all , commentary

The indirect funding of promoting products, politics, and propaganda against public health.

2024-09-06

all , commentary

The DNC was a superspreader event because they failed to adhere to CDC guidance recommending masking — at least for actively sick people!

2024-09-04

all , commentary

Penalties possibly coming for fake reviews for products pushed on social media. 

2024-08-17

all , commentary , essays

I stay far away from any avoidable UV lights.

2024-08-07

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Doctors are humans who have biases and need guardrails. 

2024-08-06

all , commentary

I keep hearing about pandemic related staffing shortages.

2024-08-05

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Information alone is not enough. The levers of power don’t work themselves.

2024-08-05

all , commentary

Nobody is immune to misinformation. 

2024-08-04

all , commentary , essays

The problem of busy work activism.

2024-07-30

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Peter Thiel wanted Trump to appoint this weird anti-FDA tycoon to lead the FDA

2024-07-27

all , commentary

Far-right British media commentator and covid contrarian Katie Hopkins excited about pro-Trump militias in America.

2024-07-27

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Alex Jones is traumatizing his audience with a disturbing wildlife video he compares to hospitals and vaccines.

2024-07-13

all , commentary , essays

Jessica Misfire

2024-07-09

all , commentary

I wouldn’t cite Dr. Robert Redfield if he said blood is red.

2024-07-08

all , commentary

There’s a horrendous irony in being accused of being “anxious” when you want to avoid covid.

2024-07-06

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Excessive screen time was not caused by the pandemic, and lockdown scapegoating is getting really old. 

2024-07-05

all , commentary

Maga is pro mail ballot this time around.

2024-07-04

all , commentary

Who initiated and presided over this Pentagon anti-vax scheme?

2024-07-03

all , commentary , podcast

They’re prepping for “weeding out” potential “resistance” to Trump from the civil service.

2024-07-02

all

Alex Jones compared vaccinated people to dead cows. 

2024-07-01

all , commentary

Ableist mask bans raise questions of how they could be enforced, and also questions about why there’s not another way to deal with the issue of juvenile delinquent vandals.

2024-06-30

all , commentary

Why is it the contrarians and the nonsense that seems to get published so much?

2024-06-28

all , commentary , essays , mail , scrapbook

Public comment to CDC ACIP meeting.

2024-06-27

all , commentary

The assertion that infectious diseases are created in labs is confused circular reasoning for those born yesterday.

2024-06-26

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

Conflation of social media with free speech is disingenuous & inaccurate.

2024-06-26

all , commentary

Legitimate fundraising shouldn’t involve guilt-trips or high pressure sales tactics.

2024-06-26

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Don’t insert ads disguised as testimonial into any conversations anywhere!

2024-06-26

all , commentary

The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle of Content Production

2024-06-23

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Elite panic style: Only the status quo matters in a changing world. They will sacrifice the restaurants to try to force the olden days.

2024-06-22

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

“Early Treatment” is a right-wing buzzword

2024-06-13

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Some will “say anything” when it comes to diseases misinformation.

2024-05-31

all , commentary

A Full Measure Transcript of Omission

2024-05-29

all , commentary

Posting and reposting sick burns that look like endorsements on social media.

2024-05-17

all , commentary , essays

The pandemic era is now, and mask bans are unethical.

2024-05-17

all , commentary

Conservative pundit influencer Dave Rubin incites fear and possible aggression toward people who wear respirator masks.

2024-05-16

all , commentary

Let’s not pretend that depressing voter turnout isn’t sabotage.

2024-05-14

all , commentary

FDA VRBPAC covid vaccine public comment, date extended

2024-05-11

all , commentary

Vaughn, what team is he actually on?

2024-05-08

all , commentary

I don’t trust my safety to science hype in the pop culture press.

2024-04-28

all , commentary , outdoors , photos

I don’t feel left behind, I feel disrespected. 

2024-04-25

all , commentary

The campaign against child vaccination and in favour of widespread infection with contagious diseases is the same project. 

2024-04-24

all , commentary , essays

Many references to “climate engineering” are actually a part of climate denial & disinfo narratives.

2024-04-19

all , commentary , essays

Lefty zine promoting right-wing pseudoscience protocols of an expensive concierge clinic?

2024-04-10

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The need to slow down, review, and engage critical thinking when making purchases or investments.

2024-04-10

all , commentary , essays , mail

Antiviral Injustice

2024-04-08

all , commentary

What definitions of “extremist” are being used?

