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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 23h

Il est intéressant de noter que le gouvernement du Québec propose de protéger dans la constitution de la province le droit des Québécois et des Québécoises à avoir recours à l'aide médicale à mourir.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 23h

I am in an online "Cross Country Check In" in French with the newly elected Moderator of The United Church of Canada.
Je participe à une réunion nationale en ligne en français avec la nouvelle modératrice élue de l'Église unie du Canada.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 23h

If I have to have a chronic autoimmune disease - which I do - I'm glad that it's genetic in origin and there aren't crackpots making up whackadoodle theories about how hunchbacks like me got spondylitis.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

Ooooh! I was talking to an academic about eugenics and AI yesterday, and look what appears in my feed today!

$fractalecho.bsky.social$

Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · 1d

Disabling Intelligences: Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI is now available in physical form! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Cover of Disabling Intelligences, a dark pink book with orange vines.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

Best wishes for World Sight Day, and Happy Leif Erickson Day, to everyone celebrating.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

Big sports day. Easing into bedtime with Toronto FC playing LAFC.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps this will be part of a Season 3 episode.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Final strike out and the Blue Jays have knocked off the Yankees.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

5-1 Blue Jays, bottom of the 8th, and I am on pins and needles here.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

One of Canada's major newspaper groups is owned by an American hedge fund and runs pretty much daily headlines screaming that the Prime Minister has not yet signed a trade deal with the US.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

By my friend @revswanny.bsky.social. It's not a surprise that an episode of Law & Order Toronto featured egregious behaviour by a Toronto condo board. broadview.org/sanctuary-co...

Toronto condo's lawsuit against street ministry is deeply cruel | Broadview Magazine

Blaming Sanctuary Ministries for the housing and drug crises is like blaming the first-aid tent for the war, writes Bri-anne Swan.

broadview.org

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

I keep making a similar argument regarding trade agreements. The Canadian media keep asking where the trade deal is, but why make an agreement just to have an agreement that the US will then break?

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 3d

If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 1d

As we descend into an abyss of eugenics, OpenAI's text to video generator is being used to produce realistic depictions of a disabled man being brutalized. futurism.com/artificial-i...

People Are Making Sora 2 Videos of Stephen Hawking Being Horribly Brutalized

People are using OpenAI's Sora 2 to generate videos of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking being brutalized in ghoulish ways.

futurism.com

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 2d

I asked this morning how many of the gathered clergy knew that Canada has assisted dying for disabled people who are not at the end of life. Five of the 45 attendees raised their hands.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 2d

Pleased to be with clergy from The United Church of Canada's Eastern Ontario Outaouais Regional Council at St. John's in Cardinal ON, gathered to discuss Medical Assistance in Dying and our theological and pastoral response.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 3d

Changing Alberta's disability supports to (supposedly) emphasize work " is not needed, it is not wanted, and it is dangerous." calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Alberta’s new disability program strips support from those who need it most

AISH changes like clawback of federal funds and creating a mandated work program strip support from the people who need it most

calgaryherald.com

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 3d

The Trump-Carney news conference is on. The Oval Office just keeps getting more garish.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 3d

October 7 and I am praying for peace in Gaza, Israel, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and beyond in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 3d

Harvest Moon tonight, so I'm playing Neil Young, the favourite son of Omemee, Ontario:
Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 4d

Today is the sixth anniversary of the Full Communion agreement between The United Church of Canada and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. What a great celebration that was in Winnipeg! To God be the glory.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 4d

Current state of accessibility and disability rights, summed up in one sentence: "A disabled academic and campaigner has been barred from participating in a debate on assisted suicide at a Scottish university due to a lack of wheelchair access."

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 4d

中秋快乐 Happy Mid Autumn Festival! May the round moon bring my best blessing to all of you.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 4d

Loving the "Canada doesn't deserve to have a baseball team" comments, given that the first recorded baseball game was played in 1838 in Canada and the sport was developed by Canadians in its early years.

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Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 4d

So is every 250th anniversary event in the US going to be like today - a festival of the Dear Leader and whichever lickspittle is responsible for the institution celebrating? I'm waiting for 2033 when we can mark the exodus of the Loyalists to a country that retained the Crown and Parliament.

Dan Hayward @danielhayward.bsky.social · 4d

Blue Jays go up two games to none on the Yankees. The universe continues to unfold as it should.

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