CaffeineIsLife
@caffeineislife.bsky.social
🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇪🇵🇸 = ✅. But 🇷🇺 = ❌
Caffeinated Canadian, geek, likes bicycle rides, refuting antivaxxers/science deniers, fighting conspiracies/misinformation.
Interests: Virology, Repro rights/Public Health, Geology, Tech, Social Sciences.
Caffeinated Canadian, geek, likes bicycle rides, refuting antivaxxers/science deniers, fighting conspiracies/misinformation.
Interests: Virology, Repro rights/Public Health, Geology, Tech, Social Sciences.
Pinned
Libraries - LibreTexts
The LibreTexts Libraries are the central platforms within our ecosystem and consists of 18 topic-specific repositories that can host your OER textbooks.
libretexts.org
Educational resources that are free online. Textbooks from High School to College/University (list of links):
libretexts.org/platforms/li...
open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
openstax.org
www.planetebook.com
www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
programming languages
github.com/EbookFoundat...
libretexts.org/platforms/li...
open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
openstax.org
www.planetebook.com
www.openculture.com/free_textbooks
programming languages
github.com/EbookFoundat...
Ah Florida, the example of what kinds of people you should keep FAR away from making any sort of health care policy.
The lawsuit claims that all abortions “violate the Hippocratic Oath and deny the inalienable rights of all human beings.”
Florida takes on Planned Parenthood
Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a $350 million lawsuit alleging deceptive marketing practices over claims that medication abortion is safer than Tylenol.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Ah Florida, the example of what kinds of people you should keep FAR away from making any sort of health care policy.
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
For a long time presidential libraries have been monuments to ego, the final popularity contest. Twilight Zone in 1961 on books, libraries, & none being obsolete so long as truth overpowers any ideology failing to recognize worth, dignity, rights of people (3.5 min): www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qu...
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
For a long time presidential libraries have been monuments to ego, the final popularity contest. Twilight Zone in 1961 on books, libraries, & none being obsolete so long as truth overpowers any ideology failing to recognize worth, dignity, rights of people (3.5 min): www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3qu...
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
Where there are sanctions, there are always loopholes.
It's up to governments to spot them, close them and punish offenders.
It's concerning that Australia allows/allowed this:
It's up to governments to spot them, close them and punish offenders.
It's concerning that Australia allows/allowed this:
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Where there are sanctions, there are always loopholes.
It's up to governments to spot them, close them and punish offenders.
It's concerning that Australia allows/allowed this:
It's up to governments to spot them, close them and punish offenders.
It's concerning that Australia allows/allowed this:
Yep, it happened, we lost our eliminated status. And for once, the bad thing was actually Canada's doing and it drags the US down with it. About time for a change of pace, so sick of the US gov wrecking things for Canada.
As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Yep, it happened, we lost our eliminated status. And for once, the bad thing was actually Canada's doing and it drags the US down with it. About time for a change of pace, so sick of the US gov wrecking things for Canada.
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
Bank of England has confirmed the Jaguar Land Rover ransomware attack impacted the UK's GDP growth, as the government first claimed back in August
www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-pol...
www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-pol...
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Bank of England has confirmed the Jaguar Land Rover ransomware attack impacted the UK's GDP growth, as the government first claimed back in August
www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-pol...
www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-pol...
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
Good reminders for everyone. Whether here on @bsky.app or anywhere online, remember to PAUSE & THINK. #Take9. Learn more with @pausetake9.bsky.social. cc @gate15.bsky.social #scams #socialmedia #Bluesky
1. You’d be able to see if your account was temp suspended.
2. We don’t communicate moderation decisions via DM. In fact we almost never use DM to ever communicate with you.
3. Yes. It’s a scam and we are trying to clean it up.
4. Don’t click on sketchy links in DMs please.
2. We don’t communicate moderation decisions via DM. In fact we almost never use DM to ever communicate with you.
3. Yes. It’s a scam and we are trying to clean it up.
4. Don’t click on sketchy links in DMs please.
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Good reminders for everyone. Whether here on @bsky.app or anywhere online, remember to PAUSE & THINK. #Take9. Learn more with @pausetake9.bsky.social. cc @gate15.bsky.social #scams #socialmedia #Bluesky
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
The US Supreme Court has denied a request to look at overturning its 2015 decision that legalised same-sex marriage. The appeal was submitted by former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The US Supreme Court has denied a request to look at overturning its 2015 decision that legalised same-sex marriage. The appeal was submitted by former Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
#Canada desperately needs to get on with doing this as well. Disinformation from Russia is floating around our country as well. I can guarantee a lot of those anti-Carney stories being pushed on social media prior to our elections, came from them.
EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others
Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media
3 years too late 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media
3 years too late 🤦♂️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
EU plans hub to tackle disinformation threat from Russia and others
Move follows ‘escalating hybrid attacks’ by Russia and other foreign powers spreading fake articles across social media
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
#Canada desperately needs to get on with doing this as well. Disinformation from Russia is floating around our country as well. I can guarantee a lot of those anti-Carney stories being pushed on social media prior to our elections, came from them.
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
“thrown into the air”
NYPD cops swerved *into* a Black man on a scooter, and then tried to blame him… until the video dropped
NYPD cops swerved *into* a Black man on a scooter, and then tried to blame him… until the video dropped
‘Thrown Into the Air’: NYPD Cops Swerved Into Black Man on Scooter, Then Tried to Blame Him with a Bizarre Lie Until the Video Dropped, Lawsuit Claims
"Shocking video reveals NYPD cops' deceitful act as they swerve into Black man on scooter. Lawsuit exposes disturbing truth. #PoliceBruta...
atlantablackstar.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“thrown into the air”
NYPD cops swerved *into* a Black man on a scooter, and then tried to blame him… until the video dropped
NYPD cops swerved *into* a Black man on a scooter, and then tried to blame him… until the video dropped
We saw kids constantly used as a talking point against taking Covid seriously and about the benefit of those vaccines, all the way through the pandemic and beyond. Heart issues are still far more rare and less harmful in children who have been vaccinated, compared to those who contracted Covid.
A new study provides evidence that the risk of heart conditions like #myocarditis and pericarditis is higher for kids who contract COVID compared to kids who received the #COVID #vaccine. www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap...
COVID causes higher risk of heart issues for children than vaccine
A new study shows the risk of heart conditions like myocarditis and pericarditis is higher for kids who contract COVID compared to vaccinated.
www.skepticalraptor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We saw kids constantly used as a talking point against taking Covid seriously and about the benefit of those vaccines, all the way through the pandemic and beyond. Heart issues are still far more rare and less harmful in children who have been vaccinated, compared to those who contracted Covid.
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
‘Extremism researcher Marc-André Argentino coined the term “pastel QAnon” to describe how women can be lured into far-right conspiracies through content about motherhood and female-coded aesthetics’
Incredibly bittersweet to be published in Teen Vogue this weekend after devastating layoffs, including my editor for this piece. It’s about how beauty influencers have fallen into and become part of the alt-right pipeline targeting girls and women
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
www.teenvogue.com/story/womano...
The 'Womanosphere' Is Coming for Teen Girls
How beauty and wellness influencers are part of a misinformation ecosystem pushing traditional values on girls.
www.teenvogue.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
‘Extremism researcher Marc-André Argentino coined the term “pastel QAnon” to describe how women can be lured into far-right conspiracies through content about motherhood and female-coded aesthetics’
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
Regardless of fox’s actual rabies status.
This is your reminder vaccinate for rabies. Always. Even if indoor only.
The ONLY way to test for rabies is euthanize the animal and remove brain tissue. There is no live test for rabies and your state/local health department will not play
This is your reminder vaccinate for rabies. Always. Even if indoor only.
The ONLY way to test for rabies is euthanize the animal and remove brain tissue. There is no live test for rabies and your state/local health department will not play
Apparently missing out on some exciting rabid fox neighborhood drama
Got this photo via two different group chats
Got this photo via two different group chats
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Regardless of fox’s actual rabies status.
This is your reminder vaccinate for rabies. Always. Even if indoor only.
The ONLY way to test for rabies is euthanize the animal and remove brain tissue. There is no live test for rabies and your state/local health department will not play
This is your reminder vaccinate for rabies. Always. Even if indoor only.
The ONLY way to test for rabies is euthanize the animal and remove brain tissue. There is no live test for rabies and your state/local health department will not play
Is it wrong that i'm hoping this turns out to be a superspreader event? 😅
Today is the final day of the annual conference of Children’s Health Defense, the anti-vax group Robert Kennedy Jr. founded and led for years.
Kennedy has denied continued involvement with the group but his wife, Cheryl Hines, was the co-headliner for the “Champion Dinner” along with Russell Brand
Kennedy has denied continued involvement with the group but his wife, Cheryl Hines, was the co-headliner for the “Champion Dinner” along with Russell Brand
Kennedy Said He Was Done With Children’s Health Defense; His Wife Headlined Its Annual Conference
Actress Cheryl Hines spoke at the anti-vax star-studded affair this weekend.
www.importantcontext.news
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Is it wrong that i'm hoping this turns out to be a superspreader event? 😅
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
A promise is not a deal.
Especially when that “promise” is coming from people with an extensive track record of lying and cheating.
Especially when that “promise” is coming from people with an extensive track record of lying and cheating.
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A promise is not a deal.
Especially when that “promise” is coming from people with an extensive track record of lying and cheating.
Especially when that “promise” is coming from people with an extensive track record of lying and cheating.
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
This is one of the best explainers on the ongoing saga out of BC.
Too few mainstream news articles touch on the connections to the Convoy, or the fact that it’s really the same movement, with ostriches.
The farmers are saying this is just starting. it’ll be interesting to see where it goes now.
Too few mainstream news articles touch on the connections to the Convoy, or the fact that it’s really the same movement, with ostriches.
The farmers are saying this is just starting. it’ll be interesting to see where it goes now.
For months, I’ve been following a Canadian ostrich farm ordered to cull its flock after a bird flu outbreak. It was a cause célèbre for MAHA activists, a MAGA billionaire, and, of course, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The trucker convoy with birds ended last night. They lost. www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
www.msnbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is one of the best explainers on the ongoing saga out of BC.
