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Jessie🇨🇦🐈🐾
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Mostly here for 🐈🐕|Medical Librarian|PhD|Cyclist|Assoc. Editor, JCE|Ottawa via PEI/Odawa via Epekwitk|Musician|Loves Rush and Bach|Jewelry maker
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What the heck?
I was just thinking about contributing to the "charity" Feeding America. Until I discovered that the salary for its CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, was approximately $949,866 in 2024, with her total compensation being $1,113,502. Apparently, feeding America isn't her top priority.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We lost a Canadian icon 🇨🇦and a world champion - RIP Colleen Jones
Colleen Jones, champion curler and CBC reporter, dies at 65 | CBC News
Jones’s celebrated career paved the way for other women in sport and broadcasting.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media. #cdnpoli
theconversation.com/quiet-piggy-...
‘Quiet, piggy’ and other slurs: Powerful men fuel online abuse against women in politics and media
Gender-based violence in politics has democratic costs, diminishing diverse voices and expertise in public office.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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'Cultural break.' U.S. senators say relations with Canadian neighbours are suffering. #cdnpoli
“But the deeper problem is the cultural break; the idea that Canadians don’t think of Americans as their friends and neighbours, but as adversaries.”
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/cul...
'Cultural break.' U.S. senators say relations with Canadian neighbours are suffering
HALIFAX - The tariffs imposed on Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump have clearly caused economic pain for Canada, but a U.S. senator from Maine says he’s more worried about
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
The James Webb Telescope May Have Seen the First Stars in the Universe
Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The therapist is in session. How can I help? 😹
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Brutal news for cyclists
A sad day for cyclists. Bill 60 - which prohibits the conversion of motor vehicle lanes to bike lanes (or any other prescribed purpose) - has passed Third Reading this morning which will kill various cycling projects in Toronto & across Ontario. #shame #BikeTO #BikeSky #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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DOGE is not really gone, it’s just been made standard operating procedure now. Please stop celebrating DOGE ‘ending’ as a ‘win.’ It’s not. Their cuts have already killed 600,000 people. Elon stole all your data. Don’t fall for the clickbait.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I love snow ❄️
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Blue Rodeo from Friday night in Ottawa - great show with guest Adam Baldwin
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Striking a pose #catsofbluesky
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Running with my friend Pochita at the park - she’s always faster!
#dogsofbkuesky
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy #Caturday
November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New horrors and attacks on science daily. I guess that’s what you do when you have so much free time, since you aren’t doing any actual science or even any reading (or thinking).
Guy whose family forced a lobotomy onto his aunt wants medieval medicine for all.

In fact, forget lobotomies for some, let’s bring back trepanation for all!

The CDC to be replaced with Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights.
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Exactly 👍- I think this is how artistic and creative person feels about AI. It seems to be taking all the good parts.
I want AI to do the laundry and my admin while I write and illustrate books.

I don't want AI to write and illustrate books while I do the laundry and admin.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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New name for the CDC just dropped:
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Two spectacular concerts in Ottawa this week from Matt Good and I Mother Earth
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
So bored reading this I fell asleep!

#catsofbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Beautiful sunny cold ride. The sun getting is low in the afternoons and setting at 4:28. #bikesky
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Fox News tried coming after Denmark's social safety net. This Danish politician's legendary fact check is great! #cdnpoli
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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A Hamilton Health Sciences gynecological surgeon has helped to develop a surgical simulator for practising emergency surgeries to assist in preventing life-threatening bleeding after childbirth.
Hamilton Health Sciences doctor invents surgical simulator for childbirth emergencies
A Hamilton Health Sciences gynecological surgeon has helped to develop a surgical simulator for practising emergency surgeries to assist in preventing life-threatening bleeding after childbirth.
www.chch.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM