Bethany
@justanybeth.bsky.social
Canadian. She/her. Knitter. Spinner. Vaxxed to the max. Anti-fascist, as any decent person would be. 🇸🇩🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Bethany
@justanybeth.bsky.social
· Sep 21
I tap the little heart on every post that I see announcing a vaccination, and I give a little cheer. Huzzah! Vaccinations seem like an act of resistance now.
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mRNA vaccines help vs cancer
Our @scifri.bsky.social conversation, with transcript
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
Remarkable improved survival data and mechanism reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
Our @scifri.bsky.social conversation, with transcript
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
Remarkable improved survival data and mechanism reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment
New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
mRNA vaccines help vs cancer
Our @scifri.bsky.social conversation, with transcript
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
Remarkable improved survival data and mechanism reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
Our @scifri.bsky.social conversation, with transcript
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
Remarkable improved survival data and mechanism reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...
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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.
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Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
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I'm sorry, but did I just read that the Canadian government is legitimizing *cryptocurrency* because it will benefit ***men***?
Instead of protecting Canadians from scams, Mark Carney’s Liberals are planning to develop a framework for stablecoins after crypto billionaires spent big to buy one in the United States.
The government claims it will “benefit men and youth by improving prosperity and good governance.” 🫠
The government claims it will “benefit men and youth by improving prosperity and good governance.” 🫠
Budget promises to introduce framework for Canadian dollar-backed cryptocurrency | CBC News
The Liberal government is committing to roll out new legislation to ensure some digital currencies are secure and stable enough for consumers and businesses to use.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm sorry, but did I just read that the Canadian government is legitimizing *cryptocurrency* because it will benefit ***men***?
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Don’t make deals with fascists. History is clear on this.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Don’t make deals with fascists. History is clear on this.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “Opening up whole coastal plain for O&G devt threatens Gwich'in people & our way of life,” Moreland said. “We know there’s consequences with oil devt: pollution, habitat destruction, greater human traffic, rise of violence, drugs, missing & murdered Indigenous peoples.”
Outcry from Gwich'in leaders over potential oil and gas drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | CBC News
Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders raise concerns after Trump administration opens up Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “Opening up whole coastal plain for O&G devt threatens Gwich'in people & our way of life,” Moreland said. “We know there’s consequences with oil devt: pollution, habitat destruction, greater human traffic, rise of violence, drugs, missing & murdered Indigenous peoples.”
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Urbanist knitters, I need you to know about these mittens: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
"Fuck Cars" Mittens pattern by Erin Megenity
Prepare to show off your love of bikes and become the envy of your urbanist friends with these “Fuck Cars” Mittens! Inspired by my husband, I designed these mittens for those of us who don’t let cold ...
www.ravelry.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Urbanist knitters, I need you to know about these mittens: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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Iconic of the folks at CAHN at they, with far fewer resources, identified 18 people who were at this neo-Nazi event in B.C. -- while CBC, with more staff and far more resources, unmasked two.
CAHN really are the GOATs at this work.
CAHN really are the GOATs at this work.
3/ We got photos of all of them and got to work finding their names. CBC verified our identifications and added two. By bringing in the CBC, we were able to reach a much larger audience to talk about the threat of white nationalism in Canada.
Read CBC's reporting here:
Read CBC's reporting here:
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d at secretive neo-Nazi event in B.C. | CBC News
This summer in Vancouver, dozens of people gathered to attend a conference organized and attended by some of Canada’s most prominent white supremacist organizations. CBC’s visual investigations team l...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Iconic of the folks at CAHN at they, with far fewer resources, identified 18 people who were at this neo-Nazi event in B.C. -- while CBC, with more staff and far more resources, unmasked two.
CAHN really are the GOATs at this work.
CAHN really are the GOATs at this work.
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High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a “pop culture and historical documentary [that] confronts and reclaims the Wild West while revealing the story of the Black cowboy — a history that has largely been untold”. [kottke.org]
High Horse: The Black Cowboy
High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a three-part documentary about the culture of Black cowboys & cowgirls and their erasure from the history of the western United States.
From executive producer Jordan Peele and Monkeypa
kottke.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a “pop culture and historical documentary [that] confronts and reclaims the Wild West while revealing the story of the Black cowboy — a history that has largely been untold”. [kottke.org]
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"Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces"
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces
A Toronto neighbourhood is pushing back against plans to replace a well-used public parking lot in the community with a massive new housing developme…
www.blogto.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces"
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...
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Alberta has the worst measles track record in North America. Imagine being worse at vaxxing than anywhere in the states.
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says — CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Alberta has the worst measles track record in North America. Imagine being worse at vaxxing than anywhere in the states.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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Speaking of great newsletters, always read @monteiro.bsky.social: “When the fascists try to make you feel small you raise your bike over your head and you get big.”
This week’s newsletter is about getting out of the boiling pot of water and deciding not to climb back in.
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to point at fascists and laugh
The last slide from my new talk. It plays a role below. Contribute to my eventual bail fund at $2 a pop. This week’s question comes from me, actually: How...
buttondown.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Speaking of great newsletters, always read @monteiro.bsky.social: “When the fascists try to make you feel small you raise your bike over your head and you get big.”
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a beautifully concise summary of austeritarianism
all sticks, no carrots
all sticks, no carrots
It is fascinating to watch governments turn to their populations and say, 'This is it, lads. Yees are not getting anything better ever. Now continue to vote for and support us', as a strategy.
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
a beautifully concise summary of austeritarianism
all sticks, no carrots
all sticks, no carrots
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You should always be reading @monteiro.bsky.social newsletter but you should especially read this week's buttondown.com/monteiro/archi...
How to point at fascists and laugh
The last slide from my new talk. It plays a role below. Contribute to my eventual bail fund at $2 a pop. This week’s question comes from me, actually: How...
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
You should always be reading @monteiro.bsky.social newsletter but you should especially read this week's buttondown.com/monteiro/archi...
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I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.
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BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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The Romans ate "fast food".
The Sumarians ate "fast food".
Any population large enough to specialize will have "fast food".
The Felon has used fast food to perpetuate stereotypes and embarrass people and now he's starving people. Fuck him. Anything about him that can be mocked, should be mocked.
The Sumarians ate "fast food".
Any population large enough to specialize will have "fast food".
The Felon has used fast food to perpetuate stereotypes and embarrass people and now he's starving people. Fuck him. Anything about him that can be mocked, should be mocked.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Romans ate "fast food".
The Sumarians ate "fast food".
Any population large enough to specialize will have "fast food".
The Felon has used fast food to perpetuate stereotypes and embarrass people and now he's starving people. Fuck him. Anything about him that can be mocked, should be mocked.
The Sumarians ate "fast food".
Any population large enough to specialize will have "fast food".
The Felon has used fast food to perpetuate stereotypes and embarrass people and now he's starving people. Fuck him. Anything about him that can be mocked, should be mocked.
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Today in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and the story behind “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”—and how what you hear on the Gordon Lightfoot classic is actually the 1st time his band ever played the song www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
No chorus? No problem: The improbable story behind Gordon Lightfoot’s beloved hit ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’
The song, recorded 50 years ago, commemorates the sinking of the biggest ship on the Great Lakes.
www.thestar.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Today in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and the story behind “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”—and how what you hear on the Gordon Lightfoot classic is actually the 1st time his band ever played the song www.thestar.com/entertainmen...
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WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
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In ‘Muslim Wales: A History in 9 Places’ Abdul-Azim Ahmed explores the stories of 9 Welsh places, and the people, artefacts and buildings associated with them, which highlight the deep history of Islam in Wales. Publishing 23 February 2026. Pre-order our website www.serenbooks.com/book/muslim-...
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In ‘Muslim Wales: A History in 9 Places’ Abdul-Azim Ahmed explores the stories of 9 Welsh places, and the people, artefacts and buildings associated with them, which highlight the deep history of Islam in Wales. Publishing 23 February 2026. Pre-order our website www.serenbooks.com/book/muslim-...
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This is good and will save lives
Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is good and will save lives
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Elon and Marco are genocidaires and I hope they are one day tried in chains at the Hague.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Elon and Marco are genocidaires and I hope they are one day tried in chains at the Hague.