Sadness is a downpour—it arrives without asking, soaking through our defenses in seconds. Joy is a garden—it must be planted seed by seed, watered with intention, weeded of doubt, and fiercely guarded against the storms that would drown it.
A close-up of a black and white doodle face, the white showing in his brown eyes
A map of Canada with blue location pins marking cities across the country, including Vancouver, Squamish, Creston, Terrace, Edmonton, Regina, Kenora, Barrie, Montreal, Cape Breton, and locations in Newfoundland and Labrador. Pins are concentrated along the southern border from British Columbia through Ontario and into Atlantic Canada. Three large blue question marks appear over the far north, roughly over Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, suggesting missing or unknown locations in those regions.
There are now healthcare infusion chapters 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 of this country.
But none in any of the northern territories yet.
If you're there, and want to join the effort to get nurses and doctors in your community, visit startchapter.healthcareinfusion.org
Crumbling health systems fuelling global surge in measles, scientists warn www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
"The decline in vaccination rates has been blamed on growing levels of misinformation..."
"#Misinformation is just being spewed from the highest political echelons of the U.S."
Anyone who doesn't want to vax their pets should have to clean a full parvovirus isolation ward for one week. The horrific smell, the vomiting and diarrhea, the suffering & death would change their minds about prevention. The vaccine works. It prevents suffering.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/s...
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
See the cruelty of Premier Danielle Smith & her government. The egregious destruction of Charter rights is appalling. The government spent one year's worth of potential teachers' compensation by paying out coal developers for Alberta government policy changes & errors.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Northern lights above a home that is silhouetted below.
Northern lights in the shape of an eagle
Pink and green and red northern lights
Northern lights with trees below
Northern lights decided to give us a show above our home. Be they gas or ghost, they are spectacular nonetheless.
#alphabetchallenge
#WeekNforNights
#photography
#EastCoastKin
#northernlights
Autism isn't a disease
It's a developmental difference, part of the natural diversity human brains. Framing it as a disease fuels stigma.
(It doesn't need to be "cured" with oversold supplements based on thin scientific evidence 😒)
Pink and orange clouds in a periwinkle sky, with black silhouettes of trees below
Periwinkle, pink, and peach skies.
I could not ask for more.
#sunrise #goodmorning #landscapes #photography #nature #skies
Graham Greene helped make the rest of the world see Indigenous people as real human beings. The first time I saw him on screen was in Dances With Wolves and the last time was in The Last of Us. What a tremendous legacy! RIP ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️
Looking at this from my view in Alberta rn makes me so jealous.
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
RFK Jr. is targeting mRNA technology, a major scientific advancement that allowed for the rapid development of coronavirus vaccines. wapo.st/4lhtvKe
Completely horrifying.👇 Anti-science monster.
RFK Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
Reality: Vaccine...
- saved millions of lives
- < hospitalization
- < long COVID
- > pregnancy outcomes
- < healthcare costs
- promising platform for other diseases!
- etc, etc!!!
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Oo I was wrong - it’s written by Henry Hipkens!
It sounds like Traffic’s oldie Who Knows What Tomorrow will Bring.
The monitoring station on Mauna Loa provides the longest direct measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Trump wants to shut it down, which is like taking the batteries out of your screaming smoke alarm and pretending the house isn't on fire. #climatechange
Cool
Several Chiefs across Canada gathered today in Ottawa to prepare for their meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney regarding newly-passed Bill C-5.
The bill proposes to accelerate development projects like pipelines by speeding up the approval process.
I implore everyone to read this article. It’s unbelievable. I’m at a loss for words.
I’ve been seeing a lot of anecdotal posts from ER and Peds doctors about this as well.
Today, I sent the attached letter to First Nations affirming that #ForeverCanadian and I will support and, if necessary, take Court action to protect Canada and its treaty obligations. The petition I filed protects First Nations' entrenched rights.
#ableg #cdnpoli
Get the real facts.
Learn more about why Gender-affirming care saves lives. scienceupfirst.com/2slgbtqia/ge...
Keep this in mind in 2025 there have been 1208 cases of measles in the whole of the United States with a population of 347 million. Alberta has 1020 cases with a population approx. 5 million. publichealth.jhu.edu/ivac/resourc...
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
Having one accepting adult in a LGBTQ+ young person’s life reduces their suicide risk by 40 percent. Be that adult.
