Sarah Slack
@sarahjslack.bsky.social
Human rights & community care
Anti-genocide 🇵🇸 & everywhere
Still 😷 + to prevent COVID
& other airborne disease
Curiosity, connection, and community at our common table
@commontable.bsky.social
Anti-genocide 🇵🇸 & everywhere
Still 😷 + to prevent COVID
& other airborne disease
Curiosity, connection, and community at our common table
@commontable.bsky.social
Mask up friends. Washing your hands is such a good idea, but it won’t prevent airborne viruses like COVID, influenza, or measles from entering your body when you breathe. 😷
An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Mask up friends. Washing your hands is such a good idea, but it won’t prevent airborne viruses like COVID, influenza, or measles from entering your body when you breathe. 😷
Unbearably beautiful, indeed. Thank you Karen.
its the dissolving fog, the pre-dawn crows vs seagulls debate (who is the worst, crows or seagulls?), & that I ran into six people in 15 mins before 6am & had real talks
its Sesame Street to me in such moments, i see it all as a work in progress and us within it too
unbearably beautiful
#DTES
its Sesame Street to me in such moments, i see it all as a work in progress and us within it too
unbearably beautiful
#DTES
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Unbearably beautiful, indeed. Thank you Karen.
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Another great paper from @mdixonwoods.bsky.social and team: living relation ethics in COVID-19.
philpapers.org/rec/DIXLRE
philpapers.org/rec/DIXLRE
Mary Dixon-Woods, Jan van der Scheer, Akbar Ansari, Caitríona Cox & Meredith McLaughlin, Living Relational Ethics: A Case Study of a COVID-19 Asymptomatic Testing Programme in Higher Education - PhilP...
Relational ethics gained increased attention as a guiding approach for public health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Highlighting the social features of viral transmission, such as shared risk, relation...
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January 26, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Another great paper from @mdixonwoods.bsky.social and team: living relation ethics in COVID-19.
philpapers.org/rec/DIXLRE
philpapers.org/rec/DIXLRE
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Theres a protest at their offices on Friday next week (30th) - 3-5pm
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Theres a protest at their offices on Friday next week (30th) - 3-5pm
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Residential school deniers will be speaking outside the Indigenous Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC tomorrow.
As Angela says about this cruel event: “This is not academic disagreement. It is an act of denial that causes real harm to Survivors, their families, and communities.”
As Angela says about this cruel event: “This is not academic disagreement. It is an act of denial that causes real harm to Survivors, their families, and communities.”
January 22, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Residential school deniers will be speaking outside the Indigenous Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC tomorrow.
As Angela says about this cruel event: “This is not academic disagreement. It is an act of denial that causes real harm to Survivors, their families, and communities.”
As Angela says about this cruel event: “This is not academic disagreement. It is an act of denial that causes real harm to Survivors, their families, and communities.”
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Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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December 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Respectfully Jon Stewart, you were wrong on the @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social to mock people who mask. ICYMI: there are tens of millions of Americans who have been disabled by #LongCOVID and must do everything in their power to prevent further infections that make them vulnerable to further
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It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.
Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.
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Israel is still doing genocide.
Palestinian media report Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, Rafah, Bureij camp - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-media-report-israeli-strikes-khan-younis-rafah-bureij-camp
Palestinian media report Israeli strikes on Khan Younis, Rafah, Bureij camp
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<p>Palestinian media reported that Israeli warplanes also launched air strikes on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.</p>
<p>An Israeli air strike targeted the eastern areas of the Bureij camp in central Gaza, the report said. </p>
<p>Artillery shelling was also reported from the northern part of Bureij camp, where an Israeli helicopter opened fire. </p>
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December 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Israel is still doing genocide.
“Severe weather conditions are bringing further misery to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, who have already suffered relentless bombardment, siege and loss in Israel’s genocidal war for more than two years, as Israel continues to block critical shelter and aid supplies into the territory.”
Heavy winter rains and strong winds have brought new dangers to displaced Palestinians in a Gaza devastated by Israel.
