Dawn Smith
@saffyre9.bsky.social
Digital marketer, hippie at heart, introvert and HSP. She/her. 🇨🇦
Pro-🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇦 🍉🐋
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Life expectancy. That's probably an important metric.
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Life expectancy. That's probably an important metric.
My snow removal company just told me I could pay them via *cheque* sent in the *mail*.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My snow removal company just told me I could pay them via *cheque* sent in the *mail*.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
I'm pretty sure I own cheques, but I have no idea where they would be. I can't remember the last time I had to pay for something that way.
My latest corporate pet peeve: sales reps dropping a calendar invite that you don't respond to, but then they still expect you to show up.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
My latest corporate pet peeve: sales reps dropping a calendar invite that you don't respond to, but then they still expect you to show up.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
I know I'm often blindly hopping from one meeting to the next every day, but I'm not paying so little attention that I didn't catch that.
Daily question to myself: What am I anxious about now? Or did I just have too much coffee?
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Daily question to myself: What am I anxious about now? Or did I just have too much coffee?
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This is headline whiplash.
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is headline whiplash.
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Canadians should travel outside of North America more often
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Canadians should travel outside of North America more often
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
Once you stop using the United States as your only point of comparison for the state of this country, you quickly realize how basic our infrastructure is
As someone who's had precancerous cells removed from their cervix (twice!), this is highly disappointing. Those two surgeries were the most physically painful events in my life, and I'm required to have follow up for life.
Get vaxxed FFS.
Get vaxxed FFS.
So, here’s another deadly disease that’s easily prevented by vaccination.
Simply put, anti-vaxx sentiment and its exponents are killing people.
🤔🧐😖
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Simply put, anti-vaxx sentiment and its exponents are killing people.
🤔🧐😖
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada was on track to eliminate cervical cancer. Now doctors are alarmed by what they are seeing
New figures from Canadian Cancer Society confirm a troubling trend. “It’s frustrating to see this happen for a cancer that is completely preventable.”
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
As someone who's had precancerous cells removed from their cervix (twice!), this is highly disappointing. Those two surgeries were the most physically painful events in my life, and I'm required to have follow up for life.
Get vaxxed FFS.
Get vaxxed FFS.
A tree came down in my driveway in a windstorm this morning (missed the car!), and I'm currently torn between "this is why I bought the cordless sawzall" and "maybe I should just call my uncle to deal with this".
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A tree came down in my driveway in a windstorm this morning (missed the car!), and I'm currently torn between "this is why I bought the cordless sawzall" and "maybe I should just call my uncle to deal with this".
Narrator: We will not
One study estimated that “334 thousand COVID-19 infections are attributable to meatpacking plants in the U.S. with associated mortality and morbidity costs totaling more than $11.2 billion” (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...)
I hope we do a better job protecting workers in the next pandemic
I hope we do a better job protecting workers in the next pandemic
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Narrator: We will not
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Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
Privatizing Drinking Water Could Lead to Big Bills, Bad Service and Dirty Water - Environmental Defence
Statement by Rebecca Kolarich, Water Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the
environmentaldefence.ca
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Buried in #Bill60
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
🚨Ford government plans to privatize drinking water systems
“the Bill has all the elements of water privatization, leaving potential safeguards to be determined in not-yet-released regulations”
- Environmental Defence
#WaterIsLife
#ONpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/14/p...
I picked up 3 months worth of mail from my ex and realized I nearly missed a rescheduled medical appointment, that they chose to only notify me about by snail mail. The letter was dated *during* the postal strike. Madness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I picked up 3 months worth of mail from my ex and realized I nearly missed a rescheduled medical appointment, that they chose to only notify me about by snail mail. The letter was dated *during* the postal strike. Madness.
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Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Is not a bad time to point out that Australia just made it illegal to refuse remote work with out a legitimate reason. And a court has ruled that “face to face time is important to our office culture” is not legitimate. Nor is “productity is higher when everyone is on the office”.
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a crossing guard being killed by a driver the day before we yank speed cameras out of school zones is super on the nose
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
a crossing guard being killed by a driver the day before we yank speed cameras out of school zones is super on the nose
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Today's word is...
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Today's word is...
Text from my BFF who's an IPAC nurse in LTC: "Got some in my fridge." Covid shot girls night this weekend? 😂
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
I'm scheduled to get flu & covid shots tomorrow afternoon, but my covid shot was just cancelled due to "supply issues", which honestly sounds about right for how Ontario is managing the spread of this disease.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Text from my BFF who's an IPAC nurse in LTC: "Got some in my fridge." Covid shot girls night this weekend? 😂
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
(Certainly a different kind of shot than I was into in my 20s...)
bsky.app/profile/fran...
I'm scheduled to get flu & covid shots tomorrow afternoon, but my covid shot was just cancelled due to "supply issues", which honestly sounds about right for how Ontario is managing the spread of this disease.
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm scheduled to get flu & covid shots tomorrow afternoon, but my covid shot was just cancelled due to "supply issues", which honestly sounds about right for how Ontario is managing the spread of this disease.
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I keep saying it and people keep not listening. You either become disabled or you die, there is no other option, not even if you steal your son’s blood like Sam “actually is Reginald Hargreaves” Altman. He’s still going to end up disabled, too.
The one thing every single one of us can count on in this life is that you will become disabled.
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
The only variable is whether it happens at birth, in old age, or somewhere in between
Yall real silent about disability injustices because most of you don’t see disability as a thing that can happen to you.
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
We are “aww those poor people”. Meanwhile disability can happen to anyone at any moment and those injustices you ignored? They become your experiences too
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I keep saying it and people keep not listening. You either become disabled or you die, there is no other option, not even if you steal your son’s blood like Sam “actually is Reginald Hargreaves” Altman. He’s still going to end up disabled, too.
I really dislike working with tradespeople who only communicate by phone. I'm often in 6+ hours of meetings a day, so chances are they *will* call me at a time I cannot speak to them. It's just endless voicemail tag at this point.
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I really dislike working with tradespeople who only communicate by phone. I'm often in 6+ hours of meetings a day, so chances are they *will* call me at a time I cannot speak to them. It's just endless voicemail tag at this point.
Well I didn't expect that to actually work!
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Well I didn't expect that to actually work!
"Research now shows that chronic stress doesn’t just fade when the trigger passes: it changes brain circuits, hormonal rhythms, inflammation levels, and cognitive flexibility."
Why Our Minds Can’t Rest Right Now
As a trauma psychotherapist, I see it daily: clients longing for “normal,” for peace that feels out of reach. The truth is, we can’t go back—but we can learn to rest again.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Research now shows that chronic stress doesn’t just fade when the trigger passes: it changes brain circuits, hormonal rhythms, inflammation levels, and cognitive flexibility."
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Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
The doctor shortage isn’t an accident. It was policy. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/10/c... @codeblackamerica.bsky.social
Canada’s doctor shortage is no accident
It was policy.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hospitals across Canada are closing their ERs because there aren't enough doctors to run them. Millions don’t have a doctor. Millions more can’t get an appointment.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
It didn’t used to be this way. Turns out it wasn’t an accident.
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Night night sweet dreamies
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Night night sweet dreamies
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
Your current situation is temporary, even if it feels heavy in the moment, and it is not stronger than you.
You have faced difficult chapters before, and you made it through every single one. This will be no different.
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I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate
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This is just lovely!!! ❤️
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
How one Toronto woman’s idea for a poppy tapestry bloomed into something bigger
The idea of walking long, bizarre routes grew from a need to socialize in different areas and create adventures — and got millions of views online.
www.thestar.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is just lovely!!! ❤️
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
"Volunteers across Canada step up to donate knitted poppies to a small Legion branch in Toronto before Remembrance Day."
#RemembranceDay #cdnpoli
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
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My point is that doing the hard work is how we learn.
If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
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If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
6/
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My point is that doing the hard work is how we learn.
If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
6/
If I had asked a machine learning tool to analyze death records for violent deaths, I would have never discovered the tuberculosis outbreak.
6/