#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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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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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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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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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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#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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#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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#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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#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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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
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At the start of the pandemic, Newsela published articles relating to social distancing and health. I created this graphic to show that cloth masks, while not as effective as N95s, still offered protection against contaminated aerosols.
#scienceillustration #education #sciencefigures
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I made this Halloween mask in the 1980s for my lifelong friend, Joan, who just passed away last week. #friends #friendship #lifelongfriend #lifelongfriends #Halloween #halloweenmask #halloweenmasks #1980s #Autumn #fall #celebrate #celebration #mask #masks #disguise #costume #costumes #dressingup
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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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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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Continuing my #traveltales #travelnotes, and staying on the topic of #masks
I'm in #Hyderabad for #KubeCon #India and forced myself out of the hotel on my arrival day at least once. Even walking to the ATM around the corner, I already put on my mask against all the dust and smog. Taking a tuktuk across town, I was immediately forced to put it back on and keep it on.
I love the buzzing and chaos on the streets, but I am also quite happy about my place with quiet and good air..
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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 -
The War on #Masks Has Taken on a New Meaning
This time, the masks have nothing to do with #COVID19.
By Henry Grabar
Feb 05, 20254:57 PM"Last month, state legislators in New York introduced a bill that would create a new crime: 'masked harassment.'
"That, the law explains, is when you wear a mask 'for the primary purpose of menacing or threatening violence against another person' or 'placing another person or group of persons in reasonable fear for their physical safety.'
"If that seems like a bit of a niche offense—threatening violence is already a crime, after all—it’s because the language has been watered down to attract political support. It’s a sign of New York Democrats’ cautious new approach over masks in public life, and a retreat from last spring, when anti-Israel protests, on top of a widespread urban crime panic, pushed leaders from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to consider mask bans.
"In its original form, the New York bill would have banned masks at public assemblies entirely. But the outcry from #DisabilityRights advocates, #CriminalJustice reformers, #HealthCareWorkers, and #CivilLiberties groups was swift, and so New York wound up with this bill on 'masked harassment' instead.
"Elsewhere, the pandemic-era leniency on masking in public is over. #NorthCarolina Republicans overrode a gubernatorial veto last summer to once again #BanPublicFaceCoverings, except to stop the spread of contagious diseases. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost dusted off an old law to threaten #StudentProtesters with #felonies. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has asked the state’s Senate to consider a bill to #unmask #protesters this year.
"For Republicans, it’s a chance to kill two birds with one stone. They can strike back against the perceived overreach of pandemic-era #HealthDirectives and make it easier to arrest #demonstrators at the same time.
"In #Ohio and North Carolina, the original statutes were written in the 1950s to stop demonstrations by the #KuKluxKlan, but had been ignored or suspended during the #pandemic and the #GeorgeFloydProtests. Many lawmakers have cited the recent demonstrations in defense of #Gaza as a reason to crack down again. Defending the proposed mask ban in New York, Anti-Defamation League [#ADL] president Jonathan Greenblatt said the demonstrators were using '#KKK tactics' to intimidate Jewish New Yorkers.
"That instinct was bolstered by the sense among many city residents and elected leaders that widespread masking was a factor behind the pandemic-era crime spike. That led to #Philadelphia banning #SkiMasks in parks, on trains, and in public buildings. A more recent, high-profile example came in December with the Midtown Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO #BrianThompson by a #MaskedAssassin, which prompted New York Mayor Eric Adams to call for cab drivers and business owners to ask customers to remove their masks. The new New York bill has won over the liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who endorsed the 'tailored' approach. As the police say: #NoFaceNoCase.
"For what it’s worth, there are too many confounding variables and too little data to be sure if mask-wearing is associated with crime, said Ernesto Lopez at the Council for Criminal Justice, which collects crime reporting statistics from various cities. 'From a theoretical statement it makes sense that could occur, but it has not been demonstrated that’s the case,' he told me.
"But if all that weighed in favor of more mask bans, there was also widespread resistance. Disability advocates mobilized to defend the right to mask; North Carolina had to write a medical exemption into their bill at the insistence of a GOP House member. #PoliceReformers observed that #MaskBans have often been used for pretextual #policing and racial profiling against #BlackAmericans. (#AtlantaGeorgia tabled a mask ban for that reason.)
"What looms largest, as the second Trump administration begins, is the role of protest. As Semafor’s Dave Weigel has noted, masks have become a badge of left-wing protest culture. That’s in part an extension of politicized COVID-era concerns about health and civility, but at this point it is mostly a tactic to preserve anonymity in an era of #FacialRecognition, streaming video, and #doxing. Last year, the anonymous #ProIsrael website the #CanaryMission posted photographs of hundreds of students and faculty at campus protests and posted their names and photos online, labeling some as supporters of terrorism.
