Monika Viktorova
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Monika Viktorova
@mviktoro.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Are you curious about what #ai policy will look like in 2025? Join me and this awesome panel of speakers tomorrow to chat about the state of #AI & #genAI and what policies like the #AIAct and Executive Order will look like next year for organizations big and small
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Слаб ляв две минус за Теменужка Петкова за бюджета. Трябва да бъде свален и пренаписан. Днес изпращаме писмено внесените от нас мерки за съкращаване на разходите. И вместо да се вдига данъчно-осигурителната тежест, трябва да не се предвиждат скритите 5 млрд за усвояване.
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Слаб ляв две минус за Теменужка Петкова за бюджета. Трябва да бъде свален и пренаписан. Днес изпращаме писмено внесените от нас мерки за съкращаване на разходите. И вместо да се вдига данъчно-осигурителната тежест, трябва да не се предвиждат скритите 5 млрд за усвояване.
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We know lots of you have been asking 3M for a Black Aura - like mask for consumer use.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
November 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We know lots of you have been asking 3M for a Black Aura - like mask for consumer use.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Today we're excited to launch a new product to fill that hole in the market!
Introducing the headband version of BreatheTeq KN95.
Available in black and white.
Have been saying this for years - unfortunately the “state can’t be trusted” morphed far beyond anti vax bs to a gullibility for nearly every type of disinfo being cooked up by authoritarian regimes
This kind of thing explains, somewhat, why people from eastern Europe were more vax-hesitant. The state was never to be trusted.
How many kids first experience of the state will be of masked men grabbing people?
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Have been saying this for years - unfortunately the “state can’t be trusted” morphed far beyond anti vax bs to a gullibility for nearly every type of disinfo being cooked up by authoritarian regimes
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The UCP government pretty clearly tried to artificially suppress demand for COVID-19 vaccines by forcing people to pay out of pocket for them.
It didn't work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It didn't work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
High demand for private COVID-19 shots sparks supply problems, waitlists for Alberta pharmacies | CBC News
Some Alberta pharmacists say they've started waitlists for private COVID-19 vaccines because they can't get their hands on stock as frustrated Albertans turn to them for the shots.
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The UCP government pretty clearly tried to artificially suppress demand for COVID-19 vaccines by forcing people to pay out of pocket for them.
It didn't work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
It didn't work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New data on the #EconJobMarket as of Nov 2. Based on total # of job listings on JOE, this year continues to be even weaker (by 11%) than during COVID (2020). 1/many #EconSky
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
New data on the #EconJobMarket as of Nov 2. Based on total # of job listings on JOE, this year continues to be even weaker (by 11%) than during COVID (2020). 1/many #EconSky
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“Researchers found that the language the chatbot used when offering medical attention came across as more convincing and agreeable than that of real people. So even if the information it provided was inaccurate, it was hard to decipher since the chatbot came across as confident and trustworthy.”
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“Researchers found that the language the chatbot used when offering medical attention came across as more convincing and agreeable than that of real people. So even if the information it provided was inaccurate, it was hard to decipher since the chatbot came across as confident and trustworthy.”
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In more examples of how women are considered 'never quite right', investors told female entrepreneurs things like, "You suffer from lack of grey hair syndrome" and "You need to act more like a man to show confidence that my money is safe with you."
www.thepersistent.com/female-found...
www.thepersistent.com/female-found...
'I Don't Invest in Mothers. I Expect Founders to Work'
8 Female entrepreneurs share shocking investor comments.
www.thepersistent.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
In more examples of how women are considered 'never quite right', investors told female entrepreneurs things like, "You suffer from lack of grey hair syndrome" and "You need to act more like a man to show confidence that my money is safe with you."
www.thepersistent.com/female-found...
www.thepersistent.com/female-found...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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This is devastating news for PPO and the Ottawa community. So many people and healthcare agencies depend on PPO. As Frederique Chabot of Action Canada said: "I think people sometimes don't really understand the role that organizations like Planned Parenthood Ottawa play in a health-care ecosystem."
Planned Parenthood Ottawa faces uncertain future amid 'cash crisis' | CBC News
It's been a staple in the community for more than six decades, but a lack of funding has left Planned Parenthood Ottawa at a crossroads.
www.cbc.ca
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is devastating news for PPO and the Ottawa community. So many people and healthcare agencies depend on PPO. As Frederique Chabot of Action Canada said: "I think people sometimes don't really understand the role that organizations like Planned Parenthood Ottawa play in a health-care ecosystem."
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What if we kissed in the Church-Wellesley Pizza Pizza?
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
What if we kissed in the Church-Wellesley Pizza Pizza?
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Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly pausing its fund to support founders who lack access to traditional venture networks
Many of its participants were women and minorities who, overall, receive very little venture capital funding
Many of its participants were women and minorities who, overall, receive very little venture capital funding
a16z pauses its famed TxO Fund for underserved founders, lays off staff | TechCrunch
Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to multiple sources.
