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Three updates: 1. The Justice Department has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct. The database was first proposed in 2020 following the police killing of George Floyd.

submitted 8 days ago • 242 comments

A small government team at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, responsible for regulating autonomous cars—which Elon Musk claims are the future of Tesla—is being cut nearly in half by Musk. Conflict of interest?

submitted 7 days ago • 213 comments

Some updates: 1. A federal judge extended a restraining order blocking the National Institutes of Health from cutting research funds until she rules on a permanent injunction. 2. The IRS will not allow a member of Elon Musk’s team to access individual tax returns.

submitted 7 days ago • 119 comments

You may wonder why altCDC is so political. Public health is as much about the disease as it is about the society in which that disease occurs. We are battling an admin that wants to dismantle US public health, sow misinformation, devalue science, and cripple our ability to respond to health threats.

submitted 22 days ago • 29 comments

!! Reports of leaks at the troubled #SiteC dam in NE BC Awaiting better video but here's a leak from a penstock (dam intake pipe). It's -30C there but that's typical in Ft St John & dam should be able to withstand that. I'll relay some comments from locals in this thread. (Audio not mine) #bcpoli

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

hey if you want to hear @gretchensisson.bsky.social talk about the adoption movie plenty of birth parents (and plenty of adoptees including me) absolutely hate, check this out! 🥚

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

🧵Quick facts to know: 🔹️The variant of H5N1 that had already been infecting US cows (> 950 herds in 16 states) is B3.13. 🔹️This genetic variant is D1.1, now found in Nevada cows. (It was already in wild birds/poultry.) 🔹️Experts expect the prob. to continue. 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Übermensch is a terrible name for a musical album, given the history of how the term has been used

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

As a disabled person who relies on multiple medications and supplies that are manufactured or sourced in China… this is deeply concerning. Even a temporary stoppage could be catastrophic for us. disabled people are canaries in the coal mine. Include us in resistance & emergency preparedness

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

With the news that USPS has halted incoming packages from China and Hong Kong, I want to remind people that approximately 90% of the North American supply of vitamin C comes from China. Many other vitamins & supplements are the same. Its a good time to stock up if you’re able:

submitted 23 days ago • 27 comments

Hi, I am @motherjones.com' disability reporter. In the following weeks, I am very interested in hearing how tariff nonsense impacts getting your meds and medical equipment. My email to get in touch is [email protected]. Reposts appreciated.

submitted 26 days ago • 126 comments

This is a threat to annex the territory of another sovereign country. It's on the verge of a declaration of war. The US is a clear and present danger to Canada.

submitted 26 days ago • 130 comments

When I wrote my plea to maskless healthcare workers… I had planned it as a 3 part series Then I had a number of health setbacks & couldn’t bring myself to finish Today I was so utterly disrespected by a HCW that the words came flowing back. Patients deserve better & I plan to keep fighting:

submitted 28 days ago • 11 comments

For those who don't yet know about the Made in Canada website for grocery items, here it is madeinca.ca/grocery-stor...

submitted 26 days ago • 11 comments

Read it again: The COVID death rate of our elderly in aged care is DOUBLE that of the pandemic peak. We're seemingly fine with just sacrificing these people. Where is the Aged Care minister? Where are the families? The answers are simple: clean air, masks mandates, paid sick leave for staff.

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

US media is downplaying the tariff war, but Canada isn’t. Up north, they’re openly planning counter-tariffs while Americans get vague headlines. It’s not just different perspectives—it’s what’s being left out for US audiences.

submitted 26 days ago • 42 comments

At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury. Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk. Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠

submitted 26 days ago • 361 comments

the long waiting list of hopeful adopters is as bipartisan as can be. A minimally decent society would give vulnerable pregnant people every opportunity to terminate their pregnancies OR to keep their children. Instead, the only thing people agree upon in the USA is “we need more adoptions.” 🥚

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

Time to stand up and be counted. Unless Canada and the world says “no” this imperialist, nationalist behavior it will only worsen. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

CDC Purge of Health Information and Data Today the CDC has removed several pages related to health and disease prevention. I have the PDFs of what was removed, here they are. open.substack.com/pub/lilscien...

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

So we are going to see a ruinous wave of inflation. When I say ruinous, I mean it. 25%? That’s an enormous rate for a tariff. Not only do these guys have no idea what they’re doing, they have no idea what kind of ruin they’re about to unleash. www.theissue.io/prepare-for-...

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MEAction has done a nice, clear and concise summary of the situation with Cochrane's terrible review of exercise therapy for ME/CFS. www.meaction.net/2025/01/24/c...

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Something that keeps me up at night: The growing global number of people disabled by Covid & how they will be left further deserted as the climate crisis escalates

submitted 30 days ago • 14 comments

It’s nearly impossible to explain to non disabled people the hope we had at the beginning of the pandemic. Hope for inclusion & accommodation. For better awareness & treatment of chronic illness. Having that hope ripped away and replaced with increasing ableism, eugenics & hatred? Its devastating

submitted 40 days ago • 44 comments

“People traded their forevers for right now, and right now is over.” Oof. A Reddit user in 2024 on the shortsightedness of ignoring the multisystemic impacts of Covid, including on the immune system.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

At minimum a couple of times a month, I see Canadian women (always women) in online support groups, severely medically neglected and harmed complex illness patients, talking about applying for #MAID. Why does nobody care that this is happening?? #Care4ComplexCanada

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

every time i see something that seems weird and unnecessary i wonder if it could make a disabled person's life easier

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

Residential school denialists don’t want you to watch Sugarcane - a new documentary about the St. Joseph’s Indian Residential School that’s getting Oscar buzz and is now streaming on Disney+ and Hula. That’s good enough reason to check it out and learn about the ongoing legacy of the IRS system.

submitted 55 days ago • 7 comments

The IDF is simultaneously destroying Gaza’s last remaining hospitals to maximize Palestinian civilian suffering and building beachfront resorts to maximize death squad relaxation www.ynetnews.com/article/bkxl...

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

An absolute must-read for everyone who thinks #covid is done and dusted. Spoiler alert: it's not. Not by a country mile. And pretending otherwise is hurting us and future generations.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Yeah sorry the internets dead. It's not a theory anymore. Genuinely need to start over, datakrash style. Everyone go back to forums hosted on localized servers that parkouring mercenaries can hack with a minigame

submitted 60 days ago • 9 comments

Oh look: something new to worry about. It seems like my Road ID medical bracelet is silicone - but my Samsung Galaxy watch band is flouroelastomer. Drat, drat, drat. Well, I'm probably mostly petrolium-based by now, anyway.... I do love the watch. <sigh> pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Israel nearly killed the head of the World Health Organization. Has any Western government commented on this yet? Can you imagine their response if it was Iran or Russia?

submitted 62 days ago • 143 comments

If you got a CO2 monitor for Christmas and are wondering what exactly the device is used for, I’ve put together a video to walk you through some ways you can use it improve your indoor air quality, and to lower your risk of catching airborne viruses (like Covid-19): youtu.be/WKgUZbB1Yao

submitted 61 days ago • 14 comments

Valley fever is spread by inhaling airborne spores. Clean the air.

submitted 61 days ago • 10 comments

Don't think this isn't an issue in Canada. Worried about foreign interference? What do you call this?

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

UCSF placed Dr. Rupa Marya on leave and threatened her medical license after she questioned admitting students who served in the Israeli military. She is right to raise ethical concerns about those who could have participated in genocide. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/demand-the-reinstatement-of-…

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

For sure. @wendyorent.bsky.social have renamed our Podcast this.

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment