Tarahfx
@tarahfx.bsky.social
Hi covid-cautious folks! I’m visiting Vancouver at the end of December and wonder if there are any heated patios open? Everything shuts down here in Halifax, but I hope that Vancouver is different! I know there are some outdoor Christmas markets, but I’m looking for a nice outdoor sit down dinner.
November 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hi covid-cautious folks! I’m visiting Vancouver at the end of December and wonder if there are any heated patios open? Everything shuts down here in Halifax, but I hope that Vancouver is different! I know there are some outdoor Christmas markets, but I’m looking for a nice outdoor sit down dinner.
Whoa. This quote hit me hard: “At one point in Pluribus, Carol is speaking to the Hive Mind, in the body of an authority figure. He assures her they are going to “figure out what is wrong with you,” and when she asks what he means, he replies, “so you can join us.” “
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Whoa. This quote hit me hard: “At one point in Pluribus, Carol is speaking to the Hive Mind, in the body of an authority figure. He assures her they are going to “figure out what is wrong with you,” and when she asks what he means, he replies, “so you can join us.” “
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Important research from the University of Alberta about why women are disproportionately affected by Long Covid.
Implications: do everything you can to not get COVID and to not spread it to others.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Implications: do everything you can to not get COVID and to not spread it to others.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
Shahbaz et al. find that female long COVID patients with ME/CFS exhibit heightened
inflammation, altered hematopoiesis, disrupted hormone levels, and neuroinflammatory
gene signatures. In parallel, ou...
www.cell.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Important research from the University of Alberta about why women are disproportionately affected by Long Covid.
Implications: do everything you can to not get COVID and to not spread it to others.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Implications: do everything you can to not get COVID and to not spread it to others.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We know lots of you have been asking 3M for a Black Aura - like mask for consumer use.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We know lots of you have been asking 3M for a Black Aura - like mask for consumer use.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
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They're even trying to steal the small joy of Teen Vogue from us.
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They're even trying to steal the small joy of Teen Vogue from us.
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Canada is showing global leadership in preventing airborne virus transmission with the CSA's new draft standard for respirator use (especially in healthcare) 🎉
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Canada is showing global leadership in preventing airborne virus transmission with the CSA's new draft standard for respirator use (especially in healthcare) 🎉
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Read this thread! 🧵 It’s been clarifying to witness just how fast workplaces went from “we’re all in this together” to “forced infection is a condition of employment”. No discussion about making in-person work safer. CBC’s COVID coverage leaves much to be desired and sadly, this experience tracks.
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Read this thread! 🧵 It’s been clarifying to witness just how fast workplaces went from “we’re all in this together” to “forced infection is a condition of employment”. No discussion about making in-person work safer. CBC’s COVID coverage leaves much to be desired and sadly, this experience tracks.
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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November 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🆄🅽🆂🅰🅵🅴 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅿🅻🅰🅲🅴
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
[links to referenced articles in ALT text]
how the CBC forced me to resign over COVID
and why we’re all worse off for it—especially our kids
a 🧵
(on the occasion of my son’s [5th] and the CBC’s [89th] shared birthday, nov. 2)
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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dear @bluejays.com, i'll be in Toronto on Friday and would love to sing our Canadian anthem at game 6. whaddaya say? #BlueJays #WantItAll #WorldSeries ⚾️
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
dear @bluejays.com, i'll be in Toronto on Friday and would love to sing our Canadian anthem at game 6. whaddaya say? #BlueJays #WantItAll #WorldSeries ⚾️
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Penn Medicine: 'Study Shows COVID-19 Reinfection More Than Doubles Long COVID Risk in Children'
'This work, conducted as part of the NIH-funded RECOVER Initiative, analyzed data from more than 465,000 patients across 40 pediatric hospitals.'
dbei.med.upenn.edu/publication/...
'This work, conducted as part of the NIH-funded RECOVER Initiative, analyzed data from more than 465,000 patients across 40 pediatric hospitals.'
dbei.med.upenn.edu/publication/...
Study Shows COVID-19 Reinfection More Than Doubles Long COVID Risk in Children - Penn DBEI
A new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that COVID-19 reinfection in children significantly increases the risk of long COVID and other serious health complications.
dbei.med.upenn.edu
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Penn Medicine: 'Study Shows COVID-19 Reinfection More Than Doubles Long COVID Risk in Children'
'This work, conducted as part of the NIH-funded RECOVER Initiative, analyzed data from more than 465,000 patients across 40 pediatric hospitals.'
dbei.med.upenn.edu/publication/...
