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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 8h

So this is an old issue that was more or less successfully beaten back, but now that these cranks are actually in charge, they are rehashing it, trying to make it a thing.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 8h

IIRC this is an old "controversy" where the HPV shot would somehow make women more promiscuous. (It's crazy) But it got play in GOP states but a funny thing happened with TX & then gov Perry. He sided with "big pharma", apparently a donor, & kept the vax. TX cervical cancer rate dropped ever since.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

The thing about Norway is that they have a sovereign wealth fund worth about 1.9 trillion - with a T. If they decide to throw that around for sovereignty reasons, watch out.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 1d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many Hail Marys this will cost them.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many Hail Marys this will cost them.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

Let him cook, then use it to threaten Hungary.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 1d

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 2d

Well, that's my Halloween costume sorted.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

had never before considered that the inflatable costumes offer pepper ball protection

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 2d

Our defensive substitutions are actually secretly offensive.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 2d

The comments on this post are … something. The lack of empathy, political imagination, and strategic thinking is troubling. C’mon folks. Ben points out a vulnerability and lever (the NG troops who could become allies against these deployments) and the replies are like, “Nope. Eff that. Eff them.”

Ben Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 2d

Texas National Guard troops arriving in Chicago (via ABC News)

Remember: These are not MAGA stormtroopers. These are everyday teachers and accountants who signed up to serve their country with their spare time. They're being used as political pawns by venal, un-American, draft-dodging president

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 2d

I dunno about this. Beyond the effects on folks in Ottawa, that the civil case you mentioned might cover/get redress, this was a direct attack on our democracy & rule of law. It contributed to the atmosphere that led to Coutts & damaged our int'l trade. Not enough deterrence & denunciation I feel.

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 2d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 3d

Gonna be hard to attract and retain folks with a brain when they're only interested in promoting folks that want to cosplay with them.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 3d

In some future conflict, some "out of shape" geeks with a drone swam are going to annihilate these cosplay dummies like they are the VDV.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 3d

Practically though, I suppose you'd take a deposit upfront and/or as per the legislation, goods you could seize.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 3d

Inn Keepers' / Hotel Keepers' Acts or similar. The following is from 1936 and long repealed. Every jurisdiction is likely different but later general debtor/creditor legislation probably superseded the hotel specific acts in respect of debt collection.
www.canlii.org/en/sk/laws/a...

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 4d

They would only wear those a couple of times a year at most—for a Speech from the Throne, or if they were inducting a new member to the Court.

Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

RETVRN!

Amicus, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) mascot in the form of an anthropomorphized owl, wearing the previous version of the SCC judges' robes. These robes can be accurately described as "Santa costumes". The image has Amicus inside the SCC court room, and they are standing at the lectern used to deliver oral submissions to the SCC bench. Amicus is playing for the camera in an amusing pose.

Image source: https://x.com/SCC_eng/status/1086358923362344961/photo/2

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

And what of Amicus? I really hope they kept the owl.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

Hep B was endemic in parts of Asia until vaccination campaigns. It impacts everyone. These idiots are crazy. If they succeed, they are going to condemn hundreds of thousands to misery. Cirrhosis of the liver is a terrible way to die.

Kevin Ault @kevinault.bsky.social · 4d

“The notion that hepatitis B is only confined to transmission for prostitutes, drug users, etc., is such an ignorant and uninformed way of approaching infectious disease” - Dr. Jason Goldman of @acpimphysicians.bsky.social.

Bingo... #MedSky + #IDSky

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CDC Panel Sidesteps Key Exposure Risk in Hep B Vax Debate

The Trump administration is continuing its push to revise federal guidelines to delay the hepatitis B vaccine newborn dose for most children.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 4d

Hep B was endemic in parts of Asia until vaccination campaigns. It impacts everyone.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 5d

The Supreme Court of Canada is taking the case, fairly sure on an expedited basis. I think I can say it came as a bit of a surprise to most people. They think this is a case of national importance - I don't think anyone can be sure what they are thinking.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

But then people complain about boring boxes, etc. Probably not good for floor space / developer profit maximization either. But it's a form over function building you'll always get a few of those in a large city. There are always folks who are willing to pay for style.

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Yee @thisisyee.bsky.social · 7d

This whole thread but this part is soooo true. Innovation often happens by "accident". To borrow a ST Voyager reference, "fun will commence" isn't how it works.

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 7d

The economic argument for doing fundamental (non-applied) scientific research is that it has a FANTASTIC return on investment. That return may take decades, and you can't predict it, but it has worked out like this since science began. Basic discoveries lead to tech advances, eventually.

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