Doug Greig 😷 🇨🇦
@douggreigyyc.bsky.social
Caring for loved one with complex infection-associated chronic illness incl. #MEcfs. Decades-late biomedical research funding means no end in sight.
#Calgary #YYC, #Alberta, 🇨🇦. #Treaty7. #CanadaSky
#Calgary #YYC, #Alberta, 🇨🇦. #Treaty7. #CanadaSky
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If you didn’t watch the third and last day of the #ICanCME2025 Conference for ME/CFS, here’s the live tweeting stream by @spichaksimon.bsky.social. Thanks, Simon, and thanks to @icancmeresearch.bsky.social for such a brilliant conference.
Thread for Day 3 of the @icancmeresearch.bsky.social conference. My attempt at simultaneously sharing on X and Bsky.
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you didn’t watch the third and last day of the #ICanCME2025 Conference for ME/CFS, here’s the live tweeting stream by @spichaksimon.bsky.social. Thanks, Simon, and thanks to @icancmeresearch.bsky.social for such a brilliant conference.
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🌍 People worldwide used their limited energy to finish “ME/CFS is…” Their voices show the challenges, losses & urgent need for change. Thanks to matching donors, every gift to OMF is tripled up to $500K!
👉 Donate: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-....
#mecfs #pwME #mecfsresearch
👉 Donate: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-....
#mecfs #pwME #mecfsresearch
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🌍 People worldwide used their limited energy to finish “ME/CFS is…” Their voices show the challenges, losses & urgent need for change. Thanks to matching donors, every gift to OMF is tripled up to $500K!
👉 Donate: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-....
#mecfs #pwME #mecfsresearch
👉 Donate: www.omf.ngo?form=donate-....
#mecfs #pwME #mecfsresearch
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Earlier this week, the CBC broadcast an interview with Gill Deacon, discussing her Long COVID recovery using brain retraining.
They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
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They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
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CBC’s Flagship Program Platforms “Quackery” for Long COVID
CBC's national broadcast aired an interview with Gill Deacon about her Long COVID recovery. Deacon used an unproven program called the Lightning Process that's been criticized for exploiting patients ...
simonspichak.beehiiv.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Earlier this week, the CBC broadcast an interview with Gill Deacon, discussing her Long COVID recovery using brain retraining.
They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
1/n
They didn't tell you the specific brain retraining program, the Lightning Process, has been accused of exploiting patients.
simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/cbc-flagsh...
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At the #ICanCME2025 conference today!
Sabrina Poirier & Maeghan Taverner's intros blew me away.
~Acknowledging labor from people with lived experience
~Setting out expectations
~Moment of silence for those we've lost
This is what a conference designed by people with lived experience looks like 🧪
Sabrina Poirier & Maeghan Taverner's intros blew me away.
~Acknowledging labor from people with lived experience
~Setting out expectations
~Moment of silence for those we've lost
This is what a conference designed by people with lived experience looks like 🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
At the #ICanCME2025 conference today!
Sabrina Poirier & Maeghan Taverner's intros blew me away.
~Acknowledging labor from people with lived experience
~Setting out expectations
~Moment of silence for those we've lost
This is what a conference designed by people with lived experience looks like 🧪
Sabrina Poirier & Maeghan Taverner's intros blew me away.
~Acknowledging labor from people with lived experience
~Setting out expectations
~Moment of silence for those we've lost
This is what a conference designed by people with lived experience looks like 🧪
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Join us tomorrow online at the Canadian Collaborative conference on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)! I will be talking a bit about Cognitive Dysfunction in ME and the lessons we have been learning from Long Covid research.
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Join us tomorrow online at the Canadian Collaborative conference on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)! I will be talking a bit about Cognitive Dysfunction in ME and the lessons we have been learning from Long Covid research.
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
Free registration here: icancme.ca/research/202...
#ME #LongCovid
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"Nothing About Us Without Us".
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
October 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Nothing About Us Without Us".
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
I've been thinking about the title of this meeting and asking myself, why don't we hold more scientific meetings like this? The public brings the questions for the scientists, and we show them what we are doing to address it. #ME #MECFS
#AcademicSky
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From the OMF-Supported Medical Education Resource Center (MERC) at Bateman Horne Center:
Orthostatic intolerance & #POTS are common in #MECFS & #LongCOVID. Learn signs + management tips: ow.ly/iz3b50Xb2QJ
#POTSAwarenessMonth #UnitedForME @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social
Orthostatic intolerance & #POTS are common in #MECFS & #LongCOVID. Learn signs + management tips: ow.ly/iz3b50Xb2QJ
#POTSAwarenessMonth #UnitedForME @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
From the OMF-Supported Medical Education Resource Center (MERC) at Bateman Horne Center:
Orthostatic intolerance & #POTS are common in #MECFS & #LongCOVID. Learn signs + management tips: ow.ly/iz3b50Xb2QJ
#POTSAwarenessMonth #UnitedForME @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social
Orthostatic intolerance & #POTS are common in #MECFS & #LongCOVID. Learn signs + management tips: ow.ly/iz3b50Xb2QJ
#POTSAwarenessMonth #UnitedForME @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social
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(Repeat)
Most Troubling Symptoms in ME/CFS & Long COVID Patients.
Bar graph shows the frequency of symptoms reported by patients with #MECFS (blue) & #LongCOVID (red)
From:
"Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS & Long COVID"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Most Troubling Symptoms in ME/CFS & Long COVID Patients.
Bar graph shows the frequency of symptoms reported by patients with #MECFS (blue) & #LongCOVID (red)
From:
"Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS & Long COVID"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(Repeat)
Most Troubling Symptoms in ME/CFS & Long COVID Patients.
Bar graph shows the frequency of symptoms reported by patients with #MECFS (blue) & #LongCOVID (red)
From:
"Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS & Long COVID"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Most Troubling Symptoms in ME/CFS & Long COVID Patients.
Bar graph shows the frequency of symptoms reported by patients with #MECFS (blue) & #LongCOVID (red)
From:
"Patient-Reported Treatment Outcomes in ME/CFS & Long COVID"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Can I tell you how indispensable @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social has been in its coverage of the Calgary election. Whether you are following it closely or not. Videos of numerous ward and mayoral forums. And there most valuable service, a campaign primer. www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-elec...
Meet the Calgarians running for mayor and council in 2025 | The Sprawl
Follow along with our candidate tracker.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Can I tell you how indispensable @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social has been in its coverage of the Calgary election. Whether you are following it closely or not. Videos of numerous ward and mayoral forums. And there most valuable service, a campaign primer. www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-elec...
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Happy Thanksgiving to the 230,000+ loyal Canadians living in Alberta who signed the Forever Canadian petition and to the 5000 volunteers collecting signatures!
#Canada #ForeverCanadian #CanadaSky #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #WeAreCanadian #TeamCanada @lukaszukab.bsky.social
#Canada #ForeverCanadian #CanadaSky #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #WeAreCanadian #TeamCanada @lukaszukab.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to the 230,000+ loyal Canadians living in Alberta who signed the Forever Canadian petition and to the 5000 volunteers collecting signatures!
#Canada #ForeverCanadian #CanadaSky #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #WeAreCanadian #TeamCanada @lukaszukab.bsky.social
#Canada #ForeverCanadian #CanadaSky #Alberta #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #WeAreCanadian #TeamCanada @lukaszukab.bsky.social
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7+ questions for mayoral candidate Jyoti Gondek calgaryjournal.ca/2025/10/11/7...
7+ questions for mayoral candidate Jyoti Gondek
Incumbent mayoral candidate Jyoti Gondek wants to see a new council and a new Calgary through a second term. Gondek is putting her faith in Calgary’s future and emphasizing the importance of …
calgaryjournal.ca
October 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
7+ questions for mayoral candidate Jyoti Gondek calgaryjournal.ca/2025/10/11/7...
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7 questions for Calgary mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas calgaryjournal.ca/2025/10/11/7...
7 questions for Calgary mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas
After serving as Ward 11’s city councillor from 2017 to 2021 and running for mayor in 2021, Jeromy Farkas has once again set his eyes on Calgary’s top job. Farkas says he wants to bring…
calgaryjournal.ca
October 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
7 questions for Calgary mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas calgaryjournal.ca/2025/10/11/7...
