#pandemic — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pandemic, aggregated by home.social.
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Covid Cases Are Once Again Exploding Around The World!!
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Covid Cases Are Once Again Exploding Around The World!!
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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#Throwback promo for the upcoming leaked episode we are about to unleash tomorrow onto the world from the archives... like we said, so much more to show!
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#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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#Throwback promo for the upcoming leaked episode we are about to unleash tomorrow onto the world from the archives... like we said, so much more to show!
Subscribe to catch the leaked broadcast!
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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#Throwback promo for the upcoming leaked episode we are about to unleash tomorrow onto the world from the archives... like we said, so much more to show!
Subscribe to catch the leaked broadcast!
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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#Throwback promo for the upcoming leaked episode we are about to unleash tomorrow onto the world from the archives... like we said, so much more to show!
Subscribe to catch the leaked broadcast!
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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Could We Be Headed Into Uncharted Territory With Covid?
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Could We Be Headed Into Uncharted Territory With Covid?
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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One of the many public clashes between Michael and his stepson, lol.
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There's so much more we can't wait to share! https://zurl.co/JXka2
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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One of the many public clashes between Michael and his stepson, lol.
Subscribe to catch the leaked broadcast!
There's so much more we can't wait to share! https://zurl.co/JXka2
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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One of the many public clashes between Michael and his stepson, lol.
Subscribe to catch the leaked broadcast!
There's so much more we can't wait to share! https://zurl.co/JXka2
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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One of the many public clashes between Michael and his stepson, lol.
Subscribe to catch the leaked broadcast!
There's so much more we can't wait to share! https://zurl.co/JXka2
#breakingnews #yntv #exposed #satire #office #pandemic #trending #comedy #yntvexposed
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#Pentagon Agreement With #NIH on #Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats
#DoD would play a larger role in biodefense and #pandemic preparedness.
Arrives at moment of turbulence and uncertainty at #NIAID, which has lost many of its longtime leaders and is undergoing major strategic shifts under the Trump administration. The agency is veering away from biodefense and pandemic preparedness research that was once one of its three core areas of focus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-nih-biodefense-agreement.html
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RE: https://journa.host/@thexylom/117196723429842912
"Fruit bats face threats ranging from hunting for bushmeat and traditional medicine to habitat loss caused by deforestation, urban development and mining." But "Bats Traded for Traditional Medicine Put Nigeria at Risk of Zoonotic Disease Transmission".
#bats #zoonotic #pandemic #endangeredSpecies #Nigeria #traditionalMedicine #batTrade #health
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https://www.europesays.com/afrique/192101/ Un Thaïlandais arrêté pour avoir tenté de passer des œufs de perroquet dans un aéroport sud-africain #Africa #African #AfriqueDuSud #AirTravel #airport #aviation #AviationIndustry #BestPhoto #BestPhotos #Coronavirus #coronavirus2022 #Covid19 #emea #pandemic #passengers #silhouette #SouthAfrica #SouthAfrican #Tourism #tourists #travel #travelers
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How very remarkable that COVID-19 [sic: formatting] is why
'we are experiencing high demand',
while also
justifying no health restrictions anywhere because
'the pandemic is over' [sic].So remarkable, in fact, that _upon it, I'm right now remarking!_
#PublicHealthPolicy #RichGetRicherWhilePoorGetBudgetCuts #HealthCareAccess #corona #Coronavirus #pandemic #PandemicResponse #health #HealthCare #infection #disease #UnitedKingdom #UK #UK_politics #UK111 #NHS #SaveOurNHS #covid #covid19 #SARS2 #SarsCoV2 #SARS_CoV2 #Infection #InfectionPrevention #InfectionControl #Public #PublicHealth #efficiency #ResourceEfficiency #Savings #budget #spending #Austerity #BudgetCuts
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'Narcissist' bosses are more likely to oppose work from home, studies show.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/narcissist-bosses-oppose-work-from-home/106937492Once again, studies have found narcissism is a consistent factor in corporate leaders who object to remote work and insist on people working in an office. CEOs and managers who are obsessed with power and status are the root cause of return to office mandates. Meanwhile, studies have found that workers are diligent enough to perform as well under bad office conditions as they do if they work from home, but at the cost of higher staff turnover. Conversely, WFH is good for job satisfaction and work-life balance.
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The Reading Room on Wheels
I think he was double parked, probably waiting for someone and reading the newspaper on a cool March afternoon in 2021....
https://inphotos.org/2026/06/25/the-reading-room-on-wheels/
#Candid #car #Cork #Ireland #masks #newspaper #NorthMainStreet #pandemic #Photo #Photography #StreetPhotography #Urban
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The Reading Room on Wheels
I think he was double parked, probably waiting for someone and reading the newspaper on a cool March afternoon in 2021. -
Hydroclimate Volatility On A Warming Earth
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-024-00624-z <-- shared 2025 paper
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https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/floods-droughts-fires-hydroclimate-whiplash-speeding-up-globally <-- shared UCLA article, “Floods, Droughts, Then Fires: Hydroclimate Whiplash Is Speeding Up Globally “
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H/T @Daniel Swain
“Hydroclimate volatility refers to sudden, large and/or frequent transitions between very dry and very wet conditions. In this Review, we examine how hydroclimate volatility is anticipated to evolve with anthropogenic warming. Using a metric of ‘hydroclimate whiplash’ based on the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, global-averaged subseasonal (3-month) and interannual (12-month) whiplash have increased by 31–66% and 8–31%, respectively, since the mid-twentieth century. Further increases are anticipated with ongoing warming, including subseasonal increases of 113% and interannual increases of 52% over land areas with 3 °C of warming; these changes are largest at high latitudes and from northern Africa eastward into South Asia. Extensive evidence links these increases primarily to thermodynamics, namely the rising water-vapour-holding capacity and potential evaporative demand of the atmosphere. Increases in hydroclimate volatility will amplify hazards associated with rapid swings between wet and dry states (including flash floods, wildfires, landslides and disease outbreaks), and could accelerate a water management shift towards co-management of drought and flood risks. A clearer understanding of plausible future trajectories of hydroclimate volatility requires expanded focus on the response of atmospheric circulation to regional and global forcings, as well as land–ocean–atmosphere feedbacks, using large ensemble climate model simulations, storm-resolving high-resolution models and emerging machine learning methods…
#water #hydrology #hydroclimate #whiplash #global #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #weatherwhiplash #ecogeomorphology #sustainability #ecology# ###
#water #hydrology #hydroclimate #volatility #dry #wet #drought #flood #flooding #wildfire #landslide #massmovement #whiplash #global #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #weatherwhiplash #ecogeomorphology #sustainability #ecology #hydrogeomorphology #climatechange #extremeweather #anthropogenicwarming #climate #weather #connection #StandardizedPrecipitationEvapotranspiration #precipitation #rainfall #research #evapotranspiration #risk #hazard #riskassessment #disease #pandemic #publichealth #publicsafety #waterquality #watersecurity #watermanagement #hydrography #atmospheric #regional #global #forcing #climatemodel #model #modeling #AI #machinelearning -
Some of us enjoy Social Distancing so much, we've continued our Covid Habits to the present. Old Farts of the Stone Arch Players' regular Friday morning Zoom Call. #socialdistancing #covid #covidhealthhabits #covidhabits #pandemic #epidemic #worldpandemic #worldpandemics #health #KeepPoliticsOutOfHealthcare #masks #mask #masking #spit #germs #sharinggerms #zoomcall #zoomcalls #socialdistance #sixfeet #distance #germwarfare #lysol #tilex #oldfarts #oldfart #communitytheater #communitytheatre
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LACo Drops Lawsuit Against Tinhorn Flats Saloon Owner
Los Angeles County has dropped its longrunning lawsuit against the owners of the now-closed Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill in Burbank that alleged the eatery disobeyed the county’s then-outdoor dining ban in late 2020. The County Counsel’s Office fil…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #county #drops #Flats #outdoor #owner #pandemic #suit #Tinhorn
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Controls [from the archives, 9 May 2021]. Originally performed and recorded for the Modular World 1st anniversary show (8-9 May 2021) which was a massive livestream event of 33+ hrs during the pandemic lockdowns.
During the lockdown years, Modular World became one example of a fairly niche thing gathering people together worldwide to make experimental art online - when it was not possible to organize the usual small local performances - to create something positive and reach more people than they ever could individually. As the pandemic finally, thankfully, subsided, however, it seems that people went back to the enclosed local communities, and these types of global online communities lost their drive.
Also the rapidly accelerating #enshittification cycle of the past few years has buried the visibility of these kinds of communities from all major social media platforms. Of course, as Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic ) has been pointing out for years, the enshittification of these platforms started much earlier. But somehow amid the pandemic, this niche scene still seemed to flourish, and it was only after Silicon Valley lined up to kiss the ring that the aggressive changes to the algorithms really seemed to change things.
