A woman with Long Covid won almost one million dollars in a lawsuit against her employer who refused to allow her work from home accommodations.
May this set a precedent.
Remote work should be accessible to all who need it.
It’s a game changer for people with disabilities.
When you say “only the vulnerable” are at risk… you’re saying that vulnerable people are expendable.
When you say “only those with pre existing conditions will die”… you’re saying our lives don’t matter.
You can become one of the “vulnerable” at any time.
Many of us were healthy…until we weren’t.
Shame on you Globe & Mail. No, Canada is not poorer than Alabama. "Despite lower economic growth per person, most Canadians earn more, live longer and fare better than Americans." policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/04/cana...
The government declaring some information programs to be not "bona fide news" because they are "purely partisan" is not compatible with the First Amendment.
Here's the censored interview Stephen Colbert conducted with James Talarico:
youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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PM Carney’s government will need to spend millions fixing up pest-infested, falling-apart federal buildings just to force workers back to the office.
All while cutting jobs and calling it “saving money.” That’s not fiscal discipline. It’s hypocrisy.
Brandi Carlile's accompaniment for "America the Beautiful" before the game last night was SistaStrings. The duo, Chauntee and Monique Ross, played another American anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," on the Library's Stradivarius instruments in 2024.
Here's a clip of that impromptu performance. ⬇️
important to add that studies of queer and trans health is also being censored - at rates comparable to work on vaccine hesitancy
The government takes all its cues from private sector. We've been indoctrinated to believe government is inherently inefficient, but all of its worst qualities are from douchebag CEOs with MBAs.
If you want to do your part for Canadian digital sovereignty from the US, then drop OneDrive, Dropbox, and whatever the hell Apple users use, and get Sync, the Canadian cloud service. I've been using it for a few months and it's just as good as the others.
Did you know that autistic people are more likely to have atypical or paradoxical reactions to medication, such as getting sleepy from stimulants—or amped up on decongestants? No surprise if you didn't, as too many medical professionals don't know this either.
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/cli...
No, the kids are NOT okay 👇
Watch my address on the ongoing federal presence in Minnesota:
youtu.be/fGTsYXBWQgU
New article in the Guardian on experts asking WHO to catch up to respirator science: respirators are designed, and required to meet clear scientific standards, to protect us from airborne pathogens and other dangerous particles. And they have been for decades. 😷 www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
A huge 6 foot popup sign with large white ALL CAPS type and a gigantic teal surgical mask on a dark blue background, up against a beige wall in a hospital waiting area that reads: MASKS ARE REQUIRED IN THIS AREA. Thank you for your cooperation. The word REQUIRED is bold and underlined to further taunt me with every cough heard.
Sorry if my posts about the research around how Covid causes immune system damage weren’t worded accurately today. I was a little distracted by all the unmasked people coughing, sniffling and sneezing in the hospital waiting area I sat in for hours while typing in front of this.
hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
#Presenteeism among health workers with #COVID rose steadily last year, study suggests
Working while sick increased over time, from less than 2% in 2020 to 15% in 2024.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
I think this is my best essay on this topic (maybe my best essay). I'd like you to read it, if you haven't.
Thinking about the social stigma against eating fast food in a country where poor people are being starved by the govt, the cost of groceries and fresh vegetables are astronomical, and a cheeseburger at McDonald’s costs $3.50.
“Clean” and “healthy” eating rhetoric is racist, ableist, and classist.
COVID-19 is a Respiratory Transmitted Infection (RTI), not solely a respiratory infection.
Words matter.
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Here's a recording of my 10-minute presentation about addressing shared indoor air as an accessibility barrier in our learning environments.
Feel free to share!
youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8
Who knew saying “no one deserves to starve” would be so controversial.
I’ve never received this much hate for an article.
Folks are really comfortable saying with their full chest that they’re fine if certain people starve.
The disabled. Poor kids. Marginalized people. Immigrants. The elderly.
"There just isn’t enough time. There’s only what we manage to make of it—what we build, what we protect, what we remember to carry to the car. The gas mask. The snacks. The question we forgot to ask. The name of the person taken." My latest.
Excellent interview by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social on the importance of masks
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The CDC tried to remove remote work as an accommodation for disabled people.
Working from home is a game changer when you’re chronically ill. It allows people to remain in the workforce who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
Big thanks to the unions who fought this, the CDC caved from the pressure
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”
Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
RFK Jr.'s tenure has been one horrifying avoidable atrocity after another, driving our society backwards to an extent we might not recover from in my lifetime.
But "autistic kids will never play baseball" is one of the most unintentionally hilarious things any politician has ever said
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
Autism isn't a disease
It's a developmental difference, part of the natural diversity human brains. Framing it as a disease fuels stigma.
(It doesn't need to be "cured" with oversold supplements based on thin scientific evidence 😒)