Tents flooded by heavy rains in Gaza amid calls for Israel to let in aid
Heavy winter rains and strong winds have brought new dangers to displaced Palestinians in a Gaza devastated by Israel.
www.aljazeera.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“Severe weather conditions are bringing further misery to displaced Palestinians in Gaza, who have already suffered relentless bombardment, siege and loss in Israel’s genocidal war for more than two years, as Israel continues to block critical shelter and aid supplies into the territory.”
I lost my Dad to AIDS.
If we had learned lessons from that pandemic about how to keep structurally marginalized folks safe & alive, could we have prevented the massive & ongoing scale of death & long term disability caused by COVID-19?
If we had learned lessons from that pandemic about how to keep structurally marginalized folks safe & alive, could we have prevented the massive & ongoing scale of death & long term disability caused by COVID-19?
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I lost my Dad to AIDS.
If we had learned lessons from that pandemic about how to keep structurally marginalized folks safe & alive, could we have prevented the massive & ongoing scale of death & long term disability caused by COVID-19?
If we had learned lessons from that pandemic about how to keep structurally marginalized folks safe & alive, could we have prevented the massive & ongoing scale of death & long term disability caused by COVID-19?
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HEY BC GREENS MEMBERS!
PLS REMEMBER TO VOTE for your Provincial Council reps!
Farrukh Chistie for vice chair
Kathy Porter for ombuds
Prym Goodacre for councillor at large
Maddy Kennedy-Parrott for Lower Mainland rep, OR Severin Odland for Van Is/Sunshine Coast rep (dep where you live)
#bcpoli 🧵
PLS REMEMBER TO VOTE for your Provincial Council reps!
Farrukh Chistie for vice chair
Kathy Porter for ombuds
Prym Goodacre for councillor at large
Maddy Kennedy-Parrott for Lower Mainland rep, OR Severin Odland for Van Is/Sunshine Coast rep (dep where you live)
#bcpoli 🧵
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
HEY BC GREENS MEMBERS!
PLS REMEMBER TO VOTE for your Provincial Council reps!
Farrukh Chistie for vice chair
Kathy Porter for ombuds
Prym Goodacre for councillor at large
Maddy Kennedy-Parrott for Lower Mainland rep, OR Severin Odland for Van Is/Sunshine Coast rep (dep where you live)
#bcpoli 🧵
PLS REMEMBER TO VOTE for your Provincial Council reps!
Farrukh Chistie for vice chair
Kathy Porter for ombuds
Prym Goodacre for councillor at large
Maddy Kennedy-Parrott for Lower Mainland rep, OR Severin Odland for Van Is/Sunshine Coast rep (dep where you live)
#bcpoli 🧵
That’s me 👇🏻
357: opposes draft. Exorbitant increases to police at expense if programs that prevent crime. Proud to stand in line in byelection. Proud to stand in people’s filibuster. We have potential, but not until we are all housed. Council your legal duty is to listen with open mind
November 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
That’s me 👇🏻
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So ecxited that this article is finally out! When Olivia reached out to share her horror story on getting her wheelchair repaired my jaw was on the floor. The floor! Turns out her story isn't unique.
We get into it in this two-part series for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
We get into it in this two-part series for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Why Is It So Hard to Fix a Wheelchair in BC? | The Tyee
Disabled people say companies are struggling to service their equipment, which can trap them in bed or at home.
thetyee.ca
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So ecxited that this article is finally out! When Olivia reached out to share her horror story on getting her wheelchair repaired my jaw was on the floor. The floor! Turns out her story isn't unique.
We get into it in this two-part series for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
We get into it in this two-part series for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles | CBC News
The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, accused of civilian massacres, have posted numerous images posing with rifles bearing the logo of a small B.C. manufacturer called Sterling Cross Defense Systems. Ex...
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Sudanese fighters accused of massacres use Canadian-made rifles www.cbc.ca/news/world/s...
