Jodine Chase
@jodinechase.bsky.social
Comms professional using powers for good to advance infant and maternal health with a focus on #birthresearch and #IYCFE
Also support a family-owned specialty coffee business.
Also support a family-owned specialty coffee business.
This!!
me, librarian: I think information should be organized and structured logically so that searches are high in precision and recall
tech industry, 2000: nope, keyword searching and opaque relevance rankings are what you’ll get
…
tech industry, 2026: now you’ll just get fake hallucinatory text
tech industry, 2000: nope, keyword searching and opaque relevance rankings are what you’ll get
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tech industry, 2026: now you’ll just get fake hallucinatory text
February 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
This!!
Best thing on #academicbluesky today
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Best thing on #academicbluesky today
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Also, be aware that hand sanitizer is ineffective for these illnesses - soap and water for hands and bleach/virucidal wipes for surfaces.
Wash your hands friends. Noro gets spread because most of us suck at doing this.
Also IIHF and IOC now in a real pickle with tomorrow's game. Hard to imagine they can postpone a *2nd* Canada game. Have asked IIHF if game tomorrow is still on...but no word.
nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Also IIHF and IOC now in a real pickle with tomorrow's game. Hard to imagine they can postpone a *2nd* Canada game. Have asked IIHF if game tomorrow is still on...but no word.
nationalpost.com/sports/olymp...
Now the Swiss Olympic women's hockey team is dealing with norovirus — and set to play Canada next
A norovirus outbreak already delayed the first game for the Canadian women's hockey team at the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Could it be happening again?
nationalpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Also, be aware that hand sanitizer is ineffective for these illnesses - soap and water for hands and bleach/virucidal wipes for surfaces.
Every level of government and every elected official in Canada should stop using X. Bravo, NB. Cc @wgreaves.bsky.social
New Brunswick dumps X
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
"government agencies around the world have launched probes into X, and its parent company xAI, for the way its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was used to generate and share sexualized images of people without their consent."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#cdnpoli #yyj
Canadian Province New Brunswick to Quit Using Elon Musk’s X
New Brunswick, an east coast Canadian province of about 900,000 people, will no longer use billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X for routine government communications, its leader announced T...
www.bloomberg.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Every level of government and every elected official in Canada should stop using X. Bravo, NB. Cc @wgreaves.bsky.social
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France ditches Zoom and Teams for homegrown system amid European digital sovereignty push
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
France ditches Zoom and Teams for homegrown system amid European digital sovereignty push
In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system.
www.ctvnews.ca
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
France ditches Zoom and Teams for homegrown system amid European digital sovereignty push
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...
Feb 1. The long Victoria spring is well and truly here.
February 1, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Feb 1. The long Victoria spring is well and truly here.
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Libraries offering unlimited ‘Heated Rivalry’ audiobook access #Ontario
Abbott says they’ve blown past the 100 downloads typically allotted to this type of agreement, so they’ve had to renew the deal several times over.
/1 thread
globalnews.ca/news/1164659...
Abbott says they’ve blown past the 100 downloads typically allotted to this type of agreement, so they’ve had to renew the deal several times over.
/1 thread
globalnews.ca/news/1164659...
Libraries offering unlimited ‘Heated Rivalry’ audiobook access - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
The Toronto Public Library is the latest institution to make the "Heated Rivalry" audiobook available without a waiting list, joining other libraries in Canada and the U.S.
globalnews.ca
February 1, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Libraries offering unlimited ‘Heated Rivalry’ audiobook access #Ontario
Abbott says they’ve blown past the 100 downloads typically allotted to this type of agreement, so they’ve had to renew the deal several times over.
/1 thread
globalnews.ca/news/1164659...
Abbott says they’ve blown past the 100 downloads typically allotted to this type of agreement, so they’ve had to renew the deal several times over.
/1 thread
globalnews.ca/news/1164659...
Lessons in this thread for progressive Albertans, along with TROC (see I did there?)
Once again here to tap the mic and say Texas is a gerrymandered, voter repressed state, not a "red" state. And every one of you celebrating the (significant) win in Tarrant County better not be the same people in my mentions saying to throw the whole South away. There are good people fighting.
February 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Lessons in this thread for progressive Albertans, along with TROC (see I did there?)
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Our newest QMNC Research Roundup is out!
Members are sharing work on power in maternity care, physiologic birth, respectful care, home birth, monitoring practices, and tools to advance quality maternal & newborn care.
🔗 qmnc.org/news/11459784
#QMNC #BirthResearch
Members are sharing work on power in maternity care, physiologic birth, respectful care, home birth, monitoring practices, and tools to advance quality maternal & newborn care.
🔗 qmnc.org/news/11459784
#QMNC #BirthResearch
January QMNC Research Roundup
This month, QMNC members’ research invites reflection on who holds power in maternity care, whose knowledge counts, and how systems can better support physiologic, respectful birth. Members shared res...
qmnc.org
February 1, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Our newest QMNC Research Roundup is out!
Members are sharing work on power in maternity care, physiologic birth, respectful care, home birth, monitoring practices, and tools to advance quality maternal & newborn care.
🔗 qmnc.org/news/11459784
#QMNC #BirthResearch
Members are sharing work on power in maternity care, physiologic birth, respectful care, home birth, monitoring practices, and tools to advance quality maternal & newborn care.
🔗 qmnc.org/news/11459784
#QMNC #BirthResearch
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American-owned newspapers in Canada should come with a black box warning
January 31, 2026 at 11:26 PM
American-owned newspapers in Canada should come with a black box warning
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To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
To all the Minnesotans who are making their voices heard and protesting peacefully:
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
The world is watching, and when change comes, it will be because of you.
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This is great news!
Also, stop eating that disgusting, lice-infested farmed Atlantic salmon, people!
#yyj #salishsea #vancouverisland #wildsalmon #bcpoli #cdnpoli
www.timescolonist.com/resources-ag...
Also, stop eating that disgusting, lice-infested farmed Atlantic salmon, people!
#yyj #salishsea #vancouverisland #wildsalmon #bcpoli #cdnpoli
www.timescolonist.com/resources-ag...
Appeals court upholds ban on fish farms in B.C.'s Discovery Islands
Proponents of salmon farm ban say several wild salmon populations have rebounded since their closure
www.timescolonist.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This is great news!
Also, stop eating that disgusting, lice-infested farmed Atlantic salmon, people!
#yyj #salishsea #vancouverisland #wildsalmon #bcpoli #cdnpoli
www.timescolonist.com/resources-ag...
Also, stop eating that disgusting, lice-infested farmed Atlantic salmon, people!
#yyj #salishsea #vancouverisland #wildsalmon #bcpoli #cdnpoli
www.timescolonist.com/resources-ag...
Cool story about saving a Quebec breed of dairy cow Of note, it says the lower amount of milk per cow per day at around 20L means it's not profitable by current industry standards. Well, that's same amount as cows in Iceland... so maybe we need to redefine profit! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Researchers hope quality, not quantity of milk can save this uniquely Canadian cow | CBC News
The vache Canadienne dates back to the beginning of New France, but now it’s on the brink of extinction. A research team at Université Laval in Quebec City is studying the cow and its milk in the hope...
www.cbc.ca
January 28, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Cool story about saving a Quebec breed of dairy cow Of note, it says the lower amount of milk per cow per day at around 20L means it's not profitable by current industry standards. Well, that's same amount as cows in Iceland... so maybe we need to redefine profit! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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1/ TIL that Zero Waste Emporium, a downtown #yyj grocery, has a cool "Urban Livability Incentive Program". It includes double points for customers who bike, take transit, or walk (and there are city bike racks in front). I've shopped there for years!
www.zerowasteemporium.com/urban-livabi...
www.zerowasteemporium.com/urban-livabi...
Urban Livability Incentive | Zero Waste Emporium | Grocery Store in Victoria, BC
Zero Waste Emporium in Victoria, BC, we envision a sustainable future where grocery shopping is kind to the planet and brings people together.
www.zerowasteemporium.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
1/ TIL that Zero Waste Emporium, a downtown #yyj grocery, has a cool "Urban Livability Incentive Program". It includes double points for customers who bike, take transit, or walk (and there are city bike racks in front). I've shopped there for years!
www.zerowasteemporium.com/urban-livabi...
www.zerowasteemporium.com/urban-livabi...
