Marie Snyder

@mariesnyder

Mask and relax with an N95! I post and repost about covid, climate, conflicts, cycling, psychology, philosophy, and politics. Longreads at and

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Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· 19h

White lettering on a plane black background from joedator on threads: I invented a robot that can rob a bank. Of course, it robs these banks on its own, so I can't be held legally responsible when it robs a bank. I mean, all I did was invent it, it's not my fault if it works exactly the way I intended. Also, I get to keep all the money from the banks it robs. Sorry if any of that money was yours, but now that I've invented the Bank Robbing Robot, the Bank Robbing Robot is inevitable.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· 4d

"The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other." ~ Bertrand Russell in "The Ancestry of Fascism" in Freedom: Its Meaning

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· 9d

Any relation?

A similar-looking tortoiseshell cat with a mouse in her mouth.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· 27d

#ONpoli Ontario right now:

A map of Ontario that indicates new (orange) and active (red) fires with little fire icons. It shows most of Northeastern Ontario covered in indicators, and several in Northeastern Ontario as well.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jun 25

Call-back? 📽️

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jun 1

I love the note here:

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Feb 15

Just watched "Is This Thing On?" #FilmSky 📽️🎥 Always been a fan of Will Arnett and of Laura Dern, but this is worth it beyond that. A bit of intentional cringe at times, but a very believable love/hate story.

The movie poster for "Is This Thing On? with Laura Dern and Will Arnett facing each other, with Will holding a mic, as if doing stand up.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jan 19

With alt text:

If you are using undocumented immigrants' tax records to find and kidnap them, then it was never about them paying taxes. If you are showing up at their place of employment, then it was never about them not working. If you are showing up at courthouses, then it was never about getting them to do it the right way. If you are kidnapping women and children, then it was never about criminals. If you're refusing to give them due process, then it was never about the constitution. If you're spending billions to do this, then it was never about the economy. And if you're doing all this in the name of a 34 time convicted felon, then it was never about following the law.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jan 18

Does anyone else get this kind of thing happening?? I get that this person really, really wants to block me, but how (and why) does one block someone over and over?? I blocked in return. Image description: At kdp dot pw blocked me yesterday at 10:52 am and 1:52 pm, and today at 3:34 am.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jan 16

From @drseanmullen.bsky.social, but at the other place, on the scale of delusion people are experiencing around the current and potential harm of #Covid.

I used to think the “smart people” ..the PhDs, the MDs … knew they were screwed after the first infection.

Watching their behavior, it looked like this: once they got infected, they stopped masking. I assumed that meant they understood SARS-CoV-2 as a persistent infection and had simply resigned themselves to it.

But over time, I realized that wasn’t it at all.

They weren’t shielding because they understood long-term risk.
They were shielding because they were afraid of the first hit.

Once they got infected, survived, and felt “fine,” they concluded they were safe. Protected. Done.

They do not believe this 👇(see Tern’s thread)
They do not believe a single infection has done them in or will haunt them later.
They do not believe repeated infection is cumulative.
They do not believe immune damage persists.
They do not believe vascular and neurological injury compounds.

That’s why I remain a Novid.

Because I do believe this virus behaves more like a one-and-done infection than a seasonal cold. Like HIV, outcomes diverge: some people are elite controllers (thank you
@dbdugger
), and some are not. Some bodies contain damage. Others accumulate it rapidly. And for some, the clock after first infection may be measured in years, not decades.

Which brings me to something personal.

If the illness I had in January 2020 — after a Chicagoland martial arts seminar — was actually COVID, then I may have been among the earliest U.S. cases. And if that’s true, I may already be years into a process most people haven’t even acknowledged exists.

So ye…. if you sense urgency from me, that’s why.
I identify as a Novid while assuming I might not be.
I act as though tomorrow is not guaranteed.

What enrages me is watching the rest of the world behave as if they are superhuman… as if they can endure endless reinfections from a neuroinvasive, immune-damaging virus without consequence.

As if the data doesn’t exist.
As Olympic and professional athletes don’t collapse on live television.
As if vascular disease, immune exhaustion, and neurological injury just… won’t apply to them.

