Echinocentric @Echinocentric@social.cleverlibre.org

Masks aren't perfect, no one single measure is, which is why we need to keep advocating for multiple measures including ventilation, next gen vaccines, and better treatments.

But we are in a surge now that is keeping our most vulnerable locked out of society. We can't keep people at home indefinitely, unable to access essential needs. Mask mandates will instantly open up society to millions more people, while we work on longer term solutions.

#COVID #COVID19

If we give up on mask mandates and universal masking now, that would mean millions of higher risk wouldn't be able to fully participate in public life for years. That's unacceptable.

#COVID #COVID19

We've been gaslighted by leaders into accepting policies that don't solve the pandemic because they hurt the people who are most vulnerable and lock them out of society. We can do better.

To end the pandemic we need measures that actually reduce COVID spread, like ventilation & better vaccines. These measures will take time to come into effect (they can happen faster if we speak up). In the meantime, mask mandates will open up society to more people & reduce harm.

#COVID #COVID19

There is no "apolitical" way out of this pandemic. It's a political choice to accept policies that continue mass death and exclude people from society. We can only turn things around if we fight for more equitable policies. That means speaking up for all protections, inc masks.

#COVID #COVID19

January 1 2023, United Kingdom bans import of Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Great! Thanks, friends.

#UK #Ukraine #stoprussia

If a Hitler Youth can become Pope and a tax cheat can become president without ever showing his taxes, don’t limit your vision of what you can achieve in 2023.

Happy New Year.

I struggle with whether feeling happiness in a broken world is even okay. It feels selfish, uncompassionate, & privileged, like I'm ignoring the things that are wrong. But if every injury the world suffers also injures you, you're not lessening the suffering, you're just a living mass of eternal wounds. It's not a state that lets you heal or even help anyone else do better. And it's not what I want to be for those I love. Sorry the half-joke went all serious but it's been on my mind today.

Today in 1983, 40 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

#OnThisDay

"It is not down on any map — true places never are."

Herman Melville
#Quotes

"One day you will tell your story of how you’ve overcome what you are going through now and it will become part of someone else’s survival guide."

Attributed to Many
#Quotes #EmotionalIntelligence

"Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless, is in danger of arriving at the same idea with human lives."

Albert Schweitzer
#Quotes #EmotionalIntelligence

@therobburgessshow and a lot of sporkfoot shrieking and not getting prosecuted for planting a pipebomb

Rep Adam Kinzinger I ‘fear for the future of this country’ if Trump isn’t charged over Jan. He's 100% correct!!! 6https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/01/politics/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-january-6

Imagine being the head of an agency called the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and saying that you can’t stop a disease from spreading.

#COVID #COVID19

@therobburgessshow I'm thrilled to live in a country with a progressive government and a system of government that allows it to help the most vulnerable. In 5 years the Trudeau government reduced child poverty in Canada by a whopping 71%. I'm proud to be a Canuck. 🇨🇦

“In America, a country that can often be cruel to its citizens, the public library is a surprising kindness. It is institution that offers grace and sanctuary, and a vision of what our country might one day be.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/28/usa-public-libraries

Happy New Year.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Some freedom loving, flag waving laws in the one star state of Texas?

Your prohibited from eating your neighbors garbage
You cant dust buildings in Clarendon
Do you need a $5 permit to go barefoot in public
You can’t milk your neighbors cow
You are required to carry a spittoon (El Paso)
You are not allowed to eat cheese on Sunday (Houston)
You are not allowed to take more than three sips of beer while standing
You’re not allowed to eat on the sidewalk (Galveston)