Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings "We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release

UCP introduces Bill 9; Protecting Alberta's Children (from accessing healthcare) Act Notwithstanding rights afforded to them by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; notwithstanding rights protected in the UCPs "Alberta Bill of Rights"; notwithstanding Human Rights. #ableg #abpoli

I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?

"They are literally arguing for large scale RCTs for PPE during Ebola outbreaks because they don't believe in physical science or the precautionary principle." @sfeltford.bsky.social

The bad news: #H3N2 is new flu strain, "generally thought to cause more illness & be worse for older adults than other strains". * This, on top of 5+ years of #COVID reinfections, a virus known to dysregulate the immune system. The good news: It's PREVENTABLE with an #N95 mask & #CleanAir.

Watching The Fifth Estate's piece "The political war on safe drugs" then ran to throw more money at @dulfbc.bsky.social for having more backbone and sense than immoral people in power.

Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content

Rest In Power, Leslie Lee III. Your last words still resonate. The fight goes on. #LongCOVID

Here is an obituary for Alice Wong from The Sick Times, a publication aligned with disability rights and disability activism, if you are looking for an alternative to reading the nyt one: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

Thread in essay format + unedited slides: docs.google.com/document/d/1... I will begin with a brief timeline of how the BCCDC has worsened COVID-19 related programs & why they matter: 4/16: The amount and timeliness of SARS-CoV-2 sample data uploaded to GISAID deteriorated. 3/?

It seems that the BCCDC has made changes to the wastewater surveillance dashboard in response to the previous iteration of this thread. It now tells users to view wastewater data in conjunction with clinical data to understand "respiratory" virus trends. 51/?

RIP queen.

Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice. She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others. My life is forever changed because of her. I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔

With everything going on these days, it’s easy to miss when local governments get up to some sketchy stuff. Take Vancouver, where Mayor Ken Sims is planning to eliminate the city’s sustainability and climate department!!! Yes, really. My partners at @nationalobserver.com have the scoop:

Do you think people asking for seatbelts & airbags in every car are purity testing? Is it purity testing when you expect your new date to wear a condom?

If you think activists asking for public masking are "purity testing," I'm going to assume you've never experienced post viral illness or lost someone close to you due to complications from COVID

Public healthcare is not going to survive without public oversight. There's no reason for it. Just that the public that benefits from it isn't allowed to see what goes on under the hood. We're prevented from looking out for our own interests by people who insist they're entitled to do it for us.

Hey folks, this isn't me! I don't have an active public Facebook page right now (though this is making me think I need one). They're taking my work and photos. I've tried reporting it, but it didn't work (thanks Meta). So if you guys see any posts from this account please report it!

Wastewater surveillance: useful for bird flu tracking. GISAID: useful for bird flu tracking (though the tardiness in submitting HPAI sample data isn't entirely the provincial government's fault www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Reprin...) Aren't governments supposed to, you know, prepare for contingencies?

re-upping this ‘cuz it’s such a good read. wanna know how we got here—the constant illness & infection, “tougher & longer” flu seasons, resurgence of measles, etc., etc., etc.? @juliadoubleday.bsky.social absolutely nails it—libs/progs et al., know thyselves! www.thegauntlet.news/p/liberals-j...

Oh my god. It gets worse.

I have been trying to raise awareness about the recent cuts to pandemic preparedness by provincial institutions in BC for the past 1½ months. Most of the cuts were not announced to the public beforehand and media coverage has been scant. 1/?

This thread is a good reminder of why many of us are still wearing masks. Indoor air is filthy! We need more public awareness of the importance of clean air because we are never going to get it if the public does not demand it

...for everyone else: The people who made that very big mistake, minimized the reality of long-range aerosol transmission, and now refuse to even admit the fact that they made it, let alone apologize for the price we've paid... ...are grabbing for the power to tell *you* what "misinformation" is.

Australia awards the top science prize to a scientist who proved #Covid is airborne, and yet we do nothing, because simple things like masking and filtration are apparently too 'woke' Make it make sense #Covid19 #Flu www.abc.net.au/news/science...

Around two-thirds of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong say purchasing menstrual products places a financial strain on them, according to an NGO's survey on period poverty. In full: buff.ly/xZl50ee

Every word of this. It has made me question staying in healthcare because being faced with the intentional refusal to learn and do better every single day is so harmful to me. I’d rather be the airborne weirdo in another location than the… hospital. Every interaction is pain.

Links to sources aren't working for me, but with public health and IPC AWOL on ventilation and PPE it'd be pretty irresponsible to start back-pedaling on vaccines now too without considering #longCOVID. Is there even a plan to deal with the impacts in this thread? Thoughts and prayers? Ignore them?

😭💔 😷 #CovidIsNotMild Reposting with alt text

Nobody knows that the RAT Kit Distribution Program was killed by the BCNDP. This could very well be their last chance to stockpile RATs.

God fucking damnit.

Respirators don't have the issue of "this vaccination has run out" or "the virus has mutated to reduce vaccine efficiency." They also help you avoid spreading COVID or ANY airborne illness to people who can't get vaccinated or whose immune system doesn't strongly respond to vaccines.

Change is inevitable. Sometimes it’s good change. ospe.on.ca/advocacy/pol...

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I knew I wasn't dreaming when I thought the BCCDC's GISAID uploads have gotten less voluminous and more dated.

erasing the public works projects of pre-colonial indigenous populations, claim instead that they're the work of nature but the truth is that humans have been transforming the world for tens of thousands of years and no one in recorded history has witnessed true wilderness

This. Restoration of native ecosystems entails restoration of Indigenous lifeways.

1/ Where do HKFP donations go? buff.ly/rtdeO2W HKFP is powered by Hongkongers: When you support us, your donation does not disappear into a giant conglomerate, enrich a billionaire owner, or end up as shareholder pay-outs.

Pecuária ilegal devasta áreas que deveriam ser protegidas na Amazônia De uma perspectiva indígena e da população tradicional, um ponto de não retorno ecológico e social já está acontecendo

Regarding women achieving the right to vote in Canada 96 years ago today (Persons Day): This was not the total victory for women as it is portrayed and celebrated. "Indians" (women and men) were only "enfranchised" to vote in Canada in 1960 with changes to the Indian Act (still in force today)...

Wear an N95 respirator: avoid Covid infections. Clean indoor air. Ventilation needs modernization. Require vaccinations. Research long covid. Establish occupational safety protocols for students and workers indoors. It’s straightforward public health 101. Stop pretending it’s all a mystery.

“HZ following COVID-19 may serve as a clinical indicator of systemic immune dysregulation and is independently associated with increased long-term risks of renal, infectious, and autoimmune sequelae. Enhanced monitoring of this high-risk population is warranted.” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

If you have a very strong stomach, Google "COVID-associated aspergillosis / mucormycosis / candidiasis" for more fresh horrors!

The Trump administration is preparing to allow oil and gas leasing across the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, a wilderness landscape that has been protected for more than four decades

Interesting that there has been absolutely no communication with submitters/users of the system, and no statements from the scientific governance or compliance boards on what would seem to be a fairly significant change to GISAID data access policy and platform operations. gisaid.org/about-us/gov...

UPDATED: #BC #SARSCoV2 variants. Of 53 samples from 9/7 - 9/20 (vs. 33, 8/24 - 9/6): NB.1.1.1.* (incl. PQ.*): 18.9% (⬆️ 12.1%) XFG.* (incl. QK.2): 77.4% (〰️ 78.8%) → XFG.3.4.*: 24.5% (⬆️ 12.1%) PY.1.1.1: <2% (⬇️ 6.1%) ratnegative.tumblr.com/BCVariants #COVID19

Bad. No justification, no communication, no standard procedures for making changes—just arbitrary pronouncements cutting off access to some of the most valuable resources we have.