@jenn-green.bsky.social
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Food Bank use in Canada is at RECORD HIGHS.
And what are our elected MPs doing right now on taxpayer dime? Debating about...debating.
Pointing fingers, playing politics while corporations monopolize markets that are putting basic needs out of reach of most Canadians.
SHAME on all of you 😡
And what are our elected MPs doing right now on taxpayer dime? Debating about...debating.
Pointing fingers, playing politics while corporations monopolize markets that are putting basic needs out of reach of most Canadians.
SHAME on all of you 😡
December 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Food Bank use in Canada is at RECORD HIGHS.
And what are our elected MPs doing right now on taxpayer dime? Debating about...debating.
Pointing fingers, playing politics while corporations monopolize markets that are putting basic needs out of reach of most Canadians.
SHAME on all of you 😡
And what are our elected MPs doing right now on taxpayer dime? Debating about...debating.
Pointing fingers, playing politics while corporations monopolize markets that are putting basic needs out of reach of most Canadians.
SHAME on all of you 😡
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak.
Here’s how we did.
By @natlash.bsky.social
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Every few years, a new, of-the-moment, allegedly definitive bit of nutritional advice is feverishly embraced by the news media, the food industry, and pop culture, only to be rejected later. The Wellness Industrial Complex's current obsession? Protein. thewalrus.ca/enough-with-the-...
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Every few years, a new, of-the-moment, allegedly definitive bit of nutritional advice is feverishly embraced by the news media, the food industry, and pop culture, only to be rejected later. The Wellness Industrial Complex's current obsession? Protein. thewalrus.ca/enough-with-the-...
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Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in ER, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home. Dunn House backers say the supportive housing project saved the health system millions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com
Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home
Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in emergency room, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home
www.thestar.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Jason Miles’ addiction cost $260,000 in ER, shelter and jail stays. A Toronto hospital’s radical solution: just give him a home. Dunn House backers say the supportive housing project saved the health system millions.
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com
www.thestar.com/news/gta/jas... via @thestar.com
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If people can’t intuitively tell the difference between human writing and #chatbots, perhaps there are other methods for determining human versus artificial authorship. #AI buff.ly/kgFiXhI By @rogerkreuz.bsky.social, University of Memphis
Too many em dashes? Weird words like ‘delves’? Spotting text written by ChatGPT is still more art than science
Unusual words or punctuation may serve as ‘tells’ that something has been written by a chatbot. But even with that knowledge, most people struggle to discern human writing from AI-generated text.
buff.ly
July 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If people can’t intuitively tell the difference between human writing and #chatbots, perhaps there are other methods for determining human versus artificial authorship. #AI buff.ly/kgFiXhI By @rogerkreuz.bsky.social, University of Memphis
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Today is a good day to be reminded of how safe cycling infrastructure promotes health equity. www.wellesleyinstitute.com/healthy-comm...
July 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today is a good day to be reminded of how safe cycling infrastructure promotes health equity. www.wellesleyinstitute.com/healthy-comm...
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Big day: Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN general assembly, contingent on democratic reforms by the Palestinian Authority, exclusion of Hamas, and demilitarization. Promises governance and humanitarian support.
Would be a positive step forward if it actually happens!
Would be a positive step forward if it actually happens!
July 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Big day: Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN general assembly, contingent on democratic reforms by the Palestinian Authority, exclusion of Hamas, and demilitarization. Promises governance and humanitarian support.
Would be a positive step forward if it actually happens!
Would be a positive step forward if it actually happens!
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Calgary set to reintroduce fluoride to its water supply on Monday. #Fluoridation was discontinued in 2011 as a cost-saving measure but residents' dental health suffered, by Andrew Jeffrey www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Calgary set to reintroduce fluoride to its water supply on Monday | CBC News
Nearly four years after residents supported community water fluoridation in a 2021 plebiscite, the measure is planned to be reintroduced this week as a way to improve public health and prevent tooth d...
www.cbc.ca
June 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Calgary set to reintroduce fluoride to its water supply on Monday. #Fluoridation was discontinued in 2011 as a cost-saving measure but residents' dental health suffered, by Andrew Jeffrey www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
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In 2017, New Zealand passed the Te Awa Tupua Act, cementing the Whanganui River as “an indivisible and living whole, a spiritual and physical entity with a life force.” @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social considers the global ripple effects of its legal recognition: thewalrus.ca/if-rivers-had-ri...
