Reusing N95 and KN95 masks

How often can you safely reuse your KN95 or N95 mask? https://t.co/CpglQ1sLoX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2022

How reuse your N95 mask from the person that created them https://t.co/e747olIxqH
— Grumpy aka Agent Tired Tortoise⚽️⚽️⚽️ (@GrumpyYetAmusin) January 6, 2022

How to manage the cost of KN/N95 masks? Reuse.

Don’t discard your mask daily

Buy 2-KN95 masks. Keep alternating them for weeks (until they aren’t broken/damaged)

It’s not ideal. But 100-times better than not wearing a good quality mask due to affordability issues
— Faheem Younus, MD (@FaheemYounus) January 8, 2022

Newest mask-related story from me: https://t.co/HYtXVekHz8
— Gabriela Miranda Quiñones (@itsgabbymiranda) January 12, 2022

Ronnie Spector

Ronnie Spector, lead singer of the Ronettes on many fine records in the 1960s died yesterday

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She co-created one of the great seduction songs in pop-music history, a song of magnificent carnality but also one that knows the risks of falling love. From the vaults, for Ronnie: https://t.co/fVKe5ILe1a
— Stephanie Zacharek (@szacharek) January 13, 2022

ronnie spector in new york city’s riverside park, 1973 💔

by kevin dilworth pic.twitter.com/DHgLZn5dYg
— maya cade (@mayascade) January 12, 2022

Beautiful Ronnie Spector story from John Lurie. pic.twitter.com/lYy2u59KkK
— 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 📼 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘆 (@kcfennessy) January 13, 2022

Ronnie Spector, the lead singer of the Ronettes, the 1960s vocal trio that gave a passionate edge to pop’s girl-group sound with hits like “Be My Baby” and “Baby, I Love You,” died on Wednesday. She was 78. https://t.co/7g8ra8nKD5
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 13, 2022

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Republican fake Electoral College certificates

They’ll stop at nothing. If the Republicans control Congress in 2024, they probably accept the fakes.

Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about the plot to overturn Biden's victory https://t.co/8XvBO9Fk2x
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 13, 2022

Michigan’s Attorney General is investigating state Republicans who signed fake certificates sent to the National Archives that declared Trump the winner in MI – https://t.co/npUjL8Vd0f
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) January 13, 2022

2/ Here's the fake Trump "certificate of ascertainment" from Arizona. (dated Dec 7, even though the EC convened on Dec 14)https://t.co/HIN2jSrLwC pic.twitter.com/E6Q7mFbGAq
— Angry Fleas (@AngryFleas) January 10, 2022

The PA Republicans who signed onto a fake certificate of electors included 2 now running for Gov (Barletta, Gerow) and some of the party's top state and county officials, including the national cmte man, state party vice chair & deputy chairhttps://t.co/jzUuK9OO3c pic.twitter.com/oENCxKsfWa
— Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) January 13, 2022

The Arizona forgers who sent the fake Electoral College certificate posed for a photo, which was published in the newspaper on December 14, 2020, folks. https://t.co/jlOydHoo2O
— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) January 12, 2022

Nevada Republican Party chair @McDonaldNV defended the Nevada GOP sending fraudulent elector documents to federal government. There MUST be a criminal investigation into this to see if crimes committed. Today's GOP has chosen Trump over democracy! https://t.co/5OgLaeoipf
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) January 13, 2022

1/3

Meet the Wisconsin 10 fake Republican electors, who signed & submitted a fake certificate to give Donald Trump the state's electoral votes.

Source ~> https://t.co/4JjK6uwx0Z #Wisconsin #wipolitics #wisdems #wisgop #wiunion #wiright @MaddowBlog pic.twitter.com/kZ6UVWW5vo
— Coffee Bean (@CoffeeBean26) January 12, 2022

'Do you not know how you arrived at a place?': Fake elector struggles to explain role in scheme to submit false election papers https://t.co/FZh49EZ2F1
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 13, 2022

Short(ish) thread on one interesting detail concerning the bizarre falsified elector documents Republicans sent in to the National Archives in various Biden-won states after the 2020 election, falsely asserting that those states had chosen Republican/Trump electors:
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 13, 2022

Gonna be a lot of folks who said things on Fox with suddenly limited recollections of the forged electors.

