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Group portrait photographed at Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, around 1905. Standing: (L-R): Napoleon Sauve, John Seesequasis. Sitting: (L-R): Thomas Spence, William Spence (boy), Mary (née Seesequasis) Sauve, Annie Spence, Maggie Eyapaise.’ 📷 Unknown | Family Collection

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Happy #InternationalLeopardDay 😻🐆

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This is the Prime Minister I voted for. If you believe in our Canadian democracy you need to vote for it and you need to fight for it. #CanadaStrong

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Surprised Pikachu kitty! Photo from my collection, no documented date/info.

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Forgive me for being a party pooper; I think this is a good thing, but why is it only happening after nearly 20 years of SaskParty rule, considering they’ve spent 20+ years harping about the previous administration being forced to close regional health centres because the province was bankrupt.

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🚨HEY DORKS, WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨 We preparing for a BIG fight against Trump's attack on science and we won't stop until we win! We are grassroots and run on donations. Whether it's $5 or $500, every little bit counts in the fight to save science. #standupforscience actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

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You have to love that provinces that refuse to properly fund voluntary rehab are suddenly gung-ho on involuntary drug treatment (which will also be underfunded and will just lead to even more deaths).

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Testicular cancer was fatal in ~95% of cases before cisplatin was developed in the 1970s. Today, survival exceeds 95%, even when cancer has metastasized. That’s thanks to: Chemotherapies Scientific research Biopharmaceutical therapies Evidence-based medicine 1/

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"Children being absent from schools has become such a major issue that the Merced County District Attorney has issued warrants for parents and guardians, but a doctor in Merced says the chronic absenteeism may actually be a symptom of “long COVID.” #onted www.yourcentralvalley.com/digital-ente...

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Sure, but I seem to recall all those regulatory standards being gutted in the last month or two…

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Just to be clear, this is a violation of the fundamental ethical principle in clinical trial design called "equipoise." Equipoise means that no-one is exposed to excess risk just to test the therapy. That's specifically why vaccine trials don't use placebo arms. Ethical violation as POLICY.

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um wow? (bad wow) 23 new measles cases yesterday. one day. 13.5% increase. So is our (their?) intent to just let 'er rip until it burns through the unvaccinated population? No campaign to improve vaccine uptake? Just you do you? source: www.alberta.ca/measles

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The WHI is supposedly restored, but we have lost the contraception bible and this story is not getting enough attention vajenda.substack.com/p/the-whi-is...

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Fittingly, STRIKE by @sarahebond.bsky.social is 50% off all month!

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You asked, I listened As an act of civic journalism, I contacted the Privy Council Office and the Speaker of the House of Commons to clarify if Pierre Poilievre can still serve as Leader of the Opposition and if he can continue living in his public mansion The official answers: No and no

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@billyonions.bsky.social did an interview with CBC Saskatoon about his experience being a rural dad to a trans/queer child. So proud of him being an example of rural Saskatchewan men who reject homophobia and transphobia. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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More of this.. www.startribune.com/science-muse...

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100 days ago, we couldn't envision the toll of death and suffering this man would cause. Now scientists are estimating the body count, the new rise of infectious diseases once subdued. My latest for The Nation. @mathewkiang.com @nathanlo.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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“Miss Iris Davis… spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a 'lassoo' from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940.“ www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

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This week's new episode of @pbs.org NOVA is exceptional. A thorough hourlong review of scientific racism told through the history of medical mistreatment of Black patients. I recommend highly. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...

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My Birdathon #AlphabetOfBirds continues! I is for insectivores! Aerial insectivores are birds that feed exclusively on insects while flying. My favourite is the tree swallow - blue-helmeted superhero bird! (1/3) #birds 🌿

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Here’s a no-brainer going forward in Canada — change the law so that anyone seeking to be leader of a National Political Party should be specifically required to submit for and successfully receive top secret security clearance. Call it the Poilievre Bill.

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RFK Jr. is ending the federal Narcan distribution program credited with the recent steep decline in overdose deaths. This despite his own past heroin addiction and his own brother dying of a drug overdose in 1984.

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Honored to speak at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute workshop on #LongCOVID. I am energized by our 2 days of brainstorming about the road ahead. The challenges are real, but I’m leaving hopeful. Millions living with Long Covid are counting on our progress—we must keep keep pushing forward!!!

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Already happening, in fact.

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Poilievre vows to stay on as party leader for reasons of being otherwise unemployable #CanadaVotes #cdnpoli

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Receiving this letter from a civil rights lawyer in NYC who read _Strike_was perhaps the most moving piece of mail I have ever received. I can’t tell you how much I will cherish this letter for the rest of my career. 🥹

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Canadian COVID Forecast Apr 26-May 9, 2025 CANADA VERY HIGH (no change) About 1 in every 142 people infected Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections ~11X higher -Long COVID ~10X higher -Hospitalizations ~15X higher -Deaths ~14X higher

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Note: When right-wing activist Sean Feucht held and impromptu evening worship service in the Capitol Rotunda back in 2023, police occasionally walked in to speak with lawmakers participating, but no one was arrested. religionnews.com/2024/07/08/t...

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The stop work orders affect the development of an intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 and an intravenous shot for immunocompromised people. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... 🧪

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I wrote this bonus, alt-text version but then I forgot to put it in ☹️ Here it is anyway William Carlos Williams voice I have tested the samples that were in the lab and which you were probably planning to analyse Forgive me they were intriguing so significant and so quantifiable

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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Next stop on our #30CanadianFoods journey? Saskatchewan! 🌾 Dive into the land of lentils with this hearty chili recipe, plus travel tips, local eats, and small businesses to support. 👉 gingernorth.wixsite.com/fair-and-fur... #BuyCanadian #SaskatchewanProud

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Today is my two year anniversary on Bluesky! 🥳 It was such a ghost town when I got here but I just kept posting and believing and here we are. Thank you to @huwupy.kawaii.social who gave me the invite code and to all of you for following!

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Paris definitely wasn’t always this way. This is all pretty recent. And the change wasn’t magic, or even all that hard. It just took a clear vision and determined leadership. Your city could choose leadership too if it actually wanted to. Great pic via @jbpssx.bsky.social

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We told the truth about who he is. It has nothing to do with any other Italian or person of Italian descent. He was a mass-murderer, thief, enslaver, torturer, and incompetent governor who was despised by his own men & fellow officers and died penniless after being imprisoned.

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It’s a pure fallacy to say that the best way to become immune is by getting infected. Even more bonkers in the case of measles is that the measles virus can wipe out ALL former immunity to other infections, meaning even if you don’t get that sick from measles you’re gonna get sick all the time after

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Remember: "CTV cancelled a segment on its national morning show fact-checking “election misinformation” after an online backlash from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and right-wing alternative media outlets targeting a prominent journalist." PP can sure spread lies, but he can't handle the truth.

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Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney. The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.

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I couldn’t care less whether companies use synthetic or naturally-derived dyes — I have zero skin in the game. The issue? The war on “synthetic food dyes” isn’t about food dyes: It’s about letting uninformed opinions & misinformation undermine science, data, & public health. A thread 👇🏻 1/

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“The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt” at the Jewish Museum explores how Rembrandt and his contemporaries depicted the tale of Queen Esther, drawing parallels between her story of courage and the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain.

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“How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing.” “1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.” Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.

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This beautiful picture is from Toronto. This week. Not 2022, not 2021. 2025. Covid is still ongoing. It never ended. If your event doesn't have a mask requirement it isn't accessible or inclusive & puts others at risk.

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