„Stand jetzt hab ich nichts mitgebracht.“
„Na ja, wen überrascht das?“

Immer schön, wenn Leute mich für kompetent halten.

In light of teriffs and the rumor that #NOISH is shutting down, may I recommend Envo Masks from NH should we be unable to get masks we know are real?

They impressed me when they started offering the plug for the exhale valve and I didn’t want to buy a whole pack of them, so I wrote to them and asked them if I could purchase just one or two since the early versions didn’t have them, and they sent me a couple for free.

Oh and we don’t have sales tax here (NH USA). I don’t remember if they have to charge you if you do.

Envo Mask – envo mask https://envomask.com

This is cool. I don’t have kids so this isn’t for me (if it’s libertarians PLEASE NOTE: NH Libertarians as a group are pro pedo so AVOID if this is them.) But a covid cautious parents group sounds like a good idea.

Masked New Hampshire | Are you a COVID cautious parent or guardian? Then this post is for you! At MaskedNH we know it can be difficult for COVID Cautious (CC)... | Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/DIMtPRUPOhp/

Huge cuts at NIOSH mean that those who reply on respirators to keep themselves safe will have less protection. This impacts firefighters, miners, healthcare workers and all manner of industries.

It’s also devastating to the disability community.

“You do you” Covid policies left many of us with N95s as our main line of defence against repeat infection.

Respirators make public spaces accessible. They allow us to attend healthcare appointments without forced infection.

Cutting the people who ensure their quality will endanger disabled lives.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/health/cdc-niosh-cuts-safety/index.html

the thing about echo chambers, is they reflect back what is put into them, "with character" - think of how a choir sounds in a cathedral, versus outside

nonsense in, nonsense with character out

BUT

glorious, coordinated, beautiful voices in? Reverberating, amplified, beauty out!

what I'm getting at is: yeah, places within Mastodon & Fediverse are clearly echo chambers

but the voices in this concert hall are beautiful singly, and in harmony, and in dissonance. Songs that reflect the human condition, and broader reality.

It's not misleading to be in an echo chamber where "2+2=4"[*] and "what does the evidence say" are mantras.

I'm sure this is not an original thought, thanks to whoever (in this echo chamber!) planted it in my brain however long ago.

[*] #masksWork and #CovidIsNotOver !

I'm wondering if anyone knows a company doing custom prints for, say, the #Nanovio FFP2 R or preferably even better FFP3/N99 respirators (but still as comfy as the former)?

Ideally based in #Europe and willing to do "small" batches?

Some fucko on the platform as I got off a train just now, in the Midlands
"Better wear a mask eh, might get COVID!"

uh yes that's partly why I wear one on transport.
Prick.
#CovidIsNotOver #MasksWork

@raymondpert “The letter also demands that Columbia ban masks on campus meant to conceal the wearer’s identity ‘or intimidate others,’ adopt a new definition of antisemitism, abolish its current process for discipliningstudents and deliver a plan to ‘reform undergraduate admissions, international recruiting, and graduate admissions practices.’”

Ew. Just in time for them all to get measles.

But back to the topic at hand, this is a great way to ruin people’s lives. Anyone in those programs is not matriculated if those programs end, meaning their student loan grace period or repayment starts. And if they’re on a student visa . . . idk but this is life ruining for people who have invested years working towards these degrees.

@ShaulaEvans I love this so much! I haven’t either, because I haven’t had covid yet (only because I’m already disabled and I live alone, so I don’t have to be inside with anyone for very long and when I am I wear a mask always).

"Nonconsensual lung juice swapping"

"I'm just gonna keep your bodily fluids out of my internal organs, and mine outta yours, don't mind this respirator"

"Through it all, governments and media grasped for any explanation that did not feature the collapse of public health and introduction of a novel virus that harms immune systems."

https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/kids-keep-getting-sicker-as-evidence

"Mask bans? In Canada? That's a USA thing, don't bring those restrictions on our freedoms here."

Welp, it doesn’t sound like anyone showed up to speak for the kids. The death cult is going to win this one.

I guess nobody told this horrible woman that magical thinking doesn’t work. Wanting something to be over and it actually being over aren’t connected with each other when it comes to public health.

“Rep. Kelley Potenza, R-Rochester also supported the bill. 
‘My family suffered greatly,’ during COVID-19 under mandatory mask policies at school and does not ever want to see this happen again.
‘Let’s just get this done,’ she said.”

https://indepthnh.org/2025/02/19/taking-mask-mandate-decisions-away-from-school-boards-supported-in-house-bill-361/

Hey they introduced a bill to ban masks in Maryland. This is not ok.

https://www.thepeoplesstrategist.com/p/emergency-call-to-action-to-stop

I've been back home a couple of days, but I'm isolating from the Little One and my partner until we know for sure that I didn't bring any unwanted viral stowaways with me.

So far, still feeling fine and testing negative. #MasksWork

It's tough, but it's the right thing to do because #CovidIsNotOver.

A few more days to go.

Working on article about the slow & painful death of public health and the rise of infectious diseases.

The focus is going to be on how fitted respirators can protect from almost all airborne disease, and it’s time we all start wearing them again.

I’m hoping it’ll be fun and educational as well as inspire people to take control of their health.

There’s so much we can’t control right now, but wearing a mask is something we CAN do. It’s a simple and easy way to protect yourself and your community.

What would you most want to know about respies? What do you think people get wrong about masking? What convinced you to start masking again (if you stopped)?

Let me know if the comments or send a DM!

If you’re not masking because you’re not worried about getting sick…take a beat & realize it’s not just about you

I am worried about getting sick. I’m desperately trying to maintain the tiny bit of function I have left

When you refuse to mask, you’re choosing to put me at risk. You’re deciding to make public spaces less safe for people like me.

Don’t make that choice for me. Mask up and protect yourself and those around you.