Lia Pas
@liapas.bsky.social
#SciArt symptomatology and #anatomy #embroidery, writing, and #MECFS. A bit of music too. Canadian settler. she/her. https://linktr.ee/lia_pas
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Lia Pas
@liapas.bsky.social
· Jun 17
THREADSTACK Interview with Lia Pas of The Slowest Thread
"When I'm symptomatic it helps to visualize what I am feeling and "dissect" those sensations to make them less overwhelming. Freehand stitching those sensations feels like a meditation practice."
substack.com
Late in 2024, Kathryn Vercillo of Threadstack and Create Me Free sent me some intriguing interview questions which I used as journaling prompts between liver infections. The interview is now online for all to read.
#SciArt #embroidery #MECFS
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#SciArt #embroidery #MECFS
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While at the Tulsa Horror Con, I bought some art for my black cat, Aces.
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
While at the Tulsa Horror Con, I bought some art for my black cat, Aces.
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This rules
At Miss Universe, a Salmon Costume Steals the Show
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This rules
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Someone really had fun with metal threads and wire here. Not content with a shiny dress, crown and sceptre, this very regal Esther has two attendants holding up her train and a parasol in a c. 1640 embroidery at The Holburne Museum, Bath.
#textilehistory
#fashionhistory
#textilehistory
#fashionhistory
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Someone really had fun with metal threads and wire here. Not content with a shiny dress, crown and sceptre, this very regal Esther has two attendants holding up her train and a parasol in a c. 1640 embroidery at The Holburne Museum, Bath.
#textilehistory
#fashionhistory
#textilehistory
#fashionhistory
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I put this up for sale early cause I came back to like a zillion notifications and I have no job right now, buy my comic! It's made by a human who loves making comics out of spite, this is the second in my unofficial spite series. The first was a comic about learning to write HTML to spite one guy.
If you would like to read the rest of this 40-page comic, BRAINS, you can snag it from itch for $10, I just put it up in my shop. It will also be available in print at MICE (micexpo.org) in December, where each one will have a hand-drawn custom illustration at the back of the book on the last page.
BRAINS by Alexandra Gallant-Lee
A love letter to the brain and a giant middle finger to AI
alexandragallant.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I put this up for sale early cause I came back to like a zillion notifications and I have no job right now, buy my comic! It's made by a human who loves making comics out of spite, this is the second in my unofficial spite series. The first was a comic about learning to write HTML to spite one guy.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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We're getting so close! This thread and the link can help you decide if you want to participate (the answer is yes) It's an all skill levels, unthemed, relaxed, fun & easy to spend the dark days of winter.
Artists & Art lovers!
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
Time to get geared up for the biggest art event of the year on Bluesky!
Last year we had close to 1500 artists from 25 countries posting original work daily from December 1-24
#ArtAdventCalendar
In its 11th year, #artadventcalendar participants post an original piece of art from Dec 1-24. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, textiles, beading, photography. If it’s art and it beautifies th…
earthskyart.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We're getting so close! This thread and the link can help you decide if you want to participate (the answer is yes) It's an all skill levels, unthemed, relaxed, fun & easy to spend the dark days of winter.
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CAPSLOCK EXCITEMENT HERE BECAUSE THE SNÖWII OWL HAS RETURNED! THIS IS A TERRIBLE PHONE SHOT BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE MY GOOD CAMERA WITH ME BUT AHHHH THE SNÖWII OWWWL!
🦉🪶
🦉🪶
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
CAPSLOCK EXCITEMENT HERE BECAUSE THE SNÖWII OWL HAS RETURNED! THIS IS A TERRIBLE PHONE SHOT BECAUSE I DIDN’T HAVE MY GOOD CAMERA WITH ME BUT AHHHH THE SNÖWII OWWWL!
🦉🪶
🦉🪶
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I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
#fiberart #embroidery
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I often talk about “stitching” so I thought you might like to see one of my pieces. I am fascinated by moss, lichen and fungi so try to interpret what I see with stitches and beads.
#fiberart #embroidery
#fiberart #embroidery
Book 84/52 for 2025: Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul by Caroline Myss. Not a great book IMO. As someone with a rich spiritual life so much of the book was basic ideas and practices that I’m very familiar with. 1/?
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Book 84/52 for 2025: Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul by Caroline Myss. Not a great book IMO. As someone with a rich spiritual life so much of the book was basic ideas and practices that I’m very familiar with. 1/?