This isn’t optimism.
It’s a mass delusion of invulnerability.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Dec 30

I devoured the Autumn 2025 edition of The Philosopher magazine! Here's the table of content from it, and a link to buy the digital version: www.thephilosopher1923.org/product-page... #Philosophy

Section 1: Crossing the Floods. Aesthetic Healing by Kathleen M. Higgins; Lessons in Loneliness by Kaitlyn Creasy; A Life Beyond Performance by Boris Sotomayor; Who Crosses the Floods? On the Lack of Self by David Loy; Suffering, Ineffability and Radical Bodily Doubt by Havi Carel; Bearing Witness: On Animal Suffering by Rebekah Humphreys; Section 2: Conversations: Grief worlds with Matthew Ratcliffe and Kathleen M. Higgins; Living with dark moods with Mariana Alessandri and Kieran Setiya; and On anxiety with Samir Chopra and Maryam Aghdami

Section 3: General: What is a fact? by Timothy Morton and Heather King; The paradox of progressive silencing: how well-intentioned agents perpetuate epistemic oppression by Maryam Aghdami; The positionality dilemma by Rebecca Buxton; Engaging delusions by Rosa Ritunnano and Kathleen Murphy-Hollies; and When liberation becomes subjugation: the moral paradox of regime change in Iran by Hossein Dabbagh and Patrick Hassan

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Dec 27

From @barryhunt008.bsky.social, but at the other place. So many of my faves to follow still post tons there and barely anything here (looking at you @1goodtern.bsky.social). I might start posting more of their hot takes here.

From Barry Hunt on Twitter: "Vaccines for flu and covid are about 30% effective this year against flu and covid. Respirators are about 100% effective this year and every year against flu and covid and RSV and colds and norovirus and measles and TV and so on."

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Sep 1

Ontario Covid estimated cases are HIGH for the start of school:

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jul 11

With alt text. It's a quotation, but I can't find the original source anywhere, so it's possibly someone's call to action put in a poster.

Note to Self: "A lot of people in the media and on social media (all of us really) try to shame the radical right into behaving like responsible, moral, and ethical citizens based on the fallacy of fairness. The right's hypocrisy is a feature not a bug. In fact, a preferred tactic. Save your breath. Predators have no conventions, morality, values, standards or rules. The ones leading teh charge are indeed predators; those following are in denial-of-the-vile, or in it for self interested reasons of their own. How do you fight back? Do not underestimate for a minute the forces and organizations behind this dismantling of America. Do the research and study to become expert-knowledgeable about the subject, be creative - above all act. Be courageous and fearless, even if only because you have no choice. Saying truth is one thing, acting the truth is another. Act as if your life and future depend on it. It does. The revolution will not be televised. The revolution will be live."

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jun 11

I was curious what this would look like! I'm pleased to at least recognize most of these accounts, but one big difference from the other place, for better or worse, is not posting within a regular group. I have to search for friends' post intentionally. Many of these likely won't know me at all.

A Skircle with my picture in the middle and many other pictures surrounding it. Sorry, but the original creation disappeared before I could get all their names.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jun 8

Random reminder that Doug Ford cut Emergency Forest Firefighting by 67% back in 2019. #onpoli #canada

A chart of Cuts to Ministry Expenses from the 2019 Ontario Budget. I'll just list the percentages, but it also list the amounts. Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - 24%; Attorney General - 7%; Children, Community and Social Services - 2%; Environment, Conservation and Parks - 36%; Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade - 19%; Francophone Affairs - 3%; Municipal Affiars and Housing - 25%; Indigenous Affairs - 49%; Natural Resources and Forestry - 19%; Emergency Forest Firefighting - 67%; Seniors and Accessibility - 13%; Training, Colleges and Universities - 6%.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jun 7

Just reading about psychological development in children and came across this bit about pre-school kids in David Wallin's Attachment in Psychotherapy:

But, of course, psychic equivalence works both ways. A colleague told me that, as she was about to give her nearly two-year-old son a bath, he cried out in protest, furious to be put in the tub against his will. Apparently gripped by rage, he bit her, and then cried out once again, "Momma bited me!" Here the internal world -- of anger, then fear -- trumped the extrnal reality such that they become one.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· May 28

I got a slightly different answer:

AI Overview: No, it is not 2025. The current date is May 28, 2025.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Apr 29

Just got this call. Block this number in advance, and be careful with scams like this. The IRCC won't call you asking for money!

