Teresa (she/her)
@termcqui.bsky.social
Fierce mama. Down syndrome & disability advocate. RN. 🇨🇦 Waterloo region 🚲.
Free 🍉
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Obit from @thesicktimes.org by Alice’s friend @mileswgriffis.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
Alice Wong, disability activist and luminary, dies at 51 - The Sick Times
Alice Wong platformed and uplifted people with Long COVID in her final chapter as a lifelong disability advocate and storyteller.
thesicktimes.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Obit from @thesicktimes.org by Alice’s friend @mileswgriffis.bsky.social thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...
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Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero
I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.
I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.
journals.lww.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of 3-Year-Old Children Exposed to Maternal Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection in Utero
I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.
I hate to say “I told you so…” but nevertheless: I told you so.
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Checks out.
🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
globalnews.ca
October 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Checks out.
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Even if tons of food goes in, a lot of people are still going to die.
Once malnutrition and famine conditions set in, the body adapts to consuming its own muscles and fat.
If you give carbs too quickly, insulin gets secreted, crazy electrolyte shifts happen, and hearts just stop.
Once malnutrition and famine conditions set in, the body adapts to consuming its own muscles and fat.
If you give carbs too quickly, insulin gets secreted, crazy electrolyte shifts happen, and hearts just stop.
July 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Even if tons of food goes in, a lot of people are still going to die.
Once malnutrition and famine conditions set in, the body adapts to consuming its own muscles and fat.
If you give carbs too quickly, insulin gets secreted, crazy electrolyte shifts happen, and hearts just stop.
Once malnutrition and famine conditions set in, the body adapts to consuming its own muscles and fat.
If you give carbs too quickly, insulin gets secreted, crazy electrolyte shifts happen, and hearts just stop.
KW locals - anyone know what the new condo/apartment building they’re constructing in front of Grand River Hospital on King is going to be called? Will it be rentals or units for purchase? Or know where I can get info on it? (Google isn’t working for me…)
June 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
KW locals - anyone know what the new condo/apartment building they’re constructing in front of Grand River Hospital on King is going to be called? Will it be rentals or units for purchase? Or know where I can get info on it? (Google isn’t working for me…)
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In our family, we're playing the long game and avoiding the virus. It's called adaptation.
Which headline have you seen repeatedly?
1) "Virus that we thought was no big deal turns out to cause long-term health problems"
2) "Virus we thought caused long-term health problems turns out to be no big deal"
1) "Virus that we thought was no big deal turns out to cause long-term health problems"
2) "Virus we thought caused long-term health problems turns out to be no big deal"
June 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In our family, we're playing the long game and avoiding the virus. It's called adaptation.
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AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
AOC: When they say illegal vs legal immigration—they are trying to end legal status in the US making people undocumented and then they have the audacity to call them illegal when they were here documented.
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The Nazis targeted disabled people first. They knew no one would speak up for us
They tested the gas chambers on us
Ableism and eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy
Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice. Help us resist.
They tested the gas chambers on us
Ableism and eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy
Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice. Help us resist.
June 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The Nazis targeted disabled people first. They knew no one would speak up for us
They tested the gas chambers on us
Ableism and eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy
Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice. Help us resist.
They tested the gas chambers on us
Ableism and eugenics feed right into fascism and white supremacy
Now more than ever we need folks to engage with disabled activists. Learn about disability justice. Help us resist.
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Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen.
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen.
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.
Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??
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Guys wear your good masks outside I’m serious
June 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Guys wear your good masks outside I’m serious
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Folks don’t sleep on this
The CMOH implying this baby only dies of measles bc they were premature and had other health conditions is unabashed ableism
Justifying the death of a disabled child is as low as it gets
People with healthy children: I promise you it doesn’t stop here
The CMOH implying this baby only dies of measles bc they were premature and had other health conditions is unabashed ableism
Justifying the death of a disabled child is as low as it gets
People with healthy children: I promise you it doesn’t stop here
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Folks don’t sleep on this
The CMOH implying this baby only dies of measles bc they were premature and had other health conditions is unabashed ableism
Justifying the death of a disabled child is as low as it gets
People with healthy children: I promise you it doesn’t stop here
The CMOH implying this baby only dies of measles bc they were premature and had other health conditions is unabashed ableism
Justifying the death of a disabled child is as low as it gets
People with healthy children: I promise you it doesn’t stop here
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When we know that vax + mask + clean air = trifecta vs airborne diseases, but don’t implement these measures, the potentially life altering impacts on children getting preventable illnesses are entirely our fault.
We KNOW how to keep kids safe and we’re NOT doing it. Inexcusable. Criminal.
We KNOW how to keep kids safe and we’re NOT doing it. Inexcusable. Criminal.
4 schools flagged for possible #measles exposure in Waterloo region as cases rise #Waterloo #Ontario
‘We're seeing cases throughout the region and not just in isolated geographical areas,' says public health
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘We're seeing cases throughout the region and not just in isolated geographical areas,' says public health
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
4 schools flagged for possible measles exposure in Waterloo region as cases rise | CBC News
Waterloo region now has a combined 100 measles cases, 78 of which are confirmed and 22 which are probable. This number is part of the overall count since the outbreak in October last year. In Waterloo...
www.cbc.ca
May 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
When we know that vax + mask + clean air = trifecta vs airborne diseases, but don’t implement these measures, the potentially life altering impacts on children getting preventable illnesses are entirely our fault.
We KNOW how to keep kids safe and we’re NOT doing it. Inexcusable. Criminal.
We KNOW how to keep kids safe and we’re NOT doing it. Inexcusable. Criminal.
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Every 60 hours, in Ontario, of every week a child connected to the system meant to protect them dies.
Sit with that for a minute.
It’s a record high.
It’s a scandal. It’s terrifying.
Fundamental change is needed now.
globalnews.ca/news/1119062...
Sit with that for a minute.
It’s a record high.
It’s a scandal. It’s terrifying.
Fundamental change is needed now.
globalnews.ca/news/1119062...
Number of kids who died under Ontario’s care network reaches new high | Globalnews.ca
Internal government data tracks the number of children who died in care, with an open social work file or a case that had closed within a single year.
globalnews.ca
May 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Every 60 hours, in Ontario, of every week a child connected to the system meant to protect them dies.
Sit with that for a minute.
It’s a record high.
It’s a scandal. It’s terrifying.
Fundamental change is needed now.
globalnews.ca/news/1119062...
Sit with that for a minute.
It’s a record high.
It’s a scandal. It’s terrifying.
Fundamental change is needed now.
globalnews.ca/news/1119062...
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After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)
May 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)
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For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
bit.ly
April 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare.
Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.
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Vote accordingly, Canada.
Don't vote for the party that has 25-33% of its base who are Trump supporters (like my neighbour across the street 🤯).
Please vote for sovereignty protection, humanity, competence over rage, division & bluster.
Please!!!!!!!
Go vote!
Don't vote for the party that has 25-33% of its base who are Trump supporters (like my neighbour across the street 🤯).
Please vote for sovereignty protection, humanity, competence over rage, division & bluster.
Please!!!!!!!
Go vote!
You have to wonder what Mark Carney's other two wishes were after rubbing that bottle
April 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Vote accordingly, Canada.
Don't vote for the party that has 25-33% of its base who are Trump supporters (like my neighbour across the street 🤯).
Please vote for sovereignty protection, humanity, competence over rage, division & bluster.
Please!!!!!!!
Go vote!
Don't vote for the party that has 25-33% of its base who are Trump supporters (like my neighbour across the street 🤯).
Please vote for sovereignty protection, humanity, competence over rage, division & bluster.
Please!!!!!!!
Go vote!
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Couldn't agree more with this slide from @tritag.ca shared in a recent delegation to #WRcouncil in support of GRT's proposed business plan. pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
April 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Couldn't agree more with this slide from @tritag.ca shared in a recent delegation to #WRcouncil in support of GRT's proposed business plan. pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
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23% of Manitobans with positive COVID PCR tests from 2020-2021 have Post-Covid Condition aka Long COVID.
1 in 4. That's a massive proportion of infected.
COVID IS and continues to be a mass-disabling event that has sacrificed people over capitalism.
1 in 4. That's a massive proportion of infected.
COVID IS and continues to be a mass-disabling event that has sacrificed people over capitalism.
A new Manitoba-specific study using whole-population health data looked at 66,365 Manitobans with positive Covid tests (PCR) between 2020-21 and found that 23.3% had Long Covid.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/1...
April 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
23% of Manitobans with positive COVID PCR tests from 2020-2021 have Post-Covid Condition aka Long COVID.
1 in 4. That's a massive proportion of infected.
COVID IS and continues to be a mass-disabling event that has sacrificed people over capitalism.
1 in 4. That's a massive proportion of infected.
