Meg
@elliomeg.bsky.social
Music is my first mood altering choice, gin is second. Paid to spreadsheet. Local government fan. Less LEGO-like IRL. JocoNaut. Settler 😷
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
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"By the way, these countries shouldn’t have abortion restrictions either. Having abortion laws does not make them more enlightened; it is Canada that has set the standard worldwide, because abortion is a human right."
Shouting this from the rooftops every dang day.
Shouting this from the rooftops every dang day.
Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Abortion Rights in Canada are Under Attack
Forced-birth groups are testing their strategy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"By the way, these countries shouldn’t have abortion restrictions either. Having abortion laws does not make them more enlightened; it is Canada that has set the standard worldwide, because abortion is a human right."
Shouting this from the rooftops every dang day.
Shouting this from the rooftops every dang day.
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This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social
This is how a health system burns to the ground
Dr. Paul Parks explains how Alberta's dual-billing plan would drain hospital staff and delay lifesaving care.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social
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We're getting so close! This thread and the link can help you decide if you want to participate (the answer is yes) It's an all skill levels, unthemed, relaxed, fun & easy to spend the dark days of winter.
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We're getting so close! This thread and the link can help you decide if you want to participate (the answer is yes) It's an all skill levels, unthemed, relaxed, fun & easy to spend the dark days of winter.
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Species-wide distributed memory system!
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Species-wide distributed memory system!
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Just heard about this huge (49 state) long covid trial using tirzepetide (aka zepbound) one of the newer glp meds. It’s run by researchers at scripps, funded by the eric & wendy schmidt foundation. It looks like it is still enrolling, fully remote participation:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just heard about this huge (49 state) long covid trial using tirzepetide (aka zepbound) one of the newer glp meds. It’s run by researchers at scripps, funded by the eric & wendy schmidt foundation. It looks like it is still enrolling, fully remote participation:
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
Things are kind of shit everywhere lately but tonight I am uplifted listening to the 600+ speakers who are calling on Vancouver Council to ditch their 0% property tax proposal in favour of tax increases to support the community and preserve services ❤️🥹
csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
csg001-harmony.sliq.net
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Things are kind of shit everywhere lately but tonight I am uplifted listening to the 600+ speakers who are calling on Vancouver Council to ditch their 0% property tax proposal in favour of tax increases to support the community and preserve services ❤️🥹
csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
csg001-harmony.sliq.net/00317/Harmon...
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Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Make the Goddamn meal and put it in your Free Fridge. Write the $100 check to the food bank. Ask your local school what they need for the kids and then go about trying to get that stuff.... Do these things regularly and you are making meaningful contributions to your communities.
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We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
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The reason we fight against fascism is because of love. Love for our friends and family. Our children deserve better than this. They deserve not to live in a place where they must fear getting shot. We love them. So we have to win. And in time, we will. The axe forgets but the tree remembers.
June 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The reason we fight against fascism is because of love. Love for our friends and family. Our children deserve better than this. They deserve not to live in a place where they must fear getting shot. We love them. So we have to win. And in time, we will. The axe forgets but the tree remembers.
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"It’s possible that being kind, while also making our parents afraid, is the best any child can do, given that a parent’s fears never truly dissipate; they merely evolve and transform over time." organizingmythoughts.org/remembering-...
June 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"It’s possible that being kind, while also making our parents afraid, is the best any child can do, given that a parent’s fears never truly dissipate; they merely evolve and transform over time." organizingmythoughts.org/remembering-...
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I really really needed to see that people hadn't given up and accepted this shit as inevitable, or (even worse) embraced it.
And today showed us that beautifully.
No one wanted in on his tank show, but people WERE HUNGRY to tell him to go fuck himself.
And today showed us that beautifully.
No one wanted in on his tank show, but people WERE HUNGRY to tell him to go fuck himself.
June 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I really really needed to see that people hadn't given up and accepted this shit as inevitable, or (even worse) embraced it.
And today showed us that beautifully.
No one wanted in on his tank show, but people WERE HUNGRY to tell him to go fuck himself.
And today showed us that beautifully.
No one wanted in on his tank show, but people WERE HUNGRY to tell him to go fuck himself.
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I go to bed tonight proud to know how many people are willing to stand up for what’s right — and how few are willing to rally for his hate.
Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
June 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I go to bed tonight proud to know how many people are willing to stand up for what’s right — and how few are willing to rally for his hate.
Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
Night, all, and let us try to be good to one another — and ourselves.
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Love this!! I often do bail/jail support or am the emergency contact (best to have this person not protesting). I design/make signs that people can stop by and pick up since I have a bunch of materials. I try to gather and post local action items. We can and should be part of the movement!
