Jan Brown
@writenrun.bsky.social
Retired NS lawyer & civil servant choosing to live in the real world. She/her. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Believer in justice, compassion, connection & clean air. Proud member of @popns.bsky.social & my local volunteer fire department. #CanadaSky
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Many of our members have suffered long term harm from #viral infections and they recognise that the threat from #Covid is ongoing. To prevent widespread damage, we need to mitigate against infection. #ffp3, #ventilate #cleanair is a human right.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Many of our members have suffered long term harm from #viral infections and they recognise that the threat from #Covid is ongoing. To prevent widespread damage, we need to mitigate against infection. #ffp3, #ventilate #cleanair is a human right.
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With Doug Ford's government attempting to shred the last few protections renters have, I figured it was about time to bring back this video I made a few weeks ago! That way we can all laugh (cry) together! youtu.be/Q78KKgo1JQ4?...
The Ford Government Has A Special Message For Ontario Renters
YouTube video by Clare Blackwood
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November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
With Doug Ford's government attempting to shred the last few protections renters have, I figured it was about time to bring back this video I made a few weeks ago! That way we can all laugh (cry) together! youtu.be/Q78KKgo1JQ4?...
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"mission performance" based on?
Because the Gripen is far better suited to operating in and defending Canada than the F35 is.
Upgradability? lol
The Gripen is more upgradable & we control the upgrades.
In every measure the Gripen is superior.
FFS!
Fire those people, they do not work for Canada.
2/2
Because the Gripen is far better suited to operating in and defending Canada than the F35 is.
Upgradability? lol
The Gripen is more upgradable & we control the upgrades.
In every measure the Gripen is superior.
FFS!
Fire those people, they do not work for Canada.
2/2
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"mission performance" based on?
Because the Gripen is far better suited to operating in and defending Canada than the F35 is.
Upgradability? lol
The Gripen is more upgradable & we control the upgrades.
In every measure the Gripen is superior.
FFS!
Fire those people, they do not work for Canada.
2/2
Because the Gripen is far better suited to operating in and defending Canada than the F35 is.
Upgradability? lol
The Gripen is more upgradable & we control the upgrades.
In every measure the Gripen is superior.
FFS!
Fire those people, they do not work for Canada.
2/2
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The people who have always worked for the USA designed criteria specifically so the the F35 would win.
We have already seen that with the night vision systems & the handguns...
Only an idiot would put any value in what they say.
Not only that, what was their
1/2
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
We have already seen that with the night vision systems & the handguns...
Only an idiot would put any value in what they say.
Not only that, what was their
1/2
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition | CBC News
The American-built F-35 fighter jet dominated its Swedish rival Gripen in terms of technical and military capabilities during a competition held by the Defence Department in 2021, according to data ob...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The people who have always worked for the USA designed criteria specifically so the the F35 would win.
We have already seen that with the night vision systems & the handguns...
Only an idiot would put any value in what they say.
Not only that, what was their
1/2
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
We have already seen that with the night vision systems & the handguns...
Only an idiot would put any value in what they say.
Not only that, what was their
1/2
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
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This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This absenteeism is concerning, lament schools and workplaces who’ve been past tensing the pandemic since 2021 or 2022 while everyone lives in perpetual sickness.
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More visits to the hospital.
More packed hospitals.
More behaviour incidents in schools.
More cognative impairment.
More Chronic illnesses.
If this is “Living with Covid”, we are doing a terrible job of it.
More packed hospitals.
More behaviour incidents in schools.
More cognative impairment.
More Chronic illnesses.
If this is “Living with Covid”, we are doing a terrible job of it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
More visits to the hospital.
More packed hospitals.
More behaviour incidents in schools.
More cognative impairment.
More Chronic illnesses.
If this is “Living with Covid”, we are doing a terrible job of it.
More packed hospitals.
More behaviour incidents in schools.
More cognative impairment.
More Chronic illnesses.
If this is “Living with Covid”, we are doing a terrible job of it.
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Did You Notice that we’re seeing…
More obituaries posted online than ever before.
More people posting about being sick than ever before.
More weird/fast acting cancers than ever before.
More weird illnesses.
More spread of old viruses.
More school absences.
More obituaries posted online than ever before.
More people posting about being sick than ever before.
More weird/fast acting cancers than ever before.
More weird illnesses.
More spread of old viruses.
More school absences.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Did You Notice that we’re seeing…
More obituaries posted online than ever before.
More people posting about being sick than ever before.
More weird/fast acting cancers than ever before.
More weird illnesses.
More spread of old viruses.
More school absences.
More obituaries posted online than ever before.
More people posting about being sick than ever before.
More weird/fast acting cancers than ever before.
More weird illnesses.
More spread of old viruses.
More school absences.
It’s about time. NSP doesn’t serve the interests Nova Scotians anymore.
