Laura
@lauratonn.bsky.social
New-ish mom. Former journo. Living on the east coast.
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This is all I think about as I watch smug Canadians balk at Americans for getting played by Russia.
We do it, too babe!
We do it, too babe!
Calls for Trudeau to step down during ‘Freedom Convoy’ traced back to Russian proxy sites
www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/16/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2023/02/16/a...
Calls for Trudeau to step down during ‘Freedom Convoy’ traced back to Russian proxy sites
Beyond overt propaganda outlets, like Russia’s RT, disinformation spread through proxy sites and on social media messaging apps like Telegram, which was widely used by the convoy’s genuine grassroots ...
www.nationalobserver.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is all I think about as I watch smug Canadians balk at Americans for getting played by Russia.
We do it, too babe!
We do it, too babe!
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Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return
Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off
www.sfchronicle.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle.
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
February 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hundreds of asylum seekers from around the globe are being trapped by the US in a Panama hotel where they'll eventually be sent to a camp in the jungle.
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
One Chinese man said “I thought: America is a free country with respect for human rights. I had no idea it was like a dictatorship.”
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Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
February 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Egg prices are up 53% compared to last year and the spread of bird flu is a major reason why.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
How has Trump responded?
By letting DOGE fire thousands of federal employees across the CDC, NIH, FDA, and the USDA who could respond to this outbreak.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
February 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s coming elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...
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next time you’re having imposter syndrome, just remember that you have more clinical experience than the HHS secretary plus the NIH director combined 🫣
a little girl wearing sunglasses is standing in a doorway with the words `` you got this oh yeah '' .
ALT: a little girl wearing sunglasses is standing in a doorway with the words `` you got this oh yeah '' .
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
next time you’re having imposter syndrome, just remember that you have more clinical experience than the HHS secretary plus the NIH director combined 🫣
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looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
February 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.
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well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
well it has certainly been an amusing prank to let the worst people alive take over the american government for a few weeks, but I think it's probably gone on long enough
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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I grew up in a family that talked a lot about history and politics. I've read countless books and watched countless movies about fascism, war, conflict, resistance fighters, activism, etc.
And I have to say, the thing I was most unprepared for is people complying in advance. It's so shocking.
And I have to say, the thing I was most unprepared for is people complying in advance. It's so shocking.
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
www.npr.org
February 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I grew up in a family that talked a lot about history and politics. I've read countless books and watched countless movies about fascism, war, conflict, resistance fighters, activism, etc.
And I have to say, the thing I was most unprepared for is people complying in advance. It's so shocking.
And I have to say, the thing I was most unprepared for is people complying in advance. It's so shocking.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break.
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
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The Walrus (@thewalrus.ca) is launching six regional bureaus to tell Canada’s local stories
The Walrus Launches Six Regional Bureaus to Tell Canada’s Local Stories | The Walrus
From the Yukon to Newfoundland, we are putting reporters on the ground
thewalrus.ca
February 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Walrus (@thewalrus.ca) is launching six regional bureaus to tell Canada’s local stories
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We have women testing vaginal rings, they already have the rings in them, people who got an injectable for H.I.V. prevention — when you say ‘stop,’ what happens to them?” said an H.I.V. researcher who is an investigator on a number of clinical trials. Must read report by @stephanienolen.bsky.social
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We have women testing vaginal rings, they already have the rings in them, people who got an injectable for H.I.V. prevention — when you say ‘stop,’ what happens to them?” said an H.I.V. researcher who is an investigator on a number of clinical trials. Must read report by @stephanienolen.bsky.social
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#GlobalHealth Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid. Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for #tuberculosis, #malaria, #HIV and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h... via @nytimes.com
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#GlobalHealth Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid. Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for #tuberculosis, #malaria, #HIV and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work, by @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h... via @nytimes.com
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One major reason Canada would never join the US: Women here still have control over their own bodies. I wrote an oped for the @thestar.com today www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
America, keep your hands off my country — and my body
80 per cent of Canadians who are happy with the status quo in our country regarding people’s right to choose what they do with their bodies and futures.
www.thestar.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One major reason Canada would never join the US: Women here still have control over their own bodies. I wrote an oped for the @thestar.com today www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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At the newsletter right now:
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
Breaking: Trump is Scrubbing HIPAA Info off HHS Website
The White House is deleting information on reproductive health privacy and discrimination at pharmacies
jessica.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
At the newsletter right now:
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
The Trump administration has scrubbed information about HIPAA protections for reproductive rights from the Department of Health and Human Services website.
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The reality is, most of our audience is on the other website. But given its ownership and the fascism and such, we cannot continue to utilize it in good conscience.
I’d be grateful if you’d support @jsource.bsky.social by following us where we’ll be from now on:
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February 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The reality is, most of our audience is on the other website. But given its ownership and the fascism and such, we cannot continue to utilize it in good conscience.
I’d be grateful if you’d support @jsource.bsky.social by following us where we’ll be from now on:
I’d be grateful if you’d support @jsource.bsky.social by following us where we’ll be from now on:
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We could’ve had Tim 😭
February 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We could’ve had Tim 😭
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Trump and the GOP are trying to repeal a Biden admin rule that requires lead water pipes to be replaced.
Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked.
So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?
Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked.
So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?
Republicans move to repeal lead limits imposed by Biden-era rules
US government would be prohibited from ever mandating lead pipe replacement or lowering lead limits in water
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Trump and the GOP are trying to repeal a Biden admin rule that requires lead water pipes to be replaced.
Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked.
So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?
Tens of millions of people, including children, would continue to have contaminated drinking water if the rules are revoked.
So the GOP is the party of lead poisoning now?
Yes! Game changer for families with young children.
Nobody mentioning the national day care plan as a Liberal accomplishment? yes, it's hampered by too-low wages in the sector and haggling over for-profit involvement, but they got it done. And in ten years it might be transformative (if it continues)
January 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yes! Game changer for families with young children.
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#H5N1 bird flu, #measles are the top concerns for Canada's chief public health officer in 2025, by Nicole Ireland www.thestar.com/politics/bir... via @torontostar.bsky.social
Bird flu, measles top 2025 concerns for Canada’s chief public health officer
H5N1, a strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses carried by wild birds, has decimated poultry farms in Canada and infected dairy cattle herds in several states south of the
www.thestar.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
#H5N1 bird flu, #measles are the top concerns for Canada's chief public health officer in 2025, by Nicole Ireland www.thestar.com/politics/bir... via @torontostar.bsky.social
Ditto
I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.
December 27, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Ditto
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Almost 30% of N.B. kindergartners not fully vaccinated even though 9 childhood vaccines have been mandatory for school admission since 1982. As of Nov. 20, there were 44 cases of #measles in the province, most in young people. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Almost 30 per cent of N.B. kindergartners not fully vaccinated amid measles outbreak
As of Nov. 20, there were 44 cases of measles in the province – all in the Fredericton area and parts of the Upper Saint John River Valley – with more than 80 per cent of infections in people under th...
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Almost 30% of N.B. kindergartners not fully vaccinated even though 9 childhood vaccines have been mandatory for school admission since 1982. As of Nov. 20, there were 44 cases of #measles in the province, most in young people. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com