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The Sifillis Stories<p>Beginning in 1994, self proclaimed "World's #1 Sifillitic" B. Manus Shunkwiler produced 286 issues of this <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/Sifillis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sifillis</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/fanzine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanzine</span></a>. There's a <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zine</span></a> page at the end of every chapter of each Sifillis Story, and each chapter of every Sifillis Story!</p><p><a href="https://sifillis.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sifillis.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/BookStadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookStadon</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/booklover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booklover</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/bookworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookworm</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/zine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zine</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zines</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/zine%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zineフェス</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/ZINE%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E5%90%89%E7%A5%A5%E5%AF%BA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZINEフェス吉祥寺</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/zinefest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zinefest</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/zineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zineart</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/barf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>barf</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/PukeruaBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PukeruaBay</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/PartyTilYouPuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PartyTilYouPuke</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/puke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puke</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/vomit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomit</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/vomitface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomitface</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>How your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cat</span></a> can contract <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> without seeing a bird </p><p>New data reveals unexpected infection pathways to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HouseholdPets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseholdPets</span></a></p><p> By Serena Summer<br> Feb 25, 2025 </p><p>Excerpt: "The CDC report details two confirmed cases of indoor domestic cats contracting bird flu, with both felines belonging to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DairyWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DairyWorkers</span></a> who had previously displayed symptoms consistent with the virus. Prior to the cats becoming ill, their owners had experienced symptoms including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diarrhea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diarrhea</span></a>. Although the owners declined testing for bird flu, laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of the virus in both cats, with one eventually dying from the infection.</p><p>"This finding represents a significant development in our understanding of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transmission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transmission</span></a>, as it suggests that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> may serve as intermediary hosts capable of passing the virus to household pets. Previously, most concern centered on direct transmission from infected birds to mammals, but these cases indicate more complex transmission patterns may exist.</p><p>"The indoor setting of these infections is particularly noteworthy, as it eliminates the possibility of direct contact with infected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildBirds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildBirds</span></a>, which had been considered the primary transmission route for cats in previous outbreaks."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://rollingout.com/2025/02/25/bird-flu-transmission-humans-cats/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingout.com/2025/02/25/bird</span><span class="invisible">-flu-transmission-humans-cats/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HPAINews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPAINews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PetHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CatHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatHealth</span></a></p>
Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷<p>Hands up, all those who are surprised that <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/diarrhea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diarrhea</span></a> have broken out on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cruise_ships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruise_ships</span></a>.</p>
SLCW💥<p>There's apparently a trendy movement promoting the consumption of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rawMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rawMilk</span></a> based on the false notion that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unpasteurized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unpasteurized</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/milk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milk</span></a> is somehow healthier (<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/naturalisticFallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalisticFallacy</span></a>).</p><p>Raw milk is not healthier than <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pasteurized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pasteurized</span></a> milk, and it can cause issues like <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/nausea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nausea</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/diarrhea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diarrhea</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a> or, in some cases, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/seriousIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seriousIllness</span></a>. Don't subject yourself and your family to unnecessary danger for the sake of adhering to a misguided and misinformed trend.</p><p><a href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/the-dangers-of-raw-milk-what-you-should-know" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">health.clevelandclinic.org/the</span><span class="invisible">-dangers-of-raw-milk-what-you-should-know</span></a></p>
