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Health Rising: 'Exercise is Not Producing Muscle Damage in ME/CFS…It’s All About Muscle Repair'
'The Hanson group used SomaScan to identify approximately 6,000 proteins in a single drop of blood'
'The problem appears to be a faulty muscle repair response'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
'The Hanson group used SomaScan to identify approximately 6,000 proteins in a single drop of blood'
'The problem appears to be a faulty muscle repair response'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
Exercise is Not Producing Muscle Damage in ME/CFS...It's All About Muscle Repair - Health Rising
Exercised is not causing muscle damage in ME/CFS. Instead, inflammation, and problems with metabolism and poor muscle repair is producing postexertional malaise.
www.healthrising.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Health Rising: 'Exercise is Not Producing Muscle Damage in ME/CFS…It’s All About Muscle Repair'
'The Hanson group used SomaScan to identify approximately 6,000 proteins in a single drop of blood'
'The problem appears to be a faulty muscle repair response'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
'The Hanson group used SomaScan to identify approximately 6,000 proteins in a single drop of blood'
'The problem appears to be a faulty muscle repair response'
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/12...
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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🚨 Holy s**t. I just went and manually pulled the annual flu totals in Canada. Almost like something happened to make us less able to fight off the flu.
@nicktsergas.ca @spichaksimon.bsky.social @tryangregory.bsky.social @barryhunt008.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @drgorfinkel.bsky.social
@nicktsergas.ca @spichaksimon.bsky.social @tryangregory.bsky.social @barryhunt008.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @drgorfinkel.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
🚨 Holy s**t. I just went and manually pulled the annual flu totals in Canada. Almost like something happened to make us less able to fight off the flu.
@nicktsergas.ca @spichaksimon.bsky.social @tryangregory.bsky.social @barryhunt008.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @drgorfinkel.bsky.social
@nicktsergas.ca @spichaksimon.bsky.social @tryangregory.bsky.social @barryhunt008.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @drgorfinkel.bsky.social
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Support independent media.
December 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Support independent media.
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#cat people of Bluesky I need help.
My cat Queen Mab went in for dental surgery on Thursday. They ended up removing 13 of her teeth without informing me… after they said she had degenerative gum disease. They gave me my cat half comatose and cold.
My cat Queen Mab went in for dental surgery on Thursday. They ended up removing 13 of her teeth without informing me… after they said she had degenerative gum disease. They gave me my cat half comatose and cold.
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
#cat people of Bluesky I need help.
My cat Queen Mab went in for dental surgery on Thursday. They ended up removing 13 of her teeth without informing me… after they said she had degenerative gum disease. They gave me my cat half comatose and cold.
My cat Queen Mab went in for dental surgery on Thursday. They ended up removing 13 of her teeth without informing me… after they said she had degenerative gum disease. They gave me my cat half comatose and cold.
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If someone in your life masks everywhere for their safety and the safety of people around them, I can almost 100% guarantee you asking if they want to meet up wearing n95's without them have to ask will make their day/week/month!
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
If someone in your life masks everywhere for their safety and the safety of people around them, I can almost 100% guarantee you asking if they want to meet up wearing n95's without them have to ask will make their day/week/month!
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The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
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Big opportunity for the @bcgreens.bsky.social! There's a huge constituency of those impacted by COVID and long COVID that currently has no political home - and those numbers are only going to grow as more people realize what's been done to them.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Big opportunity for the @bcgreens.bsky.social! There's a huge constituency of those impacted by COVID and long COVID that currently has no political home - and those numbers are only going to grow as more people realize what's been done to them.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
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Grateful to Emily Lowan with the @bcgreens.bsky.social for meeting with me & a couple of other activists about COVID safety this week.
I appreciated her time & openness, & we genuinely felt heard. Feeling hopeful about strengthening public health policy in BC as we look toward 2026
I appreciated her time & openness, & we genuinely felt heard. Feeling hopeful about strengthening public health policy in BC as we look toward 2026
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Grateful to Emily Lowan with the @bcgreens.bsky.social for meeting with me & a couple of other activists about COVID safety this week.
I appreciated her time & openness, & we genuinely felt heard. Feeling hopeful about strengthening public health policy in BC as we look toward 2026
I appreciated her time & openness, & we genuinely felt heard. Feeling hopeful about strengthening public health policy in BC as we look toward 2026
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BC's Pacific is one of the richest areas on the planet for wildlife. The coastal waters are treacherous. Opening it up to oil tankers is an insane risk. Should this happen I will not forgive Carney or the Liberals for such a short-sighted & stupid decision. #BanFossilFuels
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here’s what you need to know about the B.C. oil tanker moratorium | CBC News
For years, oil tanker traffic has been prohibited off the coast of northern British Columbia in order to protect environmentally sensitive coastlines from disaster. But the federal government is now o...
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BC's Pacific is one of the richest areas on the planet for wildlife. The coastal waters are treacherous. Opening it up to oil tankers is an insane risk. Should this happen I will not forgive Carney or the Liberals for such a short-sighted & stupid decision. #BanFossilFuels
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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March 31, 2020:
December 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
March 31, 2020:
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Someone sent me old photos of me unmasked, saying they're grieving that version of me.
Umm, I'm very much alive & just paying attention to the evidence.
I am, however, grieving the version of them I thought had empathy
Umm, I'm very much alive & just paying attention to the evidence.
I am, however, grieving the version of them I thought had empathy
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Someone sent me old photos of me unmasked, saying they're grieving that version of me.
Umm, I'm very much alive & just paying attention to the evidence.
I am, however, grieving the version of them I thought had empathy
Umm, I'm very much alive & just paying attention to the evidence.
I am, however, grieving the version of them I thought had empathy
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around getting infected over and over again with Covid, flu, RSV, and many other bacterial infections that may or may not be secondary, and only breathing ‘dirty’ air…
I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around avoiding Covid and only breathing ‘clean’ air
‘Refusing to mask during an ongoing pandemic is absolutely violent and it’s undeniably participating in social murder.’
For @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
‘Refusing to mask during an ongoing pandemic is absolutely violent and it’s undeniably participating in social murder.’
For @telegraph.co.uk
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I spoke to the people who continue to shape their lives around getting infected over and over again with Covid, flu, RSV, and many other bacterial infections that may or may not be secondary, and only breathing ‘dirty’ air…
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It’s been shown that in many diseases *how much virus or bacteria* you are exposed to determines *how ill you get*.
Are you sure you want to keep breathing all this stuff in without any precaution?
#Health
Are you sure you want to keep breathing all this stuff in without any precaution?
#Health
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It’s been shown that in many diseases *how much virus or bacteria* you are exposed to determines *how ill you get*.
Are you sure you want to keep breathing all this stuff in without any precaution?
#Health
Are you sure you want to keep breathing all this stuff in without any precaution?
#Health
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Hey @governmentofbc.bsky.social - this would be laughable if not so dangerous. How are the laws of physics different for healthcare workers? You utter clowns. #FluIdAirborne
@cdcofbc.bsky.social #bcpoli @thetyee.ca @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @bcgreens.bsky.social
@cdcofbc.bsky.social #bcpoli @thetyee.ca @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @bcgreens.bsky.social
This.
This is the problem.
OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.
This is the problem.
OH and S standards are different for HCWs and for the life of me (and them) I can't understand why.
December 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hey @governmentofbc.bsky.social - this would be laughable if not so dangerous. How are the laws of physics different for healthcare workers? You utter clowns. #FluIdAirborne
@cdcofbc.bsky.social #bcpoli @thetyee.ca @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @bcgreens.bsky.social
@cdcofbc.bsky.social #bcpoli @thetyee.ca @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social @globalnews.ca @bcgreens.bsky.social
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I take serious issue with the US trying to bully Canada into making changes to our rules, regulations and trying to overrun our markets with American products. The US can promote their own businesses and markets and tell us to not intrude on their laws, that is fine, that's them,
/1 thread
/1 thread
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I take serious issue with the US trying to bully Canada into making changes to our rules, regulations and trying to overrun our markets with American products. The US can promote their own businesses and markets and tell us to not intrude on their laws, that is fine, that's them,
/1 thread
/1 thread
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New Scientist: 'Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element'
'The largest study so far into the genetics of...myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago'
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
'The largest study so far into the genetics of...myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago'
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element
The largest study so far into the genetics of chronic fatigue syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago
www.newscientist.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New Scientist: 'Chronic fatigue syndrome seems to have a very strong genetic element'
'The largest study so far into the genetics of...myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago'
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
'The largest study so far into the genetics of...myalgic encephalomyelitis, has implicated 259 genes – six times more than those identified just four months ago'
www.newscientist.com/article/2508...
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20 B.C. hospitals operated beyond 110 per cent capacity last year. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @michellegamage.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @michellegamage.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
20 B.C. hospitals operated beyond 110 per cent capacity last year. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @michellegamage.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
Reporting by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @michellegamage.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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New data provided to The Tyee reveals that 7 B.C. hospitals operated at more than 20% over capacity last year
In such hospitals, that means at least one of every six patients is cared for in an “unfunded” bed
50 of B.C.’s 87 hospitals had more patients than beds over the last year. #bcpoli
In such hospitals, that means at least one of every six patients is cared for in an “unfunded” bed
50 of B.C.’s 87 hospitals had more patients than beds over the last year. #bcpoli
#bcndp's #HallwayMedicine No #MandatoryN95Masks in healthcare b/c mask stigmatizer Dr Henry
BC’s Hospital Crowding Problem Isn’t Improving, Data Shows
In the 7 most overcapacity facilities, 1 in 6 patients was cared for in an unfunded ‘surge bed’ last year
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... #bcpoli
BC’s Hospital Crowding Problem Isn’t Improving, Data Shows
In the 7 most overcapacity facilities, 1 in 6 patients was cared for in an unfunded ‘surge bed’ last year
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... #bcpoli
December 15, 2025 at 6:21 AM
New data provided to The Tyee reveals that 7 B.C. hospitals operated at more than 20% over capacity last year
In such hospitals, that means at least one of every six patients is cared for in an “unfunded” bed
50 of B.C.’s 87 hospitals had more patients than beds over the last year. #bcpoli
In such hospitals, that means at least one of every six patients is cared for in an “unfunded” bed
50 of B.C.’s 87 hospitals had more patients than beds over the last year. #bcpoli
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
OTTAWA - In a stunning move, progressive conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor Thursday to the progressive conservative Liberal Party, just a few weeks after similar minded progressive conserva...
www.thebeaverton.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Progressive Conservative joins Progressive Conservative party
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There’s so much guilt when you’re chronically ill.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
There’s so much guilt when you’re chronically ill.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
Guilt over needing help from others.
Guilt over not getting better.
Guilt over needing financial assistance.
Guilt over not being “fine”.
Guilt over missing out on family and friend events.
Guilt becomes a constant companion.
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If anyone in Metro Vancouver has been wondering what that nuclear orange glow is on the inlet in North Burnaby, the Parkland Refinery seems to be undergoing an emergency shutdown and was flaring off gas.
Huge 100 foot flame
Huge 100 foot flame
December 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
If anyone in Metro Vancouver has been wondering what that nuclear orange glow is on the inlet in North Burnaby, the Parkland Refinery seems to be undergoing an emergency shutdown and was flaring off gas.
Huge 100 foot flame
Huge 100 foot flame