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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · Apr 4

statstically speaking if you get me/cfs from long covid your doctor is not going to help, and yr actual medical advice will come from ppl like me who've spent the last 5 years reading medical papers.

you do not want someone who can no longer type the word "statidtically" to be your replacement doc.

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 1h

you know, the Bank of Montréal, the Royal Bank of Canada, the Bank of Canadian Tire

heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 1h

Canadian Tire is a retail chain staple across rural and suburban canada that sells all types of general merchandise. and also wholly owns an entire bank that issues credit cards to their customers

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 1h

"The Canadian Tire Bank" is not a sentence that exists in a just world

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 2h

there are many possible thoughtful ways to critically interrogate art tied to authoritarian regimes

but "hey check out this thing (no mention of the political circumstances)" and "hey check out this thing (boilerplate message that doesn't affect the actual criticism)" are both not it

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 1d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · 6h

This is why I’m not celebrating just yet: usually they never give that land back.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

In the first phase of the ceasefire plan, Israel will remain in control of nearly 60 percent of the Gaza Strip.

Map of Gaza shows how Israeli forces will withdraw under ceasefire deal

In the first phase of the ceasefire plan, Israel will remain in control of nearly 60 percent of the Gaza Strip.

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 7h

incredible!! that's so exciting!!

heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 8h

i'm being put in the washing machine. they're putting me in a rinse and spin cycle

heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 17h

our enemies are often the exact same people. it's all one fight, not metaphorically, but literally

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 17h

trans people, we all need solidarity with chronically ill & disabled people because the discrimination playbook is 100% identical

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 18h

one of the biggest names in trans healthcare discrimination is also one of the biggest names in ME/CFS healthcare discrimination (Simon Wessely) & as a trans person with ME/CFS i'm begging all of us to make this intercommunity connection

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 19h

The IDF took 3D animations from the Scottish Maritime Museum, a cyberpunk project and other places to make shit up about Gaza, Lebanon and Iran and these were reproduced in international outlets for the past 2 years.

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 21h

taking suggestions

right now i'm thinking it might be worth trying a beta blocker that is both b1 selective (cardioselective) and vasodilating (metoprolol is not)?

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 21h

The media's really just going to bounce over the fact that at Trump's meeting today they said "we've been fighting antifa for a hundred years, since they tried to stop us in 1930s Germany" and everyone nodded along, huh

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 21h

he won't prescribe me pyridostigmine. he won't prescribe me ivabradine (although i wouldn't be able to afford it regardless). i'm still having massive low blood pressure problems from the metoprolol that i'm pretty sure are interfering with my sleep although my HR is controlled

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heather @heatherfeather.bsky.social · 21h

does anyone remember what i should be asking the internist about tomorrow

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 23h

PM Carney announces Charter of Rights to be renamed Charter of Optional Ideas

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a press conference today to announce a renaming of the “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms”, the document that enshrined our foundational set of rights in...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Skyward Flight Media @skywardfm.com · 23h

Air Pico by @tommulgrew.itch.io is one of the latest flight games on the PICO-8 Fantasy Console. With 15 missions across a 16km x 16km map, it is an impressive feat for its small file size. #PICO8 #indiegame #flightsim

Air Pico: A Micro Flight Simulator

Air Pico by Mot is one of the latest flight games on a "fantasy" retro game console that never existed.

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blaine @jblainefoster.bsky.social · 23h

normally this goes more like