volsung-de-2d6cool/
#ActualPlay #ApocalypseWorld #blacksad #bluePrince #campus #collection #debats #discussions #drama #emissionLive #enDirect #gouTanabe #isekai #jdr #jeuDeRôle #lastOfUs #live #Lovecraft #maladie #masks #MonsterOfTheWeek #Monsterhearts #neuralnoise #nouvelle #OSR #PbtA #perception #playToLose #podcast #radio #reincarnatedAsASword #Riley #shieldHero #spidergro #stacklands #talk #talkShow #tchat #theBetween #Valkann #xFiles #YouTube #zombies
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State by State Pending and recently passed #AntiProtestLaws: #NorthDakota
SB 2044: Heightened penalties for #protests near #CriticalInfrastructure
Enhances potential penalties for individuals who protest near existing and planned gas and oil #pipelines by criminalizing acts that interrupt or interfere with critical infrastructure facilities. In addition to prohibiting actual tampering with critical infrastructure property and equipment, the law prohibits "interfering, inhibiting, impeding, or preventing the construction or repair" of a critical infrastructure facility. Further, the law expands the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include a "site or location designated or approved for the construction of a facility" such as an oil or gas pipeline. Intentional interruption of a critical infrastructure facility, including by interfering with pipeline construction, is a Class C felony under the law, subject to a penalty of five years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both. The law also creates organizational liability for such acts: An organization found to have "conspired" with an individual who committed the interference could be criminally liable for ten times the fee imposed on the individual, or up to $100,000.
Status: enacted
Introduced 3 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 15 Feb 2019; Approved by House 25 March 2019; Signed by Governor Burgum 10 April 2019
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
HB 1426: Heightened penalties for #riot offences
Increases the penalties imposed for riot offenses. Under the law, participation in a riot is a Class A rather than Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine. Engaging in a riot involving more than 100 people is made a Class B felony, subject to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8158-02000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 16 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed the law on 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Riot
HB 1293: Expanded scope of criminal trespass
Expands the scope of criminal trespass activity under state law such that it could encompass protests, demonstrations, or other gatherings on private property, if notice against trespass is "clear from the circumstances." The offense could be punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. The law also creates an additional, noncriminal trespass offense and allows officers to issue a citation with a $250 fine for trespassing. The law was part of a package of legislation introduced in response to the #DakotaAccessPipeline protests.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0650-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Signed by Governor Burgum 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Trespass
HB 1304: New penalties for protesters who conceal their identity
Prohibits the wearing of #masks, #hoods, or other device that "conceals any portion" of an individual's face while committing a criminal offense, in order to avoid recognition or identification. As drafted, the offense could encompass, e.g., individuals wearing hooded clothing while participating in a protest and also committing a minor offense such as jaywalking. Under the law, commission of the offense comprises a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0311-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed it 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Face Covering
HB 1226: New criminal penalties for masked protesters
Would create a new criminal offense that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $3,000, to wear a mask “with intent to conceal the identity” of the wearer while “congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of the individual’s face.” The bill exempts public gatherings to celebrate “Halloween, a masquerade, or other similar celebration,” but does not include exemptions for masks worn during protests, or for health, religious, or other reasons. As written, the bill could cover a protester wearing a mask to avoid retaliation for their political speech, if there were any other individual in the crowd also wearing a mask—for instance, a medical mask to avoid spreading or contracting a contagious disease.
Full text of bill:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1226.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=1226Status: ENACTED!
Introduced 13 Jan 2025; Approved by House 10 February 2025
Issue(s): Face Covering
#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #MaskedProtesters #AntiMaskLaws #SurveillanceState #PipelineProtests #NoDAPL -
State by State Pending and recently passed #AntiProtestLaws: #NorthDakota
SB 2044: Heightened penalties for #protests near #CriticalInfrastructure
Enhances potential penalties for individuals who protest near existing and planned gas and oil #pipelines by criminalizing acts that interrupt or interfere with critical infrastructure facilities. In addition to prohibiting actual tampering with critical infrastructure property and equipment, the law prohibits "interfering, inhibiting, impeding, or preventing the construction or repair" of a critical infrastructure facility. Further, the law expands the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include a "site or location designated or approved for the construction of a facility" such as an oil or gas pipeline. Intentional interruption of a critical infrastructure facility, including by interfering with pipeline construction, is a Class C felony under the law, subject to a penalty of five years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both. The law also creates organizational liability for such acts: An organization found to have "conspired" with an individual who committed the interference could be criminally liable for ten times the fee imposed on the individual, or up to $100,000.
Status: enacted
Introduced 3 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 15 Feb 2019; Approved by House 25 March 2019; Signed by Governor Burgum 10 April 2019
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
HB 1426: Heightened penalties for #riot offences
Increases the penalties imposed for riot offenses. Under the law, participation in a riot is a Class A rather than Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine. Engaging in a riot involving more than 100 people is made a Class B felony, subject to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8158-02000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 16 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed the law on 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Riot
HB 1293: Expanded scope of criminal trespass
Expands the scope of criminal trespass activity under state law such that it could encompass protests, demonstrations, or other gatherings on private property, if notice against trespass is "clear from the circumstances." The offense could be punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. The law also creates an additional, noncriminal trespass offense and allows officers to issue a citation with a $250 fine for trespassing. The law was part of a package of legislation introduced in response to the #DakotaAccessPipeline protests.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0650-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Signed by Governor Burgum 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Trespass
HB 1304: New penalties for protesters who conceal their identity
Prohibits the wearing of #masks, #hoods, or other device that "conceals any portion" of an individual's face while committing a criminal offense, in order to avoid recognition or identification. As drafted, the offense could encompass, e.g., individuals wearing hooded clothing while participating in a protest and also committing a minor offense such as jaywalking. Under the law, commission of the offense comprises a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0311-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed it 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Face Covering
HB 1226: New criminal penalties for masked protesters
Would create a new criminal offense that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $3,000, to wear a mask “with intent to conceal the identity” of the wearer while “congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of the individual’s face.” The bill exempts public gatherings to celebrate “Halloween, a masquerade, or other similar celebration,” but does not include exemptions for masks worn during protests, or for health, religious, or other reasons. As written, the bill could cover a protester wearing a mask to avoid retaliation for their political speech, if there were any other individual in the crowd also wearing a mask—for instance, a medical mask to avoid spreading or contracting a contagious disease.
Full text of bill:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1226.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=1226Status: ENACTED!
Introduced 13 Jan 2025; Approved by House 10 February 2025
Issue(s): Face Covering
#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #MaskedProtesters #AntiMaskLaws #SurveillanceState #PipelineProtests #NoDAPL -
State by State Pending and recently passed #AntiProtestLaws: #NorthDakota
SB 2044: Heightened penalties for #protests near #CriticalInfrastructure
Enhances potential penalties for individuals who protest near existing and planned gas and oil #pipelines by criminalizing acts that interrupt or interfere with critical infrastructure facilities. In addition to prohibiting actual tampering with critical infrastructure property and equipment, the law prohibits "interfering, inhibiting, impeding, or preventing the construction or repair" of a critical infrastructure facility. Further, the law expands the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include a "site or location designated or approved for the construction of a facility" such as an oil or gas pipeline. Intentional interruption of a critical infrastructure facility, including by interfering with pipeline construction, is a Class C felony under the law, subject to a penalty of five years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both. The law also creates organizational liability for such acts: An organization found to have "conspired" with an individual who committed the interference could be criminally liable for ten times the fee imposed on the individual, or up to $100,000.
Status: enacted
Introduced 3 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 15 Feb 2019; Approved by House 25 March 2019; Signed by Governor Burgum 10 April 2019
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
HB 1426: Heightened penalties for #riot offences
Increases the penalties imposed for riot offenses. Under the law, participation in a riot is a Class A rather than Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine. Engaging in a riot involving more than 100 people is made a Class B felony, subject to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8158-02000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 16 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed the law on 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Riot
HB 1293: Expanded scope of criminal trespass
Expands the scope of criminal trespass activity under state law such that it could encompass protests, demonstrations, or other gatherings on private property, if notice against trespass is "clear from the circumstances." The offense could be punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. The law also creates an additional, noncriminal trespass offense and allows officers to issue a citation with a $250 fine for trespassing. The law was part of a package of legislation introduced in response to the #DakotaAccessPipeline protests.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0650-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Signed by Governor Burgum 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Trespass
HB 1304: New penalties for protesters who conceal their identity
Prohibits the wearing of #masks, #hoods, or other device that "conceals any portion" of an individual's face while committing a criminal offense, in order to avoid recognition or identification. As drafted, the offense could encompass, e.g., individuals wearing hooded clothing while participating in a protest and also committing a minor offense such as jaywalking. Under the law, commission of the offense comprises a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0311-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed it 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Face Covering
HB 1226: New criminal penalties for masked protesters
Would create a new criminal offense that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $3,000, to wear a mask “with intent to conceal the identity” of the wearer while “congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of the individual’s face.” The bill exempts public gatherings to celebrate “Halloween, a masquerade, or other similar celebration,” but does not include exemptions for masks worn during protests, or for health, religious, or other reasons. As written, the bill could cover a protester wearing a mask to avoid retaliation for their political speech, if there were any other individual in the crowd also wearing a mask—for instance, a medical mask to avoid spreading or contracting a contagious disease.
Full text of bill:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1226.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=1226Status: ENACTED!
Introduced 13 Jan 2025; Approved by House 10 February 2025
Issue(s): Face Covering
#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #MaskedProtesters #AntiMaskLaws #SurveillanceState #PipelineProtests #NoDAPL -
State by State Pending and recently passed #AntiProtestLaws: #NorthDakota
SB 2044: Heightened penalties for #protests near #CriticalInfrastructure
Enhances potential penalties for individuals who protest near existing and planned gas and oil #pipelines by criminalizing acts that interrupt or interfere with critical infrastructure facilities. In addition to prohibiting actual tampering with critical infrastructure property and equipment, the law prohibits "interfering, inhibiting, impeding, or preventing the construction or repair" of a critical infrastructure facility. Further, the law expands the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include a "site or location designated or approved for the construction of a facility" such as an oil or gas pipeline. Intentional interruption of a critical infrastructure facility, including by interfering with pipeline construction, is a Class C felony under the law, subject to a penalty of five years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both. The law also creates organizational liability for such acts: An organization found to have "conspired" with an individual who committed the interference could be criminally liable for ten times the fee imposed on the individual, or up to $100,000.
Status: enacted
Introduced 3 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 15 Feb 2019; Approved by House 25 March 2019; Signed by Governor Burgum 10 April 2019
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
HB 1426: Heightened penalties for #riot offences
Increases the penalties imposed for riot offenses. Under the law, participation in a riot is a Class A rather than Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine. Engaging in a riot involving more than 100 people is made a Class B felony, subject to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8158-02000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 16 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed the law on 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Riot
HB 1293: Expanded scope of criminal trespass
Expands the scope of criminal trespass activity under state law such that it could encompass protests, demonstrations, or other gatherings on private property, if notice against trespass is "clear from the circumstances." The offense could be punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. The law also creates an additional, noncriminal trespass offense and allows officers to issue a citation with a $250 fine for trespassing. The law was part of a package of legislation introduced in response to the #DakotaAccessPipeline protests.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0650-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Signed by Governor Burgum 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Trespass
HB 1304: New penalties for protesters who conceal their identity
Prohibits the wearing of #masks, #hoods, or other device that "conceals any portion" of an individual's face while committing a criminal offense, in order to avoid recognition or identification. As drafted, the offense could encompass, e.g., individuals wearing hooded clothing while participating in a protest and also committing a minor offense such as jaywalking. Under the law, commission of the offense comprises a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0311-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed it 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Face Covering
HB 1226: New criminal penalties for masked protesters
Would create a new criminal offense that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $3,000, to wear a mask “with intent to conceal the identity” of the wearer while “congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of the individual’s face.” The bill exempts public gatherings to celebrate “Halloween, a masquerade, or other similar celebration,” but does not include exemptions for masks worn during protests, or for health, religious, or other reasons. As written, the bill could cover a protester wearing a mask to avoid retaliation for their political speech, if there were any other individual in the crowd also wearing a mask—for instance, a medical mask to avoid spreading or contracting a contagious disease.
Full text of bill:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1226.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=1226Status: ENACTED!
Introduced 13 Jan 2025; Approved by House 10 February 2025
Issue(s): Face Covering
#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #MaskedProtesters #AntiMaskLaws #SurveillanceState #PipelineProtests #NoDAPL -
State by State Pending and recently passed #AntiProtestLaws: #NorthDakota
SB 2044: Heightened penalties for #protests near #CriticalInfrastructure
Enhances potential penalties for individuals who protest near existing and planned gas and oil #pipelines by criminalizing acts that interrupt or interfere with critical infrastructure facilities. In addition to prohibiting actual tampering with critical infrastructure property and equipment, the law prohibits "interfering, inhibiting, impeding, or preventing the construction or repair" of a critical infrastructure facility. Further, the law expands the definition of "critical infrastructure facility" to include a "site or location designated or approved for the construction of a facility" such as an oil or gas pipeline. Intentional interruption of a critical infrastructure facility, including by interfering with pipeline construction, is a Class C felony under the law, subject to a penalty of five years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both. The law also creates organizational liability for such acts: An organization found to have "conspired" with an individual who committed the interference could be criminally liable for ten times the fee imposed on the individual, or up to $100,000.
Status: enacted
Introduced 3 Jan 2019; Approved by Senate 15 Feb 2019; Approved by House 25 March 2019; Signed by Governor Burgum 10 April 2019
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Infrastructure
HB 1426: Heightened penalties for #riot offences
Increases the penalties imposed for riot offenses. Under the law, participation in a riot is a Class A rather than Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in prison and a $3,000 fine. Engaging in a riot involving more than 100 people is made a Class B felony, subject to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8158-02000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 16 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed the law on 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Riot
HB 1293: Expanded scope of criminal trespass
Expands the scope of criminal trespass activity under state law such that it could encompass protests, demonstrations, or other gatherings on private property, if notice against trespass is "clear from the circumstances." The offense could be punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a $1,500 fine. The law also creates an additional, noncriminal trespass offense and allows officers to issue a citation with a $250 fine for trespassing. The law was part of a package of legislation introduced in response to the #DakotaAccessPipeline protests.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0650-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Signed by Governor Burgum 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Trespass
HB 1304: New penalties for protesters who conceal their identity
Prohibits the wearing of #masks, #hoods, or other device that "conceals any portion" of an individual's face while committing a criminal offense, in order to avoid recognition or identification. As drafted, the offense could encompass, e.g., individuals wearing hooded clothing while participating in a protest and also committing a minor offense such as jaywalking. Under the law, commission of the offense comprises a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $3,000 fine.
Full text of bill [pdf]:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0311-04000.pdfStatus: enacted
Introduced 12 Jan 2017; Governor Burgum signed it 23 Feb 2017
Issue(s): Face Covering
HB 1226: New criminal penalties for masked protesters
Would create a new criminal offense that could cover peaceful protesters who choose to wear a mask. The bill would make it a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and $3,000, to wear a mask “with intent to conceal the identity” of the wearer while “congregating in a public place with any other individual wearing a mask, hood, or other device that covers, hides, or conceals any portion of the individual’s face.” The bill exempts public gatherings to celebrate “Halloween, a masquerade, or other similar celebration,” but does not include exemptions for masks worn during protests, or for health, religious, or other reasons. As written, the bill could cover a protester wearing a mask to avoid retaliation for their political speech, if there were any other individual in the crowd also wearing a mask—for instance, a medical mask to avoid spreading or contracting a contagious disease.
Full text of bill:
https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1226.html?bill_year=2025&bill_number=1226Status: ENACTED!