I registered to speak last night and I’m number 357. Let’s filibuster this absolutely horrifying budget Vancouver. You’ve got 1.5 hours left to sign up!
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I registered to speak last night and I’m number 357. Let’s filibuster this absolutely horrifying budget Vancouver. You’ve got 1.5 hours left to sign up!
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It's the start of cold and flu season which means RSV cases will also soon start spiking. A new study found half of all Canadians hospitalized for RSV are under six months old. Immunization options are approved but not readily available.
My latest for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My latest for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Infants Bear the Brunt of RSV Hospitalizations, UBC Study Finds | The Tyee
Researchers say the province should do more to protect the very small and vulnerable.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It's the start of cold and flu season which means RSV cases will also soon start spiking. A new study found half of all Canadians hospitalized for RSV are under six months old. Immunization options are approved but not readily available.
My latest for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
My latest for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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This is heartbreaking.
Fuck ICE.
Fuck hateful politics and policies.
Free Palestine.
Fuck weapons manufacturers.
Fuck the oligarchs that create hatred and fear and cruelty to enrich their unspeakable wealth.
This is all settler colonialism and capitalism.
Fuck ICE.
Fuck hateful politics and policies.
Free Palestine.
Fuck weapons manufacturers.
Fuck the oligarchs that create hatred and fear and cruelty to enrich their unspeakable wealth.
This is all settler colonialism and capitalism.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 7, 2025 at 12:39 AM
This is heartbreaking.
Fuck ICE.
Fuck hateful politics and policies.
Free Palestine.
Fuck weapons manufacturers.
Fuck the oligarchs that create hatred and fear and cruelty to enrich their unspeakable wealth.
This is all settler colonialism and capitalism.
Fuck ICE.
Fuck hateful politics and policies.
Free Palestine.
Fuck weapons manufacturers.
Fuck the oligarchs that create hatred and fear and cruelty to enrich their unspeakable wealth.
This is all settler colonialism and capitalism.
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Full house at Museum of Anthropology tonight for ‘Beyond Fires & Floods, Indigenous narratives in an era of extremes,’ with Rick Harp, Judi Kochun, Tanya Talaga and Mark Trahant, and myself.
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Full house at Museum of Anthropology tonight for ‘Beyond Fires & Floods, Indigenous narratives in an era of extremes,’ with Rick Harp, Judi Kochun, Tanya Talaga and Mark Trahant, and myself.
Do you have any idea how much I love the Strathcona Community Centre?
Vancouver Park Board forever!
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Vancouver Park Board forever!
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October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do you have any idea how much I love the Strathcona Community Centre?
Vancouver Park Board forever!
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Vancouver Park Board forever!
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Mutual aid, forever.
So all this is said with the caveat that the conversion cushion has been included to reconcile our figures but
Crips for eSims for Gaza has officially spent over $3M CAD on eSims.
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUS
Crips for eSims for Gaza has officially spent over $3M CAD on eSims.
#ConnectingGaza
bit.ly/eSimsRUS
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Mutual aid, forever.
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Hey all - if you're in Vancouver and you want covid and/or flu vaccines*, Rexall is doing walk-ins. Info is on their website, call the pharmacy nearest you to check. I was in and out today with no wait. The Get Vaccinated system is a time-wasting boondoggle
*you really do. both of them.
*you really do. both of them.
October 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Hey all - if you're in Vancouver and you want covid and/or flu vaccines*, Rexall is doing walk-ins. Info is on their website, call the pharmacy nearest you to check. I was in and out today with no wait. The Get Vaccinated system is a time-wasting boondoggle
*you really do. both of them.
*you really do. both of them.
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For @thewalrus.ca, I wrote about the state of reconciliation 10 years after the final report of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...
The Stark Reality Ten Years after the Truth and Reconciliation Report | The Walrus
“We have to wonder: should we just abandon ‘reconciliation’ altogether?”
thewalrus.ca
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For @thewalrus.ca, I wrote about the state of reconciliation 10 years after the final report of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. thewalrus.ca/trc-introduc...
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.