Catherine Clase

A friend says
it is always the right time
to resist
oppression.

A friend says
it is always the right time
to resist
surveillance.

A friend says
it is always the right time
to resist
fascism.

Yes, my friends, and
it is always the right time
to resist
infection.

I keep hearing people say
that this
is just that time of the year
when everyone
has a cough,
and though I am not very old
I am old enough to remember
that this
has not always been
a time of the year
when everyone
has a cough.

A blue background, see, distant light green hills, beyond that blue sky with a few fluffy white clouds. Central, a small yacht with 3 white sails, no people, is refected in the water. Text reads (back on pale blue) In support of the freedom flotilla and the arrests by the IOF of its occupants Bring a flag, a banner, sign, or just yoursel Meet at Hamilton city hall 3pm Thurs oct 2 @mivasair.bsky.social

#HamOnt

New Canadian action item @heathermcpherson.bsky.social petition to expedite visas and to treat would-be refugees from Gaza as refugees from the Ukraine were treated

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

8/7 :)

Mohammad Zubairi, a developmental paediatrician, reflects on Orange Shirt Day and telling children the truth about the past

archive.is/EsjSM

This image shows gauges with the Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 7.5 Alberta: HIGH - 6 British Columbia: HIGH - 5.8 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 12.1 New Brunswick: HIGH - 6.3 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.2 North: HIGH - 9.2 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 11.6 Ontario: HIGH - 6.3 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7 Quebec: HIGH - 9.6 Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 12.4 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category, there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 27 - Oct 10, 2025

SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB, NL, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, NB, North, ON, PEI, QC,
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 60 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

New Canadian action item @heathermcpherson.bsky.social petition to expedite visas and to treat would-be refugees from Gaza as refugees from the Ukraine were treated

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

7b/7 :)

Insightful 5 min read

Translation: "I arrived in Bogotá. I no longer have a visa to travel to the USA. I don't care," responded the Colombian president. "The seat of the United Nations cannot continue in New York," he added.

Stanford Nephrology is hiring! We are hiring a full-time faculty in the Clinician Educator line. Interest in onco-neph a strong plus. More information available here: med.stanford.edu/nephrology/j...

Skeleton Key Group Case #40: Cosmetic Calcium Author: Nikitha (Niki) Cherayil, MD A. The Stem A middle-aged woman with chronic kidney disease stage 3 in the setting of hypertension and recurrent kidney st

Interesting case from the Skeleton Key Group which just keeps pumping out the #FOAMed

www.renalfellow.org/2025/09/28/s...

I did a blog post about Apple's new Hypertension Detection System

pbfluids.com/2025/09/appl...

Your petition isn't signed until you verify your identity by clicking the link in the confirmation email

This means you can't sign it twice by accident

And you have a record of having signed it

Kudos to all these petition writers and sponsoring MPs

7/7

Salma Zahid's petition to enact a loophole-free two-way arms embargo, end Canada's free trade agreement with Isr..l, and investigate and prosecute those responsible for war crimes

6/7

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

@gordjohns.bsky.social's petition to request access for UN and other humanitarian agencies

5/7

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

@elizabethemay.bsky.social's petition to use diplomatic and economic pressure to end the siege

4/7

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Lifeline for Palestine Join Lifeline for Palestine to end the genocide now. Register for our webinar to learn more and spread awareness. Lifeline for Palestine Uniting For Peace Resolution

Read more about 'Uniting for Peace' here:

lifelineforpalestine.com

3/7

This is @heathermcpherson.bsky.social's petition asking the Canadian government to invoke 'Uniting for Peace' at the UN General Assembly

If passed, this permits the implementation of a multi-lateral peace-keeping force. Avoids the security council veto

2/7

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Canadians of conscience: signatures on e-petitions are not public.

"... signatures are not made public, even to the sponsoring Member or the Member who had presented the petition to the House." www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/pr...

Whatever your role, you can sign these as a citizen👇
1/7

A gunman opened fire on a waterfront bar from a boat.

Another opened fire on a Mormon church.

The problem is the guns.

Octopus massacre They're building the world’s first octopus farm. Here's how we can stop them:

In a world full of things that demand your attention, take a second to oppose the sickening idea of octopus farming

secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...

As a former traffic cop, I see the evidence first-hand – speed cameras aren’t a tax grab, they make cities safer When Ontario Premier Doug Ford called automated speed enforcement cameras a tax grab and said municipalities should get rid of them, I was shocked, write Sean Shapiro

"A 2025 CAA survey found 73% of drivers slowed down when approaching an Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) camera."
So 27% didn't slow down after passing a "speed camera ahead" sign, and got a ticket.
They deserved the ticket, just like the rest of us deserve safe streets.

Dear Bob Rae,
You don't get paid to sit and listen. You get paid to stand up for Canadian values.
During the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine you used the word genocide numerous times.
The UN has found Israel guilty of genocide.
You're our ambassador.
Why the silence?

#nephsky

Support MP Kwan’s bill to close the US Loophole! Canada is quietly arming Israel — and fueling genocide. Email your MP and demand they support MP Kwan’s private members’ bill to shut down the U.S. loophole that lets Canadian weapons end up in Israel...

If you agree that Canada should not export arms to Israel using middlemen in the US, please email your MP to support @jennykwan.bsky.social's private members bill.

www.cjpme.org/no_more_loop...

Lifeline for Palestine

lifelineforpalestine.com/petition

I just signed this

More information, if you need it, on the Uniting for Peace motion, here:

lifelineforpalestine.com

Fundraiser Mississauga tomorrow

UOSSM is able to deliver aid in Gaza

Needed more than ever

Pediatric Hypertension Linked to Higher Risk for Major Kidney Events | Docwire News Pediatric hypertension is associated with a significantly increased long-term risk of kidney-related morbidity and mortality.

Pediatric hypertension is associated with a significantly increased long-term risk of kidney-related morbidity and mortality. #pediatrics #hypertension #kidney #nephrology #nephsky docwirenews.com/post/pediatr...

canary pins on the lapel of a suit

The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.

Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.

It's not fascist to call fascists fascist.

It's not "dehumanizing" to say that terrorizing entire groups of people - which ICE does - is evil.

No executive order can change these facts.

However, people *can* mess things up for fascists by standing up for community and truth. Like this.