"'The concern takes on new urgency as Donald Trump pledges to revoke the visas of pro-Palestine protesters, and the Trump-Musk GOP embraces the naming and shaming of otherwise private citizens. A conservative group called the American Accountability Foundation has begun circulating lists of federal workers, many of them Black, who should be
'targets' for their alleged involvement in #DEI initiatives at work."Clearly, the masked protest does not always sit well with an older generation, many of whom cut their teeth in the protests of the pre-internet age. As Georgetown professor Michael Kazin told the New York Times last year: 'I do think if you are going to demonstrate, and it’s something you feel deeply about, you should be willing to stand up and be counted.'"
Source:
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/mask-bans-new-york-los-angeles-crime-protests-criminalize-face-coverings.html?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#Fascism #AuthoritarianRule #BigBrother #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #SurveillanceState #SilencingDissent -
"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." #halloween #halloweenmasks #masks #costumes #halloweencostumes #clowns #devil #devils #rick #ricksanchez #rickandmorty #tv #cartoon #adultswim #threemonkeys #proverb #proverbs
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“#SantaCruz County Health Officer Lisa Hernandez declared that, starting Nov. 1, #masks will be required among all visitors and personnel working in local acute care facilities, #nursing facilities, #surgical and #maternity centers and #infusion centers….The order applies to all health care personnel and visitors regardless of vaccination status and masks must be worn at all times while indoors and conducting direct patient care or while visiting patient care areas.” https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/09/18/santa-cruz-county-health-officer-acute-care-facility-visitors-workers-must-mask-up-come-november/
#uncommon #commonsense #wisdom #HealthCare #PublicHealth #MontereyBay #covid #prevention
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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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Had another wonderful #Masks session last night. I've been setting up a murder mystery for the players to solve. It took months to get all the pieces into place.
They ran down the clues and are sure they've figured out who the murderer is. Next session will likely be confronting the suspect. Just need to decide in the moment if it needs a climactic battle, a heartfelt confession. or some combination of the two.
I had developed the plot, worked on making the suspect cast likeable and develop them as characters, drop clues, and make the whole thing feel logical.
I really like these #PBTA #PoweredByTheApocalypse games. They really push the mechanics out of the way and let me focus on telling the best narrative I can. This game has really helped me push my storycraft.
I'll be taking a brief sabbatical as a player, as one of the other players is kind enough to give me a little break. I've been running this for at least a year now and I have a second big campaign that's all me.
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Global News BC: B.C. to reinstate mask mandate in all health-care settings https://globalnews.ca/news/9990387/bc-mask-mandate-health-care-settings-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Maskinginhealthcaresettings #covidinfections #bcmasksmandate #bcmaskmandate #COVIDMasking #MedicalMasks #maskmandate #Health #COVID #Masks
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I have been in The Gold Coast Australia for over a week. Must have seen over 1000 people. The number wearing masks I can count on my fingers.
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New eligibility for PCR testing in Ontario.
#Covid symptoms plus
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infection
➡️ all the previously eligible groups (frontline workers, pregnant people, people who are immunocompromised etc)https://www.ontario.ca/page/covid-19-testing-and-treatment
#Paxlovid eligibility expanded too (same page, scroll down):
➡️Everyone >60y
➡️>18y with a high-risk condition or immunocompromised
➡️>18y with <2 vaccine doses
➡️>18y with >6m since last vaccine or last Covid infectionWhere to get tested:
https://www.ontario.ca/assessment-centre-locationsSelf-certify 'I'm eligible' if you are in one of those groups.
In #HamOnt|Hamilton
https://www.stjoes.ca/coronavirus/covid-19-test-home
Don't rely on test-and-treat or vaccination. Prevent community transmission to a vulnerable person and prevent #LongCovid with #Masks and #Ventilation
#SystemsApproaches #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver.#DoAllTheThings #ventilation #filtration #PaidSickDays #BringBackMasks #WearAMask #MasksSaveLives #MaskeAuf #MaskUp #MaskMandate #MaskMandateNow #CovidLong #LongCovid #N95s #n95 #FFP2 #ffp3 #n99 #CovidTesting #BringBackTesting
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"Study: Wearing surgical masks over N95s can cause dangerous leaks"
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study-wearing-surgical-masks-over-n95s-can-cause-dangerous-leaks
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#introduction 👋 I'm Amy
* Doing MA in #AncientReligions 🌿 Into British BronzeAge/IronAge/Roman #MaterialCulture #materiality #SensoryArchaeology & #ritual
* #Singer #lyricist & muso with Thieves' Kitchen 🎵 https://thieveskitchen.com & https://thieveskitchen.bandcamp.com #ProgRock #CreativeRock
* Passionate about #volunteering & #libraries, lifelong #vegetarian, #OrganicGardener & #introvert (friendly but shy!)
Also ❤️ #hedgehogs #hares #masks #puppets #skellingtons #folklore #FolkHorror #walking & #weaving
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Canadians, do you want your jobs and your lawful freedoms back?
Do you want the vax passport and the fines to be dropped?
Do you want to be on the right side of history and of the law?
Yes? With enough signatures, this Memorandum of Agreement can do all that and then some!
If you said yes - then please help defend our Canadian lawful freedom of choice and #SignTheMOU!#Canada #Covid1984 #covid #pandemic #plandemic #clotshot #mandates #VaccinePassport #masks
