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Annette McKinnon

@anetto.bsky.social
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Patient partner keenly interested in patient and caregiver inclusion in research priority setting and healthcare system decisions at every level including governance. #MedX a formative experience. #PatientExperience

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 08/10/2026
Having received the HPV vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, with the greater reduction in risk seen among women vaccinated at an earlier age, finds study in The BMJ bit.ly/4yNoTmA
An infographic from The BMJ titled "Quadrivalent HPV vaccination before pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes." It features a summary stating quadrivalent HPV vaccination before pregnancy is associated with lower risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The study design and population details are presented, highlighting 624,713 births in Sweden from 2006 to 2013 and 52,950 HPV vaccinations before pregnancy. A comparison between cases and controls shows matched data. Outcomes, including preterm birth and stillbirth, are displayed with numbers and confidence intervals for both cases and controls, alongside a forest plot. The graphic includes links and copyright information from The BMJ Publishing Group.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Brad Bradford is using his former bike riding credibility to curry favour w the anti bike folks and become mayor. 'Don't worry I used to ride a bike and I now hate bike lanes too' (for political gain). This guy is the worst.
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Have you seen the “Bradford Bypass … Coming soon” signs?
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Deb Maskens @debmaskens.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thoughtful paper that promotes a better understanding of the various roles people with relevant lived experience can play in research. Requires role definition upfront. #ppi #patientengagement
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@nicktsergas.ca
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
At the cottage there’s no question what country we’re in.
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Totally agree with @theglobeandmail.com’s Marcus Gee: Where’s the common sense in Doug Ford’s decision to spend tens of millions of dollars ripping out Toronto’s bike lanes???? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toron...
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Where is the ‘common sense’ here?
Ripping out Toronto bike lanes is more than just a waste of money
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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 30/08/2026
UWaterloo researchers recruiting Canadians 18–30 who vape e-cigarettes, smoke cigarettes, or vape/smoke cannabis for their study: •5 online surveys every 6 months for 2 years •2 clinic visits to give blood, urine & saliva samples Hon.: $300. #ParticipateInResearch davidhammond.ca/lunghealthst...
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- David Hammond PhD
Lung Health Study We are recruiting Canadians aged 18-30 who: Vape e-cigarettes or smoke cigarettes Vape or smoke cannabis Participation in the study includes: 5 online surveys (~20 minutes each), eve...
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Oh good starting the day with another grant rejection. This grant had 1900 applicants! Lol! Would be a great day to become a monthly donor of Skype A Scientist. We keep losing monthly donors too because the economy is so trash and everyone’s struggling. Ahhhh!!!! givebutter.com/SupportSAS26
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Last night shopped at KindredCoast.com in Parksville and signed up for email from Podolski Honey Farm in MB. Great shirt eh? #BuyCanadian
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Taylor Farms in the ‘Flash Sale’ when I ordered. Lots of incentive to reject that.
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Shocked to see this today Didn’t help me learn origin of the cherries. Glad to hear the policy has changed back. 🍒🍒
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Brenda Peters RN(NP), PhD 🇨🇦 @brenda-peters.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Incredibly heartwarming to see Canadians step up and support this Manitoba #honey #producer Food sovereignty is national security. The tariffs will hurt, but hopefully less so if Canadians pull together like this. www.podolskihoneyfarms.com
Photo of a partially open beehive and text:

ATTENTION!
Due to overwhelming support and demand from Canadians, we're thrilled to announce that Podolski Honey Farms will soon offer online purchasing options. Stay tuned for updates we are hoping to have the webstore live in the coming days. We are deeply grateful for each and every one of you and your willingness to support Canadians
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JackTatt 🇨🇦 @jacktatttran.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
That seems a bit dangerous. I know this is a novel idea for Torontonians, but the police could enforce the traffic laws and the province could allow more camera enforcement like the rest of the world. We could stop using government to shield criminals from responsibility or punishment.
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 21/07/2026
My @thestar.com column: Drivers routinely speed past open streetcar doors. Riders have known this is a problem for years. Finally, the TTC has announced plans to do something about it. Eventually. It's good news, but I've got to ask: what took so long? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Matt Elliott: TTC’s crackdown on drivers blowing past stopped streetcars is long overdue. But we need action, not studies
The TTC’s pilot project will gather data on drivers who drive past stopped streetcars over the next nine months — but no tickets will be issued.
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Dave Nelson 🇨🇦 @davenlsn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Doug Ford government's decision to slash the forest firefighting budget in 2019 by a staggering 67 per cent ($142.2 million according to 2019 Ontario Budget) was a reckless and short-sighted move. #onpoli #CanadaSky www.midlandtoday.ca/local-news/c...
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COLUMN: Ford's 'reckless' budget cuts putting lives at risk
'Ongoing wildfires ... serve as a tragic reminder of the consequences of poor governance and neglect for public safety and environmental protection,' says local Liberal
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Pandemic and Emergency Readiness Lab @mcgillperl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
After SARS, Canada stockpiled masks. Then let them rot. COVID hit, and they had nothing. @picardonhealth.bsky.social: "When public health is successful, you're invisible." We never seem to learn that lesson. Do we ever? 🎙 Ep 5 of One Crisis After Another: youtu.be/9ufDTckCjpw?...
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Matt Elliott @graphicmatt.com · 14/05/2026
From Safe Parkside: look what happened on Parkside Drive after Premier Doug Ford banned speed cameras.
Line chart showing vehicles exceeding 60 km/h on Parkside Drive from January to April, comparing enforcement periods with and without speed cameras. The data shows a dramatic increase in speeding violations after the camera ban in November 2025
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Kathy Kastner @kathykastner.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why www.nature.com/articles/d41... "...women have almost five times the amount of childcare responsibilities that men have." "...more pronounced among mothers who were trained in departments without women in senior positions"
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I’m reading The Knife Slipped by Erle Stanley Gardner. The second Donald, Lam and Bertha Cool book, written 75 years ago. Not accepted for publication then because Bertha had a tendency to talk tough, swear, smoke and cut ethical corners.
Book cover. Scantily clad woman holding knife and not looking frightened
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Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...
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WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate
Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000.
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CAPA @capa-aca.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
⏳ 1 week to go! Join our free webinar “Getting on a Biologic Medication” to learn what to expect—from treatment decisions to navigating Patient Support Programs. The webinar features patient/lived experience, a nurse-researcher, and rheumatologist perspectives! 👉 Register: buff.ly/VY9Dl7R
Promotional graphic from the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) for a webinar titled “Getting on a Biologic Medication” as part of the Lived Experience Series. The webinar takes place March 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM EDT and lasts 1 hour. Speakers include Megan Friedman (Educator and Disability Advocate), Dr. Quinn Grundy (Registered Nurse), and Dr. Alexandra Legge (Rheumatologist), shown with headshots. A QR code is included for registration.
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Nate Erskine-Smith @beynate.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Name a problem that affects you. Chances are it tracks back to politics, and if you want better, the answer is participation.
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
‘The Appreciation of a Picture’ From the Friends of the Public Domain Review Anne Besant and C. W. Leadbeater’s Thought Forms (1905)
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Fireworks at Ikenohata 1881 From the Friends of the Public Domain Review
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The 100th Anniversary meeting of the East York Garden Club. An amazing achievement!!
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I’m just feeling like an Uber Victim with charges on both Uber Eats and Uber Ride that I did not make and they won’t resolve. Strange how every complaint gets dropped. #BadUber experiences even when I don’t use them.
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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We ended up with John Tory last time we were afraid of another Mayor Ford and it was, predictably, the same austerity, only polite. For the love of Toronto, can we PLEASE have some REAL, imaginative challengers and a REAL election about issues and making this a decent place for people to live? 😭😭😭
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
#GoTeam! 🙏 @standupforscience.bsky.social pulls every lever www.statnews.com/2026/03/06/s... @statnews.com "...we think people care about science. We think people care about biomedical innovation." "We think that people care about not getting polio. Like, it’s really simple. That’s our strategy."
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How Stand Up For Science is trying to 'pull every lever' to win over the public
Stand Up For Science has become a formal organization and adopted a new strategy that's more confrontational with grassroots tactics
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Looking at Noir fiction in a different light.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Good thanks. You’re looking good yourself. Beautiful skies up north…
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Nate Erskine-Smith @beynate.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
450 people on the call, and we’re just getting started. We run together. We win together. We govern together.
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@FrankeJames 🇨🇦 @frankejames.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
“[Bill-C15] could allow oil comp. to bypass enviro protections, mining companies to undermine the fisheries act, or corporations to violate health & safety regs... This should ring alarm bells for all of us.” @theactionnetwork.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/say-...
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Say NO to C-15's undemocratic power grab!
The Federal Government is on its way to passing new legislation that would give certain companies, including Big Oil, a free pass to violate environmental, labour, safety, and privacy laws. The Cana...
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
10. Heavily restrict AI use and development. 11. Flood social media and legacy media with ads specifically on re-educating adults on civics, critical thinking, and assessment of evidence. 12. Take steps to make freight transport more dependent on rail again and less on trucks. 5/8
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Suzanne Kettley @suzannekettley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Bruce Fanjoy has launched a petition to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top security clearance. It's open for a couple of months. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7148 - Petitions
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 05/02/2026
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
‘Efficacy will be secondary’: RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers have a new mission www.politico.com/news/2026/02... "They’re going to be the mechanism to sow discord and confusion by presenting weird stuff." Yep. One massive doubtmongering machine. REALITY: harms & risks have ALWAYS been studied.
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‘Efficacy will be secondary’: RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers have a new mission
The new mandate, the chair of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s panel told POLITICO, is to pay more attention to harms caused by vaccines.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thank you. This article is 2-months old and aged pretty well. We have yet to see any evidence the COVID vaccine killed a single child, most likely because the evidence doesn't exist. I won't let this be forgotten. I promise.
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@FrankeJames 🇨🇦 @frankejames.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Hey! I’ve created a petition that criticizes rule-bending in our area of Victoria (Saanich) and asks the BC Ombudsperson to investigate. Anyone can sign. Please add your name if you believe in fair bylaws without favouritism. www.change.org/Stop-Saanich...
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Sign the Petition
Stop the Rule-Bending: Demand Accountability in Saanich’s Planning Department
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
"If you're tempted to bail on potentially fun events because you feel awkward, read this. Level up your small talk game and practice social courage with six tips from psychologists." www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
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COMIC: 6 tips to help you overcome social anxiety this season
If you're tempted to bail on potentially fun events becuase you feel awkward, read this. Level up your small talk game and practice social courage with six tips from psychologists.
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Working onsite rather than teleworking increased risk by 57%; infrequent or inconsistent use of FFP2/FFP3 masks increased it by up to 52%
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I pilfered this. It’s to good not to share.
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No one has been complaining about hepatitis B because... the vaccine prevented it. Changing the policy now is like unplugging your refrigerator because you're proud of how cold your milk is
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Originally from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Great find from @deonandan.bsky.social
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Have you ever eaten a puffball? Very good. They just pop up suddenly. #NeighbourhoodWalks
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Annette McKinnon @anetto.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hard to even notice the zucchini in here. #NeighbourhoodWalks Obvious but not
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