Good thing there are tapes. https://t.co/hq8glxLoCF
— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) January 14, 2022

The plan, the plot, was that the phony documents from Trump electors would help VP Pence say on Jan. 6, per the Eastman memo and backed up by Rosen's DOJ, that due to competing slates and claims, there was no clear winner in those states, so he wouldn't count those states' votes.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 14, 2022

If the White House Press Secretary knew about the forged certificates of the fake Trump electors, is it conceivable that Trump didn’t know? Hint: That’s a rhetorical question. https://t.co/i9BvaPulhl
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 14, 2022

“Disturbing to say the least” – Wisconsin State Senator Kathy Bernier reacts to reports that then-President Donald Trump's allies sent fake certificates to the National Archives declaring that Trump won seven states that he actually lost in the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/BeKtMquTfH
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) January 14, 2022

If people go to jail for fraudulently casting one person's vote, shouldn't they also go to jail for attempting to forge the votes of millions? https://t.co/HnpvL2hukC
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 13, 2022

Makes you wonder how there could 𝙣𝙤𝙩 have been a conspiracy or attempt by Trump or Eastman and others to "corruptly … obstruct[], influence[], or impede[]" the electoral-vote count proceedings within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2). https://t.co/gKrrx3L080 https://t.co/MoMj3pBwZl
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 15, 2022

“What we have here is attempted election fraud on a massive scale. Some perspective: If an average voter lied on their registration forms or forged an absentee ballot, they would face criminal charges…But this case is far worse…” https://t.co/Z9YttK7Hsn
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 16, 2022

Republicans don’t want to participate in presidential debates

NEWS: The RNC has told the Commission on Presidential Debates that it's preparing to require presidential candidates to refuse to take part in those debates, potentially leading to a significant change in how debates have been conducted for 35 years https://t.co/v08IlEsG3L
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2022

Why should they debate when they don't even have a platform? All they have is white nationalism and the big lie. This is terrible and shows that the GOP is not a functioning party.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 13, 2022

Frank Fahrenkopf, chair of the commission, said the CPD plans to continue dealing directly with the candidates, and not the parties. He said the RNC wanted control of things they would not give the party control over. https://t.co/fDSAPqkak9
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) January 13, 2022

.@FrankLuntz, reacting to the RNC move to begin process of withdrawing from the CPD process: "This is the fairest election process we still have. and it's a role model for other democracies. The world looks at our debates and says this is how it should be done."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2022

A different read would be that Trump is running and he won't debate if he's the nominee. https://t.co/3uuXFIoz6Y
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2022

2/2 "The CPD’s plans for 2024 will be based on fairness, neutrality and a firm commitment to help the American public learn about the candidates and the issues."
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 13, 2022

The media is addicted to Trump

This is the second poll I’ve seen showing the majority doesn’t want Trump to run yet the media keeps giving him lots of coverage. I have never seen coverage of a future presidential election begin this early.

Would you like to see Donald Trump run for president in 2024, or not?

Would like to see 33%
Would not 59%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, 1/7-10/22)https://t.co/MIyclO649x
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) January 12, 2022

The media could wait until 2023 to start 2024 election coverage. The majority of the public doesn’t want Trump to run. The media is giving Trump excessive coverage.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 13, 2022

Direct the question to the media. They’re the ones giving Trump lots of coverage even though the majority of the public doesn’t want him to run for president again.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 13, 2022

More proof that the media is giving Trump too much coverage https://t.co/9lEtj9WSfw
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 21, 2022

Time for less Trump coverage. The media needs to get over their addiction to Trump. https://t.co/jGJbqahRcq
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) January 23, 2022

Chris Bell’s “There Was a Light”

“There Was a Light” was written by Chris Bell. Demos were made when he was in Big Star and he recorded it solo after he left. I think that’s actually Alex Chilton on vocals on the demo and Big Star played the song live after Bell left. Bell’s birthday was yesterday. His solo work was released many years after his death on the excellent I Am the Cosmos. Here’s a Wikipedia article on it. I have the Rhino version.

Chris Bell stuff – Instagram post by an author of a book on him

GOP candidates follow Trump and won’t accept losses

As a result of the former President lying about election results because his ego couldn’t handle that he lost, other @GOP candidates now routinely lie anytime they lose an election.

The GOP is rapidly becoming an undemocratic cult of personality with no respect for elections. https://t.co/lzeRy04o6t
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 13, 2022

“This episode shows the Republican Party could be drifting toward a new norm of refusing to concede — even in landslides.”

Once truth vanishes, all bets are off. https://t.co/qSZxbRdSCK
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 14, 2022

Coronavirus stats tweets update 1/11/22

America generates a quarter of world's daily Omicron infections and a quarter of global deaths – and both are rising. This really shouldn't be happening. pic.twitter.com/48yND5Prqe
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) January 11, 2022

What happens when one of the best vaccinated (90% total population) countries in the world gets Omicron?
🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/GzI8jgfO7J
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 10, 2022

A problem with analysis like this: It's likely there's FAR more underreporting of cases than last winter. Why?

