Adrenalynn (she/her)
@adrenalyn.bsky.social
Gen Xer who somehow never drank from a rusty garden hose. Living with stillbirth trauma & grief. Free Palestine. Protect trans kids. Protect yourself & others from covid. Don't #StandWith politicians, push them left to make life better for everyone.
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Waterloo Region has one of the highest rates of unsheltered homelessness in the country. 43% of unhoused residents live completely outside — compared to just 10% in Toronto.
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Waterloo Region has one of the highest rates of unsheltered homelessness in the country. 43% of unhoused residents live completely outside — compared to just 10% in Toronto.
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
Petition here: www.change.org/p/demand-wat...
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"DULF’s pilot project worked,” said the BC Supreme Court judge of the Vancouver compassion club.
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
“Hung Out to Dry”—DULF Pair Convicted But Plan Challenge
Compassion club founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are convicted, but the judge's comments could fuel their constitutional challenge.
filtermag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"DULF’s pilot project worked,” said the BC Supreme Court judge of the Vancouver compassion club.
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
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Don't let Canadian politicians use lawsuits to prevent journalists from reporting on their actions.
Donate to PressProgress to help them fight back.
Donate to PressProgress to help them fight back.
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Don't let Canadian politicians use lawsuits to prevent journalists from reporting on their actions.
Donate to PressProgress to help them fight back.
Donate to PressProgress to help them fight back.
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Accountability
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Accountability
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Canada’s COVID Forecast outlook is VERY HIGH [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 10.1
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 583,200-806,200
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: HIGH; 7.6X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.0X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 10.4X higher
Deaths: VERY HIGH; 12.2X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreigcayvfpw3riiwc5ff4taetmai2egkpb4dyvp7ghhtvqirbpzm2vu@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
CANADA
VERY HIGH [no change]
About 1 of every 118 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 7.6 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.0 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 10.4 x higher
-Deaths: 12.2 x higher
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Expected excess mortality due to COVID-19 in Canada is VERY HIGH (10%, Forecast score 10).
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Expected excess mortality due to COVID-19 in Canada is VERY HIGH (10%, Forecast score 10).
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WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK?
About 1 in 118 people in Canada is currently infected (503,000-806,000 infections/week).
The most recent estimate for the United States (Nov 10) is 1 in 162 infected (www.pmc19.com/data/index.php).
About 1 in 118 people in Canada is currently infected (503,000-806,000 infections/week).
The most recent estimate for the United States (Nov 10) is 1 in 162 infected (www.pmc19.com/data/index.php).
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK?
About 1 in 118 people in Canada is currently infected (503,000-806,000 infections/week).
The most recent estimate for the United States (Nov 10) is 1 in 162 infected (www.pmc19.com/data/index.php).
About 1 in 118 people in Canada is currently infected (503,000-806,000 infections/week).
The most recent estimate for the United States (Nov 10) is 1 in 162 infected (www.pmc19.com/data/index.php).
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y'all one of the anti-mamdani billionaires (John Catsimatidis) was also funding the b.c. ostrich nonsense.
we live in an incredible era (derogatory)
we live in an incredible era (derogatory)
um
‘Something is rotten,’ says U.S. billionaire who funded B.C. ostrich farm protests
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
y'all one of the anti-mamdani billionaires (John Catsimatidis) was also funding the b.c. ostrich nonsense.
we live in an incredible era (derogatory)
we live in an incredible era (derogatory)
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Changed rules will shut a trans bodybuilder out of competition, after a Canadian organization changed its rules to follow an American sports body's policy. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Changed Rules Will Shut a Trans Bodybuilder Out of Competition | The Tyee
The Canadian association that regulates the sport will no longer allow gender-affirming hormone therapy, citing American rules.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Changed rules will shut a trans bodybuilder out of competition, after a Canadian organization changed its rules to follow an American sports body's policy. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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Inside one Palestinian family's harrowing experience of having their son's dead body withheld by Israel as a bargaining chip. Israel has held the bodies of 726 Palestinians in refrigerators and the so-called "cemetery of numbers" for decades.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israel killed her son and held his body. Her story is one of hundreds of Palestinian families.
