Good news: The #Covid Safety Handbook is now at more retailers including Bookshop (indie, direct)! Our project is going places!
https://linktr.ee/covidbook
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Everything is terrible so I'm bringing back Food Adventure Time! Staying in and staying safe while checking out some weird, fun, unusual, or Jackass-style stunt food from rad local eateries...
Tonight: Fried chicken/kimchi dumplings, and The King of Pineapple Bao! "HK style crusty matcha milky pastry, matcha butter, mango-pineapple cream."
From THE best dumpling joint at the bottom of the planet, a penguin's hop from Antarctica -- Dragons in Wellington, Aotearoa: www.wellingtondragons.co.nz
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CDC #Covid-19 Pulse Surveys are gone, including #LongCovid, Health Insurance Coverage, Disability,
Mental Health Care, and Reduced Access to Care: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/health-care-access-and-mental-health.htm
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Making local copies of every study and paper I reference from CDC, NIH, and PubMed. If you use any of this it would be wise to do the same.
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Random shout-out to my love affair with Beamafilm through my Wellington Public Library card. The lineup for Lunar New Year and Waitangi Day is so good! Scroll to the very bottom for extra joy: paying respects to the custodians of the land and Elders past and present: https://mailchi.mp/beamafilm/added-in-november-5483655?e=3f80e2ae83
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Don't be overwhelmed into inaction. Here's a global snapshot of what's changing w/bird flu, great Covid-safe travel tips, action to stop RFK, Canada's dangerous #Covid report, Aotearoa's bizarre #LongCovid review, studies released before data gags, cat pics and more.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-january-30-121085294
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Lunar New Year / Spring Festival is beginning here (Aotearoa) and I'm trying something new to de-stress tonight...
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New Threat Model on reporting and sharing info in a fast-changing information landscape, what FB/Meta's free pass means for our privacy and speech, heads-up that WordPress is "ready to serve" Trump, and more:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-28-120947028
Share and support indie journalism now more than ever.
[#]cybersecurity #privacy #resist
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New video just posted in the series of anonymous AMAs I'm doing for patrons! I answer questions on vetting information, tracking long covid symptoms, why I haven't narrated my books, life overwhelm, and more (with resource links): https://www.patreon.com/posts/ama-long-covid-120862730
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If you need a break from doom and panic I've been doing a silly video series for my own self where I read spooky books to my cats. The quality is not great! But I'm working on it 😊
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=FLiBob5eofBmm2tkSEm2EOCg
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Postcards from Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellington/comments/1i95a2a/from_the_harsh_but_fair_files_nauranga_gorge/
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Antivaxer and "let it rip" / "herd immunity" advocate:
"Veteran researcher who was critical of U.S. response to Covid named acting NIH head"
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/trump-nih-acting-director-matthew-memoli-infectious-disease-researcher-fauci-critic/
This is your reminder that "herd immunity" re: #Covid is widely-debunked and now widely-disproven, with data this week regarding its particular failure in Sweden: https://kevinmd.com/2025/01/swedens-controversial-covid-19-strategy-lessons-from-higher-mortality-rates.html
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Not being mentioned elsewhere: this also hit the Office of Research on Women’s Health, the NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Health Scientific Research Group, the Cancer Institute, and Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
It will poison health guidance from the US directly affecting women/gender diverse.
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If your country cites or relies on health or ID info from NIH (CDC, FDA etc) this WILL put your Indigenous, BIPOC, and female populations at risk. These populations were historically excluded from US research & falsely categorized "low risk" (so misdiagnosed, w/population-wide deadly/disabling consequences). It will affect research, drug testing, and medical devices.
"FDA purges material on clinical trial diversity from its site, showing stakes of Trump DEI ban"
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/23/fda-purges-pages-clinical-trial-diversity-after-trump-dei-ban/
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This week's Threat Model breaks down the data and comms blackout at the US CDC, NIH, and FDA, and how that impacts #Covid (and #H5N1) globally. Also, big developments with treatment and prevention research outside the US, how we stay safe going forward, and more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-january-23-120600611
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Beautiful.
"In a crisis, I am clutch. Years of trauma can have many effects. My trauma response is to be able to compartmentalize like a motherfucker... I am a Kirkland brand Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones and the Plastic Containers of Doom."
https://buttondown.com/optimistic-hoarder/archive/optimistic-hoarder-box-001/
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Great news! The #Covid Safety Handbook audiobook is now available at:
NOOK: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-covid-safety-handbook-violet-blue/1146567364
Kobo/Walmart: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/audiobook/covid-safety-handbook-the
Storytel: https://www.storytel.com/se/sv/books/the-covid-safety-handbook-staying-safe-in-an-unsafe-world-9828005
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Violet_Blue_The_Covid_Safety_Handbook?id=AQAAAEAKUmgScM
Audiobooks[dot]com: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/covid-safety-handbook-staying-safe-in-an-unsafe-world/848072
Find indie options and more here: https://linktr.ee/covidbook
[#]LongCovid #audio #indieauthor #writing
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Writing today's newsletter and then watching CISA's advisory panel and Cyber Safety Review Board (was investigating Salt Typhoon) go away today gives so much more weight to what I wrote. I hope more people read it.
The state of #cybersecurity reporting now:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/cybersecurity-21-120453804
[#]hacking #infosec
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New York, Mexico City, London, Panama, Belgium, Washington DC: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/jan/20/anti-trump-protests-photos
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Trust me when I say this book will come in handy. Chapter 1 is titled "Resist."
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