Thanks, conservatives! Cleeking yourself into adopting "vaccination, public health and germ theory are all bad, actually" as fundamental policy positions sure is paying dividends!
BREAKING: "The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status."
Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status
Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Thanks, conservatives! Cleeking yourself into adopting "vaccination, public health and germ theory are all bad, actually" as fundamental policy positions sure is paying dividends!
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Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Books aren't just what the writer puts in. They're what the reader puts in, too. And some readers are assholes.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
As far as evil rackets go, "$495 (minimum!) fee for fake doctors to issue fake vaccine exemptions" is pretty up there.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Inside the marketplace for vaccine medical exemptions
Frontline Health Advocates provides medical exemption notes—for a fee. What exactly are they selling?
arstechnica.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
As far as evil rackets go, "$495 (minimum!) fee for fake doctors to issue fake vaccine exemptions" is pretty up there.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Remember, kids, Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrain deaths from automobiles, so if you see a car out there, make sure to slash its tires
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Remember, kids, Halloween is the most dangerous night of the year for pedestrain deaths from automobiles, so if you see a car out there, make sure to slash its tires
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This is just to say
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is just to say
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
I have eaten
the poems
that were in
the social media app
and which
you were probably
saving
for Ozymandias
Forgive me
they were delicious
so hubristic
and so metatextual
Can't wait to see Poilievre spend all day tomorrow claiming the latest Trump tantrum, against an ad Ford commissioned, is Carney's fault and, also, somehow, Trudeau's.
Sigh.
Sigh.
October 24, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Can't wait to see Poilievre spend all day tomorrow claiming the latest Trump tantrum, against an ad Ford commissioned, is Carney's fault and, also, somehow, Trudeau's.
Sigh.
Sigh.
"The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken..."
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks | TechPolicy.Press
The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken, writes Erin Kissane.
www.techpolicy.press
October 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken..."
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Kinda marveling at how much of the US' national media today is either pretending nothing significant is going on, or is fully leaning into panicky make-stuff-up mode.
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Kinda marveling at how much of the US' national media today is either pretending nothing significant is going on, or is fully leaning into panicky make-stuff-up mode.
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Today as our neighbours march for #NoKings, a little reminder for Canadians that today is Persons Day in Canada, marking the 1929 decision that affirmed women as eligible for appointment to the Supreme Court.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Persons Day - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
October 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today as our neighbours march for #NoKings, a little reminder for Canadians that today is Persons Day in Canada, marking the 1929 decision that affirmed women as eligible for appointment to the Supreme Court.
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
Huh, didn't have "major religious schism" on my bingo card for the day, but I suppose if we're bringing back all the other assorted classics in this ridiculous timeline...
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Huh, didn't have "major religious schism" on my bingo card for the day, but I suppose if we're bringing back all the other assorted classics in this ridiculous timeline...
Aren't supermajorities just *grand*?
Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotia removes public’s ability to file complaints about municipal politicians | CBC News
Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Aren't supermajorities just *grand*?
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Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...
July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/histori...
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> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
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Gah, the "optimize our vehicles for maximum possible noise" crowd really is pulling out all the stops this afternoon.
Not normally a "there oughta be a law" type, but sometimes there oughta be a law.
Not normally a "there oughta be a law" type, but sometimes there oughta be a law.
October 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Gah, the "optimize our vehicles for maximum possible noise" crowd really is pulling out all the stops this afternoon.
Not normally a "there oughta be a law" type, but sometimes there oughta be a law.
Not normally a "there oughta be a law" type, but sometimes there oughta be a law.
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normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following
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I post the definition of genocide because the residential school system must be viewed as part of a larger and intentional effort to eliminate Indigenous people from Canada.
This argument makes some people very uncomfortable, which...good. Learning is challenging.
beyond.ubc.ca/8-ways-to-co...
This argument makes some people very uncomfortable, which...good. Learning is challenging.
beyond.ubc.ca/8-ways-to-co...
Truth before reconciliation: 8 ways to identify and confront Residential School denialism - Beyond
Denialism obscures the truth about Canada’s Indian Residential School system in ways that protect the status quo
beyond.ubc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I post the definition of genocide because the residential school system must be viewed as part of a larger and intentional effort to eliminate Indigenous people from Canada.
This argument makes some people very uncomfortable, which...good. Learning is challenging.
beyond.ubc.ca/8-ways-to-co...
This argument makes some people very uncomfortable, which...good. Learning is challenging.
beyond.ubc.ca/8-ways-to-co...
Dear Local Businesses: If you're going to insist on having an AI chatbot answering your phones, maybe make sure the thing works properly first at least so it doesn't fly wildly off the rails after a simple question?
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dear Local Businesses: If you're going to insist on having an AI chatbot answering your phones, maybe make sure the thing works properly first at least so it doesn't fly wildly off the rails after a simple question?
on a wholly different note, watching a bunch of my hangouts discover/delve into Hades 2.
I'm tickled at how that game's playerbase seems consistently *super* scrupulous about marking/avoiding spoilers, even months after the initial EA release, to the point where newbies still get to *discover* it.
I'm tickled at how that game's playerbase seems consistently *super* scrupulous about marking/avoiding spoilers, even months after the initial EA release, to the point where newbies still get to *discover* it.
September 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
on a wholly different note, watching a bunch of my hangouts discover/delve into Hades 2.
I'm tickled at how that game's playerbase seems consistently *super* scrupulous about marking/avoiding spoilers, even months after the initial EA release, to the point where newbies still get to *discover* it.
I'm tickled at how that game's playerbase seems consistently *super* scrupulous about marking/avoiding spoilers, even months after the initial EA release, to the point where newbies still get to *discover* it.
Kinda surprised it took the administration nine whole months before finally dropping an executive order formally declaring "having opinions at odds with the White House" to constitute terrorism.
September 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Kinda surprised it took the administration nine whole months before finally dropping an executive order formally declaring "having opinions at odds with the White House" to constitute terrorism.
Blagh. Can Ottawa just PNG Hoekstra already? Feeling 25% more Done than usual with his "it's inappropriate for you to be upset at my government's rampant hostility" routine.
September 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Blagh. Can Ottawa just PNG Hoekstra already? Feeling 25% more Done than usual with his "it's inappropriate for you to be upset at my government's rampant hostility" routine.
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a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
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Bruce MacKinnon: After Charlie Kirk killing, Donald Trump fans the flames saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #CharlieKirkshot #2ndAmendment #GunControlNow #polarization #DividerInChief
#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #CharlieKirkshot #2ndAmendment #GunControlNow #polarization #DividerInChief
Bruce MacKinnon: After Charlie Kirk killing, Donald Trump fans the flames
Bruce MacKinnon's cartoon for The Chronicle Herald
saltwire.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Bruce MacKinnon: After Charlie Kirk killing, Donald Trump fans the flames saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #CharlieKirkshot #2ndAmendment #GunControlNow #polarization #DividerInChief
#USPolitics #DonaldTrump #CharlieKirkshot #2ndAmendment #GunControlNow #polarization #DividerInChief