@52andfunny.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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Did you know, after the war of 1812–Canadians burnt down the White House, in 1816 the US decided to build a Fort to stop another invasion of the British in Canada, without realizing that they built it on Canadian soil 🤣 🤭🤪 earning the nickname Fort Blunder
www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/fort...
www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/fort...
Fort Blunder: The Fort That America Mistakenly Built in Canada
www.amusingplanet.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Did you know, after the war of 1812–Canadians burnt down the White House, in 1816 the US decided to build a Fort to stop another invasion of the British in Canada, without realizing that they built it on Canadian soil 🤣 🤭🤪 earning the nickname Fort Blunder
www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/fort...
www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/fort...
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The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
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"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
Running on Sunshine - Rockway Mennonite Collegiate 2025
YouTube video by Rockway Mennonite Collegiate
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"We used to consume fossil fuels
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
to make ourselves power
But now we just look to the sun
for each kilowatt hour"
This is the cutest and most encouraging video I've seen all week. Give it a watch - and share if you agree!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MgK...
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3 COVID infections later...
“I probably wouldn’t be able to play them so well now [..] Lack of use, plus three bouts of COVID, probably phased out the plectrum for me”
Legendary Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler on how SARS-CoV-2 infection affected his ability to play music
#LongCovid
www.guitarplayer.com/players/mark...
Legendary Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler on how SARS-CoV-2 infection affected his ability to play music
#LongCovid
www.guitarplayer.com/players/mark...
“Lack of use, plus three bouts of COVID, probably phased out the plectrum for me”: Mark Knopfler tells why he’s ditched the pick in favor of fingerpicking
The former Dire Straits guitarist told us why he moved away from the plectrum but still regards the pick as “a superior thing”
www.guitarplayer.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
3 COVID infections later...
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The passivity of the Ontario voter is quite incredible.
NEW: Sometime in 2021, the Ford government paused its secret study of a tunnel under Highway 401.
One of the reasons? An analysis found “potential for roadway collapse” and “risks to public safety.”
It is now studying the idea again #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1131543...
One of the reasons? An analysis found “potential for roadway collapse” and “risks to public safety.”
It is now studying the idea again #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1131543...
Ontario initially found Hwy. 401 tunnel plan had ‘potential for roadway collapse’ | Globalnews.ca
An internal assessment of the plan determined that burrowing a tunnel under the highway would face technical and financial problems and could pose 'risks to public safety.'
globalnews.ca
August 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The passivity of the Ontario voter is quite incredible.
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Read news, op-eds, and analysis, not AI summaries. Create your own art (even if it's messy) or hire an artist to do it. Do your own homework. Talk to people, not chatbots. Keep your thinking and skills sharp and cherish our messy humanity. That's the new punk rock.
July 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Read news, op-eds, and analysis, not AI summaries. Create your own art (even if it's messy) or hire an artist to do it. Do your own homework. Talk to people, not chatbots. Keep your thinking and skills sharp and cherish our messy humanity. That's the new punk rock.
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Read this carefully. This was a targeted, professional surveillance operation that likely followed @carrietait.bsky.social for some time, and a government-friendly right-wing podcaster appears to have helped. So the big question is: is Sam Mraiche behind this, or the UCP? Or both?
Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward.
But targeting a reporter - hi! - with
surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
But targeting a reporter - hi! - with
surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Read this carefully. This was a targeted, professional surveillance operation that likely followed @carrietait.bsky.social for some time, and a government-friendly right-wing podcaster appears to have helped. So the big question is: is Sam Mraiche behind this, or the UCP? Or both?
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One of Carney's campaign promises was to finally criminalize the creation of deep fake nudes.
Let's hold the government to that.
Let's hold the government to that.
He's the key person behind the most notorious deepfake porn site in the world. And he's Canadian | CBC News
A joint international investigation by CBC News, Bellingcat and Danish outlets Politiken and Tjekdet has linked a Canadian pharmacist to one of the biggest website in the world for non-consensual, AI-...
www.cbc.ca
May 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One of Carney's campaign promises was to finally criminalize the creation of deep fake nudes.
Let's hold the government to that.
Let's hold the government to that.
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Just read this remarkable graphic novel by @georgetakei.bsky.social (Captain Sulu)
At a time when so many people are being othered and dehumanized in the United States & globally, his book is a reminder that this has happened in the past, and must be resisted
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Ca...
At a time when so many people are being othered and dehumanized in the United States & globally, his book is a reminder that this has happened in the past, and must be resisted
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Ca...
July 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just read this remarkable graphic novel by @georgetakei.bsky.social (Captain Sulu)
At a time when so many people are being othered and dehumanized in the United States & globally, his book is a reminder that this has happened in the past, and must be resisted
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Ca...
At a time when so many people are being othered and dehumanized in the United States & globally, his book is a reminder that this has happened in the past, and must be resisted
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Ca...
