kdw
@kdw.bsky.social
hoping for something better than Twitter that involves arguments and evidence
science matters, the rule of law matters, human rights matter
…once had an account on Twitter…it’s gone, no need to mention it here
science matters, the rule of law matters, human rights matter
…once had an account on Twitter…it’s gone, no need to mention it here
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That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
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🔴 What's the point of a Labour government that won't properly invest in tackling the #ClimateCrisis?
🌏 It's time to join the only party committed to bold #ClimateAction.
✅️ Join.greenparty.org.uk
#COP30
🌏 It's time to join the only party committed to bold #ClimateAction.
✅️ Join.greenparty.org.uk
#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🔴 What's the point of a Labour government that won't properly invest in tackling the #ClimateCrisis?
🌏 It's time to join the only party committed to bold #ClimateAction.
✅️ Join.greenparty.org.uk
#COP30
🌏 It's time to join the only party committed to bold #ClimateAction.
✅️ Join.greenparty.org.uk
#COP30
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Tonight is the night of lights at Field of Crosses, on Memorial Drive.
"Lanterns are placed in front of the 3,620 crosses and burn from sunset until sunrise Remembrance Day."
www.fieldofcrosses.com/event-details/
#Calgary #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #Canada
"Lanterns are placed in front of the 3,620 crosses and burn from sunset until sunrise Remembrance Day."
www.fieldofcrosses.com/event-details/
#Calgary #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #Canada
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Tonight is the night of lights at Field of Crosses, on Memorial Drive.
"Lanterns are placed in front of the 3,620 crosses and burn from sunset until sunrise Remembrance Day."
www.fieldofcrosses.com/event-details/
#Calgary #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #Canada
"Lanterns are placed in front of the 3,620 crosses and burn from sunset until sunrise Remembrance Day."
www.fieldofcrosses.com/event-details/
#Calgary #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #Canada
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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Had a breast exam today. After being contorted & smushed into a glass shield, then gracelessly crushed w/ a vice, the tech asked if I was okay. I said my neck was stiff. She replied, “And you’re only 50. I put 80-year olds in this thing.” My one thought: No way this device was designed by women.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Had a breast exam today. After being contorted & smushed into a glass shield, then gracelessly crushed w/ a vice, the tech asked if I was okay. I said my neck was stiff. She replied, “And you’re only 50. I put 80-year olds in this thing.” My one thought: No way this device was designed by women.
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A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
www.bbc.com/news/article... @paulisci.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article... @paulisci.bsky.social
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
www.bbc.com/news/article... @paulisci.bsky.social
www.bbc.com/news/article... @paulisci.bsky.social
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Oh, Canada....☹️
The NYT "found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated. That tension between politics and health policy...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
The NYT "found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated. That tension between politics and health policy...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Oh, Canada....☹️
The NYT "found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated. That tension between politics and health policy...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
The NYT "found that at critical points, as measles was gaining new footholds in Canada, provincial politicians stopped public health officials from speaking out about the value of getting vaccinated. That tension between politics and health policy...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
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ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Good. Keep the pressure on.
BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Good. Keep the pressure on.
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This is acting like a pure money laundering operation. They reported losing another $54 million last quarter. It has never made money. Investor money is just flying out the back door faster than in comes in to enrich a lot of shysters and grifters.
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is acting like a pure money laundering operation. They reported losing another $54 million last quarter. It has never made money. Investor money is just flying out the back door faster than in comes in to enrich a lot of shysters and grifters.
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We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources.
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix.
This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source is @ember-energy.org
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Interesting way to look at the numbers @info.radio-canada.ca
Pembina #Manitoba cross border travels to 🇺🇸
*source US DOT
August 2012
125, 000 people
August 2025
52, 000
Note: since 2012 Winnipeg's population alone has increased by,
150, 000
#ElbowsUp 📢
#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
youtu.be/arkDUkZ_WX0?...
Pembina #Manitoba cross border travels to 🇺🇸
*source US DOT
August 2012
125, 000 people
August 2025
52, 000
Note: since 2012 Winnipeg's population alone has increased by,
150, 000
#ElbowsUp 📢
#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
youtu.be/arkDUkZ_WX0?...
American businesses feel pinch as Canadian travel dries up
YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Interesting way to look at the numbers @info.radio-canada.ca
Pembina #Manitoba cross border travels to 🇺🇸
*source US DOT
August 2012
125, 000 people
August 2025
52, 000
Note: since 2012 Winnipeg's population alone has increased by,
150, 000
#ElbowsUp 📢
#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
youtu.be/arkDUkZ_WX0?...
Pembina #Manitoba cross border travels to 🇺🇸
*source US DOT
August 2012
125, 000 people
August 2025
52, 000
Note: since 2012 Winnipeg's population alone has increased by,
150, 000
#ElbowsUp 📢
#BuyCanadian 🇨🇦
youtu.be/arkDUkZ_WX0?...
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Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Crockett: When you go and you hit those booths come the midterms, think about which party decided that it was okay to literally be on vacation while people were going hungry in the streets of America.
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They can't hide from the Epstein files forever. I have some new information about them that I'll reveal on this Sunday's Breakdown over on @meidastouch.com at 3:30 PM PT.
And there it is…..
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
They can't hide from the Epstein files forever. I have some new information about them that I'll reveal on this Sunday's Breakdown over on @meidastouch.com at 3:30 PM PT.
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Congratulations!
BREAKING: A federal jury in Brooklyn awarded our clients — 674 immigrants unlawfully jailed by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office — $112 million. Could not be more proud to work at @latinojustice.bsky.social and to partner with the talent of Winston & Strawn.
Jury Awards $112 Million to 674 Immigrants Unlawfully Held by Suffolk County for ICE Handover | LatinoJusticePRLDEF
FOR IMMEDIATE
www.latinojustice.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Congratulations!
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How sad is it that the richest country on Earth has a government that has to be forced to feed families with hungry children?
SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.
SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
How sad is it that the richest country on Earth has a government that has to be forced to feed families with hungry children?
SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.
SNAP benefits shouldn’t be a courtroom battle. People shouldn’t have to beg for basic humanity. But here we are.
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
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"The Canadian economy added a surprising 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, beating economists' expectations for the month.
Both full-time and part-time work were up on a yearly basis."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Both full-time and part-time work were up on a yearly basis."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada's economy gained 67,000 jobs in October | CBC News
The Canadian economy added a surprising 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, beating economists' expectations for the month.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"The Canadian economy added a surprising 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday, beating economists' expectations for the month.
Both full-time and part-time work were up on a yearly basis."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Both full-time and part-time work were up on a yearly basis."
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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It’s honestly shocking how much Tesla’s presence has faded in the German car market — after the first ten months of this year, they’ve dropped to only the 25th best-selling brand in the country 🇩🇪📉
🧵Short thread:
🧵Short thread:
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It’s honestly shocking how much Tesla’s presence has faded in the German car market — after the first ten months of this year, they’ve dropped to only the 25th best-selling brand in the country 🇩🇪📉
🧵Short thread:
🧵Short thread:
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She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.