Louise in Ontario🇨🇦
@grammalou.bsky.social
Family doctor, end of life care, mom and grandma, native plant gardener, covid conscious, lefty Canadian. #MedSky
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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr. Has Plainly Stated His Belief in the Falsehoods of AIDS Denialism | Defend Public Health
In June 2023, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told New York Magazine, "There are much better candidates than HIV for what causes AIDS." This is blatantly false, contradicted by mountains of data and real-world ...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for Defend Public Health’s Whopper of the Week!
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
This week @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy @benecal.bsky.social and @aetiology.bsky.social take on RFK Jr.’s AIDS Denialism. It’s a great read.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Thursday's Toronto Star
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JUST IN: Carney announces new support for steel and lumber industries, but nothing for aluminum
Carney announces new support for steel and lumber industries
Amid the ongoing trade war with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a slate of new measures to help and protect the steel and lumber industries.
www.cp24.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
JUST IN: Carney announces new support for steel and lumber industries, but nothing for aluminum
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Just now.
2 military personnel, appearing to be National Guard, shot near White House: Sources
Two uniformed military personnel, appearing to be U.S. National Guardsmen, have been shot just blocks from the White House, according to sources familiar with the matter.
abc7chicago.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just now.
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RIP Jimmy Cliff
Worth taking 3 minutes this morning to watch this profound and lovely performance.
And if you’re my age, to remember where you were when you first heard the song.
#ManyRiversToCross
youtu.be/twf7LhQIBkQ
Worth taking 3 minutes this morning to watch this profound and lovely performance.
And if you’re my age, to remember where you were when you first heard the song.
#ManyRiversToCross
youtu.be/twf7LhQIBkQ
Jimmy Cliff- Many Rivers To Cross
YouTube video by rockyfl86
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff
Worth taking 3 minutes this morning to watch this profound and lovely performance.
And if you’re my age, to remember where you were when you first heard the song.
#ManyRiversToCross
youtu.be/twf7LhQIBkQ
Worth taking 3 minutes this morning to watch this profound and lovely performance.
And if you’re my age, to remember where you were when you first heard the song.
#ManyRiversToCross
youtu.be/twf7LhQIBkQ
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www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Please read ☝️☝️
“The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence—from November 25 to December 10— is a time to come together to challenge harmful norms, promote respect, and create a culture where everyone is safe, valued and free from violence.
Please read ☝️☝️
“The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence—from November 25 to December 10— is a time to come together to challenge harmful norms, promote respect, and create a culture where everyone is safe, valued and free from violence.
The Government of Canada issues a statement to mark the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence - Canada.ca
Today, the Honourable Rechie Valdez, Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), supported by federal cabinet ministers and secretaries of state*, issued...
www.canada.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Please read ☝️☝️
“The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence—from November 25 to December 10— is a time to come together to challenge harmful norms, promote respect, and create a culture where everyone is safe, valued and free from violence.
Please read ☝️☝️
“The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence—from November 25 to December 10— is a time to come together to challenge harmful norms, promote respect, and create a culture where everyone is safe, valued and free from violence.
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Flu shots aren’t perfect, but they are by far the best way to prevent flu, reduce its severity and avoid complications. That’s why I get the shot every year and make sure my family does as well. If you haven’t gotten this season’s shot yet, make an appointment or talk to your doctor today.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Flu shots aren’t perfect, but they are by far the best way to prevent flu, reduce its severity and avoid complications. That’s why I get the shot every year and make sure my family does as well. If you haven’t gotten this season’s shot yet, make an appointment or talk to your doctor today.
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with November 16 data
- Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, NL, NS, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, NL, NS, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with November 16 data
- Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, NL, NS, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, NL, NS, PEI, QC, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
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The Federal Government is not the problem.
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Only 54 new condos were sold in Toronto last month as group warns of looming ‘industry-wide shutdown’
Just 25 new condos were sold in the old City of Toronto last month as new homes sales across the GTA sank to a new low for October.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Federal Government is not the problem.
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
The problem is greed, the price of the units and local development costs.
Why should federal taxpayers subsidize this?
"The benchmark price for a new condo hit $1,031,764, up 2.5 per cent"
Single-family homes - $1,434,447.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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“‘There is a world in which these nations [that support a fossil fuel phaseout] band together and create a global trading bloc that could essentially force the petrostates to start decarbonizing … it could be a way forward.”
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Can the world address climate change without the US?
Even with Trump's America absent, COP30 ended in a weak deal—and a win for petrostates.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“‘There is a world in which these nations [that support a fossil fuel phaseout] band together and create a global trading bloc that could essentially force the petrostates to start decarbonizing … it could be a way forward.”
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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Earlier I distinguished the difference between socialism & social democracies (nordic capitalism). Someone asked me why socialism is bad.
In good faith I answered with this thread: 🧵👇
Then they blocked me. 🥸
I wonder if this was a block-worthy assessment of socialism. 🤷♀️
In good faith I answered with this thread: 🧵👇
Then they blocked me. 🥸
I wonder if this was a block-worthy assessment of socialism. 🤷♀️
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Earlier I distinguished the difference between socialism & social democracies (nordic capitalism). Someone asked me why socialism is bad.
In good faith I answered with this thread: 🧵👇
Then they blocked me. 🥸
I wonder if this was a block-worthy assessment of socialism. 🤷♀️
In good faith I answered with this thread: 🧵👇
Then they blocked me. 🥸
I wonder if this was a block-worthy assessment of socialism. 🤷♀️
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You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
You cannot have a functioning economy when so few people at the top hold so much of the nation’s wealth. It’s not sustainable.
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Water belongs to the people!
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation - CUPE Ontario
TORONTO – The Ford Conservatives rushed to pass Bill 60 today, a move the Keep Water Public coalition says will make water less safe and less affordable for all Ontarians. Keep Water Public is a campa...
cupe.on.ca
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Water belongs to the people!
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
It is not Doug Ford’s to sell off!
Ford is out out of control
cupe.on.ca/bill-60-beco...
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“You’re locking yourself into a position where everybody’s mad."
Again, I will ask where Carney's issues management staffers were? Again I suspect the new politician is doing his own issues management (and comms too).
This isn't 4-D chess, it's a mess.
#GiftLink 🎁
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Again, I will ask where Carney's issues management staffers were? Again I suspect the new politician is doing his own issues management (and comms too).
This isn't 4-D chess, it's a mess.
#GiftLink 🎁
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“You’re locking yourself into a position where everybody’s mad."
Again, I will ask where Carney's issues management staffers were? Again I suspect the new politician is doing his own issues management (and comms too).
This isn't 4-D chess, it's a mess.
#GiftLink 🎁
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Again, I will ask where Carney's issues management staffers were? Again I suspect the new politician is doing his own issues management (and comms too).
This isn't 4-D chess, it's a mess.
#GiftLink 🎁
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
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So...that leaves Meta off the hook when its sites are accessed on desktop? Because we don't insist that children have laptops for school?
Come on.
Come on.
Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government
OTTAWA - Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would place the burden on companies like
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
So...that leaves Meta off the hook when its sites are accessed on desktop? Because we don't insist that children have laptops for school?
Come on.
Come on.
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When Russia wanted to take over Ukraine, many Russians discussed the issue and none objected to taking over a sovereign country.
The USA are behaving like Russians, with Canada as angry and unrelenting as Ukraine.
The attitude of Americans is shocking. Shame on them.
#Canada
#LongLiveCanada
The USA are behaving like Russians, with Canada as angry and unrelenting as Ukraine.
The attitude of Americans is shocking. Shame on them.
#Canada
#LongLiveCanada
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When Russia wanted to take over Ukraine, many Russians discussed the issue and none objected to taking over a sovereign country.
The USA are behaving like Russians, with Canada as angry and unrelenting as Ukraine.
The attitude of Americans is shocking. Shame on them.
#Canada
#LongLiveCanada
The USA are behaving like Russians, with Canada as angry and unrelenting as Ukraine.
The attitude of Americans is shocking. Shame on them.
#Canada
#LongLiveCanada
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The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.
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Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Himes: "This shows Steve Witkoff almost literally sitting side with the Russians on this ... it's unimaginable to consider the fact that you would propose a peace deal that the Ukrainians didn't even know about."
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Utter bastards. Stellantis ghosted parliament
The hearing was to allow MPs to question the government & Stellantis about the hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to help secure its presence in Canada — and maintain thousands of unionized jobs in Ontario.
Utter bastards. Stellantis ghosted parliament
The hearing was to allow MPs to question the government & Stellantis about the hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to help secure its presence in Canada — and maintain thousands of unionized jobs in Ontario.
MPs ‘speechless’ after Stellantis fails to show up to hearing, citing technical issues | CBC News
Members of Parliament from multiple parties slammed Stellantis on Tuesday for failing to show up to a committee hearing about the federal government’s multimillion-dollar funding deals with the global...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Utter bastards. Stellantis ghosted parliament
The hearing was to allow MPs to question the government & Stellantis about the hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to help secure its presence in Canada — and maintain thousands of unionized jobs in Ontario.
Utter bastards. Stellantis ghosted parliament
The hearing was to allow MPs to question the government & Stellantis about the hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to help secure its presence in Canada — and maintain thousands of unionized jobs in Ontario.
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Mere months ago, the following words would have seemed wildly hyperbolic: Canada🇨🇦 must strengthen its defences vs. the US, fast. Our democracy + sovereignty is in serious jeopardy. We only have a f...
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Beautiful excellence. You would likely never see this in the backwards USA. www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
Canadian farmers to lobby federal government to cap profits of major grocers
HALIFAX – Canadian farmers plan to lobby the federal government to implement a guaranteed annual income and a cap on the profits of the major grocery store chains in the country. The lobbying p...
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Beautiful excellence. You would likely never see this in the backwards USA. www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/202...
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Bernie Sanders just dropped a 60-second truth bomb on Al, and everyone needs to hear it.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Bernie Sanders just dropped a 60-second truth bomb on Al, and everyone needs to hear it.