June 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In 2017, New Zealand passed the Te Awa Tupua Act, cementing the Whanganui River as “an indivisible and living whole, a spiritual and physical entity with a life force.” @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social considers the global ripple effects of its legal recognition: thewalrus.ca/if-rivers-had-ri...
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…
projects.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
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Conservatives confident attacking female journalist will distract from Poilievre’s comments about women’s “biological clocks”
NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives
Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives
pressprogress.ca
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Conservatives confident attacking female journalist will distract from Poilievre’s comments about women’s “biological clocks”
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Our MMR coverage is lower than Texas. Let that sink in.
April 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Our MMR coverage is lower than Texas. Let that sink in.
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In education, the government used accounting techniques to mask significant cuts to classroom resources. The province has effectively reduced per-student funding by $1,500 since the 2018-19 fiscal year. #EduSky 🍎 #WellBeing #Onpoli #Election2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Ontario has the lowest levels of well-being of any Canadian province | CCPA
Provincial elections are coming in Ontario on February 27, and so far the public debate has overwhelmingly focused on the threat of tariffs from the United States. But there’s another crisis brewing i...
www.policyalternatives.ca
February 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In education, the government used accounting techniques to mask significant cuts to classroom resources. The province has effectively reduced per-student funding by $1,500 since the 2018-19 fiscal year. #EduSky 🍎 #WellBeing #Onpoli #Election2025 www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Dear Liberals: I can 💯 confirm that Christy Clark is a Conservative.
Worse: She thinks politics is saying whatever is required to win. The worst kind of politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Worse: She thinks politics is saying whatever is required to win. The worst kind of politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Liberal leadership hopeful Clark says she would scrap carbon tax, denies having been Conservative | CBC News
Former B.C. premier Christy Clark says she would scrap the federal carbon tax if she becomes the next Liberal leader and prime minister — and is denying that she was ever a member of the Conservative ...
www.cbc.ca
January 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Dear Liberals: I can 💯 confirm that Christy Clark is a Conservative.
Worse: She thinks politics is saying whatever is required to win. The worst kind of politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Worse: She thinks politics is saying whatever is required to win. The worst kind of politics.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 AM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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It's so bad that Canada's Chief Science Advisor had to call out our public health leaders for their failure to do their job and educate the public ("gaps" in messaging)!
But it's hard to get that story out because public health can throw around huge PR slush funds.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
But it's hard to get that story out because public health can throw around huge PR slush funds.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
December 19, 2024 at 2:28 PM
It's so bad that Canada's Chief Science Advisor had to call out our public health leaders for their failure to do their job and educate the public ("gaps" in messaging)!
But it's hard to get that story out because public health can throw around huge PR slush funds.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
But it's hard to get that story out because public health can throw around huge PR slush funds.
science.gc.ca/site/science...
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A good time to recall that the people whose job it is to tell you when it's time to wear an N95 to protect yourself against airborne H5N1 just spent 5 years pretending they don't work, to bury their liability for lying and telling you they knew COVID wasn't airborne. 🤷
www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...
Bird flu update: California declares emergency and U.S. sees 1st severe human case
A person in Louisiana has been hospitalized after being exposed to sick and dead birds. Meanwhile, California has declared an emergency over its growing outbreak in cattle.
www.npr.org
December 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
A good time to recall that the people whose job it is to tell you when it's time to wear an N95 to protect yourself against airborne H5N1 just spent 5 years pretending they don't work, to bury their liability for lying and telling you they knew COVID wasn't airborne. 🤷
www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...
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It is exhausting having to research and figure out everything from black plastics to best ventilation practices to COVID vaccine schedules, I know this is a wild idea but have we thought about creating publicly funded government bodies that could manage and regulate this stuff on our behalf
December 1, 2024 at 3:41 PM
It is exhausting having to research and figure out everything from black plastics to best ventilation practices to COVID vaccine schedules, I know this is a wild idea but have we thought about creating publicly funded government bodies that could manage and regulate this stuff on our behalf
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“People don’t have scurvy in the 21st century because they need to eat more oranges, but because they need decent paying jobs, affordable housing, reasonably priced food and better income redistribution.”
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Scurvy is back – and telling people to eat more oranges isn’t the answer
While a vitamin C deficiency is the surface-level diagnosis for this affliction of yore, the root causes go far deeper
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
“People don’t have scurvy in the 21st century because they need to eat more oranges, but because they need decent paying jobs, affordable housing, reasonably priced food and better income redistribution.”
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...