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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 9h

Canada is too feeble to have its own Covid inquiry but we know that the same reasoning applied in each of the provinces as 👇.

Clean the fucking air already. We will all be better for it.

Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 15h

UK Covid Inquiry (paraphrased)

We didn’t think too much about the “science” of health risks to children’s or making schools safer to protect them.. because “politics”- the government was worried about the economy & wanted the schools open

Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 16h

Q- Was there any realisation on your part that this could have profound implications for children?

A - The whole government policy - was about maintaining both the economy and schools to be open. I do not believe that significant weight was attached to scientific advise.

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 15h

eVeRy sInGle yEaR in mid oCtObEr: “increased indoor mixing”

… no, its not the people, its basic physics of colder weather, closed windows, & a build up of airborne pathogens

When disease is waterborne we fix the water supply, we don’t blame those drinking it!
www.europeans.today/2025/10/13/e...

England faces new COVID wave as NHS braces for winter strain

After 10 months of relative calm, COVID hospital admissions are rising sharply across England, driven by waning immunity and increased indoor mixing, official data show.

www.europeans.today

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 9h

Just came across this from September 2025 about a possible class action lawsuit regarding false Made in Canada claims.

www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Montrealer plans to sue major grocers over false ‘made in Canada’ labels

One Montrealer is taking on major grocers after buying products thinking they were made in Canada when they weren't.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 10h

We only have Sobey owned stores in BC but I will check it out at one of them. All the brands that people identified in the r/BuyCanadian thread are not readily available where I live.

It is just weird that these sorts of things are imported from the US.

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 12h

You forgot to add grifters to the list.

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 12h

In the era when who knows what is real or not, I am 100% certain that this "grow another ear" video is very much real. Yikes.

Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 12h

You and I both know that most native born won't be able to pass this test.

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

China may not want to but I hope the option is offered to them during negotiations.

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

Nope. Made in USA.

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone in Canada know why all the commercial bread crumbs available in the stores are from the US? What's with that? I know there was the bread price fixing business but, seriously. Some of them don't even give country of origin anymore. 😡

Now I have to make my own which pissed me off.

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · 1d

Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.”

For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now.
www.euractiv.com/news/german-...

German spy chief says Russia won't shy from military confrontation | Euractiv

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, warned on Monday that Russia posed a direct threat and the current “icy peace” with the EU could erupt at any moment into “heated confrontation”. J...

www.euractiv.com

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

Carol was right from the very beginning.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

I prefer to read books. Easier to skip out the boring bits. 😂

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine cleaning the air like we do the water. What a revolutionary idea. /s

LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 1d

A Secret Weapon for Improving Student Outcomes: Better Air Quality. Research shows that test scores and attendance improve when schools install air filters and upgrade ventilation. Thanks to @davidcarel.bsky.social for this reminder.
www.the74million.org/article/a-se...

A Secret Weapon for Improving Student Outcomes: Better Air Quality

Carel: Research shows that test scores and attendance improve when schools install air filters and upgrade ventilation.

www.the74million.org

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

I think it'd be wise to push for Canadian assembly of Chinese cars because I think the days of the Auto Pact will soon be over. I don't see buying Tesla is any better than buying Chinese.

It reminds me of the days when there were big tariffs on Japanese cars and now they build them here (and US).

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

Well, blow me down. I didn't need a study to know that this is true.

Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 1d

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

A record 29% — nearly a third! — of all new cars purchased in California during July, August, and September were zero-emission vehicles.

DC may be fine with selling out American innovation to China, but California will keep charging ahead toward cleaner air for our communities.

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David Hamer @davidhamer1951.bsky.social · 1d

Police are there to enforce the law, not to lobby for legislation of any kind - that’s the job of others: civilians, politicians, media, NGOs, etc.
Cops should stay in their lane.
The further we allow them to go in behaving like this arrogant union leader, the more 🇺🇸American we will become.
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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 1d

www.newsweek.com/smoked-salmo...

Smoked salmon recall over threat-to-life warning gets highest risk alert

D&M Smoked Fish Inc. issued a voluntary recall for two products on September 17 due to possible listeria contamination.

www.newsweek.com

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

I learned first hand about American entitlement when I was a kid many, many years ago.

It is heartening that more Canadians are finally becoming aware of it because it has always been there, just not so exposed.

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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 2d

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 8d

The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 1d

May I join in on the festivities?

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

People Say COVID Infections Are Worse This Year.

"Razor sore throat, fevers, chills. Some social media users are claiming that their current COVID-19 infections are more severe than previous COVID infections; some even claim it’s the worst they’ve ever felt."

Source: archive.md/DB2uM

People Say COVID Infections Are Worse This Year. Here's What Doctors Think.

By Jillian Wilson
Oct 12, 2025, 07:00 AM EDT

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 2d

We definitely will need protection from AI. I'm already sick of hearing about it.

Tim Ellis 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 2d

Fun fact, you can answer all of these questions by talking about how much you want the government to protect you *FROM* "AI" rather than how much you want them to fund it. Give it a try!

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 6d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

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Glass Half Empty 🇨🇦 @yulnative.bsky.social · 2d

True.

Kari Raymer Bishop 🇨🇦 @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this is also true for CBC.

UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · Apr 22

Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."

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