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Louise in Ontario🇨🇦
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Family doctor, end of life care, mom and grandma, native plant gardener, covid conscious, lefty Canadian. #MedSky
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Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?
Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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BREAKING: Millions of files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says
February 18, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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Supriya Dwivedi on Jamil Jivani: "Everything that's come out of this guy's mouth has been a promotion of MAGA talking points, arguing for the American side under the guise of him going down there to protect jobs in his own riding."
February 18, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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PATRIQUIN: "Fundamentally, I think most Conservatives, outside of Mr. Jivani apparently, realized that Canadians aren't anti-American. They're anti-Trump. And why are they anti-Trump? Well, read the room, Jamil ... he's threatened to annex us."
February 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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February 18, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Not to jump on the bandwagon, but I filter my blood. Well, my liver does.

www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...
Blood filtering ‘another ridiculous celeb wellness trend’ | Deception Decoded
Professor Timothy Caulfield debunks the ‘scienceploitation’ blood detox trend which celebrities claim filters out ‘plastic particles, mould,’ and ‘other toxins.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
February 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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Heads up if you have a disability...

@aircanada.bsky.social is charging my wife and I hundreds of dollars extra because she uses a wheelchair and they won’t provide an accessible airport transfer (which we paid for in the package) that she can use unless we pay more.
February 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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Q: Is this potentially muddling the message here, the fact that you're the leader and [Jamil Jivani] seems to be talking out of turn on this issue.

POILIEVRE: Well he speaks for himself and I speak for the party.
February 17, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Pierre Poilievre on Alberta separatism: "We are entirely a federalist caucus. I have not had a single MP express that view. And as for myself, I'm a very proud federalist, born and bred Albertan, and we will be fighting for a united Canada."
February 17, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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South Carolina’s measles total rises to 962

The South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) announced 12 more measles cases in an ongoing outbreak.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/m...
February 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Canadian PM Mark Carney: “There are many strengths to this partnership that we have with the United States.

“But it is a dependency, and it’s a dependency where we want to change in a positive way by building up our defence capacities here and our other partnerships abroad.”
February 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Imagine the guilt the people at @ipaccanada.bsky.social have to live with every day - and look forward to a lifetime of.

Grandkids ask what they did in the pandemic, and it's: "Cosplayed as a scientist, shouted down the real ones,
Dunning-Kruger'ed a bunch of people to death and covered it up."
Hearing that @ipaccanada.bsky.social once again deliberately has nothing about air quality and airborne transmission at their annual conference. Unconscionable.
February 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with February 1 data
- Peel updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, NB, NL, PEI, QC, YT

wwater.ca

Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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I am cheering out loud #Canada
Prime Minister Carney on Marco Rubio's Munich speech (French): "Mr. Rubio has spoken, and the American administration from time to time talks about, Christian nationalism ... It is not Canadian nationalism. Canadian nationalism is civic nationalism."

(forgive the quality of my translation)
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Topping the sovereign capability list is aerospace, a reference that could have political significance for the political debate over whether the purchase of U.S.-manufactured F-35 stealth fighter will proceed. Last on the list is drones, both aerial and underwater.
Canada bets on 'Build at Home' defence strategy to reclaim sovereignty — and revive readiness | CBC News
Canada’s new defence industrial strategy sets ambitious targets to rebuild military readiness and reduce reliance on foreign suppliers, aiming to award 70 per cent of defence contracts to Canadian fir...
www.cbc.ca
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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This is huge news. US credit cards are a major lever for the US in the global financial system. A viable alternative would significantly weaken US financial power (and would greatly help people sanctioned by the US, like ICC judges....)

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative amid Trump fears
Exclusive: First meeting to be held over domestic payments system aimed at reducing reliance on US networks
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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Marco Rubio just flew to Budapest to deliver a speech in which he provided a full endorsement of Viktor Orbán in the upcoming Hungarian elections.
Here is the letter he signed in 2019 warning about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory" under Orbán
h/t Carrick Ryan
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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No, it's not "back to business as usual."

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
No, It’s Not Back to Business as Usual
Marco Rubio was more civil than J. D. Vance had been, but the message to longtime allies was the same.
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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February 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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May it be the first of many!

Hospitals are killing people with unnecessary infections because their internal politics are more important than patients' lives. Make negligent IPAC leaders pay a price - in money, but also loss of licensure and public humiliation - and the deaths will stop overnight.
France: First court case over death linked to hospital-acquired COVID-19 infection.

Awarded €8,000 for the harm suffered by the victim; €15,000 for the widow’s emotional distress, €4,000 for funeral costs, and €4,000 each for the 4 children’s emotional distress.

www.francebleu.fr/nouvelle-aqu...
February 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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🚨 Breaking news in Epstein Case 🚨 The New Mexico Legislature has passed HR1 to convene a Truth Commission and investigate Epstein’s crimes in NM, including at Zorro Ranch—led by State Reps Andrea Romero and Marianna Anaya.

Full explainer here: youtu.be/DnOTfR_msPw?...
February 17, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Did you know? Some folks think trashing our planet for quick cash is "just business." Spoiler: It's not. Our forests—Earth's lungs—are vanishing at 10M hectares/year. That's like losing 27 football fields EVERY MINUTE. 🌳🚨 #SaveOurForests
February 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Wow.
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 AM