I asked doctor and speaker at an MECFS event a similar question, in relation to severe MECFS, whether the patient is completely bed bound. They said that although muscle atrophies, that the cells themselves don’t die. For someone who is completely bed-bound, they said that this is good news because they can prioritise pacing and if they recover later, can their muscles.

This was part of a much wider context which I’ve omitted here but as a fragment of information it might be reassuring to anyone who finds themselves (hopefully only) temporarily debilitated.

I have so much respect for people who go beyond intention with their decency.

Thank you for that detail

Thanks for the explanation. Is a second space a space you’re obligated to be, like work/school, or just anywhere you spend most of your time regardless?

I would argue that similar tech in our lives causes similar issues. We don’t write things down anymore - just scroll on, with a fragmented mish-mash memory of what we’ve seen. Some capacity for retention gets exhausted in a given day. Just what I’ve observed in myself or among friends/family.

I haven’t listened yet but I’m subscribed, so I will. Just to say that this guy is great. Gary Stephen’s.

Place your bets everyone, which way do you think this will go?

1. Canada doesn’t pass the surveillance law

2. The law passes and some/all of Signal/DDG/NordVPN remain anyway

3. The law passes and they exit Canada

4. (something else)

Why are we so bad at dealing with foreign interference, and our own citizens who collude?

“War criminal” is not a dirty word to those people, and it comes with rewards, not consequences. See UK and Tony Blair, for example.

The treaties are broken, purposely, and serve to keep First Nations people under the boot. Trudeau also denied there is structural racism problem in Canada, while the RCMP were harassing First Nation peoples over fishing quotas (this is a few years ago now). Can’t imagine Carney being any better.

Canada has no legitimate rule over nor ownership of First Nation people. It is not Canada’s place to say “mind your own business”.

As usual, the EU and Canada are talking over the heads of First Nations people. These are the first people who should be asked. Also, dear Canadians, please read this book to become a better settler:

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality

Bob Joseph

189 pages

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9c85ea9f-c47e-4ab7-93e5-74ed14a62f18

I assumed this was available on https://www.watermelonpictures.com/films but it doesn’t seem to be there. I hope it makes it to other platforms.

I’m not British, but from the outside it seems the meeting could give an unpopular Starmer a saviour story he desperately needs, and an ID-based system would let big tech have its way with citizens: the algorithms tearing our societies apart remain unchallenged and profitable.

I hope one bad experience doesn’t spoilt it for him long term. Stay strong!

We should also be boycotting USA until they honour their treaties with the tribes.

Significant numbers of Google DeepMind employees recently launched a bid for unionisation, as part of efforts to end use of their technology by the Israeli and US militaries.

Bring it on. Very happy to hear unionisation efforts motivated by issues beyond pay and personal circumstances.

Just looking at your post history. Is this some kind of cruelty fetish of yours?

That term isn’t translated to represent Russian grammar and politics, hence not relevant to this topic.

Interesting commentary on this by historian Aparna Nair on Bluesky. Essentially, saying that caste and discrimination is inherent in a certain cohort of the society which adhere to racism and eugenics.

https://bsky.app/profile/disabilitystor1.bsky.social/post/3mmlwmp5sf22r