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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 17h

Never in history has there been a war in which 80% of the country was destroyed, 100% of the population displaced, and 50% of the deaths were children. Let's call it by its name: GENOCIDE. #cdnpoli

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

BREAKING: Philadelphia reports the Covid positivity rate has increased by 1.2% to 4.4%. Additionally, the CDC shows 2 out of the 3 wastewater sites in the city are now listed at very high and the other is high. Rhinovirus also continued to rise this week.

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DJ Plague Mouse 💎🐁 @rhinestonemice.wtf · 02/10/2026

All three plagues increasing in the city, COVID levels very high in East Boston. This reporting is an average of citywide neighborhoods, Hyde Park and Roxbury are also “Moderate”. Get your vaccines, wear a mask indoors and around crowds, public transportation will go a long way, trust me. 😷💉

East Boston COVID wastewater tracking showing VERY HIGH viral activity. Large increase with an arrow pointing straight up.

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Kieran Ryan @kieranryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A newly published wastewater report shows the extent of the Covid wave currently hitting Ireland. Ringsend in Dublin has seen a near-vertical rise in Covid levels, with its peak likely to exceed last year's wave.

A blended chart showing the Covid wastewater levels across Ireland over the past five years. There has been a big spike in recent weeks.

Covid wastewater levels detected at the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant in Dublin over the past five years. There is a near-vertical spike in Covid levels over the past few weeks.

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Cynthia-VT @cynthia-vt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Instead of a mindset centred on preventing worker exposure to the new virus, Dreeshen’s comments suggest that he thought infections were inevitable &that if large numbers of workers became ill with COVID-19, they could be replaced through undefined contingency plans in order to maintain operations”

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Cynthia-VT @cynthia-vt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/deadly-bet...

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Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more

Bonus Covid is still bad for you

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ICYMI: all 5 US measles deaths = unvaccinated, Ebola exceeds 8,000 cases, 13th US Covid surge continues, Covid elevated in UK, Iran urges masks, Phase 3 begins for promising #LongCovid drug, Clean Air Inside the Actors' Studio, risk levels by location, and more: www.patreon.com/violetblue/p...

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Pandemic Roundup: October 1, 2026 | Threat Model

This newsletter is an inclusive, curated selection of new findings and fresh perspectives on Covid-19, dedicated to finding the highest qual

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

From Sweden Booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine and its effectiveness against post COVID-19 condition in individuals with pre-existing immunity www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl... Screenshot from Science for ME update #LongCovid #PASC #PwLC #postcovid #postcovid19 #PostCovidSyndrome

Booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine and its effectiveness against post COVID-19 condition in individuals with pre-existing immunity: a sequential propensity score-matched cohort study — Morris et al
"we demonstrate that receiving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is associated with a decreased risk of being diagnosed with post COVID-19 condition during the first 6 months after vaccination, although the incidence rate difference was small."
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 29/09/2026

The current COVID-19 picture remains varied by region: as the summer wave continues into early fall, cases are trending up in the Northeast and parts of the West and down in the South. And an upcoming gap between CDC contracts will further restrict available data. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/n...

Graphic from The Sick Times sharing the latest COVID-19 trends for September 29, 2026. The graphic presents trends for three metrics: WastewaterSCAN category for SARS-CoV-2, which is "high" (represented with red) and slightly decreasing (represented with a diagonal down arrow); CDC wastewater viral activity level for SARS-Cov-2, which is "low*" (darker yellow) and stable (side to side arrow); and CDC COVID-19 test positivity, which is moderate (darker yellow) and slightly decreasing. Text below these metrics reads: "*CDC wastewater viral activity levels are calculated based on measurements in the last two years only. They do not account for the lower spread that could be possible with more widespread precautions."

The current COVID-19 picture remains varied by region: as the summer wave continues into early fall, cases are trending up in the Northeast and parts of the West and down in the South. And an upcoming gap between CDC contracts will further restrict available data.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

COVID-19 is always circulating. Protection shouldn’t be something we only think about during waves. Take precautions year-round to reduce your risk of infection and reinfection. #COVIDisNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #MaskUp😷 Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...

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Cynthia-VT @cynthia-vt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Since the US imposed a fuel blockade in January, blackouts across Havana now regularly surpass 24 hours, hampering refrigeration & further crippling antiquated water infrastructure of which nearly 90% depends on electric-powered pumps, according to Cuba's National Institute of Hydraulic Resources"

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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

COVID-19 continues to circulate, and the patterns we’re seeing are becoming increasingly regional. During our latest WHN Town Hall, Dr. Joe Eastman broke down current COVID-19 trends, emerging variants, what wastewater data is showing, and why layers of protection, (...)

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HOOGS (Hoarder Of Old Game Stuff). @psychosisfuzzball.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yet another, on a giant heap of studies since 2021, proving that without a doubt SARS-CoV-2 (Covid) causes brain issues. You can opt out of the viral brain damage by wearing a high quality n95 (or better!) respirator. Brain cells are a limited resource. #CovidIsNotOver

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake. The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity. It’s not going to end well.

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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use

The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🧵US Weekly COVID update: Sep 28, 2026 🔸1 in 92 Actively Infectious 🔸532,000 Daily Infections 🔸3,810,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸115,000,000 Infections in 2026 🔸191,000 to 760,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸900 to 1,700 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com

An infographic report titled "COVID-19 Heat Map, Based on CDC Wastewater Data & Standard Levels" by the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 28, 2026.
The top half displays a color-coded map of the United States and its territories, showing localized COVID-19 risk levels by county. A color key at the bottom categorizes standard CDC relative levels and PMC prevalence estimates (proportion actively infectious) into five tiers:
• Very Low (Blue, <0.9%)
• Low (Green, 1.2%)
• Moderate (Orange, 2.0%)
• High (Red, 2.9%)
• Very High (Purple, >3.5%)
Large portions of the Southern, Western, and Midwestern U.S. are shaded in dark pink/purple and red, indicating high to very high transmission levels.
Below the map, a text summary states that the US has at least 40 states and territories with COVID outbreaks, matching the previous week's count. It explicitly lists all 40 affected states and territories in alphabetical order, starting with Alabama and ending with Wyoming.

An infographic report titled "National COVID-19 Estimates (U.S.)" by the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 28, 2026. The data is broken down into three main sections:
• Infections: States that 1 in 92 people (1.1%) are actively infectious. It estimates 532,000 new daily infections, 3,810,000 infections in the past week, 115,000,000 infections in 2026, and a cumulative 5.43 infections per person.
• Long COVID: Estimates 27,000 to 106,000 Long COVID cases resulting from new daily infections, and 191,000 to 760,000 cases from new weekly infections.
• Excess Deaths: Estimates 130 to 230 excess deaths resulting from new daily infections, and 900 to 1,700 deaths from new weekly infections.

A data table titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" by the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 28, 2026.
The table lists U.S. states and territories alphabetically from Alabama to Mississippi. For each location, it tracks data across multiple columns:
• Standard CDC Level and Revised CDC Level (noting a downshift in categories).
• PMC Estimate % Actively Infectious: Provides ratios and percentages, such as 1 in 25 (4.0%) for California and 1 in 15 (6.7%) for Hawaii.
• Chances anyone is infectious in a room of 10 to 100 people: Columns show statistical probabilities for room sizes of 10, 25, 50, and 100 people. For example, in Hawaii, there is a 50% chance in a room of 10 and >99% chance in a room of 100.
A footnote states that on August 14, 2026, the CDC revised categorical descriptors downward without notice.

A data table titled "COVID-19 State Prevalence Estimates" by the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative (PMC) Model, dated Sep 28, 2026.
This page continues the alphabetical listing of U.S. states and territories from Missouri to Wyoming. It details:
• CDC Levels: Compares standard levels against a revised, downshifted CDC tier system.
• PMC Estimate % Actively Infectious: Lists current ratios and transmission rates. Highlights include Oregon at 1 in 25 (4.1%), Puerto Rico at 1 in 21 (4.8%), and the U.S. Virgin Islands at 1 in 16 (6.2%).
• Chances anyone is infectious in a room of 10 to 100 people: Shows probabilities for varying group sizes. For example, in Texas, the risk scales from 31% in a room of 10 up to 98% in a room of 100.
Footnotes indicate limited data reporting for some areas and reference a website regarding the CDC's August 2026 downward category revisions.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Long COVID can cause persistent gut problems, including diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea, constipation and IBS. Around 22% report GI symptoms and 10% diarrhoea. Possible causes include immune activation, gut barrier disruption and microbiome changes, but more research is needed. #LongCOVID

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Post-COVID Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: A Focus on Persistent Diarrhea

Persistent gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection include diarrhea, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, constipation, nausea, and other disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBIs), but these ...

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valebodi.bsky.social @valebodi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

From the archive Long COVID Is Being Erased — Again By Ed Yong in The Atlantic 21 April, 2023 “LC is a huge impediment to the normalization of COVID. It’s an insistent indicator the pandemic is not actually over; that policies allowing the coronavirus to spread freely still carry a cost”

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Long COVID Is Being Erased—Again

What was once outright denial has morphed into a subtler dismissal.

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 29/09/2026

🧠 Your brain keeps a personal image bank Scanning 50 people imagining moments like a wedding or a run, one brain network held the exact visual detail of each person's own imagined scene, not just its meaning. 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aee4232 #Neuroscience #Memory #Brain 🧪

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Medial temporal default mode network selectively encodes autobiographical visual imagery

The human brain’s capacity to imagine visual scenes from memory is thought to rely on the medial temporal subsystem of the default mode network (MT-DMN), yet the neural codes supporting this ability r...

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks NBC News for adding my name! It's extremely helpful when we're explaining the downstream impact of our research.

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23/09/2026

The CDC raised its benchmark for levels of the Covid virus in wastewater, adjusting a key metric for assessing the disease’s transmission. As a result, officials may now classify a level that once counted as high transmission as moderate instead.

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Why the CDC edited a key Covid metric, and what it says about the state of the virus

Covid infection counts are increasing in more than half the country.

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Maxwell School @maxwellsu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As fewer people take tests or seek medical treatment for COVID infections, viral activity in wastewater has become a key way to measure transmission, says David Larsen, professor and chair of public health. “The wastewater becomes really essential,” he says. @cprmaxwell.bsky.social

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Audie Klotz @audieklotz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

PSA: I don’t need wastewater testing to know that Covid is still prevalent on campus @maxwellsu.bsky.social Get vaccinated, folks!

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No, really, the talking points about majors/jobs/education are total garbage, & it grates even more when Democrats (& democrats) regurgitate them as it does when Republicans (& authoritarians) do.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026

The last time Democrats prioritized the cultivation of democracy as opposed to jobs training as the end of taxpayer funded public education was 1976. Since that time, they have embraced the neoliberal framing. Let's hope things are changing! asheeshksi.substack.com/p/why-the-de...

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Why the Democrats Probably Won't Save the Humanities

The Republicans are awful, but the other side isn't actually that much better - yet.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 29/09/2026

It's remarkable (in a very good way) to see an elected member of the Democratic Party saying this. For decades, the Party has treated public higher education as a jobs training program, not a site for cultivating democratic habits of mind. I deeply hope that things are changing.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What do we do about AI? Here's a clip from my recent appearance on the Joystarters Podcast with host Rachel Joy Baribeau. "How We Survive: A Guide to Being Human in a Time of AI" is forthcoming from Aftershock in March 2027.

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

WVAL has ridiculously strong evidence for construct validity, as I have explained to them 100 times, but they do not have any relevant training in psychometrics (measurement science) so ignore that. In this particular instance, they are committing high school-level data cleaning errors.

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Mike Hoerger, PhD, MSCR, MBA @michael-hoerger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

PMC COVlD Update, Sep 28, 2026 (US): 🔸We're in a 13th COVlD wave. 🔸40 states & territories continue to have COVlD outbreaks, stable from last week. 🔸Levels likely peaked between Sep 7-13 at a PMC-estimated 580,000 new daily infections. pmc19.com/map

The US has at least 40 states and territories with COVlD outbreaks, the same number reported last week. These include Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
There are likely outbreaks in additional states. The summary statistic of 40 only includes counties with observed data, rather than estimated data. For example, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, and Tennessee likely have outbreaks, but monitoring is poor.

Nuance:
Note that while PMC uses forecasting to estimate national statistics through Sep 28 and beyond, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the national forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13, closely aligned with our prior forecasts. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. Levels often decline slowly, suggesting the need for ongoing precautions. Additionally, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week, and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so the national forecast has more uncertainty than usual. For example, we could see the peak adjusted upward or a double peak. It is unclear how quickly reporting will resume at the offline sites.

Note that while PMC national statistical estimates include forecasting, the state-level data do not, meaning they are now 9 days old. If the forecast is correct, levels peaked between Sept 7-13. This would mean that levels are declining more so than depicted in the map. However, Biobot and 200 CDC sites are offline this week and both have experienced major retroactive corrections of late, so high uncertainty.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you want to understand how Jeffrey Epstein was able to abuse so many just read about the fraternity brothers in the group chat who knew what was happening and chose to say nothing.

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organicgay.bsky.social @organicgay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This was a great interview, please enjoy it.

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Eve Castle @evecastle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Ray Bradbury #quote from BrainyQuote

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wooden sculptures by Polish artist Michał Kulig IG: @@pracownia_sztuki_wlasnej www.instagram.com/pracownia_sz...

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We'd love to see conference made safe for all, but conditions could be ideal for the spread of Covid and Flu, etc. However, some precautions can really reduce that risk. #ventilation #ffp3mask @greenparty.org.uk #greenpartyconference

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The magic of an Irish rainforest.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Yorkshire-based artist and printmaker Pippa Dyrlaga who creates intricate paper cut artworks #womensart

Photo of seven three dimensional paper cut red flowers on green stems

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Dreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fully occupied...

A rabbit is eating a mixture of green grass and white clover.

📷 Dreamcatcher

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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Our bill will force ICE to pay the price for the damage they’ve left in their wake and ensure that these devastating operations can never be repeated,” said the Minneapolis congresswoman. www.commondreams.org/news/omar-ma...

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Omar Introduces Bill to 'Make ICE Pay' for Destruction to US Cities | Common Dreams

"Our bill will force ICE to pay the price for the damage they’ve left in their wake and ensure that these devastating operations can never be repeated," said the Minneapolis congresswoman.

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In 1963, children of Birmingham volunteered to “fill the jails” — making it impossible for police to use arrest as a threat to silence the fight for equal access & voting rights. Join our 9/28 class to learn about history of HS student organizing. Register: www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...

Historical 1963 Birmingham student-led civil rights protest with children holding signs confronting police to “fill the jails” to demand equal access and voting rights, and call to join September 28 class on high school student organizing.

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