#LongCovid took me from completely healthy (like very healthy, my cardiologist asked me what my secret was) to very severe in about 2 weeks back in March. I'm still severe now. Wear a mask please. Get your vaccine, use the best antivirals available and test test test.

Leah McElrath@leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today is #SevereME Day. I am not currently well enough to compose my own thread, so I am sharing this one about what it’s like to have severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Russian family denied asylum in Finland fear reprisals for pro-Ukraine activism

Nikita and Olga Belov say they will be persecuted on return to Moscow but are yet to convince Finnish authorities

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Musk Refuses Starlink for Ukrainian Strikes in Russia - www.kyivpost.com/post/81977

Musk Blocks Starlink for Ukrainian Deep Strikes in Russia

Elon Musk is refusing to allow Ukraine to use the Starlink satellite network to target Russian missile batteries inside Russian territory, urging Kyiv to negotiate a deal to end the war.

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"We should recognise the obvious: leaders’ increasingly hostile attitude to immigrants has failed to stem, and probably has strengthened, right-wing populism across Europe." www.euractiv.com/news/the-rea...

The real problem with Europe’s migration politics | Euractiv

EU leaders’ attitude towards immigration is increasingly hysterical – and economically nonsensical

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𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗡𝗼 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲!? 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮. 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻-𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗸 - 𝙉𝙤 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 South Korea: Moho Film Reviewed by: 𝗫𝗶𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗮, University of Melbourne, Australia 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗿, University of Melbourne, Australia 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...

Via Euronews: 'I showed it our vegetables – it flew at me,' Ukrainian vendor hunted by Russian FPV drone recalls the attack www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Ukrainian vendor hunted by Russian FPV drone recalls the attack

A market trader in Kherson described how a Russian first-person-view drone chased him around his stall before exploding beside his van, in an attack Ukraine has called a war crime. #EuropeNews

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"Unlike in Hungary, India, and Türkiye, where academic freedom declined gradually over many years, the U.S. deterioration unfolded in just six years, showing how quickly university autonomy can erode." Mapped: Which Countries Have the Most Academic Freedom? www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-which...

Mapped: Which Countries Have the Most Academic Freedom?

Academic freedom is declining worldwide. Explore the latest rankings and see where the U.S. stands among its peers.

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Hamilton's mysterious data centre reversal haunts other municipalities www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/04/n...

Hamilton's mysterious data centre reversal haunts other municipalities

All but one of the 16 elected officials in the city had voted in favour of a bylaw that would put a pause on new data centres in the city for a year. Then, at a council meeting the following month whe...

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⛱️ 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗦 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 ⛱️ Submissions for the 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗦 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽: "𝘾𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚", which will take place 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 – 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳, in Mykonos, Greece are now open! Deadline for submissions: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 www.os-workshop.com

Via Euronews: Memorial Day of Sinti and Roma: The genocide Europe struggles to remember www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Sinti and Roma: The genocide Europe struggles to remember

Every year on 2nd August, Genocide of the Roma Memorial Day, Europe remembers the hundreds of thousands of Roma and Sinti people persecuted and murdered during the Nazi era. The real question is what ...

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𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗺 𝗚𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗶, McMaster University, Canada 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻ç𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲, McMaster University, Canada 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗕. 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, University of Virginia, USA 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...

🚨 This is what Ukrainian skies looked like overnight. Russia launched a massive combined strike targeting peaceful cities from Kyiv and Lviv to Dnipro and Odesa.

i have been at this on my own for a year now. and some days i feel like BREAKING. it is so unbelievably difficult to be this disabled alone. No family around. No significant other. every day is SO hard. and i dont talk about that a lot on here. but some days i just break down from crying.

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You received a gift article from Haaretz IDF Seizes Land in Palestinian-controlled West Bank to Connect Two New Israeli Settlements www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

IDF seizes Palestinian-controlled land to connect two new West Bank settlements

According to the research organization Kerem Navot, this is the first time the IDF has seized land in the West Bank's Area A to connect settlements to serve a strictly civilian purpose, thereby infrin...

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𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣: 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙. Monash University Publishing, 2025. 89 pp. Reviewed by: 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆, The University of Melbourne, Australia 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...

Look it's another abuser on the right.

Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House Race

Representative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.

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"The indictment does not describe Davis orchestrating any specific protest plans, giving detailed directions to other activists or conducting any violence." The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The professor facing prison in ‘antifa’ case: ‘They want to scare all who oppose ICE’

Erik Davis is accused by the government of a ‘conspiracy’ to obstruct ICE – experts say it’s part of a pattern to criminalize lawful organizing and ruin activists’ lives

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Free Gift Article A country that knows it’s being moved toward submission stops mistaking ransom for peace. Instead, it starts guarding the one thing actually under attack: itself. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

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You received a gift article from Haaretz Israelis Fight Over Framing of West Bank Attacks. But Settler Violence Is an Israeli Strategy www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

Analysis • West Bank settler violence is Israel's strategy, no matter how Israelis frame it

A confrontation in the West Bank village of Tell on Friday has ignited rare introspection in Israel about who is responsible for out of control settler pogroms. Still, most Israelis won't link the vio...

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Canada’s EV sales stuck in the ditch one year after policy breakdown www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/27/a...

Canada’s EV sales stuck in the ditch one year after policy breakdown

As Canada falls behind on battery-electric vehicles, comparisons with several of our successful international peers show what’s possible and highlight some of the strategies they are using to race ahe...

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You received a gift article from Haaretz The West Bank Is Primed to Explode. Israel's Government Sees It as an Opportunity www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

Analysis • With the West Bank primed to explode, Israel's government sees an opportunity

Some Israeli decision-makers are actively seeking a major West Bank escalation, hoping it will enable Israel to dismantle the Palestinian Authority, seize more territory and create a security crisis a...

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Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive apnews.com/article/usai...

Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive

After the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs.

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𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆. 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗶 𝗞𝗼𝗹𝗷𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻, University of Liverpool, UK 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿, University of Liverpool, UK 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙨 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0170...

"Trump may back down to avoid wrecking his own economy ahead of the midterms, but the past week shows us [...]that Canadians need to treat our downstairs neighbours like meth heads. They will only see the harm they’ve done themselves and others when they hit bottom." www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...

Eby: "I feel sorry for Americans. If you can't be friends with Canada, then you almost certainly do not have a friend anywhere in the world. And that is a very lonely place to be." #cdnpoli

Call on CBC News to connect the forest fires with the fossil fuel industry. share.nwmd.social/s/9rrNJ4G1

Tell the CBC: Connect the Dots Between the Forest Fires and Fossil Fuels.

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This man is incapable of giving a non-kooky, honest, open, science-based, data-based response And he is incapable of ever acknowledging that the massive cuts he made to the federal health agencies & his mass firings of experts, including the so-called CDC "disease detectives," caused huge harm

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3w ago

Q: Any response to criticism that cuts to federal agencies slowed Cyclospora response? RFK Jr: Those criticisms are invalid