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New here. Not sure how much I’ll be posting as I’m a quiet poster to start with. Refugee from Nazi hellsite. Mostly here to follow the smart voices I was following on the aforementioned site.
#OneOfTheTwo
I generally don’t @ folks but I do make exceptions. @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
Kiss my ass you punching down assholes. My loved ones will not protect themselves and you are part of the reason why.
I generally don’t @ folks but I do make exceptions. @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
Kiss my ass you punching down assholes. My loved ones will not protect themselves and you are part of the reason why.
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
#OneOfTheTwo
I generally don’t @ folks but I do make exceptions. @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
Kiss my ass you punching down assholes. My loved ones will not protect themselves and you are part of the reason why.
I generally don’t @ folks but I do make exceptions. @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
Kiss my ass you punching down assholes. My loved ones will not protect themselves and you are part of the reason why.
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
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Merry Christmas ✨️
December 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Merry Christmas ✨️
Am I supposed to have “goals” for 2026 when I’m living squeezed between the rock of ongoing Covid everywhere and the hard place of the climate crisis?
Goals require hope and I’m finding hope to be in short supply.
Goals require hope and I’m finding hope to be in short supply.
December 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Am I supposed to have “goals” for 2026 when I’m living squeezed between the rock of ongoing Covid everywhere and the hard place of the climate crisis?
Goals require hope and I’m finding hope to be in short supply.
Goals require hope and I’m finding hope to be in short supply.
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Canadian COVID Forecast Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Ontario's COVID Forecast outlook is HIGH [decreasing] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 9.2
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 195,500-255,900
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: VERY HIGH; 10.5X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher
Hospitalizations: HIGH; 8.7X higher
Deaths: HIGH; 8.3X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreihxqfunzt74psx63ekwqhucgh4sosagoja7bwhnd6gm7xtnajs6nu@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
ONTARIO
HIGH [decreasing]
About 1 of every 58 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 10.5 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 8.7 x higher
-Deaths: 8.3 x higher
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COVID-19 increases your risk of heart attacks, blood clots, strokes, & more. The risk of heart problems from COVID-19 infection is significantly higher than the risk from vaccines. Protect your heart by getting vaccinated & taking other steps to avoid COVID & Long COVID. See the data: bit.ly/4kl36Mz
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
COVID-19 increases your risk of heart attacks, blood clots, strokes, & more. The risk of heart problems from COVID-19 infection is significantly higher than the risk from vaccines. Protect your heart by getting vaccinated & taking other steps to avoid COVID & Long COVID. See the data: bit.ly/4kl36Mz
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
Solstice blessings. May the return of the light see better days for us.
December 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Solstice blessings. May the return of the light see better days for us.
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People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
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I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
I love television. Love it. Great television is sublime and accessible.
Abyssinia, Henry.
The Body.
Love’s Labor Lost.
Ozymandias.
College.
This is to say I rewatched Long Long Time the other night and it is a beautiful gem. Also, totally balls out to take 1/9 episodes for a stand alone.
Abyssinia, Henry.
The Body.
Love’s Labor Lost.
Ozymandias.
College.
This is to say I rewatched Long Long Time the other night and it is a beautiful gem. Also, totally balls out to take 1/9 episodes for a stand alone.
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I love television. Love it. Great television is sublime and accessible.
Abyssinia, Henry.
The Body.
Love’s Labor Lost.
Ozymandias.
College.
This is to say I rewatched Long Long Time the other night and it is a beautiful gem. Also, totally balls out to take 1/9 episodes for a stand alone.
Abyssinia, Henry.
The Body.
Love’s Labor Lost.
Ozymandias.
College.
This is to say I rewatched Long Long Time the other night and it is a beautiful gem. Also, totally balls out to take 1/9 episodes for a stand alone.
Friends, when you reach out to a practitioner a reminder that email is not a secure means of communication and you don’t know me. Perhaps save the intimate details of your medical history for when I’m actually your herbalist.
#Herbalism
#Herbalism
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Friends, when you reach out to a practitioner a reminder that email is not a secure means of communication and you don’t know me. Perhaps save the intimate details of your medical history for when I’m actually your herbalist.
#Herbalism
#Herbalism
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'Tis the season for the Salvation Army's We're Not Bigots Anymore PR blitz. Looking at their public facing material, you might start to believe them.
So in the festive spirit, have a 2024 SalvationArmy.org article on how trans and gay people are one of Satan's "most insidious and dominating" plots.
So in the festive spirit, have a 2024 SalvationArmy.org article on how trans and gay people are one of Satan's "most insidious and dominating" plots.
December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
'Tis the season for the Salvation Army's We're Not Bigots Anymore PR blitz. Looking at their public facing material, you might start to believe them.
So in the festive spirit, have a 2024 SalvationArmy.org article on how trans and gay people are one of Satan's "most insidious and dominating" plots.
So in the festive spirit, have a 2024 SalvationArmy.org article on how trans and gay people are one of Satan's "most insidious and dominating" plots.
This is bullshit.
And if the Public Health Agency of Canada were on blusky I would be snitch tagging so fast.
Photo taken yesterday in the washroom Halifax airport.
#CovidIsAirborne
And if the Public Health Agency of Canada were on blusky I would be snitch tagging so fast.
Photo taken yesterday in the washroom Halifax airport.
#CovidIsAirborne
December 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is bullshit.
And if the Public Health Agency of Canada were on blusky I would be snitch tagging so fast.
Photo taken yesterday in the washroom Halifax airport.
#CovidIsAirborne
And if the Public Health Agency of Canada were on blusky I would be snitch tagging so fast.
Photo taken yesterday in the washroom Halifax airport.
#CovidIsAirborne
Niche Ottawa
I’m an above average consumer of political news and yet simultaneously your average bear. No one in the halls of power has the slightest inkling of my existence.
Mr. Carney will have his majority by next Friday.
I’m an above average consumer of political news and yet simultaneously your average bear. No one in the halls of power has the slightest inkling of my existence.
Mr. Carney will have his majority by next Friday.
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Niche Ottawa
I’m an above average consumer of political news and yet simultaneously your average bear. No one in the halls of power has the slightest inkling of my existence.
Mr. Carney will have his majority by next Friday.
I’m an above average consumer of political news and yet simultaneously your average bear. No one in the halls of power has the slightest inkling of my existence.
Mr. Carney will have his majority by next Friday.
So I’m home and for those playing along the Aranet topped out yesterday at 2646 ppm - mid flight. This morning I’ve got the balcony door open, sitting in front of it, 493 ppm. Mask off for coffee and breakfast. My mom (87) wants to know what the benefit of the open door is. I’m like fresh air.
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
So I’m home and for those playing along the Aranet topped out yesterday at 2646 ppm - mid flight. This morning I’ve got the balcony door open, sitting in front of it, 493 ppm. Mask off for coffee and breakfast. My mom (87) wants to know what the benefit of the open door is. I’m like fresh air.
Eventually society will be too dumb to face up to oncoming challenges.
I know dumb sounds flip. Recently my colleague asked me 3 times on the same night if the salmon comes with lemon. She’s 19.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
#CovidIsAirborne
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/underst...
I know dumb sounds flip. Recently my colleague asked me 3 times on the same night if the salmon comes with lemon. She’s 19.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
#CovidIsAirborne
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/underst...
Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Personality and Brain Function: A Grim Reality or a Wake-Up Call? | Infection Control Today
Opinion: Kevin Kavanagh, MD, examines a summary of studies on how COVID-19 may damage the brain's frontal lobes, alter personality traits and cognitive functions, and potentially reshape society's dyn...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Eventually society will be too dumb to face up to oncoming challenges.
I know dumb sounds flip. Recently my colleague asked me 3 times on the same night if the salmon comes with lemon. She’s 19.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
#CovidIsAirborne
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/underst...
