Jan Brown
@writenrun.bsky.social
Retired NS lawyer & civil servant choosing to live in the real world. She/her. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Believer in justice, compassion, connection & clean air. Proud member of @popns.bsky.social & my local volunteer fire department. #CanadaSky
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Rosie: who exactly will be making sacrifices?
Carney: the public service
Rosie: so you’re saying government will be sacrificing, not members of the public.
Ah yes, the public service famously made up of non-members-of-the-public. Brilliant stuff, Rosie.
#cdnpoli
Carney: the public service
Rosie: so you’re saying government will be sacrificing, not members of the public.
Ah yes, the public service famously made up of non-members-of-the-public. Brilliant stuff, Rosie.
#cdnpoli
December 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Rosie: who exactly will be making sacrifices?
Carney: the public service
Rosie: so you’re saying government will be sacrificing, not members of the public.
Ah yes, the public service famously made up of non-members-of-the-public. Brilliant stuff, Rosie.
#cdnpoli
Carney: the public service
Rosie: so you’re saying government will be sacrificing, not members of the public.
Ah yes, the public service famously made up of non-members-of-the-public. Brilliant stuff, Rosie.
#cdnpoli
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To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.
December 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
To be blunt: if you are doing anything at all right now to reduce your risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2, you're being smart. As a result of the current high prevalence of flu, masking is back in the media. Ignore anything negative said about it. Political nonsense is irrelevant.
Thinking tonight of all the people who, like me, find this the heaviest time of year. The pressure to satisfy expectations - to feel what we’re supposed to feel - is often unbearable. Add in elderly family members, struggling friends and a world gone horrifically mad, it’s hard to be jolly.
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Thinking tonight of all the people who, like me, find this the heaviest time of year. The pressure to satisfy expectations - to feel what we’re supposed to feel - is often unbearable. Add in elderly family members, struggling friends and a world gone horrifically mad, it’s hard to be jolly.
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"What's behind the pullback on policy and why is Canadian progress on tackling climate change so slow? Put simply, it’s because climate action threatens the profits of the fossil-fuel industry, and they’ve spent the past 50 years doing everything they can to prevent it."
Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action. Here’s what we can do about it.
New research highlights the role of fossil-fuel industry propaganda and suggests strategies to tackle false narratives about fossil fuels.
theconversation.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"What's behind the pullback on policy and why is Canadian progress on tackling climate change so slow? Put simply, it’s because climate action threatens the profits of the fossil-fuel industry, and they’ve spent the past 50 years doing everything they can to prevent it."
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@adsumforwomen.bsky.social @sujo.bsky.social @girlfriday.bsky.social @writenrun.bsky.social @cisp-icps.bsky.social @stillots1.bsky.social IN this BLOG post here I advertise where the free Christmas dinners are happening in Halifax and more worthmatters.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
The Christmas Wrap-up 2025
worthmatters.blogspot.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@adsumforwomen.bsky.social @sujo.bsky.social @girlfriday.bsky.social @writenrun.bsky.social @cisp-icps.bsky.social @stillots1.bsky.social IN this BLOG post here I advertise where the free Christmas dinners are happening in Halifax and more worthmatters.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
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Bousquet writes: "Here at the Halifax Examiner, we experience this nearly every day — a reporter will ask for information or comment from a government department, and we are often ignored completely. Increasingly, we’re not even getting acknowledgement that the question was asked."
The authoritarian war on the news industry, in the U.S. and in Canada
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
The authoritarian war on the news industry, in the U.S. and in Canada - Halifax Examiner
It's more than apparent that the Nova Scotia government has complete disdain for independent reporting.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bousquet writes: "Here at the Halifax Examiner, we experience this nearly every day — a reporter will ask for information or comment from a government department, and we are often ignored completely. Increasingly, we’re not even getting acknowledgement that the question was asked."
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This is a great news service that has really grown and matured into my go-to place for good solid journalism.
We should encourage and subscribe to reporting like this
We should encourage and subscribe to reporting like this
Thanks to everyone who subscribes and has purchased subscriptions as gifts. We appreciate and I want to thank you all!
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www.halifaxexaminer.ca/subscribe/
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December 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is a great news service that has really grown and matured into my go-to place for good solid journalism.
We should encourage and subscribe to reporting like this
We should encourage and subscribe to reporting like this
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A couple of the authors on the sketchy N95 vs medical mask trial just quietly released data showing that the large majority of COVID transmission in shared hospital rooms is airborne and preventable with good ventilation.
They've been sitting on it since 2022, while people died unnecessarily.
They've been sitting on it since 2022, while people died unnecessarily.