Too few mainstream news articles touch on the connections to the Convoy, or the fact that it’s really the same movement, with ostriches.
The farmers are saying this is just starting. it’ll be interesting to see where it goes now.
Too few mainstream news articles touch on the connections to the Convoy, or the fact that it’s really the same movement, with ostriches.
The farmers are saying this is just starting. it’ll be interesting to see where it goes now.
Which is worse, that this hack happened and the data tossed out to the world, or that countries are giving money to Israeli arms companies? I can't see any good coming from either action. 🫤
www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
Iran-backed hackers steal and post plans for Australia's new $7 billion infantry fighting vehicles following attack on Israeli arms companies
Iran-backed hackers steal and post plans for Australia's new $7 billion infantry fighting vehicles following attack on Israeli arms companies
Iran-backed hackers steal plans for new Australian fighting vehicles
Plans for Australia's new $7 billion Redback infantry fighting vehicles have been stolen and posted online by Iran-backed hackers following a spate of attacks on Israeli arms companies.
www.skynews.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Which is worse, that this hack happened and the data tossed out to the world, or that countries are giving money to Israeli arms companies? I can't see any good coming from either action. 🫤
Zelenskyy knows he needs to play the political game and watch what he says about Trump. That will likely only be as long as Trump and his pals are in office. I'd bet 5 years down the road, Zelenskyy will have some very different things to say.
During the interview, the most interesting bit could be Zelenskyy's answer when asked about Trump.
I'm used to Ukraine's president speaking quickly when speaking in his native tongue, his thoughts expressed freely. But listen how he chooses his words very carefully.
I'm used to Ukraine's president speaking quickly when speaking in his native tongue, his thoughts expressed freely. But listen how he chooses his words very carefully.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Zelenskyy knows he needs to play the political game and watch what he says about Trump. That will likely only be as long as Trump and his pals are in office. I'd bet 5 years down the road, Zelenskyy will have some very different things to say.
I rarely approve of AI, but anything which mocks Putin, gets my 👍. 😂
Putin is a war criminal and must be prosecuted at The Hague.
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I rarely approve of AI, but anything which mocks Putin, gets my 👍. 😂
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
The collapse of the USSR in the words of Navalny was through “lies, hypocrisy, and incompetent management by its senile leaders. Which reduced the country to an economic crisis. There was also a badly bungled coup.”
—Patriot
Which led to the dissolution of the USSR.
Any of this sounding familiar?
—Patriot
Which led to the dissolution of the USSR.
Any of this sounding familiar?
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The collapse of the USSR in the words of Navalny was through “lies, hypocrisy, and incompetent management by its senile leaders. Which reduced the country to an economic crisis. There was also a badly bungled coup.”
—Patriot
Which led to the dissolution of the USSR.
Any of this sounding familiar?
—Patriot
Which led to the dissolution of the USSR.
Any of this sounding familiar?
A number of years back when Crypto really started taking off, i'd wondered if it would be used for massive illegal fund transfers between countries. "Russian darknet markets processed $1.9 billion in Bitcoin between January and September 2025, according to a new report" #Russia and #NorthKorea
How Russian Darknet Markets Funneled $2B in Bitcoin Using Top-Tier Exchanges
Key Takeaways: Russian darknet markets processed $1.9 billion in Bitcoin between January and September 2025, according to a new report. The funds were routed through at least 20 regulated crypto excha...
finance.yahoo.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A number of years back when Crypto really started taking off, i'd wondered if it would be used for massive illegal fund transfers between countries. "Russian darknet markets processed $1.9 billion in Bitcoin between January and September 2025, according to a new report" #Russia and #NorthKorea
Technically, in asking his wife to do him a favour and meetup with HIS handles, he also got HER working for the FSB. Best thing to do about these two is convict them and let them rot in prison.
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say
Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Technically, in asking his wife to do him a favour and meetup with HIS handles, he also got HER working for the FSB. Best thing to do about these two is convict them and let them rot in prison.
It's my honest hope that America doesn't experience another pandemic before they can get rid of the clown show currently running the US into the dark ages. It's good to reflect back on how a situation was handled, both right and wrong. Trump switched to handling it wrong, rather quickly. 😬
We don’t talk enough about how Operation Warp Speed saved many lives in spite of Trump, nor how many people died because of his failure of leadership. Great piece from my great colleague @maciekboni.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/maciekbo...
open.substack.com/pub/maciekbo...
COVID’s leadership failures
Two moments that were too big for us, and the unfixable chain of mistakes that was set off after November 2020
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's my honest hope that America doesn't experience another pandemic before they can get rid of the clown show currently running the US into the dark ages. It's good to reflect back on how a situation was handled, both right and wrong. Trump switched to handling it wrong, rather quickly. 😬
Reposted by CaffeineIsLife
OSINT International
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
OSINT International
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint
Links to online resources for gathering information about more than 50 countries around the world.
start.me/p/7kDabv/osi...
By Mario Macias
#osint #geoint