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This story is bonkers.
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Public warned to avoid B.C. resort over food, water and pool safety concerns | CBC News
A resort in B.C.’s Interior is under a public health warning after inspectors found ongoing safety problems with its food, water and recreational facilities, issues officials say have persisted for ye...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This story is bonkers.
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Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
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Hey guys, quick poll:
Like and repost this if you think Gen AI sucks and should be destroyed.
Comment “I’m a dipshit that hates my planet” if you think Gen AI is good.
Like and repost this if you think Gen AI sucks and should be destroyed.
Comment “I’m a dipshit that hates my planet” if you think Gen AI is good.
Sigh, the "we" again.
September 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Hey guys, quick poll:
Like and repost this if you think Gen AI sucks and should be destroyed.
Comment “I’m a dipshit that hates my planet” if you think Gen AI is good.
Like and repost this if you think Gen AI sucks and should be destroyed.
Comment “I’m a dipshit that hates my planet” if you think Gen AI is good.
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Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies.
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
Back-to-Office Orders Are Destructive and Unnecessary | The Tyee
For no reason, employers are risking a disease surge, hurting parents and setting back equity.
thetyee.ca
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies.
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab
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This is ridiculous. During the by-election I heard over and over again about how hard it is to find swimming lessons.
Too many kids are falling through the cracks. If parents can't teach their kids how to swim in our public pools, how are they supposed to learn?
Too many kids are falling through the cracks. If parents can't teach their kids how to swim in our public pools, how are they supposed to learn?
August 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is ridiculous. During the by-election I heard over and over again about how hard it is to find swimming lessons.
Too many kids are falling through the cracks. If parents can't teach their kids how to swim in our public pools, how are they supposed to learn?
Too many kids are falling through the cracks. If parents can't teach their kids how to swim in our public pools, how are they supposed to learn?
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two scandals here: VPD fuelled panic over stranger attacks even as they fell dramatically in 2022, and then refused to release records about them for 14 months, which is against the law
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
two scandals here: VPD fuelled panic over stranger attacks even as they fell dramatically in 2022, and then refused to release records about them for 14 months, which is against the law
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"We have condemned what has caused this situation. It starts with Hamas"
- Mark Carney
France's recognition of Palestine was the subject of the first question. Incredibly, Carney mentioned (I think) Israel only once in his response.
Carney -- & Canada -- are absolutely complicit in this genocide.
- Mark Carney
France's recognition of Palestine was the subject of the first question. Incredibly, Carney mentioned (I think) Israel only once in his response.
Carney -- & Canada -- are absolutely complicit in this genocide.
July 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"We have condemned what has caused this situation. It starts with Hamas"
- Mark Carney
France's recognition of Palestine was the subject of the first question. Incredibly, Carney mentioned (I think) Israel only once in his response.
Carney -- & Canada -- are absolutely complicit in this genocide.
- Mark Carney
France's recognition of Palestine was the subject of the first question. Incredibly, Carney mentioned (I think) Israel only once in his response.
Carney -- & Canada -- are absolutely complicit in this genocide.
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Covid measures pushed down deaths from influenza to remarkably low levels. The death rate is surging back--including 266 children. 90% of children who died in the 2024-2025 flu season were not fully vaccinated against the flu. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
July 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Covid measures pushed down deaths from influenza to remarkably low levels. The death rate is surging back--including 266 children. 90% of children who died in the 2024-2025 flu season were not fully vaccinated against the flu. www.cdc.gov/fluview/surv...
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Yes. 5 years in, I'm surprised by how people out there still don't realize that a respirator mask, such as an N95, protects the wearer from others *as much* as it protects others from the wearer. Don't overthink it; pop one on in public buildings, planes, trains, etc. and avoid respiratory illness.
Went to a few flea markets today. I was the only person masked but two different unmasked people came up and mentioned that they liked my face mask and that it was smart to wear a mask right now with everything going around. Folks, I am begging you to realize you can mask to protect yourselves too.
July 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes. 5 years in, I'm surprised by how people out there still don't realize that a respirator mask, such as an N95, protects the wearer from others *as much* as it protects others from the wearer. Don't overthink it; pop one on in public buildings, planes, trains, etc. and avoid respiratory illness.
This is some stupid shit.
June 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is some stupid shit.
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What she said was that airborne evidence of transmission was a ‘tempest in a teapot’. She should also be judged by what she did, which included going to games at BC Place and making funny maskless faces with young kids in summer 2021.
#BCPoli
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#BCPoli
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BC's top doctor spurs backlash after posing maskless with fans | CityNews Vancouver
Images and videos of Dr. Henry with fans at a BC Lions game are leading to online backlash against B.C.'s provincial health officer.
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June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What she said was that airborne evidence of transmission was a ‘tempest in a teapot’. She should also be judged by what she did, which included going to games at BC Place and making funny maskless faces with young kids in summer 2021.
#BCPoli
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#BCPoli
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Very disappointed the Senate rushed this.
A coalition of environmental groups quickly condemned the passage of the controversial major projects bill, saying it erodes democratic principles, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, shuts Canadians out of decisions that could affect them and puts the environment at risk.
Carney's controversial major projects bill becomes law
Passage of Bill C-5 an "assault on science and democracy" say critics.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Very disappointed the Senate rushed this.