I know dumb sounds flip. Recently my colleague asked me 3 times on the same night if the salmon comes with lemon. She’s 19.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
#CovidIsAirborne
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/underst...
Reading this as I sit, masked (the only person), at gate 21 at the Ottawa airport. Aranet reading 548 so pretty good (hear hear for high ceilings).
Excellent consolidation of best practices.
#CovidIsAirborne
Excellent consolidation of best practices.
#CovidIsAirborne
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reading this as I sit, masked (the only person), at gate 21 at the Ottawa airport. Aranet reading 548 so pretty good (hear hear for high ceilings).
Excellent consolidation of best practices.
#CovidIsAirborne
Excellent consolidation of best practices.
#CovidIsAirborne
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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A Carney stan in my replies said I was a fascist because I don't like Carney.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
Carney is pushing Canadian liberalism to its breaking point
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Bill C-5 signals a dramatic shift in Canadian politics, allowing major industrial projects to bypass environmental and Indigenous consultation. This move threatens to rupt...
canadiandimension.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A Carney stan in my replies said I was a fascist because I don't like Carney.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
But as far as I can recall, I've never tightened immigration, expanded the military, or tried to make it easier for the cops to read everyone's mail.
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Croteau
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
What is remembered lives.
Hélène Croteau
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
What is remembered lives.
December 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Croteau
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
What is remembered lives.
Hélène Croteau
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
What is remembered lives.
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Trump has *always* intended to make Canada a vassal state. Trudeau warned as much when he said that the US wants our minerals into a hot mic.
But I don’t think it’s fully appreciated, not least by our PM, what exactly that implies: that US-Canada relations are now a zero-sum game.
But I don’t think it’s fully appreciated, not least by our PM, what exactly that implies: that US-Canada relations are now a zero-sum game.
Not the 51st state but a vassal state: What Donald Trump’s national security strategy envisions for Canada
Released Thursday, the 2025 National Security Strategy is also a window into the dramatic shift in America’s official world view under Trump.
www.thestar.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Trump has *always* intended to make Canada a vassal state. Trudeau warned as much when he said that the US wants our minerals into a hot mic.
But I don’t think it’s fully appreciated, not least by our PM, what exactly that implies: that US-Canada relations are now a zero-sum game.
But I don’t think it’s fully appreciated, not least by our PM, what exactly that implies: that US-Canada relations are now a zero-sum game.
Niche Ottawa.
Who will be targeted by the “private security“ - the most racialized and marginalized members of our community. This, on top of the massive increase they are giving to OPS, is outrageous. To announce at a press conference before discussing with council?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who will be targeted by the “private security“ - the most racialized and marginalized members of our community. This, on top of the massive increase they are giving to OPS, is outrageous. To announce at a press conference before discussing with council?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Action plan or 'PR stunt'? Mayor's public safety event gets mixed reviews | CBC News
Mark Sutcliffe says public safety has been a key priority since he ran for election three years ago, but his challenger for mayor says his latest announcement looks like a political event for the next...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Niche Ottawa.
Who will be targeted by the “private security“ - the most racialized and marginalized members of our community. This, on top of the massive increase they are giving to OPS, is outrageous. To announce at a press conference before discussing with council?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who will be targeted by the “private security“ - the most racialized and marginalized members of our community. This, on top of the massive increase they are giving to OPS, is outrageous. To announce at a press conference before discussing with council?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Is it abstract? Maybe. Yet it is so clearly icebergs. Glowing with that colour ice has. National Gallery of Canada continues to nourish my soul.
Lawren Harris
Icebergs, Davis Strait
Lawren Harris
Icebergs, Davis Strait
December 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Is it abstract? Maybe. Yet it is so clearly icebergs. Glowing with that colour ice has. National Gallery of Canada continues to nourish my soul.
Lawren Harris
Icebergs, Davis Strait
Lawren Harris
Icebergs, Davis Strait