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Science communicator & writer โœ๐Ÿผ ๐Ÿงฌ MSc epidemiology grad student @ LSHTM Activist Croissant maker ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿ“Vancouver, BC (Views mine)

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Persistent neuromuscular disorders associated with changes in tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius lateralis muscle architecture in long-covid: an observational longitudinal study - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Persistent neuromuscular disorders associated with changes in tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius lateralis muscle architecture in long-covid: an observational longitudinal study

SARS-CoV-2 infection can impact peripheral nerve conduction and muscle architecture in #LongCovid, new study on dozens of Covid survivors and 30 controls suggests

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.10.2025 21:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Wait, what?!

07.10.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Blue medical masks and cloth masks are great at helping a sick person keep their germs to themselves. ๐ŸšจOnly a proper fitting respirator, like an N95, KN95 or CAN95, protects the wearer from germs, especially diseases like COVID-19 and measles, which travel through the air."

๐Ÿ˜ฎ Pigs flew today!

07.10.2025 01:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 164    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

I've heard the verdict will be in your favour if you bring them milk and cookies

07.10.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

Nine members of the Canadian Supreme Court sitting for a photo. They are dressed in red robes trimmed in white.

i had no idea this is how canada's supreme court dresses

07.10.2025 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7435    ๐Ÿ” 672    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 648    ๐Ÿ“Œ 309
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Greta Thunberg speaks to the press after being released from illegal detainment in Israel: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.โ€

06.10.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3836    ๐Ÿ” 1504    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 104    ๐Ÿ“Œ 132

500,000 people being slowly and quickly murdered, in this round, so Israel can take over Gaza and advance the project of erasing Palestine from the map and establishing their nation from the river to the sea.

I wish we could stop them. I feel so helpless!

23.08.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

It's a real gut punch when you see someone you thought was Covid aware maskless in the wild. This undermines trust. I try to be one person, online and offline

06.10.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 101    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œGreta Thunberg is just attention seekingโ€ says the walnut that doesnโ€™t grasp what โ€œactivistโ€ means

06.10.2025 18:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 825    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

06.10.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3355    ๐Ÿ” 1192    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 55    ๐Ÿ“Œ 115
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When Will the Lion Concern Himself Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

05.10.2025 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 789    ๐Ÿ” 350    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54

Feels good to block people who send me texts that say "why don't kids get Covid in schools?"

They are obviously trolling me

06.10.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 42    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Liberal Abandonment Of Greta Thunberg The Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has been detained by Israel and reportedly maltreated by her Israeli captors after she was kidnapped, along with hundreds of other activists, from Gazaโ€™s territoria...

www.donotpanic.news/p/the-libera...

06.10.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Tweet from Nate Bear: "Great doing what she's doing for Gaza really puts a spotlight on all the big climate scientists who've never once said 'genocide is bad for the environment.' The people who once shared stages with her now don't even retweet her. Bankrupt centrism

Tweet from Nate Bear: "Great doing what she's doing for Gaza really puts a spotlight on all the big climate scientists who've never once said 'genocide is bad for the environment.' The people who once shared stages with her now don't even retweet her. Bankrupt centrism

Too good not to share here as well

06.10.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Iโ€™m sorryโ€ฆ. But at this point if you fall for โ€œ your kid is always sick because they havenโ€™t been sick enoughโ€ฆโ€

06.10.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 258    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Weird thing where people say โ€œno one could have predicted itโ€ when really what they mean is their political commitments and orientation were such that they ignored everyone who was predicting it

Sorry but โ€œno one could haveโ€œ and you having your head stuck up your ass are two different situations

06.10.2025 12:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3329    ๐Ÿ” 875    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47

Remember 2007 Facebook where you could just post about the sandwich you had for lunch to like 11 close friends?

06.10.2025 01:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Molecular aspects of medicine headline dated December 2025; The double-edged sword: How SARS-CoV-
2 might fuel lung cancer: Investigating the potential oncogenic mechanisms of the novel coronavirus in lung carcinogenesis

Molecular aspects of medicine headline dated December 2025; The double-edged sword: How SARS-CoV- 2 might fuel lung cancer: Investigating the potential oncogenic mechanisms of the novel coronavirus in lung carcinogenesis

December 2025 science called and it's not looking too great

(H/t @1goodtern.bsky.social)

06.10.2025 01:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I'm hoping microwave mammography will be available in some areas in a couple years too. It's already been trialed in Canada. Ionizing radiation free!

05.10.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The test analyzes immune cell patterns in blood using machine learning. One day this could spare women the discomfort of mammograms

05.10.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Breast cancer could be detected with a simple blood test: Montreal research A simple blood test could soon make it possible not only to screen for breast cancer, but also to identify women at higher risk, thanks to the work of Montreal researchers. This would make it possible...

A simple blood test could soon make it possible to screen for breast cancer & identify those high at risk

montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/01/b...

05.10.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 73    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID | Watch News Videos Online Watch Photo exhibition highlights reality of Canadians with long COVID Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

Yesterday's Living with Long Covid exhibit launch got some media coverage. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

Hopefully more to come! The event is on until March 22 if you missed it

globalnews.ca/video/114650...

05.10.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I saw the photographer there and also they filmed the launch speech. Hopefully some good photos to come!

05.10.2025 04:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I didn't see any

05.10.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes! Today was the launch and it will go until March 22. Hope you can see it ๐Ÿ˜Š

05.10.2025 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks so much to all the partners, and a special shout out to Kayli Jamieson (@wanderingkayli.bsky.social) and all the @sfu-fhs.bsky.social staff helping to put this outstanding masks mandatory event together!

05.10.2025 02:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Long Covid researcher and activist Kayli Jamison speaks at today's Long Covid launch event at the Museum of Vancouver

Long Covid researcher and activist Kayli Jamison speaks at today's Long Covid launch event at the Museum of Vancouver

Selfie at event wearing a white headstrap zimi mask with purple flowers

Selfie at event wearing a white headstrap zimi mask with purple flowers

One of the stories that resonated - "I was able to venture out for an ice cream cone with a friend this day. I don't feel comfortable eating in restaurants or going to bars like most people my age. Spring and summer are nice beaches they give me more options to spend time outdoors with fewer people around - which means I get to see the people I love more often. Even short moments like this help me feel a little more like a "normal" 24 year old again

One of the stories that resonated - "I was able to venture out for an ice cream cone with a friend this day. I don't feel comfortable eating in restaurants or going to bars like most people my age. Spring and summer are nice beaches they give me more options to spend time outdoors with fewer people around - which means I get to see the people I love more often. Even short moments like this help me feel a little more like a "normal" 24 year old again

Some of the personal stories on display. A combo of text and pictures artistically laid out on white walls with brightly coloured orange and yellow backgrounds

Some of the personal stories on display. A combo of text and pictures artistically laid out on white walls with brightly coloured orange and yellow backgrounds

It was standing room only at today's Living with Long Covid exhibit at the @museumofvan.bsky.social!

I was moved to tears by some of the personal stories on display. Such a great event

05.10.2025 02:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 302    ๐Ÿ” 76    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I stopped eating meat in high school after seeing a pyramid diagram in a biology text book that showed how cows eat greens to get energy, and then we eat cows to get that same energy, only with a loss (and a lot more COโ‚‚) along the way. I realized we could just eat the greens directly

04.10.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same here. Solidarity ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ

04.10.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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