L Graves

There’s something supremely saddening and enraging about seeing a hospital running on bare minimum power. Thinking about dialysis patients, babies in NICU, and others tonight in Cuba. This is a blockade of death.

One of my favourite places to visit is the great blue heron nature reserve in chillwack BC 🇨🇦 why? Because from now in mid March until lateJuly or August when the baby herons fledge - the trails underneath the colony are closed to the public. I love that. Filmed from west blind

please get a library card even if you won’t use it because cities will look at library statistics and use that to decide to keep libraries open and properly funded

6 years ago, ringing the alarm bell that this virus was spread through the air, which means buildings were central to the fight. (I originally wrote this in Jan 2020, but NYT rejected it. Took me 6 weeks to convince them…)

1/ The long term heart risks of C-19 💔 A massive new study in the European Heart Journal confirms what many feared: SARS-CoV-2 is not just a respiratory virus. It’s a long-term cardiovascular threat. The risk of major heart events remains elevated for years after infection.

I'm curious - any other LongHauler advocates like myself who do NOT have LongCovid? (But, my advocacy is born out of self-interest/survival, because I recognize I am advocating also for a possible future me who could have LongCovid.)

Grads aged 22-27 now have a higher unemployment rate than the national average. First time that's happened in 45 years. The gap widens every month. Nobody is talking to these kids about what's coming.

🚨 Your hospital's MRI machine is about to stop working. And nobody is talking about it. MRI machines need helium to run. Not optional — without helium coolant, the machine is a $3 million paperweight. Here's the problem: – Helium comes from natural gas wells – No gas drilling → no helium – Oil at $175/barrel is reshaping the ENTIRE energy market – Helium supplies are already tied up with LNG fuel demand – Hospitals are LAST in line This isn't some future scenario. Helium shortages have already shut down MRI machines across the country before — and that was when energy markets were STABLE. Now imagine what happens when they're NOT. – Cancer screenings — DELAYED – Brain tumor detection — DELAYED – Spinal injury diagnosis — DELAYED – Heart disease imaging — DELAYED Not a battlefield. Not a warzone. A HOSPITAL. And helium is only the tip of the iceberg. Petrochemicals run through EVERYTHING in modern medicine — surgical gloves, IV bags, syringes, plastic tubing, pharmaceutical coatings. Cut the supply chain and hospitals don't just get expensive. They stop functioning. This opened a door that CANNOT be closed. READ THAT AGAIN. If you're seeing this, the algorithm hasn't caught up yet. Follow + RT NOW. 🚨