A Vancouver, B.C.-based Conservative TikTok creator called Robin Skies is also a former party staffer for the B.C. Conservative Party called Adam Beattie, @thetyee’s @jenstden reports. “Skies” mostly talks about immigration in his videos, claiming that immigrants push up housing costs, are […] - ThreadSky

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A Vancouver, B.C.-based Conservative TikTok creator called Robin Skies is also a former party staffer for the B.C. Conservative Party called Adam Beattie, @thetyee’s https://journa.host/@jenstden reports. “Skies” mostly talks about immigration in his videos, claiming that immigrants push up housing costs, are […]

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Flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

“Mississippi, a state known for its rich culture and strong heritage, also faces some of the nation’s most glaring health disparities. Among them is the inequity in cervical-cancer prevention and treatment, which is often shaped by racism and systemic discrimination in health care,” writes […]

Flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

This NBC story on how mRNA vaccines might show promise in addressing pancreatic cancer was so good, our @ScienceDesk shared it twice. And we’re sharing it a third time because vaccines work, and mRNA vaccines are a phenomenal scientific achievement that should be celebrated […]

Flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

Hoopla, which provides U.S. public libraries with ebooks, says it will do more to prevent their distribution after https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco showed they were common on the platform. An AI-generated book about Elon Musk and a cookbook about fatty liver by an author who does not appear to exist were […]

Flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

The Ilemi Triangle is a disputed region that straddles the north of Kenya, southern Ethiopia and South Sudan. “Controversy over the Ilemi’s ownership can be traced back to colonial meddling,” writes Kang-Chun Cheng for https://journa.host/@thexylom. The main employment for people who live in the region is herding […]

Flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@stevanzetti’s story for @texasobserver.social on the ICE prosecutor who seems to be running a white supremacist X account isn’t only impressive because of what he’s revealed. It’s a remarkable piece of research that takes into account publicly available documents, social media activity, and […]

aspensmonster.tenforward.social.ap.brid.gy•5 days ago

@Flipboard @ScienceDesk as someone with chronic pancreatitis (and as such, an increased risk of pancreatic cancer) 😮

Flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy•4 days ago

@aspensmonster Absolutely — it's a small and limited study right now (only 16 patients, all of whom had operable pancreatic cancer, which is quite unusual) but any advance in treatment is really incredible given the prognosis. Here's a link to the trial if you want to dive deeper […]

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