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“If 3.5% of a pop. protests against a regime, the regime will fail. Dev by poli scientists Chenoweth & Stephan, who researched resistance cmps from 1900-2006, the rule has seen interest in leftist especially with No Kings protests attracting historic numbers.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“If 3.5% of a pop. protests against a regime, the regime will fail. Dev by poli scientists Chenoweth & Stephan, who researched resistance cmps from 1900-2006, the rule has seen interest in leftist especially with No Kings protests attracting historic numbers.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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On repeat:
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
December 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On repeat:
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
For the love of all that’s good in the world, when will govt, the CMOH & the medical community finally adapt and promote a #VaccinePlus strategy that includes #CleanAir in shared spaces like schools & healthcare to reduce spread of the many common viruses we experience during the yr?
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“The cost of investing in it will repay itself over and over and over again over time,” Nabuurs says. “[We want] families and people to know that clean indoor air is a human right.”
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“The cost of investing in it will repay itself over and over and over again over time,” Nabuurs says. “[We want] families and people to know that clean indoor air is a human right.”
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On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
Supervised boards could close schools, Ontario education minister says, but rural schools safe
Boards under supervision have been asked to look at underused sites and report back, Ontario education minister says in a year-end interview.
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
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The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
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Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The current circulating strain(s) of influenza are causing severe morbidity & deaths in pregnant people and young children.
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
Vaccines are still available but it takes about 2 weeks for them to take effect. If you’re part of one of these populations, be cautious around holiday gatherings.
😷 💉
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“[T]he bill also removes a clause allowing Canadians and organizations to send and receive books, letters and other materials used by people who are blind without paying any postage.”
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“[T]he bill also removes a clause allowing Canadians and organizations to send and receive books, letters and other materials used by people who are blind without paying any postage.”
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NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
The 877-page study was introduced into the legislature on Tuesday
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
NDP says Ontario report on intimate partner violence partly AI-generated, includes non-existent sources
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Reminders, as public health officials warn of a very bad flu season:
🧵
* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
1/
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* Washing hands is not a strategy for a respiratory virus. N95s, ventilation, air filtration -- especially in hospitals.
* We should have been cleaning indoor air with the same effort we put into cleaning drinking water.
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This resignation is worth noting. @simondonner.bsky.social is a man of impeccable integrity. If he is saying the process, and the politics, is compromised and broken, that does not bode well for climate action in Carney's Canada.
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
BREAKING: Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body
University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).
www.theenergymix.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This resignation is worth noting. @simondonner.bsky.social is a man of impeccable integrity. If he is saying the process, and the politics, is compromised and broken, that does not bode well for climate action in Carney's Canada.
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...
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CAVI launched a new initiative today to expand our impact beyond public libraries. Please share!
CAVI is pleased to share that our Canadian Library CO2 monitor project is now complete. CAVI and other donors have contributed over 400 high quality CO2 monitors to libraries across Canada, reaching over 30% of the Canadian population. (1/5)
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
CAVI launched a new initiative today to expand our impact beyond public libraries. Please share!
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Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/03/c...
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows.
Misdiagnoses. Blind spots. Worse outcomes for things we know how to treat.
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Canada’s women’s health strategy ended in 1999. It shows. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/12/03/c...
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Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Abortion Rights in Canada are Under Attack
Forced-birth groups are testing their strategy
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Canada, abortion rights are under attack. The forced birthers are using the same strategies that worked in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Definitely something wrong with our healthcare system. However, beware the easy non-solution of "just privatize it!"
"Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634, including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery."
I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
I guess it's not "hallway healthcare" if you never make it to the hospital hallway.
Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Definitely something wrong with our healthcare system. However, beware the easy non-solution of "just privatize it!"
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COVID infections are not mentioned nor is immune dysfunction from C19 leading to other illness.
We have also seen an increase in anxiety/panic in kids after being infected.
You can only dance around so long before you trip over your own feet.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We have also seen an increase in anxiety/panic in kids after being infected.
You can only dance around so long before you trip over your own feet.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Kids are missing more school. Experts say mental health is a factor | CBC News
A CBC investigation finds that school time lost due to reported illness is up in all districts that provided data — more than tripling in some places compared to five years ago. While the data doesn’t...
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
COVID infections are not mentioned nor is immune dysfunction from C19 leading to other illness.
We have also seen an increase in anxiety/panic in kids after being infected.
You can only dance around so long before you trip over your own feet.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
We have also seen an increase in anxiety/panic in kids after being infected.
You can only dance around so long before you trip over your own feet.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018-2023. The chemicals are added to #pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, wine grapes, and tomatoes." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
California farms applied millions of pounds of Pfas to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "California farms applied an average of 2.5m lb of “forever chemicals” per year on cropland from 2018-2023. The chemicals are added to #pesticides that are sprayed on crops such as almonds, pistachios, wine grapes, and tomatoes." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UPDATE : in 2025, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 8️⃣3️⃣6️⃣.5️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley #Clinton are @2️⃣1️⃣6️⃣3️⃣4️⃣hr
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Bill 33 just passed, to much applause and back-slapping from Team Ford.
Say goodbye to public education in Ontario.
It will follow public healthcare, into the past.
Most people won't understand what has happened until it's all gone.
As intended.
Say goodbye to public education in Ontario.
It will follow public healthcare, into the past.
Most people won't understand what has happened until it's all gone.
As intended.
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Bill 33 just passed, to much applause and back-slapping from Team Ford.
Say goodbye to public education in Ontario.
It will follow public healthcare, into the past.
Most people won't understand what has happened until it's all gone.
As intended.
Say goodbye to public education in Ontario.
It will follow public healthcare, into the past.
Most people won't understand what has happened until it's all gone.
As intended.
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AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to dozens of current and former hospital staff. This is a cautionary tale for healthcare providers about AI and patient privacy, watchdog says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
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November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to dozens of current and former hospital staff. This is a cautionary tale for healthcare providers about AI and patient privacy, watchdog says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Alt Text: I agree with Marit Stiles. Doug Ford and his government are corrupt. Sign the petition.
Link: iagreewithmaritstiles.ca
Link: iagreewithmaritstiles.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Alt Text: I agree with Marit Stiles. Doug Ford and his government are corrupt. Sign the petition.
Link: iagreewithmaritstiles.ca
Link: iagreewithmaritstiles.ca
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2/ At a time when the rights and well-being of trans and gender-diverse youth are under direct attack, it’s more important than ever to come together and take action.
Here are five ways you can support trans and gender diverse communities in Alberta - and across Canada.
Here are five ways you can support trans and gender diverse communities in Alberta - and across Canada.
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2/ At a time when the rights and well-being of trans and gender-diverse youth are under direct attack, it’s more important than ever to come together and take action.
Here are five ways you can support trans and gender diverse communities in Alberta - and across Canada.
Here are five ways you can support trans and gender diverse communities in Alberta - and across Canada.
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Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Moments ago, Premier Danielle Smith's government made a terrifying decision and introduced legislation to suspend the charter-protected rights of transgender young people in Alberta.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
Now is the time to act. Visit www.stop-smith.ca to sign our petition denouncing this draconian erosion of freedom.
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I need to tell you what's happening right now.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I need to tell you what's happening right now.