Introduced 13 Jan 2025; Approved by House 10 February 2025
Issue(s): Face Covering
#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #MaskedProtesters #AntiMaskLaws #SurveillanceState #PipelineProtests #NoDAPL -
Please use #masks or #nasalsprays like Enovid and Viraleze, but don't take covid for granted. The #pandemic isn't over. https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/how-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain "COVID-19 poses a serious risk to brain health, even in mild cases"
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There's a reason I want an OmniMask.
~ it's so I can be the coolest doomer at school ~
But also because I want more people to feel comfortable being around me:
both the immunocompromised or carers,
and people who read lips to help with Auditory Processing Disorder, loss of hearing, d/Deafness;
or anyone who just feels more comfortable seeing whole faces.I definitely don't understand the "I want to see your FACE" people,
but I don't generally set out with the intention of unnerving people
(until they upset me and I've tried conflict resolution skills, but unfortunately haven't fully concluded it. THEN I get ornery!)#mask #masks #respirator #MaskMeansRespirator #respirators #MaskBloc #PPE #accessibility #Accessible #LipReading #EaseOfAccess #Access #universal_free_internet_access #AccessToInformation #PublicAccess #Health #health2025 #Healthy #HealthyHabits
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My latest: CDC's #HICPAC fails again-- Weighs Lowering Infection Protections Even More via @forbes https://forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/11/21/cdc-weighs-lowering-infection-protections-even-more/
With thanks for perspective from @nynurses Lisa Baum, NYSNANurses undefined, Peg Seminario, Amanda Finley Diggs and the many others who testified at the #HICPAC meeting to tell them how their decisions were killing people.
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CW: USpol
Just once I want to see some Democrat get in front of the cameras and say:
"You can't BAN your way to freedom!"
in response to whateverthefuck it is #Republicans are trying to ban today.
#drag #dragshows #masks #healthcare #abortion #books #woke #protest #freespeech #DEI #DEIB #race #CRT #gender #LGBTQ #pronouns #sex #PBS #DOE #Oreos #cliffordTheBigRedDog #BudLight #publicEducation #TaylorSwift #CommonCore #Disney #Evolution #Lego #Starbucks
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More on the NC Senate voting, 30-15, to make wearing masks illegal. https://www.wral.com/amp/21433199/ #masks #politics #antimaskers
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Ah yes, this old trick. Rally support for a law for one thing, but actually use it for something else. Basically it makes wearing a mask in public illegal.
https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewDocSiteFile/87480 #masks #antimaskers
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1/2 • Как Филдовский музей исполняет новые правила по отношению к предметам культуры первичных и коренных народов, в шести примерах: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/arts/design/native-displays-museums-law.html ⦾ Четвёртый пример самый смешной (?): если бы маска Нуксалка принадлежала какому-нибудь народу, который имеет представительство в Соединённых Штатах... #museums #Nuxalk #Nuxalkart #Nuxalkmasks #masks #policy #nativearts #indigenousart #FieldMuseum #Chicago #creakingdecolonisation
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@Geoffberner This would not be the new norm if we were all wearing #masks, but that’s not our culture right Bonnie?!
This bought off #TeamAccess #CDNmedia works solely for our gutless, slimy, covid defeated govt who desperately want to normalize societal sickness so people forget how government policies welcomed it all along.
#BonnieHenry, #AdrianDicks and this #bcndp profit off continued societal sickness. It drives their greedy push for privatized #TelusHealth.
More sickness means more money to these #corrupt government figures, simple precautions are too pricey to even consider.
This #BCndp will soon brag about how much they saved (how little they’ve spent) protecting our ailing communities as part of their upcoming campaign.
They will soon get re-elected despite their unrepentant callousness by using bribe money to buy expensive nonstop virtue signalling ads which will run daily on #youtube.
This #BCndp always have $$ for campaigning but won’t ever spend a cent to educate the public out of this horror show of their making.
