The letter is dated April 22, 2025.

Concrete stairs. Gate at the top of the staircase by the courthouse is open.

Spring has sprung in #Ptbo

Excellent points on AI.

Interesting approach.

Whiteboard sign reads: Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon

I always enjoy the on point quotations in the window of Mark Jokinen Books #Ptbo

Airborne, ffs. Say. Airborne.

Measles doesn't spread easily in some magical locations. It spreads easily where we share air and there is insufficient ventilation and filtration (building, room aka portable HEPA, personal aka CAN95s scale) to prevent inhaling infectious aerosols.

Grow up already 🤬

They've taken the mailboxes away from outside the post office in Peterborough.

As US-Cuba Tensions Rise, Carney Needs to Flex His ‘Middle Power’ | The Tyee Cubans are facing fuel, food and hospital supply shortages. Canadians can help.

As US-Cuba Tensions Rise, Carney Needs to Flex His 'Middle Power' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

How a youth employment supplement could help young Canadians A youth employment supplement to the Canada Workers Benefit could help young Canadians facing housing costs, debt and weak job prospects.

Old Age Security delivers income support for those 65+. Why no help for younger Canadians who face higher levels of poverty? "A targeted workers benefit for young adults would support employment, ease financial stress and help rebuild economic opportunity." policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/02/yout...

Canada must support Cuba "You cannot ‘live within the lie’ of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”

Mark Carney said that Canada is "considering" sending aid to Cuba.

Before COVID, one million Canadians visited Cuba every year. Their convertavle peso is pegged to the Canadian Dollar. I argue that we need to send fuel and supplies ASAP, regardless of Trump.

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Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy criticizes government's latest return-to-office order | CBC News Bruce Fanjoy, the Liberal MP for Carleton, has broken ranks with his party to criticize the federal government's latest return-to-office (RTO) mandate.

"Bruce Fanjoy, the Liberal MP for Carleton, has broken ranks with his party to criticize the federal government's latest return-to-office (RTO) mandate" ...

"There is little to no evidence that a one-size-fits-all RTO policy will improve productivity or service to Canadians," he wrote.

An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.

"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.

Board of Peace - Season 1

The idea that Health Canada would reduce our drug approval process to one that just rubber stamps the approvals given by the US FDA and European Medicines Agency just to save money is irresponsible and dangerous to the safety and wellbeing of all Canadians.

Congratulations, Ann! A good washing machine and dryer, a freezer full of yummy meals. And books, of course.

It would be super great if official organizations like the Ontario Provincial Police could communicate travel advisory information via, oh, I don’t know, a WEBSITE, instead of only using Meta and X platforms!

Why are we still masking? Some people might wonder why St. Margaret’s continues to take precautions against the spread of Covid in our community when it feels like the rest of the world has moved on. Our decision may make...

A faith-based community that truly follows both the teachings of Jesus *and* accurate science on COVID! 🤯 This is a must-read.

“We insist on trying to protect each other frm unnecessary suffering & death in the face of the threat posed by a novel virus whose long-term effects are still unknowable…”

My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…

Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.

Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.

Holy smokes! Rubio really woke up and said the biggest threat to America is… Calibri.

At this rate, Comic Sans is going to need witness protection.

I understand. I was just trying to put myself in the shoes of a minimizer and had hoped it would tell me to wear a respirator in any medical setting! I couldn't get the Option B section to work on my phone.

2/2 All to say - nice idea but I am not sure if it will change anything.

I just tried it. Said I worked in a Healthcare setting (I don't), selected Risk 1 because it's just a dr's office, right? Most patients aren't coughing so I picked level 1 & I guess our building is moderately ventilated. No protection necessary. I was right to have left my mask at home all this time

Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...

NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.“

Large Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or 49 other health conditions A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety o...

Statens Serum Institut (Denmark) 2025 register study
->1 million children
-Result: No increased risk of autism, asthma, or autoimmune diseases in vaccinated vs unvaccinated children
en.ssi.dk/news/news/20...

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#episky #medsky #COVID

COP 30 graphic

Media is reporting that #COP30 delegates are appropriately questioning Canada’s commitments to #ClimateAction.

To be clear, we can’t do nation-building, we can’t grow and diversify the Canadian economy and global relationships, and we can’t make Canada strong, if we don’t lead on #ClimateChange.

The Great AI Bubble Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.

NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.

It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.

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The Ford Government is working towards taking over and selling off parts of the TDSB. #ontario #onpoli #toronto #tdsb #frankdomenic🍁