2024-04-06

all

The shadowbanning of the pandemic.

2024-04-05

all , commentary , scrapbook

Sammy4723, anonymous pandemic influencer sock puppet account.

2024-04-04

all , commentary , essays

Journalist thinks covid is no longer political — just “trusts” right-wing covid denial.

2024-04-03

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

It’s Dark Sky Week & there’s a light pollution debacle in Scranton Pennsylvania.

2024-04-02

all , commentary

Covid denial, the musical

2024-04-01

all , commentary

Untrustworthy wellness influencer.

2024-03-30

all , commentary , mail

Pointless Great Barrington Declaration b.s. in a letter to the editor in my local newspaper.

2024-03-30

all , commentary

Anti-mask was always a dark money campaign.

2024-03-28

all , commentary

Anti-vax & health misinfo is just part of right-wing orthodoxy now.

2024-03-26

all , commentary

Jeffrey Tucker, covid contrarian and right-wing propagandist

2024-03-23

all , commentary

Disease denialism is cognitive warfare.

2024-03-23

all , commentary , scrapbook

Trump still promoting covid pseudoscience quack products.

2024-03-20

all , commentary , scrapbook

Sabotage works best when it looks like incompetence.

2024-03-19

all , commentary

Covid minimizers now reveal themselves to also push HIV bigoted conspiracy theories, as Brett Weinstein goes on Joe Rogan to spread AIDS denialism

2024-03-19

all , commentary , essays

I had a dream of soylent chatbots made out of people.

2024-03-15

all , commentary , essays

The Economy First Model.

2024-03-12

all , commentary , essays

The CDC, Media and PR: a public health disinformation campaign.

2024-03-04

all , commentary , essays

Anti-Science MAGA CDC: “It’s like the flu”

2024-03-02

all , commentary , scrapbook

Robin Hanson’s 2020 Viral Valentine Tweet

2024-02-29

all , commentary , essays

WaPo reporter’s citation used fraudulent appeal to authority to make anti-vax “natural herd immunity” claim.

2024-02-26

all , commentary

Once more, this time with feeling, propaganda about “learning loss” is a myth.

2024-02-25

all , commentary

MedPage Today publishes business PR consultant written op-ed arguing for lax infection control for covid (and other diseases)

2024-02-20

all , commentary , essays

Fraudulent Appeal to Authority. The tactic of citing sources that don’t actually back up a claim.

2024-02-09

all , commentary

New York Times Op-ed details the signs of anti-vax propaganda like an astronomer showing evidence of a black hole that cannot be seen directly. 

2024-02-07

all , commentary , scrapbook

Project 2025: Righties ready to roll. (Heads up, yes it’s real & you might not like it.)

2024-02-02

all , commentary , scrapbook

Red Flags for Disruption

2024-01-19

all , commentary , essays

Yes, Paxlovid is recommended for covid and the science says it works pretty well.

2024-01-16

all , commentary , scrapbook

CDC made medical guidelines please Delta Airlines, and now lots of people work sick and contagious in every industry

2024-01-10

all , commentary , mail , scrapbook

Sedevacantism, and naming “progressives” as “the enemy”

2024-01-06

all , commentary , essays

Public Health Debt

2024-01-05

all , commentary

Manufacturing doubt on the physical harms of alcohol with a tepid promotion of one month off for “psychological” reasons.

2024-01-04

all , commentary

Don’t miss the message because social media incentivizes us to prioritize rage over action and change.

2024-01-03

all , art , commentary , scrapbook

Mere Exposure Effect

2024-01-01

all , commentary , scrapbook

Ridiculous headlines in the New York Times, 2023

2023-12-31

all , scrapbook

Pandemic memes 2023

2023-12-31

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

Christmas movie propaganda, job creator myths, and “sides” in perpendicular axis

2023-12-25

all , commentary

“Chronic absenteeism” is a failure of public health.

2023-12-02

all , commentary

False hope in “60 Minutes” covering the indoor air quality issue.

2023-11-04

all , commentary

People know how covid spreads, they’ve just been told it doesn’t matter.

2023-10-29

all , commentary

Jessica Whatever Validates Your DoomScroll

2023-10-29

all , commentary , essays

They may hate you, but they love each other.

2023-10-27

all , commentary

Accusation in a Mirror warning

2023-10-24

all , podcast

Influencers and Direct Marketing

2023-10-21

all , commentary , essays

Multiple layers for safety: public health is not an à la carte menu.

2023-10-15

all , commentary

Too much money incentivizes shmoozing.

