A new piece by me for about my adventures in public speaking and my rage against ableism and Boston University’s School of Public Health Boston University School of Public Health. Enjoy! disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2023/09/14/adv… #CovidIsNotOver #CripTheVote #PublicHealth

As long as the virus keeps spreading it will keep mutating. It is an unscientific myth that these mutations will necessarily lead to a more "mild" form of the virus.

“A Grays Harbor County resident has tested preliminarily positive for avian influenza, or bird flu, marking what would be Washington’s first human case of the virus in 2025 if confirmed, according to the Washington State Department of Health.”

There’s an event tonight in for a book supposedly critiquing the AI industry called If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. The PR person for the book invited me to the event, I said great, RSVPd. Then they called and said I was DISINVITED for being too critical of the tech industry!

BREAKING: 655 large US companies have gone bankrupt this year, the highest rate in 15 years, according to S&P Global data.

Replace “tenant” with “homeowner” and long term suddenly becomes a social good. Why is it good for federally-subsidized homeowners to be long term residents, but not for tenants? Homeowners are seen to have a “stake” in the neighborhood bc of their tenure, but not renters?

New foreclosures jump 20% in October, a sign of more distress in the housing market, per Bloomberg.

It's darkly funny that the people accused of having "conspiratorial fever dreams" on the left have been, well, pretty much vindicated over the past 48 hours

Future vaccine…. Epstein-Barr Virus, which causes certain cancers, and very likely causes MS (multiple sclerosis), now implicated to also likely cause lupus. If we can develop an EBV vaccine someday, it could prevent so much suffering.

Rent control works, Michael. Get a new hobby.

Please read. -YB. All proceeds from the GoFundMe will go to cover funeral costs and as temporary replacement of loss of income.

Nothing upsets landlords and their useful idiots more than rent control, it's so funny

Perhaps the most catastrophic symptom of COVID-19 in Homo sapiens is the loss of empathy.

USDA Secretary Rollins plans to make all SNAP recipients reapply & prove "that they literally are vulnerable and they can’t survive without it” The 'genuinely disabled' The 'literally vulnerable' They keep moving the goalposts. They were never going to fund SNAP. It's a cull

So devastated at Leslie’s passing. If you want to honor Leslie’s memory WEAR A MASK and stop spreading Covid. Leslie was one of the few outspoken voices on the left who refused to buy into pandemic denialism. Such a tragic loss and I’m going to miss him so much 💔

🚨BREAKING: Something REALLY BAD is happening to the economy behind the scenes right now.

Food stamps exist because capitalism exists democracyatwork.substack.com/p/food-stamps-…

875,000 U.S. HOMEOWNERS ARE NOW UNDERWATER ON THEIR MORTGAGES — THE MOST IN 3 YEARS, PER INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE

When SARS-CoV-2 persists in the bone marrow, it’s not just hiding. New cells are literally born carrying viral material - mainly megakaryocytes - platelets. Strongest evidence - megakaryocytes and monocytes. Weaker branches - dendritic cells, erythroid precursors, EPCs