Tara M
@taratrying.bsky.social
PhD, MBA. Health researcher. Mother of two mostly-charming daughters. Feels fortunate to have been a born a Canadian. Batman fan. Opinions my own.
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I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I lost my job, my kids have measles, and my town is flooded with cocaine now that Trump pardoned all the traffickers. But at least the State Department is using Times New Roman again.
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Why are we living in this bizarre timeline when people have the tools but refuse to use them?
There’s a Samuel Beckett play in here somewhere.
There’s a Samuel Beckett play in here somewhere.
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Why are we living in this bizarre timeline when people have the tools but refuse to use them?
There’s a Samuel Beckett play in here somewhere.
There’s a Samuel Beckett play in here somewhere.
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This is great because it demonstrates that transphobes actually do know that gender has nothing to do with anatomy or genetics. These are gingerbread men despite having no penis or testicles, and DNA that is mostly butter.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is great because it demonstrates that transphobes actually do know that gender has nothing to do with anatomy or genetics. These are gingerbread men despite having no penis or testicles, and DNA that is mostly butter.
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Nuzzi is the type of journalist who treats politics as offering entertaining characters, and zero stakes or substance.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Nuzzi is the type of journalist who treats politics as offering entertaining characters, and zero stakes or substance.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
She has had a remarkably successful career within that particular genre.
Her self-immolation, along with this vacuous memoir, illustrates the genre’s limits.
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Hey Ontario! Look what other jurisdictions are doing to make the roads safe for its citizens.
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hey Ontario! Look what other jurisdictions are doing to make the roads safe for its citizens.
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What a coincidence, the map of higher-income areas of Toronto lines up with the map of shorter commutes.
And the lower-income areas (Scarborough and northern Etobicoke) have longer commutes!
Someone should do something about this.
And the lower-income areas (Scarborough and northern Etobicoke) have longer commutes!
Someone should do something about this.
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
What a coincidence, the map of higher-income areas of Toronto lines up with the map of shorter commutes.
And the lower-income areas (Scarborough and northern Etobicoke) have longer commutes!
Someone should do something about this.
And the lower-income areas (Scarborough and northern Etobicoke) have longer commutes!
Someone should do something about this.
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It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s way past time for every WH reporter to speak out to Trump’s face when he’s insulting female reporters. Is your access so critical that you’ll allow your colleagues to be abused?
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Watching Andrew Scheer come on TV and spin a web of absolute bullshit is forever a frustrating exercise. Mad props to David Cochrane for trying to cut through it, but man, this shouldn't be necessary because this is not how we should do politics in this country. #PnPCBC
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Watching Andrew Scheer come on TV and spin a web of absolute bullshit is forever a frustrating exercise. Mad props to David Cochrane for trying to cut through it, but man, this shouldn't be necessary because this is not how we should do politics in this country. #PnPCBC
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FDA claims on COVID-19 vaccine safety are unsupported by reliable data – and could severely hinder vaccine access theconversation.com/fda-claims-o... via @us.theconversation.com @hanfrancis.bsky.social
FDA claims on COVID-19 vaccine safety are unsupported by reliable data – and could severely hinder vaccine access
The agency’s plan to change the well-established process for safety testing vaccines is not realistic.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
FDA claims on COVID-19 vaccine safety are unsupported by reliable data – and could severely hinder vaccine access theconversation.com/fda-claims-o... via @us.theconversation.com @hanfrancis.bsky.social
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For decades, Canadians have been able to send braille and other materials, including heavy braille typewriters, through Canada Post for free through the "Literature for the Blind" exemption in the Canada Post Corporations Act. That exemption is now at risk of being cancelled.
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For decades, Canadians have been able to send braille and other materials, including heavy braille typewriters, through Canada Post for free through the "Literature for the Blind" exemption in the Canada Post Corporations Act. That exemption is now at risk of being cancelled.
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This has to be "rounding error on a spreadsheet" savings. Why would they even think about this?
For decades, Canadians have been able to send braille and other materials, including heavy braille typewriters, through Canada Post for free through the "Literature for the Blind" exemption in the Canada Post Corporations Act. That exemption is now at risk of being cancelled.
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This has to be "rounding error on a spreadsheet" savings. Why would they even think about this?
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The Carney government is defunding free mail services for the blind, to save a whopping million dollars. A drop in the bucket compared to the billions that were squandered by Canada Post against the warnings of the union.
They've disregarded all questions about it so far.
They've disregarded all questions about it so far.
Bill proposes to end free postage for people who are blind
The federal Liberals’ budget bill currently making its way through Parliament contains a small amendment to Canada Post’s legislation that could spell the end of a critical service providing accessibl...
www.ctvnews.ca
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Carney government is defunding free mail services for the blind, to save a whopping million dollars. A drop in the bucket compared to the billions that were squandered by Canada Post against the warnings of the union.
They've disregarded all questions about it so far.
They've disregarded all questions about it so far.
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I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
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👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
👋 Breastfeeding & infant feeding expert here! All babies need safe, accessible nutrition. Most people already want to breastfeed and 84% start out doing so but can’t realize their goals. What we need are *policies* that make it possible to breastfeed for all who desire to do so and…
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as I mentioned last week, I tested some basic research-related queries with some popular mass-market LLMs last week and it was really impressive how dog shit the summaries of big PDFs that I’m trolling for specific detail were
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
as I mentioned last week, I tested some basic research-related queries with some popular mass-market LLMs last week and it was really impressive how dog shit the summaries of big PDFs that I’m trolling for specific detail were
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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The health community is in an uproar following a Friday vote by a federal vaccine committee ending a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B. wtop.com/health-fitne...
‘Babies are at risk’: Health reporter breaks down CDC panel’s new Hepatitis B vaccine rules - WTOP News
The health community is in an uproar following a Friday vote by a federal vaccine committee ending a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
wtop.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The health community is in an uproar following a Friday vote by a federal vaccine committee ending a decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B. wtop.com/health-fitne...
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Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/08/c...
Carney says back-to-office plan for federal civil servants coming soon
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.
Goofy stuff.
Goofy stuff.
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D’oh!
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
D’oh!
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I had shingles in my early teen years. I cannot express to you how badly you do not want to get shingles. get the fucking vaccine.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I had shingles in my early teen years. I cannot express to you how badly you do not want to get shingles. get the fucking vaccine.
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More on the guy that refused to wear a Canadian jersey when he was our ceremonial captain.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
More on the guy that refused to wear a Canadian jersey when he was our ceremonial captain.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
Hey Wayne, we know who you are.
You belong in Florida with the convicted felon who continues to threaten our nation.
Ps. your wine sucks.
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I refuse to believe this is anything but a Muppet because what in the made of branches is this shark
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I refuse to believe this is anything but a Muppet because what in the made of branches is this shark
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