Risk mitigation of shared room ventilation and filtration on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a multicenter test-negative study | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Cambridge Core
Risk mitigation of shared room ventilation and filtration on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a multicenter test-negative study - Volume 46 Issue 10
www.cambridge.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A couple of the authors on the sketchy N95 vs medical mask trial just quietly released data showing that the large majority of COVID transmission in shared hospital rooms is airborne and preventable with good ventilation.
They've been sitting on it since 2022, while people died unnecessarily.
They've been sitting on it since 2022, while people died unnecessarily.
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Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Effective December 18, Nova Scotia Health is requiring everyone to wear a mask in their facilities. 👏👏👏
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections up.
Masks on.
Infections down.
Masks off.
Infections…
If I didn’t know any better, I would swear there was a pattern here.
#maskingsaveslives
#masksinhealthcare
#commonsenseinhealthcare
#HAIs #donoharm #stopthespread #normalizingsickness
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"Some specific workplace conditions were tied to amplified risk: working onsite during the pandemic (57% higher risk than telework), inconsistent use of high-filtration respirators (52% higher risk), and regularly commuting by public transportation (58%).
The highest-risk included HCWs, teachers..."
The highest-risk included HCWs, teachers..."
Workplace exposures tied to higher risk of long COVID
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Some specific workplace conditions were tied to amplified risk: working onsite during the pandemic (57% higher risk than telework), inconsistent use of high-filtration respirators (52% higher risk), and regularly commuting by public transportation (58%).
The highest-risk included HCWs, teachers..."
The highest-risk included HCWs, teachers..."
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“Because occupational risk factors are modifiable, our findings mean that much of the associated Long-COVID burden could be avoided with targeted measures,” study coauthor Manolis Kogevinas, of the ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, PhD, said
"Some specific workplace conditions were tied to amplified risk: working onsite during the pandemic (57% higher risk than telework), inconsistent use of high-filtration respirators (52% higher risk), and regularly commuting by public transportation (58%)."
December 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Because occupational risk factors are modifiable, our findings mean that much of the associated Long-COVID burden could be avoided with targeted measures,” study coauthor Manolis Kogevinas, of the ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health, PhD, said
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"Notable" IDU members:
Stephen Harper
Viktor Orbán
Donald Trump
Pierre Poilievre
Benjamin Netanyahu
Narendra Modi
Shit birds of a feather, flock together.
Stephen Harper
Viktor Orbán
Donald Trump
Pierre Poilievre
Benjamin Netanyahu
Narendra Modi
Shit birds of a feather, flock together.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Notable" IDU members:
Stephen Harper
Viktor Orbán
Donald Trump
Pierre Poilievre
Benjamin Netanyahu
Narendra Modi
Shit birds of a feather, flock together.
Stephen Harper
Viktor Orbán
Donald Trump
Pierre Poilievre
Benjamin Netanyahu
Narendra Modi
Shit birds of a feather, flock together.
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Flu hospitalizations nearly double as H3N2 spreads across Canada
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Flu hospitalizations nearly double as H3N2 spreads across Canada
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
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"The youngest and oldest Canadians are getting hit the hardest. The highest rate of weekly hospitalizations was in adults aged 65 years and over and children aged 4 years and younger.
Data showed that 44% of the new cases detected were in those aged 19 years or younger."
Data showed that 44% of the new cases detected were in those aged 19 years or younger."
Flu hospitalizations nearly double as H3N2 spreads across Canada - National | Globalnews.ca
For the week ending Dec. 13, Canada saw 11,646 new cases of the flu being detected, which means 27.7 per cent of all the tests conducted in the country came out positive.
globalnews.ca
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"The youngest and oldest Canadians are getting hit the hardest. The highest rate of weekly hospitalizations was in adults aged 65 years and over and children aged 4 years and younger.
Data showed that 44% of the new cases detected were in those aged 19 years or younger."
Data showed that 44% of the new cases detected were in those aged 19 years or younger."
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Don't forget, every lie Tim Houston tells is an admission that he thinks you're stupid.
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Don't forget, every lie Tim Houston tells is an admission that he thinks you're stupid.
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I don't think settlers in Nova Scotia understand that providing support for Mi'kmaw sovereignty upholds treaty & is the most powerful way to hold the current government accountable for its terrible ideas and decisions.
Mi'kmaw cannabis sellers meet to discuss Nova Scotia’s crackdown on stores across the province.
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: Dec. 17, 2025—Mi'kmaw cannabis sellers meet to discuss Nova Scotia crackdown on stores
Our lead story: a Mi'kmaw organization representing over 60 cannabis retailers in Nova Scotia meets to strategize on a provincial crackdown on their operations.
pod.fo
December 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don't think settlers in Nova Scotia understand that providing support for Mi'kmaw sovereignty upholds treaty & is the most powerful way to hold the current government accountable for its terrible ideas and decisions.