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Elwy Yost brought classic films and unforgettable interviews into our homes every Saturday night.
Celebrate his 100th with Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies — July 10 at 8pm on TVO.
Celebrate his 100th with Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies — July 10 at 8pm on TVO.
July 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Elwy Yost brought classic films and unforgettable interviews into our homes every Saturday night.
Celebrate his 100th with Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies — July 10 at 8pm on TVO.
Celebrate his 100th with Magic Shadows: Elwy Yost: A Life in Movies — July 10 at 8pm on TVO.
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The largest privatization of core hospital services (orthopedic surgeries) is underway in #onpoli
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
July 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The largest privatization of core hospital services (orthopedic surgeries) is underway in #onpoli
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
Private facilities profit from your tax dollars
Their biz model is based on performing routine procedures & "cream skimming" most profitable, lowest acuity patients
Public hospitals serve everyone
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It should be patently obvious by now that Canada cannot have a major news network owned by American interests, especially given ongoing US threats and American ownership of the major social media platforms. No other country would allow this.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It should be patently obvious by now that Canada cannot have a major news network owned by American interests, especially given ongoing US threats and American ownership of the major social media platforms. No other country would allow this.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social
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The zombie policy question that just won't die, but won't go away.
Asked over and over again. Answered over and over again.
The answer? NO
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Asked over and over again. Answered over and over again.
The answer? NO
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
July 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The zombie policy question that just won't die, but won't go away.
Asked over and over again. Answered over and over again.
The answer? NO
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Asked over and over again. Answered over and over again.
The answer? NO
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Excellent article by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in today’s Toronto Star:
Repeating mistakes in public health
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
Repeating mistakes in public health
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
Toronto Star ePaper
Toronto Star ePaper
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Excellent article by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social in today’s Toronto Star:
Repeating mistakes in public health
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
Repeating mistakes in public health
torontostarreplica.pressreader.com/article/2817...
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Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
June 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
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Today I wish to thank Dr. Theresa Tam, who is stepping down as Canada's chief public health officer. She maintained her grace despite facing overwhelming pandemic pressures, provincial resistance, repeated disinformation, and ongoing attacks, including conspiracy theories and racist slurs.
June 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Today I wish to thank Dr. Theresa Tam, who is stepping down as Canada's chief public health officer. She maintained her grace despite facing overwhelming pandemic pressures, provincial resistance, repeated disinformation, and ongoing attacks, including conspiracy theories and racist slurs.
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Lencapavir is the nearest thing we have to an HIV vaccine. It's been described as pandemic-ending - and it could have been in people's arms by the end of the year. Now doses for millions of people are in question because of US cuts independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Millions of doses of breakthrough HIV jab at risk over Trump’s aid cuts
The funding for 2 million people to receive the twice-yearly preventative treatment lenacapavir is ‘receding in the chaos’ of the US president’s decision, the doctor behind the trial of the drug tells...
independent.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Lencapavir is the nearest thing we have to an HIV vaccine. It's been described as pandemic-ending - and it could have been in people's arms by the end of the year. Now doses for millions of people are in question because of US cuts independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Want an easy way to explain masks to family, friends, kids’ teachers, bus drivers, neighbours or employers?
Use this infographic!
You don’t have to even say a word. Let @onschoolsafety.bsky.social do the work for you!
🔗: www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/_files/ugd/f...
Use this infographic!
You don’t have to even say a word. Let @onschoolsafety.bsky.social do the work for you!
🔗: www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/_files/ugd/f...
June 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Want an easy way to explain masks to family, friends, kids’ teachers, bus drivers, neighbours or employers?
Use this infographic!
You don’t have to even say a word. Let @onschoolsafety.bsky.social do the work for you!
🔗: www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/_files/ugd/f...
Use this infographic!
You don’t have to even say a word. Let @onschoolsafety.bsky.social do the work for you!
🔗: www.ontarioschoolsafety.com/_files/ugd/f...
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Help grow the conversation around universal basic income by boosting posts about it and doing your part to be and stay informed. I try to make it easier to do these things. Use my timeline. Use my pinned thread. Use my YT channel. Help get UBI mentioned more often and widely as a key policy demand!
June 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Help grow the conversation around universal basic income by boosting posts about it and doing your part to be and stay informed. I try to make it easier to do these things. Use my timeline. Use my pinned thread. Use my YT channel. Help get UBI mentioned more often and widely as a key policy demand!
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Wildfires across Canada are causing smoke to spread across North America, as far as Florida. A reminder that particulates in wildfire smoke can cause short- and long-term health issues. An excellent way to protect yourself is to wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.
June 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Wildfires across Canada are causing smoke to spread across North America, as far as Florida. A reminder that particulates in wildfire smoke can cause short- and long-term health issues. An excellent way to protect yourself is to wear a well-fitting mask like an N95.