Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Dale Nally, minister of Service Alberta, in Edmonton in October, 2025.
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"While they don’t know exactly who is behind the network or why, the researchers flagged it as a “potential covert influence operation” in a new report released Tuesday," writes @alexboyd.bsky.social.
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In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.
249 years later, we have this idiot.
Disabled voices in journalism are as important as they are in science: lived experience is deeply meaningful in how an issue is described, framed, discussed, presented, down to the language that's used, and whether disability is framed as an ordinary part of the human experience. 🧵
Thanks to Julia for her thoughtful piece on the end of SELF Magazine, with its longform, conversational articles about women's health. Here's why it's such a shame to see it go: 🧵
This well done study reveals the multiple benefits of COVID vaccination:
•Half as many hospitalizations due to acute COVID infection
•Far fewer hospitalizations for heart related complications of COVID
•Significant reduction in overall deaths
•Lower risk of long-COVID
•Less sick days & costs
“With SARS-CoV-2 remaining endemic, our findings highlight the continued health and economic benefits of COVID-19 vaccination.
“COVID-19-vaccinated individuals experienced lower hospitalisation rates associated with COVID-19, respiratory or cardiovascular diseases, as well as reduced all-cause mortality and long COVID diagnoses.
An image of a person holding a syringe and inserting the syringe into a COVID vaccine vial.
COVID vaccines are tied to less hospital care, long COVID, and economic burden.
A large study in Germany shows lower hospitalization, all-cause death rates, and health care costs in vaccinated people.
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I teach bystander intervention for a living & I spend all my days thinking about building community care, breaking isolation, etc.
I wish more people understood how community banks, local grocery stores, door-to-door mail service, etc. are all tiny, but important ways that we build connections.
A new study shows 95% of young men used at least one tactic to persuade or coerce a woman into sex. On average, men used 8 different tactics. Primarily persistent verbal pressure, isolation, and using friends to manipulate were most common
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It costs $1 to mail a postcard across the country. Of course it's not profitable! That's not the damn point! The point is keeping people connected and this is especially true in rural, remote and Northern communities where for-profit courier services will *never* fill the gap.
👏 Canada 👏 Post 👏 is 👏 a 👏 public 👏 service 👏
Nothing proves how capitalism has brain rotted everyone than thinking the post office, hospitals, public transit, libraries, etc. need to turn a profit to be worthwhile.
Spectrum News: 'Study: Long-COVID shows high symptom burden in children'
'A University Hospital Connor Whole Health study found that pediatric patients with long-COVID report a high symptom burden'
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I just keep thinking about this. Ford loves to pound people to shit and strut across their political bodies. All the name calling. The Lefties. Socialists. Cyclists. Gravy eaters.
But he whines like a high maintenance nepo when something doesn't go his way.
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LA Times: New COVID subvariant ‘Cicada’ on the rise in California, just in time for summer
"Getting vaccinated also lowers the risk of long COVID...more times you get a COVID infection..higher your risk of ultimately developing long COVID" - Dr. Neil Silverman, UCLA
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WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
Ontarian’s pushed back against Premier Ford’s ludicrous purchase of a private jet with tax payer money.He’s now backpedaled and is trying to sell it.
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The cost of a jet is trivial compared with the financial transactions a government could hide without freedoms of information requests.
I wonder, if the proposed FOI changes had been in place during Wynne’s time would there have been a scandal that led to Ford’s election?
Yes. So, I called Ford (416 325-1941) to point that out.
Also, pointed out (h/t @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social) that the JET SCANDAL is not over yet.
We need to know who buys it & for how much because there could be a quid pro quo (a la Trump's ballroom) for the indiv/corp that buys it.
Public outrage WORKS. Ford is selling the jet!
Me: it's telling that he hasn't FLIPPED on changing the FOI rules that will RETROACTIVELY exempt him, his cabinet and staff from all FOI requests, including his cell logs. What's IN THEM that he needs to hide?
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My goverments bin so busy pertecting Ontario we axidentally bought a privutt jet but I am for the people and I like to jump in my truck and go talk to regular folks so I desided I don't need a jet and now that we got caught with it we will sell it for parts like Ontario.
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Doug Ford to sell private gov't jet days after purchase. Now he must restore the right of the Press & public to make FOI requests per the current Freedom of Information Protection of Privacy Act (Ontario), a democracy cornerstone enacted over 38 years ago!
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Relationship between Covid-19 and breast cancer recurrence.
#CleantheAir
#ffp2/3
Open windows
Vaccinate
Agree but also nice to know there IS a line.
Interesting what moves this province. Democracy undermined, no. Health care, no. Da plane, oui.
