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Gardener. Current: flower mixologist. Former: flack. Fluent in spin. I media scan, therefore I am. Mister Rogers/Mary Oliver stan. Born at 326 ppm. Old married broad. Mom. Dogs' person. Canadian. Ferenge. she/her #BlackLivesMatter #LFC #ElbowsUp
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For the time-being, many of the political news stories I share will have comments closed. I want to continue to share the stories as a service and FYI to other news junkies here but don't want negative energy in my comments right now. Apologies and thanks for understanding.
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As families gather for the holidays, it’s easier for contagious viruses to spread, putting vulnerable groups at risk. Thankfully, widespread vaccination prevents these diseases from spreading and keeps everyone healthy. Learn more. www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
As families gather for the holidays, it’s easier for contagious viruses to spread, putting vulnerable groups at risk. Thankfully, widespread vaccination prevents these diseases from spreading and keeps everyone healthy. Learn more. www.healthychildren.org/English/safe...
It should allow Cdn producers to access market space of about $854 million.
"The measures will include new restrictions on steel imports from countries that don’t have a free-trade agreement with Canada, lowering their share of imports from 50% to 20%, according to a senior government official."
"The measures will include new restrictions on steel imports from countries that don’t have a free-trade agreement with Canada, lowering their share of imports from 50% to 20%, according to a senior government official."
#Breaking: Liberals set to announce relief for Canadian steel sector amid tariff war
Liberals set to announce relief for Canadian steel sector amid tariff war
The measures will include new restrictions on steel imports from countries that don’t have a free-trade agreement with Canada, lowering their share of imports from 50 per cent to 20 per cent, accordin...
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It should allow Cdn producers to access market space of about $854 million.
"The measures will include new restrictions on steel imports from countries that don’t have a free-trade agreement with Canada, lowering their share of imports from 50% to 20%, according to a senior government official."
"The measures will include new restrictions on steel imports from countries that don’t have a free-trade agreement with Canada, lowering their share of imports from 50% to 20%, according to a senior government official."
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This is your must read this week.
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is your must read this week.
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Read this.
It is about leukemia and the powers and limits of science and the terrifying dangers of the turn against it. It is human and excoriating and beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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IMO, all the alarm bells should be ringing with respect to Carney’s “whole society approach” that binds everything into a duty to state sovereignty through a reorganization around industry and military.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
IMO, all the alarm bells should be ringing with respect to Carney’s “whole society approach” that binds everything into a duty to state sovereignty through a reorganization around industry and military.
"Understand, I’ll slip quietly
away from the noisy crowd
when I see the pale
stars rising, blooming, over the oaks.
I’ll pursue solitary pathways
through the pale twilit meadows,
with only this one dream:
You come too."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
away from the noisy crowd
when I see the pale
stars rising, blooming, over the oaks.
I’ll pursue solitary pathways
through the pale twilit meadows,
with only this one dream:
You come too."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
"Understand, I’ll slip quietly
away from the noisy crowd
when I see the pale
stars rising, blooming, over the oaks.
I’ll pursue solitary pathways
through the pale twilit meadows,
with only this one dream:
You come too."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
away from the noisy crowd
when I see the pale
stars rising, blooming, over the oaks.
I’ll pursue solitary pathways
through the pale twilit meadows,
with only this one dream:
You come too."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
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November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
So let me get this straight... The premier of Ontario threatened to use government power to intimidate and harass groups he views as political enemies?
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford is threatening to audit all provincial spending to determine whether public-sector unions are “funnelling” money to “left-wing radical groups” that staged a protest inside the Ontario legislature. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
globalnews.ca/news/1154280...
Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca
Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So let me get this straight... The premier of Ontario threatened to use government power to intimidate and harass groups he views as political enemies?
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
(Here's my guess: Doug's gone off script again and his staffers will get him in line again.)
#OnPoli
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Seeing a major increase in flu cases. The south-west continues to be at extremely high levels.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Seeing a major increase in flu cases. The south-west continues to be at extremely high levels.
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Here is me:
Fuck the pressure to be perfect -
wherever it comes from.
From cultural notions of "professionalism" from inner voices of inadequacy, from competitiveness, from envy, from academia and grading.
Claiming your human frailty is your greatest power and wholeness.
Fuck the pressure to be perfect -
wherever it comes from.
From cultural notions of "professionalism" from inner voices of inadequacy, from competitiveness, from envy, from academia and grading.
Claiming your human frailty is your greatest power and wholeness.
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Here is me:
Fuck the pressure to be perfect -
wherever it comes from.
From cultural notions of "professionalism" from inner voices of inadequacy, from competitiveness, from envy, from academia and grading.
Claiming your human frailty is your greatest power and wholeness.
Fuck the pressure to be perfect -
wherever it comes from.
From cultural notions of "professionalism" from inner voices of inadequacy, from competitiveness, from envy, from academia and grading.
Claiming your human frailty is your greatest power and wholeness.
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I was lucky enough to meet Colleen Jones a couple times. What a thoroughly delightful woman: so smart, so vibrant, so funny, so alive. She was a spectacular curler and much more than that, and I am grateful that the country got to see it. Rest in peace to a Canadian treasure.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I was lucky enough to meet Colleen Jones a couple times. What a thoroughly delightful woman: so smart, so vibrant, so funny, so alive. She was a spectacular curler and much more than that, and I am grateful that the country got to see it. Rest in peace to a Canadian treasure.
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So the PM intended to inform B.C.'s premier once the negotiations with Alberta have been finalized?
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
B.C. Premier says he spoke with Carney about concerns over potential oil pipeline
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
So the PM intended to inform B.C.'s premier once the negotiations with Alberta have been finalized?
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Nation-building promised, sausage-making delivered.
Regardless of whether this pipeline will ever be built, the process itself is profoundly damaging.
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
How has Piccini not been Steve Clarked yet?
She wants integrity commissioner to look at “sections pertaining to conflict of interest, improper use of influence, & the obligation to avoid actions that place private or partisan interests above the public good" of the Members’ Integrity Act" #OnPoli
She wants integrity commissioner to look at “sections pertaining to conflict of interest, improper use of influence, & the obligation to avoid actions that place private or partisan interests above the public good" of the Members’ Integrity Act" #OnPoli
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
How has Piccini not been Steve Clarked yet?
She wants integrity commissioner to look at “sections pertaining to conflict of interest, improper use of influence, & the obligation to avoid actions that place private or partisan interests above the public good" of the Members’ Integrity Act" #OnPoli
She wants integrity commissioner to look at “sections pertaining to conflict of interest, improper use of influence, & the obligation to avoid actions that place private or partisan interests above the public good" of the Members’ Integrity Act" #OnPoli
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“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, … “It’s too much of a black box.””
Uncertainty and opacity are unavoidable features of generative AI. These are problems that you can’t engineer away.
No wonder insurers are taking a pass.
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Uncertainty and opacity are unavoidable features of generative AI. These are problems that you can’t engineer away.
No wonder insurers are taking a pass.
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Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, … “It’s too much of a black box.””
Uncertainty and opacity are unavoidable features of generative AI. These are problems that you can’t engineer away.
No wonder insurers are taking a pass.
Gift link:
Uncertainty and opacity are unavoidable features of generative AI. These are problems that you can’t engineer away.
No wonder insurers are taking a pass.
Gift link:
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Industry with over 330 years of experience in calculating risk: AI is too risky for us.
Canada’s technocrat-led federal government: AI regulation would just SLOW DOWN THE FUTURE.
As a mentor once noted: If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry.
Canada’s technocrat-led federal government: AI regulation would just SLOW DOWN THE FUTURE.
As a mentor once noted: If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry.
In more AI bubble news, major insurers are declining to insure risks from AI chatbots & agents, saying AI models are too unpredictable & error-prone with no one clearly liable when things go wrong. Firms & universities better consider this in their rush to adopt AI.
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Industry with over 330 years of experience in calculating risk: AI is too risky for us.
Canada’s technocrat-led federal government: AI regulation would just SLOW DOWN THE FUTURE.
As a mentor once noted: If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry.
Canada’s technocrat-led federal government: AI regulation would just SLOW DOWN THE FUTURE.
As a mentor once noted: If you want to get a sense of where things are going, pay attention to the insurance industry.
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
"Inequality is a choice. There are policies that can reduce it. These include more progressive taxation, debt relief, rewriting global trade rules and curbing monopolies."
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Inequality is a choice. There are policies that can reduce it. These include more progressive taxation, debt relief, rewriting global trade rules and curbing monopolies."
"Advocates for greater safeguards online say Ottawa should legislate to make tech giants stop artificial-intelligence chatbots from posing as real people and giving harmful advice, including to vulnerable adults."
November 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Advocates for greater safeguards online say Ottawa should legislate to make tech giants stop artificial-intelligence chatbots from posing as real people and giving harmful advice, including to vulnerable adults."
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Hard to believe ignoring an issue made the issue worse. I mean when has that ever happened?
NEW: Months after many supervised injection sites were shut down, Toronto is reporting an increase in “visible substance use on the street" and “open use of substances in public spaces.” #ToPoli #ONpoli
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
globalnews.ca/news/1154127...
Toronto reports more visible drug use after supervised injection sites closed down - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The City of Toronto is reporting an increase in visible drug use in the wake of the Ford government's decision to pull funding for several safe-injection sites earlier this year.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hard to believe ignoring an issue made the issue worse. I mean when has that ever happened?
So Canadians in some provinces have free contraceptives & diabetes meds but most don't. Inequitable healthcare access isn't okay.
"Mark Carney and Michel have not publicly pledged to expand to a full national, universal pharmacare program. Both have spoken about “protecting” pharmacare."
"Mark Carney and Michel have not publicly pledged to expand to a full national, universal pharmacare program. Both have spoken about “protecting” pharmacare."
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
So Canadians in some provinces have free contraceptives & diabetes meds but most don't. Inequitable healthcare access isn't okay.
"Mark Carney and Michel have not publicly pledged to expand to a full national, universal pharmacare program. Both have spoken about “protecting” pharmacare."
"Mark Carney and Michel have not publicly pledged to expand to a full national, universal pharmacare program. Both have spoken about “protecting” pharmacare."
"using microscopic bubbles, triggered by focused ultrasound to temporarily open the brain’s protective barrier, allowed chemotherapy to penetrate tumour regions effectively.
Patients lived nearly 40% longer...
"There are still patients on this trial, right now, who are alive four or five years in"
Patients lived nearly 40% longer...
"There are still patients on this trial, right now, who are alive four or five years in"
Canadian-U.S. study boosts survival in aggressive #glioblastona tumour treatment - using bubbles focused ultrasound and chemotherapy @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social
@sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social
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@sunnybrookhsc.bsky.social
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Canadian-U.S. study makes breakthrough in aggressive brain tumour treatment
A new Canadian-U.S. study gives glioblastoma patients hope and doctors a new doorway to treat brain tumours.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"using microscopic bubbles, triggered by focused ultrasound to temporarily open the brain’s protective barrier, allowed chemotherapy to penetrate tumour regions effectively.
Patients lived nearly 40% longer...
"There are still patients on this trial, right now, who are alive four or five years in"
Patients lived nearly 40% longer...
"There are still patients on this trial, right now, who are alive four or five years in"
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“In Canada, the total burden on the healthcare system from long COVID was estimated to be between CAD 7.8 and CAD 50.6 billion up to spring 2023, with unvaccinated individuals having higher impacts.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
“In Canada, the total burden on the healthcare system from long COVID was estimated to be between CAD 7.8 and CAD 50.6 billion up to spring 2023, with unvaccinated individuals having higher impacts.”
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Biden put a hedge fund manager in charge of Covid with a strategy of allowing Covid to spread out of control to please short term business interests. It was not a good long term plan as Long Covid is costing the global economy 1 trillion dollars a year.
#Medsky
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
#Medsky
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Biden put a hedge fund manager in charge of Covid with a strategy of allowing Covid to spread out of control to please short term business interests. It was not a good long term plan as Long Covid is costing the global economy 1 trillion dollars a year.
#Medsky
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
#Medsky
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...
November 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
PM Goldman Sachs excels at stepping on rakes.
Mona Fortier, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, tried to clean up for him -- as did Liberal MP Karina Gould, a young woman leader he shanked. Both women inadvertently made it sound like maybe Carney maybe just dislikes the word 'feminist'?
Mona Fortier, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, tried to clean up for him -- as did Liberal MP Karina Gould, a young woman leader he shanked. Both women inadvertently made it sound like maybe Carney maybe just dislikes the word 'feminist'?
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
PM Goldman Sachs excels at stepping on rakes.
Mona Fortier, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, tried to clean up for him -- as did Liberal MP Karina Gould, a young woman leader he shanked. Both women inadvertently made it sound like maybe Carney maybe just dislikes the word 'feminist'?
Mona Fortier, parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, tried to clean up for him -- as did Liberal MP Karina Gould, a young woman leader he shanked. Both women inadvertently made it sound like maybe Carney maybe just dislikes the word 'feminist'?
"clouds of thick smoke 14 kilometres into the sky and over the Red Sea.
Satellite imagery captured by NASA shows the Afar region of Ethiopia, where the Hayli Gubbi volcano is located, with a brownish plume of smoke hanging over the area after it erupted over several hours on Sunday."
Satellite imagery captured by NASA shows the Afar region of Ethiopia, where the Hayli Gubbi volcano is located, with a brownish plume of smoke hanging over the area after it erupted over several hours on Sunday."
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"clouds of thick smoke 14 kilometres into the sky and over the Red Sea.
Satellite imagery captured by NASA shows the Afar region of Ethiopia, where the Hayli Gubbi volcano is located, with a brownish plume of smoke hanging over the area after it erupted over several hours on Sunday."
Satellite imagery captured by NASA shows the Afar region of Ethiopia, where the Hayli Gubbi volcano is located, with a brownish plume of smoke hanging over the area after it erupted over several hours on Sunday."