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AnnieD 🍁
@anniemd.bsky.social
Biostatistician, cyclist, dancer
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Dear World:

America is literally BORROWING the money we are using to terrorize the world.

STOP lending us the money. Dump the treasury bonds you have and stop buying new ones. Just STOP.

Our Congress is too pathetic to reign in the demented monster in the WH.

So please cut off his MONEY!
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The upside is the force's mentality and approach to cyclists is not hidden.
Chapter 886-15: "No person shall operate or stop a vehicle other than a bicycle or large cargo-power assisted bicycle in any cycle track... Exemptions: Ambulances, police or fire service vehicles or any other vehicle actively engaged in responding to an emergency"

Is a McDonald's run an emergency?
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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And yet we continue to get umpteen articles and comments about a decrease in student achievement/effort/attitude with ZERO acknowledgement of the known effects of covid infection on the brain and nervous system.
Even 2 years after infection, around 40% of young people are still experiencing significant fatigue — indicating a major long-term health issue affecting a substantial proportion of youth who have had COVID-19.

Published: 20 November 2025

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fatigue in children and young people up to 24 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Fatigue in children and young people up to 24 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Clinical trials are under attack from the Trump administration.

@washingtonpost.com reported on a new JAMA paper that shows grants for 383 clinical trials were terminated from the end of February to August, affecting more than 74,000 trial participants.

@allysonchiu.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The rationale behind these studies, Seltzer contests, is [that] “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them [it] exists.”

Thanks to Simon Spichak for putting this idea into print. I've said multiple times in interviews that it's the strangest part... 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The world is watching how we act, and they support us.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Conservatives: “DEI unfairly rewards low-quality applicants.”

Also conservatives: www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Low-scoring applicants averaged the highest payouts from Doug Ford’s Skills Development Fund
Until the Star obtained the database, scores were such a closely guarded secret the public didn't know the application scores of funding recipients.
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.

So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.

If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.

You know what to do, world.

The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk's historic pay package at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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When asked by Stephen Colbert why he was wearing a mask in public, Tom Hanks said..

“I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons”

More celebrities need to speak out like this.
November 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Hey @verizonofficial.bsky.social - I have now been on the phone for 4 hours dealing with my account being hacked
- 8 transfers
- 0 progress

I have repeated the same story to every new person.

This is 15 years of loyalty gets you. Please repost or like if you think this is poor service
October 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.

Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.

www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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This "priority removal section" for the bike lane on Bloor W demonstrates that Ford and Sarkaria were never serious about finding parallel secondary routes. Where is the parallel route here? They don't care. www.thestar.com/news/gta/the...
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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“Oh, but it’s just Trump being Trump!”

No.

This isn’t the campaign trail. He is the president. There’s no more room for “take him seriously but not literally.”

Just admit it. “The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

Go ahead. You can say it. Everyone knows.
September 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.”

I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt.

And that’s wrong.
September 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Senate Democrats should introduce a “Melissa Hortman day of remembrance” and see if Republicans object to it.
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"

Turns out, mom was right.
September 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Canada recommends the shingles vaccine for adults 50+, but Ontario only covers it for ages 65+. Paying $440 for the two shots (Rexall) is not affordable for many. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
Herpes zoster (shingles) vaccine: Canadian Immunization Guide - Canada.ca
The Canadian Immunization Guide is a comprehensive resource on immunization. The guide consists of 54 chapters organized into 5 parts. Chapters are updated as new evidence becomes available
www.canada.ca
September 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
cmarmitage.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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New review in BMJ by @nicktsergas.ca: "Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2"

"People who are unwilling to consider the possibility of immune damage are perhaps driven by a fear of what those answers might mean."

www.bmj.com/content/390/...
August 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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“It is so critically important to raise this awareness that children of all ages, even infants and toddlers, can experience long COVID. It’s going very under recognized and unsupported. We need to really all work together, families, health care and schools, to support these children.”
Long COVID left her son with debilitating stomach pain. Why it’s an ‘uphill battle’ for so many kids to get treated
Children living with long COVID face an uphill battle to access care or even have their symptoms believed, parents and doctors say. Here’s why.
www.thestar.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM