the way masks are forgotten, eschewed, if not outright derided is imo bc of this same silence, denial. it shouldnt be taboo to acknowledge the harm SARS2 caused, but doing so means acknowledging the ways it continues today, which would mean acknowledging YOU are implicated in changing how things are

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i've talked about this before in so many ways because it comes up constantly in my daily life; when you are a silence breaker—even in a silent way, by just wearing a mask—folks feel they're given permission to break theirs. the acting as-if, the pretending, is a weight many feel they carry alone.

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as someone who still masks in, at the very least, public indoor spaces, i can absolutely confirm this is the truth; there's nothin like seeing a reminder of That Time™️ (my mask) to make trauma bubble up into someones behavior. it looks different for everyone—from kindness to cruelty—but it's there.

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UPDATE: After years of secrecy, @microsoft.com finally admitted it's building a data center at the 1,350 acre site it purchased in Person County, NC. This data center is part of the justification for building a new gas plant near an elementary school. 🧵

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"always the golfer, never the wildfire victim."

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