Maybe this is correlation more than causation, but as activity at such niche scenes is often also created by fairly principled DIY-oriented people, it seems that many (myself included) have struggled with justifying why we keep feeding these platforms. This disillusionment is further exacerbated by the rise of the AI-slopmachine that will rip off all the non-commercial work from these platforms just like everything else. Online activity that gathers enough momentum to actually keep things active has in these types of niche scenes been very much dependent on instagram and youtube. Over the past few years, the visibility of this type on stuff that doesn’t try to optimise for the alorithm has plummeted.
Perhaps all of this has resulted in events such as the Modular World shows reaching fewer and fewer people. As wonderful as the promise of #Fediverse is, so far it seems that we’re very far from reaching the critical mass where it would actually start reaching new people. If the utopian enclave remains enclosed, it eventually dwindles away.
But we can try! I’m posting these weird little Johannes Karkia mini music videos and performances here bit by bit. It’s a transfer of archive, posted on insta & youtube over th years, and also new work now & then.
But also Modular World does still exist! Go check out their channel: https://www.youtube.com/live/07ErB3AjlAo?is=qr9q2pXlhWm7Hie2 (Full performance of this piece, and interview with MW’s Johno Wells there on the Modular World youtube channel and on the Johannes Karkia youtube channel [link in the bio above], audio track also on Bandcamp).
#enshittification #fediverse #modularsynth #modularworld #anniversary #liveshow #electronicmusic #modulartechno #covid19 #pandemic #darkwave #eurorackmodular #community #surveillancecapitalism #platformcapitalism #algorithm #bigtech #siliconvalley #kissthering #socialmedia #utopianenclave #utopianism
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Segments [from the archives, exactly 5 years ago in the midst of Covid lockdowns, 18 April 2021]
#innsbruck #bondvillains #fortressofsolitude #moogdfam #radiosputnik #drone #industrial #darkwave #modularsystem #eurorackmodular #doomsdaybassoon #modulartechno #doombeats #covidtimes #pandemic #lockdown
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/440313/ Scientists find unexpected immune pathways for mRNA cancer vaccines #Biotherapeutics #Bladder #BladderCancer #cancer #Cell #Covid19 #DendriticCell #Éire #Health #IE #ImmuneResponse #ImmuneSystem #Ireland #LungCancer #medicine #Melanoma #Pandemic #Protein #Research #SARS #SarsCov2 #SmallCellLungCancer #TCell #Technology #Tumor #Vaccine #virus
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#DonaldTrump 's Labor Secretary #LoriChavez-DeRemer DESPERATELY tries to spin DEVASTATING new jobs data that PROVES the market is crashing to serious lows matching the #pandemic and even the last RECESSION. #JohnIadarola and #SharonReed break it down... youtu.be/eHiG2_LQoGY?...
Trump's Labor Secretary Left S... -
No Place To Hide? Regional Resilience And Vulnerability To Global Catastrophic Risk
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https://doi.org/10.31223/X56B60 <-- shared paper
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_catastrophic_risk <-- shared Wikipedia page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #Agriculture #foodsecurity #watersecurity #EarthScience #geology #risk #hazard #EnvironmentalScience, #EnvironmentalStudies #FoodScience #ForestSciences #Geography #PublicHealth #publicsafety #Global #Catastrophic #NuclearWar #civilisation #Pandemic #HEMP #naturalhazard #Volcanic #vulcanism #Eruption #NearEarthObject #asteroid #GeomagneticStorm #spaceweather #Infrastructure #damage #biology #vegetation #forest #Resilience #Vulnerability #polycrisis -
THREAT MODEL: COVID
for Feb. 19th, 2026
by independent journalist @violetblue- #CovidCautious Olympian wins Gold and breaks record
- #NIAID staffers ordered to remove #biodefense, #pandemic preparedness language on website
- The musicians making concerts safer with Covid precautions ( #Deerhoof! )
- #FDA reverses stance to review Moderna #mRNA flu shot application
- Study: Covid in 39% of hospital air samples during outbreaks
- France sees its first court case over death from Covid caught in hospital
- Footballer #JariLitmanen on battling #LongCovid
- It’s time to take Long Covid pacing seriously
- Tucson pilot wins Long Covid fight against #FAA
- The long US surge continues
...and much more.
✨THREAT MODEL is free to read -- please help keep it accessible to all by becoming a patron, even $1 a month makes a difference!✨
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-february-151134668
#ThreatModel #ThreatModelCovid #ThreatModelNewsletters #VioletBlue #COVIDnews #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver
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QUEEN STREET COMMONS SET TO RE-OPEN
The Working Centre’s Queen Street Commons Café in downtown Kitchener is set to reopen this spring after a six-year hiatus. The cafe closed its doors in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic and has remained shuttered as the non-profit organization focused on changing priorities for the communities it serves.
