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Tahirih Walsh
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Singer, poet, environmentalist, animal and nature lover. Long Covid + ME/CFS since 2022. 🇨🇦
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News Release 26-Nov-2025

National survey finds virtual health ‘essential’ for Long COVID support: SFU report

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

"virtual services...reduce risk of infections, travel time, and PEM [Post-Exertional Malaise]” (likewise in ME/CFS)

#LongCOVID #PASC #MEcfs #PEM

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November 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
-Japanese macaque 🐒
-Grey wolf
-Snowy owl
-Grizzly bear
-Orca whale
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

- Southern resident killer whale
- Stellar's sea eagle
- Fiji white-eye
- Gila woodpecker
- Greater sage grouse
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:

Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Does anyone know what the timeframe is for getting a sterilizing Covid vaccine to market? Anybody out there have intel?
I’m getting pretty tired of isolating with Long Covid.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Please enjoy my teenager’s charcu-turkey
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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How many of us have had that conversation… telling someone that they have a disease that will progressively cause cognitive decline? Or loss of mobility?

The fear and sadness this provokes?

That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.

Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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The man has principles
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:
November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Mark Carney and Danielle Smith’s MOU is an abuse of power and a spit in the face to British Columbians. They will never ram a pipeline through BC without the consent of Coastal First Nations and Northern Communities, and we’ll make fucking sure of it. #bcpoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
We are now one of the few countries that will no longer honor World AIDS Day

We join with Russia, Iran, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Libya, North Korea

You know all the countries that hate humans rights

I find it shameful
Callous Cruelty
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025

SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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This is an excellent piece on PEM by @darthfoo.bsky.social. Seriously considering sending to literally everyone I know.

substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Dispatcher: “not the craziest thing I’ve heard” 😆
911 dispatchers’ sangfroid is undefeated
“You may not believe me, but I just had a bald eagle drop a cat through my windshield,” the incredulous driver said on the recorded 911 call. “It absolutely shattered my windshield.”

The dispatcher calmly responded, “OK. I do believe you, honestly,” then laughed.
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Please hear me when I say that

1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements

2) they pre-date the age of social media

3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I wish I could say this is limited to Denmark, but authorities in Canada have a history of taking indigenous children away from their families too. This shit needs to stop.
This colonial horror is happening now in Denmark.
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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2. Not only is Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar unsure whether full clearcutting is still happening—"I don’t think that’s happening in BC anymore"—but he refuses to meet with top environmentalists who used to have access to the Minister. Why, @rparmarbc.bsky.social @davidebybc.bsky.social? #bcpoli
Is clear-cutting a thing of the past in B.C. forests? | The Narwhal
Research shows clear-cutting increases the risk of floods and wildfires. B.C.’s Forests ministry says it’s ‘a viable and appropriate’ way to log
thenarwhal.ca
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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We (tried to) ask Billionares in their Vancouver mansions - what’s an oligarch? 🤔💰 #billionares #oligarchs #fighttheoligarchs #wealthtax #bcgreens

fighttheoligarchs.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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A couple people asked about this Vancouver Sun article whingeing about the word ‘settler’. I wrote a reply on my Substack here: substack.com/@rjjago/note...
Robert Jago (@rjjago)
There was a Vancouver Sun article at the weekend, by Peter McMartin - where he asked how long it will be before he can call himself a ‘Native’ of Canada? He’s upset that terms like ‘Settler’ are used ...
substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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THIS IS BIG

For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Alice is the one who taught me the power, joys, nuances and challenges of online disability communities--at a time when my own disability was making me more housebound.

I remain forever grateful to her, for showing me what could be possible, but also what remains to be done.
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Alice Wong, Presente. Thank you for everything.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM