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Rogue Naturalist Science+Art Mash-up Maven Into Good Trouble, Interesting Facts, & Oxford Commas Squirrelly and proud of It. Maple syrup runs in my veins.
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🇨🇦 Being a proud Albertan means being a proud Canadian, and we will NOT let her take that away from us. 🖊 Visit SeparatistSmith.ca and join the thousands of Albertans who are standing up for Canada. #abpoli #ableg

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They cut staffing, so we raised our voices. AUPE members at Extendicare Michener Hill stood strong and said "Enough is enough!" Reversing staffing cuts is essential for safe, dignified care for Albertans.

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🚨 Cool new project alert 🚨 WE- you, me, everyone- need to work together to get important science messages out to people. 4 artists & 3 scientists collab'd on these posters. We hope YOU will put them out in your community. Each poster comes w/info about each topic. Get 'em Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

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The Fight to Be Believed: Long COVID’s Toll on Black Americans #covid #covid19 #LongCovid #racism capitalbnews.org/black-americ...

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I have studied Ontario #vaccine data extensively. I am not aware of a single death in Ontario attributed either partly or entirely to a #covid #mRNA vaccination. That's for a province of 15 million with thorough vaccine safety monitoring and well over 40 million covid vaccinations.

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A large majority of Canadians in every province say they would vote no in a referendum on separating from Canada. Any politician or media claiming otherwise is lying.

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All for one and one for all! We need a strong strike mandate to get the compensation we deserve. Bowman Pringle, your Local 004 GSBC representative, urges you to vote “YES” to strike. Let’s stand together.

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Your labour IS your leverage. Dax Lydiard, your Local 003 Government Services Bargaining Committee representative, wants you to vote “YES” to strike. We need a strong strike mandate to fight for fair treatment and compensation.

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Beloved children's book author and illustrator Leo Lionni, born on this day in 1913, on creativity and the key to great storytelling www.themarginalian.org/2014/02/20/l...

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'Separatist rhetoric' in Alberta is 'harmful and divisive for all': FSIN Prairie premiers should 'remind themselves ... on treaty rights and land rights': U of Regina prof www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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I hope everyone working on LLMs has reckoned with their role in building a technology that, so far, has offered little to no benefit to humanity — while causing real harm by degrading art, undermining labor in creative industries, and straight up automating political propaganda

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“The poll suggests that the intensity of secessionist sentiment in the province is set against a much larger feeling of continued loyalty to Canada.” Hey, I’m in the majority! Phew. 🇨🇦 Canada first!

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Dear Democrats + American "friends" Even when your president says it is "unlikely" that he will use military force against our country it still worthy of a resounding response. Right? But we hear crickets. You might be okay with the end of the rule of law. Not us. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

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"These findings indicate that even mild COVID-19 can result in persistent neurocognitive deficits, structural brain alterations, and functional network abnormalities, both in individuals with and without brain fog." #covid #COVID19 #LongCovid #brain #health www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Funny cuz it’s true! 😂😂😂

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The 12 kinds of time and the consolations of living with an awareness of "chronodiversity" www.themarginalian.org/2024/09/18/c...

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Local 005 is Albertans' go-to for anything outdoors. We are proud of our important work because we're passionate about making our province a better place. Local 005's GSBC representative, Jeff Bleach, urges members to vote "Yes" for a strong strike mandate so we can make life better for Albertans.

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