'This work, conducted as part of the NIH-funded RECOVER Initiative, analyzed data from more than 465,000 patients across 40 pediatric hospitals.'
dbei.med.upenn.edu/publication/...
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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning
Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when
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October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
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'This marked the first year since the beginning of the pandemic that flu deaths outnumbered COVID ones.'
Starting counting disabilities from Covid, and deaths from the chronic conditions caused by Covid, and maybe then this will have some credence 😒
Starting counting disabilities from Covid, and deaths from the chronic conditions caused by Covid, and maybe then this will have some credence 😒
There was probably a better way to say this?
Nova Scotia Health sees silver lining in lower flu, COVID vaccine uptake | CBC News
As flu vaccination rates have dipped slightly and COVID-19 vaccinations have plummeted in recent years, a Nova Scotia Health official remains optimistic. That's because of who is getting vaccinated.
www.cbc.ca
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
'This marked the first year since the beginning of the pandemic that flu deaths outnumbered COVID ones.'
Starting counting disabilities from Covid, and deaths from the chronic conditions caused by Covid, and maybe then this will have some credence 😒
Starting counting disabilities from Covid, and deaths from the chronic conditions caused by Covid, and maybe then this will have some credence 😒
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“Menopause and long COVID: What's the connection?
With overlapping symptoms, women struggling with both conditions can have trouble getting the help they need.”
www.health.harvard.edu/womens-healt...
With overlapping symptoms, women struggling with both conditions can have trouble getting the help they need.”
www.health.harvard.edu/womens-healt...
Menopause and long COVID: What's the connection? - Harvard Health
Two-thirds of Americans with long COVID are women. Women approaching menopause who have long COVID seem to experience worsened symptoms of both conditions. Women's sex hormones appear to contribute...
www.health.harvard.edu
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Menopause and long COVID: What's the connection?
With overlapping symptoms, women struggling with both conditions can have trouble getting the help they need.”
www.health.harvard.edu/womens-healt...
With overlapping symptoms, women struggling with both conditions can have trouble getting the help they need.”
www.health.harvard.edu/womens-healt...
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“Surgical masks are not considered respirators and shall not be used as respiratory protection by HCWs.” -CSA
Proud to have co-authored this piece with amazing collaborators at the @thewhn.bsky.social.
Let me know what you think.
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Let me know what you think.
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WHN joins in the chorus: Medical masks are not PPE - WHN
Overview Throughout the COVID pandemic, there has been confusion from public health and medical leaders over which masks to wear to prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Inadequate supplies of...
whn.global
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“Surgical masks are not considered respirators and shall not be used as respiratory protection by HCWs.” -CSA
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Health Canada has released new guidelines for air quality professionals that clearly state Covid can linger in the air & respirator masks should be considered IN ADDITION to improving ventilation
🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Health Canada has released new guidelines for air quality professionals that clearly state Covid can linger in the air & respirator masks should be considered IN ADDITION to improving ventilation
🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
🔗 www.canada.ca/content/dam/...
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I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
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11/22/21, Medical News Today: 'Through my eyes: Long neuro-COVID'
'My heart rate would increase further, to 170 bpm, on standing and with minimal exertion, such as getting a drink or using the bathroom.'
'I haven’t watched TV or driven in 10 months.'
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/thr...
'My heart rate would increase further, to 170 bpm, on standing and with minimal exertion, such as getting a drink or using the bathroom.'
'I haven’t watched TV or driven in 10 months.'
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/thr...
My experience of living with long neuro-COVID
Dr. Kelly Ann Fearnley lives with long COVID and persistent neurological and neurocognitive symptoms. In this article, she talks about her experiences.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
11/22/21, Medical News Today: 'Through my eyes: Long neuro-COVID'
'My heart rate would increase further, to 170 bpm, on standing and with minimal exertion, such as getting a drink or using the bathroom.'
'I haven’t watched TV or driven in 10 months.'
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/thr...
'My heart rate would increase further, to 170 bpm, on standing and with minimal exertion, such as getting a drink or using the bathroom.'
'I haven’t watched TV or driven in 10 months.'
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/thr...
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"...and 25,000 new #LongCOVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities" 👇
Infections in Canada this week are expected to result in 4,500 hospitalizations, 780 deaths (people who die at least 1 year earlier than they would without COVID) and 25,000 new long COVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities.
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"...and 25,000 new #LongCOVID cases serious enough to limit daily life activities" 👇
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For those who want to read it:
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?
COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal
and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due
to the immune dysfunction caused ...
www.ajpmfocus.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
For those who want to read it:
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...