Inside one Palestinian family’s harrowing experience of having their son’s dead body withheld by Israel as a bargaining chip. Israel has held the bodies of 726 Palestinians in refrigerators and the...
mondoweiss.net
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Inside one Palestinian family's harrowing experience of having their son's dead body withheld by Israel as a bargaining chip. Israel has held the bodies of 726 Palestinians in refrigerators and the so-called "cemetery of numbers" for decades.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
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Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
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So often in the emergency department, people ask why there aren’t enough doctors. It was by deliberate policy.
Underestimating future aging of the population and changing working conditions has lead to this gross deficit
Underestimating future aging of the population and changing working conditions has lead to this gross deficit
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So often in the emergency department, people ask why there aren’t enough doctors. It was by deliberate policy.
Underestimating future aging of the population and changing working conditions has lead to this gross deficit
Underestimating future aging of the population and changing working conditions has lead to this gross deficit
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Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
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The key weakness in AI agents is that they're a lie. They don't work. They just don't fuckin' work. You can't set a hallucination engine to work doing tasks. It's pants on head stupid. The hype pretends this isn't the case and hypothesises a fabulous future where they work *at all*. This is a lie.
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The key weakness in AI agents is that they're a lie. They don't work. They just don't fuckin' work. You can't set a hallucination engine to work doing tasks. It's pants on head stupid. The hype pretends this isn't the case and hypothesises a fabulous future where they work *at all*. This is a lie.
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
🇨🇦"Photos show who organized and attended a white nationalist networking event in Vancouver, BC"
1/ NEW: We identified 20 people who attended a white nationalist conference and, despite their efforts to keep it secret, caught another 30 people on film to identify in the future. Several MMA/combat sports instructors were discovered and their gyms have cut ties.
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Everybody Attending White Nationalist Conference Caught on Film
Advertised near-exclusively in white nationalist online spaces, promotional social media posts for the event include symbolism popular with neo-Nazis, including the kolovrat sun wheel and a table with...
www.antihate.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🇨🇦"Photos show who organized and attended a white nationalist networking event in Vancouver, BC"
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Are we sick of rich people's nonsense yet?
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Are we sick of rich people's nonsense yet?
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Here's a paywall free version if you want to read some whining about how male loneliness can't be fixed until leftists (female variety) stop using the term toxic masculinity. Because men & the right can't fix the problem unless woman & the left are on board, in this one specific instance only.
archive.ph
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here's a paywall free version if you want to read some whining about how male loneliness can't be fixed until leftists (female variety) stop using the term toxic masculinity. Because men & the right can't fix the problem unless woman & the left are on board, in this one specific instance only.
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Isn't it convenient how the left has almost no societal power, yet we're responsible for the right and center (who hold virtually all of the wealth and power) not stepping up to deal with a chronic problem like male loneliness.
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Isn't it convenient how the left has almost no societal power, yet we're responsible for the right and center (who hold virtually all of the wealth and power) not stepping up to deal with a chronic problem like male loneliness.
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It's really sad that conservatives can't even talk about male loneliness without bringing their own culture wars bullshit into it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
Opinion: We owe it to Canadian men and boys to prioritize their mental health
Male Canadians are less likely to seek help, and more likely to suffer devastating consequences because of it
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's really sad that conservatives can't even talk about male loneliness without bringing their own culture wars bullshit into it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
No leftist is stopping Erin O'Toole from using his connections to create a network of hunting clubs for young men.
Yet it's somehow the left's fault he isn't doing it.
🇨🇦"The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🇨🇦"The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
"Ontario’s new housing reforms will protect financialized landlords, not tenants"
Doug Ford’s new housing bill has been sold as efficiency reform, yet it prioritizes landlords over tenants. Long-term renters will face faster evictions, fewer protections, and higher rents while corporate landlords consolidate even more control of an already deeply financialized market.
Landlords want your rent to go up. Doug Ford is making it happen
Ford may think that disappearing tenants and their unions from the LTB will disappear them from the city, but it won’t. Tenants and the growing tenant union movement in Ontario have been successfully ...
canadiandimension.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"Ontario’s new housing reforms will protect financialized landlords, not tenants"