Cheryl Benson
@cherylbenson.bsky.social
#SevereME 1991, #LongCovid Need medical for 3 strokes & 3 dystonic #ABI from malpractice & collusion Abused in 5 Toronto hospitals #Aphasia #VideoJourno @M_B_News Progressive #Film #PWD ♿️ 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 #Egalitarian
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In case you missed it: Our contributors rode public transit, slept in cars, and travelled from the inner city to outer suburbs to bring you closer to the stories we told. Here are a few of our favourite pictures from 2025:
The Year in Pictures | The Local
The Local’s editors pick our favourite images of 2025
thelocal.to
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In case you missed it: Our contributors rode public transit, slept in cars, and travelled from the inner city to outer suburbs to bring you closer to the stories we told. Here are a few of our favourite pictures from 2025:
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American media is bending the knee to the authoritarian White House. @60minutes.bsky.social folded.
@theatlantic.com called Canadians "treacherous" for airing the documentary on Trump crimes.
Treacherous?
No we won't kiss the gangster ring.
#FAFO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsU...
@theatlantic.com called Canadians "treacherous" for airing the documentary on Trump crimes.
Treacherous?
No we won't kiss the gangster ring.
#FAFO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsU...
US MEDIA WAVES WHITE FLAG - BLAMES CANADA AS TREACHEROUS!!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
American media is bending the knee to the authoritarian White House. @60minutes.bsky.social folded.
@theatlantic.com called Canadians "treacherous" for airing the documentary on Trump crimes.
Treacherous?
No we won't kiss the gangster ring.
#FAFO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsU...
@theatlantic.com called Canadians "treacherous" for airing the documentary on Trump crimes.
Treacherous?
No we won't kiss the gangster ring.
#FAFO
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsU...
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Dysautonomia International: 'Research Update: Platlet Storage Pool Deficiency in POTS and Long COVID'
'Dr. William Gunning and Dr. Blair Grubb discuss their research on platelet storage pool deficiency in POTS and Long COVID.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-Q...
'Dr. William Gunning and Dr. Blair Grubb discuss their research on platelet storage pool deficiency in POTS and Long COVID.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-Q...
Research Update: Platlet Storage Pool Deficiency in POTS and Long COVID
YouTube video by Dysautonomia International
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Dysautonomia International: 'Research Update: Platlet Storage Pool Deficiency in POTS and Long COVID'
'Dr. William Gunning and Dr. Blair Grubb discuss their research on platelet storage pool deficiency in POTS and Long COVID.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-Q...
'Dr. William Gunning and Dr. Blair Grubb discuss their research on platelet storage pool deficiency in POTS and Long COVID.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU-Q...
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'Things About General Hospital’s Emma Samms You Never Knew'
'Emma has also been dealing with long COVID for the last few years. She told People, “I’m so cautious now. If I look at the distance to walk, I think, ‘How unwell will I feel if I walk?’'
www.soapoperaspy.com/2025/things-...
'Emma has also been dealing with long COVID for the last few years. She told People, “I’m so cautious now. If I look at the distance to walk, I think, ‘How unwell will I feel if I walk?’'
www.soapoperaspy.com/2025/things-...
Things About General Hospital’s Emma Samms You Never Knew
Here are just a few tragic details about General Hospital actress Emma Samms and her life these last few years. Keep reading below for everything you need to know. Back in June of 2023, Emma shared so...
www.soapoperaspy.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
'Things About General Hospital’s Emma Samms You Never Knew'
'Emma has also been dealing with long COVID for the last few years. She told People, “I’m so cautious now. If I look at the distance to walk, I think, ‘How unwell will I feel if I walk?’'
www.soapoperaspy.com/2025/things-...
'Emma has also been dealing with long COVID for the last few years. She told People, “I’m so cautious now. If I look at the distance to walk, I think, ‘How unwell will I feel if I walk?’'
www.soapoperaspy.com/2025/things-...
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Where the serotonin store at
December 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Where the serotonin store at
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It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
Happy Hanukkah
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It was such a joy to celebrate Hanukkah with Mandy, Kathryn and their son, Gideon. As Jewish New Yorkers across our city prepare to light candles and mark the seventh night today, I wish you and your families a Hanukkah full of light and love.
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
youtu.be/KIxAKyioXng
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Washington Post: 'New clues about long covid’s cause could unlock treatments'
'The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people.'
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
'The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people.'
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
New clues about long covid’s cause could unlock treatments
The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Washington Post: 'New clues about long covid’s cause could unlock treatments'
'The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people.'
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
'The latest research signals progress in understanding a condition that is afflicting millions of people.'
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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Chapman’s famously kept paying their workers during the COVID shutdown and now this. Decent people making good products, it’s possible ⭐️
Chapman’s Ice Cream Makes a Bold Move: Shifting From U.S. Suppliers to Italy for Premium Ingredients - Canada News
Chapman’s Ice Cream, Canada’s largest and most beloved ice cream producer, is making a significant change in how it sources its key ingredients. In a move that signals both confidence and long-term vi...
commonkola.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Chapman’s famously kept paying their workers during the COVID shutdown and now this. Decent people making good products, it’s possible ⭐️
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Nation Cymru: “Living in darkness’: Senedd shines light on Wales’ ‘invisible’ ME crisis”
‘Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price shared the harrowing story of a constituent who needs palliative care aged 33 to highlight the devastating impact of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)’
nation.cymru/news/living-...
‘Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price shared the harrowing story of a constituent who needs palliative care aged 33 to highlight the devastating impact of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)’
nation.cymru/news/living-...
