This morning, I was asked a well intentioned question. "What are your thoughts on the deal supposedly reached yesterday for Gaza? As long as Hamas agrees." So here is a thread. With the context they are doing their best to make sure you don't think about. 🧵 Free Palestine. 🇵🇸

Do you ever catch yourself doing shallow breathing or holding your breath while scrolling? Yup. Me too. #mecfs #longCOVID #MillionsMissing #chronicillness

Telehealth is crucial for the tens of millions of Americans w/ #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #LongCovid, or dozens of other major illnesses and/or #disabilities. Please help us save telehealth! Even if you're healthy, this greatly impacts someone you love❤️

Long COVID has me building a decentralized clinical trial platform with ex-Microsoft friends who write code better than I breathe. What we need now is experience. Any clinical trialists (or those who know them) willing to spare 30 minutes to help us get it right? DM/email me!

In honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day (in Canada), I'm sharing this. #Indigenous #residentialschools #SouthDakota #genocide #unmarkedgraves

Wow. Not that long ago, I was reading that each infection raised your chances of developing long COVID by an additional 10%. Things just got even worse. #healthcare #COVID #MECFS #disability #chronicillness #paediatrics

#OrangeShirtDay #TruthAndReconciliation #Cdnpoli #canadasky

"In the mid-1980s Soviet gangsters clocked Trump as the perfect chump... Trump was a business failure, owing over four billion dollars to seven different banks... But the Russian oligarchs kept Trump afloat... (They) fronted him the money he needed." #democracy #fascism #Trump #Russia #America

He's not even pretending anymore. Emboldened by the success of US fascists in their use of outright lies to dupe MAGATs, Poilievre now tries to appeal to the worst instincts and paranoia of racist bigots in 🇨🇦. He's a baldfaced liar and doesn't care about this country. #fascism #Cdnpoli #canadasky

It can feel lonely navigating the #LongCOVID crisis. We report on this common, life-changing disease that affects over 400 million people worldwide. Sign up for our newsletter and join others who want fact-based news without COVID-19 denial, minimizing, or gaslighting. thesicktimes.org/newsletter/

"I believe a FND diagnosis => Find New Doctor" Excellent. #healthcare #COVID #MECFS #MillionsMissing

When you have nothing of substance to offer the country, you have to find another way to get elected. #democracy #fascism #canadasky #Cdnpoli

I wish I could say that I'm even mildly surprised. But the Conservative Party isn't what it used to be. John Diefenbaker wouldn't recognize it if he were around today. The very worst elements are welcome in that "big tent" of theirs. #Cdnpoli #canadasky #neverPoilievre #fascism #democracy

Makes my blood boil that Carney & the #LPC are taking down national institutions like #CanadaPost on the false premise that public services should be profitable. Gee, who does that remind me of? Starting to think Carney is just Trump-lite.

Violet Affleck FTW, We don’t have the tools, Long Covid’s Brutal Economics, and more open.substack.com/pub/johndupu...

"...Given that Canada has six million people without a family doctor — which is already a disaster — it’s safe to say our healthcare system won’t survive if one-third of family doctors choose to walk away." #healthcare #canadasky #🇨🇦 #familymedicine

"...treatment recommendations, which focus on psychotherapy and/or physical therapy, are inappropriate and unhelpful, and — especially in patients who experience post-exertional malaise (PEM) — can lead to relapses and potential decreases in baseline functioning." #LongCOVID and #MECFS are not FND.

If patients with #longCOVID and #MECFS can wrap our heads around the complexities of our #chronicillness -- and we've had to, often with little help -- then doctors are more than able to do the same. None of this is new. We need informed and supportive #healthcare. We've needed it for decades.

It's just #fascism and #racism by another name. Just garbage white supremacist ideology. #Canada doesn't need this. #democracy #immigration #neverPoilievre #Cdnpoli #canadasky

In case anyone missed it: acetaminophen (aka Tylenol) is okay to use while pregnant. As usual, RFK Jr. is making stuff up based on bad science. #healthcare #pregnancy #autism #Tylenol www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Somber words but they make sense. Mass boycotts and a general strike are a long time coming. #fascism #democracy #protest #Trump #USmilitary

#healthcare #canadasky #Cdnpoli #pharmacare

#canadasky #Cdnpoli #neverPoilievre #YourTaxDollarsAtWork

#Ukraine #canadasky #Cdnpoli #UN

This… 👇🏼

Sharing here for the 2 or 3 people who haven't seen it yet...

