Veronica Martin 🇨🇦
@veronicamartin.bsky.social
What’s the right number of books? Good Friends, Theatre, Needlework, Creativity, Kindness. HR Consultant, Coach, Mentor. Firecracker. https://www.veronicaannemartin.ca/veronicas-links
@ravenscimaven.bsky.social You made today’s Toronto Star with a quote on hair products
March 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
@ravenscimaven.bsky.social You made today’s Toronto Star with a quote on hair products
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This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
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And also WWII WASPS, Women Airforce Service Pilots who supported the war effort during World War II. History that isn't totally centered on white men is the dreaded DEI.
The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government.
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
Put that in a headline.
www.expressnews.com/news/article...
January 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
And also WWII WASPS, Women Airforce Service Pilots who supported the war effort during World War II. History that isn't totally centered on white men is the dreaded DEI.
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I graduated high school in 2003 and two students from my school were expelled for being pregnant.(the men weren't, tho!)
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
Fun fact. Catholic high schools used to expel(not suspend)girls who were pregnant bc they were bad for the school’s image.
The fathers stayed&their reputations were protected. Feels like we’re on a slippery slope back to that for girls in catholic schools.
The public high school had a daycare.
The fathers stayed&their reputations were protected. Feels like we’re on a slippery slope back to that for girls in catholic schools.
The public high school had a daycare.
January 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I graduated high school in 2003 and two students from my school were expelled for being pregnant.(the men weren't, tho!)
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
They also allowed anti-choicers to post graphic anti-abortion signs along the school grounds.
And this was a publicly funded high school here in Ontario.
Defund them now.
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Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 17, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
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A great scoop by the Star's mighty city hall bureau.
November 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM
A great scoop by the Star's mighty city hall bureau.
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Yay! Close to 1/2 of Torontonians rent (probably higher since last census). Being a tenant in Ford's Ontario is a nightmare; no one is safe for eviction. This is one way the City can help.
A pox on Holyday & Pasternak.
A pox on Holyday & Pasternak.
Switching gears again, Councillor Bravo is back and ready to vote on the renoviction bylaw.
Councillor Perks' motion to waive renovation license application fee for rooming houses CARRIES 24-2.
Councillor Perks' motion to waive renovation license application fee for rooming houses CARRIES 24-2.
November 14, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Yay! Close to 1/2 of Torontonians rent (probably higher since last census). Being a tenant in Ford's Ontario is a nightmare; no one is safe for eviction. This is one way the City can help.
A pox on Holyday & Pasternak.
A pox on Holyday & Pasternak.
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We had to make a form to handle the incoming responses. Here it is. Share it. Our immediate needs are marketing experts, 5th grade teachers, app developers, and grantwriters/fundraisers. An IP attorney as well. We've made great progress. We have 67 days.
Communications Working Group Interest Form
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:18 PM
We had to make a form to handle the incoming responses. Here it is. Share it. Our immediate needs are marketing experts, 5th grade teachers, app developers, and grantwriters/fundraisers. An IP attorney as well. We've made great progress. We have 67 days.
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This 💯
Many in the GOP have said that Canada needs to be ‘liberated’ because our ‘democracy’ is in danger.
Translation: we have abundant water and natural resources that they want unfettered access to all of this.
Eye open.
#Canada
Many in the GOP have said that Canada needs to be ‘liberated’ because our ‘democracy’ is in danger.
Translation: we have abundant water and natural resources that they want unfettered access to all of this.
Eye open.
#Canada
The forces that worked together to get 47 elected will be focusing on us next. We have fresh water and abundant mineral resources. The "firehose of lies" in the lead up to our next election is going to be on a scale we've never seen before. I sincerely hope the other parties are prepared for it.
November 14, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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Hey there! Good to see you over here!
November 14, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hey there! Good to see you over here!
@sparticleveland.bsky.social hey there! Good to see you over here.
November 14, 2024 at 4:39 PM
@sparticleveland.bsky.social hey there! Good to see you over here.
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Why city planning needs diverse perspectives.
Touring possible commuter cycling routes.
What I saw - Smooth pavement. Separate from traffic. Shade. Not too busy. Perfect.
What my female partner saw - Blind corners. No lighting. No escape routes. Too few users. Wouldn’t use this route.
Touring possible commuter cycling routes.
What I saw - Smooth pavement. Separate from traffic. Shade. Not too busy. Perfect.
What my female partner saw - Blind corners. No lighting. No escape routes. Too few users. Wouldn’t use this route.
November 11, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Why city planning needs diverse perspectives.
Touring possible commuter cycling routes.
What I saw - Smooth pavement. Separate from traffic. Shade. Not too busy. Perfect.
What my female partner saw - Blind corners. No lighting. No escape routes. Too few users. Wouldn’t use this route.
Touring possible commuter cycling routes.
What I saw - Smooth pavement. Separate from traffic. Shade. Not too busy. Perfect.
What my female partner saw - Blind corners. No lighting. No escape routes. Too few users. Wouldn’t use this route.
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Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
November 14, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Good morning.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.
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If you were born between Jan 1st and December 31st your star sign is Stationery.
✏️📐🖊️📎✂️📓🖍️
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February 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM
If you were born between Jan 1st and December 31st your star sign is Stationery.
✏️📐🖊️📎✂️📓🖍️
✏️📐🖊️📎✂️📓🖍️
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“The school didn’t call an ambulance.”
Some sentences enter the mind and will never leave. I read that in an article today and it will be with me for the rest of my days.
Some sentences enter the mind and will never leave. I read that in an article today and it will be with me for the rest of my days.
