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submitted 22 hours ago • 21 comments

If Covid was truly societally normalised now - 'just another respiratory virus', to use the common phrase - people wouldn't avoid using the word 'Covid'. The fact the word 'Covid' is taboo in many circles speaks volumes about just how much the disease has not been normalised.

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

It’s almost July. A Covid outbreak in a Cardiac unit is terrible because people are there because they have heart issues, and Covid seriously damages the heart. If we continue to do nothing the damage will continue.#GetLoud #Covid #MaskUp #LongCovid #LongCovidKids www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ont...

submitted 1 day ago • 13 comments

If you’re needing a little bump in your pride joy, here’s on of that chalk mural I did at the @calgarytransit.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social University train station a little while ago. :D 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

A friend asked what happens to the world if the war expands? And a friend asked what happens to the world if the strait gets blocked? And a friend asked what happens to the world if a nuke is used? Please, friends, ask: what happens to the world if we take care of each other?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you @kathleenpetty.bsky.social for hosting a critical episode of Alberta at Noon today about the expanding measles outbreak in Alberta. I was delighted to take part. (I’m at 15:59, but the whole hour was great.) Alberta at Noon: Are you worried about the measles? www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Doctors: we've accepted too many myths about Covid. My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing. youtube.com/watch?v=GPUT... 🧵1/11

submitted 4 days ago • 20 comments

Hey America, Probably the first big cultural thing from Newfoundland you remember was @comefromaway.bsky.social www.netflix.com/ca/title/819... (The first huge one was Madame Toulinquet en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgin... ) Now, Son of a Critch is coming your way!! www.netflix.com/ca/title/819...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I just learned that last year, the Government of Canada stopped funding at-home #HIV testing. This is bonkers. Its own evaluation showed it was a great program, detecting more cases, getting people the care they needed. ANYONE who thinks they have a need to test for HIV should be able to 1/

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Everyone needs to look at this comic. Just keep looking through the panes. 24-25 in all.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

A short story in pictures. #MAKEATERRIBLECOMICDAY2025 1/25

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

This is a great outcome!!

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

An exciting legal precedent was just set in BC 🎉 The BC Human Rights Tribunal decision found for the first time in Canada that the failure to allow for remote work for an immunocompromised employee was discrimination on the ground of disability www.hcamag.com/ca/specializ...

submitted 3 days ago • 10 comments

@cnn.com Your headlines are “Your AI use could have a hidden environmental cost” (web) and “How your AI prompts could harm the environment.” (Mobile) As the article shows, each AI query causes 6-50 x as much CO2 emissions. They DO have these costs, not just “could”. www.cnn.com/2025/06/22/c...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The news right now is a lot. Even non disabled people are having a hard time keeping up with the atrocities coming at them from every angle. It’s ok to rest. In fact, it’s necessary. If you’re like me and bad at resting, I’ve got you covered! My top tips 👇🏼

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

We’re hearing there is a #Shigella outbreak in the Beltline #yyc. Why hasn’t there been any public messaging about this? #ableg #abhealth

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

I just learned that last year, the Government of Canada stopped funding at-home #HIV testing. This is bonkers. Its own evaluation showed it was a great program, detecting more cases, getting people the care they needed. ANYONE who thinks they have a need to test for HIV should be able to 1/

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Five things to remember about war:

submitted 4 days ago • 155 comments

We would not be questioning how you will handle airborne measles transmission if you had pivoted to treating SARS-CoV-2 as airborne while still looking for and reporting cases with the goal of prevention.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

UCP’s COVID vaccine cuts put children at serious risk Edmonton Journal June 16, 2025 By Blake Murdoch stillcoviding.ca/en/news/ucps... #Alberta #CdnPoli #COVID #vaccines #CovidIsNotOver

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

If 4.9 million kids with asthma is a national health priority, what does it mean when 5.8 million have Long Covid? Why is the #1 chronic condition in children being ignored?

submitted 5 days ago • 84 comments

Happy friday

submitted 5 days ago • 237 comments

just saw a group of masked men stuffing masked ICE agents into an unmarked car, who were saying "we're ICE we're ICE!" but the abductors shouted to the crowd "no we're ICE!" no one knew who was ICE, so no one in the crowd said anything.

submitted 5 days ago • 926 comments

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submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

protectbc.ca/open-letter-... @protectbc.bsky.social lays out critical nation-building priorities here. These plus clean water for all will do incredible things to strengthen Canada and protect Canadian. @picardonhealth.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Still holding out hope to meet you, the first hospital or university leader who - while still in their role - says clearly that covid is airborne and it was a mistake to pretend it wasn’t. You are awesome. You will start a chain reaction. Your courage will save millions from death and disability.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments