@ltsequelae

Sole director of this account.

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

@EvanLSolomon Excellent summary here: https://t.co/4vihVvdzv7

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@EvanLSolomon https://t.co/g7vd3SqcMf

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@EvanLSolomon Internet Watch Foundation has shown that every single major model is prone to promote school shootings, and Canada has already had to suffer a mass shooting scripted by a chatbot. How will you protect school children from this?

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@EvanLSolomon https://t.co/YIRZmTbd2n

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@EvanLSolomon https://t.co/orcYQlZT1z

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

@EvanLSolomon LLMs are prediction machines. They’re a dice roll. They are not mathematically able to stay factual. Even when they provide sources including links they fabricate. How do canadian businesses protect their brand when their LLMs lie and dissemble?

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

@EvanLSolomon The content of LLMs currently is tilting rightwing and even fascist. Musk has shown with Grok that he can plant propaganda and Grok delivers. How do you prevent fascism, racism, sexism that is in LLMs by design & by fine tuning. Who decides Canadian values and are they partisan?

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@EvanLSolomon We know the US Ai companies disregarded copyright and looted the work of artists scholars and authors. How will Canada’s AI protect ip?

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

@EvanLSolomon The Grantham Institute (uk) lists as **direct risks** AI poses to the climate and environment:
- Climate and air pollution
- Pressure on water resources from cooling data centres
- Impacts from mining critical minerals for AI infrastructure
What is Canada going to do to mitigate?

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

@DrGorfinkel The error rate on all llms is significant. 4 more patients a day but assume one goes home every few days with a record they can’t even see to correct, with an error that might deprive them of proper medical care the rest of their lives. https://t.co/WFBZ773ExH

[revival.care @RevivalCare]

@frozen Dr. Bonnie Henry knowingly lied in her professional capacity as Chief Medical Officer of Health, endangering the public and putting the transport crew at risk.

She must be fired.
@Dave_Eby
@MarkJCarney

[Brandon Luu, MD @BrandonLuuMD]

Someone just coughed on you.
You were on a crowded flight.
Now your coworker is sick.

The window to prevent infection is narrow.

Here’s exactly what to do in the critical hours after a high-risk exposure 🧵1/13

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

In Kingston General Hospital because ⁦@Starbucks⁩ in the roadside pullover put cow’s milk in a clearly labeled oat milk iced latte. This is the SECOND hospital visit for Starbucks-induced anaphylaxis.

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@AllisonPearson @Jack62Swans Eugenics in a luxury handbag.

[𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍™ @Devon_OnEarth]

I've been hanging out on /r/AISoulmates. In awe of how dangerous the shit these chatbots are spitting out is. Everyone on this sub has been driven totally insane

[David It Up! @Dave_it_up]

The Virus You Thought Was Gone Might Still Be in Your Gut - Long COVID

I have been thinking about Long COVID and how the gut slips under the radar, even though it is threaded through so many of the symptoms people live with.

The gut does not only digest food. In Long COVID, it can turn into a wounded landscape. People wake with nausea, or cramping, or sudden diarrhea that interrupts meetings, or bloating that ignores calorie counts.

We talk about brain fog and fatigue, but these gut symptoms can change how people live. They turn Friday night dinner plans into anxiety, healthy boldness into fridge raids at midnight.

Here is the science

Dysbiosis, which is just a fancy word for microbial imbalance, happens when the SARS-CoV-2 virus knocks out protective gut bacteria like Bifidobacterium and gives space to inflammation-friendly microbes. That imbalance can stretch into weeks or months, and since the gut is tied to the immune system, it can ripple into joint aches, mood swings, and symptoms well beyond the belly.

Then there is PolyBio’s work. They have funded research at Penn, UCSF, and Karolinska, examining gut tissue months after infection. What they found was not just viral fragments.

