Geneviève Lavertu
@glavertu.bsky.social
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🇨🇦, roaming curiosity for other ways to see the world: what does that look like for you? That’s why I’m here. “Be curious, not judgemental”
🇨🇦, roaming curiosity for other ways to see the world: what does that look like for you? That’s why I’m here. “Be curious, not judgemental”
“Ratcliffe, a former Republican congressman from Texas, built his reputation as one of Trump’s fiercest defenders on Capitol Hill — particularly during the first impeachment proceedings, when he used his perch on the House Intelligence Committee to attack the inquiry.”
"CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a low-key stop in Brussels this week, meeting top EU foreign and intelligence officials to deliver a not-so-subtle message: You can still trust us." www.politico.eu/article/cia-...
November 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Ratcliffe, a former Republican congressman from Texas, built his reputation as one of Trump’s fiercest defenders on Capitol Hill — particularly during the first impeachment proceedings, when he used his perch on the House Intelligence Committee to attack the inquiry.”
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This should be front-page news (as it is in The Netherlands).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service has stopped sharing certain information with the United States: “Sometimes we no longer share things,” officials say, because the information has been finding its way into Kremlin hands. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This should be front-page news (as it is in The Netherlands).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
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“An HHS spokesperson has said the administration is closing ‘wasteful and duplicative entities’…”
Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit
More than half of the roughly 1,300 CDC layoff notices have been rescinded, but workers at health agencies who work on biodefense and mental health still lost their jobs.
wapo.st
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“An HHS spokesperson has said the administration is closing ‘wasteful and duplicative entities’…”
Ouf, là c’est moi qui n’ai plus les yeux secs…
Un récit tellement beau! Lisez-le.
Un récit tellement beau! Lisez-le.
September 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ouf, là c’est moi qui n’ai plus les yeux secs…
Un récit tellement beau! Lisez-le.
Un récit tellement beau! Lisez-le.
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Reposted by Geneviève Lavertu
Canada has been sharing intel with the US on traffickers in the Caribbean since 1993. Enhanced intel-sharing has been underway since 2024. If the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act means anything, all sharing that might lead to extrajudicial killings must now cease.
September 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Canada has been sharing intel with the US on traffickers in the Caribbean since 1993. Enhanced intel-sharing has been underway since 2024. If the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act means anything, all sharing that might lead to extrajudicial killings must now cease.
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Denmark is poised to grant citizens copyright control over their own faces, voices, and bodies
The copyright amendment would give every citizen legal ownership over their physical likeness, allowing them to demand the removal of unauthorized AI-generated content
www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...
The copyright amendment would give every citizen legal ownership over their physical likeness, allowing them to demand the removal of unauthorized AI-generated content
www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...
Denmark Makes History: Your Face and Voice Are Now Your Intellectual Property
Europe's First Digital Identity Protection Law Tackles the Deepfake Crisis
Denmark is poised to become the first European nation to grant citizens copyright control over their own faces, voices, and ...
www.myprivacy.blog
September 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Denmark is poised to grant citizens copyright control over their own faces, voices, and bodies
The copyright amendment would give every citizen legal ownership over their physical likeness, allowing them to demand the removal of unauthorized AI-generated content
www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...
The copyright amendment would give every citizen legal ownership over their physical likeness, allowing them to demand the removal of unauthorized AI-generated content
www.myprivacy.blog/denmark-make...
FWIW, these are the 2 headlines competing for my attention on latest Apple News notification.
Coincidence? methinks not.
Now transport yourself back to your 2015 self, and read this again. WTAF!? I can only shake my head in disbelief. Who wrote this dystopian script of a rotten tomato movie??
Coincidence? methinks not.
Now transport yourself back to your 2015 self, and read this again. WTAF!? I can only shake my head in disbelief. Who wrote this dystopian script of a rotten tomato movie??
September 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
FWIW, these are the 2 headlines competing for my attention on latest Apple News notification.
Coincidence? methinks not.
Now transport yourself back to your 2015 self, and read this again. WTAF!? I can only shake my head in disbelief. Who wrote this dystopian script of a rotten tomato movie??
Coincidence? methinks not.
Now transport yourself back to your 2015 self, and read this again. WTAF!? I can only shake my head in disbelief. Who wrote this dystopian script of a rotten tomato movie??
Quelle plume! C’est vu juste.
“Ces guerriers de la nostalgie s’imaginent en croisés au champ d’honneur.”
Les images et allégories sont celles les croisades. On reste à la fin avec une impression de Don Quichote contre les moulins…
“Ces guerriers de la nostalgie s’imaginent en croisés au champ d’honneur.”
Les images et allégories sont celles les croisades. On reste à la fin avec une impression de Don Quichote contre les moulins…
Quand une chaîne de restaurants aux plats gras, salés et hautement caloriques émoustille l’esprit maga…
Le woke est dans la saucisse www.unjourenamerique.fr/le-woke-est-...
Le woke est dans la saucisse www.unjourenamerique.fr/le-woke-est-...
Le woke est dans la saucisse
La guerre culturelle bat son plein. Pour le monde MAGA, tout est désormais prétexte à attaquer l’autre camp. Exemple : le changement de logo de la société Cracker Barrel.
Seigneur, que votre miséri...
www.unjourenamerique.fr
August 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Quelle plume! C’est vu juste.
“Ces guerriers de la nostalgie s’imaginent en croisés au champ d’honneur.”
Les images et allégories sont celles les croisades. On reste à la fin avec une impression de Don Quichote contre les moulins…
“Ces guerriers de la nostalgie s’imaginent en croisés au champ d’honneur.”
Les images et allégories sont celles les croisades. On reste à la fin avec une impression de Don Quichote contre les moulins…
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JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
JOB ALERT 🚨 We are hiring TWO principal investigators in cell, molecular, systems, or chemical biology in Toronto, Canada at @sinaihealth.bsky.social. We provide a generous startup, fully funded salary and academic appointment at U of Toronto.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please repost!
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My latest, on the bizarre sight of a clutch of European leaders rushing to Washington to prevent the president from doing something crazy to Ukraine: it wasn’t a summit, it was an intervention
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The Ukraine emergency is far from over – because Donald Trump is the emergency
A hasty fly-in to Washington by European leaders may have averted a major crisis, but the core issues remain: Putin won’t cede an inch, and Trump is erratic
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My latest, on the bizarre sight of a clutch of European leaders rushing to Washington to prevent the president from doing something crazy to Ukraine: it wasn’t a summit, it was an intervention
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Reposted by Geneviève Lavertu
Traffic stops for baby bear playing with a balloon on Vancouver Island 🐻 🎈
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
August 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Traffic stops for baby bear playing with a balloon on Vancouver Island 🐻 🎈
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️
❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA 🇨🇦🍁❤️
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It's shameful that we are so behind with endometriosis, but a landmark $50 million donation offers new hope. vajenda.substack.com/p/decades-be...
Decades Behind: The Shameful Neglect of Endometriosis Research
A Landmark $50 Million Donation Offers New Hope for One of Medicine's Most Overlooked Conditions
vajenda.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's shameful that we are so behind with endometriosis, but a landmark $50 million donation offers new hope. vajenda.substack.com/p/decades-be...
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Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-health-outcomes-indigenous-language-revitalization-1.7569554
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
June 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indigenous-health-outcomes-indigenous-language-revitalization-1.7569554
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
Getting a head start on Rose season with a side trip to Rose Garden in Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid (May 18, 2025)
Now i look expectantly at my small climbing rose stems … in Canada ⏳ ⏳ ⏰
😂 🥲🌹🏵️
#Roses #Rosegarden
Now i look expectantly at my small climbing rose stems … in Canada ⏳ ⏳ ⏰
😂 🥲🌹🏵️
#Roses #Rosegarden
May 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Getting a head start on Rose season with a side trip to Rose Garden in Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid (May 18, 2025)
Now i look expectantly at my small climbing rose stems … in Canada ⏳ ⏳ ⏰
😂 🥲🌹🏵️
#Roses #Rosegarden
Now i look expectantly at my small climbing rose stems … in Canada ⏳ ⏳ ⏰
😂 🥲🌹🏵️
#Roses #Rosegarden
Loved reading such a quintessentially 🇨🇦 story.
Even captures the feel of “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” on La Main, edgy Prohibition-era Montreal, its immigration mosaic, and Montreal’s fixation on brain health that endures & shines to this day
♥️ 🧠 ⚜️ ☘️ 🏵️ 🏴
Even captures the feel of “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” on La Main, edgy Prohibition-era Montreal, its immigration mosaic, and Montreal’s fixation on brain health that endures & shines to this day
♥️ 🧠 ⚜️ ☘️ 🏵️ 🏴
The men who left their mark on every corner of the brain. The story of the Montreal Neurological Institute is a quintessentially Canadian tale of teamwork, diversity, linguistic duality and the beginnings of medicare, by Eric Andrew-Gee www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: The men who left their mark on every corner of the brain
The story of the Montreal Neurological Institute is a quintessentially Canadian tale of teamwork, diversity, linguistic duality and the beginnings of socialized medicine
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Loved reading such a quintessentially 🇨🇦 story.
Even captures the feel of “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” on La Main, edgy Prohibition-era Montreal, its immigration mosaic, and Montreal’s fixation on brain health that endures & shines to this day
♥️ 🧠 ⚜️ ☘️ 🏵️ 🏴
Even captures the feel of “The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz” on La Main, edgy Prohibition-era Montreal, its immigration mosaic, and Montreal’s fixation on brain health that endures & shines to this day
♥️ 🧠 ⚜️ ☘️ 🏵️ 🏴
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Just going to leave this here
April 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Just going to leave this here
Applications from US scientists seeking careers in Canada ⬆️ 41% January to March 2025 vs same period 2024.
By contrast, applications from Canadian researchers for jobs in the U.S. ⬇️ 13%.
At the same time, applications to US institutions from researchers in Europe ⬇️ 41%
By contrast, applications from Canadian researchers for jobs in the U.S. ⬇️ 13%.
At the same time, applications to US institutions from researchers in Europe ⬇️ 41%
April 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Applications from US scientists seeking careers in Canada ⬆️ 41% January to March 2025 vs same period 2024.
By contrast, applications from Canadian researchers for jobs in the U.S. ⬇️ 13%.
At the same time, applications to US institutions from researchers in Europe ⬇️ 41%
By contrast, applications from Canadian researchers for jobs in the U.S. ⬇️ 13%.
At the same time, applications to US institutions from researchers in Europe ⬇️ 41%
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People turn to conspiracy theories in a subconscious quest to feel like they 'matter', research suggests phys.org/news/2025-04...
Conspiracy theories play to people's "fears and anxieties and blame some agent or entity for nefarious plots and actions aimed at humiliating and diminishing them"
Conspiracy theories play to people's "fears and anxieties and blame some agent or entity for nefarious plots and actions aimed at humiliating and diminishing them"
People turn to conspiracy theories in a subconscious quest to feel like they 'matter', research suggests
While all people are innately driven to find meaning in their lives, this subconscious desire pulls some people to conspiracy theories and dangerous belief systems.
phys.org
April 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
People turn to conspiracy theories in a subconscious quest to feel like they 'matter', research suggests phys.org/news/2025-04...
Conspiracy theories play to people's "fears and anxieties and blame some agent or entity for nefarious plots and actions aimed at humiliating and diminishing them"
Conspiracy theories play to people's "fears and anxieties and blame some agent or entity for nefarious plots and actions aimed at humiliating and diminishing them"
Remarkable. I’d never seen this short film before
Benefits of Friday night random scrolling: stumbling on gems
“Don’t Be A Sucker” was made by the @usarmy.bsky.social to show US Citizens how Nazis conned their country.
youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
Benefits of Friday night random scrolling: stumbling on gems
“Don’t Be A Sucker” was made by the @usarmy.bsky.social to show US Citizens how Nazis conned their country.
youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
Don't Be a Sucker
YouTube video by US National Archives
youtu.be
April 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Remarkable. I’d never seen this short film before
Benefits of Friday night random scrolling: stumbling on gems
“Don’t Be A Sucker” was made by the @usarmy.bsky.social to show US Citizens how Nazis conned their country.
youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
Benefits of Friday night random scrolling: stumbling on gems
“Don’t Be A Sucker” was made by the @usarmy.bsky.social to show US Citizens how Nazis conned their country.
youtu.be/vGAqYNFQdZ4
“Cdns bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election”
“FT analysis of > 350k posts on X related to the election (…) revealed network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative Pierre Poilievre and tarnish Liberal counterpart Mark Carney”
on.ft.com/4cLmsH8
“FT analysis of > 350k posts on X related to the election (…) revealed network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative Pierre Poilievre and tarnish Liberal counterpart Mark Carney”
on.ft.com/4cLmsH8
Canadians bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election
FT analysis finds network of social media accounts attacking Liberal leader Mark Carney
on.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“Cdns bombarded with rightwing content on Musk’s X ahead of election”
“FT analysis of > 350k posts on X related to the election (…) revealed network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative Pierre Poilievre and tarnish Liberal counterpart Mark Carney”
on.ft.com/4cLmsH8
“FT analysis of > 350k posts on X related to the election (…) revealed network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative Pierre Poilievre and tarnish Liberal counterpart Mark Carney”
on.ft.com/4cLmsH8