😷 A study found that a majority of people with Long COVID did not recover 💰 Some researchers in Australia are getting a small boost in Long COVID funding 💊 The biotech company Invivyd is advancing research of a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody #LongCOVID research updates: bit.ly/49QCdNm

“We have seen asthma, allergic rhinitis, hives/urticaria, environmental and food allergies, with the most common being asthma. But then there is also a good subset of patients developing mast cell activation symptoms,” -me www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Carney's dangerous austerity plan means fewer food inspectors & less capacity to track food borne illness. As the US is gutting its food safety regulations & Canada imports over half our food from the US, how does cutting food inspection here make us safer? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

I agree that neither the humanities nor STEM are more important or pure or whatever than the other: the thing is that we need BALANCE between the two poles, and we have very much lost that in modern U.S. society today.

"Altered brain connection found in people with ME/CFS and Long COVID" Griffith University research using ultra-high-field MRI found people with ME/CFS and Long COVID have reduced brain connectivity during mentally demanding tasks, with significant drops in specific brain regions.

Another person I know caught Covid in the hospital. They said they would have masked had they known it was a risk They didn’t know because everyone is pretending things are “back to normal” Meanwhile hospital acquired Covid disables & kills Respirators & clean air save lives

P-tau abnormalities appear in the spinal cord of CTE cases, not just the brain. This may open pathways toward in vivo biomarkers (finally!). #CTE #brain jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Arts are severely undervalued & underfunded, especially today. Art programs across nations are getting axed, leaving artists with fewer options to pursue a formal education. Income opportunities for artists are severely dwindling. We are collectively getting robbed of any and all creative expression

I saw this post & I'm desperately sorry that this student is having to go through this. I'm sharing bc it drives me up the wall when I see comments like 'Why don't people paint like this <renaissance style fine art & etc> anymore? Where are they?' They're everywhere, but they aren't getting funded.

Civilisation punching itself in the face, over & over again...

I suggested that we aren't employing the same types of health and safety measures to the same degree that we do to prevent slips, trips, and falls (e.g., signs, sand/salting, monitoring) to prevent infections. They think they are. Will have to find another opportunity to push back!

Update: While IAQ was included in today's agenda, the employer continues to rely on "being compliant with current legislation" to not improve IAQ per Health Canada's guidelines, and that, like slips, trips, and falls, (apparently) infection is inevitable and a community problem that can't be solved.

You’re Invited! January 2026 DJA Community Support Zoom Meeting Thursday, January 29th, 6-8pm ET / 5pm CT / 4pm MT / 3pm PT Link for More Information and to Registration: discojourno.com/event/dja-co... #journalism #freelance #dja #disabledjournalist

Video of Alex Pretti reading final honors for a veteran he cared for at the VA. Rest in Power 🇺🇸

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And they were blaming masks and remote learning. Maybe it has been sending kids into environments where they get infection after infection after all.

Genuinely the only thing keeping me going—but it really is keeping me going—is how good it is to see people link arms and push for this to end. I cannot stop thinking about how much love people can have for their neighbors, and how much work and money is poured into breaking that love apart.

Ontario wastewater released today…bye flu, hello more COVID and low but rising RSV: wwater.ca/Ontario

“Covid testing has declined. We can therefore no longer be sure who has had Covid-19. That creates methodological problems…When very few people test, it becomes much harder to link symptoms to Covid-19” As govts worldwide intended when they made testing vanish—eliminating accountability & liability

"It's just the flu." STUDY of people 50+ hospitalized for severe acute respiratory infections finds that postdischarge mortality for patients with #COVID19 was 49% higher than those with influenza A and 36% higher compared with patients with RSV. bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

Vancouver really needs a clean air coffee shop ☕️ with a to go window, HEPA filters, real-time C02 monitoring, staff in N95s. No reason we can't have nice things AND keep our health

Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments. I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite. Would love to gather any and all other names.

Reminder to always have a box of N95s on hand. Human to human bird flu is reportedly on the way, and we won’t be warned. Experts believe H2H bird flu could have an initial mortality rate of almost 50%. Happy weekend! And get some N95s if you haven’t already.

ProPublica’s Rx Inspector allows you to find the factories where generic prescription drugs are made. You can now see the previously unreleased data that powers our groundbreaking tool.

An overhead view of protesters gathering at the scene of the shooting. Live coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi... 📽️ Aaron Lavinsky/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Canada's Conservative Party is denying press credentials to media outlets while handing out 'content creator' passes to partisan personalities. This is a tactic straight from the USA's White House. @nationalobserver.com | www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...

NEW REPORTING: “This is fucking crazy, I don’t recognize our country.” We’re on the ground in Minneapolis speaking with enraged and grief-stricken residents after federal agents killed another local in the streets.

“We’re furious that our neighbors are getting kidnapped and murdered in the streets,” a protester named John told me. “This is supposed to be America, the land of the free, and this is not freedom.” I spoke Minnesotans who showed up where Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents:

"I don’t feel intimidated or uncomfortable with others’ reactions to my mask. I've always marched to own my drum. That doesn't mean that awkward comments can't be exhausting" www.buzzfeed.com/jadagomez/ma...

#MedSky “I got COVID in hospital. My kidneys started to back up. Everything seemed to converge at the same time,” he continued. Can we please do something about infection control of airborne disease. People are being hurt by healthcare. People are avoiding care.

The United States has officially withdrawn from the WHO, one year after signalling its intent to leave. The US previously funded about 20% of the WHO budget but has not paid dues for 2024 or 2025, leaving a $278 million debt. WHO says withdrawal isn’t complete until debts are paid.

Petition to cancel the OpenAI contract at CSU system of universities. Please feel free to sign! @heavyredaction.bsky.social "The challenges that we face in higher education cannot be resolved with AI. We must, instead, empower faculty, staff, and students" ‼️ actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

this made me incandescently angry when first published, as i was dying by millimeters every day of long covid 2023 Davos covid protections: -mandatory testing to enter (expulsion for positive tests) -mandatory masking for support staff -free masks and tests -far uvc lighting to disinfect the air

A few simple steps would make everyone healthier: Clean air in public spaces. Paid time off. Free respirators for anyone who needs them. Mandatory masking in healthcare. Our rush back to “normal” has ensured a never ending cycle of sickness, death & disability. It doesn’t have to be this way.

There’s a tuberculosis outbreak at an Amazon warehouse in the UK. Sick leave? Respiratory protection? Building ventilation? State of workers T cells? We *must* accept respiratory protection as part of our “new 💩 normal”. www.unilad.com/news/world-n...

“Remember when everybody was invested in a more equitable world… It really wasn’t that hard. It was people putting on masks. It was people being willing to test. It was people also holding other people accountable for not entering into community with everybody else’s harm in mind.” #COVID

I think what progressives miss about mass disability from covid is it takes people out of the movement. I canvassed, phone banked, called reps, volunteered at the polls, wrote letters, advocated locally, mentored. Now, all I can do is… couch. From one stinking covid infxn.

The extreme danger of Covid-19 is commonly dismissed, because it is commonly misunderstood. #COVID19

Got a haircut from a covid conscious hairstylist today with fellow maskbloc ppl. Chatted and had a great time Then came back to that organism running my homeland putting together a "peace board" and more ice atrocities The whiplash

By Lisa Oshima: A massive study of 40,537 people in @ScienceDirect just redefined C0VID as "a condition of long-lasting immune compromise." 20 months post-infection, T-cells & NK cells (our primary viral & cancer defense) had NOT recovered. So much for "It's mild." X link: x.com/lisawhelan/s...

Measles is INCREDIBLY infectious, and can severaly hurt or kill those it infects, especially kids. The more people who have it, the more likely children will be seriously injured or die because of it. Check with your doctor and get vaccinated!

The ongoing pandemic of Covid-19 has become the most extensive cover-up in human history. Authorities have ceased nearly all testing, tracking, and reporting, in an attempt to hide countless instances of infection, illness, and mortality resulting from the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19. #COVID19

Measles can last for up to 2 hrs in the air after an infected person leaves the area! Mask up, people! And NOT a surgical mask! It must be an N95 respirator.

Watch discussions on #LongCOVID from Jan 15th LC Defense Series II with 🌟 Sinéad O'Brien, cofounder of @cleanairie.bsky.social 🌟Prof. Akiko Iwasaki @virusesimmunity.bsky.social 🌟 @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social & @mileswgriffis.bsky.social, @thesicktimes.org cofounders www.facebook.com/reel/1224198...

New important publication in #LongCovid & #MECFS! After a viral infection, cells lining our blood vessels can become damaged and enter senescence, similar to accelerated aging. These cells are not healthy, but they also don’t disappear. Instead, they send out constant stress & inflammatory signals.

And from academics.

Misinformation and anti-science ideology kills. It is vital we fight the ignorant right-wing populism spreading throughout Canada like a cancer. www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/h...

My article on reactions to #UWaterloo 's new RTO policy for staff and the RTO push for faculty is out in the Jan issue of Imprint: uwimprint.ca/back-to-camp...

People with long covid are really suffering and need support. I’m so glad my friend could help her but folks, please understand how sick someone must be if they feel they must relinquish a pet.

N95s offer superior protection against flu and Covid. They can protect your health and the health of those around you. Many people also find them much more comfortable than surgical masks. If you can’t afford them, look for your local mask bloc. If you can afford them, please donate!