Joan McKenzie 🍁
@joanmckenzie.bsky.social
Home is Little Portugal in Toronto 🍁 Never vote Conservative! Feminist. Atheist. Dog(s) person. Pro-Choice. LGBTQ+ ally. Neurodivergent ally. Vaccinated, round earther, because ... science.
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A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free
www.newscientist.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A man has become the 7th person to be left HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant to treat blood cancer. He’s also the second of the 7 who received stem cells that were not actually resistant to the virus, strengthening the case that HIV-resistant cells may not be necessary for an HIV cure.
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The best description of Witkoff I’ve seen in that headline.
Putin and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff set for key Ukraine talks in Moscow
Steve Witkoff will hold talks at the Kremlin, after the White House said it was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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📌This cabinet is a grotesque collection of anti-vaxxers, stone-cold bigots, and crooks, whose treachery, incompetence, and disregard for facts is stunning in its odious audacity.
It is a mountain of garbage threatening our safety and well-being, and would have been impossible to imagine 10 yrs ago.
It is a mountain of garbage threatening our safety and well-being, and would have been impossible to imagine 10 yrs ago.
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
📌This cabinet is a grotesque collection of anti-vaxxers, stone-cold bigots, and crooks, whose treachery, incompetence, and disregard for facts is stunning in its odious audacity.
It is a mountain of garbage threatening our safety and well-being, and would have been impossible to imagine 10 yrs ago.
It is a mountain of garbage threatening our safety and well-being, and would have been impossible to imagine 10 yrs ago.
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hegseth should be court martialed.
Hegseth should be court martialed.
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:49 AM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hegseth should be court martialed.
Hegseth should be court martialed.
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Who did this?
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Who did this?
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... I'm not sure if I understand the point (and cost) of Ontario warehousing US booze. It'll have to be done sooner or later.
Nearly $2 million of U.S. alcohol pulled from LCBO shelves could expire over next six or seven months: Bethlenfalvy
Ontario’s finance minister has confirmed that there is approximately $80 million worth of U.S. booze that was pulled from LCBO shelves last winter and remains in storage today.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 2:53 PM
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... I'm not sure if I understand the point (and cost) of Ontario warehousing US booze. It'll have to be done sooner or later.
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When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
" ... one of the lead investigators in the case was Emil Bove III, then a prosecutor for the Southern District of NY and later one of Trump’s personal lawyers. Trump installed Bove as a top official at the Justice Department in his 2nd term before nominating him to serve as an appeals court judge.
First, who made money off this pardon?
Regardless, the pardon makes clear the illegal boat strikes and possible incursion into sovereign countries is not about drugs. Every civilian and military leader involved must be held fully accountable
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Regardless, the pardon makes clear the illegal boat strikes and possible incursion into sovereign countries is not about drugs. Every civilian and military leader involved must be held fully accountable
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
" ... one of the lead investigators in the case was Emil Bove III, then a prosecutor for the Southern District of NY and later one of Trump’s personal lawyers. Trump installed Bove as a top official at the Justice Department in his 2nd term before nominating him to serve as an appeals court judge.
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There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
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ICYMI, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Ontario's "atrocious" plan for cash bail may be unconstitutional #cdnlaw #cdnpoli
Ontario’s ‘atrocious’ plan for cash bail may be unconstitutional
Critics say it will further disadvantage marginalized individuals
https://nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articles/law/in-depth/2025/ontario-s-‘atrocious-plan-for-cash-bail-may-be-unconstitutional
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ICYMI, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Ontario's "atrocious" plan for cash bail may be unconstitutional #cdnlaw #cdnpoli
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"The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline received just over 5,100 calls in 2024, an all-time high. A similar number is also expected by the end of this year"
Canada is facing a human trafficking ‘epidemic,’ says survivor
The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline is experiencing a record number of calls with one survivor sharing her belief that Canada is currently in the grips of a trafficking epidemic.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"The Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline received just over 5,100 calls in 2024, an all-time high. A similar number is also expected by the end of this year"
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Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
"Russian money is everywhere in the US, in Congress, in the right wing media, in tech, throwing gasoline on the wildfire that’s sweeping the nation. Now imagine what the landscape would look like if that money dried up."
“But Putin will not be around forever. He might not be around for much longer. He’s perched on the top of a powder keg of his own making and he can’t get off.”
The Putin Domino Theory
When one man goes, everything changes
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"Russian money is everywhere in the US, in Congress, in the right wing media, in tech, throwing gasoline on the wildfire that’s sweeping the nation. Now imagine what the landscape would look like if that money dried up."
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"But we gotta invade Venezuela because of the drug trafficking!"
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"But we gotta invade Venezuela because of the drug trafficking!"
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Good thing Canada got punished with billions in economic warfare because of 9 pounds of fentanyl. America is no longer a member state of democratic nations.
November 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Good thing Canada got punished with billions in economic warfare because of 9 pounds of fentanyl. America is no longer a member state of democratic nations.
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This is clear. Thanks Adam
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This is clear. Thanks Adam
But drugs from Canada harming Americans is the reason for imposing tariffs? Ya, no.
And it goes on.
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
November 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
But drugs from Canada harming Americans is the reason for imposing tariffs? Ya, no.
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And it goes on.
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
And it goes on.
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
The man is completely unraveling.
Bombing boats, threatening invasions “to stop drugs,” and now promising a full pardon to a president convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
This isn’t law and order.
It’s the most lawless presidency in American history.👇
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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This specific site has no flood risk, the city and TRCA did not demonstrate erosion risk, and the development would create a 15ha park that would hugely improve the ecology and hydrology of the site, which is currently a golf course
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This specific site has no flood risk, the city and TRCA did not demonstrate erosion risk, and the development would create a 15ha park that would hugely improve the ecology and hydrology of the site, which is currently a golf course