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When police enforcement ratchets up, so do OD deaths. We know this. It has been studied. Task Force Barrage, VPD & Mayor Sim are our grave-diggers. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
Overdose deaths tick up to 165 in April: B.C. Coroners Service
Jump comes after several months with fewer than 160 deaths
vancouversun.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
When police enforcement ratchets up, so do OD deaths. We know this. It has been studied. Task Force Barrage, VPD & Mayor Sim are our grave-diggers. vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
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This morning at 8 am, my child's teacher told me it was already 33 C inside the classroom. Members of the Ontario government have air conditioning in their offices, yet they're not doing basic repairs in Toronto schools, let alone protecting our kids from extreme heat. thelocal.to/ontario-educ...
Province Invests $1.3 Billion in New Schools—Just Not in Toronto | The Local
The Tories will fund 45 school building projects across the province—and not a single one in the TDSB, the biggest board in the province. Critics say the opaque process puts politics over students.
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June 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This morning at 8 am, my child's teacher told me it was already 33 C inside the classroom. Members of the Ontario government have air conditioning in their offices, yet they're not doing basic repairs in Toronto schools, let alone protecting our kids from extreme heat. thelocal.to/ontario-educ...
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Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri for this public service. This book has been widely celebrated by “very serious people“. The problem is that it is scientifically illiterate, and a clear case of motivated reasoning.
Episode 40: In Covid's Wake
Looking back at a pandemic that killed more than 1 million people, two political scientists bravely ask, "Could we have done even less?"
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Looking back at a pandemic that killed more than 1 million people, two political scientists bravely ask, "Could we have done even less?"
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"In Covid's Wake": Lying About… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
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June 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and Peter Shamshiri for this public service. This book has been widely celebrated by “very serious people“. The problem is that it is scientifically illiterate, and a clear case of motivated reasoning.
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Clean water did not make kids sicker. Clean air will not make kids sicker.
I can't believe that public health even thought to flog immunity debt to cover their mass-infecting asses, and, even worse, that people fell for this logic-defying statement.
Sickness. Is. NOT. Health.
I can't believe that public health even thought to flog immunity debt to cover their mass-infecting asses, and, even worse, that people fell for this logic-defying statement.
Sickness. Is. NOT. Health.
June 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Clean water did not make kids sicker. Clean air will not make kids sicker.
I can't believe that public health even thought to flog immunity debt to cover their mass-infecting asses, and, even worse, that people fell for this logic-defying statement.
Sickness. Is. NOT. Health.
I can't believe that public health even thought to flog immunity debt to cover their mass-infecting asses, and, even worse, that people fell for this logic-defying statement.
Sickness. Is. NOT. Health.
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I’m so frustrated. Many people put in a lot of work to organize support for this project. Including those with lived experience with homelessness. www.straight.com/news/tamara-...
Tamara Loyer (with Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw): Arbutus and West 8th supportive housing project will save lives
A former homeless woman calls for greater empathy for those in need of a place to live.
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May 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m so frustrated. Many people put in a lot of work to organize support for this project. Including those with lived experience with homelessness. www.straight.com/news/tamara-...
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This is extremely worrying both substantively and procedurally.
Substantively: it shows ABC will not stand up for social housing.
Procedurally: it shows that the City of Vancouver won't defend its own processes, and will cave to well-funded NIMBY pressure. This creates huge uncertainty.
Substantively: it shows ABC will not stand up for social housing.
Procedurally: it shows that the City of Vancouver won't defend its own processes, and will cave to well-funded NIMBY pressure. This creates huge uncertainty.
Under ABC leadership, the City of Vancouver has surrendered in the legal fight over the supportive housing development at 8th and Arbutus.
May 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This is extremely worrying both substantively and procedurally.
Substantively: it shows ABC will not stand up for social housing.
Procedurally: it shows that the City of Vancouver won't defend its own processes, and will cave to well-funded NIMBY pressure. This creates huge uncertainty.
Substantively: it shows ABC will not stand up for social housing.
Procedurally: it shows that the City of Vancouver won't defend its own processes, and will cave to well-funded NIMBY pressure. This creates huge uncertainty.
The Dead Kennedeez Nutz.
May 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The Dead Kennedeez Nutz.
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95% of my mental health is determined by my dog's bowel movements.
May 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
95% of my mental health is determined by my dog's bowel movements.
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Your immune system isn't a Tamagotchi that dies if you don't play with it.
"Immunity debt" is a marketing term to make you blame yourself instead of bad policy.
Getting sick constantly isn't normal — it’s a public health failure.
"Immunity debt" is a marketing term to make you blame yourself instead of bad policy.
Getting sick constantly isn't normal — it’s a public health failure.
April 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Your immune system isn't a Tamagotchi that dies if you don't play with it.
"Immunity debt" is a marketing term to make you blame yourself instead of bad policy.
Getting sick constantly isn't normal — it’s a public health failure.
"Immunity debt" is a marketing term to make you blame yourself instead of bad policy.
Getting sick constantly isn't normal — it’s a public health failure.
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> Covid is over!
No it's not.
> But the WHO said it was over!
No they didn't.
> But no one is sick any more!
Yes they are. Cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue, while many millions with Long Covid have been ill for years and still have no access to treatments.
No it's not.
> But the WHO said it was over!
No they didn't.
> But no one is sick any more!
Yes they are. Cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue, while many millions with Long Covid have been ill for years and still have no access to treatments.
April 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
> Covid is over!
No it's not.
> But the WHO said it was over!
No they didn't.
> But no one is sick any more!
Yes they are. Cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue, while many millions with Long Covid have been ill for years and still have no access to treatments.
No it's not.
> But the WHO said it was over!
No they didn't.
> But no one is sick any more!
Yes they are. Cases, hospitalisations and deaths continue, while many millions with Long Covid have been ill for years and still have no access to treatments.