Notices by kcarruthers (kcarruthers@mastodon.social)

“#Norovirus … [can] survive an entire month in pretty much any condition,” Tetro said. It’s highly contagious, and it only takes a few particles for you to get sick, according to the CDC.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laundry-washing-clothes-sickness_l_676433a4e4b0e470145256a8

“No ‘safest spot’ to minimise risk of COVID-19 transmission on trains: Researchers have shown how it can spread through train carriages | Imperial College London

https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/237571/no-safest-spot-minimise-risk-covid-19/

🙄 Took ‘em a while: BBC issues correction over Israel football violence in Amsterdam – after 45 days

The BBC used video of Israeli football fans attacking locals to falsely report on claims that Israelis had been attacked

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24816839.bbc-admits-fault-israeli-football-fan-violence---45-days/

“Donald Trump and his GOP benefit from a right-coded social media ecosystem & a mainstream press that normalizes their lies & sanewashes their extremism.”

http://www.publicnotice.co/p/ryan-cooper-interview-democratic-messaging

@glynmoody I’m taking wins wherever I find them nowadays

@glynmoody how marvellous

Israel and the “diplomacy of distraction” - well said Ireland 🇮🇪

Good stuff exiting on the trash fire that is Twitter from @pluralistic: Social media needs (dumpster) fire exits

https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/14/fire-exits/#graceful-failure-modes

Israel plans to double its population of settlers in the occupied Golan Heights: yet Israel no countries apart from Israel & the US recognise it as Israeli territory.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-16/israel-plans-to-double-its-settlers-in-the-golan-heights/104728902

@glynmoody I’m wondering how grim my 2025 BingoCard is going to be

@glynmoody didn’t take long 🤦♀️🙄

“because part of what Trump is doing here is creating a cast of characters. Authoritarianism, fascism, it's mostly theater, especially in the early days, and all these people are designed to play a part. “
https://mastodon.social/@br00t4c/113613611316962221

Trump and His Team Are 'Laughing' at Biden's Commitment to Decorum: Biden called Trump a fascist. Now his White House is ensuring an orderly transfer of power — & staging photo ops with the president-elect

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-biden-harris-transfer-power-laughing-1235188028/

I didn’t realise the Sex Crimes Unit was about doing sex crimes: NSW sex crimes detective jailed after misusing position to abuse teen complainant

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/28/nsw-sex-crimes-detective-jailed-over-teen-complainant-abuse-ntwnfb

She is literally a Russian asset
https://flipboard.com/@msnbc/alex-witt-reports-sp04kcs0z/-/a-2DrkCrzSTeaDbGCy7Ls-xw%3Aa%3A3195436-%2F0

Even if the Dems were to miraculously get back in in 4 or 8 years it will not be possible to get back to where the US is today easily or fast. Once the wrecking ball goes thru institutions it will take decades to rebuild, if ever.

Best of luck.

Just saying…

Can’t wait to see RFK Jr handle a pandemic: Bird flu in Canada may have mutated to become more transmissible to humans

Scientists are racing to understand what a hospitalized teen’s case of bird flu may mean for future outbreaks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/bird-flu-cases-mutation-canada

@dansup nice!

Oh goody 👏: Scientists warn that a key Atlantic current could collapse, among other climate tipping points.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/climate-change/atlantic-current-collapse-ice-melt-report-climate-change-rcna179649