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Healing (2025)
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, damage, growth, and identity
#sciart #chronicillness #doubleexposure #eastcoastkin
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, damage, growth, and identity
#sciart #chronicillness #doubleexposure #eastcoastkin
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Healing (2025)
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, damage, growth, and identity
#sciart #chronicillness #doubleexposure #eastcoastkin
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
Sono Una Fotografia
On body, damage, growth, and identity
#sciart #chronicillness #doubleexposure #eastcoastkin
#ArtofSelfPortraiture
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
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Unless the thieves are a rival ballet company, I desperately want to see the facial expressions when they open that truck and discover they've stolen the set for the Nutcracker.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who stole the Nutcracker set? Travelling ballet says moving truck with backdrop inside was swiped | CBC News
A ballet company on an Ontario-wide tour of The Nutcracker says someone stole the moving truck storing its “irreplaceable” sets and backdrops.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Unless the thieves are a rival ballet company, I desperately want to see the facial expressions when they open that truck and discover they've stolen the set for the Nutcracker.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
This is what I’ve been doing with my 52 books challenge! 3 sentences is very doable for me.
Okay, because I need to try and re-spark some writing community joy after… *gestures at everything* how about a revisit on a way you can absolutely support authors you love for zero dollars: by dropping a low-stress, three-sentence review somewhere.
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is what I’ve been doing with my 52 books challenge! 3 sentences is very doable for me.
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Our House is Our History: I'm a big folk horror fan so when I saw this piece by Jason Pasnikowski I knew I wanted it for our collection. It's still one of my favorite pieces & the skill it must have taken to blend blown glass with driftwood? Amazing! #darkart #glassblowing #horror
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Our House is Our History: I'm a big folk horror fan so when I saw this piece by Jason Pasnikowski I knew I wanted it for our collection. It's still one of my favorite pieces & the skill it must have taken to blend blown glass with driftwood? Amazing! #darkart #glassblowing #horror
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We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We always see a surge of infectious disease, including COVID, RSV, etc etc around Thanksgiving and Christmas. Unless you want to gift your fam with a few weeks sick this year, mask up as you travel!
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Hello does anyone want to fund my one woman startup to make sure 25 tech bros don't blot out the sun
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hello does anyone want to fund my one woman startup to make sure 25 tech bros don't blot out the sun
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We report: if we find colours in the deep night sky, we have to wonder how many of them are of our imagination, with our mind gone soft and mushy in the darkness. There is rhythm in the pitter patter of rain and dew dripping from foliage, keeping us grounded despite it all.
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We report: if we find colours in the deep night sky, we have to wonder how many of them are of our imagination, with our mind gone soft and mushy in the darkness. There is rhythm in the pitter patter of rain and dew dripping from foliage, keeping us grounded despite it all.
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Reported (again…).
If only I were verified.
If only I were verified.
I was just followed by an account claiming to be you. I assume it's not.
bsky.app/profile/step...
bsky.app/profile/step...
bsky.app
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Reported (again…).
If only I were verified.
If only I were verified.
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This is one of the best explanations I've seen of the impossible math that I do everyday and why my social life is small
#LongCOVID #MECFS
#LongCOVID #MECFS
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is one of the best explanations I've seen of the impossible math that I do everyday and why my social life is small
#LongCOVID #MECFS
#LongCOVID #MECFS
I’m watching Xena for the first time and though I am enjoying Xena and Gabrielle and their banter I must ask, does the camerawork and secondary acting improve at all? I’m debating whether or not it’s worth pushing through 😅
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I’m watching Xena for the first time and though I am enjoying Xena and Gabrielle and their banter I must ask, does the camerawork and secondary acting improve at all? I’m debating whether or not it’s worth pushing through 😅
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Stunning work by @liapas.bsky.social
(good to see you here!)
(good to see you here!)
There’s a piece about my #SciArt #symptomatology #embroidery series in the latest issue of Interalia Magazine. #MedSky 🧪
The Symptomatology Series - Interalia Magazine
Lia Pas is a multidisciplinary artist who works in image, text, and sound exploring body and states of being. She was an active composer/performer and poet/librettist until 2015 when she became disabled...
www.interaliamag.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Stunning work by @liapas.bsky.social
(good to see you here!)
(good to see you here!)
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The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
“People who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, and their ignorance is dangerous,” said @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social. She and other experts agree these trials are a waste of $$ and will not advance our biological understanding of Long COVID. thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