The story of Nex Benedict, the non-binary Native teen in Oklahoma who got murdered at school, is just so heartbreaking. The way the school reacted (they were going to suspend the teen): shocking. If your reactionary ideology turns you into an inhumane monster, re-evaluate the ideology.
February 21, 2024 at 7:45 PM
“The school didn’t call an ambulance.”
Some sentences enter the mind and will never leave. I read that in an article today and it will be with me for the rest of my days.
Some sentences enter the mind and will never leave. I read that in an article today and it will be with me for the rest of my days.
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Funny, how that worked, that way
If Republicans really spent money at Trump's DC hotel because it was so convenient, why did they stop spending money there once Trump sold it?
Republicans said they spent millions at Trump’s DC hotel out of convenience. They’ve all but deserted its replacement. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Since becoming a Waldorf Astoria in 2022, GOP spending at the largely unchanged luxury hotel in the Old Post Office building has all but disappeared.
www.citizensforethics.org
February 12, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Funny, how that worked, that way
I saw a Happy Birthday greeting to Charles Dickens in today’s Toronto Star, in the Births/Deaths section. I was on board until the last sentence, stating that he is the second-greatest writer in English Literature, after Shakespeare. In a birthday greeting. Someone’s getting haunted.
February 7, 2024 at 11:21 PM
I saw a Happy Birthday greeting to Charles Dickens in today’s Toronto Star, in the Births/Deaths section. I was on board until the last sentence, stating that he is the second-greatest writer in English Literature, after Shakespeare. In a birthday greeting. Someone’s getting haunted.
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The most successful trick the political right has pulled is to convince people that the guy making 250 million dollars is one of them and the intern at NPR is part of an elite class that can’t be trusted
February 3, 2024 at 1:08 PM
The most successful trick the political right has pulled is to convince people that the guy making 250 million dollars is one of them and the intern at NPR is part of an elite class that can’t be trusted
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La floraison du cerisier japonais est estimée au 25 mars 2024, soit la + précoce depuis 1212 ans.
La douceur printanière avance la floraison. En 1200ans, il n'y a eu que 8 floraisons en mars (une fois chaque 150ans). Depuis 2020, c'est tous les ans. Le changement climatique est indéniable.
La douceur printanière avance la floraison. En 1200ans, il n'y a eu que 8 floraisons en mars (une fois chaque 150ans). Depuis 2020, c'est tous les ans. Le changement climatique est indéniable.
February 2, 2024 at 10:02 AM
La floraison du cerisier japonais est estimée au 25 mars 2024, soit la + précoce depuis 1212 ans.
La douceur printanière avance la floraison. En 1200ans, il n'y a eu que 8 floraisons en mars (une fois chaque 150ans). Depuis 2020, c'est tous les ans. Le changement climatique est indéniable.
La douceur printanière avance la floraison. En 1200ans, il n'y a eu que 8 floraisons en mars (une fois chaque 150ans). Depuis 2020, c'est tous les ans. Le changement climatique est indéniable.
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Did you know that basic income experiments have shown time and time again that given the choice, people don't choose idleness? They choose education. They choose entrepreneurship. They pursue culture and care. By guaranteeing survival, universal basic income enables truly living.
January 31, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Did you know that basic income experiments have shown time and time again that given the choice, people don't choose idleness? They choose education. They choose entrepreneurship. They pursue culture and care. By guaranteeing survival, universal basic income enables truly living.
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As a Black kid who grew Utah. I knew I had to be better than my classmates for anyone to think I was barely good enough. I benefitted from support for low income, first gen & POC students that these bigots prefer don’t exist. This moment has real stakes, fight this no matter what state you are in.
hmm, how should we describe lily white legislatures banning universities from reaching out to underserved and underrepresented racial groups? www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Utah passes a bill banning diversity programs in government and on campuses
The bill that cleared the state House and Senate by wide margins now heads to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican who has said he is likely to sign such a bill into law.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2024 at 1:09 PM
As a Black kid who grew Utah. I knew I had to be better than my classmates for anyone to think I was barely good enough. I benefitted from support for low income, first gen & POC students that these bigots prefer don’t exist. This moment has real stakes, fight this no matter what state you are in.
I’m wild about this book!
I’ve listened to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com’S Art Matters through my library’s hoopla account about 8 times in a row this week. So far.
I want to give it to everyone!
I’ve added it to the Creativity Reading List on my site and it gets top marks for inspiration.
I’ve listened to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com’S Art Matters through my library’s hoopla account about 8 times in a row this week. So far.
I want to give it to everyone!
I’ve added it to the Creativity Reading List on my site and it gets top marks for inspiration.
January 27, 2024 at 9:27 PM
I’m wild about this book!
I’ve listened to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com’S Art Matters through my library’s hoopla account about 8 times in a row this week. So far.
I want to give it to everyone!
I’ve added it to the Creativity Reading List on my site and it gets top marks for inspiration.
I’ve listened to @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com’S Art Matters through my library’s hoopla account about 8 times in a row this week. So far.
I want to give it to everyone!
I’ve added it to the Creativity Reading List on my site and it gets top marks for inspiration.
“OMG, so library cards are also free?…have never been to a library before, besides the one I used to have in my school”-from a convo today with someone who has been here a few years, and loves reading. I think I’m going to cry. I’m giving them ALL the info! #libraries
November 9, 2023 at 5:32 PM
“OMG, so library cards are also free?…have never been to a library before, besides the one I used to have in my school”-from a convo today with someone who has been here a few years, and loves reading. I think I’m going to cry. I’m giving them ALL the info! #libraries