A screenshot of a phone message from 1-888-242-1239 that says, "Contact Contact the client support centre please press nine Hello immigration office We have attempted to contact you multiple times, but you have not answered This is the final notice to contact the client support centre please press nine"

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Feb 28

Then and now:

A pie graph of who all registered electors voted for in Ontario, 2022 with the Conservatives getting 18%, Liberals 10%, NDP 10%, other at 5% and "did not vote" at 57%

A pie graph of who all registered electors voted for in Ontario, 2025 with the Conservatives getting 19.5%, Liberals 13.6%, NDP 8.4%, Greens at 2.2, other at 1.7% and "did not vote" at 54.6%

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Feb 22

Only SIX days left to #FireFord! Today's the LAST DAY to vote in advanced polls near you, but you can still vote at your local election office until Wed. at 6pm, and at your polling station on Thursday 9am-9pm. Details here: voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...

A colourful table comparing Trump and Ford with photos of them in a similar posture. "Doug Ford stated that he was 100% happy Trump won the presidency. Why? Ford & Trump share the same values & ambitions." The list has green checkmarks on these comparisons: LIAR: Trump: 40,000 & counting, Ford: Greenbelt, LCBO, cottage during Covid, Science Centre, allocation of $ for hospitals & schools, exaggerated Ontario surplus, buck a beer; MIA: Trump: always golfing, Ford: extended summer and Christmas breaks, frequent long absences form Queens Park, question period, during convoy protest; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR: Trump: convicted criminal, Ford: RCMP criminal investigation into Greenbelt land, sold illegal drugs to minors when in high school; LAWSUITS: Trump: continual, Ford: continual multi-million $ lawsuits at taxpayer expense; both are friendly & do business with the very rich; both are friendly and do business with racists: Ford is going ahead with Musk's Starlink contract, has photo ops with and doesn't denounce right wing extremists, giving right wing Christian schools university designation; Trump is closing agencies that support public spending, and Ford has largest debt in Ontario history with small public spending, privatizing health care, cut funding to municipalities, shut down addiction & mental health supports, withholds money from health care, schools, and special education

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Feb 21

Do we want Ontario to be led by someone who will help as many as possible, or by someone with self-serving business interests in line with Trump and Musk?? We have SEVEN days to save Ontario's greenbelt, hospitals, LTC homes, education system... VOTE TODAY in advanced polls!! #onpoli #FireFord

Two cartoon drawings: In both a trolley is hitting a fork in the tracks, with one person able to direct it by pulling a lever. The trolley is headed for a track with five people on it, but pulling the level would move it to a track with just one person on it. In the first image, the person pulling the level is labelled "YOU," and it's titled "How you imagine the trolley problems. In the second cartoon, labelled "How it's actually going to be," that "YOU" label is now on the middle person of the five people on the track, and the lone person on the track and the guy pulling the lever both are wearing top hats and have several bags of cash. They're giving a thumbs-up to each other.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Feb 5

Some people still aren't aware there's a SNAP ELECTION for Ontario on Feb. 27th, but you can VOTE NOW in many regions!! Make sure to get out to vote so we're not governed by someone who just got 18% of votes, yet enough to form a majority!! Ford is hoping you won't show up. We can take this!!

Orange background with white writing and a picture of Catherine Fife. It says, "Voters in Waterloo can vote early at Election Ontario's local office. In Waterloo, that's at 725 Bridge Street West. Voting times are as follows: any day from February 1-26, Monday to Saturday 10am to 8pm, and Sundays noon to 5pm. Advance in-person voting ends on February 26th at 6pm. Contact my campaign office: 365-589-0102 / catherine.fife@ontariondp.ca

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jan 25

Elon at Auschwitz:

