Mask up friends. Washing your hands is such a good idea, but it won’t prevent airborne viruses like COVID, influenza, or measles from entering your body when you breathe. 😷

Unbearably beautiful, indeed. Thank you Karen.

Another great paper from @mdixonwoods.bsky.social and team: living relation ethics in COVID-19. philpapers.org/rec/DIXLRE

Theres a protest at their offices on Friday next week (30th) - 3-5pm www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Residential school deniers will be speaking outside the Indigenous Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC tomorrow. As Angela says about this cruel event: “This is not academic disagreement. It is an act of denial that causes real harm to Survivors, their families, and communities.”

Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further 1/

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

Israel is still doing genocide.

“Severe weather conditions are bringing further misery to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, who have already suffered relentless bombardment, siege and loss in Israel’s genocidal war for more than two years, as Israel continues to block critical shelter and aid supplies into the territory.”

I lost my Dad to AIDS. If we had learned lessons from that pandemic about how to keep structurally marginalized folks safe & alive, could we have prevented the massive & ongoing scale of death & long term disability caused by COVID-19?

chuffed.org/project/firs... help build the first library in gaza after the genocide

HEY BC GREENS MEMBERS! PLS REMEMBER TO VOTE for your Provincial Council reps! Farrukh Chistie for vice chair Kathy Porter for ombuds Prym Goodacre for councillor at large Maddy Kennedy-Parrott for Lower Mainland rep, OR Severin Odland for Van Is/Sunshine Coast rep (dep where you live) #bcpoli 🧵

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So ecxited that this article is finally out! When Olivia reached out to share her horror story on getting her wheelchair repaired my jaw was on the floor. The floor! Turns out her story isn't unique. We get into it in this two-part series for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...

I registered to speak last night and I’m number 357. Let’s filibuster this absolutely horrifying budget Vancouver. You’ve got 1.5 hours left to sign up!

It's the start of cold and flu season which means RSV cases will also soon start spiking. A new study found half of all Canadians hospitalized for RSV are under six months old. Immunization options are approved but not readily available. My latest for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

This is heartbreaking. Fuck ICE. Fuck hateful politics and policies. Free Palestine. Fuck weapons manufacturers. Fuck the oligarchs that create hatred and fear and cruelty to enrich their unspeakable wealth. This is all settler colonialism and capitalism.

Full house at Museum of Anthropology tonight for ‘Beyond Fires & Floods, Indigenous narratives in an era of extremes,’ with Rick Harp, Judi Kochun, Tanya Talaga and Mark Trahant, and myself.

Do you have any idea how much I love the Strathcona Community Centre? Vancouver Park Board forever! www.instagram.com/p/DQFHj3qCeR...

Mutual aid, forever.

Hey all - if you're in Vancouver and you want covid and/or flu vaccines*, Rexall is doing walk-ins. Info is on their website, call the pharmacy nearest you to check. I was in and out today with no wait. The Get Vaccinated system is a time-wasting boondoggle *you really do. both of them.

For @thewalrus.ca, I wrote about the state of reconciliation 10 years after the final report of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC, MODERATE: none About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

please read this story today from @moiradonovan.bsky.social, with incredible photos by Darren Calabrese, which considers the physical history of the residential school system and survivors' efforts to ensure this history is never forgotten

Before Raphael Lemkin collapsed on 42nd Street in New York City and died at a local police station in 1959, he knew these truths about genocide that the world still cannot accept. Andrew Nikiforuk writes.

The BC Green Party's new leader is @emilylowan.bsky.social The party used a ranked ballot and Lowan won handily on the first ballot with more than 3,000 votes #bcpoli

Here is an example list of medications with long-term safety data in pregnancy, helpful for treating common illnesses: Fever/pain: acetaminophen GERD: H2 blockers or PPIs Nausea: Dimenhydrinate, metoclopramide, ondansetron Hypertension: labetalol, nifedipine, methyldopa

As a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, here are a list of exposures with conclusive evidence for adverse fetal & childhood outcomes: Alcohol Tobacco Cannabis Maternal suicide Maternal homicide Viruses (CMV, influenza, COVID, HIV, HepB&C) Bacteria (syphilis, listeria) Parasites (toxo)

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Let’s talk about why moving to the centre doesn’t work! ⚡️ (reupload)

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The teen made Frankie Maw’s Tomato Ginger Scallion Congee.

Draw The Line signs.

Neighbourhood signs.

3 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE!!! You don't wanna miss this - get in here! emilyforbcgreens.ca/vote/ #bcpoli

Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 13-26, 2025 CANADA VERY HIGH (no change) About 1 in every 81 people infected Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections ~12X higher -Long COVID ~8X higher -Hospitalizations ~15X higher -Deaths ~14X higher

Damning rationale for yesterday’s approval of Ksi Lisims LNG… No consent from the majority of affected First Nations. The project is wholly-owned by Western LNG, a Texas-based company that is 100% backed by US private equity. The project has major investment from Trump’s billionaire backers #bcpoli

COVID-19 Myths and Facts part 2, because unfortunately there are more myths than we can put into one post:

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.

Hey folks - the BC Greens leadership debate is at 2 pm today. The link isn't on the main page of their website, so here it is for anyone who wants to watch! Also: are you a new BC Greens member who needs verification so you can vote? Do we know each other? Get in touch so I can vouch for you!

"Aerosols from the respiratory tract when we breathe, speak, sing or cough can carry viruses and bacteria... Aerosol transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been identified as the dominant route for transmitting COVID" Congrats to these winners of the 2025 Faraday Horizon Prize.

“We need better air quality in our public spaces,” Vipond said. “We need to be treating our air they way we treat our water, not just because of COVID but to prepare for the next airborne pandemic.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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The Israeli military assassinated five journalists and at least 19 Palestinians total in two targeted strikes on Nasser Medical Complex this morning.

3/ How do you reconcile teaching brain health while ignoring the virus that harms the brain? By lecturing unmasked in an unfiltered room during a surge? You don’t. You just sweep the evidence under the rug.

2/ Even so-called “mild” infections leave measurable brain damage: shrinkage, inflammation, disrupted connectivity. This isn’t fringe science—it’s published in the very journals we assign to students. And still… silence.

1/ I conduct research and teach the benefits of exercise on brain health to young adults in a College of Applied Health Sciences. The same College that wants to “lead” in Public Health. And yet—when SARS-CoV-2 attacks the brain—there is silence. Thundering silence.