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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 23h

This is an utterly delightful story.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 1d

Or good thinkers.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 3d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Defakator (Officiel) 🧆 @defakator.bsky.social · 3d

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ?
Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 2d

One of the most serious consequences of Canada's low population density is the effect on our climate impact. Not only the extreme inefficiency of low-density homes, but the far greater number of private-automobile trips needed per person, etc. Underpopulation is climate catastrophe

Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 3d

The Venn diagram of urban density and average household GHG emissions is pretty much a circle. Interesting study on “Mapping household GHG emissions in the Greater Golden Horseshoe” from the University of Toronto School of Cities schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/mapping-hous...

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 2d

🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

A Chicago citizen confronts the hypocrisy of a fellow Hispanic man working for ICE, shaming him and making a powerful point by asking how his family ended up in the United States.

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Josh Matlow @joshmatlow.bsky.social · 5d

Doug Ford is gaslighting you. If you’re trying to obey the law in Toronto and driving by a speed camera up to 10km over, you won’t be fined. This tool should be used to catch people driving near schools at excessive speeds, recklessly endangering our kids. www.thestar.com/news/gta/wha...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 5d

Speaking for all physicians and healthcare providers here. When we see patients in need of care especially in an emergency room we do not leave them for dead. We do not care about their immigration status, we treat them because that is what we took an oath to do and is also basic human decency.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 5d

Apple bows to US government and their agencies conducting criminal acts. www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...

Apple takes down app that allows people to track and anonymously report sightings of ICE agents

Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by U.S. authorities.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 7d

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 7d

Saw Andrews during intermission at the Stratford Festival when Plummer was playing Lear in 2002. What a delightful surprise!

Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · Oct 1

Happy birthday Julie Andrews 🎂

With Christopher Plummer in a marvellous 2015 photograph by Annie Leibovitz

Andrews puts her arms around Plummer. Both are smiling.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 8d

I just donated blood this weekend. Won’t you donate, too? www.blood.ca/en/stories/l...

Life on the Line: The Amazing Journey of Donated Blood

www.blood.ca

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 8d

I’m thinking about the 88 retired generals and admirals who actually endorsed Trump—endorsed him!—in an open letter back in September 2016.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 8d

Does the commander in chief need to pass a PT test or does he get a pass

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Cheshire Cat ᓚᘏᗢ, @autismsupsoc.bsky.social · Jul 14

News paper clipping:

'There is no ethical way to use the major Al image generators.
All of them are trained on stolen images, and all of them are built for the purpose of deskilling, disempowering and replacing real, human artists.
- MOLLY CRABAPPLE,
artist and activist

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 13d

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 13d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 14d

Wow. Just…wow. This is the reason funding scientists and science is so important.

James Harvey @keepof4worlds.bsky.social · 15d

Wonderful news. A salutary reminder of the absolute benefits of scientific progress, and the absolute evil of conspiracist bollocks.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

www.bbc.com

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 16d

This is such promising news for people with RA!

NPR @npr.org · 16d

A new surgically implanted device the size of a lima bean can help control rheumatoid arthritis that isn't responding to drugs. n.pr/4nexc5c

Rheumatoid arthritis kept her captive. This nerve stimulator set her free.

A new surgically implanted device the size of a lima bean can help control rheumatoid arthritis that isn't responding to drugs.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 18d

Church and Horse
Alex Colville
1964

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 18d

Good.

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 18d

Disney has lost nearly $4 Billion in three days from combined stock price collapse and cancelled subscriptions.

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Laurie Grassi @lauriegrassi.bsky.social · 21d

Has no one learned ANYTHING from history???

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 21d

“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”

That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.

Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken

Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…

www.djv.de

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