In 2024, The Working Centre began planning for the reopening, including upgrades and a layout change. Cassandra Polyzou, community tools and enterprise hub lead at The Working Centre, said that, as with any renovation, there were unexpected challenges that pushed the reopening into 2026.
“Anyone who is working on renovating a small business knows that we all face challenges. Everyone is trying to do their best. But it has meant that the process has been slow,” she said.
Queen Street Commons opened in 2006 as a third space for the community, regardless of income. Polyzou said the goal is to be that third space again and bring the community together.
“The space is going to look different…We’ll be able to do things like film screenings and concerts in the space,” she said. “It’s refreshed, but it certainly still is going to feel like the Queen Street Commons that we’ve all known and loved.”
There is no set opening date yet, but Polyzou said the cafe has two concerts scheduled in March to welcome people back to the space.
The Queen Street Commons is hosting The Boo Radley Project on Mar. 6, 2026 and I, the Mountain on Mar. 7, 2026. The cafe is hoping these big launch events show people the new space and what can be done with it.
Downtown Kitchener has changed in the six years since Queen Street Commons closed. Conestoga College’s two downtown campuses opened and closed, multiple new condominium and apartment buildings have opened, and many major employers have opted to continue with remote work instead of renewing their office leases.
There has also been a significant increase in the people experiencing homelessness across Waterloo Region, including the 100 Victoria St. encampment across from The Working Centre’s recently opened Making Home space at 97 Victoria St. Polyzou said the changes are a motivator to bring back the spirit of “radical hospitality” that Queen Street Commons was known for.
“Queen Street Commons was always a place for everyone. Things have changed, and the need is very much there. We hear it from people all the time who say they miss this kind of space that is really a bridge across communities that brings diverse people to sit at tables beside each other and share food and coffee,” she said.
When it opens, the cafe will continue to offer affordable and vegetarian menu items, including coffee, baked goods, and soups. Polyzou added that volunteering opportunities will also return to the cafe.
“We know that people have missed that opportunity. It’s such a gift. Or maybe they’ll just come for a bowl of veggie chilli and a cup of coffee, and that’s great,” she said.
#AlexKinsella #bakedGoods #cassandraPolyzou #Coffee #DowntownKitchener #Food #pandemic #QueenStreetCommons #queenStreetCommonsCafe #soups #veggieChili #volunteeringOpportunities #WorkingCentre -
DOG DAYS ARE HERE
On Nov. 14, 2025, I had the honour and pleasure of taking in a foster dog named Charlie.
I did not make the choice to foster a dog lightly. As someone who grew up with a dog, I knew how much responsibility and time caring for a dog takes.
I can now confirm that the adage of rescue dogs saving the people that take them in is true.
Since COVID-19, this seed of loneliness was planted in me, but having Charlie around has helped me regrow my curiosity for life and the great outdoors.
Charlie is a half German Shephard, half American Dingo. He grew up in Texas and he was left to fend for himself on the streets for about six months before being taken in by a kind lady, who contacted the Dog Rescue Society (DRS).
The DRS is a foster-based, volunteer-run organization based in Kitchener, and their mission is to rescue, rehabilitate and re-home dogs in need, while creating a supportive community of adopters and fosters. Usually, their foster programs take about three to four months.
For the first few weeks, he was in what is known as the decompression phase—what he needed most was a quiet, structured and safe place to be.
I remember our first walk together was around the block outside of my apartment building. He was skittish and anxious, much like me. I felt like maybe I was in over my head, maybe it was too long since I had a dog and I was not equipped to be a good dog parent.
But when he looked up at me with his hopeful big brown eyes on the elevator ride up to our apartment, I felt like we were in this together.
For the first few days we were on a strict structured routine of waking up at the same time, eating at the same time and walking at the same time during the day. It was a way to introduce structure to Charlie’s life, especially since his life was turned so completely upside down. The more time has passed the more Charlie’s personality has manifested. He is a confident dog who takes life in stride. Though doubtless he feared me when we first met, he was nothing but cordial to me. He is curious, playful and full of energy for life. All things that a depressed human like me lack sometimes.
Since the start, we’ve settled into a similar but less rigid routine. Due to some difficulties with mental health issues, having another reason to get out of bed and get some exercise has been a lifesaver. I’m happy I got to help Charlie, and he in turn has helped me quite a lot.
Charlie is currently up for adoption. If you are interested, check out his profile and others on the DRS website at thedogrescuesociety.net.
#AdrianQuijano #charlie #community #COVID19 #Dog #Foster #fosterDog #fostering #KatWex #mentalHealth #pandemic #Pets #rescue #Routine -
9.3% Of Earth’s Land Flagged In New Outbreak Risk Map
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https://www.earth.com/news/93-of-earths-land-flagged-in-new-outbreak-risk-map-pr25/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adw6363 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #global #outbreak #risk #hazard #publichealth #publicsafety #death #AI #machinelearning #remotesensing #earthobservation #epidemic #pandemic #disease #environment #cost #highrisk #mediumrisk #zoonotic #zoonoticdisease #climate #climatechange #temperature #extremeweather #pluvial #rainfall #precipitation #water #hydrology #drought #landuse #changes #deforestation #population #demographics #livestock #biodiversity #mitigation #planning #response #monitoring
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A WALK ALONG THE WALTER BEAN TRAIL WITH BEN GORODETSKY
The rain that greeted us at the Walter Bean Trail in Kitchener did not deter actor/producer/teacher/writer Ben Gorodetsky (he/they) from enjoying our walk.
“I feel most at home when it’s lightly raining and we’re near a body of water,” Gorodetsky said. “It feels very nourishing.”
Gorodetsky was born in Edmonton, Alberta, just ten days after his parents immigrated from Donetsk, Ukraine. His mother was not the only pregnant member of their party—they also transported a pet spaniel who gave birth to a litter of puppies two weeks after Gorodetsky was born.
After a stint in Saskatoon where their father trained as a vet, Gorodetsky grew up in Burnaby, British Columbia, and they developed a connection to large bodies of water and nature to tap into an unbound and energetic sense of self. That connection is one they continue to draw on in their artistic work.
While living in the Vancouver suburbs, Gorodetsky’s parents enrolled him in a Russian youth theatre to preserve his mother tongue.
“That was very important to them, cultural…linguistic preservation,” Gorodetsky said. “This theatre [became] a slippery slope…not just to multilinguality but also to a career in the arts.”
The arts were ever-present in Gorodetsky’s upbringing. In addition to language preservation, their parents provided access to art both inside and outside the home.
“They took us to see shitloads of theatre and shitloads of music,” Gorodetsky said. “They organized…Soviet alternative folk music festivals all through my childhood. [My dad] was not doing it for the career, was losing money on it every single time, but was doing it because it made life worth living.”
Our path on the trail took us past the Humane Society, where the barking of dogs enjoying a romp in the rain mixed with the sounds from the Grand River to provide a soundtrack for the conversation.
Gorodetsky left British Columbia to pursue acting training in the conservatory program at the University of Alberta. He also developed improv skills by performing regularly with Rapid Fire Theatre. After graduation, Gorodetsky began creating his own work.
“I got really into documentary theatre, working with interviews…artifacts…documents, and making something current and vital,” Gorodetsky said. “For me…[docu-based is] just the only way that I know how to do anything, and it seems to be another pathway into the truth. [I] love oversharing, love TMI.”
They continued their exploration of truth and art at Brooklyn College in the Performance and Interactive Media Arts Master’s program, moving to New York with their partner. After graduation, and now with a young child, a teaching opportunity brought Gorodetsky and their family back to Canada on what was to be a temporary basis, but the pandemic changed their plans.
Gorodetsky’s sister-in-law offered her home in Waterloo, and what was meant to be a short-term solution lasted over a year and included the birth of their second child. The pandemic was a challenging time for Gorodetsky’s mental health, but the decision to make roots in this community helped them recover.
“Without any grand foresight, but with some desire to live rather than not, I started making changes,” Gorodetsky said. “Let’s try and make a go of here…so Fall 2021 I launched Pinch Cabaret to try and meet every cool artist in town.”
Inspired by the model of production they witnessed at home as a child; Gorodetsky began hosting the monthly variety show which platforms artists from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. Pinch Arts grew to include improv classes and workshops, as well as the monthly Together We’re Boisterous comedy show.
Humour and getting a laugh is one artistic fuel for Gorodetsky. As a project for a gifted program in elementary school, they decided to take a performative approach and dance with their dog, eschewing the expectations of a more traditional report.
From there, Gorodetsky developed a love of the absurd and the audience. He used improv to finely tune his humour and sought ways to layer in drama and catharsis to achieve a surprise tonal shift in his work.
“I’m interested in dark humour and playful tragedy,” he said. “I think the one is boring without the other, like a chocolate chip cookie without a little bit of sea salt on top.”
The intersection of family, art, and animals led Gorodetsky to create My Pet Ate What?, a documentary television series for CTV Wild and Crave that follows their veterinarian father as he performs endoscopy on pets to retrieve ingested items.
Through his work performing, creating, teaching and producing, Gorodetsky has discovered that connection is key for his artistic and emotional well-being. He continues to look for opportunities to create art and foster community in Kitchener-Waterloo.
“I thought greatness was the only goal,” they said. “I’ve learned that meaning can be derived from joy and happiness and groundedness and community, and it’s about a lateral reach. [I’ve arrived] at the greatest life; I literally never could have imagined,” Gorodetsky said.
#Alberta #BenGorodetsky #britishColumbia #brooklynCollege #ctvWildAndCrave #documentaryTheatre #edmonton #humaneSociety #kitchenerWaterloo #myPetAteWhat #pandemic #togetherWeReBoisterous #walkInThePark
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Metformin reduces risk of Long Covid. https://thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/metformin-has-been-shown-to-reduce-the-risk-of-long-covid-why-isnt-it-more-widely-used/?mc_cid=01de0f1b88&mc_eid=4b751fcf19
#TheSickTimes #LongCovid #ProlongedPandemic #pandemic #disease #illness #sick #chronic #MedMastodon #medicine #medical #Metformin #Rapamycin #diagnose #prognosis #wellness #digestion #diabetes #hba1c #doctor #doctors #clinic #GP #physicians
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People say I have #BodyDysmorphophobia and to be honest they're right. Though not in the way they believe. For me it's just that I've never been able to judge my size. Even when I was young, like preteen young, I was overly concerned about my #weight and I had a six pack. But I was sure I was heavier than everyone else.
As I got older and bigger, I was always fighting that, but I was also trying to fight my nurturing. My mum was obsessed with #LosingWeight and as a result I tried to not be that. Throw that together with being a staunch #AntiMaterialist and all it meant was that there was a disconnect between how I looked and how I saw myself. And ultimately it didn't matter because I was determined to surround myself with people that loved me for me rather what I look like or what I owned.
I mean I had trash #EatingHabits, but I was cognisant enough to try and strive for the best despite those trash eating habits and so I managed to maintain my weight just the wrong side of correctly. Throughout my adult years I tried everything and nothing and no matter what, I couldn't get where I wanted to be, but I found solace in not being terrible.
Then came #COVID and everything changed. The balance broke and I started sliding in the wrong direction. Unaware BTW. After the #pandemic, I ended up in #IntensiveCare because the lack of balance broke me and I got a rare type of #diabetes that tried to reap my life. I was so confused by it all. I ate the same breakfast daily, designed to be nutritious and filling. I only ate lunch sometimes and dinner was a single takeaway serving. I believed I was doing everything right.
In hospital they told me I needed to #LoseWeight and I thought, who? Me? I spoke to a #dietician in the #type1diabetes department and I just remember feeling attacked the whole time. Though I did learn how to count carbohydrates. I was trying and actually started losing weight. It wasn't until I was discharged and ended up being prescribed #semaglutide. They asked if I wanted oral or injections and I opted for oral. My system is sensitive and so it instantly changed my life. Not in the miracle drug way, but I was struggling with #nausea and #AcidReflux, so I had to figure out how to adapt and I did. The key was portion sizes. Too large and I felt sick, too small and I had acid reflux.
I spoke to a different #dietician and her approach was different, it was a better fit for me. She suggested logging my meals in #MyFitnessPal and I was sceptical. But I recently got a new phone and Google were bundling Pixel Watches, so I looked into the #Fitbit app and saw it had meal logging. I began logging and then I began paying attention. The weight was dropping off of me aggressively. To the point that two different medical staff said they'd never seen such success before.
The dietitian then suggested I started walking to try and maintain as much muscle mass as possible. As someone that hates walking for no reason, I had to do some mental gymnastics, but eventually, maintain muscle mass became a good enough reason, so I found a route near me with a steep hill and started walking it. Once a week at first and then twice, four times and then every weekday. The hill started as a struggle and then it wasn't enough so I started adding more routes.
The dietitian then suggested I go to the #gym and I was open to the idea. I actually just wanted to ride #LimeBikes around the city, but they weren't available and so the gym seemed the next best solution. However my blood pressure had other ideas and they didn't think it was safe. So while I asked my doctor to give me permission, and they dragged their heels, I ended up using #Gemini to design a Circuit for me to do at home. Sod's Law meant one week after starting, two months after asking my doctor, I got permission to go to the gym. I asked Gemini to help me with a workout routine based on what they had available and have been going, going for hypertrophy, going for an #RPE of 7, going for the #MAV, going all in.