Here are some tips for ways to “show up” when you aren’t able to show up in person, as well as suggestions for all of us for building more inclusive movements for social justice and human rights.
How to Protest If You're Disabled And Can't Show Up at Rallies
Tips and tricks to help you resist.
www.teenvogue.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Love this!! I often do bail/jail support or am the emergency contact (best to have this person not protesting). I design/make signs that people can stop by and pick up since I have a bunch of materials. I try to gather and post local action items. We can and should be part of the movement!
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Tip I learned years ago from a longtime organizer who is also an attorney:
If you are not sure if a person approaching you is a cop, and you do not feel safe, drive to the nearest *fire department* and call 911 and tell them (don't ask) that you're stopping for the cop at a FD.
Here's why.
If you are not sure if a person approaching you is a cop, and you do not feel safe, drive to the nearest *fire department* and call 911 and tell them (don't ask) that you're stopping for the cop at a FD.
Here's why.
June 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tip I learned years ago from a longtime organizer who is also an attorney:
If you are not sure if a person approaching you is a cop, and you do not feel safe, drive to the nearest *fire department* and call 911 and tell them (don't ask) that you're stopping for the cop at a FD.
Here's why.
If you are not sure if a person approaching you is a cop, and you do not feel safe, drive to the nearest *fire department* and call 911 and tell them (don't ask) that you're stopping for the cop at a FD.
Here's why.
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1. Fire departments often have cameras and are really bad places to commit violent crimes.
2. Fire departments are safer than police stations for marginalized people. They also have people trained in first aid.
3. It's hard to prove fleeing/eluding at trial when you drove to a fire department.
2. Fire departments are safer than police stations for marginalized people. They also have people trained in first aid.
3. It's hard to prove fleeing/eluding at trial when you drove to a fire department.
June 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. Fire departments often have cameras and are really bad places to commit violent crimes.
2. Fire departments are safer than police stations for marginalized people. They also have people trained in first aid.
3. It's hard to prove fleeing/eluding at trial when you drove to a fire department.
2. Fire departments are safer than police stations for marginalized people. They also have people trained in first aid.
3. It's hard to prove fleeing/eluding at trial when you drove to a fire department.
June 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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This is going to sound incredibly earnest and preachy but fuck it.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
May 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is going to sound incredibly earnest and preachy but fuck it.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
Support creative people. Buy their stuff. Share it on here. Music, art, words, whatever. Things made by humans for humans.
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also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
May 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes
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No food, aid, or fuel have entered Gaza since March 2.
Community kitchens have closed. Children are sick, thirsty, and starving.
Now Netanyahu’s government wants to occupy Gaza and shut down the existing aid distribution system run by the UN and its humanitarian partners.
Arms embargo now.
Community kitchens have closed. Children are sick, thirsty, and starving.
Now Netanyahu’s government wants to occupy Gaza and shut down the existing aid distribution system run by the UN and its humanitarian partners.
Arms embargo now.
May 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
No food, aid, or fuel have entered Gaza since March 2.
Community kitchens have closed. Children are sick, thirsty, and starving.
Now Netanyahu’s government wants to occupy Gaza and shut down the existing aid distribution system run by the UN and its humanitarian partners.
Arms embargo now.
Community kitchens have closed. Children are sick, thirsty, and starving.
Now Netanyahu’s government wants to occupy Gaza and shut down the existing aid distribution system run by the UN and its humanitarian partners.
Arms embargo now.
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May 5th, is a National Day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People.
Indigenous women and girls make up less than 5% of the Canadian population but represent approx. 24% of all homicide victims.
Indigenous women and girls make up less than 5% of the Canadian population but represent approx. 24% of all homicide victims.
May 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
May 5th, is a National Day of remembrance and activism honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People.
Indigenous women and girls make up less than 5% of the Canadian population but represent approx. 24% of all homicide victims.
Indigenous women and girls make up less than 5% of the Canadian population but represent approx. 24% of all homicide victims.
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A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
Looking forward to working with Bruce Fanjoy, eh Mr Carney? Nice subtle little snark there
April 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Looking forward to working with Bruce Fanjoy, eh Mr Carney? Nice subtle little snark there
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Interesting thoughts on voting
www.antihate.ca/voting_when_...
www.antihate.ca/voting_when_...
Voting When Everything Feels Terrible and No One is Coming to Save Us
Election Day will be here before we know it and while many people know how they’re voting, many others are disillusioned with the system and considering abstaining altogether. Here, the Canadian Anti-...
www.antihate.ca
April 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Interesting thoughts on voting
www.antihate.ca/voting_when_...
www.antihate.ca/voting_when_...