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Bloomberg reporting that members of the Federal Aviation Administration have been threatened with termination if they act to "impede" a takeover by SpaceX, the private space exploration firm owned by billionaire Elon Musk. This is what an oligarchy does. www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-fa...

My bestie was in the hospital for almost a week in February 2025 due to complications from Covid. She's younger than me by five years. She's fully vaxxed, and she still ended up inpatient.

Pretending COVID doesn’t exist, believing the lie from the government & mainstream media that “COVID is over”, incorrectly using “post-pandemic” language, all play a role in the worsening of the *ongoing* COVID pandemic, not only for immunocompromised people but for EVERYONE #COVIDisNotOver

EVIL. www.linkedin.com/posts/aljaze...

On #IWD2025, I want to remind people of a story that did not get adequate attention. 70,000 men were found in a group chat admitting to raping their own wives, sisters & mothers. Many men think they don't know a rape victim, when in reality far too many women have stories. They just never get told

7 year old suffers stroke while playing football, doctors find multiple clots in the brain. They believe he had “warning strokes” a week prior. Is anyone investigating why young children are developing blood clots? Anyone? This is heartbreaking but glad he will pull through

"To hospital administrators and those in government and public health, upgrade the air quality in hospitals. Provide free respirators to staff and patients. Start educating the public on the fact that Covid is still here, still deadly and still airborne": www.disabledginger.com/p/we-need-ma...

That is exactly true.

Please keep passing this along today on International Women’s Day. Gisele Pelicot was fearless in her battle to make sure the victims of sexual violence and rape do not take the blame as their own for it is not theirs to bear.

People can’t face the harm of unmitigated COVID spread. They can’t consider they might have Long Covid. That they might already be disabled. They don’t WANT to consider it. They want their “normal” back. Viruses don’t care what we want. Disability can come for you at any point. Wear a mask.

The people defending the welfare cuts specifically targeting the disabled are wild to me. We're all one illness or accident away from permanent disability. That could be them tomorrow, next week, next month, next year. None of us are immune to disability.

Wear a mask. Protect the disabled. One day YOU could be the one that is disabled.

I read medical charts all day, and I can guarantee you this: there is a disturbingly high chance that someday you'll be disabled, whether permanently or temporarily. Invasive cancer? Stroke? Get hit by a car? Fall and hit your head? I could go on for hours. It could happen at any time, to anyone.

The actual fraud isn’t people faking disability. It’s politicians pretending to care about disabled people, then slashing the support that keeps us alive.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.

The aurora right above me

More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point. /cc @shasti.bsky.social

Human remains found in the Prairie Green landfill belong to Morgan Beatrice Harris, one of four victims of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, RCMP have confirmed.

Must-read story. Absolutely chilling. How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...

Second SpaceX launch in a row blew up tonight, here’s a video from inside a commercial airline. If you’re wondering why they are allowed to fly in this area, the FAA had grounded flights but the leadership involved got DOGE’d.

Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.

What?!?!! WHY?

Earnest Prescotte is still picking up the pieces of his life nine months after his Transcona home exploded.

Roughly $2.5 billion meant to fund housing for Indigenous people living off reserve in urban, rural and northern areas across Canada is frozen in limbo, with zero dollars spent, about two years after the money was first announced.

President Trump to Chief Justice Roberts, author of the presidential immunity decision: “Thank you again. I won’t forget.” Slaps him on the shoulder.

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with Feb 23 data - Kingston, Peel, Sudbury, and Toronto data updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, PEI, SK wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

My article, during trump's previous term, under my other byline: www.pressreader.com/canada/toron...

Three have died in ICE custody as Trump rapidly expands capacity to incarcerate immigrants, including at Gitmo and mainland jails. “His family says he entered completely healthy, no history of health conditions, and within three weeks he left the facility brain dead." truthout.org/articles/law...