The tracker part of this story, as well as the details on the theft, are really helpful for #yyjbike folks.
#LangfordBC - Langford councillor puts positive spin on e-bike theft goldstreamgazette.com/2026/01/23/l...
Langford councillor puts positive spin on e-bike theft - Goldstream News Gazette
Coun. Keith Yacucha is encouraging folks to use an online bike registry program
goldstreamgazette.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The tracker part of this story, as well as the details on the theft, are really helpful for #yyjbike folks.
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Notice of Temporary Closure: The Esquimalt/View Royal Yard & Garden Transfer Station is closed today, Fri, Jan 23, due to staff shortages. The facility will reopen on Sat, Jan 24 and Sun, Jan 25, from 8am to 5pm.
Thank you for your understanding.
Facility info: bit.ly/4pOQTl7
#ViewRoyal #yyj
Thank you for your understanding.
Facility info: bit.ly/4pOQTl7
#ViewRoyal #yyj
January 23, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Notice of Temporary Closure: The Esquimalt/View Royal Yard & Garden Transfer Station is closed today, Fri, Jan 23, due to staff shortages. The facility will reopen on Sat, Jan 24 and Sun, Jan 25, from 8am to 5pm.
Thank you for your understanding.
Facility info: bit.ly/4pOQTl7
#ViewRoyal #yyj
Thank you for your understanding.
Facility info: bit.ly/4pOQTl7
#ViewRoyal #yyj
I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
Ban X/Twitter in Canada
I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: Join me in signing here:
you.leadnow.ca
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I just signed a petition demanding the federal government Ban X/Twitter in Canada. Join me in signing here: you.leadnow.ca/petitions/ba...
It’s outrageous that our governments still use X.
Anon users flooded the replies of a woman who posted a selfie to X, demanding #Grok, Elon Musk’s proprietary #AI chatbot, take off Claire’s clothes.
Musk has barely lifted a finger to stop it and the majority of Canadian politicians remain active on X. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social writes.
Musk has barely lifted a finger to stop it and the majority of Canadian politicians remain active on X. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social writes.
Musk’s Grok Is Abusing Women and Children. Our Government Needs to Act | The Tyee
Where are Canadian lawmakers? Oh, they’re on X.
thetyee.ca
January 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM
It’s outrageous that our governments still use X.
The concept of posting “Canada is not considering a ban of X” as a QUOTE of your post condemning deepfake sexual abuse happening **ON X** of women and kids………….
January 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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Evan Solomon is not qualified nor ethical enough for a ministerial job, & I have hated his appointment the most out of Carney’s government.
X is a Nazi website. Non-users can’t even see a profile page.
cc @wgreaves.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
X is a Nazi website. Non-users can’t even see a profile page.
cc @wgreaves.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Evan Solomon is not qualified nor ethical enough for a ministerial job, & I have hated his appointment the most out of Carney’s government.
X is a Nazi website. Non-users can’t even see a profile page.
cc @wgreaves.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
X is a Nazi website. Non-users can’t even see a profile page.
cc @wgreaves.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Of course not. That would make the tech bros that Solomon is sucking up to very angry.
What an absolutely useless waste of a Cabinet minster.
What an absolutely useless waste of a Cabinet minster.
January 11, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Of course not. That would make the tech bros that Solomon is sucking up to very angry.
What an absolutely useless waste of a Cabinet minster.
What an absolutely useless waste of a Cabinet minster.
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Nova Scotians could get 10% discount on local produce through new initiative #NovaScotia
Province announces new community-supported agriculture program to help farmers and consumers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Province announces new community-supported agriculture program to help farmers and consumers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotians could get 10% discount on local produce through new initiative | CBC News
An Annapolis Valley farmer is excited about a new provincial pilot program that will help lessen the cost of local produce for some Nova Scotians.
www.cbc.ca
January 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Nova Scotians could get 10% discount on local produce through new initiative #NovaScotia
Province announces new community-supported agriculture program to help farmers and consumers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Province announces new community-supported agriculture program to help farmers and consumers
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...