The Real McCoy

Heath Howard enters the chat

running for the seat now held by Jeanne Shaheen

Those of you following along at home have heard me scream about how Jeanne and Mags Hassan have been 25% of the problem w/ key votes 2025

Heath is an Autistic guy w/ a disability who seems to be a real one doing the work

Im Having A Lot Fun This Is Really Fun For Me Dan Levy GIF Alt: GIF of Dan Levy in Schitt’s Creek saying “I’m having a lot of fun.

Nothing like getting ready for in-person doctor’s appt with #MECFS

Subjecting myself to (likely) more medical trauma for little reward and knowing I’ll be in even worse shape until March 🫠

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Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation

Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.

Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny Critics of the Daily Show host say he's a hypocrite.

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I want to try it but I’m not sure if it’ll work for me. The clip can only go in your left ear. I mostly lie on my side and rely on noise cancelling earbuds. Not sure I can wear the earbuds with the clip. I need to reach out to them because they can help figure out which earbuds are compatible.

I asked a couple weeks ago and didn’t get many responses here or on Twitter.

But a couple people responded.

bsky.app/profile/ripp...

Anyone use Lumia? #POTS #MECFS #LongCovid. Looking for personal experience.

I became more like this as I aged, especially after developing ME.

Task initiation/switching is so much harder now. It takes me hours to be functional in the AM.

If you have Acadian or French roots in Louisiana, you might be wondering, does Bill C-3, Canadian Citizenship by descent,give me a Canadian passport? Check in today to understand how you are affected... TikTok video by Laurie RCIC, legal professor

I think that’s just the example they’re giving

Did come across this video specifically talking about those with Acadian heritage.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrvWbUAx/

I haven’t seen any exceptions for health/disability. This pathway appears to be different than applying for citizenship.

The official site listing the rule change to citizenship by descent.

It might extend further than that but I’m not 100% sure.

This is the official site.

This is the official site with the rules if you want to look into it.

Thank you! I need to start tracking down birth certificates.

From what I’ve read, yes.

The example they give goes all the way back to a great grandparent.

Claiming Canadian Citizenship by Descent Under Canada’s New Citizenship Act Bill C-3 - Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation. Learn how Canada’s new Bill C-3 restores citizenship by descent, removes the first-generation limit, and allows multigenerational claims for those born abroad.

In case you missed it Canada changed their citizenship laws recently.

If you have Canadian ancestry you may be eligible for citizenship by descent.

I need to look into it some more but this is amazing.

immigration.ca/claiming-can...

March 31, 2020:

Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear. - The Sick Times Changes to telehealth policies are more than an inconvenience. For many of us, critical infrastructure is in jeopardy, and we urgently need government policy to protect it.

Telehealth is vital for people with #LongCOVID. Don’t let it disappear

thesicktimes.org/2025/12/19/t...

This article explains why telehealth (remote/virtual healthcare) is needed by patients with Long Covid,ME/CFS, & other chronic illnesses & lists some advocacy actions for Canada & the US

#MEcfs

#NEISvoid Letterboxd squad: have you rated Unrest yet?

There’s some pretty frustrating ableism in the reviews that’s dragging the score down. I’d love to boost it to encourage other Letterboxd viewers to check it out!

This hurts my heart because some parents would risk having a dead kid due to believing that's better than having an autistic kid.

(No, vaccines don't lead to people being autistic but that's why some people aren't get their kids vaccinated).

Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better

Unfortunately I am super not interested in leading it but “Civics for Long Covid” would be an immensely valuable teach-in.

If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here

Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

Instead I get to spend the rest of my day in a 10x13’ room staring at the ceiling in the dark.

Trying not to think and trying not to feel.

If I feel well enough I may listen to an audiobook or spend 5 mins on here.

That’s it.

#MECFS

Having #MECFS is a nightmare.

I am so angry about this.

But I can’t be angry because that emotional exertion could trigger post-exertional malaise (PEM).

And I can’t use any coping strategies like going for a run because they all require physical or cognitive exertion.

Folks need to examine philosophically why it is that—in the span of just a couple of years—the leaders of the American Democratic, Canadian Liberal & British Labour Parties have all gone all in on assisred suicide (while making healthcsre harder to attain) www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/...

I disagree. Many doctors think ME is psychological based on next to no evidence.

We need to push back on that by stating we are seeing physiological abnormalities in the research. Say there is nothing definitive, these findings need to be replicated.

But they need to know those studies exist.

Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.