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Hi friends, Measles isn’t just a rash and fever. Even a mild case can erase years of acquired immunity, leaving you vulnerable to infections. It’s a gateway to severe illness long after recovery.

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We got electric cars right the first time; can we please go back to the original plan here dms-cf-03.dimu.org/file/0136Mv4...

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By the by, cronyism is literally the opposite of meritocracy. (It’s always projection with these people.)

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71% of Americans believe that the very wealthy have too much influence on the White House, and 69% said they think the wealthy are making money off their White House connections, according to Reuters polling. www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...

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This is a great @justcalma.bsky.social piece on Apple's brand new claims to be selling a "carbon neutral" (no) watch - and very rightly reminds us that we should be focusing on the company's decisions and fossil fuel footprint as a whole, not just at one product! Let me add a few things on this...

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Apple is being sued for its 'carbon neutral' watches, and particularly about the dodgy carbon offsets it used for ~28% of that claim. Good! BUT - Apple relies on low quality renewable energy certificates to offset most of the rest, and that is possibly worse imo! www.reuters.com/technology/a...

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I don’t even know how this could be presented as being in service of anything other than hindering scientific progress.

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

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Neo-Nazis targeted a majority-Black town. Locals launched an armed watch wapo.st/41qCmBI

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Anyone want to see our latest paper on #masks? #healthpolicy 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

submitted 7 days ago • 32 comments

One day "boycotts" are purely performative. Unless buying habits change longterm, companies don't give one single eff. Please be serious rn.

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Reminder that when the Freedom Convoy began, Doug Ford went AWOL snowmobiling in the Muskokas, did little to nothing to support the City of Ottawa as the second biggest city in the province descended into anarchy for 3 weeks, then later refused to testify at the emergencies act inquiry

submitted 7 days ago • 63 comments

People forget that searching the landfill was an election issue - and that some candidates vehemently campaigned to never do it.

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SCOOP: AHS won't publicly disclose nursing contracts from 2023/24 and 2024/25, so I obtained them through FOIP. Companies with the largest contracts include a multi-national, and a company co-owned by a motivational speaker and self-published author. www.theprogressreport.ca/largest_ahs_...

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[pressing ignore call as the children's hospital makes their forty-seventh attempt to reach me about my sick child] the key to government efficiency is making sure park rangers spend time answering mass emails they find in their spam folders

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Almost everyone in Denmark and the Netherlands has a family doctor. Timely access to a GP, primary care teams listed as some of the highlights. Here's what Canada can learn, by @stephaniedubois.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/radio/whitec... via @cbcnews.ca @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social

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'The atmosphere is so pregnant with arrogance and hate. This hate is too big. They can’t hide it any more.' This is not happening only in Germany. It is happening pretty much all over Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

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“Short of mass closures, the Ford government’s sharpened financial degradation of public universities is more likely to accelerate the privatization process for better-endowed universities while elsewhere precipitating class streaming, quality cuts, program closings, & increased regional disparity.”

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Trump administration has quietly ordered Border Patrol to gather photos, fingerprints and other data on all "alien minors" under the age of 14 encountered at the border, per memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-trump...

submitted 14 days ago • 70 comments

Why does my spouse disapprove when I do the banana in my ear bit?

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Wake up babe new concentration camp brand just dropped

submitted 19 days ago • 10 comments

THE FIRST EVERRRRR EPISODE OF MY PODCAST IS OFFICIALLY OUT 💞 Join me for the week's headlines (so you don't have to doomscroll)! Then, hang out with @parismarx.com and me as we talk about Canada's BROLIGARCHS, who are starting to act a lot like their musky counterpart.... I hope you love it 🥰

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A swastika t-shirt is the only item on the Yeezy website. Powered by Shopify. It's not the first time Shopify has powered stores selling items with Swastikas. I've reached out to them about this before, and they kept powering the stores. The only thing they changed, eventually, was their rules.

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"Wash your hands" does nothing for an airborne pathogen this piece even identifies as such. Media misinformation and public health incompetence is literally killing us. Rampant COVID is a contributing element to TB reactivation and susceptibility. Come onnn www.vice.com/en/article/t...

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Le maire de Hampstead s’est surpassé dans ses dérapages ces derniers jours, estimant de bon goût de faire de l’humour sur le thème du nettoyage ethnique et la déportation de 2 millions de civils palestiniens. Comment un élu peut-il dire pareilles choses en toute impunité ? 👇🏽 lp.ca/cu0gNx?shari...

submitted 25 days ago • 15 comments

It's oppression all the way down

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Conspiracy theorists

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“USAID-backed studies have been shuttered, data streams have dried up, researchers and technical staff have been fired or put on leave, a system to predict food crises has been muzzled, and a USAID-supported global health journal has stopped reviewing manuscripts.” From our @science.org news team 🧪

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Media friends, anyone have a contact at CTV? I'd like to ask them to name me as the author of this feature, not just crediting the LJI wire. I put a lot of time and effort into this reporting and I would like to credited for that work with at least a byline. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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The Wikipedia page for crimes against humanity shouldn't be a political platform

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Profiteers say 'no end in sight' for profiteering crisis

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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre spent Monday evening at his $1,750-per-plate fundraiser hosted at a mansion so large it has its own postal code. Oh, and the guy who owns that place? Yeah, looks like he profits from privatized healthcare facilities in the United States. Let's talk about it:

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Adobe no

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Everyone knows you can’t have a public health disaster if you simply don’t have any public health

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🚨 New research from Lund University shows how quickly COVID-19 spreads through the air! Just minutes in the same room with an infected person can lead to exposure, especially in poorly ventilated spaces. Stay informed and protect yourself. 💜 #PediatricLongCovid #LongCovidFamilies

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All these billionaires who support far-right politics. Do you think they do it out of concern for regular people? Or is it for their own self-interest? 🤔

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