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Covid inquiry hearings kick off again tomorrow. It has been busy!

We will do our best to share important highlights. Visit CVF daily for more!

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Tetris used to prevent post-traumatic stress symptoms A single dose psychological intervention, which includes using the computer game Tetris, can prevent the unpleasant, intrusive memories that develop in some people after suffering a traumatic event.

In the Emily Holmes' original "tetris can help reduce PTSD" study, what was found was that tetris is an activity which busies the part of working memory called the visuospatial sketchpad: imagining the rotation of shapes.

www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/tetris-...

Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.

In October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi.

He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael.

At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk.

Wael died on Friday at age 30.

ICE caused his death.

They didn’t get to say goodbye.

Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.

Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/full/10....

A classroom is seen in an elementary school in Longueuil, Que., Monday, March 11, 2024.

Schools have become cesspools for cold and flu. But they don't have to be ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/12/21/s... @mjnabuurs.bsky.social @onschoolsafety.bsky.social

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔

A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.

Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️

Parents praise 'hero' son for tackling gunman during Bondi Beach attack The ABC has spoken to the parents of Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot after he heroically wrestled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers.

big ups to Arabic-speaking journalist Nabil al Nashar for this interview with Mohamed Fateh Al Ahmed and Malakeh Hasan Al Ahmed, the parents of legendary bear tackler Ahmed Al Ahmed.

Nabil is giving an update on his bullet wounds on ABC radio now.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design » The Urbanist # Four case studies show how Seattle's new middle housing zoning incentives align with demographic shifts to meet housing demand.

NEW STORY // Op-Ed: Making Seattle Neighborhoods More Accessible by Design

Op-ed by @matthutchins.bsky.social via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/16/o...

Are you interesting in cities and how to make them better for everyone? Bluesky has, in my observation, the biggest and best community of urbanists and city-builders on social media, and STARTER PACKS were a KEY to creating that! I have a bunch of them. This was my first! go.bsky.app/G7isZfk

"Take a Deep Breath. If You Dare." In “Air-Borne,” his detailed and gripping account of aerobiology, Carl Zimmer uncovers the mysteries filling our lungs. [Illustration with viruses and people in masks]

"Air-Borne shows us the ways seeing where we live means listening deeply — and being prepared to see what’s perhaps never been seen.“ Grateful for this perceptive review from Robert Sullivan in the New York Times Book Review. Gift link: nyti.ms/3XAWM9E

A new review explores one of the themes of my book Air-Borne: our lungs are like the ocean. Both send life into the atmosphere. pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....

Doing nothing is proving very expensive 🙄🙄‼️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What the Air You Breathe May Be Doing to Your Brain

Evidence continues to accumulate linking exposure to air pollution with dementia. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/h...

Just learned that @sfdirewolf.bsky.social passed on

If you didn't know much about Alice Wong, they were a disability rights activist.
A couple years ago, read their 'Disability Visibility' book of essays— definitely worth reading
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book

Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books

Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated

Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ... 423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...

I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...

Alice was a mentor, a friend and one of the people who I credit with helping me find my voice.

She gave me the strength to embrace my disabilities and use my skills as a writer to help others.

My life is forever changed because of her.

I will have more to say once I’ve processed 💔

Folks - check out this new review, led by the amazing @ericamhartmann.bsky.social: Ten questions concerning indoor dust.

Wonderful discussions
Lived experiences
#ThreeAgesOfChild
#HealthCREATION
@drguddisingh.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social

🌐 Built environment professions can be involved too in this conversation
What role can they play in shaping kids lives?

#HealthySchool
#HealthyHomes
#GreeningCities

Thank you to my co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, as well as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, for the last two years on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.

BBC Radio 4 - Three Ages of Child A journey through the landscape that shapes the health of our children.

🎙️ It’s here! Three Ages of Child airs today on @BBCRadio4.

Real voices. Real stories. What health really means in the UK today.

Listen & join the conversation. 💛
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#ThreeAgesOfChild #BBCSounds #HealthEquity

World Ventilation Day: Engineering Healthier Indoor Environments To mark world ventilation day join our panel discussion on how we can enable positive change in our indoor environments.

Still time to sign up for our free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. We’ll be introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...

May still have time to sign up for the free webinar for World Ventilate Day 2025. Introducing new research networks and discussing how to deliver better ventilation and IAQ for everyone. 7th Nov 12-1pm, sign up:
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @nisreenalwan.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.com/e/world-vent...

Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.

“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”

Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:

Really great results in this early phase 1 trial of a nasal vaccine (mucosal vaccine) for avian flu- great to see evidence of strong immune memory and robust antibody response

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

15 years ago, I said every social media founder should be forced to use and live with the default settings of their platforms. Now I would say that the AI founders should have their tools pointed at their families for a year before they can deploy them elsewhere.