Julia Brokaw
@juliabonz
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PhD student in the Cariveau Native Bee Lab at the UMN. Studying ground-nesting bees, prairie restoration and science policy. Tweets are my own. She/her/hers. đ
Minnesota, USA
Joined January 2018
Eugenics undergirds all of American society and it shouldnât have taken all this for yâall to realize that ableism is applied not just to disabled people. Ableism is what makes fascism work, not only do yâall not look in disabled peopleâs directions, but you will cheer on your
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i think that people are very good at this during acute and obvious crises but much less so during chronic and less obvious ones, to the point where they come to resent those experiencing the crisis bc they want to stop thinking about it
I know people have said this but want to underline â disasters like the LA fires just show me over and over that people want to help each other so badly. itâs our natural inclination and we live in a place that stamps it out on a government level, but it doesnât change the desire
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Reminder: Asymptomatic infections are BAD! It basically means the virus either âoutsmartedâ your immune system or your immune system is not/cannot put up a fight.
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Map of U.S. Covid transmission, per CDC data. Bear in mind that reporting lags mean transmission has had 7 days to get worse. Approximately 1 in 64 Americans are now actively infectious. đđŞđˇ
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This is not Gaza. This is not Beirut. This is Damascus. Israel is bombing Syriaâs capitalâone of the oldest cities in human history, standing for over 11,000 yearsâwith some of its heaviest bombardments ever.
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This is my point. You do not, cannot know when someone is infected or not, so the logical conclusion would be to wear a mask in any setting that you do not have full control of through testings, ventilation, etc. You cannot know. Let that sink in. You have to wear a mask. :)
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Did anyone notice that the CDC just modified their dashboard to make Covid transmission look lower? The underlying data are identical. However, the Y axis is rescaled to make everything seem lower. https://t.co/0ywBlFpAJu
PMC COVID-19 Forecasting Model, Nov 18, 2024 Here's our year-over-year graph of U.S. Covid transmission with 1-month forecast. I'm going to walk you through why 2024 is atypical and 4 realistic scenarios for the winter. Atypical Transmission in 2024 Our model predicts
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Iâve said it before and I will say it again: Covid relief became the Republican CEILING fot government aid. Democrats should have made it their FLOOR and built on it. Instead they dismantled it, which ruined and ended lives. Worst domestic governance choice of my lifetime.
Just one of the millions of voters who lost Medicaid under Biden and how it derailed his life.
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Not too interested in pearl clutching about RFK as an unscientific HHS secretary from people who have been pretending there hasnât been a pandemic happening thatâs killing hundreds or even thousands of Americans every week
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I know it sucks to admit you were wrong when you stopped masking. It sucks to acknowledge that youâve harmed people by spreading disease. It sucks to accept that COVID is dangerous. But you can decide RIGHT NOW to wear a high-quality mask in public spaces again. I believe in you!
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NPR has a show called âLeft, Right, and Centerâ and the âLeftâ pundit, like, opposes single-payer healthcare lol
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I high key hate that Covid is still in the top 10 causes of death in both adults and children because masking in public ruins your vibe
i hate that covid conscious ppl r probably lowkey right because they r annoying as fuck sometimes
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"Getting people used to mass death is a prelude for getting them to accept mass murder."
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Israel banned Western journalists from reporting inside Gaza. They have killed more than 175 Palestinian journalists. So a group of American doctors reported whatâs happening from inside Gaza. Now Israel is banning those medical workers. A plea to Biden from one of them:
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No one can be the same after watching children and adults burning alive in their tents. Remember these people burning are the direct results of the Biden- Harris admin policy. They said that it is permissible to do this to our children.
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There is no connection, no calls, no voices coming out of Jabalia for hours now!
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Yes. You need an actual gas mask. Chlorine gas was used in WW1 by the Germans as chemical warfare. It can be very damaging, especially to the lungs. You need to check that your filters are specifically approved for Chlorine gas. https://t.co/dSPGBKTu4L
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Gas in The Great War, essay by James Patton, BS
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If weâre going to talk or write about coloniality of knowledge, we must address the technologies of violence that have very real consequences. Dominant knowledge practices donât only justify and legitimate violence. Right now, Lebanon is the laboratory.
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