Nikkie Gallant
@nikkiegallant.bsky.social
Singer/Songwriter, potter, & a whole bunch of other things. She/her/they/them
#PwLC #PwME Long Covid
🎶📖✍️🎤🎸🍶🏳️🌈🖼️💃🎛️ 🥄♾️
mstdn ca & insta nikkiegallant, twitter nikkie_music
https://linktr.ee/nikkie
Prince Edward Island, Canada
#PwLC #PwME Long Covid
🎶📖✍️🎤🎸🍶🏳️🌈🖼️💃🎛️ 🥄♾️
mstdn ca & insta nikkiegallant, twitter nikkie_music
https://linktr.ee/nikkie
Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Do we do intro tweets here?
Wait, what do we call them here?!
Do I say stuff so the algo knows what I dig?
Long covid/ME research and patient community, music/songwriting, museums, neurodivergent stuff, psychology stuff, 🌈 stuff, writing/art/creativity/pottery/etc., and kissing.
👋 Hi
Wait, what do we call them here?!
Do I say stuff so the algo knows what I dig?
Long covid/ME research and patient community, music/songwriting, museums, neurodivergent stuff, psychology stuff, 🌈 stuff, writing/art/creativity/pottery/etc., and kissing.
👋 Hi
Happy Halloween
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November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Happy Halloween
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Thank you to @longcovidweb.bsky.social and @memorialu.bsky.social for including me in the 3rd Canadian Long Covid Symposium in St. John’s, NL 🫶
I made the link to my speech public after the conference ended. It’s here if anyone wants to check it out:
youtu.be/Gv-nTCTR2Yo?...
I made the link to my speech public after the conference ended. It’s here if anyone wants to check it out:
youtu.be/Gv-nTCTR2Yo?...
Long Covid patient lived experience - 3rd Canadian Long Covid Symposium
YouTube video by Nikkie Gallant
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Thank you to @longcovidweb.bsky.social and @memorialu.bsky.social for including me in the 3rd Canadian Long Covid Symposium in St. John’s, NL 🫶
I made the link to my speech public after the conference ended. It’s here if anyone wants to check it out:
youtu.be/Gv-nTCTR2Yo?...
I made the link to my speech public after the conference ended. It’s here if anyone wants to check it out:
youtu.be/Gv-nTCTR2Yo?...
“Hope is not a balm for the reality of pain, it is a witness to it.”
Hear, hear. 🙌
The hope never leaves. And, it’s not a cure. It’s there whether you’re improving, declining, or staying at the same baseline.
Hear, hear. 🙌
The hope never leaves. And, it’s not a cure. It’s there whether you’re improving, declining, or staying at the same baseline.
I’ve grown so weary of healthy people reminding sick people to have hope. How do they think we’ve survived it all, many of us alone? We are already far more resilient than they can understand. Hope is not a balm for the reality of pain, it is a witness to it. #pwME #LongCovid #chronicillness #MECFS
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
“Hope is not a balm for the reality of pain, it is a witness to it.”
Hear, hear. 🙌
The hope never leaves. And, it’s not a cure. It’s there whether you’re improving, declining, or staying at the same baseline.
Hear, hear. 🙌
The hope never leaves. And, it’s not a cure. It’s there whether you’re improving, declining, or staying at the same baseline.
the liminal-space-ness of being in between song obsessions
September 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
the liminal-space-ness of being in between song obsessions
I’m playing a show tomorrow: The Craft of Song. With my pal Mike Dixon. At the North Bedeque Lil Red Schoolhouse hall. Part of their Love Local Live series. 3 pm. Masks welcome. Admission by donation.
Hashtag It’s going to be fun
Hashtag It’s going to be fun
July 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’m playing a show tomorrow: The Craft of Song. With my pal Mike Dixon. At the North Bedeque Lil Red Schoolhouse hall. Part of their Love Local Live series. 3 pm. Masks welcome. Admission by donation.
Hashtag It’s going to be fun
Hashtag It’s going to be fun
Reposted by Nikkie Gallant
A lot of people think the world can be made better by identifying the bad people and making them suffer in exactly the ways that we suffer. I understand that urge. It may bring some kind of catharsis. But we all need to understand that it doesn't actually *solve* anything.
June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A lot of people think the world can be made better by identifying the bad people and making them suffer in exactly the ways that we suffer. I understand that urge. It may bring some kind of catharsis. But we all need to understand that it doesn't actually *solve* anything.
Do any of y’all get the feeling like your brain (or something) is literally swelling when you think? It’s like, a pressure. I get it more on the bad days, or when I’m crashing.
No idea what the mechanism is. Blood flow? 🤷🏻♀️
#LongCovid #MECFS
No idea what the mechanism is. Blood flow? 🤷🏻♀️
#LongCovid #MECFS
June 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Do any of y’all get the feeling like your brain (or something) is literally swelling when you think? It’s like, a pressure. I get it more on the bad days, or when I’m crashing.