#VoteThemOut
#NoDataParty #FireBonnieHenry #SavePublicHealth
#MakeSchoolsSafe
#CleanAir #BCed #MasksForAll
#CovidIsAirborne
#CovidIsNotOver #bcpoli #cdnpoli -
Mask Mandates keep Cancer Center Free From #COVID
Many hospitals have lifted mask mandates, and, in some cases, this has led to COVID-19 outbreaks.
City of Hope in Duarte, California, maintained masking requirements. This has prevented hospital-acquired COVID-19 there entirely
“Our policies enabled us to achieve zero nosocomial infections, zero outbreaks,” Dr Trisal said
#CriticalThought #Covid19 #hospitals #Masks #MasksWork #cancer #pandemic #CovidIsNotOver
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Poster by artist @ schmutzparty on the birdsite. Hi-res file available for free/pay-what-you-want on Gumroad: https://schmutzparty.gumroad.com/l/dhuna
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Pleased to have made it through an #EyeTest with little change to my #prescription and best of all still no sign of #cataracts or #glaucoma despite 26 years of permanent #steroids. Also relieved as someone severely #immunosuppressed that the #optician and other staff were wearing #masks thus protecting themselves and patients. #NHS #Eyes
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Today is the third anniversary of the first confirmed #Covid-19 case in the US. As good a day as any to write a long and rambly essay about the current state of the nineteenth crow. I’m going to begin and end on a personal note, with some #science in the middle.
Almost my entire adult life has been dedicated to keeping people alive. I became a #medic for a number of reasons, but most directly because a friend was murdered: if there was any way I could keep another close circle of young, healthy people with a reasonable expectation of living for decades more from having to gather to mourn one of their own, I would.
So. First as a medic, then a #biotech #programmer, and now a #bioinformatics #researcher, my goal has been quite consistent. Everyone dies—but if we can claw back just a little more time, a few more years or days or hours, that is a victory in the war that never ends. As my fiancee says in another context, a slap in the face of a forgetful future. Only our deeds live after us. There is no greater deed than life itself.
For all that time, I’ve known there was another #plague coming. It was inevitable. One aspect of the medic’s war is the arms race, and pathogens have one hell of an R&D program. We can win skirmishes, and sometimes battles, and occasionally even a campaign. They’ll keep coming back, with mindless determination and terrifying numbers.
What I didn’t know, couldn’t even imagine, was what the primary obstacle to that particular phase of the war would be. I thought the challenges would be technical: spotting the #outbreak, identifying the #pathogen, learning its strengths and weaknesses, developing preventions and treatments, getting #medicine out to where it’s needed most. You know, science stuff.
Those are all challenges with covid, to be sure. But it turns the biggest problem is willful, deliberate, self-imposed, homicidal and suicidal stupidity.
I’ve written at length about my opinions of #antimaskers and #antivaxers, and no doubt I will again. The short version is, they’re traitors to humanity. I’ve given up trying to reason with them. Best to concentrate on what I can control: my own work, the knowledge I gain from others in the field, and the information I provide to people who are willing to listen. Eventually the traitors will benefit too, however little they deserve it.
Okay, on to the facts. The data I’ll be discussing are #US-centric. I live here, it’s my primary area of concern, and it’s what I know the most about. Readers in other countries, please feel free to comment on similarities and differences.
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There were massive spikes in January 2021 and January 2022: here is a nice visualization. At the peaks, 2022’s spike was more than three times as bad as 2021’s. On the other hand, there were only (only!) about three-quarters as many deaths in 2022. I suspect there are a few things going on here:
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New Year’s celebrations both years, but especially in 2022, packed a lot of people together in small spaces. This is of course a recipe for mass infection.
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Prevalence of the omicron strain in 2022, which is generally more infectious but less lethal than other strains.
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More masks in 2021, preventing infection but doing nothing to reduce severity, compared to much more #vaccination but fewer #masks in 2022.
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As of September, Republicans were dying of covid almost twice as fast as Democrats, controlling for age. Of course it’s not being a Republican that kills you: it’s not being #vaccinated. Antivax has become an ideological purity test for a substantial portion of the Republican Party, and those who try to both-sides this issue have their heads buried so far in the sand they’re hitting bedrock.