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Andreessen Horowitz is reportedly pausing its fund to support founders who lack access to traditional venture networks
Many of its participants were women and minorities who, overall, receive very little venture capital funding
Many of its participants were women and minorities who, overall, receive very little venture capital funding
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Told this story before but when being planned Ro$edale residents at top were in full freakout battle mode. When I defended it at a ravine discussion at the brickworks a red faced spitting mad resident came up to me after & screamed in my face. Thought he was going to punch me. NIMBYs are bananas.
#topoli The social and ecological disaster created by the Chorley switchback continues apace. @shawnmicallef.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Told this story before but when being planned Ro$edale residents at top were in full freakout battle mode. When I defended it at a ravine discussion at the brickworks a red faced spitting mad resident came up to me after & screamed in my face. Thought he was going to punch me. NIMBYs are bananas.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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The destruction of empathy which is part of the so-called ‘War on Woke’ is a vital component that allows the radical right to rise.
Swathes of a population must be numbed to the suffering that they want to inflict on minorities and society.
Swathes of a population must be numbed to the suffering that they want to inflict on minorities and society.
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The destruction of empathy which is part of the so-called ‘War on Woke’ is a vital component that allows the radical right to rise.
Swathes of a population must be numbed to the suffering that they want to inflict on minorities and society.
Swathes of a population must be numbed to the suffering that they want to inflict on minorities and society.
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It took just 8 minutes for thieves to steal the Napoleonic-era crown jewels from the Louvre. There weren't enough cameras and the ones there were there were facing the wrong way.
Could a 50-year-old maths problem have foiled the heist?
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www.bbc.com/news/art...
1/9
Could a 50-year-old maths problem have foiled the heist?
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www.bbc.com/news/art...
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Where are the Louvre jewels now and can France get them back?
Experts warn that whilst the criminals may yet be caught, the gemstones they stole may never be recovered.
www.bbc.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It took just 8 minutes for thieves to steal the Napoleonic-era crown jewels from the Louvre. There weren't enough cameras and the ones there were there were facing the wrong way.
Could a 50-year-old maths problem have foiled the heist?
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www.bbc.com/news/art...
1/9
Could a 50-year-old maths problem have foiled the heist?
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www.bbc.com/news/art...
1/9
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This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
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I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee
COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I cannot agree more! The cost of making all vaccines free will be completely offset by lives saved and all the morbidity & hospical costs averted
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why All Vaccines Should Be Free
@crof.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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"We’ve been serially infecting children with a virus that damages their brains. We know it does this. And we just…. keep doing it?" 👇
#ProtectChildrenFromCOVID #CovidCausesBrainDamage
#ProtectChildrenFromCOVID #CovidCausesBrainDamage
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"We’ve been serially infecting children with a virus that damages their brains. We know it does this. And we just…. keep doing it?" 👇
#ProtectChildrenFromCOVID #CovidCausesBrainDamage
#ProtectChildrenFromCOVID #CovidCausesBrainDamage
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“Canada has recorded more than 5,100 confirmed & probable measles cases in 2025, and two deaths of babies born with congenital measles who were infected in utero. The country hasn’t seen this scale of measles transmission in decades”
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
The Americas, led by Canada, is on the brink of losing measles-elimination status
The Americas is the only region of the world to have stopped endemic transmission of measles. But its victory is on the verge of being rolled back.
www.statnews.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“Canada has recorded more than 5,100 confirmed & probable measles cases in 2025, and two deaths of babies born with congenital measles who were infected in utero. The country hasn’t seen this scale of measles transmission in decades”
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
We can all but eradicate measles if people do their part:
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This is a great time to get your Covid booster shots!
“I think there’s a collective amnesia right now about COVID-19”
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month, and limited surveillance is hampering health strategies
go.nature.com/3LeRVbd
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.
go.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This is a great time to get your Covid booster shots!
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Swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using near-point-of-care platforms
New, large, multi-country study shows that Truenat MTB Ultima and MiniDock MTB have strong potential to exceed WHO minimum accuracy targets for a near point-of-care TB diagnostic
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New, large, multi-country study shows that Truenat MTB Ultima and MiniDock MTB have strong potential to exceed WHO minimum accuracy targets for a near point-of-care TB diagnostic
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Swab-based molecular tests for tuberculosis using near-point-of-care platforms
New, large, multi-country study shows that Truenat MTB Ultima and MiniDock MTB have strong potential to exceed WHO minimum accuracy targets for a near point-of-care TB diagnostic
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New, large, multi-country study shows that Truenat MTB Ultima and MiniDock MTB have strong potential to exceed WHO minimum accuracy targets for a near point-of-care TB diagnostic
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A lot of people with “colds” rn actually have covid. There’s very little flu activity
#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with October 26 data
- Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC, SK, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
- Kingston, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC, SK, YT
wwater.ca
Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A lot of people with “colds” rn actually have covid. There’s very little flu activity
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As expected, Canada joins many other western nations in cutting international aid
Global solidarity is dying 😔
Global solidarity is dying 😔
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
As expected, Canada joins many other western nations in cutting international aid
Global solidarity is dying 😔
Global solidarity is dying 😔