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Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social · 8h

Today in Ottawa: Library Archives Canada, Mathers Haldenby, 1967.

This is just the lobby. What a feast of details.

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Susan Joudrey @sujo.bsky.social · 15h

27,000!!! That response rate says it all.

"[The results]...paint a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system."

Dismissed and depressed: Survey digs into women’s health in the Maritimes | CBC News

The results of a first-of-its-kind survey in the Maritimes paints a bleak picture of women censoring their health concerns amid a pattern of dismissal and bias within the health-care system.

www.cbc.ca

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 8h

RFK thinks pregnancy means having a baby in one's placenta.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 8h

Culture coverage every bit as good as the politics and opinion sections.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 12h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 8h

Kavanaugh Stop

Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d

American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 15h

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 15h

*looks up from grooving to Golden while trawling digitized microfilm*

"Almost" means you don't need to turn it down!

Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 15h

I consciously uncoupled from Catholicism, but I approve of the Pope using his global ministry to call for a just and equitable world.

(This world should include the churches making reparations to their victims and not being obscenely wealthy themselves...)

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 22h

The production and use of fossil fuels is a dirty business that pollutes the world and sickens or kills people.

That's a GREAT and immediate reason to stop using them, even before we get to climate change.

Anyone who has ever walked alongside an idling diesel knows damn well it's ugly stuff.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 1d

A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

Still too high but I'll take it

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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 1d

Preventing transgender people from taking part in organized sports among their own gender: +1%

Nanos / Oct 1, 2025 / n=1052 / MOE 3% / Telephone/Online

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Ben MacLeod 馬志斌 @benmacleod.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone in Toronto is renting out or subletting an apartment that meets my peculiar requirements, please message me! Not having much luck on Facebook. Budget is negotiable.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

Downhill geometry

collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1981.0...

#bike

Weird-ass late 1800s bike with a completely vertical fork and stem, pedals on the front wheel, and a single curved tube for the seat and small rear wheel

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James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 2d

Fellow faculty: how much time do you spend prepping lectures for a new course? The last 3 I’ve taught have been around 6-8hrs of prep for each hour of lecture. 🧪🔭

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

I'm at a museum; I do activities and lectures for university groups.

Generally, a day of prep will get me an hour to ninety minutes of presentation.

Interactive programs take maybe three or four days if I already have a pretty solid grasp of the material.

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 1d

What do you get when you combine traditional Mi’kmaw quill work with furniture-making techniques of the 1800s? A triumph in design that became all the rage in Victorian Nova Scotia.

The chair has a dark, reddish-brown stained wood frame with turned legs and a carved, scalloped crest rail supported by small spindles. The key feature is the decorative splint-woven back panel and woven seat.

The tall, rectangular back panel is filled with woven materials decorated with porcupine quills, dyed fibers, or fabric appliques in a vibrant, complex geometric design. The pattern features a large central eight-pointed star or rosette in light brown, red, blue, and black, surrounded by bold wedges and checkerboard patterns in white, red, black, and gold/tan.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 1d

He's a handsome derp.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 2d

www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 2d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 2d

Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

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