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CaroltheCrone

@CaroltheCrone@mastodon.sdf.org

Wild Northern IL crone. Habitat: Local woodlands, creeks, trails, and quilt shops. Amiable unless threatened.

Posts are usually life #observations, #photography, #gardening, #quilting, and #USpolitics, Sorry about the last one. Can't help myself.

Background as an #ArtBuyer, #ContentManager.

#Wife and #Mom.

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hannu_ikonen, to random

These #HICPAC public commenters taking the CDC to task over the science, Eugenics policy, and false equivalences is my current favorite fucking jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msjoFGnd0KU

#COVID19 #COVIDisAirborne

CaroltheCrone,
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@hannu_ikonen

I can tell you that on the East Coast they are in chaos over what to do about masks.
Most deciders want to go back to mask wearing at healthcare facilities.
But they are getting a lot of pushback from local healthcare bureaucrats.

The result: inertia.

#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver

MichaelEMann, to random

Will be talking about the climate change-fueled wildfires, storms & floods TONIGHT on @PBS @newshour Details to follow...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/

CaroltheCrone,
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@MichaelEMann @PBS @newshour

6pm eastern, 5 central.

GreenFire, to random
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Really curious if the GOP keeps this as their official platform in 2024 and how it works out for them and if the #BothSidesAreBad people that never vote choose to make an exception now that it's gotten so hot since they didn't bother voting before.

CaroltheCrone,
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@Hey_Beth @barney @enmodo @Elowen @GreenFire

No Labels needs to be attacked and exposed. I guarantee they will be funded and leveraged by Russia and China and Iran and anyone else who wants to cripple America. (Including all the wealthy GOP)
And since 2016 they all know the wheels of American justice turn way too slowly to stop bad actors. It has to be a populist attack on them.

davidho, to random
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I have a message for nuclear bros about climate change. Heatwaves will affect the operations of existing nuclear power plants.

Also, we shouldn’t shut down existing nuclear power plants but we can’t build sufficient number of new ones fast enough to decarbonize with just nuclear.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/frances-edf-takes-13-gw-nuclear-reactor-offline-amid-heatwave-2023-08-21/

CaroltheCrone,
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@davidho

So here's a good tool that may help communicate what you're saying.

Click on the link, then use the tool to slide nuclear all the way up.

Anyone can see the impact is MINIMAL.

https://en-roads.climateinteractive.org/scenario.html?v=23.8.0&p30=-0.07

This tool is spectacular and for anyone who wants to speak sensibly or even logically about #climate, use it to see if what you're suggesting even makes sense.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalClimate #Temps #CO2 #SaveThePlanet #EarthFirst #ClimateChange #Nuclear #Energy

CaroltheCrone, to Health
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I already don't like Mandy Cohen , the new #CDC Director.

She has given differing dates at different appearances of when the vaccine will be ready.

She says the new super-mutated variant is not cause for alarm.

She says our detection mechanisms are working.

All her words are designed to downplay. I don't hear anything coming from her that is clearly communicating science.

It's all spin.

And the last thing we need from the CDC is spin.

#CDCDirector #Covid #Health #CovidIsNotOver

CaroltheCrone, to chicago
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If you are in #Chicago or suburbs, and suffering from #LongCovid, Here is your chance to participate in clinical trials. They are signing folks up right now:

Contact NorthShore Edward-Elmhurst Health at IDResearch@northshore.org or call 224-364-7971.

Maybe you can get some help or relief.

#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #IL #Illinois #Midwest #ChicagoSuburbs #Healthcare #ClinicalTrials

CaroltheCrone, to maui
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I donated to World Central Kitchen for #Maui.

If you aren't sure where to donate, it's a great organization. Chef Andres is a true humanitarian.

A hero.

When I don't know how else to help, I donate to this group, as they are always on the ground immediately.

https://wck.org/

#Hawaii #MauiFire #DonateMaui #Donate #WCK

CaroltheCrone, to Flowers
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Nature's perfection.

#Cosmos #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #August #Summer

Free_Press, to random
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Trump update

The grand jury is still hearing testimony.

The reporters are still starving.

The court deputy swapped his suit for gym shorts.

The judge popped in... "hang in there"

CaroltheCrone,
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@Free_Press
Looks like the most boring case on the planet. How odd. On the outside everyone is breathless, waiting for word.
On the inside...yawn.

CaroltheCrone, to Flowers
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Cosmos at the local park.
They really outdid themselves this year.

Photography

CaroltheCrone, to Illinois
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Please look at the #covid wastewater data in the midwest.

This absolutely correlates with what I'm seeing in my county.

Go back to wearing a mask. Especially now that we're learning what #LongCovid is doing to people's hearts and mitochondria.

(Worsening heart conditions, even with mild covid...and long covid seems to be breaking down our mitochondria, building blocks for our cells)

#LongCovid #Wastewater #Sewershed #CovidIsNotOver #Midwest #IL #Illinois #WI #OH #IN #MI #Chicago #MO #IA

CaroltheCrone, to Weather
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Deep fog this morning.

I love me some interesting #weather.

#Prairie #Midwest #nature #Landscape #Scenes #Wildflowers

CaroltheCrone, to random
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#Covid in wastewater in my county just spiked this past week.

We're up to about a third of the huge #omicron wave back in 2021/22.

It's double what it was a week or so ago.

No idea if anyone is testing sequencing to see if this is #XBB or #Eris, the new rising variant.

I'm constantly amazed at our incompetence for handling things that can actually make us sick and die.

#Covid #NewVariant #CovidRising #WearAMask #Wastewater #WastewaterSurveillance

CaroltheCrone, to Alaska
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We just had to send 2 warships to the Red sea...3000 US troops.

We recently had to deploy 4 destroyers to Alaska because of coordinated threatening maneuvers from both Russia and China.

TBH, I think trump already endangered of this country either for profit or for favor.

The indictments are likely the tip of the iceberg and only what can be made public.

CaroltheCrone, to random
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OK folks.

This seems to be the latest on #covid.

The virus is changing and it is already evolving away from what is expected to be the newest vaccination this fall.

BTW, the new #CDC director has announced that the next covid vax will not likely be available until October. (Originally scheduled for August).

What we have right now is woefully inadequate.

Stay alert. See Eric Topol's update for more.

https://erictopol.substack.com/p/the-virus-is-learning-new-tricks

#COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #EricTopol #VirusAlert

nbcnews, to random

Justice Alito says Congress lacks the power to impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court, making him the first member of the court to take a public stand against proposals in Congress to toughen ethics rules for justices. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/alito-says-congress-lacks-power-impose-ethics-code-supreme-court-rcna96993

CaroltheCrone,
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@nbcnews

So let's just think this through, shall we.

Congress passes a law putting ethical constraints on the Supreme Court.

SCOTUS ignores it. Just as they've already been doing.

Someone sues over their ethical breach (es).

It goes to the Supreme Court.

Uh huh. Now what.

#SCOTUS #Ethics #Congress #RobertsCourt #Corruption

CaroltheCrone, to random
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Trump indictments and upcoming trials.

This list does not include stuff coming within weeks from Fani Willis in Georgia AND
Jack Smith on January 6 (who already sent a target letter to trump) with charges of CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .

It's time for justice to catch up with Criminal Trump.

CaroltheCrone, to climate
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  1. Eleven! Confirmed tornadoes Wednesday in my area.

My husband was at one point triangulated by them while driving home from work.

He only saw one of them.

It's only a mater of time before #ClimateCrisis comes to your back door.

#Climate #ClimateChange #Tornadoes #Midwest #IL #Chicago #OHare #Midway

RollingStone, to random

The Secret Service has been unable to identify who left a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House earlier this month, noting that the investigation has concluded. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/white-house-cocaine-investigation-1234787782/

CaroltheCrone,
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@RollingStone
It's really hard to believe that a place that's filled with cameras and security can't figure this out.
It's also disheartening. What else do they have no idea is going on?

CaroltheCrone, to random
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#COVID PSA:

Antigen tests aren't working.

The last few people I've spoken to who have #covid, tested NEGATIVE on home covid tests....even while very symptomatic.

A PCR confirmed the covid diagnoses.

The US and most of the world is no longer monitoring as they should be. I suspect Covid is rising again on the east coast and possibly other places.

Get a PCR test if you feel sick.
Wear an #N95 mask in public places to avoid getting it.

#XBB is no joke.

#CovidIsNotOver

CaroltheCrone, to KindActions
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Everyone.

Please just take a deep breath and slow down.

On the road.
At work.
With your kids.
Doing home projects.

Today I've seen an awful lot of costly, dangerous accidents and plain stupid mistakes.

We are not designed to rush through every task.

Productivity is soooo overrated.

#Safety #Kindness #Awareness #Clarity #Focus

CaroltheCrone, to ai
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FYI,

ChatGPT has never heard of the new Threads app by Meta.

It launches tomorrow.

I'm not sure how helpful AI is, when it tells me it doesn't know anything that happened after September 2021.

I might as well ask my 90 year old aunt.

She doesn't remember much after September 2021 either.

#AI #ChatGPT #ArificialIntelligence #Threads #Meta #apps

CaroltheCrone, to random
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Friends,
I know someone on the east coast who got #Covid at a conference.

No one was wearing a mask (including her.)

She is VERY sick. Fever, body aches, chills, chest congestion, weakness, brain fog...started with diarrhea.

It's not over. Wear an #N95 at public gatherings. Who cares if you're the only one.

#XBB #CovidIsNotOver

CaroltheCrone, to chicago
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The air in the western suburbs of and in southeastern is now so bad that ALL people, including healthy ones, should not be outdoors for any length of time.

A reminder that once these fine particles get in your lungs you cannot cough them out.

CaroltheCrone, to chicago
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The air quality in is currently the worst in the world.

Yet outside, everyone is out without masks. Little kids, old people, everyone.

Why?

I'll tell you. Because no "likes" masks. No one is telling people to protect themselves.No one wants be different.

Yet everyday in Beijing and in Japan, people wear masks all the time.

We're stubborn and ignorant.

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