Alpha1Nine :funkwhale: :sofia:<p>Warning over <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mushroomgummies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mushroomgummies</span></a> after five people attend hospital in NSW</p><p>The New South Wales health department has issued a warning for people to not consume Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies after “several people presented to hospital experiencing unexpected <a href="https://aus.social/tags/toxicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxicity</span></a>”. </p><p>Since April 2024, at least five people have been treated in NSW hospitals after ingesting the gummies. The products consumed were:</p><p>Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies – Cordyceps</p><p>Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies – Lion’s Mane</p><p>NSW Health says there have been other people hospitalised in other states, and it was working with other jurisdictions to investigate the issue.</p><p>Patients have reported signs and symptoms, including: <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nausea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nausea</span></a> or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a>; <a href="https://aus.social/tags/seizure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seizure</span></a>-like activity and involuntary movement (such as limbs twitching and eye movement); <a href="https://aus.social/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a>; disturbing <a href="https://aus.social/tags/hallucinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hallucinations</span></a>; <a href="https://aus.social/tags/drowsiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drowsiness</span></a> or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lossofconsciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lossofconsciousness</span></a>; <a href="https://aus.social/tags/dizziness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dizziness</span></a> or <a href="https://aus.social/tags/lightheadedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lightheadedness</span></a>; racing <a href="https://aus.social/tags/heart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heart</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> My first thought? <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WhatTheHellAreMushroomGummies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatTheHellAreMushroomGummies</span></a> </p><p>My second thought? Next they’ll tell me there are Kale gummies!</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>A ProPublica and Post-Gazette analysis of tens of thousands of reports shows that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philips</span></a> withheld more than 🔸3,700 complaints 🔸over 11 years from the FDA, which oversees medical devices. </p><p>And the company did not launch a formal investigation of the problem until 2019 — nine years after the first wave of complaints and three years after the first known tests for the company found that the foam was degrading.<br>Instead, as the complaints continued to pile up in company files, Philips waged aggressive global marketing campaigns to sell more machines, including new models fitted with the <a href="https://c.im/tags/hazardous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazardous</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/foam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foam</span></a>.</p><p>The sales pitch worked: <br>The devices went to infants, the elderly and at least 700,000 veterans. <br>The company also promoted machines meant for some of the sickest people in the country, rolling out a new ventilator filled with the foam in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Philips didn’t stop even after the company learned the foam was breaking down in its ventilators in Japan and had to be replaced <br>— and after tests in the United States revealed that the material released chemicals at dangerous levels. <br>Among them: <a href="https://c.im/tags/formaldehyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>formaldehyde</span></a>, a compound used in fertilizer, dyes and glues that has been tied to respiratory problems and certain <a href="https://c.im/tags/cancers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancers</span></a>.<br>In 2018, the company called more than a dozen engineers and safety supervisors to a series of urgent meetings in Pittsburgh to investigate the problem in what eventually became known to insiders as "Project Uno."<br>Still, the public was not warned.<br>All the while, people using Philips machines were suffering from illnesses that no one could explain: <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/vomiting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vomiting</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/dizziness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dizziness</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/headaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>headaches</span></a>, along with newly diagnosed <a href="https://c.im/tags/cancers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancers</span></a> of the lungs, throat, sinuses and esophagus. <br>One man in Philadelphia coughed so hard that he broke his ribs, and a Florida woman with a hacking cough was hospitalized for days and placed on oxygen.<br>“Unconscionable,” said Dr. Radhika Breaden, who scrambled at her Oregon sleep clinic to help thousands of patients who were using the devices. “We were all completely blindsided. You can’t have people inhaling black dust … without warning us.”</p><p>Company records that show officials knew about the dangers but continued to sell machines that the FDA has since said are capable of causing severe illness or death.</p><p>Reporters also reviewed thousands of complaints submitted to the company and government describing device malfunction and injuries, including more than 370 reports of deaths. </p><p>As part of the investigation, the news organizations collaborated with Mediahuis NRC, the publisher of one of the largest newspapers in the Netherlands, where Philips’ parent company is located.</p><p>In a statement to the news organizations, Philips said its top priority is patient safety and that it regretted “the distress and concern” caused by the recall. <br>“We deeply apologize for that and continue to work hard to resolve this,” the company said.</p><p>Philips said complaints about the foam were limited in the years before the recall and that the reports were evaluated on a case-by-case basis. </p><p>The company added that it became aware of the potential significance of the problem in early 2021 and launched the recall shortly after that.</p><p>Former company engineers and safety supervisors, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they still work in the industry, said top officials at Philips repeatedly dismissed a dangerous breakdown that ultimately set off a worldwide health crisis involving as many as 15 million devices.</p><p>“It was a catastrophic series of errors,” said a former compliance supervisor. ♦️“There were people who knew and knew for a long time.”♦️</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/philips-kept-warnings-about-dangerous-cpaps-secret-profits-soared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/philips</span><span class="invisible">-kept-warnings-about-dangerous-cpaps-secret-profits-soared</span></a></p>