I've now lost an outrageous amount of weight and yet all I see is the imperfections because I could never judge size in the first place and I'm relatively okay with that. I'm never thinking about surgery, all I'm thinking about is #CaloriesInCaloriesOut, #Macronutrients and trying to improve my physique. I'm at a weight that I never thought possible and at a body fat percentage I never even dreamed of dreaming of. I can't judge me, because I'm incapable. That's my body dysmorphophobia; having no idea what I look like just believing I'm good enough looking to be desired and interesting enough to be loved.
In terms of #WeightLoss, first and foremost you need a desire. Not via magic but with your life. Learn how to log calories and then learn how to live in a #CalorieDeficit and then learn how to enjoy your calorie deficit. Portion control truly is your friend. After that, start strength training so your skin tightens as much as possible and you're good to go.
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#TheLever is definetly a great media and its podcasts are both radical and unbiased (yes, it is possible).
Listening to the latest podcast of Augut 11th 2025, I discovered a movie from #AriAster, #Eddington
"You might recognize director Ari Aster from his groundbreaking horror films like Hereditary and Midsommar.
But Aster just dropped the scariest film of his career: Eddington, a dark COVID-19 comedy starring #JoaquinPhoenix, #PedroPascal, and #EmmaStone, about social media-driven polarization, gun violence, and the looming tech takeover.
Today on Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with Aster about the inspiration behind his all-too-prescient film.
Did the coronavirus pandemic break our brains, leaving our communities with no commonly accepted set of facts?
How do we navigate today’s AI slop-driven informational hellscape?
And is it possible to avoid the twisted fate of Eddington, Aster’s fictional New Mexico town?"Listen to the podcast, it's 35 minutes of intelligent interview and thoughtful answers.
And, oh, go and see the movie, I definitely will, I will be the first time in ages I'll pay for a ticket rather than qBit it.
https://www.levernews.com/ari-aster-thinks-youre-being-manipulated/
#MassManipulation #NewMexico #Movies #Pandemic #Coronavirus #Covid19
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Integrating #macroeconomic and public #health impacts in #social planning #policies for #pandemic response, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/01/integrating-macroeconomic-and-public.html
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#Genetic #tracing of #market #wildlife and #viruses at #epicenter of #COVID19 #pandemic, Cell: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00901-2
Common #ancestor of #SARS-CoV-2 linked to #Huanan market matches global common ancestor. Wildlife mitochondrial DNA identified in samples from stalls positive for SARS-CoV-2.
DNA from raccoon dogs, civets, & other wildlife species detected in market samples. Genotypes of potential hosts were reconstructed for retracing animal geographic origins. -
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Nearly 500,000 #Virginians in #Medicaid have been #disenrolled since 2020.
Of the roughly 2 million Virginians who’d been #enrolled in #Medicaid before the #COVID19 #pandemic, over 480,000 of them have been #disenrolled as of this #August.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Virginia #Health #Healthcare #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.whro.org/health/2024-08-19/nearly-500-000-virginians-in-medicaid-have-been-disenrolled
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Several lawsuits followed, including one filed in 2020 by the #conservative Upper Midwest #Law Ctr alleging #TimWalz misinterpreted the #Minnesota Emergency Management Act & illegally bypassed state lawmakers….
The case, which focused on the #COVID #pandemic #MaskMandate, eventually made its way to the MN Supreme Court, which sent it back to the MN Court of Appeals. In July 2023, that court ruled that #Walz indeed had the authority.👏🏻
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Here are several of #TimWalz's accomplishments — w/an unusual number of legislative successes scored in March 2023 alone — & setbacks during his tenure as governor.
Walz's use of #EmergencyPowers during the #pandemic — including the institution of a #MaskMandate, business #shutdowns & a #hotline number established to report people violating #SocialDistancing guidelines — outraged his critics.
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How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?
Sometimes I save Jetpack writing prompts as drafts so that I have something to write about later, should I feel so inclined. Obviously, if I want to be writing, I should be writing more for my book (Dissolution Protocol) that I haven’t touched in four months. But, it takes a certain mood for me to be able to get into the state of mind that I need for writing fiction.
That out of the way, how’ve I adapted to the changes brought on by the pandemic? It depends on what changes you mean? Have I learned to deal with most drivers on the road becoming more aggressive than they were pre-2020? You can’t tell me that you, as a driver, haven’t noticed it.
