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Yes, mental health and bullying play a role.
Both issues are almost certainly made worse by a neuroinvasive virus which causes anxiety and affects executive functioning, leading to increased aggression and diminished resiliency.
Oh, and then there’s good ol’ ILLNESS.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Both issues are almost certainly made worse by a neuroinvasive virus which causes anxiety and affects executive functioning, leading to increased aggression and diminished resiliency.
Oh, and then there’s good ol’ ILLNESS.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Kids are missing more school. Experts say mental health is a factor | CBC News
A CBC investigation finds that school time lost due to reported illness is up in all districts that provided data — more than tripling in some places compared to five years ago. While the data doesn’t...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Yes, mental health and bullying play a role.
Both issues are almost certainly made worse by a neuroinvasive virus which causes anxiety and affects executive functioning, leading to increased aggression and diminished resiliency.
Oh, and then there’s good ol’ ILLNESS.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Both issues are almost certainly made worse by a neuroinvasive virus which causes anxiety and affects executive functioning, leading to increased aggression and diminished resiliency.
Oh, and then there’s good ol’ ILLNESS.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“although the walkway is already open to the public, he wants to throw an official launch party this summer, with live music and a gathering of people on the bridge to commemorate the work everyone put into saving it.”
#Saskatchewan #Canada
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#Saskatchewan #Canada
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Small Sask. town rallies to preserve historic bridge a decade after its closure | CBC News
The town of Saint Louis, Sask., has rallied together to save a historic bridge with a century-old legacy. The former railway bridge is now a walkway designed to teach people about the community's rich...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
“although the walkway is already open to the public, he wants to throw an official launch party this summer, with live music and a gathering of people on the bridge to commemorate the work everyone put into saving it.”
#Saskatchewan #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/small-t...
#Saskatchewan #Canada
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And sooner harder to buy American beef with smaller herds (drought AKA Climate Change), closed processing plants
"Ranchers slashed their herds after a years-long drought burned up pasture lands and hiked feeding costs"
www.reuters.com/business/tys...
"Ranchers slashed their herds after a years-long drought burned up pasture lands and hiked feeding costs"
www.reuters.com/business/tys...
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And sooner harder to buy American beef with smaller herds (drought AKA Climate Change), closed processing plants
"Ranchers slashed their herds after a years-long drought burned up pasture lands and hiked feeding costs"
www.reuters.com/business/tys...
"Ranchers slashed their herds after a years-long drought burned up pasture lands and hiked feeding costs"
www.reuters.com/business/tys...
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Here is the 2025 edition of the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program Newsletter, The Marsh Monitor. This newsletter discusses the program results and analysis up to and including 2024, future program changes as well as ... buff.ly/kp9W6NZ
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November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes! This is so important! Machine Learning is doing wonderful things like mapping Martian craters and analyzing microbe genomes. LLMs are a very specific form & it’s them doing these huge amounts of harm. I also sometimes say “Gen AI”
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
when I mean both LLMs and art generators; I try to never say AI
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Nothing to worry about. It'll only kill older people.
And people with underlying health conditions.
Maybe children too? We don't know yet.
Probably won't kill you.
You'll be fine, right?
You're built different, right?
Astonishing levels of eugenic-tinted ableism on display here.
And people with underlying health conditions.
Maybe children too? We don't know yet.
Probably won't kill you.
You'll be fine, right?
You're built different, right?
Astonishing levels of eugenic-tinted ableism on display here.
BREAKING: Man from Washington state dies after being infected with H5N5 bird flu
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Nothing to worry about. It'll only kill older people.
And people with underlying health conditions.
Maybe children too? We don't know yet.
Probably won't kill you.
You'll be fine, right?
You're built different, right?
Astonishing levels of eugenic-tinted ableism on display here.
And people with underlying health conditions.
Maybe children too? We don't know yet.
Probably won't kill you.
You'll be fine, right?
You're built different, right?
Astonishing levels of eugenic-tinted ableism on display here.
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Good morning, friends, and happy Friday! I've got a busy day, full of travel, and I don't have time for a full-on historical eel tweet. But I know you need your eels.
So here...enjoy this wonderful marginal imagery showing you how *not* to catch any eel you might want to eat.
🗃️🧪
So here...enjoy this wonderful marginal imagery showing you how *not* to catch any eel you might want to eat.
🗃️🧪
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Good morning, friends, and happy Friday! I've got a busy day, full of travel, and I don't have time for a full-on historical eel tweet. But I know you need your eels.
So here...enjoy this wonderful marginal imagery showing you how *not* to catch any eel you might want to eat.
🗃️🧪
So here...enjoy this wonderful marginal imagery showing you how *not* to catch any eel you might want to eat.
🗃️🧪
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This is not a peace plan.
It's complete capitulation to the war criminal in the Kremlin, orchestrated exclusively by Trump and his apparent master there without any input from Europe or Ukraine. It is obscene that the White House even saw fit to advance this proposal, let alone issue an ultimatum.
It's complete capitulation to the war criminal in the Kremlin, orchestrated exclusively by Trump and his apparent master there without any input from Europe or Ukraine. It is obscene that the White House even saw fit to advance this proposal, let alone issue an ultimatum.
Ukraine Faces ‘Difficult Choice’ Over U.S. Plan to End War, Zelensky Says
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November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is not a peace plan.
It's complete capitulation to the war criminal in the Kremlin, orchestrated exclusively by Trump and his apparent master there without any input from Europe or Ukraine. It is obscene that the White House even saw fit to advance this proposal, let alone issue an ultimatum.
It's complete capitulation to the war criminal in the Kremlin, orchestrated exclusively by Trump and his apparent master there without any input from Europe or Ukraine. It is obscene that the White House even saw fit to advance this proposal, let alone issue an ultimatum.
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Last night's Leonid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stonehenge. The meteor shower was the best one of 2025 and this photograph proves it.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Last night's Leonid Meteor shower at peak captured over Stonehenge. The meteor shower was the best one of 2025 and this photograph proves it.
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I wasn't born in Canada. I'm still Canadian, and not an iota less so than a Canadian born in Canada. Racist MAGAs on both sides of the border can't grasp this concept because their view of the world is rigid & blinkered. My place of birth and my ethnicity are irrelevant to my identity as a Canadian.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I wasn't born in Canada. I'm still Canadian, and not an iota less so than a Canadian born in Canada. Racist MAGAs on both sides of the border can't grasp this concept because their view of the world is rigid & blinkered. My place of birth and my ethnicity are irrelevant to my identity as a Canadian.
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Imagine using the power of the state to limit professional regulatory bodies from being able to protect the integrity of the profession from members who use the credential to defend odious speech.
Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities | CBC News
Many Alberta workers could no longer be investigated by their licensing bodies for what they say outside of work hours, should the legislature pass a new bill.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Imagine using the power of the state to limit professional regulatory bodies from being able to protect the integrity of the profession from members who use the credential to defend odious speech.
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In the Canadian national anthem we pledge to “stand on guard”.
This kind of far right, deliberately misleading, anti-science government is one of the things Canadians should be standing on guard against.
It won’t stop with attacks on trans people. We only have to look south of the border….
This kind of far right, deliberately misleading, anti-science government is one of the things Canadians should be standing on guard against.
It won’t stop with attacks on trans people. We only have to look south of the border….
"Smith and her government are weaponizing a little-used piece of the Charter and a pile of debunked science and outright lies about trans people to make the case that their laws are actually about protecting kids," writes @melwoods.me
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
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November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In the Canadian national anthem we pledge to “stand on guard”.
This kind of far right, deliberately misleading, anti-science government is one of the things Canadians should be standing on guard against.
It won’t stop with attacks on trans people. We only have to look south of the border….
This kind of far right, deliberately misleading, anti-science government is one of the things Canadians should be standing on guard against.
It won’t stop with attacks on trans people. We only have to look south of the border….
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Today is the Trans Day of Rememberance.
We are still losing so many innocent souls to murder and suicide. Sadly, in this climate of genocidal hostility cultivated by public figures and governments alike, it isn't surprising.
We must fight back. For the fallen. And for those still with us. #TDOR
We are still losing so many innocent souls to murder and suicide. Sadly, in this climate of genocidal hostility cultivated by public figures and governments alike, it isn't surprising.
We must fight back. For the fallen. And for those still with us. #TDOR
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Today is the Trans Day of Rememberance.
We are still losing so many innocent souls to murder and suicide. Sadly, in this climate of genocidal hostility cultivated by public figures and governments alike, it isn't surprising.
We must fight back. For the fallen. And for those still with us. #TDOR
We are still losing so many innocent souls to murder and suicide. Sadly, in this climate of genocidal hostility cultivated by public figures and governments alike, it isn't surprising.
We must fight back. For the fallen. And for those still with us. #TDOR
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November 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
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Today's issue of Pasts Imperfect, the newsletter for all things ancient that bring a global perspective to the Classical world, is out: pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf.... As always, thanks to @sarahebond.bsky.social and her amazing set of editors. Today's main essay: Egyptomania!
Pasts Imperfect (11.20.25)
This week, media psychology and classical reception specialist Kristen Leer discusses Ancient Egypt in horror movies and the problems surrounding "Egyptomania." Then, mapping the thousands of miles of...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today's issue of Pasts Imperfect, the newsletter for all things ancient that bring a global perspective to the Classical world, is out: pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/pasts-imperf.... As always, thanks to @sarahebond.bsky.social and her amazing set of editors. Today's main essay: Egyptomania!
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Again: If you are an academic at a public university that locals love - even just the football team - and that relies on foreign students to stay afloat, explain that to your community by writing locally if you can. It's a good solid pitch for a local outlet.
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Again: If you are an academic at a public university that locals love - even just the football team - and that relies on foreign students to stay afloat, explain that to your community by writing locally if you can. It's a good solid pitch for a local outlet.
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The Punctuation Collection™️
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Punctuation Collection™️
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And here we go! A new episode discussing the relationship between magic and early Christianity with @vox-magica.bsky.social!
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Sidequest 27 – Magic and Early Christianity with Dr. Shaily Patel
In response to a suggestion from Dr. Rhiannon Garth Jones, I reached out to Dr. Shaily Patel at Virginia Tech (GO HOKIES!) to see if she would come on the podcast. Turns out she was willing to do s…
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November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
And here we go! A new episode discussing the relationship between magic and early Christianity with @vox-magica.bsky.social!
classicalantiquitypod.com/2025/11/20/s...
classicalantiquitypod.com/2025/11/20/s...
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Very advanced innovations in hunting techniques.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Very advanced innovations in hunting techniques.
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If "don't feed the kids" is going to be the rallying cry of the Conservative party, then the Liberals have nothing to worry about.
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
If "don't feed the kids" is going to be the rallying cry of the Conservative party, then the Liberals have nothing to worry about.
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Appreciate @nationalobserver.com underlining the threat these lawsuits pose to our democracy:
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
Alberta lawsuit is trying to silence the messenger
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Appreciate @nationalobserver.com underlining the threat these lawsuits pose to our democracy:
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”
“One way to help preserve an independent media is to protect them from vindictive US-style lawsuits… we must be free to report fairly without the threat of expensive lawsuits designed solely to shut us up”