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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 4h

I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world

what a fucking thing, man

that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 3h

5 yrs after the start of the worst health crisis in memory, there is a national conversation waiting to be had about the roles of the individual, society and the state in such a crisis. What is my responsibility to myself and to my community, and what is the responsibility of the state towards us?

Five years on, the right’s Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream | Laura Spinney

Before the next outbreak, we need a serious conversation about how to cope – but first, the more strident, misguided voices must pipe down, says author Laura Spinney

www.theguardian.com

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 5h

The Nakba never ended. Gentrification is ethnic cleansing. It's wrong here in the United States, and it's wrong in Occupied Palestine. Here, wealthy American Jews are buying real estate and forcing poor Arab Muslims and Christians out of homes they've had for decades.

www.jpost.com/real-estate/...

Jewish Israelis to flock to Jisr al-Zarka for new housing | The Jerusalem Post

Developed by Geshem Holdings, the apartments are new and modern; some are just 100 meters from the sea. It signifies a coming influx of Jewish Israelis into this Arab town.

www.jpost.com

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Larry Hamilton @ichiloe.bsky.social · 6h

"Hey Trump, nobody paid us to be here. We all hate you for free!"
Strong turnout today for #NoKings event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Scarecrow with protest sign on city street.

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 16h

Melbourne Australia: Portland Frog Solidarity Squad is ready to join in the battle against tyranny! Let’s go!

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Bill from BC📎 @worr606.bsky.social · 4h

No Tyrants, Vancouver...rainy and cold. Several hundred came and went. Speeches, signs, and elbows UP!

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 3h

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 3h

Hark, heare the wynde blowe!
Wacche the sun ryse!
Runninge yn the shadowes:
Curse thy love, curse thy lies.
And yf thou dost not love me now
Thou wilt nevir love me agayne -
Ich kan yet heare thee sayinge:
Thou wouldst nevir breake the chayne
#FleetwoodMac #OFMD

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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 3h

A Hullo Ferries passenger vessel has struck a humpback whale near Vancouver in English Bay.

Passenger ferry Humpback whale struck by passenger ferry

A Hullo Ferries passenger vessel has struck a humpback whale near Vancouver in English Bay.

cheknews.ca

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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 3h

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It’s ME Kathryn @joyk8.bsky.social · Nov 19

Very intriguing article suggesting a link between blood vessels & pain. Blood draining from veins “in the direction of gravity” drops blood pressure & causes veins to dilate. “It’s possible… that this sensitises nociceptors in & around the veins, increasing feelings of pain.”

Sound familiar? #POTS

BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · Nov 8

Blood vessels probably aren't the first thing you'd associate with feeling pain.

New findings from @acourtin.bsky.social and team, however, suggest that they may play a larger role than we suspected: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

Are blood vessels secret players in pain? | BPS

A surprise finding leaves researchers with “more questions than answers.”

www.bps.org.uk

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Healthcare-Global @healthcare-global.bsky.social · 3h

www.sciencealert.com/millions-of-...

Millions of Us Have Likely Lost Our Smell Without Even Realizing It

The impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to be felt across the world, but some consequences are more noticeable than others.

www.sciencealert.com

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Jan Ska 🇨🇦 @janmoleski.bsky.social · 7h

No Kings Ottawa #cdnpoli

Signs of Trump and Putin Dumb and Dumber

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 5h

No Kings is reporting that 7,000,000 Americans turned out to rally against Trump today.

That's over THREE TIMES the number of votes Donald Trump claims to have gotten over Kamala Harris.

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@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social · 4h

Our “Queen” vessels are attending “No Kings” protests. Expect delays.

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The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 11h

WE DID IT!! 🎉 All 14 wards in Calgary have now had election debates. We organized four of them because no one had. There are 20 candidates total in those wards and 16 showed up for our last-ditch debates—candidates from across the political spectrum. What a ride! #yyccc

A big win for local democracy in Calgary | The Sprawl

All 14 wards have now had election debates.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 4h

Just walked by a pharmacy & spur of moment went in and asked about the new Covid vax - got it & the flu shot - too get - so fast so free. Get vaxed & live your life. 💉

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Make America Decent Again @disposableheroes.bsky.social · 4h

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 4h

I’m unaware of the constitution requiring any particular economic system. But the point here is simply that billionaires with no political accountability ruling over us is anti-democratic and disgrace.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

US leader says suspected drug traffickers to be sent to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.

Trump says US will repatriate survivors of ‘submarine’ attack

US leader says suspected drug traffickers to be sent to their home countries of Ecuador and Colombia.

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TheGentYYC 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP @thegentyyc.bsky.social · 4h

"You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have but you can also win by staking a moral position & convincing people to agree with you, by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear." www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...