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Toronto Blue Jays (Bot) @bluejaysbot.bsky.social · 2d

HEY CANADA, WE'RE SPENDING THANKSGIVING TOGETHER! #WANTITALL

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

Patients with COVID had a higher risk of developing double vision (diplopia) and cranial nerve VI palsy than those with influenza.

mRNA vaccination cut the risk of posterior eye complications—like retinal swelling, optic neuritis, and vitreous bleeding—by over 30%.

Source: archive.md/sKZJj

COVID Linked to Eye Issues, But Vaccine Offers Protection

Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya

October 08, 2025

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Island Girl @judyspool.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe time to ban lobbyists?

"Drain the Swamp"🔥🔥🔥

Ford's campaign manager's company, Rubicon Strategy's clients received $100 million in Skills Development slush fund.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds

Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found

www.thetrillium.ca

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 4d

Now you know why!
A number of vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers have racked up a combined $3,300 in automated speed camera fines.
The data comes as the Ford government looks to eliminate the use of speed enforcement cams. #cdnpoli

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5d

If there's just one piece of wisdom I can impart to everyone, it's that trying to post your way though it almost never works out the way you think it will

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d

$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing

IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 7d

yet another example of how you should ALWAYS have people in your corner who will tell you to stfu

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Jo at MNB @joatmnb.bsky.social · 10d

It’s coming up for vaccine season, and if you are over 50 why not opt for a shingles vax at the same time? It does more than what it says on the tin! medicalnewsbulletin.com/shingles-vac... #dementia 🩺📊 #immunosky medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #Neuroskyence #virology 🧪

Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia | Medical News Bulletin

Getting a shingles vaccine to protect you from this painful condition should be a no-brainer, but what if we told you it could reduce your risk of dementia too?

medicalnewsbulletin.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d

before and after hegseth's directive

Sean Connery is a red strapped outfit. He's very hairy.

William Shatner as Captain Kirk. He's in a black strapped outfit and has a smooth chest.

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Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 9d

it's the five year anniversary of this publication in @nejm.org that demonstrated protection against cancer by the HPV vaccine - #OncSky + #MedSky.

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Susan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍁 TEAM 🇨🇦 @bellwhitworth.bsky.social · 10d

Comedians from whom to withhold your hard earned money 😡 #Riyadh Comedy festival (Source: Wikipedia)

• Mo Amer
• Aziz Ansari
• Wayne Brady
• Hannibal Buress
• Bill Burr
• Jimmy Carr
• Dave Chappelle
• Louis C.K.
• Whitney Cummings
• Pete Davidson
• Chris Distefano
• Omid Djalili
• Zarna Garg
• Ben Hart
• Kevin Hart
• Gabriel Iglesias
• Jim Jefferies
• Jimeoin
• Maz Jobrani
• Jessica Kirson
• Jo Koy
• Bobby Lee
• Sebastian Maniscalco
• Sam Morril
• Mark Normand
• Russell Peters
• Jeff Ross
• Sugar Sammy
• Andrew Santino
• Andrew Schulz
• Tom Segura
• Ali Siddia
• Aries Spears
• Chris Tucker
• Jack Whitehall

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karenatsharon.bsky.social @karenatsharon.bsky.social · 9d

Ontario not fair, transparent ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... No surprise here. #DougFord is okay with giving handouts to his buddies. #onpoli #NeverVoteConservative

Ontario not fair, transparent when giving out skills training funding, auditor finds | CBC News

Ontario's auditor general latest special report says Labour Minister David Piccini's office is heavily involved in selecting which applicants get money from the $2.5-billion skills training fund.

www.cbc.ca

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Robb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 9d

92.5% of new power capacity added worldwide in 2024 was from renewables.

So why is Ontario doubling down on gas and nuclear?

@cape-acme.bsky.social

cleantechnica.com/2025/03/26/9...

92.5% of New Power Capacity Added Worldwide in 2024 Was from Renewables - CleanTechnica

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. How much is renewable energy dominating new power capacity worldwide? That’s how much! 92.5% of new power capacity added to t...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 10d

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 10d

This guy is basically Ben Dreyfuss paying an addict to let him hunt him for sport,but he then monetises it and calls it entertainment to millions of people. Total psychopath.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12d

Content creators tend to think any spectacle is defensible if they can say health and safety concerns have been attended to behind the scenes, but that’s not really it imho. Mr. Beast’s whole thing is that his subjects’ desperation for cash allows him—a wealthier person—to indulge his sadism.

@KillaKreww
MrBeast had a contestant TRAPPED inside a BURNING house to win $500,000 in his new video [link]

@MrBeast
This blew up, if you're curious obviously we had ventilation for the smoke and a kill switch to cut off the fires. We had professionals test this extensively and the guy in the video as stated is a professional stunt man. I take safety more serious than you could ever imagine.

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Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 11d

Ah sweet, fresh horrors at the grocery store

A magazine called “improve your life with ChatGPT”

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Scott Stein @sstein.bsky.social · 11d

And yet some of us still have imposter syndrome.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d

Whiskey Pete summoned the top military brass from around the world to call them fat.

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Oh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 14d

It’s not just Doug Ford. Are all of Ontario’s political parties car-brained?

Del Duca, recently the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, seems to join Ford in opposing speed cameras.

The NDP ran on eliminating tolls on Highway 407!

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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 14d

With up to 5.8M Canadians waiting in pain, we want solutions but “This is a deep systemic problem” confuses everyone.

We need more:

operating room time, diagnostic equipment and specialists.

Nebulous solutions are useless - define the fix and do it.

#Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

How bad are wait times in Canada? Study suggests millions still waiting for health-care services

The number of Canadians waiting for medical procedures is growing, according to a study published this week.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14d

It is really funny that Jimmy Kimmel Live showed more moral fortitude and adherence to a system of values than Columbia University

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 14d

People who are vulnerable and hurting will often use whatever crutch enables them to indulge their worst impulses. Big AI’s platforms seem to be amongst the worst possible tools to put in their hands. futurism.com/chatgpt-marr...

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.

futurism.com

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 16d

Moderna’s Laval plant has delivered its first doses of messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccines. The fed govt hopes the plant, which was built at a cost of $180 million will enable Canada to achieve pharmaceutical self-sufficiency.
stillcoviding.ca/en/news/lusi...
#cdnpoli

The Moderna plant in Laval delivers its first COVID-19 vaccines

stillcoviding.ca

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

Excellent reporting from Heated and Atmos.

It looks like some of the biggest investors in the anti-trans movement are fossil fuel billionaires who are trying to use trans issues to ensure that Republicans pass policies favorable to their industry.

heated.world/p/fossil-fue...

Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement

An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.

heated.world

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Lisa Haushofer @haushoferl.bsky.social · 16d

“Many women … will now be burdened with unsubstantiated concerns about how their choices might endanger their pregnancy. Whatever they choose, there is a pathway for them to be blamed.”

I’m thankful the ever insightful @katewomersley.com has weighed in on this.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pregnant women deserve so much better than Trump’s theatre of scaremongering and shame | Kate Womersley

There is no credible evidence linking autism with maternal paracetamol use. But the US president’s ‘tough it out’ message could harm mothers and babies, says doctor Kate Womersley

www.theguardian.com

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 17d

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says

Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy

www.theglobeandmail.com

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