Rexanna Keats
@rexannakeats.bsky.social
Dual citizen, which is why I overshare. Experienced at both sides of the gurney. Maybe the first in my community to have heard about CoVID. Aviation worker. Maybe have recovered from long CoVID.
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Rexanna Keats
@rexannakeats.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Contractually, I'm not allowed to disguise where I work, but I don't have to disclose where I work either. Today, I've seen the most number of posts about my employer, proving Bluesky has legs, juice,.... Reposts do not necessarily mean an endorsement. This needs to be said. It is time.
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The federal court ruling benefits diversity visa applicants from nations such as Afghanistan, Burma, Togo, Somalia and Iran.
Trump administration's use of travel ban dealt blow from judge
www.newsweek.com
August 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The federal court ruling benefits diversity visa applicants from nations such as Afghanistan, Burma, Togo, Somalia and Iran.
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Hoping for a NOVAVAX 💉 BOOSTER ?
IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE in Canada because
1. Only 5,500 doses were administered from the 125,000 ordered last year ➡️119,500 doses WASTED
2. Novavax requires a minimum order (not disclosed) that FAR exceeds demand
globalnews.ca/news/1079206...
IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE in Canada because
1. Only 5,500 doses were administered from the 125,000 ordered last year ➡️119,500 doses WASTED
2. Novavax requires a minimum order (not disclosed) that FAR exceeds demand
globalnews.ca/news/1079206...
‘I have no options’: Canadians criticize lack of Novavax COVID shot - National | Globalnews.ca
The federal government's decision to not provide Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine this respiratory virus season raises health equity concerns, experts and advocates say.
globalnews.ca
August 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hoping for a NOVAVAX 💉 BOOSTER ?
IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE in Canada because
1. Only 5,500 doses were administered from the 125,000 ordered last year ➡️119,500 doses WASTED
2. Novavax requires a minimum order (not disclosed) that FAR exceeds demand
globalnews.ca/news/1079206...
IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE in Canada because
1. Only 5,500 doses were administered from the 125,000 ordered last year ➡️119,500 doses WASTED
2. Novavax requires a minimum order (not disclosed) that FAR exceeds demand
globalnews.ca/news/1079206...
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I met with the folks at @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social a few months ago & so glad to see that they've kicked off their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social!
My heart is warmed by the wife's quote, "It gave me so much comfort knowing the staff saw Paul not just as a patient, but as a human." #KindnessMatters
My heart is warmed by the wife's quote, "It gave me so much comfort knowing the staff saw Paul not just as a patient, but as a human." #KindnessMatters
Small Wishes, Big Impact
Keck Hospital Three Wishes initiative offers peace and dignity at the end of life.
www.keckmedicine.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I met with the folks at @keckmedicineusc.bsky.social a few months ago & so glad to see that they've kicked off their @3wishesprogram.bsky.social!
My heart is warmed by the wife's quote, "It gave me so much comfort knowing the staff saw Paul not just as a patient, but as a human." #KindnessMatters
My heart is warmed by the wife's quote, "It gave me so much comfort knowing the staff saw Paul not just as a patient, but as a human." #KindnessMatters
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Air Canada says more passengers eligible for reimbursement if flights were cancelled
Air Canada says more passengers eligible for reimbursement if flights were cancelled
Airline’s operations are almost back to full capacity as it continues to ramp up following last week’s three-day flight attendants’ strike.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Air Canada says more passengers eligible for reimbursement if flights were cancelled
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A researcher friend-of-a-friend had to euthanize their rodents early because of interrupted funding.
Biomedical research isn't a YouTube video, you cannot hit pause for an indefinite period of time and then hit play whenever the regime wants.
Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
Here's what this means: it's probably unlawful forPOTUS to stop NIH funds from going to medical research, but POTUS can stop that medical research for a lengthy period of time while the Court of Federal Claims hears lawsuits
This, essentially, destroys the capacity for medical research in the US
This, essentially, destroys the capacity for medical research in the US
August 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A researcher friend-of-a-friend had to euthanize their rodents early because of interrupted funding.
The Pelican Brief.
Breaking news: A federal judge is giving Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz. The ruling forbids state officials from moving any other migrants there.
Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact
The ruling, which gives the state 60 days to act, comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to convert a prison in North Florida into a second immigrant detention site.
wapo.st
August 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Pelican Brief.
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Wildfire risks could mean higher insurance costs for Atlantic Canada #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland #Newfoundland #Labrador
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Wildfire risks could mean higher insurance costs for Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is battling some of the worst, most destructive fires the region has ever seen. With more claims from homeowners, experts say insurance companies will likely raise premiums.
www.cbc.ca
August 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Wildfire risks could mean higher insurance costs for Atlantic Canada #NovaScotia #NewBrunswick #PrinceEdwardIsland #Newfoundland #Labrador
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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"Actually, tuberculosis (TB) incidence may represent the best bellwether for Covid induced post-infection immune damage."
- A certain minimizer in 2022
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
- A certain minimizer in 2022
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
UK’s tuberculosis crisis deepens as doctors report rise in prison cases
Amid spiralling rates of TB in prisons, the UK looks set to lose its WHO low incidence rate. Kate Bowie reports
Consumption ridden jails might conjure a Dickensian image, but a rise in tuberculosis (...
www.bmj.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Actually, tuberculosis (TB) incidence may represent the best bellwether for Covid induced post-infection immune damage."
- A certain minimizer in 2022
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
- A certain minimizer in 2022
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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When the black dog's *really* loud & says that you're a useless load of sh*te it can be tough to do the behavioural thought-lifting mind hacks to try to hold on to some confidence & help your brain keep going. It's like trying to wade through tar. Sending love if you've been/are also in that place x
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
When the black dog's *really* loud & says that you're a useless load of sh*te it can be tough to do the behavioural thought-lifting mind hacks to try to hold on to some confidence & help your brain keep going. It's like trying to wade through tar. Sending love if you've been/are also in that place x
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Thank you to all the fire fighters from across Canada who have come to help with the Long Lake fire in Annapolis County #NovaScotia and thank you for all the water bombers and helicopters, help has come from almost every Province and even the Northwest Territories. #ThankYou #FireFighters
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August 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Thank you to all the fire fighters from across Canada who have come to help with the Long Lake fire in Annapolis County #NovaScotia and thank you for all the water bombers and helicopters, help has come from almost every Province and even the Northwest Territories. #ThankYou #FireFighters
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2 N.S. softball team members fought for their lives, and they made it to the Canada Games #NovaScotia
Co-captain Ty Campbell, coach Garth Perrin dealt with back-to-back health crises
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Co-captain Ty Campbell, coach Garth Perrin dealt with back-to-back health crises
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
2 N.S. softball team members fought for their lives, and they made it to the Canada Games | CBC News
The journey to the Canada Games involves hard work, talent and skill. But for Nova Scotia’s softball team, they’ve been overcoming adversity after adversity on the road to St. John’s.
www.cbc.ca
August 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
2 N.S. softball team members fought for their lives, and they made it to the Canada Games #NovaScotia
Co-captain Ty Campbell, coach Garth Perrin dealt with back-to-back health crises
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Co-captain Ty Campbell, coach Garth Perrin dealt with back-to-back health crises
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Important information for Bank Holiday weekend…
August 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Important information for Bank Holiday weekend…
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"Trump administration to review 55m US visa holders for potential rule violations."
The tile is a bit misleading. This is really re: a plan to roll out ‘continuous vetting’ of all visa holders, incl. their social media activities & the harvesting of biometrics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The tile is a bit misleading. This is really re: a plan to roll out ‘continuous vetting’ of all visa holders, incl. their social media activities & the harvesting of biometrics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration to review 55m US visa holders for potential rule violations
State department says all people who hold valid US visas are subject to ‘continuous vetting’, including of social media
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Trump administration to review 55m US visa holders for potential rule violations."
