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Retired NS lawyer & civil servant choosing to live in the real world. She/her. Dog lover. Amateur photographer. Believer in justice, compassion, connection & clean air. Proud member of @popns.bsky.social & my local volunteer fire department. #CanadaSky
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Wishing safety and success to all participating in this weekend’s #NoKings demonstrations. Standing up for democracy in the US matters to all of us! #PowerToThePeople

N.S. Power hack: The dark web and how your stolen data will be used against you

Pedestrians, transit users and cyclists will no longer give their own lives and health up to support shorter journey times for frustrated suburban car commuters. Correspondence circulated to the Mayor and Council yesterday docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late May. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has continued to dominate, growing strongly to 52%. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant is another challenger on the global scene, but it is below 5%. #COVID19 #Australia #LP_8_1 #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

there was a new study published *today* in Nature showing that state-level anti-trans laws increase suicide among trans kids up to 72%. when we say that the New York Times (and other rags of equal repute) is killing us, that's because *IT IS LITERALLY KILLING US*

I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.

The first civilian detained by U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was an ARMY VETERAN on his way to a VA APPOINTMENT

My 86-year-old mom said today the regime's threats of violence wouldn't keep her from protesting tomorrow. "It's my country," she said. #NoKings #inners

Covid vaccination protects against severe kidney damage, study suggests A new study finds that patients hospitalized for Covid were less likely to suffer severe kidney damage if they were vaccinated.

We’re at war with Iran, Trump’s gone into hiding, nobody will tell us our objectives, plan or end game, our Sec of Defense is a useless dipshit, our Sec of State lied about it, our DNI loves the leader of Iran’s greatest ally, & tomorrow we’re having a parade for Trump’s bday.

Danielle Smith’s decision to severely limit and charge for the COVID-19 vaccine going forward is not only betraying Albertans, but actively working against their best interests. “I no longer listen to what people say. I just watch what they do. Behavior never lies.” - Churchill #abpoli #cdnpoli

It has been a public health failure that the public does not realize how much organ damage COVID infection can cause to things that aren’t your lungs (or throat or nose or taste buds)

Hit the streets tomorrow. Be nonviolent. Be joyfully defiant. Be defiantly joyful. Ridicule him. Condemn fascism. Oppose I.C.E. Affirm diversity. Embody America. Love your neighbor. Refuse to be intimidated. Be safe. Be loud. Be encouraged. #NoKingsDay

Exactly.

The NDP have responded to the UCP’s decision to charge the overwhelming majority of Albertans full price to get vaccinated against COVID. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Most Albertans, including healthcare workers, will now have to pay to get a COVID vaccine. Danielle Smith promised Albertans would never have to pay out of pocket for the medical treatment they need. She lied. Such a cruel, dangerous, anti-science, anti-public health decision. Make it make sense.

If you’re participating in No Kings this weekend, document everything. Upload to social media, but store in another more secure place. Keep a hard copy. Back it up. Tell your story. Write down atrocities by hand if you can. Keep it somewhere safe. Future generations are counting on us.

Tomorrow is the big day. Our goal: to show the power of the 3.5% rule right here in the U.S. Over 100,000 coalition members and their families will be attending events across the country to help as needed.

If you know or are related to anyone working for ICE or any organization involved with the arrest, retention or deportation without due process please clearly express your OUTRAGE to them directly.

Hear, hear! I couldn’t agree more.

You sent them to school unprotected. You insisted on in-person education without mitigations. You did not fight for ventilation or filtration. You believed kids were magically immune to damage. Now, this. And it's going to get worse if we don't fix this... www.cbsnews.com/video/millio...

Let me see if I’m understanding this. Biking is physically challenging and scary, so we shouldn’t bother building a bike network that would at least partially solve those issues? Did I understand correctly?

Fillmore is a coward. Saying what he feels he needs to say to impress the right people at the right time. An opportunist. A follower. Does he stand for anything? Does he believe in anything? You can't trust anything this man says.

“Traffic is brutal” says the man who just removed tolls on the two bridges in Halifax, directly contributing to increasing traffic in Halifax. But let’s blame bikes!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... First, lol Secondly, resource wealth is a trap! It’s the sugar rush of economic development. You want lasting growth, you invest in universities and dense, sustainable cities. Doing good pays off. 🤬

JUST IN: Judge Charles Breyer finds that President Trump exceeded the scope of his authority and violated the 10th Amendment by federalizing the California National Guard and orders him to return control to Governor Newsom. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The protests are expanding to Europe, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. #3E #NoKingsProtest

The only people I report to are the residents of Battle River - Crowfoot! No party to tell me to vote against our own interests! This is #OurHomeOurRiding #BattleRiverCrowfoot

Hundreds of NIH scientists have issued a searing rebuke of Director Jay Bhattacharya in an open letter. The letter accuses leadership of politicizing science, slashing research, and silencing dissent. www.accountabilityjournalism.org/trump-admini...

🧵 1/ Since the carefully crafted walls of secrecy about all that was known about #LongCovid #PCC by public health & government officials are starting to crack, I thought I’d share, in order, the pieces I’ve written to date on this subject as it relates to British Columbia 🇨🇦… #CanadaSky #Covid-19

An excellent discussion. Pete is an amazing communicator.

Masks work! Respirators work even better! We’re entering another COVID wave, and the new Nimbus variant seems to have increased transmissibility. Wear a mask to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community. If you can’t afford them, a mask bloc can help!

Nimbus Covid variant (nicknamed “razor blade throat”) is widespread in the US China reported a doubling in hospitalized cases, and there are anecdotal reports on social media that some doctors have died & they’re seeing pneumonia again It’s difficult to verify, but an excellent reason to mask up!

Tanks in DC Troops in LA. A military parade on his birthday. Trump is done pretending. This is what authoritarianism looks like in America. My latest on why we must speak out now — before silence becomes complicity. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/authoritar...

"Councils for West Hants Regional Municipality, the [Municipalities of the District of Lunenburg, and County of Annapolis] voted unanimously...essentially each council agreed to formally ask the province for an indefinite delay so that communities can become better informed about potential impacts."

honestly one of the most encouraging recent developments is the naked opportunism of Governor Gavin Newsom, and I pray that there are copycats www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Double.

The National Post is significantly editing Canadian Press copy, without notifying the reader, to push a Zionist perspective and to portray Palestinians as terrorists. It's completely unethical and a breach of basic journalism standards. A new low for The National Post.

By the way, if Bluesky was as unpopular, failing, and one-sided as the editorials say it is then they wouldn’t even write editorials about it, let alone a new one every few days/weeks

I’m hearing rumors that thousands of people are calling the ICE tip line to report little green men and other aliens from outer space. That’s not why ICE set up this number, so you should absolutely NOT call that tip line to report those types of aliens. 👽 I repeat—do NOT call the below number! ☎️

Some ‘special interest groups’ seem more special than others when it comes to bending N.S. Premier Houston’s ear By @joanbaxter.bsky.social

When planning your next vacation here are some good tips on avoiding ICE, the US Marines, having your phone seized and illegal detention.

Some ‘special interest groups’ seem more special than others when it comes to bending N.S. Premier Houston’s ear by @joanbaxter.bsky.social