The real problem is neurotyps insisting that Autistic people are THE problem to be solved. Thus giving themselves permission to absolve themselves of any responsibility to provide the supports that would make daily life more accessible and inclusive. #autism #socialjustice #diversity #neurospicy

So why is there no public health messaging about this ongoing #pandemic? That #COVID is caused by a fully airborne virus that can infect and disable anyone at any age, vaxxed or not? I'll tell you why. Because politics. Because capitalism. #disability #healthcare #MillionsMissing #MECFS #maskup

Google translation of article on an interesting ME/CFS drug trial that is about to start in Norway www-nettavisen-no.translate.goog/nyheter/vild... Sadly they still haven't reached the amount required to fully do this study. People can donate here www.me-foreningen.no/om-oss/stott... #MEcfs #PwME

Excellent point. #disability #healthcare #COVID #vaccines #MECFS #MillionsMissing

I keep thinking of all the soft boiled liberal defenses of this genocide from 2 years ago, how many smart people i saw on here defend it, the lies, the rationalizations, all of it. It was obvious within days and I wish this humility would actually leave a mark upon those who dutifully defended it.

We’re at the intersection of multiple wicked problems: Combating climate change, AI slop, fascism, ongoing pandemic, Long Covid. And that’s just off the top of my head. johndupuis.substack.com/p/climate-ch...

For those of us who avoid the hellscape that is Xhitter, here's an alternate way to access reliable health-related info. drericding.substack.com #healthcare #COVID #vaccines #disability #autism

A real scientist refutes the insane blather put forth about autism today by Trump and RFK Jr. #healthcare #autism #disability #Tylenol

As per usual @sailorrooscout.bsky.social has got us covered, stating the obvious, if only the carefully selected press should ask some carifications about this

The real "gender ideology" is the idea that cis sexuality is the only truth, throughout time and in every culture. And the practice of drumming this into every kid's head from early childhood. And continuing to reinforce it throughout adult culture. Lies, damned lies. #2SLGBTQIA+ #transrights

Needs no further explanation. Tell your friends. And your doctor. #COVID #disability #mecfs #healthcare #maskup #vaccines

This. What's he hiding? #canadasky #Cdnpoli #CBC #Poilievre

I lucked out. My dental clinic offers truly patient-centred care. But it wasn't always that way. Nobody *tries* to worsen their health. People with #disabilities may be housebound. Many people lack extended health coverage. They still deserve respect. #healthcare #MECFS #chronicillness

There's a surge in progress, as many of us already knew because we don't rely on MSM for our health info. And 10% of tests being positive probably doesn't reflect the reality when many people aren't even testing and write off their symptoms as something else. #healthcare #COVID #pandemic #maskup

While you’re cancelling your Disney and Hulu subscriptions, don’t forget to cancel Disney vacations. Their theme parks and cruise ships make a ton of money. Boycott Disney and you can boycott Florida at the same time!

#healthcare #COVID #disability #chronicillness

You can say that you're not Christian in the US. But refusing to venerate Charlie Kirk gets you cancelled, fired, threatened. Agreeing to worship at the altar of Kirk is a morality test. Speaking honestly about him damns you. Amerikkka is a cult and this is the new Inquisition. #democracy #fascism

Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us www.them.us/story/trump-...

#Cdnpoli #canadasky #Alberta #democracy

So much of the absurdity in how some elites talk about Charlie Kirk—or navigate the authoritarian politics of this regime—stems from political science’s and the elite class’s fixation on polarization, and the misguided belief that it’s inherently bad and that the “remedy” is civil submission.

#democracy #Cdnpoli #canadasky #DrawTheLine #climate #socialjustice

This is my husband, Emery. He is a prestigious researcher in biophysics. Earlier this year, we had to uproot his career mid-postdoc to become internal refugees, fleeing Missouri to California. Now it is technically banned by the regime to award trans researchers grants. Protect trans people. 🏳️‍⚧️