* At home tests now likely >=50% of overall volume
* Huge demand overwhelming in-person test facilities
* Omicron milder = cases easier to misshttps://t.co/a2M6ldWY6A pic.twitter.com/bIxOSSXIF7
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 10, 2022

OmIcRoN pRoVeS vAcCiNeS dOn'T wOrK pic.twitter.com/eDjSk9A5Eb
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 9, 2022

Pay attention to *who* is having the highest incidence of #COVID19 cases at the beginning of this first #Omicron wave. They are mostly Black (NH) and Hispanic, in urban areas, similar to our 1st wave. Think about who our essential and service workers are.https://t.co/5yr5peajsy pic.twitter.com/7CR1IrK2s5
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) January 9, 2022

Revealing chart about Omicron hospitalizations in NYC: barely changed for the vaccinated.
But big spike ⬆️ for unvaccinated. https://t.co/tbjifc8cMT pic.twitter.com/ScL8eZcAzJ
— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) January 9, 2022

The U.S. makes up 4% of the world’s population, but yesterday we made up 32% of its #COVID cases (probably an undercount). The current pandemic strategy is not working. This is more than about just getting people vaccinated. We need to control the spread now. https://t.co/kkb9Ly0hmJ
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) January 8, 2022

An unvaccinated 30-49 year-old is more likely to die from COVID than a vaccinated 65-79 year-old.

But the GOP-stacked Supreme Court doesn't care, they're going to use antivax propaganda to rewrite national policy and we're supposed to pretend it's a principled legal decision. https://t.co/jTEalwq8Z7 pic.twitter.com/HXKCKU5pbf
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) January 7, 2022

Since last May, people living in counties that voted heavily for Trump have been nearly three times as likely to die from covid as those who live in areas that went for Biden. ⁦@DanielPWWood⁩ ⁦@gbrumfiel⁩ https://t.co/cMladyXlVA
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) January 13, 2022

Update on North Carolina gerrymandering

Must-Read Michael Wines NYT Story on North Carolina Redistricting Battle Suggests Republican Legislature Could Try to Impeach Democratic State Supreme Court Justices to Stop Effort to Thwart Gerrymandering https://t.co/9uspSuInEi
— Ion V. Sancho (@Ionsancho1) January 30, 2022

Judging by the NC Supreme Court's 4D-3R majority and willingness to overrule a lower court on the election timeline, I wouldn't be surprised to see the GOP-drawn maps struck down on appeal. https://t.co/3f7IpM6QQ3
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 11, 2022

We will appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court. The fight for fair districts continues. https://t.co/YT6hPXN1r7
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 11, 2022

Breaking: As Biden speaks NC state court upholds extreme gerrymandered maps, including US House map giving GOP 71-78% of seats in state Trump won with 49.9% of vote. This is exactly the kind of partisan & racial gerrymandering Freedom to Vote Act would block
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022

Here is ruling by panel of majority GOP judges upholding gerrymandered legislative maps in NC. It will be appealed to NC Supreme Court, but underscores need for urgent federal action on voting rights https://t.co/4ZFUaJ9gOx
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022

True and true. https://t.co/eqsrWyVQua
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 11, 2022

🚨👀https://t.co/RFfyFsg9Vo
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 6, 2022

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court of North Carolina GRANTS a preliminary injunction in ongoing redistricting cases. The order halts candidate filing and prohibits the use of the maps in elections as litigation challenging the maps as Republican gerrymanders continues. More info to come.
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) December 8, 2021

"It would take an absolute blowout, over 7 percentage points in the statewide popular vote, for Democrats to even get half of the state’s congressional delegation." https://t.co/RRb2F4CZUK pic.twitter.com/eJdxJbr2gT
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) November 10, 2021

"The Princeton Gerrymandering Project gave North Carolina’s maps failing grades for fairness."https://t.co/8Xi5YdIWan
— Princeton Gerrymandering Project (@princetongerry) January 24, 2022

Time to get better masks – tweets and articles

The CDC & White House have often used the rhetoric that N95 masks are uncomfortable & hard to breath through. Many who are now trying certain models are finding that to be false. We tackle this issue in @washingtonpost ⬇️

Cc @sri_srikrishna @RanuDhillon https://t.co/UUnFAdShW0 pic.twitter.com/xNaEAClQiK
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) January 11, 2022

CDC weighs recommending N95 or KN95 masks against omicron https://t.co/iMDifJP5An
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 11, 2022

What’s the Difference Between KN95 and KF94 Masks?

12 Good N95, KN95, and Surgical Face Masks to Buy Right Now

Why Cloth Masks Just Won’t Cut It Against the Omicron Variant, and 4 Masks That Do

COVID mask guide for omicron surge: Why N95, KN95 masks are so much more effective than cloth

Axios PM

“Unmodified medical masks blocked ≥56% of cough aerosols and ≥42% of exhaled aerosols.”

H/t @KatherinePasem1 @FixTheMask https://t.co/7gxnqcwy3q
— Abraar Karan (@AbraarKaran) January 13, 2022