No idea what the mechanism is. Blood flow? 🤷🏻♀️
#LongCovid #MECFS
No idea what the mechanism is. Blood flow? 🤷🏻♀️
#LongCovid #MECFS
The benefits of UBI are so clear, the only people who could be against it are those whose earnings rely on a segment of the population being so desperate that their labour can be more easily exploited, and those who profiteer off of poverty in various other ways.
The cost of poverty in Canada is $80 billion. The cost to implement a liveable guaranteed basic income $3 billion. #UBI #Canada
This is ✨Senator Kim Pate✨
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
Canada's champion for Basic Income in Parliament
She just gave one of the most iconic speeches ever
- it's cheaper than poverty
- encourages work and entrepreneurs
- cuts crime and helps victims of abuse
We break it down🧵
June 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The benefits of UBI are so clear, the only people who could be against it are those whose earnings rely on a segment of the population being so desperate that their labour can be more easily exploited, and those who profiteer off of poverty in various other ways.
Please look at this amazing victory. We need more of this energy 🙌
"Tenants in Kansas City are declaring victory after eight months on rent strike—the longest such action in the city’s history...an outcome that lends momentum to efforts to adapt labor union strategies for housing fights."
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
inthesetimes.com/article/rent...
Striking Tenants Withhold Rent for 247 Days and Win
A victory in Kansas City suggests that the tactics of organized labor can work for tenants.
inthesetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Please look at this amazing victory. We need more of this energy 🙌
I’m so appreciative to the folks at CBC for helping to spread the word about what Covid has been doing to folks.
Hot tip: it’s still out there.
Be safe, gang. 💘
#LongCovid #ME/CFS
Hot tip: it’s still out there.
Be safe, gang. 💘
#LongCovid #ME/CFS
Just over 2 years ago, @nikkiegallant.bsky.social never would have imagined that simply sitting up in bed would be an exhausting task for her.
That's been the #PEI musician's reality since the fall of 2022, when she was diagnosed with post-COVID condition, more commonly known as #longCOVID.
That's been the #PEI musician's reality since the fall of 2022, when she was diagnosed with post-COVID condition, more commonly known as #longCOVID.
The pandemic didn't end for this P.E.I. woman, who wants more support for those with long COVID | CBC News
While thoughts of the COVID-19 pandemic are in the rearview mirror for most Prince Edward Islanders, they're still a part of daily life for people like Summerside's Nikkie Gallant.
www.cbc.ca
March 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I’m so appreciative to the folks at CBC for helping to spread the word about what Covid has been doing to folks.
Hot tip: it’s still out there.
Be safe, gang. 💘
#LongCovid #ME/CFS
Hot tip: it’s still out there.
Be safe, gang. 💘
#LongCovid #ME/CFS
Ok, it's tonight!
On Compass at 6 pm. You can watch it on the tv or on CBC Gem.
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On Compass at 6 pm. You can watch it on the tv or on CBC Gem.
📺
Hiya gang,
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
March 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ok, it's tonight!
On Compass at 6 pm. You can watch it on the tv or on CBC Gem.
📺
On Compass at 6 pm. You can watch it on the tv or on CBC Gem.
📺
Update! It won’t be tonight.
It’ll be tomorrow or Monday. I’ll keep y’all posted.
It’ll be tomorrow or Monday. I’ll keep y’all posted.
Hiya gang,
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
March 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Update! It won’t be tonight.
It’ll be tomorrow or Monday. I’ll keep y’all posted.
It’ll be tomorrow or Monday. I’ll keep y’all posted.
Hiya gang,
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
March 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hiya gang,
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
I’m going to be on CBC PEI’s Compass tonight talking about some of my experiences dealing with Long Covid. Show is at 6 pm.
(You can watch for free, live, on CBC Gem, FYI)
#LongCovid #ME/CFS #etc.
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If Canada wants to lean all in on their Made in Canada bullshit they should bring back CBC Radio 3
March 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Just some general information we will hopefully never need…
My dad was tortured by the Gestapo for 4 days and thrown in a concentration camp for being in the Norwegian Resistance. Growing up, he would tell me things he learned in the Resistance. I thought, I'm never going to need this stuff. Here's some of those things #Thread
January 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just some general information we will hopefully never need…
FOR PEI PALS:
PEI Fight for Affordable Housing is putting on some tenant consultation sessions across the island
Housing’s been in a state of chaos for a while now. There’re many issues around this (it affects us all, tenant or not)
Consider coming out to an upcoming session:
PEI Fight for Affordable Housing is putting on some tenant consultation sessions across the island
Housing’s been in a state of chaos for a while now. There’re many issues around this (it affects us all, tenant or not)
Consider coming out to an upcoming session:
January 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
FOR PEI PALS:
PEI Fight for Affordable Housing is putting on some tenant consultation sessions across the island
Housing’s been in a state of chaos for a while now. There’re many issues around this (it affects us all, tenant or not)
Consider coming out to an upcoming session:
PEI Fight for Affordable Housing is putting on some tenant consultation sessions across the island
Housing’s been in a state of chaos for a while now. There’re many issues around this (it affects us all, tenant or not)
Consider coming out to an upcoming session:
Ok, I need to know which feed to pin about music and songwriting and getting inspired by talking with others who do those things.
