Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest: www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

There are solutions to the #homelessness crisis. “A month-long hospital stay costs the public health system more than $60,000, he said, compared to $15,000 a month to keep a person in a provincial jail and about $6,000 to house someone in a shelter.” Imagine this kind of supported housing and #UBI.

Why I’m #CovidConscious and #Mask “Disabled people tend to know that health is not earned, nor irrevocable, that it is fragile, that it is temporary.” Https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation?utm_content=buffer7f677&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

The point is we are not helpless in facing wave after wave of illness. The government should be providing clean air in public spaces and the government should be honest with the public about the value of masks. Respirators work! VERY well. But we can advocate for ourselves too.

Just set the fire alarm off with my excellent cooking.

Brilliant takedown of #PierrePoilievre by Adam van Koeverden. “Earlier this year when the leader of the Conservative Party lost his job he didn’t lose his house. That’s because he lives in government subsidized non market housing.” …yet PP always opposes such assistance for others. #cdnpoli

Tenet: a principle or core belief, especially in religion or philosophy. Tenant: someone who occupies land or property owned by someone else. I’m hoping it was an autocorrect problem, but whatever. Editors are going to edit. #Editing.

Health #misinformation is killing us. From article: “survey data show[s] that 23% of people self-report harmful health outcomes resulting from false health information.” If people understood how misinformed they have been about #covid, it would be 100%. #WearAMask 😷 www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

It’s misogyny. If you hate women, leaving us in pain is a goal.

Happy Autumnal Equinox to all who celebrate. #equinox

The reason I’m a forever masker, the reason I avoid Covid…

This is a shocking update on Alberta Health Services. #ABPoli #AlbertaHealth #AHS #Measles #ERClosures #Covid frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-update...

I liked it better before I knew he existed.

Today's #LNG expansion project announcement from the federal government's #MajorProjectsOffice is disastrous climate negligence: dsfdn.org/MajorProject...

Join the action on Saturday. Draw The Line. #DrawTheLine #ClimateJustice #Solidarity #BetterTogether www.climatejusticevictoria.ca/2025/08/26/d...

Also the top 10% are consuming half of all goods and services and the bottom 60% are consuming only 20%. Our economy has become reoriented over the past five decades away from the demands of the middle class and toward those with high incomes. Fixing this requires UBI, M4A, and taxing the rich.

Former CDC leaders hand-wringing about the death of public health and how bad RFK Jr is like some of them in recent years did not pave and polish the way for this to happen by clinging to the nonsense of droplet dogma, going full anti-mask, and prioritizing profit at the expense of public health

So, after my rant about the PM, I offer this photo from Cathedral Grove I took earlier this week. In these times, it’s important to find the awe. #Rainbows

Another example of work done primarily by women being underpaid. It happens all the time. This is why it matters that Carney cut Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) by 81%. This labour dispute matters. And we are in a year of great possibilities for labour in BC.

Carney cuts the Department for Women and Gender Equality by 81 % and at same time during Pride says, "Canada will always stand up for the vulnerable and the equal rights we cherish." Enacting equal rights takes a plan, money, time, a program, political will, and a department like WAGE.

I just joined the global call to #DrawTheLine — for peace, climate justice, and a world beyond fossil fuels. I'll be taking action in Victoria, BC on Sept. 20, 2025. Will you join me? drawtheline.world?event_id=262...

Nails it. #AI

If you want to resist, wear a mask If you care about future generations, wear a mask If you care about your long term health, wear a mask If you want to fight fascism, wear a mask Your resistance effort must be inclusive of everyone … and that includes disabled people Masking is community care

A good spot on planet Earth. #LongBeach

It’s #LABOURDay weekend. 34,000 BC Gov workers are headed for a strike. BC Gov approved 2.3% rent increase, but is only offering workers 1% per year for 2 years. We all know what’s happening to the price of food and the cost of living. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The #SaanichFallFair never disappoints!

It’s #LABOURDay weekend. 34,000 BC Gov workers are headed for a strike. BC Gov approved 2.3% rent increase, but is only offering workers 1% per year for 2 years. We all know what’s happening to the price of food and the cost of living. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As I’ve been saying, writing is thinking on the page. If you’re outsourcing your writing, you’re outsourcing your thinking. Best of luck with that.

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-fi... Who could have imagined such an outcome? Who?

OK people—Chipits chocolate chips, the big bag (2.4kg), is now $39.99 at Costco. $39.99!! I have to rethink everything. It’s probably made in the US and I shouldn’t buy it anyway. #sigh #baking

Cycling with my Victoria Grandmothers 4 Africa crew today, raising money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation @theslf.org. The cycling fundraiser is great fun, a great way to help other people, and also a great recovery goal. I’m over half way there. Donate if you can.

Is it too much to ask that people stop being surprised? Because I don’t think they are surprised. I think most are feigning surprise so they can justify having done nothing.

1. Biological risk is both multifaceted and additive. Any of the following individual risks would be concerning; when combined, they effectively constitute a powder keg waiting for a spark:

Here’s my new bestie—lucky to have a friend with a puppy I can play with. There’s nothing quite like puppy joy.

I can’t recommend Juliette Singh’s book, “The Breaks” highly enough. Out in 2021, I’m embarrassed it took me this long to read it. If you haven’t read it yet, don’t make the mistake of waiting like I did. Mind changing. Life changing. #allyship chbooks.com/Books/T/The-...

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Appeasement will deliver the next election to the Tories. It would be good if Carney’s Liberal partisans were more cognizant of this.

Good harvest today. Green beans, rhubarb, tiny tomatoes. #BackyardFarmer #GrowYourOwn

This is totally disgusting. Challenge yourself to care about what happens to people in prison. Speak up for those you don’t usually speak up for. Write to the Premier and demand these prisoners have cells and beds that are clean and food that is not contaminated by mice. #VIRCC

Why is it so easy to get gvt to quickly commit to 2% of GDP for military spending, and so damn hard to convince gvt to spend 2% on climate action? Which is the greatest security threat? Why can’t we get meaningful spending for a Youth Climate Corps? www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Join Frack Free BC, @cape-bc.bsky.social and amazing local groups for the #ConnectTheDots tour — a series of community-powered events happening all across B.C. 👋 Let’s build a future that works for everyone. Find an event near you at FrackFreeBC.ca @wildernews.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social

A really bad croissant is better if you think of it as a turnover.

I was at YYZ last Thursday, waiting for my maybe going/maybe cancelled AC flight. I am the ONLY person wearing a mask. An unmasked 80+ woman looks at me, says to her daughter, “Look, only one person with the sense to wear a mask.” Her daughter offers her one, and she says no. Make it make sense.

Read “They Knew” by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social It’s so good.

New review in BMJ by @nicktsergas.ca: "Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2" "People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean." www.bmj.com/content/390/...