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Happy to Share! 🌤️ @happytoshare.bsky.social · 10d

Northern lights decided to give us a show above our home. Be they gas or ghost, they are spectacular nonetheless.

#alphabetchallenge
#WeekNforNights
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#northernlights

Northern lights above a home that is silhouetted below.

Northern lights in the shape of an eagle

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 18d

Autism isn't a disease
It's a developmental difference, part of the natural diversity human brains. Framing it as a disease fuels stigma.

(It doesn't need to be "cured" with oversold supplements based on thin scientific evidence 😒)

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Happy to Share! 🌤️ @happytoshare.bsky.social · 28d

Periwinkle, pink, and peach skies.
I could not ask for more.

#sunrise #goodmorning #landscapes #photography #nature #skies

Pink and orange clouds in a periwinkle sky, with black silhouettes of trees below

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Waubgeshig Rice @waub.bsky.social · Sep 2

Graham Greene helped make the rest of the world see Indigenous people as real human beings. The first time I saw him on screen was in Dances With Wolves and the last time was in The Last of Us. What a tremendous legacy! RIP ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Aug 30

Looking at this from my view in Alberta rn makes me so jealous.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 29

Turns out when you treat teachers well, invest in students, and focus on improving schools, you get real results.

Illinois now ranks third in the nation for our education system for a reason.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 7

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era

Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

www.washingtonpost.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 6

RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Aug 6

Completely horrifying.👇 Anti-science monster.

RFK Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Reality: Vaccine...
- saved millions of lives
- < hospitalization
- < long COVID
- > pregnancy outcomes
- < healthcare costs
- promising platform for other diseases!
- etc, etc!!!

R.F.K. Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research

www.nytimes.com

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Aug 4

Oo I was wrong - it’s written by Henry Hipkens!

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Aug 4

It sounds like Traffic’s oldie Who Knows What Tomorrow will Bring.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Jul 21

The monitoring station on Mauna Loa provides the longest direct measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Trump wants to shut it down, which is like taking the batteries out of your screaming smoke alarm and pretending the house isn't on fire. #climatechange

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SaschaJanssen 🎸 @saschajanssen.bsky.social · Jul 19

Cool

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · Jul 16

Several Chiefs across Canada gathered today in Ottawa to prepare for their meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney regarding newly-passed Bill C-5.

The bill proposes to accelerate development projects like pipelines by speeding up the approval process.

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Jul 5

I implore everyone to read this article. It’s unbelievable. I’m at a loss for words.

Louis Shalako @louisshalako.bsky.social · Jul 5

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Canadians in ICE detention centres left in legal limbo as families try to secure release | CBC News

Relatives of Canadians detained by ICE in the U.S. say they're furious and frustrated by the treatment of their loved ones and the battles they're having to fight for even the most basic information.

www.cbc.ca

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Jul 5

I’ve been seeing a lot of anecdotal posts from ER and Peds doctors about this as well.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Jul 5

Doctors raise alarm over rising e-scooter injuries among children https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-doctors-e-scooter-summer-injuries-children/

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Regulations for e-scooters vary depending on the province. Ontario requires riders to be at least 16 years old and mandates helmets for those under 18, while the minimum age in Quebec is 14 and helmets are mandatory for everyone.

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today, I sent the attached letter to First Nations affirming that #ForeverCanadian and I will support and, if necessary, take Court action to protect Canada and its treaty obligations. The petition I filed protects First Nations' entrenched rights.

#ableg #cdnpoli

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · Jun 21

Get the real facts.

Learn more about why Gender-affirming care saves lives. scienceupfirst.com/2slgbtqia/ge...

Gender-affirming care saves lives. | ScienceUpFirst

Gender-affirming care is life-saving. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 For those who do access gender-affirming medical care, studies show reductions in depression, anxiety, self-harm ideation, mental health disorders…

scienceupfirst.com

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Merlin Ca @merlinofcanada.bsky.social · Jun 21

Keep this in mind in 2025 there have been 1208 cases of measles in the whole of the United States with a population of 347 million. Alberta has 1020 cases with a population approx. 5 million. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...

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WHO @who.int · Jun 10

Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!

But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Jun 9

Having one accepting adult in a LGBTQ+ young person’s life reduces their suicide risk by 40 percent. Be that adult.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Jun 6

Here's how wildfire smoke exposure can impact your health. People with chronic health conditions, seniors, children among most vulnerable, by Shaki Sutharsan www.cbc.ca/news/wildfir... via @cbcnews.ca

Here's how wildfire smoke exposure can impact your health | CBC News

Prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke can have short- and long-term impacts on one's health, especially for those with chronic conditions, seniors, young children and pregnant women.

www.cbc.ca

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Colleen @seemackteach.bsky.social · Jun 6

IF IT’S HARD FOR YOU TO ACCEPT PRIDE MONTH…JUST THINK OF IT AS BEING “PRO-LIFE” FOR GAY KIDS

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · May 27

With MAGA calling the shots, it's going to become difficult to access vaccines.. unless it's their vaccine.

Senior U.S. figures are invested in reviving old vaccine-tech, abandoned decades ago because it was giving too many kids febrile seizures.

canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...

What's actually happening with U.S. vaccine policy?

The regime is putting up roadblocks to vaccine makers.

canadahealthwatch.ca

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · May 23

Unreal: To sustain his lie about a "genocide" of "white farmers" while meeting with the South African president, Trump used a photo of war deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

I looked into this a bit more. It's worse than it first appeared. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/1956...

Trump’s Lie about Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque

That photo he brandished to Cyril Ramaphosa was from the Democratic Republic of Congo—whose refugees the Trump administration is pointedly not welcoming to America.

newrepublic.com

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