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Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma It IS changing us. Not for the better. We’re detached, colder & apathetic

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Great, bracing piece from Rhea Rollmann #IWD #IWD2025

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Elbows up, Canada. 🇨🇦

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

"Disengaging in the political issues that surround and influence science is not the virtue that some commentators would have you believe." Failing to act "will only embolden those who seek to exert political influence over science and scientists – and erode the foundational principles of science."

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Setting fire to American governance for the insurance money

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Over the weekend, my brother took a chainsaw and cut his way into a ketamine junkie’s brain. Now he lives there rent free. I’ve never been more proud. www.salon.com/2025/03/03/e...

submitted 6 days ago • 24 comments

The temptation to duck & cover & hope the attack passes over us can be strong. But ultimately, they'll come back around for all of us. They are out to destroy the American university, which they view as a threat. So we might as well stand up, speak out, & fight back while we still have the chance.

submitted 7 days ago • 22 comments

I wish more prominent scientists would speak out about what is happening under Trump. Yes, there is a real threat to one's livelihood of doing so. Being a scientist has been my lifelong dream, but there's honest work I can do outside of science, and I'd rather do that than serve the current regime.

submitted 7 days ago • 46 comments

In advance of the Oscars tonight: a lot of comedy heroes let you down. They become unfunny/bitter/closed minded. Conan is the exception. He has grown & evolved & is funnier than he’s ever been. He’s also an extremely kind and lovely human. Just a sincere post to say: Conan rules.

submitted 7 days ago • 404 comments

Love to see this. #TeslaTakedown protests keep gaining more traction. 👀

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

“It feels great because right now I feel powerless. Nobody can keep up with all of the destruction. I don’t feel empowered unless we get out into the street; that’s one thing we have is mass.” #teslatakedown www.cnn.com/2025/03/01/b...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Another good'un from Winnipeg comedy fest 😂

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youtu.be/QBjxjdnPnj0?...

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Don't threaten me with a good time

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Mad River Glen ski Area, Vermont sign 💙 (no truer statement he sold out)

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Seeing the protest in Vermont today healed me a little. Thank you, Vermont. I needed that.

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I knew Trump and Vance’s tough guy acts in DC today reminded me of SOMEthing. 🤔

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

my dog when I ask what’s in his mouth

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Sharing a request from the Kitchen Table community of @moriartylab.bsky.social Dr.Tara needs time to care for herself, after spending four years taking care of #Canada Will you help or share? @dfisman.bsky.social @deonandan.bsky.social @nilikm.bsky.social @nicktsergas.ca @jvipondmd.bsky.social

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.” There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

submitted 10 days ago • 1192 comments

There is good in politics. This is a great result for Ottawa Centre. A silver lining on a cold winter night ❤️

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Very happy for Catherine McKenney, and their decisive victory in Ottawa Centre. A powerful new voice at Queen’s Park, and a true champion for Ottawa.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

And PLEASE VOTE. Last time, Ford got a majority based on votes from only 18% of the electorate.

submitted 10 days ago • 10 comments

The polar bear in my daughter’s climate change project has broken my heart

submitted 15 days ago • 12 comments

Casually bringing this back… #OCanada 🍁

submitted 16 days ago • 319 comments

I have solved Bird Flu. Give the chickens ivermectin. Have the chickens practice Earthing. The problem with their immune systems is they are not touching the soil enough. Coffee enemas for all chickens. Also we must stop reading them Ibram X. Kendi. Eggs will be back and most importantly not gay.

submitted 17 days ago • 1336 comments

This is beautiful 🥹

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

DITCH HIM 🇨🇦🇺🇸

submitted 16 days ago • 53 comments

How it started. How it’s going

submitted 16 days ago • 267 comments

Scores of federal workers w/ disabilities were let go in last week's "Valentine's Day Massacre." Here's a story about the pain, anger and bewilderment I heard from so many people this week. @statnews.com #disability www.statnews.com/2025/02/21/l...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

This is the biggest Canada/Russia game since the 72 Challenge Series. 🇨🇦 🇷🇺 🇺🇸

submitted 17 days ago • 47 comments

The PRIME MINISTER of the COUNTRY of CANADA has entered the chat… 🇨🇦

submitted 17 days ago • 17 comments

Like watching Charlie Sheen in his peak Tiger Blood era, but with keys to waves hands around in every direction

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Sisters

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

time to dig up the @adamkotsko.bsky.social tweet

submitted 21 days ago • 73 comments

Not one of my many, many aunts and uncles know how to put their phone on silent or talk without using speakerphone. It’s just ding ding whistle honk squawk squeak all day and all night.

submitted 21 days ago • 84 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

submitted 22 days ago • 541 comments

Today’s reminder that you don’t gotta hand it to them. Handing it to them is a choice.

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments

Pepperidge farm remembers! It happened so quickly here, and we were too slow to react. Indeed, we didn't really fully mobilize until Trump tried the same thing in his first term. On April 22, 2017, Canadians across the country joined the March for Science. We had the best signs, too :(

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.

submitted 23 days ago • 503 comments

Canadians, now’s not the time to sit around with our thumbs up our butts. We’ve got some real issues with vaccine uptake and we cannot stand and gawk at what’s happening in the US without taking a hard look at ourselves: National flu shot, ‘23-‘24, for 18-64yo: 28% www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

My brothers and sisters in lab coats: come to Canada.

submitted 25 days ago • 16 comments

Grocery shopping in Canada now feels like a team event. I have never seen so many strangers talking, it’s good for everyone.

submitted 25 days ago • 73 comments

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

submitted 24 days ago • 786 comments

If you understand that apartheid was an economic system first, and a brutally violent system of social segregation second, you'll understand how Elon Musk is trying to update the principles from his homeland, and bring about a neo-apartheid system in the US. My latest in @thenation.com

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