The tile is a bit misleading. This is really re: a plan to roll out ‘continuous vetting’ of all visa holders, incl. their social media activities & the harvesting of biometrics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The tile is a bit misleading. This is really re: a plan to roll out ‘continuous vetting’ of all visa holders, incl. their social media activities & the harvesting of biometrics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Summits “often promise more than they can deliver”, argues Margaret MacMillan. In a guest essay, the historian questions whether these meetings are the best way to conduct international relations
Margaret MacMillan on the promise—and perils—of wartime summits
Leaders’ set-pieces have become more common, but not always more productive
econ.st
August 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Summits “often promise more than they can deliver”, argues Margaret MacMillan. In a guest essay, the historian questions whether these meetings are the best way to conduct international relations
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It is amusing how Trump’s anecdotes for how awesome he’ll make DC all have to do with dining out or golf
Trump: I have never received so many phone calls thanking me for what we have done in Washington, D.C., from people that haven't gone to a restaurant literally in four years
August 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It is amusing how Trump’s anecdotes for how awesome he’ll make DC all have to do with dining out or golf
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Trump: We're respected again. We had a country that was laughed at a year ago. We had a country that was a dead country
Who wants to tell the Donald?
Who wants to tell the Donald?
August 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Trump: We're respected again. We had a country that was laughed at a year ago. We had a country that was a dead country
Who wants to tell the Donald?
Who wants to tell the Donald?
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"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees."
-Amelia Earhart
-Amelia Earhart
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees."
-Amelia Earhart
-Amelia Earhart
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My dentist told me to tell y’all that gum disease can lead to erectile dysfunction.
Go get your teeth checked regularly.
Tysm.
Go get your teeth checked regularly.
Tysm.
August 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
My dentist told me to tell y’all that gum disease can lead to erectile dysfunction.
Go get your teeth checked regularly.
Tysm.
Go get your teeth checked regularly.
Tysm.
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And now for something completely different…
Bertha Wegmann 1847 - 1926
Danish painter
Young Woman, Marie Triepcke, Sitting in a Boat, 1884
Oil on canvas - 127 x 107 cm
Loeb Danish Art Collection, Denmark
Bertha Wegmann 1847 - 1926
Danish painter
Young Woman, Marie Triepcke, Sitting in a Boat, 1884
Oil on canvas - 127 x 107 cm
Loeb Danish Art Collection, Denmark
August 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And now for something completely different…
Bertha Wegmann 1847 - 1926
Danish painter
Young Woman, Marie Triepcke, Sitting in a Boat, 1884
Oil on canvas - 127 x 107 cm
Loeb Danish Art Collection, Denmark
Bertha Wegmann 1847 - 1926
Danish painter
Young Woman, Marie Triepcke, Sitting in a Boat, 1884
Oil on canvas - 127 x 107 cm
Loeb Danish Art Collection, Denmark
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"OMG! OMG! DC is so dangerous that you can't even go for a walk! BTW, I will be walking the streets of DC tonight. Just like I walked up to the Capitol on Jan 6, as promised."
August 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"OMG! OMG! DC is so dangerous that you can't even go for a walk! BTW, I will be walking the streets of DC tonight. Just like I walked up to the Capitol on Jan 6, as promised."
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"Any publicly funded immunization in B.C. can be provided at no cost to any Canadian travelling within the province," a statement from the ministry said.
Nice to know that BC has our backs, even when our own government does not.
Nice to know that BC has our backs, even when our own government does not.
Albertans can get COVID-19 vaccinations for free in B.C. | CBC News
People who don’t qualify for free COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta can get one in British Columbia, the province’s ministry of health confirmed with CBC News.
www.cbc.ca
August 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Any publicly funded immunization in B.C. can be provided at no cost to any Canadian travelling within the province," a statement from the ministry said.
Nice to know that BC has our backs, even when our own government does not.
Nice to know that BC has our backs, even when our own government does not.
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He is also completely wrong. 55 million is the total number of people in the entire world who hold visas which allow them to enter the United States.
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
He is also completely wrong. 55 million is the total number of people in the entire world who hold visas which allow them to enter the United States.