Naomi Skwarna
@naomisk.bsky.social
So curious about this truck I saw yesterday that I looked it up...turns out this is the 2nd or 3rd year that the city has been delivering free skates and helmets to specific Toronto rinks all winter! Details for Toronto's Skate Lending Library here: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So curious about this truck I saw yesterday that I looked it up...turns out this is the 2nd or 3rd year that the city has been delivering free skates and helmets to specific Toronto rinks all winter! Details for Toronto's Skate Lending Library here: www.toronto.ca/explore-enjo...
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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Very much looking forward to this conversation w/ Lisa Robertson and curator Gemma Blackshaw (Wednesday eve London time) in conjunction with artist Cathie Pilkington's HOUSEKEEPER at the Freud Museum. www.freud.org.uk/event/works-...
Works of Care: Amina Cain and Lisa Robertson in conversation - Freud Museum London
All registrants will receive their link to join via ZOOM. Attendees will also receive access to the recording on the Monday after the event, available to
www.freud.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Very much looking forward to this conversation w/ Lisa Robertson and curator Gemma Blackshaw (Wednesday eve London time) in conjunction with artist Cathie Pilkington's HOUSEKEEPER at the Freud Museum. www.freud.org.uk/event/works-...
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😳 I had no idea HIV cases in Canada surged by 35% in 2023, so recently! We have PrEP now, this shouldn’t be happening, except not everyone has access 💰 to those meds.
December 1 is #WorldAIDSDay, and around the world, more than 40 million people are living with #HIV. Cases in #Canada surged by 35 per cent in 2023, reaching the highest transmission rates in over a decade. But most people don’t know that cases are on the rise.
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HIV rates are climbing and most Canadians have no idea- NOW Toronto
HIV cases in Canada have surged by 35 per cent in 2023, reaching the highest transmission rates in over a decade...
nowtoronto.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
😳 I had no idea HIV cases in Canada surged by 35% in 2023, so recently! We have PrEP now, this shouldn’t be happening, except not everyone has access 💰 to those meds.
Novo Nordisk is a beautiful name for a baby girl who is also a pharmaceutical company
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Novo Nordisk is a beautiful name for a baby girl who is also a pharmaceutical company
Delighted to announce that no
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Delighted to announce that no
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
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"Assidon believed that, at its core, the Palestinian cause is a matter of human justice, that its rationale is one of righting wrongs—and, as such, does not allow for half measures."
The Life and Legacy of Sion Assidon
For the Moroccan Jewish leftist, the decolonization of his homeland and the liberation of Palestine were inextricably entwined.
jewishcurrents.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Assidon believed that, at its core, the Palestinian cause is a matter of human justice, that its rationale is one of righting wrongs—and, as such, does not allow for half measures."
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A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
Draft legislation would establish a model for medicine unlike any other in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
SCOOP: Alberta intends to allow doctors working in the public health care system to simultaneously offers services in a parallel private market, according to draft amendments obtained by The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
The Emperor of All M'ladies
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Emperor of All M'ladies
Potentially powerful new website launched today by the Canadian Cancer Society & Quebec–Clinical Research Organization in Cancer: a bilingual database of clinical trials that could be a valuable tool for Canadian cancer patients and their families. www.cancertrialscanada.ca
Essais cliniques sur le cancer au Canada
Plateforme canadienne pour les essais cliniques sur le cancer.
www.cancertrialscanada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Potentially powerful new website launched today by the Canadian Cancer Society & Quebec–Clinical Research Organization in Cancer: a bilingual database of clinical trials that could be a valuable tool for Canadian cancer patients and their families. www.cancertrialscanada.ca
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Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
October 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
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Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on "Hit List" Before His Death
Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on “Hit List” Before His Death
On Monday, Israeli strikes killed two Palestinian journalists: Al Jazeera’s Hossam Shabat, who was 23 years old, and Palestine Today’s Mohammed Mansour, who was killed in his apartment alongside his...
www.democracynow.org
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on "Hit List" Before His Death
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
There should be another bed inside your bed that you can really get into
February 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
There should be another bed inside your bed that you can really get into
Really liked this smartly positioned piece by @crowstheatre.bsky.social AD Chris Abraham. Appreciated reading about the less obvious (economic) value of Canadian theatre + a nice argument for live performance tax credits: macleans.ca/culture/put-...
Put Down Your Phone and Head to The Theatre - Macleans.ca
The art form is an antidote to our polarized, distracted culture
macleans.ca
February 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Really liked this smartly positioned piece by @crowstheatre.bsky.social AD Chris Abraham. Appreciated reading about the less obvious (economic) value of Canadian theatre + a nice argument for live performance tax credits: macleans.ca/culture/put-...
Donatella SOLSTICE
December 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Donatella SOLSTICE
Now is not the time for E-MAILS
December 20, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Now is not the time for E-MAILS
I wrote about green as a colour that lives and dies www.cbc.ca/arts/for-202...
For 2025, the colour of the year will be a living green (which is also a dying green) | CBC Arts
While brat was a green for the screen, the earthy palette artists are gravitating toward now is a kind of memento mori — a visual reminder that death is coming.
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December 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I wrote about green as a colour that lives and dies www.cbc.ca/arts/for-202...
Shopify bulk editor tool, I'll kill you
December 14, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Shopify bulk editor tool, I'll kill you
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How interesting
North Carolina’s Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people — less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patients’ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.
'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years
The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 wiped away by Atrium Health after an NBC News report.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:52 AM
How interesting
Body so tea it keeps the score
December 6, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Body so tea it keeps the score
Are you guys mad at me
November 29, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Are you guys mad at me