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Millions of people around the world are living with the lasting impacts of Long COVID — a growing public health crisis that continues long after the initial infection.

Long COVID can affect the brain, heart, lungs, immune system, and more, (...)

Exclusive: AI Error Likely Led to Iran Girl's School Bombing Pentagon investigators believe a bombing of a girls' school in Iran on Saturday likely resulted from inaccurate information provided by AI.

Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...

Source: authorizedpope on tumblr - everyone says 'prioritize your health' 'look after yourself' until they realize that making your wellbeing your first priority means making everything else a lower priority. and yeah, that's sometimes ok if it's temporary, but if those health issues are chronic? oh boy do they not like it when you actually take their advice. sometimes prioritizing your health means neglecting your work, your household chores, your social life. 'looking after yourself' means not putting your energy into looking after everyone else first. and the same people who tell you to prioritize your health will get upset with you when they realize it means you're no longer priorizing them. if you have disabled or chronically ill people in your life and you extend them sympathy and tell them to look after themselves when they're feeling sick, but then you get upset at then because they keep canceling plans. please. reevaluate.

Source: authorizedpope on tumblr

Did u know💡
Jesse Jackson was an early political ally for the LGBTQ. He did a lot of AIDS activism. He was the first major U.S. presidential candidate to include LGBTQ+ rights in his platform (candidate for 1984, 1988 primaries), anti-discrimination laws, and openly gay service members.

Okay, actually doing this now.

Because with the sun setting on the second full day after the nazis came after me in person, I’m realizing no mainstream media cares to cover it and no press freedom cares to condemn it.

I don’t want to spend too much time with that realization and its implications!

Huffman, Raskin Lead Call for Investigation of "Armageddon" Briefings Thirty Democrats ask Pentagon inspector general to investigate military briefings allegedly casting Iran as a Christian holy war

BREAKING: @rephuffman.bsky.social, @raskin.house.gov, @pelosi.house.gov, and 27 other Dems call on Pentagon IG to investigate alleged "Armageddon" briefings.

Complaints of holy war rhetoric were made to @mikeymrff.bsky.social after U.S. hit Iran, as I reported Monday.

My report on today's letter:

brianmcginnisnc Brian McGinnis' wife has NOT been allowed to see him in the hospital. He is currently awaiting surgery for severe injuries. Legal counsel has also been denied access. A Marine veteran. A firefighter. A father of four. And his family still cannot see him.

so apparently Brian McGinnis has been denied access to both his family and legal representation since a sitting senator broke his arm

British Columbia’s Freedom of Information system was once considered one of the strongest in the world. It was built on a simple democratic principle: government information belongs to the public.

Amendments in Bill 9 eviscerate freedom of information in BC. Access delayed is access denied.
#bcpoli

When I still worked as a physician, I tried to avoid, "How are you, today?" I usually went with, "What brings you in, today?"...Occasionally, this resulted in, "If I knew, I wouldn't be here."

@carobunga - when the dr says 'how are you' are you supposed to say 'good' then get into your symptoms later or do you say 'well..' and go right into it

Alberta regulator rejects Canada’s largest data centre | The Narwhal Lack of public consultation means project that would have consumed as much power as Edmonton won’t go ahead — for now

A massive data centre — the largeset in Canada — proposed for Olds, Alberta, has been rejected. At least for now. #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/olds-data-ce...

The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.

Aerial view of five rows of graves being prepared by people and digging equipment, with vehicles on the left side.

Once you see this image as a grim American flag you cannot unsee it.

First they came for the trans people, and I said nothing because I wasn’t trans. Then they were like actually I’m pretty sure you are trans and I said no I’m not and they went okay well show us your penis then and I said what no get out of my face and they said that one’s a girl get her

Pre-Ordering Books Makes You More of a Citizen of Literature Recently on Bluesky, I was shouting as usual about Lessons in Magic and Disaster, my novel that comes out in about a month. (It's about a young trans woman...

All caps: PREORDERS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIFE OF A BOOK

as @charliejane.bsky.social explains here: ”When you pre-order a book, you are taking a more active role in supporting that book and that author, and it makes your relationship with both quite a bit more meaningful.”

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 “boo” and giving the thumbs down gesture.

🥰

Trump's war on Iran hasn't altered Canada's cost of making gas — at all. So why are we being hosed at the pumps? Policy choices, not market forces of a war halfway around the world, explain the spike in prices, writes Jim Stanford, leading to unnecessary economy-wide inflation and higher interest rates.

The gas in those pumps was refined weeks ago, from oil extracted months ago, none of which came through the Straits of Hormuz. So why does it cost 15c more per litre than it did LAST Friday? I ask why, in
@thestar.com: thestar.com/business/opi.... #canlab /2

At least 13 hospitals and health facilities hit during attacks on Iran, WHO says Global health body investigating reports that four medics are among the 1,230 people killed in Iran since start of war

The US and Israel have bombed at least 13 hospitals and health facilities in Iran and one in Lebanon.

five things: 1 - you are sick 2 - this is not your fault 3 - it is ok to say 'no' 4 - people may be disappointed 5 - this is also not your fault @mctd_support

@mctd_support

Everything is horrible, so I will share the highlight of my day:

My sister referring to getting a mammogram as getting one's "mams grammed."

I regret to inform you that the Globe and Mail's business section is at it again.

I'll be taking two pieces into the ol' woodshed today. Let's start with this one:

Renewable Energy and National Security The wind and the sun don’t need to transit the Strait of Hormuz

Remember: we are price-takers, not price-makers. We depend on customers. And while their near-term priorities will revolve around securing supplies of oil and LNG, their longer-term ones will focus even more intently on diversifying away from those supplies.

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/renewable-...

This is worthy of some manner of award or fruit basket.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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They think, or at least pretend to think, that this doesn’t sound like obvious cope to everyone in the world

It’s an entire White House comms shop built on the premise of “my hot girlfriend lives in Canada” being believed by normal people

Carney *explicitly campaigned* on increased funding for the CBC. Just a straight up lie.

We did this.

Please, if you see posts from people with Long Covid on any platform this month: Reshare them.

#longcovidawarenessmonth #longcovidawarenessday

#Covid #LongCovidAwarenessMonth #LongCovid #LongCovidAwareness #PublicHealth #crisis
www.ama-assn.org/public-healt...

Graphic featuring a quote in the centre, which reads: “Covid-19 has a profound and lasting impact on cardiovascular health, with complications emerging during acute illness, recovery, and even after reinfections or vaccination.” Dr. Vassilios Vassiliou, lead author of “Cardiovascular disease prevention and management in Covid-19,” a clinical consensus statement The text is placed on a background showing an ECG chart with a subtle navy and teal gradient overlay.

There is strong research evidence that Covid-19 and Long Covid increase the risk of many cardiovascular conditions, including heart attacks, clotting events, POTS, vascular ageing and more.
#LongCovidHeartbeats #LongCovid #ILCAD2026 #LongCovidAwareness #hearthealth
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