From Julie Gray: "I see people posting that Elon was at Auschwitz this time last year - therefore, his recent 'gesture' is not antisemitic. I was there, too. Last year. With Elon. I am embarrassed that I have photos of this on my phone. My love, Gidon Lev, was the 'special guest' of this photo-op event. We thought, at the time, that it would be good publicity. But I would not share the photo today. I chatted with Elon Musk. I spent hours with him and walked with him through Auschwitz. I stood with him, looking at the nauseating heaps of hair, luggage, and shoes flooded with violet light meant to preserve it. Is Musk an antisemite? People, actually, it's worse - he doesn't care whatsoever. Elon, father of 'little X' as he described his freezing cold son to me, literally does not care. He was unmoved by the experience. For Gidon, to be in the place where his father, Ernst, died on a death march - whether shot by the side of the road or having simply collapsed - was a huge deal. Elon did not care. He was about his press junket and his bodyguards. I was 10' from him as he posed for the cameras of his entourage. He was utterly detached. He cared about how he looked. When he placed a wreath at Auschwitz and Gidon was overlooked, he walked away with the cameras whirring. This is Elon Musk. A sociopath, if ever there was one. To deduce, from this visit, that he is a friend of the Jews is desperately naive.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jan 21

A single bar that starts with "work begins" with a long red part labelled "procrastinate," a shorter yellow bar labelled "panic," then a tiny green bar labelled "cram and work like hell while crying" and ending with the word "deadline"

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Jan 4

Region of Waterloo Public Health is finally advocating for the use of well-fitting good quality masks/respirators (not surgical masks) to prevent Covid after years of putting handwashing first for an airborn virus!

The message says, "Use a layered approach to prevent serious illness during respiratory virus season: Consider wearing a well-fitting mask indoors; Stay up to date on flu and Covid-19 vaccines; Wash hands and clean surfaces often; Stay at home when you are sick." It's followed by a link: https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-and-wellness/2019-novel-coronavirus.aspx - And then a poster with a man wearing a good quality mask (not a surgical mask), which says, "Protect yourself and loved ones from serious illness. Use a layered approach during respiratory virus season."

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Dec 12

Wab Kinew almost double the approval rating of Ford!

A bar graph showing the Angus Reid premier approval rating for December 2024: Manitoba's Kinew (NDP) at 67%, up 1. Nova Scotia's Houston (PC) 55%, up 14. New Brunswick's Holt (Liberal) at 54%, steady. Saskatchewan's Moe (PC) at 52%, up 7. Newfoundland's Furey (Liberal) at 46%, steady. BC's Eby (NDP) at 46% steady. Aberta's Smith (PC) at 45%, down 1. Quebec's Legault (CAQ) at 36%, down 3, and last and very least, Ontario's Ford (PC) at 34%, an increase of 3 since last month!

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Dec 6

35 years ago today. Never forget the femicide in Canada.

Letter to the Ottawa Citizen from Shelley Page, a senior writer who wrote about the Montréal Massacre: "My stories were restrained, diligent and cautious. For years, I remembered one of my sentences with particular pride. Reading it now, it shows everything that was wrong with how I covered the event: 'They stood crying before the coffins of strangers, offering roses and tiger lilies to young women they never knew.' I turned the dead engineering students into sleeping beauties who received flowers from potential suitors. I should have referred to the buildings they wouldn't design, the machines they wouldn't create and the products never imagined. They weren't killed for being daughters or girlfriends, but because they were capable women in a male-dominated field. I should have written that then.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Nov 14

To anyone seeing #TaylorSwift tonight or this weekend, you CAN have an amazing time AND wear an N95!! You can decorate it!! People can still hear you, and you won't end up sick for weeks, if not for life. About 1 in 28 people in Ontario is infected right now. Have fun, but take care of each other!

From Moriarty Lab: Canadian COVID Forecast for Nov. 9-22, 2024 in Ontario is SEVERE. About 1 of every 28 people is infected. Long Covid estimate is 26 times higher, hospitalization from Covid is 23 times higher, and deaths from Covid are 15 times higher than at the lowest point during the Covid pandemic in Canada. There's a graph showing how closely Ontario lines up with Canada. Currently, we're just a bit below the Canadian average.

Marie Snyder@mariesnyder· Nov 13

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