‘Living in darkness’: Senedd shines light on Wales’ ‘invisible’ ME crisis
Joe Woods Thousands of people in Wales are “invisible” to society and living behind blackout blinds – unable to bear light, sound or touch – the Welsh Parliament has heard. Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price sh...
nation.cymru
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nation Cymru: “Living in darkness’: Senedd shines light on Wales’ ‘invisible’ ME crisis”
‘Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price shared the harrowing story of a constituent who needs palliative care aged 33 to highlight the devastating impact of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)’
nation.cymru/news/living-...
‘Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price shared the harrowing story of a constituent who needs palliative care aged 33 to highlight the devastating impact of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)’
nation.cymru/news/living-...
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Meanwhile, Israel remains accountable to no laws, no treaties and no global organizations. It takes what it wants, when it wants. It kills, destroys, pillages, imprisons, rapes and tortures because it has been allowed to.
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Meanwhile, Israel remains accountable to no laws, no treaties and no global organizations. It takes what it wants, when it wants. It kills, destroys, pillages, imprisons, rapes and tortures because it has been allowed to.
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The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes a U.S. commitment to counter arms embargoes on Israel as the country's isolation deepens due to the Gaza genocide.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-...
#Palestine #Israel
New U.S. military funding bill includes measure to oppose global arms embargoes on Israel
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes a U.S. commitment to counter arms embargoes on Israel as the country’s isolation deepens due to the Gaza genocide.
mondoweiss.net
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act includes a U.S. commitment to counter arms embargoes on Israel as the country's isolation deepens due to the Gaza genocide.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-...
#Palestine #Israel
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It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New York Times editorial board went so fa...
canadiandimension.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Rutgers Univ.: 'Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID?'
'A review published in eLife by 17 experts, including those from Rutgers Health, argues that co-infections acquired before or during COVID could cause symptoms to persist indefinitely for many people'
www.newswise.com/articles/cou...
'A review published in eLife by 17 experts, including those from Rutgers Health, argues that co-infections acquired before or during COVID could cause symptoms to persist indefinitely for many people'
www.newswise.com/articles/cou...
Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID? | Newswise
Leading microbiologists from Rutgers Health and other institutes say the condition may be driven by the company the coronavirus keeps.
www.newswise.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Rutgers Univ.: 'Could Hidden Infections Be Fueling Long COVID?'
'A review published in eLife by 17 experts, including those from Rutgers Health, argues that co-infections acquired before or during COVID could cause symptoms to persist indefinitely for many people'
www.newswise.com/articles/cou...
'A review published in eLife by 17 experts, including those from Rutgers Health, argues that co-infections acquired before or during COVID could cause symptoms to persist indefinitely for many people'
www.newswise.com/articles/cou...
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"I would like all Canadians to reflect on what they can do to be part of upholding and advancing universal human rights... Silence is not an option." — @alexneve.bsky.social, former secretary general of @amnesty.ca, tonight at 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan #HumanRightsDay
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"I would like all Canadians to reflect on what they can do to be part of upholding and advancing universal human rights... Silence is not an option." — @alexneve.bsky.social, former secretary general of @amnesty.ca, tonight at 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan #HumanRightsDay
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Science Blog: 'Long COVID’s Hidden Culprit May Be Ghosts From Infections Past'
'For millions around the globe, the pandemic never really ended. It just morphed into something worse: long COVID'
'...a medical nightmare...crushing fatigue...brain fog..'
scienceblog.com/long-covids-...
'For millions around the globe, the pandemic never really ended. It just morphed into something worse: long COVID'
'...a medical nightmare...crushing fatigue...brain fog..'
scienceblog.com/long-covids-...
Long COVID's Hidden Culprit May Be Ghosts From Infections Past
For millions around the globe, the pandemic never really ended. It just morphed into something worse: long COVID. The symptoms read like a medical
scienceblog.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Science Blog: 'Long COVID’s Hidden Culprit May Be Ghosts From Infections Past'
'For millions around the globe, the pandemic never really ended. It just morphed into something worse: long COVID'
'...a medical nightmare...crushing fatigue...brain fog..'
scienceblog.com/long-covids-...
'For millions around the globe, the pandemic never really ended. It just morphed into something worse: long COVID'
'...a medical nightmare...crushing fatigue...brain fog..'
scienceblog.com/long-covids-...
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The genocide isn’t over. Israel may have slowed the rate of direct killings it is committing by bombing Gaza, but the indirect killings continue unabated. And so does the Israeli-engineered “debate” in the West, one designed to obscure and excuse the mass murder of Gaza’s population.
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The genocide isn’t over. Israel may have slowed the rate of direct killings it is committing by bombing Gaza, but the indirect killings continue unabated. And so does the Israeli-engineered “debate” in the West, one designed to obscure and excuse the mass murder of Gaza’s population.
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Every single news agency in Canada seems to have picked this up, which is a good thing, people in Ontario need to know Doug Ford is in fact corrupt. #Ontario
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt' | CBC News
NDP Leader Marit Stiles made the comment as the opposition continued to hammer Labour Minister David Piccini over the
scandal-plagued Skills Development Fund. Piccini has maintained he has done nothin...
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Every single news agency in Canada seems to have picked this up, which is a good thing, people in Ontario need to know Doug Ford is in fact corrupt. #Ontario
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario NDP leader kicked out of question period after calling Ford government 'corrupt'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Alice Wong taught us that accessibility is a right, not a favor; that disabled people are experts of our own lives; and that community is strength. /4
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Alice Wong taught us that accessibility is a right, not a favor; that disabled people are experts of our own lives; and that community is strength. /4
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🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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You can also support Sameer directly - donate to any one of their campaigns. The one cited here is their South campaign for food disto: chuffed.org/project/1132...
South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water
**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**
chuffed.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
You can also support Sameer directly - donate to any one of their campaigns. The one cited here is their South campaign for food disto: chuffed.org/project/1132...