One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

Psychology is a practical field

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Couldn't find lemons that weren't from Ron DeSantistan today at the grocery store. So, fuck it! I'm making homemade hummus with the juice of a Mexican lime. Boycotting has me making all sorts of new fusion dishes.

The Navigating Healthcare January 'newsletter' is out. If you're not on the email list, you can read it here: eomail5.com/web-version?...

3/ Concerned? Please sign this petition requiring majority 🇨🇦 Canadian ownership & control of print, digital & other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty & ensure journalism integrity - www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

A very Happy New Year to you all. If you're still mitigating against infection from SARS-CoV-2 you have nothing but my respect and admiration. Wishing each and every one of you a wonderful 2026.

The danger in root cause language is it allows systems and organizations to side step responsibility. Root cause language is used this way deliberately to allow pointing of accountability away from what needs to be addressed. The Columbia investigation board wrote a chapter on this concept.

When you need to connect with good company that gets it, join our Christmas chat room which opens on Christmas Eve at Noon ET. #caregiving

Hey folks, great news, Dr. Nicola Boyd is now here on Bluesky as @drnick4126.bsky.social Dr. Boyd's expertise includes UVC tech & the importance of clean air. 🎉

I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.

Yup - viruses kill but before they kill you you can spend 40years being unable to move, exercise, have children, keep your career, and you can watch your family fall apart. All because you wouldn’t wear a mask? #ME #LongCovid #Lyme #POTS #PEM #LivesWeCannotLive @longcovidsupport.bsky.social

I am practicing this so I can say it loudly when required - especially in healthcare settings.

"My Grandfather's Cat" is a cross-Canada organization that helps dying seniors find homes for their beloved animals. They also offer a senior's pet food pantry, to help support low income seniors. Please consider donating as a gift for the pet lover in your life. www.mygrandfatherscat.ca

Can't click the '❤️' on this one. No more Infinite Monkey Cage for me. This is heart-breaking. The BBC is on the wrong side here.

I see safer care in action when: * I see healthcare professionals wearing N95s without me having to ask or negotiate for safer care, and * They are taking care of cleaning the air - especially when care requires me or my family member to remove our own respirator. #CPSWS2025

Canadian Patient Safety Week is October 27-31. One of the events is a webinar on 5 questions to ask when you're taking multiple medications. #CPSW2025 Learn more and register: www.deprescribingnetwork.ca/5q-webinar

Brain fog has me trying to do an update but I can't put my thoughts together. Running out gfm$ in Nov. Try not to freak out about it. Friendsgiving this weekend I hope will raise my spirits cuz I'm scared #myalgicE #longcovid bit.ly/Marcia_petit... petition; worldwide signatures

I've asked Canada Revenue Agency about this issue before, they won't comment on the activities of individual charities due to the "confidentiality provisions of the Income Tax Act" They note the public can report charities suspected of non-compliant activities here: www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

Remember this as public health authorities keep coming out with more excuses to discard responsibility for their mismanagement of COVID, end vaccination, etc. They *love* the idea of COVID becoming endemic and #longCOVID being unpreventable, because 👉they can pretend there's nothing they could do.👈

Thanks for the nod Beth. More than half of our ingredients come from less than 100 miles away and the honey and beeswax we use are from our own hives (about a mile away)

Canucks 🇨🇦: Check out @lowensskincare.bsky.social. They're a Canadian company and Christmas is coming. shop.app/m/4k7hygzj9x #ElbowsUp

#ElbowsUp win for this past week: Found a peanut-free almond supplier that imports from Australia! Decent price. #NutHut

Another reason to boycott American food. Keep those #ElbowsUp, Canucks.

Professor Florence Ashley was placed on (non-disciplinary) leave by the University of Alberta because of CK social media posts. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom in Canada. CAUT should be examining censuring UA for this violation. cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2025/09...

Remember, the vax NEVER claimed to do more than reduce your odds of going to a hospital or a morgue if infected! It does NOT prevent infection OR Long COVID - an N95/FFP2 respirator on your face wherever there are other people is the #1 way to avoid becoming disabled/more disabled by this virus.

*Bang Head Here* We've waited months for an in-person appt. for my parents w/ Primary Care so meds can be represcribed. MUST be in person. Doesn't matter that Dad is declining, etc. We do parking lot appts. due to no masks/high CO2. Today it's raining. Guess who now says a phone appt. is OK?

Cruise ship Quest & Carnival Spirit are here, Anthem of the Seas arrives momentarily. Today’s total toxic emissions is 37 hours or the equivalent of 127,317 semi-trucks idling in Victoria — today alone. We pay for this with the effect on our healthcare system and environment. #yyj #climatecrisis

Paternalism in healthcare: Tony is getting an outpatient procedure. They require a driver. I'm waiting in the parking lot. His word is not good enough. I have to physically present myself or they won't check him in. Why treat him like he's lying from the get-go? @vanislandhealth.bsky.social

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you… Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest. The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

This is so basic, I don’t know why it’s not brought up all the time

Every Worry Needs a Plan! If you're thinking about getting started with a family emergency plan and the enormity of it is a bit overwhelming - join me for this webinar. You need a free profile on ABC Dementia's Circle account Monday Sept. 29 at 9 am Pacific. abcdementia.circle.so/c/open-event...

Just as a new wave starts, the BCCDC / Metro Vancouver has reduced their wastewater monitoring to 8 stations (from 12), one time (from 3) per week, and updated every 2 (instead of 1) weeks. THEY ARE HIDING THE EXTENT OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. PROTEST IT.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

They can't control most of us. They can instill fear in us, and rely on that fear to ensure we control ourselves. We beat them by not being afraid.

Your money speaks volumes. Stop spending it. On any major corporation. They are ALL complicit in this new era of USA. YOUR efforts to crater the economy will help make fascism fail. That's what does it. When it fails financially, it fails period.

The epidemiologist marching with us to Washington, DC. This is what Robert Kennedy doesn’t want us to know or believe. Trust the Scientists! Today we march from North Laurel to Silver Spring. Jamie Raskin is our speaker this evening. #waam#rachelmaddow#HCR

Keep COVID-19 Vaccines Free in Quebec! Here is a template letter to communicate your concern about the recent announcement that vaccines for COVID-19 will now cost between $150 to $180 each : docs.proton.me/doc?mode=ope...

Please share and email to keep the COVID-19 vaccine free in Quebec! I made a template in EN & FR to send to the Minister of Health and your local MNA. #SanteQC #QCpoli #LongCovid bit.ly/4pqFU1F

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A friend of mine says in this moment we must commit to taking the high road. A friend of mine says in this moment we should not fear taking the low road. My friends whichever road you choose take a mask, for in this moment all roads go through plague country.

Too many lives depend on the advice being as good as we can make it. The big job comes with a big burden.

I think that if you are a doctor leading a public health body, and politicians try to mess with the advice… Fired is the only way out. Not quiet resignation. Fired, and fighting being fired, all the way.

Local woman wakes up, reminds everyone that safer communities are tied more to healthcare, housing and public services and less to police, makes oatmeal.

Has anyone seen our public health officer? Measles cases are on the rise, I'm hearing about Covid outbreaks in LTC, kids are back in schools with no airborne mitigations, fueling community spread. Updated Covid vaccines not yet available

It looks like you're trying to force a broken and unpopular product onto your users via increasingly desperate means