I’ve pinned “songwriting” already, but are there more? Is there a hashtag that works nicely over here? #songwriting #musician #music #musicsky What works?
I’ve pinned “songwriting” already, but are there more? Is there a hashtag that works nicely over here? #songwriting #musician #music #musicsky What works?
December 31, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Ok, I need to know which feed to pin about music and songwriting and getting inspired by talking with others who do those things.
I’ve pinned “songwriting” already, but are there more? Is there a hashtag that works nicely over here? #songwriting #musician #music #musicsky What works?
I’ve pinned “songwriting” already, but are there more? Is there a hashtag that works nicely over here? #songwriting #musician #music #musicsky What works?
Question for Long Covid and/or ME/CFS folks:
Can anyone tell me why it helps to stay in bed for a bit after waking? I know it helps, I feel it in my body, and my hrv numbers improve, but I don’t know.. scientifically why. Any theories?
I’ve been calling it cocooning… 🦋
#MECFS
Can anyone tell me why it helps to stay in bed for a bit after waking? I know it helps, I feel it in my body, and my hrv numbers improve, but I don’t know.. scientifically why. Any theories?
I’ve been calling it cocooning… 🦋
#MECFS
November 24, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Question for Long Covid and/or ME/CFS folks:
Can anyone tell me why it helps to stay in bed for a bit after waking? I know it helps, I feel it in my body, and my hrv numbers improve, but I don’t know.. scientifically why. Any theories?
I’ve been calling it cocooning… 🦋
#MECFS
Can anyone tell me why it helps to stay in bed for a bit after waking? I know it helps, I feel it in my body, and my hrv numbers improve, but I don’t know.. scientifically why. Any theories?
I’ve been calling it cocooning… 🦋
#MECFS
imagine calling galen weston woke
November 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
imagine calling galen weston woke
So, are we importing any terminology from Threads?
Like calling the “dejuvinated” bird app, The Bad Place?
Like calling the “dejuvinated” bird app, The Bad Place?
November 21, 2024 at 2:35 PM
So, are we importing any terminology from Threads?
Like calling the “dejuvinated” bird app, The Bad Place?
Like calling the “dejuvinated” bird app, The Bad Place?
Some good starter packs shared in here:
Hey new arrivals, if you're wondering where to start in terms of following people, just go onto the post below, and you can follow a really good collection of covid conscious people. ❤️👇
I've made a Covid conscious starter pack called "Salting the Vibes" - voices on advocacy and/or science 🧬
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
go.bsky.app/5871Mhv
November 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Some good starter packs shared in here:
Reposted by Nikkie Gallant
Hey everyone! Okay! we're growing steadily, small but mighty, as we generally do. I have noted that the list is being a little touchy and sometimes I have to re-add folks - if you wanted to join but aren't showing, just let me know, I can fix it fast - yay tech hiccups! #pei go.bsky.app/2Uvx4Ym
November 13, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Hey everyone! Okay! we're growing steadily, small but mighty, as we generally do. I have noted that the list is being a little touchy and sometimes I have to re-add folks - if you wanted to join but aren't showing, just let me know, I can fix it fast - yay tech hiccups! #pei go.bsky.app/2Uvx4Ym
Reposted by Nikkie Gallant
If you are ME/CFS community, please find useful information in below posts 💙❤️🫂
October 17, 2024 at 8:52 PM
If you are ME/CFS community, please find useful information in below posts 💙❤️🫂
Ok, quick question
I don’t see a way to save a link to a post. Is there a way to do this?
I usually save a lot of resources that way. I often come back to them to share info with others.
I can save the text of a post, but when I paste it, it doesn’t pull who posted it or anything…
I don’t see a way to save a link to a post. Is there a way to do this?
I usually save a lot of resources that way. I often come back to them to share info with others.
I can save the text of a post, but when I paste it, it doesn’t pull who posted it or anything…
October 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Ok, quick question
I don’t see a way to save a link to a post. Is there a way to do this?
I usually save a lot of resources that way. I often come back to them to share info with others.
I can save the text of a post, but when I paste it, it doesn’t pull who posted it or anything…
I don’t see a way to save a link to a post. Is there a way to do this?
I usually save a lot of resources that way. I often come back to them to share info with others.
I can save the text of a post, but when I paste it, it doesn’t pull who posted it or anything…