Dawn Smith
@saffyre9.bsky.social
Digital marketer, hippie at heart, introvert and HSP. She/her. 🇨🇦
Pro-🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🍉🐋
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I keep saying it and people keep not listening. You either become disabled or you die, there is no other option, not even if you steal your son’s blood like Sam “actually is Reginald Hargreaves” Altman. He’s still going to end up disabled, too.
The one thing every single one of us can count on in this life is that you will become disabled.
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I keep saying it and people keep not listening. You either become disabled or you die, there is no other option, not even if you steal your son’s blood like Sam “actually is Reginald Hargreaves” Altman. He’s still going to end up disabled, too.
I really dislike working with tradespeople who only communicate by phone. I'm often in 6+ hours of meetings a day, so chances are they *will* call me at a time I cannot speak to them. It's just endless voicemail tag at this point.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I really dislike working with tradespeople who only communicate by phone. I'm often in 6+ hours of meetings a day, so chances are they *will* call me at a time I cannot speak to them. It's just endless voicemail tag at this point.
Well I didn't expect that to actually work!
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well I didn't expect that to actually work!
"Research now shows that chronic stress doesn’t just fade when the trigger passes: it changes brain circuits, hormonal rhythms, inflammation levels, and cognitive flexibility."
Why Our Minds Can’t Rest Right Now
As a trauma psychotherapist, I see it daily: clients longing for “normal,” for peace that feels out of reach. The truth is, we can’t go back—but we can learn to rest again.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Research now shows that chronic stress doesn’t just fade when the trigger passes: it changes brain circuits, hormonal rhythms, inflammation levels, and cognitive flexibility."
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Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
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Night night sweet dreamies
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
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I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
Defend Canadian Journalism – Donate Form
Support Our Journalism Defence Fund PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in recent Canadian history. A former star candidate for ...
pressprogress.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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This is just lovely!!! ❤️
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
How one Toronto woman’s idea for a poppy tapestry bloomed into something bigger
The idea of walking long, bizarre routes grew from a need to socialize in different areas and create adventures — and got millions of views online.
www.thestar.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is just lovely!!! ❤️
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
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My point is that doing the hard work is how we learn.
If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
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If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
6/
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My point is that doing the hard work is how we learn.
If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
6/
If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
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Another petition for legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership and control of print, digital and other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values. Please sign and share
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Another petition for legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership and control of print, digital and other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values. Please sign and share
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So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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dental care is health care
Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including dementia and diabetes. Now, research shows that people with both gum disease and more tooth cavities also have a notably higher risk of stroke.
www.sciencealert.com/21-year-stud...
www.sciencealert.com/21-year-stud...
21-Year Study Links Gum Disease And Cavities to Higher Stroke Risk
Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including dementia and diabetes.
www.sciencealert.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
dental care is health care
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Sunsets before 6pm should be illegal
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sunsets before 6pm should be illegal
A giant fuck you to every company that puts you on auto-renew without explicitly telling you you're on auto-renew.
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A giant fuck you to every company that puts you on auto-renew without explicitly telling you you're on auto-renew.
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Whenever I see the billionaire-friendly media cranking out bullshit distraction stories, I'm reminded of this classic. They will do anything to change the subject from the reality of the billionaire greed.
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Whenever I see the billionaire-friendly media cranking out bullshit distraction stories, I'm reminded of this classic. They will do anything to change the subject from the reality of the billionaire greed.
One of my faves
My #Uplift custom feed:
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Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective.
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Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
One of my faves
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Don’t ever let them tell you that hope is a bad thing, that the odds are so stacked against you that you will never win, that it is too late to change the world. What has happened today in New York can happen everywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Don’t ever let them tell you that hope is a bad thing, that the odds are so stacked against you that you will never win, that it is too late to change the world. What has happened today in New York can happen everywhere.
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Shopify is owned and run by Canada’s far right. It’s BAD.
Boycott.
Boycott.
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Shopify is owned and run by Canada’s far right. It’s BAD.
Boycott.
Boycott.
The fun part of the time change is that my insomnia hits at 3am now instead of 4am, and I'm just lying there awake for an hour longer.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The fun part of the time change is that my insomnia hits at 3am now instead of 4am, and I'm just lying there awake for an hour longer.
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Sadly, this is a very known problem in IT circles without a clear-cut solution.
A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country, citing the U.S. Cloud Act as an example.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/03/d...
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/03/d...
Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns
OTTAWA — A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can’t maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country. It warns the ...
halifax.citynews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Sadly, this is a very known problem in IT circles without a clear-cut solution.
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Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is an understudied condition. Please help me get two important studies filled by spreading the word! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
When Periods Stop : Understanding Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (FHA)
Why this under-recognized condition deserves more attention–and how you can help researchers close the data gap
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is an understudied condition. Please help me get two important studies filled by spreading the word! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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My car radio is now showing the correct time!
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My car radio is now showing the correct time!