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@westcoastdawn.bsky.social
Library Technician, armchair traveller, past ESL/EFL Instructor on 2 continents, Reader, Volunteer and Unionist. (she/her)
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I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me
Please don’t worry about me
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me
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🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
![Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on people with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). In the cross-sectional study, researchers are comparing three inflammatory markers in 150 people with POTS, Long COVID, and those with a history of SARS-C0V-2 infections who did not develop long-term symptoms. The researchers are evaluating a hypothesis that “post-COVID-19 POTS is caused by reduced [parasympathetic] activity, which in turn, contributes to persistent inflammation [and] orthostatic intolerance.” Contact: Marwa Mohamed, marwa.mohamed@vumc.org.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:age5xvis2s2vy5qiz2tjxoc6/bafkreigcdjuadbbervdk6vz2ig7a7mwwvy47piyzxu7xjqtop767fsubnq@jpeg)
December 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
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Dangerous (and Trumpy) nonsense.
The courts exist to interpret and protect our rights — even, and maybe especially, the unpopular ones.
The fact that they aren’t elected is a *good* thing.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
The courts exist to interpret and protect our rights — even, and maybe especially, the unpopular ones.
The fact that they aren’t elected is a *good* thing.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Alberta's Smith says notwithstanding clause increasingly likely amid unpopular court rulings
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in a year-end interview she's increasingly willing to use the notwithstanding clause.
edmontonjournal.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Dangerous (and Trumpy) nonsense.
The courts exist to interpret and protect our rights — even, and maybe especially, the unpopular ones.
The fact that they aren’t elected is a *good* thing.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
The courts exist to interpret and protect our rights — even, and maybe especially, the unpopular ones.
The fact that they aren’t elected is a *good* thing.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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Well, he's gone and done it. PM Goldman Sachs has replaced the excellent Kirsten Hillman with an investment banker buddy with an ethics problem in the past that cost him a job.
Wiseman was also among the first to donate to Carney's leadership bid.
#CdnPoli
Wiseman was also among the first to donate to Carney's leadership bid.
#CdnPoli
CP NewsAlert: Carney names investment banker Mark Wiseman as next U.S. ambassador
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a global investment banker and pension fund manager to be Canada's next ambassador in Washington.
ca.news.yahoo.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Well, he's gone and done it. PM Goldman Sachs has replaced the excellent Kirsten Hillman with an investment banker buddy with an ethics problem in the past that cost him a job.
Wiseman was also among the first to donate to Carney's leadership bid.
#CdnPoli
Wiseman was also among the first to donate to Carney's leadership bid.
#CdnPoli
Tell me again, why is AI the answer?
Tell me again how schools are biased against boys?
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
"Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled"
apnews.com/article/scho...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Tell me again, why is AI the answer?
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NEW: A barge hit an island on B.C.'s north coast last week, taking a large tree with it. The barge is owned by the same company as one that took on water and needed rescuing in November.
@amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
@amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Seattle Firm Has Second Barge Hit Trouble on BC Coast | The Tyee
A photo showing a barge with a tree implanted in its front is real, The Tyee can confirm.
thetyee.ca
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW: A barge hit an island on B.C.'s north coast last week, taking a large tree with it. The barge is owned by the same company as one that took on water and needed rescuing in November.
@amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
@amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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After the solstice
the fall ends
and the winter begins.
And after the solstice
plague season continues
plague season just continues.
the fall ends
and the winter begins.
And after the solstice
plague season continues
plague season just continues.
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
After the solstice
the fall ends
and the winter begins.
And after the solstice
plague season continues
plague season just continues.
the fall ends
and the winter begins.
And after the solstice
plague season continues
plague season just continues.
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Earlier this year, we celebrated SINGIN' IN THE RAIN entering the #publicdomain—but it was just one moment in a much bigger story. ☔️
On January 1, 2026, even more culture joins the public domain.
Want to celebrate what’s next? Join our events ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay
On January 1, 2026, even more culture joins the public domain.
Want to celebrate what’s next? Join our events ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Earlier this year, we celebrated SINGIN' IN THE RAIN entering the #publicdomain—but it was just one moment in a much bigger story. ☔️
On January 1, 2026, even more culture joins the public domain.
