Good news about bivalent boosters....they do well against BA.5. They do sorta OK against BA.2.75.2 and BQ.1.1 but those two variants already have good immune escape capabilities. #MaskUp and use #CRbox to further protect yourself.

Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.31.514636v1

@Camerondotca I was going to say to make pedestrians more visible but yeah, SNOW PLOWS is probably it. We don't get quite *that* much snow where I am to need them 😄

OK! On desktop, when I collapse the window to a certain width the Community Firehose is nice and wiiiiide!! THAT'S SUPER AWESOME!!! But the little "post" roundie icon gets right in the way of the scroll bar. #CoSoIssues

@SimpleRob Definitely needs more memes.

Memes are life. Memes are love.

@publickovacs awww. don't beat yourself up, you're a fantastic cat mum doing what he needs every day. ❤️️😺

SCOTUS upholds TFG's case but doesn't with LadyG...talk about fascists throwing their useful people under the bus 😂

@LiberalLibrarian I think the demonetization process starts with the huge and well known accounts leaving first which is why I didn't delete my alt there.

Normies with ten followers individually won't do much compared to a few mega-accounts leaving, but normies leaving by the thousands to follow content and legitimate journalists will 😎

@ZenJen53

*Elon sitting in a dark room, adjusting the algorithm dynamics INTENSIFIES* 🤬⌨️⌨️⌨️

@KimberleyJohnson

agreed. 🤝

@Sheilby24 yep, and that's exactly what the comments discuss. The most loved accounts leaving will make the biggest dents in the bottom line. With them and advertisers cautioys about being there, collapse is inevitable.

@KallieMarie Unfortunately most of the Western world is running on "You do you" so protecting yourself (which in turn helps the vulnerable) by just being aware is half the battle! 😷

TIM WISE!

Sorry it's too early and the Bird App still sucks

That's what this stupid Bird App BS is doing. Polarizizing and forcing people to choose, while further making the app into a platform for hate speech.

Just read this thread by Robert Wise on The Bird App https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1587230127783649281.html and it discusses how being acutely aware of Black sufferage strengthens others to stay and fight in an overtly hostile environment that will probably never become rectified.

The comments are interesting too because they highlight the dilemma of standing your ground for justice vs. not making well-loved accounts into a commodity to only further promote the hate that the hostile environment they participate in creates.

@AuntCrabby I'm on my 3rd ☕️☕️☕️😂

@DevinCow mooooooo🐄❤️

@AuntCrabby @DevinCow RAD! I'm so there! 🐄

As I mentioned before, I'm sort of an armchair COVID surveillor. I now have a whole FILE with a whole ongoing LIST of newer SARS2 variants which could be potential new wave starters.

BA.5.2.6
BA.5.2.7
BF.15
BE.4.1 + its potential offspring

These are all *faster* spreading (due to immune escape) than SARS1 now👀:

BQ.1.1.10
XBB
XBB.1
CH.1.1
BA.4.6.3

Linky--> https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:6993172799662039040

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