Saturn seen from a passing comet by Don Dixon (1982)

Our vaccine-only strategy dooms us to staying a step (or 3) behind SARS-CoV-2. We can't approve & deploy vaccines at nearly the pace of new variants taking hold. We need clean indoor air, free tests & masks, better vaccine & treatment, accessible pre & post exposure prophylaxis.

The river, flowing towards autumn.

rip maggie smith one of the undeniable greats of her time

Dame Maggie Smith (1934-2024) 🤍

Maggie Smith 🖤 📷1960

Caramba... Marcou-me tanto como prof. McGonagall, mas também em papéis como Downton Abbey (tão, tão bom!), a senhora da Furgoneta, Hotel Marigold... Enfim, uma vida cheia que deu mais luz às nossas.

IF PEOPLE WEREN'T SO DEAD SET ON HAVING ONLY 2 MODES OF OPERATION, UNPREPARED DENIAL & OVERDUE PANIC, THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANY NEED TO PANIC OVER A PANDEMIC YOU CAN SEE & MITIGATE IN ADVANCE

My cartoon in today's Irish Examiner.

I'm supposed to think a country bombing four surrounding countries and exterminating a caged population is the victim not the aggressor? No sir I'm afraid I still have a somewhat functional pre-frontal cortex

RIP, great one.

spocktober day one who up

Huge and historic victory for transgender rights in Europe--the European Union's top court has ruled that gender changes issued by one member country must be respected in every EU country. The Court ruled “Gender, like a first name, is a fundamental element of personal identity.”

Mais um motivo para exporem a cara e o nome de cada criminoso para que toda a gente saiba o nojo que está ali. É inconcebível que voltem "à normalidade" quando não têm lugar na sociedade. Não deviam voltar a ter qualquer tipo de conforto.

It’s not just about vaccines and boosters. We’ve shown since 2020 that the current slate of vaccines, while significantly helpful (and you all should really go and get up-to-date) they are insufficiently effective and will not, by themselves, stop the ongoing health and

Good eggs over there

BREAKING: the world's oceans will start to become too acidic to properly sustain marine life or help stabilise the climate within years potentially triggering a domino effect that could eventually lead to the death of most, if not all, life in the world's oceans 🧵

from "The Cure at Troy" by Seamus Heaney

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there's a saying in arabic i grew up hearing: ضربني وبكى، سبقني واشتكى which basically means "he hit me and cried, then ran to complain before I could." there's no better summation of zionism and zionist victimhood than this