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Written by Chris Womack on 2025-01-30 at 16:54

New issue of Threat Model: Covid from @violetblue

Stay informed, stay safe--an act of resistance in the face of an administration that wants you to do neither.

(Plus: cats!)

Read (always free)/share/support (join Violet's Patreon):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/121085294

[#]Covid #LongCovid #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver

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Written by Chris Womack on 2025-01-16 at 18:49

New name, same indispensable newsletter. @violetblue has the latest on the pandemic in Threat Model. Read (always free, never paywalled), share, support (join the Patreon, gift a subscription, or make a one-off donation): https://www.patreon.com/posts/120104985

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Written by Chris Womack on 2025-01-09 at 20:29

New Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue. Top stories in the screenshot. With all the LA fires, an important reminder: respirators protect you from all sorts of crap in the air.

Read (always free)/share/support (join the Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/posts/119618779

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Written by Chris Womack on 2025-01-03 at 02:26

Here we are,on the verge of a new pandemic when we haven't even finished the last one yet. New Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue has the latest, read (always free!)/share/support (send Violet a donation, or join the Patreon!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/119131960

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-12-26 at 20:39

New Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue, top stories listed below. But the main takeaway: after a protracted summer surge and following lull, the year-end surge is ramping up, so don't be caught off guard. Mask up and read/share/support:https://www.patreon.com/posts/118688752

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-12-19 at 20:33

New Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue

The year-end surge is upon us; read the news, mask up, and stay safe.

Be sure to check out The Covid Safety Handbook (link in the newsletter)--more tools in your toolbox, makes a great gift.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/118259316

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-11-21 at 19:31

The Covid pandemic has entered its 6th year. @violetblue has covered it all, tirelessly, in her Pandemic Roundup.

Today's headlines in the screenshot below should make your blood boil/run cold.

Read (always free!)/share/support (join the Patreon!):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/116424102

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-11-14 at 18:49

Lots going on in today's Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue so I am once again cheaping out with a screenshot in lieu of a hand-crafted summary.

Read (always free! No paywall!)/share (spread this link far & wide!)/support (join the Patreon today!):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/115966923

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-11-07 at 17:12

Another week, another Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue. Now more than ever, we need resources like this to stay informed and keep ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities safe. Mask up and read (it's always free!)/share (send the link to those you care about!)/support (donate or join the Patreon!):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/115523402

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-10-02 at 05:17

If you backed The Covid Safety Handbook from @violetblue on Kickstarter, check your email for a quick survey so she'll be able to fulfill your reward(s) quickly.

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-26 at 16:42

Once again there's just too much in the new Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue to do it justice with a paltry few highlights. So, here's a screen cap of the Top Stories list. All these and much more (including a progress report on the Covid Safety Handbook!)--read (always free!)/share/support (join the Patreon!):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/112793697

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-24 at 17:18

New Cybersecurity Roundup from @violetblue :

•No, Mark Robinson, AI didn't fake those posts

•John Mulaney roasts techbros

•Rates at which students are falsely accused of using AI to cheat: yep, racism

•The instigators of the war on remote work: yep, landlords

•More Kaspersky, Telegram fallout

•Mass data collection by SM sites? FTC, say it ain't so!

These and much more; read (always free!)/share/support (join the Patreon today!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/112648173

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-19 at 16:32

Another doozy of a Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue :

•New XEC variant climbing the charts

•Studies link Covid/LC to diabetes, Alzheimer's, orthostatic intolerance

•UK's NHS, FL's DPH go anti-science

•Violet's birthday! 🥳

So much more; read/share/support: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112344925

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-17 at 16:30

New Cybersecurity Roundup from @violetblue :

•More on NZ's Inland Revenue handing out (hashed) taxpayer PII to advertisers

•Over 1/3 of cyberattacks cause job losses

•Mastercard buys Recorded Future for $2.65B

•Update your Chrome! (Or better yet, stop using it. Ladybird, anyone?)

•Gandalf won't let Violet pass; doesn't he know it's almost her birthday?!??

More; read (always free!)/share/support (join the Patreon or send a birthday gift today!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/112223039

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-13 at 07:55

@violetblue Aha--success!

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-13/does-covid-lead-to-dementia-here-s-what-the-virus-may-have-done-to-your-brain

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-13 at 07:41

@violetblue !!! (edit: trying to find a gift link to the article, will pass along if/when I do)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-13/does-covid-lead-to-dementia-here-s-what-the-virus-may-have-done-to-your-brain

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-12 at 16:29

In today's Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue :

•US surge finally in (slight) decline

•US since June 1, "3.4-10.1M likely Long Covid outcomes"

•ANZ: Long Covid cost "around NZ$2B/year"

•Paxlovid use now

•An oral history of mask blocs

•LC rate among disabled double that of able-bodied

•Covid conspiracy beliefs in Japan

Lots more, including regional updates, as always; read (free!)/share/support (join the Patreon!): https://www.patreon.com/posts/111900852

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-05 at 16:39

New Pandemic Roundup from @violetblue :

•Current surge news

•Mayo Clinic study: vaccination "does little to prevent long covid"?

•US mask ban analysis

•Timing your vax for max effectiveness

These & more; read (free!)/share/support (join the Patreon):

https://www.patreon.com/posts/111460405

And don't forget--last call for The Covid Safety Handbook before it goes to publication and you have to pay retail for it!

https://kck.st/3KhdUdS

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-03 at 16:20

New Cybersecurity Roundup from @violetblue brings us:

Twitter v Brazil and the fandom fallout; worst places to leave digital secrets; new women in cybersec documentary; Apple DMCAs Docker-OSX

These & more--read (always free)/share/support (join the Patreon)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/111316154

And don't forget: it's the final few days (she means it this time!) to preorder The Covid Safety Handbook: https://kck.st/3KhdUdS

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Written by Chris Womack on 2024-09-02 at 16:45

Haven't plugged it in a while, but it's done! The completed manuscript for The Covid Safety Handbook from @violetblue is with the editor. She's holding late pledges open one last week before it goes to layout and to the audiobook team. Order yours today!

https://kck.st/3KhdUdS

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