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If you don’t have time to read the article “What to know about the new Covid-19 variant NB.1.8.1” please, allow me to summarize its contents: what you need to know about the new variant is that the pandemic never ended and you do not want to catch (or spread) this variant.

submitted 8 hours ago • 6 comments

We should NEVER go in with the US on defence. Canada will forever be tied and in debt to upkeep this, with the US demanding more and more and more. It will not be possible to get out once in. Run the other way!

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

Wildfire smoke in #Saskatoon. #Skpoli #Abpoli #Mbpoli #CorsiRosenthalBox

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

How can we represent the main factors influencing the risk of contamination for an airborne disease? Below is a first proposal. These factors are not all independent, quite the contrary. Work in progress.

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

1/ Most people still don’t know how to use a rapid antigen test (RAT) correctly. So here’s a 🧵on how to get the most accurate results and avoid spreading COVID:

submitted 2 days ago • 40 comments

At this point I know better than to expect people to care that a new variant is causing hospital admissions to rise in other countries, for at this point I know that when a new variant causes hospital admissions to rise here in this country most people still don’t care.

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Paul Calandra is trying to pit #OntEd teachers and parents against school boards, to deflect from his government’s continued underfunding of education in a time when student needs are rising and schools are literally crumbling. We won’t fall for it. www.cochraneeagle.ca/ontario-news...

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By now you have heard that the pandemic is over, indeed, by now everyone has heard that the pandemic is over, and yet the new variant is a reminder that even though everyone has heard that the pandemic is over, the virus isn’t listening.

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"Why don't more women report sexual assaults?"

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I'm begging people to use their common sense and to check their knee jerk reactions to sexual assault cases. Mere days after it happened, he texted his friends to say he was glad he left the hotel room because they were hitting her so hard, it was hard to watch. Why would he have lied?

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The WHO has officially declared the Covid variant NB.1.8.1 to be a “Variant Under Monitoring” which is reminder that this pandemic continues to be many things but one thing it is not is under control.

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This week’s Citified post comes to us from Jacara Droog who is a housing advocate, member of the Unsheltered Campaign, and is writing in solidarity with residents at 100 Victoria. The post highlights the Region of Waterloo's recent passing of bylaw 25 and its impact on residents.

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A common clapback from measles minimizers is that, "Measles was no big deal when I was a kid. Everyone had it. So why are you so panicky now?" Let's break it down with some national Canadian data... Thread [1/6]

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

In California, solar panels on farms generates 25 times more revenue than crops. Some farmers are doubling up, growing shade-loving crops beneath panels or grazing livestock, creating wildlife habitat while maintaining food production. buff.ly/KI3lR47 #ShareGoodNewsToo

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.

submitted 69 days ago • 78 comments

This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support. This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills. This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

submitted 6 days ago • 14 comments

“Are you ever going to stop masking?” People ask this with disdain, as though they can’t comprehend how someone could still be masking in 2025 I like not being sick. If I had known how effective N95s were, I would have worn them before! As long as society stays in denial, masking is necessary

submitted 6 days ago • 23 comments

It's never too late to mask up with a respirator either. Your health is far more important than social pressure, especially as repeated COVID infections come with more health complications. If you can't afford them, check to see if a mask bloc is near you: maskbloc.org

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Joe Rogan (15M followers on X): "Tetanus is not dangerous" Fact check: "In the 1980s, before widespread use of #tetanus #vaccine, tetanus caused over 1 million deaths each year, mostly in infants. Vaccines have brought the number of tetanus deaths down dramatically." - CDC Chart: Our world in Data

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

We need to acknowledge and deal with the stigma around COVID infections. Far too many people won’t test because then they might feel a duty to isolate. Others are afraid to admit they have it because they might be accused of not doing enough to prevent it. 🧵

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

FACT: The more people choosing to walk, bike & take public transit to get around cities, the better cities work for EVERYONE, including DRIVERS. Anyone claiming that less car dependency is a “war on cars” doesn’t understand how cities (or geometry) work. It’s time we tell #TheTruthAboutTraffic.

