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Just when you thought life was working in your favour it kicks you in the teeth.

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In 2023, the U.S. spent approximately $1.35 trillion on healthcare administration. That’s more than we spent on: •Physician salaries (~$350B) •Nursing salaries (~$335B) •Retail prescription drugs (~$450B) •Imaging, lab tests, EHRs, and outpatient procedures combined #BlueSky #MedSky #NurseSky

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Canada Post is as essential as the CBC- it reaches people and homes in places that aren’t profitable for corporate greed and allows all Canadians to feel included. We are a huge country with few urban clusters. We need Canada Post. We need the CBC. #cdnpoli

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American hedge funds own much of Canada’s private media—including the Toronto Sun. CBC? It’s publicly owned. Accountable to us. Not MAGA donors. That’s why they want to kill it. That’s why we fight to save it. #SaveTheCBC #CBCForever #MediaMatters #CdnPoli

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Ask your orthopedic and gynecology colleagues what their OR access is like. Or what the pay gap is between these two specialties with dramatically different gender demographics.

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Dear nurses, you are not the problem. You are not burned out because you lack resilience. You are burned out because of moral injury resulting from being understaffed, under resourced, and unprotected. We have the evidence and yet we keep researching resilience. It’s not your fault.

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

Thanks to @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social for the service on the e cargo bike. After 3 years and a hair under 8000 km it got a lot of replacement parts.

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How E-bikes are the responsible way of the future.

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We have enough resources to satify the poor. We don’t have enough resources to satisfy the rich.

submitted 28 days ago • 3 comments

Pro-natalists: you need to have at least 10 kids Normal people: why, are you expecting half of them to die before puberty due to lack of modern health and sanitation? Pro-natalists: you're never gonna believe what we also advocate

submitted 35 days ago • 15 comments

Oh shit

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Yes. We must squash all those under us as they are inferior and inhuman. It’s the capitalist way.

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Most right wingers don’t give a fuck about anybody except themselves and realizing that means most of your friends fucking suck.

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 46 days ago • 952 comments

It seems as though the City of Calgary has put away its pathway clearing equipment and have redeployed or let go most of its seasonal personnel who do this work.🤷‍♂️ None of the Bow River Pathway system downtown appears to have been cleared this morning or in the last snow fall.🙄 #Calgary #yycBike

submitted 47 days ago • 4 comments

Holy sheeeet. The kids went to the dentist today just for regular checkups and it was 900$! Thank goodness I have some coverage but geez that’s a ton of cash.

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Schrodinger's cyclist: simultaneously so rare that cycle lanes are a waste of money and so common as to be the main cause of traffic delays.

submitted 50 days ago • 16 comments

I honestly despise politicians running on tax cuts. Fuck that. Explain what taxes do to help people. Explain the services they provide. Explain the extra costs they'll pay because of tax cuts.

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I dream that one day our sidewalks will be as wide as our trucks.

submitted 64 days ago • 12 comments

"I think the bicycle has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat..." Susan B Anthony #WorldWomensDay @kidicalmassk.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 3 comments

Happy International Women’s Day to all the incredible women around the world. 💐 Today, we celebrate your strength, resilience, and achievements in every aspect of life. May this day be a reminder of your worth, power, and the progress we continue to strive for together. Keep shining!

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

Woah what an emotional rollercoaster this is and I’m not even talking trade wars.

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Holy fuck life is comple😢😢

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Your weather app gets its info because of NOAA. Your mail arrives at your home because of USPS. Your plane navigates the skies because of the FAA. Your food is safer -- and we get alerts when it isn't -- because of USDA. You hear about earthquakes worldwide because of USGS.

submitted 86 days ago • 18 comments

Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 90 days ago • 1910 comments

Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:

submitted 92 days ago • 525 comments

Happy 15th Birthday To BikeBike! 15 years of slinging cargo bikes into Alberta communities 15 years of empowering people with knowledge that they too could live a little lighter on the land. 15 years of fighting against the myopia of the "bike industry". 15 years of having fun riding bikes!

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With all going on in Alberta politics regarding the healthcare system right now… … your reminder that the care you receive is directly thanks to the amazing humans who work on the frontlines: the nurses, the doctors, the clerical staff, allied health, support workers 💖🧑‍⚕️

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People who are telling you that there's a lot of fraud in Medicaid are lying to you in order to try to convince you to support taking healthcare away from children on dialysis. Because the only way to convince enough normal people to harm disabled children is by lying.

submitted 97 days ago • 2 comments

Here’s what profiteering looks like Professional Fee paid to surgeon working in public hospital: $1054 Fee paid to private facility for same procedure: $6950 + $1054 professional fee = $8004 The first amount doesn’t include hospital overhead but I can guarantee it’s less than $6950 #ableg #abpoli

submitted 96 days ago • 6 comments

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

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"U.S. democracy will likely break down during the second Trump administration, in the sense that it will cease to meet standard criteria for liberal democracy: full adult suffrage, free and fair elections, and broad protection of civil liberties."

submitted 96 days ago • 2 comments

Which of these bike lanes would you actually WANT to ride on? Pictured: Summit Ave (on street bike lane) and Como Ave (off street protected bike lane). Taken same day.

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The USA has had two major plane crashes in the last 4 days. The USA had previously not suffered a major plane crash for 16 years. ‘DEI’ programs have existed for decades. So what was it that changed in the last 14 days or so to suddenly cause so many crashes?

submitted 107 days ago • 1387 comments

“Copenhagen reported that 62% of its residents are now commuting to work or school by bike — an increase from 52% in 2015 & 36% in 2012, when the City Council launched a 14-year-plan to improve the quality, safety & comfort of cycling.” #Copenhagen chose. They keep choosing even better every year.

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The top story on every US media outlet is the crash at National Airport, where 67 people died. Meanwhile, 67 Americans die in car crashes every 15 hours The DCA crash is clearly front-page news. Maybe we should give America's road safety crisis the same treatment.

submitted 109 days ago • 6 comments

The cause of extreme morning sickness (HG) has been revealed.🤰 Marlena Fejzo, PhD, discovered that the mother’s sensitivity to the GDF15 hormone is the cause behind nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, leading the way to potential treatment options for hyperemesis gravidarum (HG). #MedSky 🧪

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