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“Prison is a notoriously bad place for anyone with chronic illness because of the difficult living conditions and inadequate medical care. There are no reliable data on how many people in prison across the country have Long COVID” thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...

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I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. - The Sick Times

While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...

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Harriet Carroll: Long Covid Scientific Consultancy @angryhacademic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

University of Aberdeen awarded £2.4 million to lead national trial for endometriosis treatment www.abdn.ac.uk/news/26202/ Oh good £2.4 million so gaslighting & not treating endometriosis patients can be evidence based.

The 12‑week programme has been designed specifically for endometriosis symptoms and includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)‑informed psychotherapy, specialist physiotherapy, guidance on relationships, intimacy, communication, and self‑compassion and medication optimisation to reduce side effects.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is very much what our current cadre of rebellious middle-schoolers in government positions wanted: to obviate the role of public health specifically and scientific expertise in general Everything that isn't gender is COVID.

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sarah boothby @swastrosarah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I support this campaign because nobody knows when hospital treatment may be needed, and nobody should be afraid to seek medical attention simply because NICE guidance is unclear and clinics do not understand how to manage risk. @england.nhs.uk refused to adopt the rduh clinical guidance x3 2022-2024

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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We may or may not be headed into a massive job crisis due to AI but please do not promote any articles on this (or any other subject!) that use McKinsey Consulting as their primary source. They make Satan’s spin doctors look like cuddly do-gooders.

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Cate @midcatecrisis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ugh, washing machine exploded gunk and water all over the floor sometime since this afternoon while it was not running (ran last night). Ughhhhhhhhhhhh

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The pandemic should have led to clean indoor air, treatments for long covid and related illnesses, next gen vaccines, normalization of masking, mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare, sick leave, and a paradigm shift around what infections do to people

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

sorry netflix is doing a *straight* hockey romance to get on the heated rivarly train? there's like 4 seconds of actual hockey in that show lmao

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Cate @midcatecrisis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Keep remembering this time I was at an outdoor formal event, and in order to entertain the kids the man my mother was seeing found some water guns in the garage and started filling them up for the (hot and bored) kids. So far so good.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

March 2024, MPR: 'Anne Ursu’s new middle-grade novel tackles chronic fatigue and COVID' '...there's a thing called post-exertional malaise, which means after you exert yourself, you will crash the next day. And that is unique to CFS and long COVID' www.mprnews.org/episode/2024...

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Anne Ursu’s new middle-grade novel tackles chronic fatigue and COVID

Minneapolis author reimagines “The Yellow Wallpaper” for middle-grade readers.

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Amber Ying 應緣 @amberying.com · 29/09/2026

maybe the problem with college campuses weren't all the safe spaces but the rape culture

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Cate @midcatecrisis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One thing I made a big point of when my kids were little was at parks or whatever if another kid wanted to talk to me I gave them my full attention and took them just as seriously as I took my own kids, even if it meant my kid had to wait a few minutes.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s not a story that anyone wants to hear but in February 2018 I caught a friend’s sore throat. While he recovered fully, I just kept declining, and by June I was 99% bedbound. Eight years later, that’s where I remain. We desperately need better defenses against all respiratory viruses.

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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is #MedicaidMonday and we are back with #FrailAndFurious campaign* updates. We have been busy and we want to make sure we share the wins along the way! Full details: www.meaction.net/post/making-... In the past weeks, MEAction advocates have been making real progress across the country.

Infographic showing ME/CFS and Long COVID medical frailty exemption progress in PA, NC, CA, WI, CO, Alaska, Nevada. White background with frail & Furious campaign and MEAction logos at top. Each update is listed in a text box. Outlines of states to the side.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Modeling studies estimate that more equitable global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines could have prevented approximately 1.3 million deaths by the end of 2021. Vaccine hoarding by wealthy countries was a big contributing factor. I do not know how equity became a bad word.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 28/09/2026

If I’m reading this correctly, Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford’s campaign is asking volunteers to give them full access to their contact lists on their *personal* cell phones? www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/i...

'You don't need to freak out about this'
Introducing Bradford's supporters to the app on the Zoom call, Punia instructed them to give the app permission to access all of their contacts.

"Do not give it partial contact ability, give it full. And what I want to say to you guys here is, you don't need to freak out about this," said Punia. He reassured them that only contacts they marked as known or potential Bradford supporters would be given to the campaign.

One attendee hesitated as she had over 2,400 contacts on her phone. She was instructed to give the app access to all of them and mark them one by one according to their level of support for Bradford.

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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Severe & Very Severe ME Research Registry has been created. It gives people with severe and very severe ME from Germany, Austria, & Switzerland the opportunity to participate in research through home visits severe-me-registry.de #SevereME #MEcfs #CFS #PwME #VerySevereME #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

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Severe & Very Severe ME Research Registry

Das Severe and Very Severe ME Research Registry verbindet ME Schwer- und Schwerstbetroffene mit biomedizinischer, häuslicher Forschung.

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Alyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you make participation in sexual acts the price for professional advancement that is BY DEFINITION not consent and among other things, I’m annoyed that actually ethical kinky people are going to be the babies thrown out with this particular bathwater

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Very concerned about this happening in the chronic illness community. So many formerly left-leaning people steeping in Elon’s algorithm and now can’t stop talking about how much they hate the left.

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Kevin Rupasinghe @kevinrupasinghe.ca · 27/09/2026

It's been a great weekend: we had our office opening fundraiser and were out canvassing across Birch Cliff. After a long day yesterday, it was great to cap things off with a beverage at Bodega by City Cottage.

Kevin and partner, Alex, both in white shirts, sitting at a picnic table on a patio with blue and green umbrellas, with drinks in front of them

Kevin and three volunteers, two women and one man, standing in front of the campaign office before a canvassing shift

Kevin in the back of of a group selfie by partner Alex in the foreground, and two women volunteers, out canvassing, standing by a park and playground.

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Was so great to be a part of @kevinrupasinghe.ca’s energetic campaign office opening and then go flyering after! One part that really stuck with me is that the balance of power at City Hall hinges on the inner suburbs of Toronto. If we want change city-wide, it starts in places like Scarborough!

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Cate @midcatecrisis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have been seeing “Choosin’ Texas” discourse and largely choosin’ to ignore it because I actually have no idea what anyone is talking about. Is it a Taylor Swift song? Are her new songs bad or something? I have seen some of that discourse too.

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Jeffrey Sens @jeffreysens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How do you get removed from a starter pack? Someone added me to something called Portland Resisters and I'm getting follows. Look, I hold in contempt the saneism that saturates your resist posts. In that, you and the Right share common ground. I see it enough without you. Also add alt text.

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Dr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"The Martins...use their fireplace almost every day during colder months. But that will have to end when the new duplex is built next door...because provincial rules stipulate that chimneys must be at least two feet above neighbouring structures." They use a fireplace in a downtown area? 😱

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no brain, only alison @alisonborealis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Albertans who don't want to separate from Canada HAVE to vote in the October referendum if we want any chance of being heard by the government. Abstaining or protesting by not voting send the message that you don't care and are ok with whatever happens. #ableg #abpoli youtube.com/shorts/PpMnF...

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Alberta’s separatist movement relies on falsehoods. #history #historyfacts #alberta #canada

YouTube video by Trevor's History Reels

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Rodney 🚧🚇 @chanface.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Trying to make a starter pack of Toronto 2026 Municipal Election candidates! Let me know the ones on bsky that I missed!

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Alt text: in front of what looks like the MN state capitol building (?) an enormous quilt travels across the whole courtyard and up the steps

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Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Peeps, the entire REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series audiobooks are on sale on Chirp for a limited time! Grab the whole thing for $12 💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow 🫀An autistic necromancer ⚰️His reanimated lover 🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC 🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal romance www.chirpbooks.com/series/the-r...

the reanimator mysteries audiobooks 1-4 on chirp for $11.96 for all 4

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Cate @midcatecrisis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I forgot to make my coffee this morning and now I have a headache but it’s too late to have some now.

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Lee Cicuta @butchanarchy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What was this, the second time in a month that leftists gleefully joined in on a harassment campaign initiated by reactionaries against covid cautious people? Seems like that indicates a critical absence in awareness and analysis. Maybe y’all should fix that. And your hearts too.

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Reach is a canvassing app but instead of knocking doors, you just reach out to your personal friends for a given candidate—in this case Angie Nixon. You can do it from anywhere in the country and make a big difference! Time to lock in, folks!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Queer communities are actually pretty much the only spaces that still give a fuck about the health of the disabled and chronically ill. They’re certainly the only place I’ve found continuing support (and I’m not even queer!). We should be celebrating and emulating that acceptance.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ok again, the issue is not a small local conflict between a bar and its patrons, which has many reasonable solutions, the issue is a major paper blowing up the story and framing it as a joke so that people can indulge their ableism at the expense and safety of disabled and immunocompromised people.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How many times have I said the right and the left(s) share the same position on Covid safety.

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Sparrow / Liz @untonuggan.myatproto.social · 23/09/2026

[Nutrition, "health foods"] honestly all the clickbait "Scientists Discover Food X is Good For You!" *six months later* "Scientists Discover Food X is Bad For You" Really made me doubt the benefits of antioxidants for a long ass time #NEISvoid

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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hi Toronto, any ideas on where/how an east end person without a car can donate a nice twin duvet? The family shelter nearest us didn't respond to an email.

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kate @bookhaven.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#NEISvoid What papers/resources have you found most helpful for onboarding new doctors in a hospital visit? Surgical considerations would also be helpful (ex: anesthesia asks) I'm making up a hospital packet in case of emergency/low functioning admission 🙏 Dx list 👇 #MECFS #hEDS #POTS #MCAS

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Simon Spichak @spichaksimon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For @thesicktimes.org, I covered a petition that over 1,700 people have signed calling for a pause to a trial that's applying for ethical approval to test a psuedoscientific program for #LongCOVID called The Lightning Process. thesicktimes.org/2026/09/22/p... 1/n

Screenshot of Sick Times article. Title: "People with Long COVID demand pause of McMaster University clinical trial"

DEK: The trial, run by researchers at McMaster University in Canada, is testing the Lightning Process, a pseudoscientific mind-body program that outside experts have heavily criticized.

Image: A college building

ey points you should know:

A petition signed by 1,700 people asks for a pause and independent review of a trial run by McMaster University researchers who want to test the Lightning Process.

The Lightning Process is a pseudoscientific mind-body program to try to treat Long COVID that has been accused of exploiting people with Long COVID and related diseases.

The trial is designed in part by a Lightning Process practitioner and prescreens participants for motivation using a questionnaire that isn’t validated for Long COVID.

There are very few trials and little funding in Canada for Long COVID research, and advocates believe that studying the Lightning Process instead of pathobiological pathways is a waste of funding.

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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Belleville synagogue shooter was an antisemitic COVID conspiracist discharged from the army for refusing vaccines. It's wild that commentary on this shooting IMMEDIATELY went to anti-immigrant, Islamophobic bigotry. But THIS is the extremism that sent me an antisemitic death threat in 2022.

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Belleville gunman spouted COVID-19 conspiracies while in army, say sources | Globalnews.ca

The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed Sean Ward served in the military until 2022.

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Joanne Hammond @joannehammond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Carney’s determination to undermine labour rights while trying to “grow” industry is really really bad! Stripping worker protections is a hostile act! No thank you!

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 22/09/2026

This crisis moment is a chance to reimagine what kind of Canada we want to build – and Canadians are ready to build big things together.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm not asking you to change the world. Just make a grapefruit's worth of change.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 04/01/2026

To give us an idea of books available on Kobo & Kobo Plus, I'd like to do a Kobo Books Thread🧵 So authors drop your; Genre & book or series description Kobo link & graphic Let us know if your book's also in Kobo Plus! 🌈📚🪐📚💙

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Judy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill.

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Bev Pausche, APR @bevpr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not a good look arresting grandparents.

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