So listen. We have this data. Showing hospital admissions for ‘resp’ infections 2x pre-pandemic. But ALL school absence discussions - see CBC! See the National last night! IGNORE growing illness as biggest absence factor (or ANY factor!). This is horrible reporting/journalism. /1
Respirator masks in packages
Imagine for a moment, if people wore N95 respirators for a week, or a month, and the state encouraged it?
In a coordinated fashion, airborne disease would take a tumble every year. It wouldn't just be performative yet important like donning a poppy for a couple weeks. It would save lives.
How much "loss" do fire departments report annually? Police? The armed forces? Roads? Schools? Solid waste collection? Wastewater treatment? Public health agencies?
👏 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.
Canadian doctors obeying a U.S. executive order that doesn’t even apply to Canada is deeply offensive to both trans people and to Canadian legal sovereignty.
Also, people are being fooooooled by oligarchs if they think Canada Post is what's tanking Canada's economy. Truly, congrats on getting scammed by propaganda, my guys.
public safety responses - what if we want our houses to burn more?
" Saskatoon Fire Department said it had responded to 195 overdose calls in the first 2 weeks of April alone — a total surpassing the 3 previous months, with weeks to go."
Safe consumption site closed end of March ....
But what if we want expensive cruelty that harms us [people who aren't rich] by slowing health care and education, too?
Tens of millions of dollars. and scarce water.
‘Simply stop giving millionaires water for literally free’ is one of the most insane sounding but actually serious policy solutions out there
COVlD cases need to fall "well below 10,000" per day for the country to achieve some semblance of pre-pandemic life.
-Dr. Anthony Fauci
How did Plains Indians explain and use fossils of long-extinct animals? Delighted to be cited in this fine article
www.distinctlymontana.com/buffalo-call...
Right wing: when we express our views on campus, people frown at us or even talk back.
Left wing: when we express our views on campus, we get arrested and expelled.
Center: we really need to protect these right wing students
An adult female kākāpō feeding a chick in a nest. Credit: Andrew Digby
#kakapo Esperance with chick Elsie-A2-2026 on Whenua Hou. At a month old the chicks start to get coloured feathers and males will weigh around 1kg - not far off the mother's weight. But she's still less than halfway through raising them in the nest! #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #wildlife
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
A private corporation is building a sloth zoo in Orlando & marketing it as a conservation experience supporting wild sloths.
Except they are filling their zoo by kidnapping wild sloths from rainforests in Guyana. They have taken 69 sloths & more than 31 are already dead.
It’s still moving forward
My former neighbor, who lost his home after his landlord stopped taking rental assistance from the VA, was murdered last week after someone tried to steal the van he lives in: www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Nelson was a good man. There will be a memorial tonight. DM me if you would like to attend.
You sure this wasn't lifted from Mein Kampf? Sounds like Adolf talking about Aryans.
If you want a book that has thousands of years of things to say about this topic, that isn’t Eurocentric, and that ends with scathing thoughts about today’s sovereigns of code, may I suggest mine?
US preorders: tinyurl.com/DataEmpireUS
UK/Commonwealth: tinyurl.com/DataEmpireUK
Arctic seals have regained one of their most important legal protections. A federal appeals court in the US has reinstated nearly 160 million acres of critical habitat for bearded and ringed seals off Alaska’s Arctic coast, reversing a 2024 lower-court ruling. buff.ly/kB0iIYe
#ShareGoodNewsToo
COVlD advocacy work within a larger professional organization? Please reach out via DM or email (googleable)
Are you doing any #COVID advocacy work within a broader professional organization?
If so, please reach out. We're doing some organizing in this area. It would help to know any successes or pain points. Thanks! DM or email (googleable)
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The Frogs Sing Loudly in Spring
Christi Belcourt ~ Métis
2021
Erin, suffering from Long COVlD eyes, made a selfie wearing a black Facemoon KN95 respirator with a matching black T-shirt, while sitting inside a car.
“Something like 50% of COVlD cases are asymptomatic now, so it's impossible to know who’s contagious. Masking is just plain common sense.”—Erin Ahrens @erin7696.bsky.social is devastated by #LongCOVID eyes, in addition to a serious C19-exacerbated chronic condition.
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DON'T COME HERE.
They kidnap people off the streets & throw them in filthy holes.
They don’t care who you are.
They don't care if you're white, either, if you think that'll save you.
They have quotas.
(It’s all about money.)
THE US IS NOT SAFE.
STAY AWAY.
news.sky.com/story/englan...
(Reuters) - European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that could entrench rather than resolve deeper problems, diplomats with past experience dealing with Tehran said.
“Not density OR trees, density AND trees.” Better cities are climate action. URBAN Truth Collective
Remember, not density OR trees. Density AND trees.
Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth
Graphic with “suburban sprawl” at the top and four checked boxes that say “bankrupting public costs, skyrocketing, household costs, paralyzing car dependency, and irreversible harm to the future.” The bottom line says “the cost is far too high.” Via the URBAN TRUTH COLLECTIVE
They want us to think that Suburban Sprawl is cheap. But the truth is, the costs are FAR too high. #UrbanTruth
Anti-migrant streamers and 'auditors' who generate millions of views on Youtube, while posing as ‘citizen journalists’, have a record of abusive behaviour towards women and sexual offences, a Byline Times investigation reveals
bylinetimes.com/2026/04/17/t...
Please don't fall for quacks pushing bad drugs. Dr. Hotez warns about the scam.