Want to celebrate what’s next? Join our events ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay
On January 1, 2026, even more culture joins the public domain.
Want to celebrate what’s next? Join our events ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: We paid $2 million for this?
The report of Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! #abpoli
The report of Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! #abpoli
Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel Report Lands with a Whimper | The Tyee
Albertans paid $2 million for gruel this thin?
thetyee.ca
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: We paid $2 million for this?
The report of Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! #abpoli
The report of Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel dropped Friday afternoon and, boy, is it ever a pitiful little squib! #abpoli
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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This is in addition excessive AI use driving up land theft and death, surveillance, a receding of critical thinking skills and media literacy, and just not being cute at all.
Drop the bot.
Drop the bot.
December 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This is in addition excessive AI use driving up land theft and death, surveillance, a receding of critical thinking skills and media literacy, and just not being cute at all.
Drop the bot.
Drop the bot.
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Entering the US public domain in 2026: Franz Kafka's The Castle (english translation).
More info behind window 20 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
More info behind window 20 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Entering the US public domain in 2026: Franz Kafka's The Castle (english translation).
More info behind window 20 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
More info behind window 20 of our advent-style countdown calendar for works entering the #publicdomain on Jan 1st: https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/ #PDin2026
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That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
December 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
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Amazing how many of these papers are about “ethical use of AI in education.” It’s harsh, I know, but I do think if you incorporate a hallucinated reference it should be incredibly damning for you. There should be professional penalties.
(Also, icyi, here are the 42 papers citing our non-existent paper which includes a "meta-analysis" - often called the evidence "gold standard" - of "LLM effects" in education 🤮
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn/scholar?star...)
scholar.google.com.vn
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Amazing how many of these papers are about “ethical use of AI in education.” It’s harsh, I know, but I do think if you incorporate a hallucinated reference it should be incredibly damning for you. There should be professional penalties.
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Also, I realize not everyone is paying attention to everything, but one of the first articles discussing the widespread piracy that went into AI was published in 2021.
medium.com/data-science...
medium.com/data-science...
Dirty Secrets of BookCorpus, a Key Dataset in Machine Learning
Fairness and Bias Dirty Secrets of BookCorpus, a Key Dataset in Machine Learning A closer look at BookCorpus, the text dataset that helps train large language models for Google, OpenAI, Amazon, and …
medium.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Also, I realize not everyone is paying attention to everything, but one of the first articles discussing the widespread piracy that went into AI was published in 2021.
medium.com/data-science...
medium.com/data-science...
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This is eugenics.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is eugenics.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
This is a disability rights issue.
This is what we’ve been warning about for years.
“Choose your baby” is another way of saying “eliminate the undesirables”.
It’s out in the open and it’s wrong.
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Oppression is redaction, information and power, kept from the People.
Time to take it back.
Time to take it back.
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Oppression is redaction, information and power, kept from the People.
Time to take it back.
Time to take it back.
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Moderna secures up to $54.3 million funding for bird flu vaccine from global coalition https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-secures-up-543-million-funding-bird-flu-vaccine-global-coalition-2025-12-18/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Moderna secures up to $54.3 million funding for bird flu vaccine from global coalition https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-secures-up-543-million-funding-bird-flu-vaccine-global-coalition-2025-12-18/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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I don't doubt that a Carney fan will come along to rationalize this. But it's Liberals vs. labour yet again.
"... a move that is legally allowed but sharply criticized by unions."
"The Public Service Alliance of Canada has long criticized the practice of shifting surpluses into general revenue."
"... a move that is legally allowed but sharply criticized by unions."
"The Public Service Alliance of Canada has long criticized the practice of shifting surpluses into general revenue."
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I don't doubt that a Carney fan will come along to rationalize this. But it's Liberals vs. labour yet again.
"... a move that is legally allowed but sharply criticized by unions."
"The Public Service Alliance of Canada has long criticized the practice of shifting surpluses into general revenue."
"... a move that is legally allowed but sharply criticized by unions."
"The Public Service Alliance of Canada has long criticized the practice of shifting surpluses into general revenue."