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Just throwing it out into the universe that it'd be nice to have a reboot of "Canada: A People's History", as I'm curious to see how the new generation frames the diversity and complexity of our nation #CBC #history #documentary #reboot #canada #wishlist

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Taking advantage of the warmer #yyc temperatures to line dry some laundry #springfeels

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Consent means actively agreeing to be sexual with someone. It ✅ Must be freely given ✅ Must be explicit in words or actions ✅ Must be specific to each act ✅ Can be withdrawn at any time Respect boundaries.

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JD Vance owns AcreTrader, an app that lets wealthy—often foreign—investors buy up U.S. farmland. Guess who’s deliberately tanking farm economies so JD and his billionaire tech buddies can scoop it up for pennies. civileats.com/2024/09/18/j...

submitted 12 days ago • 557 comments

Some good and valid points made for #righttorepair to become legislated in the #CBC clip. It would reduce waste (to repair rather than replace), and create local skilled jobs #buycanadian #reducereuserecycle #sustainability #supportlocal

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The #1 reported reason people avoid doctor’s appointments is because they’re afraid of finding out they have a serious illness. If you have that fear, that’s normal and you’re not alone. Also remember, there is basically no serious illness that isn’t less serious if you catch it sooner.

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

submitted 18 days ago • 525 comments

While I do support the #BuyCanadian movement, if I feel that retailers artificially inflate the prices on these goods to #profiteer, I'll adjust my purchases accordingly

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Deleted my #Twitter and #Paypal accounts. Screw fascists and their quislings

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A great website tracking all the companies that have bent the knee to Trump and eliminated their DEI programs, and all the companies that have stood strong. www.dei.watch

submitted 22 days ago • 176 comments

The AMA has a YouTube page where you can catch up on all the fun, ongoing TB & bird flu outbreaks, since the CDC is no longer allowed to do that: youtube.com/watch?v=HlPB...

submitted 21 days ago • 223 comments

🤬Oklahoma Alert🤬 What you need to know about Bill SB593 in Oklahoma... 1/3

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I just want to be more creative, but all my energy is being used up to simply survive

submitted 24 days ago • 51 comments

One of the things I love about humans is their capacity to grow and change, as they gain more information and understanding about the world around them #takechancesmakemistakesgetmessy #life #change #humanity

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I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.

submitted 27 days ago • 456 comments

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 27 days ago • 1328 comments

Am hoping to see more #MadeinCanada salad mixes and salad kits in the future, as the ones at my local Save-On, Walmart, and Freshco only had ones #MadeinUSA. Will be making a greater effort to #buylocal #buycanadian when and where I can

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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

submitted 32 days ago • 1273 comments

Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing everyone safety, good health, and amazing sleep 💖

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The pharmacies won't take empty medicine containers when taking expired meds. They ask me to put them into a ziplock bag for an easy drop off. Anyway, it feels so weird carrying a bag of assorted loose meds for "proper" disposal, even though I know it's better than landfill or via the toilet

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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

submitted 34 days ago • 1661 comments

Yup. Microsoft automatically switched me to the $99.99/year version with Spicy Autocomplete. You have to go all the way through "cancel subscription" to be presented these options and get the $69.99/year one you actually chose.

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You do not have to consume every single tiny piece of bad news in order to be a good person. It’s ok to miss things. Traumatizing yourself isn’t the same as activism. Bearing witness to the point that you’re paralyzed with fear and horror and fury isn’t going to help us get through this.

submitted 45 days ago • 71 comments

For Booksky 📚 ❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon. ✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations! ❌ Audible: owned by Amazon. ✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.

submitted 43 days ago • 314 comments

Product recalls are one of the top reasons why I don't follow the trend to decant everything I buy. The other reason is effort "efficiency" (ie laziness) #health #safety #foodrecall #Canada

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Dropped off some clothes to be mended at my local tailor and was thrilled that they offer a discount for paying with cash--having only previously seen the discount offered by some restaurants #supportlocal #smallbiz #Canadianperk

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Could some of y'all please copy & re-post this to show that someone is always there? People impacted by winter storms & wildfire disasters are prone to substance abuse & depression. National Suicide Prevention Hotlines 0800 -689-5652 (UK) 1-800-273-8255 & 988 (USA) 1-833-456-4566 (Canada)

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

New rule: if you're asking some random person what their ancestral background is, you must disclose your own and why you want to know #etiquette

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@londondrugs.bsky.social Thank you for continuing your price matching policy in this challenging economy #shopping

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My head canon for why orange house #cats are less "brainy" is because nature already spent a lot of brainy points for their #tiger brethren 😸 #theory #notscience

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Sean is right. Highly recommend enabling accessibility requirements for alt text in your settings.

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📣 Important info for authors (and anyone else who doesn't want MS scraping their info from their Word Docs) O&O ShutUp10++ is a free tool (doesn't require install) that lets you control privacy/access in Windows 10 and 11 - you can turn off Cortana and customize a bunch of other permissions. 💙📚

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

Love that over-the-ear headphones double as earmuffs in winter ❄️

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Decided to frog a #crochet sweater I'm making for a friend. I plan to change up the stitch for the design because I know my friend will never get around to blocking it to proper shape and size after each wash, because I too cannot be bothered #redo #lazylife

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Today's gratitude is for the medical professionals in my life who are compassionate, supportive, and open-minded in my journey. I wish this was the norm, and will advocate for it to be the standard, and not the exception #equality #healthcare

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Tis the season for #scams. Be gentle and kind to victims who already feel a lot of shame and guilt for having their trusting nature taken advantage of, and remind them that there are additional scams out there to convince scam victims they can recover lost funds #protectthevulnerable #reducestigma

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Gonna be a quiet holiday season methinks. Have caught a bug that reminds me of the last time I caught #Covid, despite masking on transit and crowded public spaces #sick #socialdistance #hermitmode

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The company behind the scam-baiting granny said the AI technology can keep scammers on the phone for 40 minutes at a time, keeping them away from real people.

submitted 79 days ago • 60 comments