Franco Ripple

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Global strategic comms & PR. Past: #Biden, #Obama, other candidates & causes. UF & FSU alum. F1 fan. #Gamer. Dad of 3 boys. Radical centrist. @francoripple on Twitter. #BLM 🤟
🚨New study finds widespread brain changes in COVID-19 survivors, incl. disruption of white matter & inefficient brain activity, leading to long-term cognitive symptoms. Results could lead to identification of therapeutic targets to mitigate #LongCovid. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924977X22009130
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
And may the new year suck much less
Than the last three years combined
Thinking of the thousands of nurses, hospital aides, chaplains, social workers, and doctors who are caring for the sick this Christmas.
"We should take a moment to remember that millions of people will not be wrapping presents or checking with the family to decide what to serve for dinner," @RadioFreeTom writes. "Instead, they will be trying to stay alive." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/christmas-in-wartime/672516/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1606477318045704194
Christmas in Wartime

Remember Ukraine this year as Russia continues its homicidal campaign against the country.

The Atlantic

The greatest finish to any sporting event I’ve ever seen…massive congratulations to #Messi and #Argentina!

I can hear my Italian-Argentinian family in Lanús Este cheering from 5,000 miles away.

#FIFAWorldCup  #ARG  #WorldCup #WorldCupFinal

Free #COVID19 tests are back:

"Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-⁠19 tests."

Order here: https://www.covid.gov/tests

COVID.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests

Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests.

COVID.gov

For #FollowFriday - the journalists banned from #Twitter, that are now on #Mastodon 

Follow them all and encourage your friends to:

Add any I missed into the comments:

➡️ Donie O'Sullivan @donieosullivan (CNN)

➡️ Drew Harnell @drewharwell (Washington Post)

➡️ Steve Herman - @w7voa
(VOA)

➡️ Michah Lee @micahflee
(The Intercept)

➡️ Tony Webster @tony

➡️ Matt Binder @MattBinder
(Fee Press)

#TwitterMigration

In the decade since Sandy Hook, gun violence has become the leading cause of death for American children; more than 25,000 kids have been killed. No other industrialized country comes close to the U.S. rate.

How much longer will Congress let this carnage continue?

President Obama considers the Sandy Hook massacre to be the darkest day of his presidency.

#SandyHook #Obama #nra

Perspective: only one in 5 Americans use Twitter per Pew study. That was before Musk took over so now likely lower. In contrast a much larger share of U.S. adults use YouTube (81%), Facebook (69%) and Instagram (40%).