COVID IS and continues to be a mass-disabling event that has sacrificed people over capitalism.
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Appalling dehumanization+ cruelty. He's simply not fit to be PM. We need electorate to NOT reward such repugnant attitudes.
BTW: anyone is at risk of becoming homeless: lost job, disability/illness/injury/death of breadwinner, family breakup or violence, trauma, oppression can all cause cascade./1
BTW: anyone is at risk of becoming homeless: lost job, disability/illness/injury/death of breadwinner, family breakup or violence, trauma, oppression can all cause cascade./1
Poilievre's actual announcement today:
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
he'd amend the Criminal Code to give police power to charge people for living in a homeless encampment or a tent city
He said these are places where "half-dead, contorted bodies lie on the ground on the verge of overdose from fentanyl"
Compassionate!! /s
Watching Pierre Poilievre’s press conference in Hamilton right now, and his speech has devoted extended amounts of time to repeating two debunked claims:
1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)
1) that the Liberal platform was written for Trudeau (it wasn’t, Janyce McGregor already fact checked this)
April 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Appalling dehumanization+ cruelty. He's simply not fit to be PM. We need electorate to NOT reward such repugnant attitudes.
BTW: anyone is at risk of becoming homeless: lost job, disability/illness/injury/death of breadwinner, family breakup or violence, trauma, oppression can all cause cascade./1
BTW: anyone is at risk of becoming homeless: lost job, disability/illness/injury/death of breadwinner, family breakup or violence, trauma, oppression can all cause cascade./1
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"What we heard over and over again from parents, teachers, principals, unions is that there aren't enough supports…”
This is an outrageous human rights violation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/kid...
This is an outrageous human rights violation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/kid...
Kids held on the ground by staff. Others sent home. Ontario students with disabilities are in crisis, report finds
A report by Community Living Ontario shines a light on the use of secluding, restraining and excluding students.
www.thestar.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"What we heard over and over again from parents, teachers, principals, unions is that there aren't enough supports…”
This is an outrageous human rights violation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/kid...
This is an outrageous human rights violation
www.thestar.com/news/gta/kid...
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Another reminder:
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
December 10, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Another reminder:
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.
Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.
Respirators work better than masks.
Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
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You can't say you don't know. Heed the warnings!!
Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
1) Decrease role of govt (ie cut social services, decrease health & safety checks)
2)Assaulting freedom (attacks on LGBTQ+ ppl, human rights, ⬆️censorship)/1
Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
1) Decrease role of govt (ie cut social services, decrease health & safety checks)
2)Assaulting freedom (attacks on LGBTQ+ ppl, human rights, ⬆️censorship)/1
Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump | The Tyee
Taken together they would radically change Canada to reflect what’s being imposed in the US.
thetyee.ca
April 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You can't say you don't know. Heed the warnings!!
Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
1) Decrease role of govt (ie cut social services, decrease health & safety checks)
2)Assaulting freedom (attacks on LGBTQ+ ppl, human rights, ⬆️censorship)/1
Six Policy Areas Where Poilievre Mirrors Trump via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
1) Decrease role of govt (ie cut social services, decrease health & safety checks)
2)Assaulting freedom (attacks on LGBTQ+ ppl, human rights, ⬆️censorship)/1
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Measles case has been confirmed at Three Bridges school.
Waterloo Region Residents who think they may have been exposed should call 519-575-4400.
An updated list of potential public exposure locations is here: regionofwaterloo.ca/measles www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-an...?
Waterloo Region Residents who think they may have been exposed should call 519-575-4400.
An updated list of potential public exposure locations is here: regionofwaterloo.ca/measles www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-an...?
Measles
Measles is a highly contagious disease and is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths in children worldwide.
The measles vaccine is required in Ontario.
regionofwaterloo.ca
April 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Measles case has been confirmed at Three Bridges school.
Waterloo Region Residents who think they may have been exposed should call 519-575-4400.
An updated list of potential public exposure locations is here: regionofwaterloo.ca/measles www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-an...?
Waterloo Region Residents who think they may have been exposed should call 519-575-4400.
An updated list of potential public exposure locations is here: regionofwaterloo.ca/measles www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/health-an...?
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Here in Ontario, Doug Ford gave us a handy map so we can always find the booze closest to us.
What Wab Kinew sorcery is this?
**stares blankly in Albertan**😶
**stares blankly in Albertan**😶
April 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Here in Ontario, Doug Ford gave us a handy map so we can always find the booze closest to us.