Matt Walton R.TCMP/Daka.ninja

Webinars – BPHC This series brings together experts to demonstrate some of the ways we can teach Black Canadian history in a meaningful and fun way. Each module will be packaged with a lesson plan, bibliography, and…

Its Black History Month - and I always feel there is a general lack of Black Canadian representation on social media in general so I wanted to share this everywhere

www.blackpeopleshistory.ca/content/webi...

Recreational ecstasy use is linked to lasting memory impairments A new systematic review suggests that recreational ecstasy users suffer from verbal memory impairments that do not improve even after months or years of quitting the drug.

Major harm reduction heads up 🚨

My thoughts are that while these studies are often in isolation I'm sure there are quite a few avenues of neuroplastic/supplemental support that should be explored and encouraged, but that's another topic.

www.psypost.org/recreational...

Clara Mattei is an economist who wants us to rethink the idea that capitalism is simply the natural order of things. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter:… Clara Mattei: capitalism is not natural - it’s enforced

Annnnd we're back. This was one of the most 🤌 epic, and succinct takedowns of capitalism ever.

hollyyyyy body slammm

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jfc

Well no - the other parties have got their shit together for the most part. That's the point. The Cons rallied lockstep behind PP. We have floor crossing for the Libs. Meanwhile the NDP continue to poll the lowest they ever have. This is what I mean, we need a bold democratic socialist vision.

“The virus enters through the airways but exerts its systemic effects through the vasculature, the common denominator in the lungs, heart, kidneys, and brain”

#keepmasksinhealthcare

News Release 10-Feb-2026 Long COVID linked to Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms Diseases cause damage in some of the same ways Peer-Reviewed Publication NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail The increased size of, and lesser blood supply to, a key brain structure in patients with Long COVID tracks with known blood markers of Alzheimer’s disease and greater levels of dementia, a new study finds. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, the study concerns the choroid plexus (CP), a network of blood vessels lined by cells that produce cerebrospinal fluid, which cushions the brain and forms a protective barrier between the fluid and the bloodstream. The CP regulates immune system responses (inflammation) and waste clearance in the brain. Past studies show that the COVID-19 virus can damage the cells lining CP blood vessels. Published online Feb. 10 in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the new work found that patients reporting Long COVID had a 10% larger CP than those who had fully recovered from an initial infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease. Further, CP size increases tracked with blood levels of proteins that increase as Alzheimer’s disease worsens, such as pTau217, and with blood levels of others that rise in response to brain injury, like glial fibrillary acidic protein.

News Release 10-Feb-2026
"Long COVID linked to Alzheimer’s disease mechanisms: Diseases cause damage in some of the same ways"

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

New US research.

Full paper:
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#LongCovid #COVIDBrain #NeuroPASC #postcovid

I mean... if only the NDP wasn't a shit show. Hopefully they can get it together with some actual leadership with teeth.

Canada... let's not be as stupid as our neighbours by proxy.

@mayoroliviachow.ca

Screenshot of a Medical Xpress article dated February 9, 2026, titled “Study shows impaired energy metabolism in the brains of people with post-COVID.” Article by Torsten Lauer from the Central Institute of Mental Health, edited by Lisa Lock and reviewed by Andrew Zinn. Below the headline is a scientific figure showing brain images and multiple charts comparing ATP/PCr ratios and pH in different brain regions (medial, anterior, and posterior cingulate cortex) between post-COVID patients and controls, illustrating altered brain energy metabolism.

"Study shows impaired energy metabolism in the brains of people with post-COVID"

Brain fog, poor concentration and slowed thinking in Long COVID patients are linked to altered brain energy metabolism, with MRI studies showing changes that correlate with worse cognitive test performance.

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Israeli Settlers, Military Accelerate Violent Expulsion of Palestinians Off Their Land in the West Bank What was once creeping encroachment by settlers has escalated over the past three years into a state-backed campaign of mass expulsion.

⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: Israeli Settlers, Military Accelerate Violent Expulsion of Palestinians Off Their Land in the West Bank

What was once creeping encroachment by settlers has escalated over the past 3 years into a state-backed campaign of mass expulsion.

By Zena Tahhan

t.co/4t593U4mHH

In case you missed the moment.

Art is powerful

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You know Stephen Miller is losing his fucking mind right now. 🤣

Done ☑️ and Done ☑️

“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”

my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

From: www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/lega...

#gshcounseling #thistechlife #mhintech #techwomenstribe #technology #WomenInSTEM #WomenInTech

lmaoooo what a fuckin joke he is

ICE plans to buy 23 warehouses across the country to convert to jails AKA concentration camps, would be largest expansion of immigrant detention in modern history. But these landlords don't have to sell: protests are erupting at these flash points- join them - #NoNewJails #AntiICE #FreeThemAll

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?

DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines

BASH: Oh, come on

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Elon is such a loser