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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 22h

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Fonzy Scheme @fonzyscheme.bsky.social · 1d

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20h

“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”

Why e-bikes are more important the EVs

Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise

danielknowles.substack.com

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 21h

They have fired the staff of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and 70 Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, who are disease detectives that respond to outbreaks around the world.

I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous it is to dismantle our disease surveillance infrastructure.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16h

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"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 16h

Just like they killed USAID, they are now killing CDC

“CDC is over. It was killed”

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 17h

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 22h

For more information about the Friday night massacre at CDC, I wrote up an analysis of who got terminated and what that means for public health.

Grateful to @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social for supporting and amplifying. We are in really terrible trouble.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/the-death-...

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Guillaume Emeriaud @gemeriaud.bsky.social · 21h

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L’urgence de relancer le transport collectif

Plombé par des enjeux de financement, les retards de livraison des projets et le sentiment d’insécurité grandissant, le transport collectif nage en eaux troubles. En pleine campagne municipale, des us...

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Hal Dol, MD @haldol.bsky.social · 1d

Devinette pour les anti-vaccins : Qui a reçu hier son vaccin contre la grippe et son rappel booster contre la COVID ?

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 5d

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Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine @cra-chusj.bsky.social · 4d

Retour direct à domicile après une hospitalisation aux soins intensifs pédiatriques : une approche sécuritaire pour plusieurs enfants, selon deux études de la Dre Nadia Roumeliotis.
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Retour direct à domicile après les soins intensifs pédiatriques: une approche sécuritaire

recherche.chusj.org

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Robb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 4d

It's not clear whether politicians understand how much has changed since Harper's big pipeline push.

Canada has an opportunity to build nation-building, not nation-burning projects - like a connected grid, EV supply chains and renewables.

@cape-acme.bsky.social

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Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 4d

“Imagine there was a truck heading directly for your children. What would you do? Surely everything in your power to save them, including jumping in its way?” That truck is climate change.

Great to speak with @theguardian.com’s Maya Goodfellow about my new book, #RunLikeAGirl.

Canada’s former climate minister on making a change, ‘aloof’ Trudeau and sexism

Catherine McKenna’s memoir delves into thorny parts of being in office including death threats and being referred to as ‘climate Barbie’

www.theguardian.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 5d

Just dug this up as a clear example of fitting a complex nuanced narrative into a single social media post for my masterclass in public science engagement using online tools

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Nov 19

Climate Change:

It's real.

It's us.

It's serious - and already dangerous.

But there are solutions.

The science is clear: the faster we cut emissions, the less suffering we will cause, and the better off we'll all be.

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Coralie LaPerrière @anarcoco.bsky.social · 5d

La belle technique Trumpienne toi chose : si on a pas de données, le problème existe pas ! Wouhou !

“Depuis cinq ans, le Baromètre confirme que non seulement la population québécoise est consciente de l’urgence, mais aussi qu’elle veut agir contre les changements climatiques.“

Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 6d

Le gouvernement Legault a mis fin au financement du Baromètre de l’action climatique, a appris @ledevoir.com. Ce projet de recherche a notamment démontré un fort appétit pour une plus grande ambition du gouvernement en matière de lutte contre le réchauffement. www.ledevoir.com/actualites/e...

Québec supprime le financement du Baromètre de l’action climatique

Ce projet de recherche mesurait les attitudes et les perceptions des Québécois face à la crise climatique.

www.ledevoir.com

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Léa Stréliski 🇨🇦‬ @leastreliski.bsky.social · 9d

Ce courage de protéger le fragile. Pourquoi c'est pas ça qui mène le monde?

Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 9d

Not everyone can make the commitment that these two extraordinary women have, but we can all do something to help each other, our Earth and its creatures

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 9d

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak. This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the preventable infectious disease, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta’s first death since outbreak

This is the second known death linked to the countrywide outbreak of the infectious disease

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 11d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

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Robb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 10d

New pipelines are a climate and health disaster with no business case.

"For us to make 30- or 40-year bets on an industry that by all predictions is going to decline just doesn’t make any economic sense."

@cape-acme.bsky.social

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Any New Oil Pipeline Will Need Massive Taxpayer Subsidies, Analyst Warns

With a “flashing red warning light” heralding years of low oil prices, and a major Canadian fossil company joining its international peers in laying off hundreds of workers, a Simon Fraser University ...

www.theenergymix.com

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 10d

Well said

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 10d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 10d

Save Medicaid

“That’s the tweet”

And that’s a really f’ing low bar

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Don Vinh @donvinh.bsky.social · 12d

The new COVID vaccine is coming to 🇨🇦.
Here’s a quick Q&A about the updated vaccine rolling out.

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

COVID-19 vaccine campaigns launch across Canada for 2025-26 | CBC News

Provinces and territories are starting to roll out updated vaccines to protect people from COVID-19.

www.cbc.ca

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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 18d

Le gouvernement Legault a demandé un avis sur la cible climatique au Comité consultatif sur les changements climatiques. En entrevue avec @ledevoir.com, son président est formel: le Québec doit garder le cap et agir contre la crise du climat. www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...

Le Québec doit garder le cap sur le front climatique, plaide un conseiller du gouvernement Legault

La province est en retard sur son objectif de réduction des émissions de GES, reconnaît Alain Webster.

www.ledevoir.com

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