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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 2d

"experts" question this statement

🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 3d

Not sure why the “young” was required. How young? Are we back to tweens and young teens again?
What is it with these people?
“My 12 year old pregnant daughter should get great, low cost healthcare”?
Not the argument they think it is.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 4d

We are a cold northern country.

The Santa Outfits are appropriate.

Obviously.

BRING BACK THE SANTA OUTFITS!

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Patrick LaSalle @patricklasalle.bsky.social · 5d

But justice is not a physical law of the universe. Justice is created and changed by human beings. The moral arc of the universe is bent towards justice BY OUR ACTIONS. To believe it as immutable is as damning and twisted a belief in American exceptionalism as that of Trump and the right.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 8d

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 8d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.

🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 8d

Hell no, we are not and will not be on board with this. There will be enormous protest, if this gets any where near a reality (which is incredibly doubtful). And the oil tanker moratorium is not going away.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 9d

Nothing says “tough” like Stephen Miller.

🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 11d

I have had a teenage son and this made me cry ("mom, mom"). Wtf is happening to the country?

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 12d

Whenever I see "Department of War" it completely destroys any credibility these people are trying to project. Ridiculous clown show with .... clowns (unfortunately armed clowns but still... clowns).

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 13d

If I only lived a little closer. Damn this large country.

mcmichael.com

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 14d

Obvious jailbreak or some type of invasion.

StOp ThE waR!

Jeffrey Lowe @jeffreymlowe.bsky.social · 14d

I wouldn't say "nothing" was going on in Portland...look at these people swimming.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 18d

This is the very best thread of the UN fiasco today.

Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18d

he says he thought it would be easiest to broker an end to the war in Ukraine because of his relationship with Putin, but war is full of surprises, who knew. he then goes on to say it's just making Russia look bad. the UN camera operator cuts to Zelensky, who looks like he's watching a camel juggle

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 18d

What I wouldn't give to see the UN assembly just walk out on this crap filled diatribe.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 18d

It is representative of a *profound* failure of a country that this group of people are up there talking about medicine and science at all

White House press conference with Trump, RFK Jr, Marty Makary, and Dr. Oz, for fuck's sake

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 18d

omg. the stupidest timeline and the stupidest people.

ffs.

🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 19d

this highlights why it is important for people with scientific knowledge to occupy the positions that depend on understanding scientific study.
if you are too stupid to understand healthcare data and studies, you are to stupid to make decisions about healthcare

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 19d

and specifically,

Here's where the second problem with such studies comes in; women who take paracetamol during pregnancy are different from women who don't for all sorts of reasons. For instance, we have to remember that paracetamol would only be taken for a specific reason, and that many of these underlying reasons could themselves be causes of autism. As an example, paracetamol might be taken because of infection or fever that was severe enough to warrant treatment, or to help manage a long term condition. It's the job of researchers to account for these differences as best they can, so that if we still see an association, it may indicate a possible cause. This is notoriously difficult to do, because we almost never perfectly measure these differences and many are entirely unmeasured, for example genetics.
"A Swedish study last year attempted to bypass some of these problems by making comparisons between siblings whose mother's only used paracetamol in one of their pregnancies. This analysis found no increased risk of autism and concluded that past studies which did find an increased risk were likely to be subject to the problems outlined above. The data they used is also of extremely high quality, and unlikely to be improved on elsewhere.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 19d

for anyone who believes scientists are more knowledgable than the current conmen in charge of health

www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

expert reaction to media reports that the Trump administration will link paracetamol to autism | Science Media Centre

www.sciencemediacentre.org

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 19d

agreed. apologies to any and all with autistic experience/lives for ongoing disparagement from all directions these days.

am so sorry for anyone taking on any selfblame based on the crap coming out of this administration

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19d

I cannot believe this still needs saying, but, and I say this as an autistic individual, vaccines do not cause autism. Whatever comes out of the White House is aimed specifically at undermining recognition and support for autistic individuals, and minimising our lives and experiences.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 19d

I have nothing to do with this and am not even an American. Nonetheless, I feel the need to apologize profusely to anyone autistic, family & friends of people with autism and just everyone in general (waves around at everything).

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 20d

Okay, this calls for revealing our favourite chapman's flavours.

Mine is so fantastic that words fail me.

www.chapmans.ca/product/cold...

Cold Brew Coffee Ice Cream - Chapman's Ice Cream

Inspired by modern barista inventions, the bold and smooth taste of our Cold Brew Coffee ice cream was created for true coffee aficionados.

www.chapmans.ca

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 22d

Yes, but it is worth noting every single judge who refuses to rubberstamp filings/complaints from this administration and president.
And a judge from Florida no less, it was an obvious ruling but still good to see.
Make his lawyers refile, sand in the gears and all.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 22d

After reading some of the content of the complaint, including comments pertaining to the Apprentice and trump buildings, my avourite phrase from the judge:

— a complaint remains an improper and impermissible place for the tedious and burdensome aggregation of prospective evidence

So say we all

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 22d

We are also disappointed that he came to Canada.
There is an easy solution here.

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🇨🇦🍁 @mloa.bsky.social · 22d

We are also disappointed that he came to Canada.
There is an easy solution here.

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