Justin Ling, a Canadian, has this exactly right.

This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country. "This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law." – Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

My maintenance man always wears an n95 at my request. “No need to thank me. You should feel safe in your home,” he says. Like it’s simple. And it IS that simple. I wish my family, healthcare providers, etc felt the same way. Many won’t mask, even though they “love me” or “care about my health.”

if you haven’t seen it yet, this is a smart way for universities to fight back

I emailed university faculty/staff/administrators a roadmap to support DEI through legal challenges, collective resistance, and institutional protections for faculty. The question isn’t whether institutions will comply—it’s who will fight back, and how! greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/how-universi...

This is excellent

Doug Ford says Canada should flip the light switch off if President Donald Trump follows through on tariff threats. How will that impact the electricity grid Canada and the U.S. have shared for more than a century? @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains: thenarwhal.ca/canada-us-el...

It's so special to have your work featured by the journalists you've long looked to for inspiring, powerful journalism 🥹🥹🥹 This story took a year to report and is increasingly relevant as more and more people seek asylum and arrive at our doorstep (the Greater Toronto Region)

2024 marks 10 years since Ontario kicked a fossil fuel (coal) that created a health crisis (smog that made breathing difficult). I've been thinking a lot about that moment—how we did it & how we could learn from it to do it again??? Here's a holiday #longreads from me thenarwhal.ca/ontario-coal...

Time for our public health bodies to step up, stop fooling around, and stop pretending that they are entitled to hold their personal opinions above the guidance and advice of actual experts. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I'm involved in tech hiring. I've interviewed thousands of engineers. And I'd like to tell you about a disturbing trend I've seen in tech in the last 10 years 🧵

Interview of the year already

If you are attending the #14thNOW NOWmarch.org in DC on Jan 3-5, you need to RSVP register so the organizers can give a count to the police in charge of your safety. No one wants any chaos ! Organizers need your help. (fake address OK,) #InvokeUSC14.3onJ6 nowmarch.org/join-the-mov... REPOST pls

Humans can’t commit to a month of N95s, let alone redesigning every indoor space. Yet, with air purifiers achieving ACH >20/hr, we *could* eradicate airborne viruses in schools & hospitals. Instead, we choose pharma profits & self-harm over lives. Imperfect solutions it is, then.

COVID isn’t a cold—it's like a car accident. It damages organs, causes long-term illness & raises risk of heart attack. In the long run it's always a losing game. Hack it by understanding risk. Keep (children) safe! www.peertopublic.com/posts/unders... by @gckirchoff.bsky.social & Arijit Chakravarty

Model what you say. #edusky #onted

Thoughts on being 62. Cynicism is a cheap luxury none of us can afford. Despair is where you go when you lose steam in the rage wars. So disengage. Our job as elders is to be there for the young. To call out the motherfuckers of disinformation. To build on the history of resistance. To give hope.

I think my most controversial take on COVID, and what I think nearly everyone in is getting wrong about this, is that it's a disease whose burden falls primarily on the young. Not the old.

Hypermobility may increase Long Covid risk. Hypermobility is characterized by joints capable of moving beyond the normal range of motion, often due to abnormalities in connective tissue. #Covid #LongCovid #Hypermobility #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Disability #SickTimes thesicktimes.org/2024/08/06/d...

As a doctor, I’m disappointed in my colleagues for ignoring Long COVID. I made a resource to educate them and the public. By Dr. Funmi Okunola "Long COVID has emerged from the pandemic as the single biggest disaster to afflict humanity" #LongCOVID

Dr Funmi Okunola Prof Danny Altman

The Israeli military targeted another aid team in Gaza. This has been the strategy of the IDF from day one. The ICC war crimes indictment against Netanyahu focused on the deliberate starvation of an entire people. Time for total sanctions/boycotts. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

Mike Johnson

Quoting to amplify. Thanks for your work on this and for taking the time to speak with me about it, @spichaksimon.bsky.social. Needless to say, these evidence-based guidelines…are neither evidence based nor soundly worded guidance. @longcovidphysio.bsky.social @workwellfoundation.bsky.social

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing. They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays. The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k. www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was the hospital’s “routine” to give a drug called misoprostol to help the body pass the tissue, Hope recalled. Hope trusted the doctor. Porsha took the pills, according to records, and the bleeding continued.

Imagine if flight attendants handed out free N95 masks before take off instead of just hot towels. Every public place is a key opportunity to educate people and normalize masks.

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Wondering why so many people have mycoplasma (aka walking pneumonia) lately? Here’s a clue. Just published: after propensity matching, those w/ prior #COVID19 infection were about 3x more likely to get mycoplasma than those without #COVID: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #MedTwitter #MedSky