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Elbows up 🇨🇦 💪 Canadian & Irish novelist of character-driven fiction from horror to sci-fi to contemp. Film school grad. Ottawa dweller. Humanist. Pro-human rights, pro-democracy, pro-science 😷 INFJ www.caramartin.ca | www.ckkellymartin.com
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The similarities to their lack of Covid response struck me too. If they're not concerned with the public's health what even is their function?
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I love the idea. I've been thinking about getting a bird(s) too but have no experience with them.
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My brother loves it there and became a citizen about 6 years back. But things are going to get very rough in the U.S. I think.
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Hoping my brother in LA will return too.
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Interesting!
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Same
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That's rough. I had a good friend who supported him and I broke contact with her last year over it.
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If the CPC were smart they'd dump him.
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The are line dancing in the middle of the protest while shouting Fuck ICE
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True. 80% of the U.S. population live in urban areas.
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It's really not good. I don't know how we'll all be able to cope with an intensifying version of this every summer and beyond.
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Thank you so much. It's been slowly improving over the last few hours & we're at 128 now. I really hope you stay green.
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Ugh, sorry to hear that. It's unpleasant at my place too, despite running two air purifiers. My asthma has been bad the last two days when the AQI for Ottawa has been running between 150 and 200.
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I nearly cried with anger when I saw that news earlier. With all the damage they've done they should never get out of jail. So much pointless destruction.
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Thanks! It's just awful. I've been checking both cities all day because my dad's in TO and each time we were a bit worse in Ottawa than TO (by about 20 or so) until now when there's a big difference between the two.
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Ottawa has been worse all day than TO and is still worse now. Currently at 181 AQI while TO's at 99 so hopefully the stranglehold on TO is breaking and we can follow you out of it. www.iqair.com/ca/canada/on... It's been a brutal couple of days. Asmtha cough, sore throat, stuffy nose, headache.
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No retreat, baby, no surrender.
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It hasn't actually been hot, but the AQI range is unhealthy for anyone to be outdoors. I posted the recommendations for the 151 to 200 AQI on a subsequent post. It really hasn't gotten any better all day, sadly. I hope there's some improvement tomorrow.
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The most important thing is to keep fighting for that no matter what. So many people are apathetic, and that doesn't get us anywhere. Like Kamala Harris said, "The future is always worth fighting for."
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I'm glad to hear your dad's area is improving. I hope that yours stays clear!
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For a sensitive person I think the extra exertion could make it a problem. I know I personally wouldn't chance it unless I didn't have anywhere else to be indoors.
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Thank you! I hope it's not too bad where you are.