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www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
"The email included a screen shot of a social media post where a person claimed to have bought edibles at an "illegal Indigenous dispensary" and then tested positive for opiates."
Sounds like solid proof. The internet never steers you wrong!
"The email included a screen shot of a social media post where a person claimed to have bought edibles at an "illegal Indigenous dispensary" and then tested positive for opiates."
Sounds like solid proof. The internet never steers you wrong!
RCMP not aware of fentanyl in illegal cannabis in Nova Scotia, despite premier's claims | CBC News
The Nova Scotia RCMP says it's not aware of any fentanyl-laced cannabis being sold by unauthorized cannabis retailers in the province, after the premier made this claim in a news conference last week....
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
"The email included a screen shot of a social media post where a person claimed to have bought edibles at an "illegal Indigenous dispensary" and then tested positive for opiates."
Sounds like solid proof. The internet never steers you wrong!
"The email included a screen shot of a social media post where a person claimed to have bought edibles at an "illegal Indigenous dispensary" and then tested positive for opiates."
Sounds like solid proof. The internet never steers you wrong!
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Heck yeah! Mandatory masking is coming back to Nova Scotia Health facilities tomorrow. COVID-19 never went away, and mandatory masks in healthcare shouldn’t have either.
Effective December 18, Nova Scotia Health is requiring everyone to wear a mask in their facilities. 👏👏👏
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
Please protect yourselves and others during this season of illness by wearing a mask, staying home when sick, getting vaccinated, and increasing ventilation & filtration.
December 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Heck yeah! Mandatory masking is coming back to Nova Scotia Health facilities tomorrow. COVID-19 never went away, and mandatory masks in healthcare shouldn’t have either.
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I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
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We were improving our model last week and didn't finish in time to publish the forecast.
We're done now and are planning to release our next forecast on Monday, December 22.
Our deepest apologies for the delay.
We're done now and are planning to release our next forecast on Monday, December 22.
Our deepest apologies for the delay.
December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We were improving our model last week and didn't finish in time to publish the forecast.
We're done now and are planning to release our next forecast on Monday, December 22.
Our deepest apologies for the delay.
We're done now and are planning to release our next forecast on Monday, December 22.
Our deepest apologies for the delay.
Another Christmas chore checked off my list. Drove Dad out to install this arrangement on my grandparents’ grave this afternoon. Lots of storying on the way back.
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Another Christmas chore checked off my list. Drove Dad out to install this arrangement on my grandparents’ grave this afternoon. Lots of storying on the way back.
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Influenza levels are higher than usual in #NewBrunswick.
Vaccines for #influenza, #COVID19, and #RSV are one of the most effective ways to protect yourself, your community, and reduce strain on healthcare system.
More: https://nblung.ca/lung-health/respiratory-viruses/
Vaccines for #influenza, #COVID19, and #RSV are one of the most effective ways to protect yourself, your community, and reduce strain on healthcare system.
More: https://nblung.ca/lung-health/respiratory-viruses/
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Influenza levels are higher than usual in #NewBrunswick.
Vaccines for #influenza, #COVID19, and #RSV are one of the most effective ways to protect yourself, your community, and reduce strain on healthcare system.
More: https://nblung.ca/lung-health/respiratory-viruses/
Vaccines for #influenza, #COVID19, and #RSV are one of the most effective ways to protect yourself, your community, and reduce strain on healthcare system.
More: https://nblung.ca/lung-health/respiratory-viruses/
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Absolutely shameful, also absolutely predictable.
Israel acts with violence and impunity towards Canadian MPs?
The Carney government should impose immediate diplomatic & economic consequences.
This appalling treatment cannot be met by mushy words that ultimately amount to capitulation.
dub.sh/wb
Israel acts with violence and impunity towards Canadian MPs?
The Carney government should impose immediate diplomatic & economic consequences.
This appalling treatment cannot be met by mushy words that ultimately amount to capitulation.
dub.sh/wb
Israel denies 6 MPs entry into West Bank for 'security reasons' | CBC News
A delegation of 30 Canadians, including six MPs, was denied entry into the West Bank early Tuesday.
dub.sh
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Absolutely shameful, also absolutely predictable.
Israel acts with violence and impunity towards Canadian MPs?
The Carney government should impose immediate diplomatic & economic consequences.
This appalling treatment cannot be met by mushy words that ultimately amount to capitulation.
dub.sh/wb
Israel acts with violence and impunity towards Canadian MPs?
The Carney government should impose immediate diplomatic & economic consequences.
This appalling treatment cannot be met by mushy words that ultimately amount to capitulation.
dub.sh/wb