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AnnaHalifax
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7h
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."
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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 16h
Cycling was my primary mode of transport in 90s Beijing when I was 8, had very recently learned to ride without stabilisers (training wheels) & had never ridden on a road before. My parents kept an eye on me but mainly so I didn't get lost.

You don't need experience to use good safe infrastructure.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 1d
What if we made the infrastructure good enough that "experience" wasn't required? What if we made the infrastructure robust enough so that cycling in Boston *is* incredibly safe?

This post is vehicular cycling nonsense.
What’s your Boston Cycling Hot Take? What’s your Boston Cycling hot take? Mine is that I think Blue Bikes have democratized cycling a bit too much. They handle terrible and it encourages non-cyclists to ride a machine they have little experience with. We need a little elitism in cycling to weed out the folks who do not have experience riding bikes in a city. Bonus hot take: while Boston was in dire need to upgrade its almost nonexistent bike Infrastructure, there is a small but vocal minority of cyclists who insist on safety at all costs. I hate to break it to you, but riding in a city will never be completely safe. It’s a risk that any cyclist takes when they decide to ride in a busy place. The more you ride, the more experience you will get. And the more experience you will get the more you will adapt to riding in moldy stressful situations.
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d
Long Covid is more prevalent in children in the US now than asthma. We are fucking destroying the next generations w/our behavior. (And adults.)

If you do care about resisting eugenics maybe start by not being the vector that disables a kid in RFK’s US. That is not too much to ask. It really isn’t.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 18h
Lake George wildfire now considered ‘under control’: N.S. DNR
#NovaScotia

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Lake George wildfire now considered ‘under control’: N.S. DNR
The Lake George wildfire is now under control, according to the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
www.ctvnews.ca
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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 1d
Why can’t you all see what’s happening?

Reposting with alt text.
Post on X by tern @1goodtern Just think about it. Seriously. They told you that covid infection would not harm children, and now long covid is the *most common chronic illness in children*.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19d
Researchers in Spain have developed a new intranasal COVID-19 vaccine that eliminates the virus in mice.

One dose gave 60% protection, but two intranasal doses achieved 100% protection with no detectable virus in nasal or lung tissue, suggesting sterilizing immunity.

www.csic.es/es/actualida...
Press Release Madrid, Tuesday, 23 September 2025 An experimental intranasal vaccine eliminates the COVID-19 virus in mice Preclinical trials with rodents show 100% protection with the second dose. This work advances the development of new-generation vaccines against COVID-19. (Image caption: SARS-CoV-2 virus exiting infected cells / Team of Luis Enjuanes, PNAS)
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d
More People Suffer From 'Chemophobia' — And MAHA Is Partly To Blame www.huffpost.com/entry/chemop...

@drandrealove.bsky.social: "everything is chemicals. Your body is a sack of chemicals."

Me: "it all just becomes slogans & wellness nonsense."

MAHA noise distracts us from helpful health actions.
A New Type Of Phobia Is Spreading Through American Households — And MAGA Is Partly To Blame
The fear tactic strikes a nerve with both conservatives and liberals alike. Here’s what you need to know.
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Andrew Dobbie @a-dobbie11.bsky.social · 1d
Love the respirator image (not a surgical mask).
Respirators ARE the best defence against airborne pathogens spread because they seal well around the face (only allowing filtered air in).
Surgical masks (baggy blues) are specifically designed to guard against droplet spray (not airborne spread).
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 2d
Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mask-mandate-health-facilites-9.6934985

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
Health P.E.I. is reinstating a mandatory masking policy in all of its facilities in response to the growing presence of respiratory illnesses on the Island.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
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AnnaHalifax @annahalifax.bsky.social · 1d
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Derek Simon @dartmouthderek.bsky.social · 1d
It says something positive about Irish public life that Jim Gavin had to withdraw from the Presidential race because he was a bad landlord who had stiffed a former tenant. #Aras25
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 1d
“We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade after extreme weather, telling a story of escalating #climate impacts that farmers are unable to cope with”.

Tick. Tock.

www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.
www.independent.co.uk
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 2d
“What is astonishing to me as a legal scholar is that the alcohol industry has somehow circumvented their legal and moral responsibility to warn consumers.”