Now were talking www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
NDP calls for ownership and regulatory review of Nova Scotia Power | CBC News
NDP Leader Claudia Chender is calling on the premier — who recently appointed himself energy minister — to launch an ownership and regulatory review of Nova Scotia Power.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It’s about time. NSP doesn’t serve the interests Nova Scotians anymore.
I was a huge fan. RIP, Colleen. You did us all proud.
Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment.
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud.
About always believing something wonderful is about to happen.
My tribute to Colleen: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...
Colleen Jones was something wonderful to happen for anyone who knew her | CBC Sports
Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I was a huge fan. RIP, Colleen. You did us all proud.
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It just rubs me the wrong way, when not too long ago. Nova Scotia, had to diversify away from the Cod industry.
We had no choice. The stocks were low. So we did.
Fossil fuels are destroying our planet, but they are not being forced off it.
Make it make sense.
#cdnpoli
We had no choice. The stocks were low. So we did.
Fossil fuels are destroying our planet, but they are not being forced off it.
Make it make sense.
#cdnpoli
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It just rubs me the wrong way, when not too long ago. Nova Scotia, had to diversify away from the Cod industry.
We had no choice. The stocks were low. So we did.
Fossil fuels are destroying our planet, but they are not being forced off it.
Make it make sense.
#cdnpoli
We had no choice. The stocks were low. So we did.
Fossil fuels are destroying our planet, but they are not being forced off it.
Make it make sense.
#cdnpoli
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The day may come when Canadians realize, that to meet the Paris Accord commitment. Alberta's golden egg. Will need to be abandoned.
Promising her more pipelines, is not the answer.
Canada, is going to have to stand up to Alberta and say NO.
Not today apparently though.
#cdnpoli
Promising her more pipelines, is not the answer.
Canada, is going to have to stand up to Alberta and say NO.
Not today apparently though.
#cdnpoli
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The day may come when Canadians realize, that to meet the Paris Accord commitment. Alberta's golden egg. Will need to be abandoned.
Promising her more pipelines, is not the answer.
Canada, is going to have to stand up to Alberta and say NO.
Not today apparently though.
#cdnpoli
Promising her more pipelines, is not the answer.
Canada, is going to have to stand up to Alberta and say NO.
Not today apparently though.
#cdnpoli
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November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
gofund.me/b9f70a813. Thanks to those who have donated , greatly appreciated or those who shared.Keep sharing , and thanks once again .
Gave myself something to look forward to this morning - a meditation and photography workshop at the Tatamagouche Centre next June! Just thinking about it calms my central nervous system!
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gave myself something to look forward to this morning - a meditation and photography workshop at the Tatamagouche Centre next June! Just thinking about it calms my central nervous system!
And eventually we’ll understand it’s still killing millions every year while we all do our damnedest to ignore it.
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And eventually we’ll understand it’s still killing millions every year while we all do our damnedest to ignore it.
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Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 2020–21
The full impact of the pandemic has been much greater than what is indicated by reported
deaths due to COVID-19 alone. Strengthening death registration systems around the
world, long understood to be ...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Went looking for COVID19 death statistics recently:
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
18.2 million people worldwide, 1.13 million in the US
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We still have no day of remembrance or mourning.
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Deer My Friends
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Deer My Friends
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
Today was very busy day for me at Queen Spark because we past our new bill The Throwing Renters Out Act but their were some people their makeen a lot of ruckiss so I told them to get jobs like when before I was Premair and I worked very hard running my dads company.
Premair
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Tobacco giants knew their products caused cancer.
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Tobacco giants knew their products caused cancer.
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Oil companies knew their products cause climate change.
Social media companies know their products facilitate abuse of minors
Seeing a pattern? It’s not a few bad actors it’s a feature of a system that rewards profit at any cost
Fabulous piece of writing.
This is the best post of the year. Full stop.
I flew to Canada this week to go to a Paul McCartney concert and I wrote about it here:
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November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Fabulous piece of writing.
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Just because you stopped masking doesn’t mean you can’t start again! 😷 💙 Save money and avoid viruses by shopping at Donate A Mask’s Black Friday sale, starting November 24. 🛍
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#BlackFriday #BlackFridaySale #StillMasking #StillCoviding
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#BlackFriday #BlackFridaySale #StillMasking #StillCoviding
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just because you stopped masking doesn’t mean you can’t start again! 😷 💙 Save money and avoid viruses by shopping at Donate A Mask’s Black Friday sale, starting November 24. 🛍
buymask.ca
#BlackFriday #BlackFridaySale #StillMasking #StillCoviding
buymask.ca
#BlackFriday #BlackFridaySale #StillMasking #StillCoviding
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There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There need to be social consequences for enacting anti-evidence policies that kill kids.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
One of Danielle Smith’s staffers just called me over (??) at an event wanting to say hi.
Once I realized who she was, immediately questioned her about trans rights.
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New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Good for her calling the Ford government out for what it is - corrupt as hell.
Here's the moment I was kicked out of the legislature yesterday.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Good for her calling the Ford government out for what it is - corrupt as hell.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM