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Pam 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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6th gen settler in the unceded homelands of the Mi'kmaq; in life, an imperfect follower of Christ; in work, a follower of John Snow (not Jon Snow)
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December 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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I wrote about the unprecedented mass censorship and surveillance laws that Congress is trying to ram through in the name of “protecting kids” and how none of this is about protecting kids. In fact, these laws cause great harm to all of us, for @zeteo.com
Social Media Is a Literal Lifeline for Many Kids. Don't Ban Them From Using It
US politicians want to replicate Australia's draconian law prohibiting children under 16 from using social media. But experts say such bans will actually make kids 'significantly less safe online.'
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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DAY 13🎅🏻🍕🥗🍰
EPIC PIZZA PARTY!🤤
$500 in pizza, paninis, salads & more from @onthewedgepizza
Every $5 donated = 1 entry to win entire calendar or 2 runner up prizes supporting @feednovascotia
More info at AndyVent.ca
#FeedTheNeed
Buy tix www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/feedn...
December 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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1. Like everyone else in the biodefense community, I've been watching H5N1 like a hawk since long before SARS-CoV-2 emerged. H5N1 could easily undergo reassortment with another influenza strain to create a reassortant virus with a significant CFR and efficient human transmission.
December 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Another small Australian December (!) #flu thread.
In the ~13 days since my last update (03DEC), detections have risen by 16,155. That's a daily rate of 1,616 (_up_ again, from 1,293 in the previous update).
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Dina. Dina’s family used to own a small grocery store before this but it and their home was destroyed and they are in tents. Dina has 4 children, Sameer, 7, Leila, 6, Aboud, 3 and little Ayla who is 5 months old and had a respiratory issue.
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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DAY 11! 🍻🍷🍸
$200 OF HOLIDAY CHEER from @BishopsCellar @LiquidAssetsNS & Great Roads Brewing
Every $5 = 1 entry at a chance to win the entire AndyVent.ca Calendar in support of @feednovascotia
#FeedTheNeed 🎅🏻
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December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Trans activist returns peace medal in solidarity with Rana Zaman as YMCA added to Canada-wide boycott list
By @mmughees.bsky.social
Trans activist returns peace medal in solidarity with Rana Zaman as YMCA added to Canada-wide boycott list - Halifax Examiner
Chris Catherine Cochrane, a Black trans activist and drag performer who also goes by the stage name Elle Noir, said the medal “no longer reflects" her thoughts.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Medical misinformation and social media go hand in hand now. After a rousing chat with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social about his new book, I wrote my thoughts on a five-steop guide to recognizing and resisting medical misinformation. vajenda.substack.com/p/a-five-ste...
A Five-Step Guide to Combating Misinformation on Social Media
How fear, profit, and cherry-picked data shape your feed—and what to do about it.
vajenda.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse.

Goofy stuff.
December 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Have you done your holiday shopping yet? how about a donation with a note. You can tell your Christian fundy family members that you are helping a Palestinian family just like the Christmas story says.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-motaz...
Donate to Help Motaz & his family survive the war & famine in Gaza, organized by Ahmad Aledawi
I’m Ahmed, writing from the U.S. I started this campaign to sup… Ahmad Aledawi needs your support for Help Motaz & his family survive the war & famine in Gaza
www.gofundme.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Countering the narrative that even in brutal weather, there is space inside for everyone. We know women stay in unsafe situations when shelters are full.
And a reminder that housing is the solution to homelessness. @globalhalifax share.google/xloayjtmRcMb...
Halifax designated tent encampment closes but availability of shelter spaces uncertain - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
One of Halifax's three remaining designated tent encampments closed on the weekend, but about 10 tents are still standing as of Monday.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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DAY 8!🎅🏻📸
$750 STOO Actually Day!
"Sackville & Barrington"
16" x 20" canvas print from Stoo Metz Photography
$5 donated = 1 entry at a chance to win entire calendar supporting @feednovascotia
More info 👉🏼AndyVent.ca
#FeedTheNeed
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December 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's AndyVent time of year - buy if you can to support Feed Nova Scotia
Day 7!🎅🏻🏊🏃🏋️
Zatz One Heck Of A Prize from @ZSportsplex
A $300 value! / 2 X Family Punch Passes!
Every $5 donated = 1 entry at a chance to win the entire calendar while supporting @feednovascotia
More info 👉🏼 AndyVent.ca
Buy tix at: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/feedn...
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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"Crossing this 'Yellow Line' [..] constitutes a death sentence — even for children collecting firewood for their wheelchair-bound father."

"Yet not only is it poorly demarcated; it is also continuously expanding."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Housing #Genocide #Military #EthnicCleansing
Along Israel's expanding Yellow Line, the war in Gaza never ended
Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.
www.972mag.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We remember them always.

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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On December 6, 1917, over 1700 lives were lost, over 9,000 were injured, & many were left homeless in the wake of the Halifax Harbour Explosion. In the aftermath of the disaster, people came together across the world to show compassion and assist Nova Scotians where they could.
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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"more babies will be infected with HBV

more babies will develop chronic HBV infection

more children will develop severe liver disease

more children will develop liver cancer

more children will die from a preventable disease"
That’s another horrendous ACIP meeting on the books. This clown show did a lot more than weakly recommend delaying the HBV birth dose and compare vaccines to planes.

rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/say-hello-...
Say Hello to Hepatitis B, Baby
Anti-vax ACIP are bumbling their way to higher rates of pediatric liver cancer...and worse
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Dr. Clement Ligoure, the first Black practicing physician in Nova Scotia,
saved many lives in the aftermath of the Halifax explosion.

youtu.be/J3wYTewT0kY?...
Clement Ligoure: The Unsung Hero of the Halifax Explosion
YouTube video by Historica Canada
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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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If you are downtown this morning on the Halifax waterfront at shortly after 9 am, horns and cannon fire will ring out for the anniversary of those lost in the Halifax explosion, all boats, ferries, ships will stop for several minutes and horns will be heard #inremembrance. #Halifax #NovaScotia
In Remembrance of the #HalifaxExplosion #Halifax #NovaScotia Horns in the Harbour remembering those who died when the SS Mont Blanc French Cargo ship carrying explosives collided with the SS IMO - Norwegian vessel killing 1782 people and injuring 9000 others.
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sharif. Sharif and his wife came to Egypt prior to the war to get IVF treatment- which was successful and they had twins Husam and Ahmad. Husam has a congenital heart disorder. They have not been able to go back but also cannot work in Egypt.
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Take the time to listen to @pampalmater.com because it is important to cdns that think they are antiracist and not misogynistic to hear this: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...
Who gets status? Inside the fight over the second-generation cut off
Podcast Episode · APTN News InFocus · 2025-11-28 · 35m
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November 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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‘The data shows that just one dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and two doses do even better.’

Timely review of the data on measles vaccines from @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
How effective and safe are measles vaccines?
Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.
ourworldindata.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I was very fortunate to attend a conversation with @daanis.ca at the Ko’jua Okuom, an Indigenous community room, within the Killiam Library at Dalhousie University.
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM