Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 4h

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 9d

Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com

12 150 290

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Steve Rose @steverose7.bsky.social · 1d

I spoke to the hardest working man in podcasting: BEN MEISELAS of Meidas Touch, who's taking the fight to Maga (and beating Joe Rogan in the ratings), and doesn't mince his words about the state of US media, and its failure to meet the current moment.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re fighting for you!’ Podcaster Ben Meiselas on taking on the Maga media – and winning the ratings battle

His channel, MeidasTouch, puts out 15 videos a day exposing Republican failings – and it is getting bigger audiences than Joe Rogan’s. Is this the champion the American left has been waiting for?

www.theguardian.com

21 230 1.1K

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Brent Wittmeier @wittmeier.bsky.social · 20h

Alberta used to have the best services in Canada. On health and education, arguably the two main roles for a provincial government, the UCP is failing Albertans.

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 23h

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
1/7

6 16

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 In Perth @flyingstronger.bsky.social · 9h

On this Thanksgiving weekend, reflecting on how thankful I am to have been born and raised in Canada, to have my children and grandchildren born and raised in this beautiful, free and independent country. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians. Stand tall, proud and free always. 🇨🇦

2 27 67

Ronald 🍁 @techjargon.bsky.social · 9h

A Thanksgiving of Resistance
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

A Thanksgiving of Resistance

Every year at this time as I watch the yellow leaves being blown off the trees and the cold wind of October tingling the air, I’m reminded of a decision that changed my life.

open.substack.com

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Glenn of the Hill People @decentenough.bsky.social · 2d

My Northern Dudes, Trump will roll Canada like he rolled Americans if you even give him an inch.

He’s a pathological liar and megalomaniac, and I hope Canadians are never infected with the MAGA Parasite.
Genuinely believe his own vice president J.D. Vance - Trump is America’s Hitler.

1 7 36

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

LorriefromCanada @lorriefmp.bsky.social · 1d

1 4

Ronald 🍁 @techjargon.bsky.social · 2d

The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

The Great Derangement: Carney, Trump and the Return of Keystone XL

Well, that was unexpected.

open.substack.com

Ronald 🍁 @techjargon.bsky.social · 2d

Immunosupremacy, Everyone’s got a little brain damage these days, Long Covid is here to stay, and more
open.substack.com/pub/johndupu...

Immunosupremacy, Everyone’s got a little brain damage these days, Long Covid is here to stay, and more

Bonus One mutation away from the next global pandemic

open.substack.com

1 2

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Leslie-Anne 🇨🇦🇫🇷😷☮️**I AM CANADIAN!** @leslie-anne.bsky.social · 2d

@mark-carney.bsky.social I am pretty sure you are aware of this - and I hope you have people on it……..

23 160 330

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 3d

Jerilee Ryle, a member of Lake St. Martin First Nation, is the newest judge in Manitoba’s provincial court.

At her swearing-in, she reflected on how Anishinaabe traditions, once illegal, are now part of the system she serves.

Anishinaabe judge sworn in to system that once banned her traditions | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

youtu.be

2 29 110

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

💙💙🤔CJ🤨🤣🧐💙💙🇺🇸 @cnice59.bsky.social · 4d

17 140 360

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.

"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

www.news-medical.net

3 120 220

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar.

Up to 150,000 COVID ‘auto-tests’ were sold last week amid a surge linked to the new XFG variant.

Self-tests give results in 15 mins but are only ~70% accurate, meaning 3 in 10 positive cases could be missed.

Source: archive.md/52Qfc

French pharmacies run out of Covid tests as cases soar

A vaccination campaign against Covid begins in France on October 14

A view of a positive lateral flow Covid test

Self-testing kits are the easiest and quickest way to check for Covid-19

Michele Ursi/Shutterstock
Zane Lilley
Published Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 13:48 Modified Tuesday 07 October 2025 - 14:28

5 84 170

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 4d

Leena Minifie has heard many horror stories of the discrimination Indigenous Peoples face during her more than 20 years as a journalist, film and television producer.

But, she was taken aback by some of what she heard while working on The Good Canadian.

The Good Canadian documents discrimination against Indigenous Peoples

The documentary The Good Canadian documents various forms of discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

www.aptnnews.ca

2 37 61

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

This strikes me as pretty bad

2.1K 9.2K 23K

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

UK: Two hospitals — Royal Shrewsbury and Princess Royal in Telford — are reintroducing compulsory face masks in some areas from Wednesday, as Covid-19 cases rise. The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust said the rule applies to specific parts of both facilities.

Source: archive.md/u5TQw

Hospitals to reintroduce face masks in Covid spike

38 minutes ago

Andy Giddings West Midlands

The face masks must be worn in parts of the hospitals, including cancer wards, children's wards and the emergency department

8 30 100

Ronald 🍁 @techjargon.bsky.social · 4d

The War on Ideas
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

The War on Ideas

In mid-September, I was invited to speak at the University of Regina about the threat posed by MAGA gangsters to higher education.

open.substack.com

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

🇨🇦Shauna🇨🇦 @domesticgoddess67.bsky.social · 5d

2 3 5

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 5d

We need to get the US press the hell out of of Canada

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 6d

🤬🤬🤬

2 2 6

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 6d

On the Rideau Canal and why we need to defy Trump's pressure on the golden dome. Trump's comments on 51st state are tied to his claim that Canada is open to discuss his golden dome protection scheme.
The sovereignty of our airspace cannot be up for negotiations.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkiG...

DEFENDING CANADA FROM THE USA

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

www.youtube.com

17 100 280

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 6d

Siri, explain why Ford got rid of the speed cameras that save lives…

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

10 38 100

Ronald 🍁 @techjargon.bsky.social · 6d

The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada

MAGA Alberta’s latest attempt to sow division came in the form of a two-pronged assault.

open.substack.com

Reposted by Ronald 🍁

Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 7d

SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. It spreads and can linger in the air, a bit like cigarette smoke. High quality masks/respirators are critical to prevent infection from this dangerous SARS virus and other airborne pathogens

18 170 560