No question this bill should be made law. Make alcohol follow the same plain packaging rules as tobacco.
Senate debates bill to add warning labels to alcohol packaging | CBC News
Sen. Patrick Brazeau is trying a second time to pass legislation that would add cancer warning labels to alcohol packaging.
www.cbc.ca
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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d
Guys they changed what the NS says about airborne transmission AGAIN. They removed the part about inhalation. Absolutely fuck this.
Screenshot from NS’s health AI chat bot. B 9:44 1 www.yourhealthns.ca/ •I LTE Nova This chat will expire after 15 minutes of inactivity. You Is Covid airborne? Friday, 9:42 p.m. COPY Nova Friday, 9:42 p.m. COVID-19 spreads from an infected person to other people through respiratory droplets or aerosols (spray). These are created when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, shouts, or talks. You can find more information about COVID-19 on the Nova Scotia Health website here. L COPY Go to bottom Ask a follow up... → 川
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 2d
Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women's health in the Maritimes https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dismissed-and-depressed-survey-digs-into-womens-health-in-the-maritimes-9.6933240

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
Jennifer Gillivan is the president and CEO of the IWK Foundation.
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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 2d
"Out of the 11 Canadian cities studied by the report, Halifax has the widest gap between house prices and what the typical household could afford."
Halifax house prices much higher on average than what households can afford: report | CBC News
A recent report found that house prices in Halifax are, on average, 74 per cent higher than what the typical household can afford.
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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 3d
Well done to all the brilliant local councillors who have lowered the speed limits their roads to 20mph - often in the face of much hostility.

There is now irrefutable evidence to show your bold decisions are saving lives.

Thank you!
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AnnaHalifax @annahalifax.bsky.social · 2d
I caved one night last week, so I was primed. Turned on the heat pump last night and I'm glad for it this morning. Now I have to dig out some real fall coats though 😕
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 2d
I shouldn’t get as annoyed as I do when politicians tell blatant lies, but this guy telling Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that the unprecedented wildfire season they’re going through is totes unrelated to the fossil fuel industry makes me want to scream.
Wakeham says no link between N.L. wildfires, oil industry in campaign where climate change largely absent | CBC News
The 2025 provincial election is happening in the direct aftermath of one of the worst climate-related disasters in Newfoundland and Labrador’s recent history.
www.cbc.ca
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👻 YSUBoOooOooOo 👻 @bassoonysu.bsky.social · 2d
As is always correct and in accordance with all the laws of the internet, I just watched Tom Holland's epic Lip Sync Battle performance, and now I am sharing it with all of you so you can do the same.
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica
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Trevor J. Adams @trevorjadams.bsky.social · 2d
“The progress monitoring committee … reviewed 14 categories of recommendations and found that police and government officials had completed taking action on only two.”
Nova Scotia mass shooting: New report rates responses from RCMP and governments | CBC News
An independent committee says the RCMP and governments have completed only a fraction of the changes recommended by an inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed the lives of 22 p...
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alex block @alexblock.bsky.social · 3d
“I live my life without a transit schedule, and I like it.”

That’s a great, succinct statement about the benefits of frequent service.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 3d
The #1 piece of advice that TransLink's CEO offers other North American transit agencies:

Provide frequent service
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Maggie Archibald @maggiearchibald.bsky.social · 3d
Over 27,000 women across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI shared their stories in the largest-ever open survey on women’s health in the Maritimes.

The findings call for urgent change to better support women’s health across the region.

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Health-care system doesn’t meet the needs of Maritime women: IWK Foundation survey
Maritime women are frustrated by a health-care system that doesn’t meet their needs and avoid seeking care because they have too many responsibilities and fear they won’t be taken seriously. Those are...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3d
Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PEI

Jennifer Gillivan, president and CEO of the foundation, said they were hoping to receive around 2,000 responses. They got more than 27,000.

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Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News
The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.
www.cbc.ca
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 3d
/4 “Women are carrying the burden of a lot of our society. They're caring for their children. They're caring for adults, older adults in their family. They're also still trying to work and have a life,” said Gillivan.
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