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Today we're kicking off a new Calgary election comics series by @calgaryhester.bsky.social! Every day from now until Oct 20, we'll be posting a new panel. Think of it as a local election Advent calendar—with a new surprise each day about Calgary's political history! #yyccc
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today we're kicking off a new Calgary election comics series by @calgaryhester.bsky.social! Every day from now until Oct 20, we'll be posting a new panel. Think of it as a local election Advent calendar—with a new surprise each day about Calgary's political history! #yyccc
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This is the primary problem with municipal politics. Many of them won't vote. But you can bet every single family homeowner looking to reverse the city's successful efforts at improving housing affordability and choice will be. #yyccc
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Young Calgary voters care strongly about affordability and jobs. Will it get them to vote? | CBC News
Forget zoning bylaws and council squabbles. For young Calgarians, this municipal election is about surviving the cost of living, high youth unemployment rate and whether there’s a future for them in t...
www.cbc.ca
October 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is the primary problem with municipal politics. Many of them won't vote. But you can bet every single family homeowner looking to reverse the city's successful efforts at improving housing affordability and choice will be. #yyccc
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Calgary mayoral candidates are bickering about which arena deal was best—and who got fleeced. And an outgoing city councillor now says progressive councillors voted yes to the deal in 2023 "at great political cost." Here's how the deal got done. (Listen and/or read!) #yyccc
The truth about Calgary’s billion-dollar arena deal | The Sprawl
Campaign accusations abound. Here’s the real story.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Calgary mayoral candidates are bickering about which arena deal was best—and who got fleeced. And an outgoing city councillor now says progressive councillors voted yes to the deal in 2023 "at great political cost." Here's how the deal got done. (Listen and/or read!) #yyccc
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"....Sharp made no such call for public engagement. I asked her why she advocated so strongly for public input when someone wants to build a rowhouse down the street, but not when city hall wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on an NHL arena."
www.sprawlcalgary.com/arena-deal-c...
www.sprawlcalgary.com/arena-deal-c...
The truth about Calgary’s billion-dollar arena deal | The Sprawl
Campaign accusations abound. Here’s the real story.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"....Sharp made no such call for public engagement. I asked her why she advocated so strongly for public input when someone wants to build a rowhouse down the street, but not when city hall wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on an NHL arena."
www.sprawlcalgary.com/arena-deal-c...
www.sprawlcalgary.com/arena-deal-c...
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Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is a lover's war, and he does, at his best, what lovers do, which is to reveal the beloved to himself and, with that revelation, to make freedom real.
-Baldwin
-Baldwin
August 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is a lover's war, and he does, at his best, what lovers do, which is to reveal the beloved to himself and, with that revelation, to make freedom real.
-Baldwin
-Baldwin
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1) We’ve written an article about the DecodeME results: what the study measured, what the results show, and why its findings are important.
October 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
1) We’ve written an article about the DecodeME results: what the study measured, what the results show, and why its findings are important.
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Today, #ForeverCanadian brought 230,000 petition signatures to Edmonton. Our volunteers will continue collecting signatures until October 28. We need your signature to reach our 300,000 requirement to keep Alberta in Canada.
#ableg #Yeg #Yyc #CdnPoli
#ableg #Yeg #Yyc #CdnPoli
October 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Today, #ForeverCanadian brought 230,000 petition signatures to Edmonton. Our volunteers will continue collecting signatures until October 28. We need your signature to reach our 300,000 requirement to keep Alberta in Canada.
#ableg #Yeg #Yyc #CdnPoli
#ableg #Yeg #Yyc #CdnPoli
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Stellar new work from @grachstephanie.bsky.social, @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social, @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social's Bell and Yellman & @raviganeshmd.bsky.social in the Elsevier text 'The Scientific Basis of Fatigue'! The book has chapters on #MECFS, COVID, Parkinson’s, stroke, and multiple sclerosis.
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Stellar new work from @grachstephanie.bsky.social, @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social, @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social's Bell and Yellman & @raviganeshmd.bsky.social in the Elsevier text 'The Scientific Basis of Fatigue'! The book has chapters on #MECFS, COVID, Parkinson’s, stroke, and multiple sclerosis.
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'The Scientific Basis of Fatigue' is comprehensive, delving into distinctions between physical vs mental fatigue, research on molecular and cellular aspects and models of fatigue, measuring fatigue, and diagnosis and treatment.
shop.elsevier.com/books/the-sc...
#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
shop.elsevier.com/books/the-sc...
#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
'The Scientific Basis of Fatigue' is comprehensive, delving into distinctions between physical vs mental fatigue, research on molecular and cellular aspects and models of fatigue, measuring fatigue, and diagnosis and treatment.
shop.elsevier.com/books/the-sc...
#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
shop.elsevier.com/books/the-sc...
#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis
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Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels | Pushpinder Khaneka
Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels | Pushpinder Khaneka
As I read 200 books from different regions, I gained a clarity news reports seldom give, says journalist and author Pushpinder Khaneka
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Air miles be damned. I say the best way to find out about the joy and complexity of our world is through novels | Pushpinder Khaneka