L.J. Joyce

Baggage Claim, by Marion Lougheed (with art by Sarah Balsley) For everyone whose hometown is a suitcase. This poetry collection is for all the child migrants, third culture kids, hippie kids, cross-culture kids, missionary kids, foster kids, refugees, militar…

I illustrated a book of poetry by Marion Lougheed called Baggage Claim. It’s available at offtopicpublishing.com/product/bagg... and amazon.ca

Birds YouTube video by Neil Young - Topic

A beautiful Neil Young song

By Zdenek Vrozina

A major new review from Yale (Moen, Baker, Iwasaki, 2025) offers the most comprehensive picture yet of what SARS-CoV-2 does to the nervous system.

The conclusion is stark:

Long COVID is a chronic neuroimmune disorder affecting brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves.

Some ‘special interest groups’ seem more special than others when it comes to bending N.S. Premier Houston’s ear - Halifax Examiner Houston refused to identify the people or groups he labelled “special interests” – presumably anyone who cared about protecting the coastline and environment, and tackling the climate crisis. He was d...

Some ‘special interest groups’ seem more special than others when it comes to bending N.S. Premier Houston’s ear

by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Exercise tech reflects tech gurus' desire to destroy humanity - Halifax Examiner If we're merely data, we can just as easily "live" in a giant computer floating around the Virgo Supercluster, and not in these messy fallible bodies living here on Earth.

Exercise tech reflects tech gurus’ desire to destroy humanity www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Morning File by me

Premier Tim Houston has a hate on for 'special interest groups' but won’t say who they are. Here are the actual special interests in Nova Scotia. - Halifax Examiner Houston’s recent rhetoric is right out of the conservative, populist right-wing playbook being used by autocratic politicians the world over.

Premier Tim Houston has a hate on for ‘special interest groups’ but won’t say who they are. Here are the actual special interests in Nova Scotia. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/dismantling-... by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Swiss Interior (Jane Matisse)

Swiss Interior (Jane Matisse), 1901

https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15066

Seaside harvest

Seaside harvest, 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12649

Paper downplaying risk of long COVID in children is retracted - Halifax Examiner The retracted paper, “Post–COVID-19 Condition in Children," was published last fall in the prestigious and peer-reviewed journal JAMA Pediatrics and co-authored by a group of researchers led by Lyndse...

Paper downplaying risk of long COVID in children is retracted www.halifaxexaminer.ca/health/covid...

Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves

Self-Portrait in Shirtsleeves, 1900

https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15008

Bouquet of Flowers

Bouquet of Flowers, 1880

https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12191/