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Much love for Filipinx comrades and community impacted by horrific violence during Lapu-Lapu Day celebrations. For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access resources thru Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together. Share widely: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

Due to the mass-casualty event in Vancouver, St Paul's, VGH, & Lions Gate hospitals have activated a code orange. These hospitals will be needing blood donations urgently. Blood clinics are closed Sundays, but please consider donating Monday if you're in the Vancouver area. #Vancouver

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

Elections Canada: "By law, everyone who is eligible to vote must have three consecutive hours to cast their vote on election day. If your hours of work do not allow for three consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off." www.elections.ca/content2.asp...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

moira rose album covers: thread

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads

submitted 9 days ago • 8 comments

Paddington.

submitted 10 days ago • 16 comments

I think it's time to add a mobility aid. I have a cane that I rarely use because my hands and wrists hurt so much. I read a review about Smart Crutches that they help that person much more than a rollator and that they can do so much more with them. Does anyone have hEDS & PsA & have any input?

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Finally, something other than, "Just put your shoulders back in their pockets!" (One of them doesn't do that, Karen.) Simple. Effective. Helpful. #EDS #HSD youtube.com/shorts/BBAXC...

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at ~200k views, this seems to’ve really impacted folks on tiktok; i’m not saying anything i haven’t said before in a million different ways… but that’s what we gotta do to see change—keep repeating things in different ways, eventually each niche framing finds its people. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjLKRxUT/

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

Remember, one day this will be the graph for normalizing raw dogging indoor air laden with SARS-CoV-2 We are not wrong, just early

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

Breast cancer diagnoses rose by over 300% between 1973 and 1992. Was there a breast cancer epidemic?! NO. Mammograms were implemented for screening in 1976. PREVALENCE is a function of being able to correctly diagnose something. This is also about autism.

submitted 11 days ago • 177 comments

For herd immunity against measles, 92-95% of the population must be vaccinated. As a live vaccine MMR can’t be given to pts who are immune suppressed (including pts receiving chemo/radiation or immunosuppression) And it’s not effective in newborns. So if you CAN get it, we REALLY need you to.

submitted 14 days ago • 18 comments

You haven’t “learned to live with COVID” if you’re not aware that COVID affects every organ in the body, including the 🧠 & ♥️ You haven’t “learned to live with COVID” if you’re not aware that #LongCOVID can cause long-term or permanent disability & LongCOVID can appear weeks / months after infection

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

You haven’t “learned to live with COVID” if you’re not aware that #COVIDisAirborne and prevention includes wearing a mask & clean air (HEPA / air purifiers) You haven’t “learned to live with COVID” if you’re not aware that COVID stays in the air for hours after an infected person leaves the room

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

I feel obligated to share this photo I took today because, well, look at it. How could a sleepy barred owl sitting in a blooming magnolia tree on a sunny spring day not bring you some joy?

submitted 17 days ago • 20 comments

JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.

submitted 16 days ago • 58 comments

I went to the dentist today and the receptionist said my copay was $230, to which I replied “what?” and she said BECAUSE TOOTH HURTY anyway, I’d never heard that dad joke before and if someone could set up bail money that’d be great. My insurance doesn’t cover leaping on people like a puma

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Boston! Do you know any community health group that wants free COVID tests from the government? Minimum order is 300. Apparently they ship very quickly (a western Mass friend ordered 400 to distribute) Um free COVID tests in bulk. Like as many as you need lifehacker.com/health/how-t...

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

HERE ON BLUESKY, WE USE ALT TEXT

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

This week once again Dr. Henry made a concerted effort to brand masks as something you only wear "when appropriate," such as when you're sick. Masks are not something you wear just when sick. They protect you from getting sick

submitted 33 days ago • 10 comments

Hey so someone took the via rail train from London to Toronto and then back again. And they have measles, I guess. So anyone that travelled that route with them could also have been exposed to measles. Good luck everyone.

submitted 35 days ago • 9 comments

Because some people clearly haven't got the memo

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments

UPDATE on Medicaid and Telehealth extensions. Full article: www.meaction.net/2025/03/26/j... We are so grateful for the actions that you have taken with us to fight to protect Medicaid and Telehealth but we still have a long road ahead of us. #pwME #Medicaid #Telehealth #MECFS

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️

submitted 36 days ago • 291 comments

A mask ban is a matter of life or death. You can make a difference by sharing this and calling your New York state reps. #NoNYMaskBan

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Y'all. ❤️ #uglydogs

submitted 42 days ago • 198 comments

My young adult son is in 🇬🇧and immediately registered to vote from abroad. This is an indication of the excitement about the federal election - it’s go time! Please share link with Canadians abroad - time is ticking. #Vote #Carney travel.gc.ca/travelling/l...

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

Soo I’m in year two of my MA program, studying narratives of chronic illness + disability storytelling. With my thesis looming on the horizon, I’m desperate for any tips, advice, or support from those in the Humanities who have an MA/PhD. HUGE Bonus if you’re also in the #DisabilityStudies field! 💟

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

Say it louder 🗯️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ [ #cuteart #artshop #trans ]

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submitted 44 days ago • 53 comments

Japanese antiviral ensitrelvir shows promise in preventing household COVID spread www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/ant... @cidrap.bsky.social 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

submitted 44 days ago • 5 comments

A scathing Reddit thread by an ER nurse that tells about what unvaccinated kids have to deal with in the ER and how it affects everyone else. This is what not vaccinating your kids causes. www.reddit.com/r/EmergencyR...

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

New Yorkers, please call your state rep, state senator, and Kathy Hochul and tell them NO MASK BANS. This garbage proposal would kill people. We're on the verge of a measles epidemic and this terrible governor is pushing this? NO. Find your reps here: reps.fyi gothamist.com/news/gov-hoc...

submitted 44 days ago • 16 comments

🚨🚨THIS IS A CRITICAL CALL. HOCHUL IS TRYING TO ENACT A MASK BAN IN NY 🚨🚨

submitted 44 days ago • 10 comments

NEW: New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to ban masks and is urging New York State lawmakers to include a mask ban in the upcoming state budget. This move endangers public health and threatens civil liberties.

submitted 44 days ago • 70 comments

You Are Just As Ill Now As You Always Were And Also You’re So Ill Now Because You Weren’t Ill For A Couple Of Months Five Years Ago And Also You’re Not Actually Ill Now You’re Just Pretending Or Overreacting Or Imagining It Or It Was Caused By Something Else, But Certainly Not Covid.

submitted 44 days ago • 2 comments

“It really is a harbinger. When we start to see a decrease in vaccination rates, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀…What we are seeing now is that wall of immunity is decaying, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.”

submitted 45 days ago • 18 comments

If only, @effinbirds.com, if only.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Hey, Bluesky followers! Got any burning #PublicHealth questions that we might be able to answer?

submitted 45 days ago • 17 comments