2023-10-14

all , commentary , scrapbook

A broken clock is wrong most of the day.

2023-10-07

all , commentary , podcast

Troll Farms, Sock Puppets, and Botnets – The Internet of Fakes

2023-10-07

all , commentary

Who’s side is Shira Doron on?

2023-10-03

all , commentary , podcast

Accusation in a Mirror

2023-09-22

all , commentary

Anyone telling me to shut up and do nothing is not an ally.

2023-09-15

all , commentary

Leana Wen, on her serious illness: yay, back to work

2023-09-15

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

The Internet of Fakes — PR Tactics, Troll Farms, Sock Puppets, Botnets, Influencers, Operatives, & Chaos Agents

2023-09-14

all , commentary

Republicans are still on about “flat-screen televisions” in 2023 Heritage Foundation publication.

2023-09-11

all , commentary

Public comment to CDC ACIP committee

2023-09-06

all , commentary , essays

Anti-mask Woke-washing

2023-08-31

all , commentary , podcast

Don’t wait for everybody before speaking up.

2023-08-11

all , essays

Don’t wait for everybody before speaking up.

2023-08-08

all , essays

Manufacturing MILD

2023-08-05

all , essays

Elite Panic.

2023-07-13

all , commentary , scrapbook

Nobody in charge learned anything, I learned who people really are

2023-07-10

all , commentary

Jessica Where There’s Smoke, and Mirrors

2023-06-28

all , commentary , scrapbook

The Wrong Impact Research

2023-06-25

all , commentary

Privilege, pseudoscience, and toxic positivity

2023-06-12

all , commentary , outdoors , scrapbook

The push against public health is all part of the same problem: profiteering on a wrecked living environment.

2023-06-12

all , commentary , essays

Ally, role model, or celebrity influencer? For Thee But Not For Me is not public health.

2023-06-01

all , commentary

The Public Health Emergency Declaration was always a Sword of Damocles.

2023-05-22

all , commentary , essays

Stop saying “post-pandemic”

2023-04-28

all , commentary , scrapbook

The PR industry works for people with a LOT of money. Billionaires, industries and corporations.

2023-04-23

all , commentary , scrapbook

And Voila, An Anti-Mask Twitter Rando

2023-04-07

all , commentary , essays , scrapbook

Socialism for me but not for thee. The Elite Panic of Star Trek’s Prime Directive.

2023-04-01

all , commentary

Zients vs. everyone left of the John Birch Society

2023-03-20

all , commentary , scrapbook

Seek protection from noise and spiraling gloom

2023-02-16

all , commentary

Anti-vaxxers attempt to co-opt disabled community social justice language for anti-vax purposes.

2023-02-06

all , commentary

Long Covid Community under siege by info-laundering anti-vax campaigns

2023-02-06

all , commentary

Emergencies must be dealt with, not magically declared ended

2023-02-06

all , commentary

Incoherent natural immunity claims at FDA meeting on vaccines

2023-01-26

all , commentary

Don’t fall for Pluralistic Ignorance on Masks

2023-01-02

all , commentary , essays

Moving forward, forever – community adaptation

2023-01-01

all , scrapbook

Pandemic memes 2022

2022-12-31

all , commentary , scrapbook

Ridiculous headlines in the New York Times, 2022

2022-12-31

all , commentary , scrapbook

Moral Sabotage & Community Care Disengaged

2022-12-30

all , essays

The Economy demands full participation, herd debt paid on an altar of lies

2022-12-23

all , commentary , essays

Disinformation and abnormal influence is big money on social media

2022-12-18

all , essays , scrapbook

Forcing Normal in the Roaring 2020s

2022-12-13

all , essays

The risky shift – you’re not imagining it

2022-11-22

all , commentary

It was never really about the masks.

2022-10-17

all , commentary , essays

Repeat the truth, don’t lead with a lie

2022-10-14

all , art , scrapbook

Mere Exposure Effect, leads to Exposure

2022-07-30

all , commentary

“If it was really unsafe, government would be doing something.”

2022-07-18

all , essays

Alarm is appropriate, the volcano is erupting

2022-07-06

all , commentary , essays

Maybe skip Pandemic Buttons

2022-07-01

all , commentary , scrapbook

Pandemic Political Abuse of Psychiatry

2022-05-09

all , scrapbook

Monica Gandhi mask cutting celebration in San Mateo County (video)

all , commentary , scrapbook

The SUV problem

2008-07-21