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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop. “If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???” Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.

submitted 6 days ago • 688 comments

Another big FU from Harvard… free online courses on the US government, the US constitution, civic engagement, and more. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

submitted 7 days ago • 196 comments

The good news is that the rationality virus has been rendered immune to herds. The Logic pandemic is almost under control.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Your 'moment of doom' for May 24, 2025 ~ The beginning. "What stands out about 2025 so far isn’t just the number of tornadoes, but how Tornado Alley has encompassed just about everything east of the Rockies, and how tornado season is becoming all year." theconversation.com/in-2025-torn...

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Spy TVs. They are defective by design.

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This is a subtlety that is generally not spoken about in media reports on #measles. Vaccines are probabilistic. They are not 100% effective. Which is why everyone needs to be onboard with vaccination. It’s by its nature — because of mathematics — that we need to deploy them at scale.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Watching so-called progressive Christian "influencers" and preachers use AI stealing the work of scholars and literary writers is so intellectually dishonest that I have no words to describe my rage. If you are a liberal Christian, your entire tradition is built on academic credibility.

submitted 8 days ago • 5 comments

Canada has been named among the top 5 countries with the best quality of life. The United States ranked 22nd.

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“To limit spread, [Ontario School Safety] is calling on the province and school boards to intensify vaccination efforts and to upgrade ventilation and air quality in schools and on school buses.“

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PCs in 2017 “We cannot support the financial direction of a govt who has allowed debt to spiral out of control beyond $300B.” Today? ▶️Debt to hit half a trillion $ while Ford drives hospitals, schools & universities bankrupt—while handing $2.2B to a Mega Spa. #ONpoli globalnews.ca/news/1118887...

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4 schools flagged for possible #measles exposure in Waterloo region as cases rise #Waterloo #Ontario ‘We're seeing cases throughout the region and not just in isolated geographical areas,' says public health www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

According to the international news the “New Covid Wave in Hong Kong Is Causing Severe Infections in Children,” and meanwhile according to the national news it is about to become much more difficult to vaccinate your children against Covid.

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If you engaged in COVID denialism the last few years by pretending the pandemic’s over, it’s still 2019, & you don’t have to mask, even on planes—then you bear some responsibility for having dangerous anti-vax people like RFK Jr. in charge of our health agencies. #HardTruths

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The new FDA policy paper on COVID-19 vaccination by Vinay Prasad & Marty Makary included a table comparing the new US policy with other countries. However, they got most of the recommendations wrong - some lacked nuance, & others were blatantly incorrect. Thread by me @ @sciencewhizliz.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 23 comments

The U.S. plans to cut Energy Star. Could that raise costs for Canadians? Canadian efficiency label relies on U.S. for its name and many other things — but not everything www.cbc.ca/news/science...

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There's only one reason the FDA has decided to deny Covid boosters and thwart the development of NextGen shots. It's pure revenge. That said, the CDC hid information that the vaccines did far less to stop transmission than originally promised. Which one is worse? That misses the point. It was both.

submitted 9 days ago • 11 comments

They shuttered one Ontario landmark to support the total destruction of another.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Hey Canada especially Alberta and Ontario - the American pay through the nose system doesn't keep rural hospitals open either. Properly funding public healthcare can. #PublicHealthcare

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

In the early days of this pandemic we would balk when they told us that we have the tools, but here in the current day of this pandemic as they introduce mask bans and make vaccines inaccessible we can no longer even say that we have the tools.

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It's called #Greedflation #PriceGouging Grocery price increases outpace overall inflation for third straight month: StatCan #Canada Despite the annual pace of inflation cooling last month, Statistics Canada says consumers continue to pay higher costs for groceries. www.thestar.com/business/gro...

submitted 10 days ago • 15 comments

NEW POST: It's time for a centralization movement in Canada emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/opinion-it...

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Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies. Hospitals are being privatized through the costly use of for-profit staffing agencies, by @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... via @policyalternatives.ca

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Essential public services aren't supposed to be corporate profit hogs! What if we took the same stance with healthcare? Public transit? Police services? This is all positioning by the employer to bully the union into a CA with concessions.

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The simple metal box that could change the world. This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces, by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social, @davidelfstrom.bsky.social, Zack Deis healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... @healthydebate.bsky.social #COVID19

submitted 43 days ago • 12 comments