It looked alive. As Michael Peluso put it, “our findings provide clear evidence of virus persistence and sustained immune activation after COVID-19.” Timothy Henrich added, “we found SARS-CoV-2 double-stranded RNA in … gut samples,” noting how that form “is usually produced during viral replication or active viral life cycling.” That persistence may explain why some immune cells never fully stand down, why the body feels like it is still defending itself.

Leaky gut, or increased intestinal permeability, is another piece. Imagine your gut lining as a fortress gate that is supposed to let good things in and keep trouble out. Long COVID can weaken those gates. Viral proteins or inflammatory messengers slip through into the blood, seeding the foggiest cluster of symptoms such as fatigue, fog, and aches that do not track with any normal medical logic.

The gut-brain axis is not a metaphor. It is a physical line of nerve and chemical wiring. When the gut is off, it sends fuzzy, sometimes panicked signals to the brain. The result can be restless sleep, mood dips, or anxiety that sticks.

What about hope?
• Probiotics and diet: Some people respond to carefully selected strains or fiber-rich tweaks. Not a cure-all, but sometimes a hint of relief.
• Antivirals: Trials are testing drugs like Truvada and maraviroc. If there is live virus in the gut, hitting it directly may help. PolyBio-funded work is designed to find out.
• Barrier repair drugs: Larazotide tightens the junctions in the gut lining. In children with MIS-C, it stopped spike protein from leaking into the blood and eased inflammation. That success is now feeding Long COVID trials.

The gut is messy, but not hopeless. If we can clean up the microbial balance, seal the gates, and flush out or shut down that viral pocket, maybe the fatigue eases, the fog lifts, and Friday night dinners stop feeling like a gamble.

Sources
COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body for More Than a Year After Infection — UCSF News: https://t.co/sMVk5WNAo6

Viral Persistence and Immune Activation in Long COVID — Science Translational Medicine: https://t.co/xtFRE3drVk

Tissue-Based Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Persistence up to 676 Days — National Library of Medicine (PMC): https://t.co/gZmx1DryBS

PolyBio Launches Global Consortium to Study Long COVID — J. Craig Venter Institute: https://t.co/WJuTjiNLn8

PolyBio Long COVID Research Overview — PolyBio Research Foundation: https://t.co/y8d0w40utN

Mechanisms of Gut Barrier Dysfunction in Long COVID — Science Translational Medicine: https://t.co/kOW2xqDVXg

Larazotide and Barrier Repair in Post-COVID Conditions — PubMed: https://t.co/ZaxikuUZI5

Gut Microbiota Alterations in Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome — Molecular Medicine: https://t.co/mbBTLCVZep

Dysbiosis and Immune Dysregulation in Long COVID — Frontiers in Microbiology: https://t.co/6Rx3Fq8QNN

Pharmacological Approaches to Long COVID — Life Sciences (Elsevier): https://t.co/mM2Nfgdq8n

UCSF Long COVID Tissue Study Identifies Replicating Virus — UCSF / Peluso Lab Press Coverage: https://t.co/nRkKDMNhr4

Henrich Lab Quote on Double-Stranded RNA in Gut Samples — UCSF: https://t.co/sMVk5WNAo6

[Dave Fodor @daveafodor]

Demand Health Canada Provide Access to NovaVax for All - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/PC52c4Raco via @CdnChange

[@ltsequelae @LSequelae]

@DiamondSchmitt in the ugliest bait and switch in Ontario history, that resulted in the death of wildlife, thousands of trees, and the wholesale robbery of something in the public trust. Worth it?

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@GOtransit nobody answers the phone all day, which is dangerous for the disabled. Need a bus with a working wheelchair lift in Peterborough bus 88 June 8 2025 at 9:30am. Today’s bus didn’t have working parts, and it left a passenger stranded for almost an hour.

[Kathleen Wynne @Kathleen_Wynne]

From gutting environmental protections to ignoring the voices of Indigenous communities and municipalities, Doug Ford’s Bill 5 is dangerous.

‘The worst piece of legislation in a generation’: 100 organizations oppose Ford’s Bill 5 https://t.co/dndcKsZdy3