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Tom Jackman

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Dad, ally, and keeper of digital receipts | #MECFS since 2004 | #LongCovid since 2020 | Archivist by training | πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ by choice | @frozen in the old 🐦 country | he/him

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They’re joking about being sick on air on CBC Radio right now.

10.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Disgusting! Also, what program was it?

10.03.2026 12:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Don't Forget Gaza and the Palestinians Israel is using the illegal war on Iran to continue to kill and starve Gaza, steal more Palestinian land, and restrict movement in the West Bank. Don't look away.

"Don't Forget Gaza and the Palestinians"

"Israel is using the illegal war on Iran to continue to kill and starve Gaza, steal more Palestinian land, and restrict movement in the West Bank, writes Diana Buttu for Zeteo. "Don't look away."

10.03.2026 11:00 πŸ‘ 925 πŸ” 353 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16

What do you call it when a society forgets, and then actively destroys, everything that made its prosperity possible?

09.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly, the Department of War only exists in the minds of the war criminals.

09.03.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…

β€œOur findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”

At this point, I genuinely have no ability to comprehend how is anyone not scared sh*t-less about the long-term consequences of infections, especially on kids?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

08.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

The poison oil cloud above Tehran right now - for which there is no end in sight - may be one of the most horrifying things I've seen on TV

08.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. 🀝

07.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heartwarming scene:

Black Cyber Truck driving past local school, at the end of recess.

A large amount of children run for the school’s fence, yelling β€œboo” and giving the thumbs down gesture.

πŸ₯°

04.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This killed me πŸ˜‚

06.03.2026 06:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Remind me: when you bomb an elementary school, lure the survivors into a false sense of safety, and then bomb the survivors, leaving behind dozens and dozens of dead school children... are you the good guys?

05.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 475 πŸ” 197 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 11

Canadians always wring our hands and debate what makes our country different from the US when it was always this: a profoundly different attitude toward other members of society.

Somehow this has always been obvious to me which makes me frustrated when the topic comes up.

05.03.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

War crime after war crime...

05.03.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It feels like the US and Israel are killing Iranians for sport at this point.

It isn't strategy, it's bloodlust. It's hurting people because they can.

This illegal war is a stain on the entire modern world.

04.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the vancouver community on Reddit: Uhm… anyone else just hear a loud boom? Explore this post and more from the vancouver community

www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/...

It was a bolide (a type of meteor).

04.03.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not know how to mock this man any more thoroughly than by sharing a clip of him speaking words he himself chose to say in public.

03.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm the friend who left twitter for Bluesky, but then no one followed me over lol. I never really gave Mastodon a shot because it always felt too niche.

I hate still having to check the Nazi site for certain topics. I guess the occasional dopamine hit is enough to keep people there. Goebbels won.

03.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every doctor who psychologized ME/CFS, Long COVID, and chronic pain in autoimmune diseases should apologize & have their license suspended until they complete & pass relevant science education.

This is NEUROLOGICAL not psychological / psychosomatic.

03.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations, from one newly minted (2018) Canadian to another! I definitely teared up during my ceremony!

03.03.2026 00:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

[2 years in the future] no, you see, if Carney put out a statement criticizing Trump for bombing Regina, he would tariff us and that would be bad

28.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm feeling very strongly right now. Nailed it.

28.02.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a pacifist at heart but with every new illegal aggression, I can’t help but think we increasingly need a civil defence corp like Finland.

28.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The North remembers.

28.02.2026 12:20 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.

28.02.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 6546 πŸ” 2770 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 73
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Letter of the day: Let's clear the air on respiratory infections "Handwashing helps prevent gastrointestinal infections but will not protect your child and you from leaving the emergency department with influenza or COVID."

Great letter from Dr. Filiatrault on clean air and need for respiratory protection in hospitals.
montrealgazette.com/opinion/lett...

27.02.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

This happened, or started to happen, during the GWB era. It always felt gross and wrong.

27.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screencap of a Facebook post, light grey text on darker grey background, reads:

Please consider signing this petition. Their goal is to get to 20K, and they are just over halfway there.

We have already seen that the type of system BC is proposing didn't work in Ontario, and many disabled kids there have fallen through the cracks (search the hashtag #50KIsNotOk).

There's no reason to expect that it will work here, either, especially given that many of the promises the BC NDP are making in terms of increasing "community based" (aka watered down HUBs) supports are promises they've made since 2017, and failed to deliver.

If they've failed to increase these promised and much-needed supports in eight years, how will they now do so in three? (To say nothing of the bottleneck they will create in removing current supports within a year, but not even trying to have their new system up and fully running for three - thousands of kids are going from supported to unsupported in a year, but the government is already telling us, before the change is in place, that lack of staffing is a problem.)

Don't fall for government doublespeak.

Fight for ALL disabled kids to be supported, not for some kids to be told that they aren't disabled enough, and have their vital supports removed.

Screencap of a Facebook post, light grey text on darker grey background, reads: Please consider signing this petition. Their goal is to get to 20K, and they are just over halfway there. We have already seen that the type of system BC is proposing didn't work in Ontario, and many disabled kids there have fallen through the cracks (search the hashtag #50KIsNotOk). There's no reason to expect that it will work here, either, especially given that many of the promises the BC NDP are making in terms of increasing "community based" (aka watered down HUBs) supports are promises they've made since 2017, and failed to deliver. If they've failed to increase these promised and much-needed supports in eight years, how will they now do so in three? (To say nothing of the bottleneck they will create in removing current supports within a year, but not even trying to have their new system up and fully running for three - thousands of kids are going from supported to unsupported in a year, but the government is already telling us, before the change is in place, that lack of staffing is a problem.) Don't fall for government doublespeak. Fight for ALL disabled kids to be supported, not for some kids to be told that they aren't disabled enough, and have their vital supports removed.

Please consider signing this petition.

#BCPoli #BCEd
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

23.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm as pro-vaccine as they come, but nothing in that woman's video comes across is objectionable or anti-vaxx.

Maybe you just posted this for the clicks, but I still think you should consider deleting this thread after you update yourself on the latest transmission science and disability stats.

26.02.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Somebody a couple of years ago said COVID is the climate change of the body, complete with denialism and acceleration of existing issues and I have not stopped thinking about it. (And both are of course connected). I cannot find the tweet for the life of me.

26.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 249 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

Nailed it!

Also, a friend once called covid the slo-mo apocalypse and I still can't get this image out of my head.

26.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0