Aviva West
@hammock-district.bsky.social
Clinical research, art, anti-colonialism. Toronto-based
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From my boss at SickKids... Opinion: The truth of autism will continue to be found in science, not myth share.google/uc3yP454pnUw...
Opinion: The truth of autism will continue to be found in science, not myth
Research leaders from SickKids and Holland Bloorview challenge recent U.S. administration autism claims, reaffirming the need for evidence-based science over myth and misinformation.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From my boss at SickKids... Opinion: The truth of autism will continue to be found in science, not myth share.google/uc3yP454pnUw...
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In May 2022, an Israeli sniper shot and killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Last week, Israel targeted and killed five journalists in one attack. In between those dates, Israel became the largest killer of journalists in the world.
The world’s greatest killer of journalists
Israel is conducting a war against journalism. But journalists keep on documenting its crimes
continent.substack.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
In May 2022, an Israeli sniper shot and killed Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Last week, Israel targeted and killed five journalists in one attack. In between those dates, Israel became the largest killer of journalists in the world.
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Blueskyism is when you just want to be happy with your friends instead of debating nazis in Hell.
September 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Blueskyism is when you just want to be happy with your friends instead of debating nazis in Hell.
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We can choose to take care of each other, which means demanding proper funding and accountability in our health system.
Thanks for reading. Thanks especially to Rheanna's sister, Kassandra, for advocating in hopes others don't have to suffer as she has.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Thanks for reading. Thanks especially to Rheanna's sister, Kassandra, for advocating in hopes others don't have to suffer as she has.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her
When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We can choose to take care of each other, which means demanding proper funding and accountability in our health system.
Thanks for reading. Thanks especially to Rheanna's sister, Kassandra, for advocating in hopes others don't have to suffer as she has.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Thanks for reading. Thanks especially to Rheanna's sister, Kassandra, for advocating in hopes others don't have to suffer as she has.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor
August 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Are vaccines safe? Let's ask this guy who sounds like a dying refrigerator compressor
Congrats @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social it's fire
August 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Congrats @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social it's fire
My cat, for consideration. Princess Beatrice Dirty Snowball, aka Bebe. Born in 2007 in Hanoi, Vietnam and still terrorizing all who meet her in August 2025 in Toronto, Canada. Hobbies include barfing on the carpet, sleeping in the sun, catnip, horrible meows.
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My cat, for consideration. Princess Beatrice Dirty Snowball, aka Bebe. Born in 2007 in Hanoi, Vietnam and still terrorizing all who meet her in August 2025 in Toronto, Canada. Hobbies include barfing on the carpet, sleeping in the sun, catnip, horrible meows.
Today's haul from the local corporate behemoth, thanks to gift cards from holidays past
August 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Today's haul from the local corporate behemoth, thanks to gift cards from holidays past
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MAGA doesn't realize the world has moved on.
No matter how much they want to live in their romanticized reality of 1953, it'll never happen. Too many of us DEIs have education, money, & some power and influence now.
So, instead, they'll just burn the entire country down, including themselves.
No matter how much they want to live in their romanticized reality of 1953, it'll never happen. Too many of us DEIs have education, money, & some power and influence now.
So, instead, they'll just burn the entire country down, including themselves.
July 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
MAGA doesn't realize the world has moved on.
No matter how much they want to live in their romanticized reality of 1953, it'll never happen. Too many of us DEIs have education, money, & some power and influence now.
So, instead, they'll just burn the entire country down, including themselves.
No matter how much they want to live in their romanticized reality of 1953, it'll never happen. Too many of us DEIs have education, money, & some power and influence now.
So, instead, they'll just burn the entire country down, including themselves.
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No gods, no nepo babies
June 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
No gods, no nepo babies
In rural Ontario, Canada, there exists A Queer Camp that brings a diverse group of people together for a weekend of workshops, performances and community building. Happy Pride!
June 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
In rural Ontario, Canada, there exists A Queer Camp that brings a diverse group of people together for a weekend of workshops, performances and community building. Happy Pride!
Netanyahu talks about the Holocaust a lot for someone actively committing genocide in Gaza
June 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Netanyahu talks about the Holocaust a lot for someone actively committing genocide in Gaza
More disgusting behaviour from the pariah Zionist state.
🚨 Israel just struck Iran
June 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
More disgusting behaviour from the pariah Zionist state.
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Pride Month... what is beautiful, true, and strong.
June 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Pride Month... what is beautiful, true, and strong.
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I saw Rains Over Babel at Sundance and became obsessed. When I saw it was screening in South Florida and that director Gala del Sol was in town, I cold emailed her. We ended up chatting for an hour about the film, magical realism, religion, and way more. Hope y’all dig our talk, published at Into!
Rains Over Babel is a magical realist masterpiece - INTO
"People are consuming more content than food, like we’re stuck to our screens all day, so what am I consuming and what am I producing?"
www.intomore.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I saw Rains Over Babel at Sundance and became obsessed. When I saw it was screening in South Florida and that director Gala del Sol was in town, I cold emailed her. We ended up chatting for an hour about the film, magical realism, religion, and way more. Hope y’all dig our talk, published at Into!
Don't look away.
14,000 babies are at risk of dying in the next 48 hours in Gaza if aid doesn’t reach them, warns Tom Fletcher, the UN’s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs – a figure he called “utterly chilling.”
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x26ghx
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/x26ghx
May 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Don't look away.
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Trans people: somehow too fragile to serve in the military, yet too powerful to compete in sports. Fascism thrives on contradiction.
May 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Trans people: somehow too fragile to serve in the military, yet too powerful to compete in sports. Fascism thrives on contradiction.
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May 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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🖤 May Day means solidarity with ALL workers, including sex workers, incarcerated workers, undocumented workers, criminalized workers, and disabled workers.
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
May 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
🖤 May Day means solidarity with ALL workers, including sex workers, incarcerated workers, undocumented workers, criminalized workers, and disabled workers.
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
When we say “an injury to one is an injury to all,” we’d better fucking mean it. 🖤
How do I get Blue Sky to stop showing me furry anime in my feed? I keep clicking "show me less like this ☹️" to no avail
May 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
How do I get Blue Sky to stop showing me furry anime in my feed? I keep clicking "show me less like this ☹️" to no avail
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If you want to understand the rationale and cruelty behind Trump's anti immigrant policies, just read up on Stephen Miller. This is all his doing. Trump is golfing most of the time. Miller is an avowed white nationalist. He doesn't hide any of it. It's all there.
April 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you want to understand the rationale and cruelty behind Trump's anti immigrant policies, just read up on Stephen Miller. This is all his doing. Trump is golfing most of the time. Miller is an avowed white nationalist. He doesn't hide any of it. It's all there.
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HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST TELESCOPE EVER!! THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND ICONIC IMAGES OVER THE YEARS!!! 🌌🤩
April 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST TELESCOPE EVER!! THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SUCH BEAUTIFUL AND ICONIC IMAGES OVER THE YEARS!!! 🌌🤩
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A new evolving outrage…
Damaging of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network
Damaging of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
media.tenor.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A new evolving outrage…
Damaging of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network
Damaging of the NIH Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network