alida
@alidaf.bsky.social
Primary care nurse in the downtown eastside and Canadian arctic. Public health. Harm reduction. Global health. Sanitation.
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Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak. This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the preventable infectious disease, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak
This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the infectious disease
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October 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak. This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the preventable infectious disease, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Canadian Press reporter Darryl Greer reveals the coroner did their investigation remotely in the case of Van Chung Pham, whose room contained the remains of a vulnerable youth and woman that were not found for months after police attended Pham's death. vancouversun.com/news/two-bod...
Two bodies were missed at B.C. death scene. Was treatment of coroners to blame?
What police did not notice at the time were the bodies of missing Indigenous teenager Noelle O'Soup and a woman called Elma Enan
vancouversun.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Canadian Press reporter Darryl Greer reveals the coroner did their investigation remotely in the case of Van Chung Pham, whose room contained the remains of a vulnerable youth and woman that were not found for months after police attended Pham's death. vancouversun.com/news/two-bod...
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Essential enough to be ordered back to work. Not essential enough to be paid for all their work
August 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Essential enough to be ordered back to work. Not essential enough to be paid for all their work
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B.C. premier reiterates push for bail reform after 'horrific' murder of Kelowna mom
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B.C. premier reiterates push for bail reform after 'horrific' murder of Kelowna mom
Vaughn Palmer: The published details in the Kelowna case suggest that something went terribly wrong. Read more.
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July 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social should do a story on the BC govt cutting all services to people w/ long covid. There is no longer any clinic, doctor, or service that can meet the needs of 1000s of people. As a nurse I sacrificed my health to serve people during the pandemic & I’ve been left in the dust
July 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social should do a story on the BC govt cutting all services to people w/ long covid. There is no longer any clinic, doctor, or service that can meet the needs of 1000s of people. As a nurse I sacrificed my health to serve people during the pandemic & I’ve been left in the dust
I often wonder if undiagnosed gut issues in childhood contributed to low mood, depression, & anorexia. I didn’t start sorting out my gut until my 30’s. & continue to learn how gut dysfunction is strongly associated with long covid (which I also have). No wonder I’m interested in guts & sanitation!
#Anorexia is normally treated with therapy. Now a Canadian team is trying the gut. Clinical trial to test benefits of fecal transplants in teens with eating disorder, by Amina Zafar www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
Anorexia is normally treated with therapy. Now a Canadian team is trying the gut | CBC News
Anorexia is a life-threatening eating disorder — normally treated with talk therapy, but that only works for about half of patients. Now, Canadian researchers are testing a new approach, tapping into ...
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June 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I often wonder if undiagnosed gut issues in childhood contributed to low mood, depression, & anorexia. I didn’t start sorting out my gut until my 30’s. & continue to learn how gut dysfunction is strongly associated with long covid (which I also have). No wonder I’m interested in guts & sanitation!
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‘If men couldn’t have sex with me, they didn’t know what to do with me’ -- Alanis Morissette on the predatory 90s, #addiction, #menopause, and more, by
Charlotte Edwardes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... via @theguardian.com
Charlotte Edwardes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... via @theguardian.com
‘If men couldn’t have sex with me, they didn’t know what to do with me’: Alanis Morissette on addiction, midlife liberation and the predatory 90s
She made her name with rage-fuelled anthems – and sold 75m records in the process. Now, with a highly anticipated Glastonbury slot, the California-dwelling earth mother is ready to let rip again …
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June 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
‘If men couldn’t have sex with me, they didn’t know what to do with me’ -- Alanis Morissette on the predatory 90s, #addiction, #menopause, and more, by
Charlotte Edwardes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... via @theguardian.com
Charlotte Edwardes www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j... via @theguardian.com
For folks just south of me. it has a lot of great info
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
riotmedicine.net
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
riotmedicine.net
me.it
June 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For folks just south of me. it has a lot of great info
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
riotmedicine.net
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
riotmedicine.net
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
Shirts for queer youth at a drop in community. The leader shared they rarely see a shirt with a positive message about their identity. The youth brainstormed sayings and I put them on shirts. I hope they like them!
May 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Shirts for queer youth at a drop in community. The leader shared they rarely see a shirt with a positive message about their identity. The youth brainstormed sayings and I put them on shirts. I hope they like them!
Literally how I start my day.
April 28, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Literally how I start my day.
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Interesting legal strategy from Atira here, to sue residents who are living in poverty. We heard ample evidence at the coroners' inquest that Atira failed to maintain fire suppression, train staff or develop plans to help a deaf resident in case of fire. vancouversun.com/news/atira-s...
Atira sues two residents of Winters Hotel where fatal fire began three years ago
Atira, facing two class-action suits, is suing two residents it claimed started fire on April 11, 2022, and second resident for second blaze
vancouversun.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Interesting legal strategy from Atira here, to sue residents who are living in poverty. We heard ample evidence at the coroners' inquest that Atira failed to maintain fire suppression, train staff or develop plans to help a deaf resident in case of fire. vancouversun.com/news/atira-s...
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“There were so many people in this room. A heavy percentage of them were from South America. I met a girl from Berlin. There were a bunch of people from Canada. There were two Brits.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial
Man who says he had previously left and re-entered the country multiple times alleges border officials called him ‘retarded’ and boasted ‘Trump is back in town’
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April 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“There were so many people in this room. A heavy percentage of them were from South America. I met a girl from Berlin. There were a bunch of people from Canada. There were two Brits.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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For the record, I will always be team penguin…
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
For the record, I will always be team penguin…
If I hear another person say “well I was in good shape with I got covid,so I didn’t develop long covid”… uninformed & and an insult.
Meet Chris Drozda, a Longhauler, world champion triathlete and one of the organizers at today's Vancouver Long Covid Awareness event.
#longcovidawareness @cancovidsoc #longcovid
#longcovidawareness @cancovidsoc #longcovid
March 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If I hear another person say “well I was in good shape with I got covid,so I didn’t develop long covid”… uninformed & and an insult.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Was thinking about Budapest today. Almost 30 years since I spent a semester there.
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Was thinking about Budapest today. Almost 30 years since I spent a semester there.
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“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis
March 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” – John Lewis
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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
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February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social listening to recent TWIV. the probiotic Seed has the strains in their probiotic. It has helped my gut although no drastic improvement in fatigue. Available in the US
February 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@danielgriffinmdphd.bsky.social listening to recent TWIV. the probiotic Seed has the strains in their probiotic. It has helped my gut although no drastic improvement in fatigue. Available in the US
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