I’ve definitely adapted to most smaller gas stations suddenly closing at nine or ten in the evening every single day, for who knows what reason, post-2022. Of all the things you might need in an instant, or suffer being stranded, a gas station is one of them. But I’ve learned to plan around my gas tank, and figure out which places are open should I need to fill up late at night.
It’s seriously as though half the world has chosen to ignore that not everyone works a cushy nine to five desk job.
But that’s always the most evident at the end of each week when the normals holler out, “IT’S FRIDAY!”
I think, if I could say I’ve adapted to anything, it is the idea that any one of us could be gone tomorrow. It’s not an idea that’s far-fetched. It’s not something you can really scoff at anymore and go, “Yeah, okay. But not me.“
Yes, you.
And everyone else.
It doesn’t even have to be covid. It could be a car accident, it could be a consequence of murder or abduction. It could be because a guy in the supermarket was mad about his tomatoes being rotten, and because aggression is something gripping this country by the neck, he could whip out a gun and go postal.
It could be, just because it was your time to go. It could happen while you’re sleeping, you could suddenly slump over at work.
It could happen at any time, anywhere.
And I think that’s something the pandemic has really drilled into my head. So much so, I still struggle with … finding my sense of self, ever since then. Every couple of months I feel like I’m trying on new personalities, trying to figure out what I like most, where I belong, who I am–before it’s too late.
Just like, I’m kicking myself every single day that I don’t have my next book finished. But the drive isn’t there, so I don’t do it.
Just like the clock in my head says it’s ticking, it’s melting away, and you’re still not married, you still don’t have children, and you can’t even muster a proper conversation on a dating app.
It’s the feeling of impending doom, I think, that I’ve adapted to most. With nothing more than the feeling of just being … numb to it.
https://cmdr-nova.online/2024/05/12/prompt-adapting-post-covid-19/
#covid #covid19 #dailyprompt #dailyprompt1896 #doom #pandemic
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Long Covid numbers in UK hit two million people
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2024/04/25/long-covid-rates-hit-two-million-as-tories-ramp-up-the-war-on-disabled-and-chronically-ill-people/#LongCovid
#WarOnDisabled
#WarOnTheChronicallyIll
#ONS
#Pandemic
#CovidIsNotOver
#PandemicNotOver
#LongCovidSupport
#LongCovidSupportGroup
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POWERMAN 5000 Announces 'Abandon Ship' Album, '1999' Singlehttps://blabbermouth.net/news/powerman-5000-announces-abandon-ship-album-1999-single
#Powerman5000 #AbandonShip #1999 #CleopatraRecords #InvisibleMan #DancingLikeWe'reDead #WakeUpTakeUpSpace #TheCompanyLovesMisery #Bloodsuckers #ThisIsALife #GTFO #PlacesForPeopleThatScream #Bombshell #SpiderOne #TheNobleRot #pandemic #albumrelease #streaming #tour #feedback #albumcycles #Spotify #success #downtime #activity #reimagining #classic #newwave #smash #TheGoGos
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It has been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Hotez talked with Houston Matters about where we are now, and could the world see another pandemic in the future. (Spoiler alert: yes.)
#Coronavirus #HealthScience #HoustonMatters #MedicineWellness #News #BaylorCollegeOfMedicine #COVID19 #Pandemic #PeterHotez #TexasChildrensHospital #Vaccinations
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I can find out more about the current #covid situation in #America than I can where I live🙁
Will the next #booster hit the right #variant? Most of us will not be entitled to another #vaccine anyway as they are being further restricted. Our #Government would rather throw #vaccines away than keep people #healthy.
https://drruth.substack.com/p/covid-news-and-more-21824?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=713112&post_id=141802664&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1pg7hv&utm_medium=email
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This fantastic Manifesto by @MediaActivist does the difficult task of comprehensively and clearly outlining the systemic crises we face in late stage capitalism - including climate crisis, the ongoing pandemic, rise of right wing authoritarianism, hegemony of corporate capitalist companies etc. - but also at the same time making you still feel a sense of hope, resilience, to do something to fight back, together, through anarchistic praxis. Please visit, digest, share!
https://www.mediaactivist.com/manifesto/
#Anarchism #AntiCapitalism #MediaActivism #Fediverse #MutualAid #ClimateCrisis #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver
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Check out the latest episode of the #EMBOpodcast.
I spoke with Hsiao-Han Chang, @evogytis.bsky.social & Hedvig Tamman about viruses, hosts, spillovers, public health... & also starting a new lab, the challenges of mobility, mentorship, & Die Hard Dracula.
#Scicomm #Podcast #Virology #Evolution #Immunology #Pandemic #Zoonosis