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New #variants haven’t been much in the news lately. That’s not because #SARS-CoV-2 has stopped mutating. It’s because what we call #omicron has now mutated so much that it now has more genetic diversity than all the others put together. Tracking variants by letter made sense in the early stages of the pandemic, but now we could go through the entire Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Arabic, and every other alphabet and still run out. As a practical matter, this means we’ll need at-least-annual #booster shots forever.
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In June 2022, we passed a little-remarked milestone: total US covid deaths in people under 30 surpassed total US #military deaths in #Afghanistan and #Iraq, in a similar demographic over a much shorter time. Older people are more likely to die of covid, sure. Older people are more likely to die of everything. Youth will not save you.
There is some good news. The January spikes mentioned in item #1 seem so far not to be materializing this year, although we’ll have to wait until the data for the entire month have been sifted to be sure. I doubt people are getting any more careful, but 70-80% of the US population is vaccinated, depending on how you count: maybe that’s enough for a meaningful degree of herd #immunity.
Older #vaccines aren’t as effective against newer strains as newer vaccines tailored to those #strains, but they still help. With any vaccination on board, you’re less likely to get infected, and less likely to die if you do. Keep getting boosters, and your #immune system will build up a kind of library: “oh, this isn’t exactly like anything I’ve seen before, but it looks kind of like this thing I read about, so …”
We can’t make antivaxers go away. They’ll always be there, acting as a reservoir for infection and a breeding ground for new strains. Sure, they’ll die at a much higher rate, but more of them will live, largely thanks to the heroic efforts of the science they reject. What we can do, to a degree, is work around them.
Back to the personal.
I’ve lost a few friends, and I know many people who have lost family, to #antimask / #antivax lunacy. I understand the pain and anger and confusion. Stay strong. Maybe one day before we’re all dead, this will be over and reconciliation will be possible, if we choose to extend such grace. Not today, and not for a long time to come.
Any person, any family, any circle of friends, any gathering, any business, any government … all are more than justified in exiling these traitors forever. When they are those we love, grief is inevitable. But the people we loved are already dead. Our job is to avoid joining them.
Let’s be careful out there.
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It's taken me a while to figure out how to write an #Introduction. Here goes:
I’d appreciate a boost to help meet like-minded here.
I’m a professor of medicine at McMaster University #MacDeptMed, #McMasterU
Clinically, I work as a #KidneyDoctor (#Nephrology)
I’m an associate member of #HEI (#Epidemiology) at #McMasterU
I’m a member of the Centre of Excellence in Protective Equipment and Materials (#PPE, #N95, #CEPEM) at #McMasterU
My #ClinicalResearch is in #KidneyDisease #KidneyEpi (#CKD, #Potassium, #CKDProgression) and #Masks
I’m editor-in-chief of #CJKHD (@CanJKHD on the birdsite, not here yet) an #OpenAccess kidney journal with #PublishingPolicy:
#SupportiveReview (#Kindness, #KidneyKindness) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20543581221080327
https://theconversation.com/peer-review-can-this-critical-step-in-the-publication-of-science-research-be-kinder-182142#PortableReview (was your hard work rejected by a journal with IF>=4? Submit clean, redline, point-by-point response-to-reviews, and tell us which journal and undertake that you responded to all reviews received)
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/canadian-journal-of-kidney-health-and-disease/journal202590#aims-and-scopeI’m editor-in-chief of https://maskevidence.org/ which curates evidence on #BetterMasks and #MasksWork
For the pandemic, we need #SystemsApproaches because #CovidIsAirborne and #CovidIsNotOver. #DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid
I’d like to see #KidneyVerse as the tag to find others with interest in #KidneyHealth and #KidneyDisease. #AskKidney #AskRenal
Also trying to be #LGBTQ #LGBTQ2 ally, working on #EDI #equity #diversity #inclusion, interested in #SocialJustice #UrbanPlanning.
Treaty 3|Dish with One Spoon, Turtle Island; Hamilton ON Canada. She/her
