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Maggie Archibald @maggiearchibald.bsky.social · 8h

It took me 16 years to receive an endometriosis diagnosis in Nova Scotia. I had to fight hard for answers and write to countless government representatives just to get the help I needed. It shouldn’t have to be this difficult to access care.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 8h

Decades after her diagnosis, Adrienne Clarkson calls for better endometriosis care. Former governor-general says it’s ‘appalling’ some patients have to leave the country and pay out of pocket to access surgery, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Decades after her diagnosis, Adrienne Clarkson calls for better endometriosis care

The former governor-general says it’s ‘appalling’ patients feel they have to leave the country and pay out of pocket to access surgery

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 11h

Staff are still telling consultants that do planning work for them that 8m for the two driving lanes combined is the bare minimum for arterials and major collectors, despite what’s in the red book and despite the fact that it’s wider than a lot of highways.

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James Boxall 🇨🇦🍁 @jamesgis.bsky.social · 15h

Sorry Halifax but on SGR talking to friends and five motorcycle stop at the light; rev engines...but... when the light turned green, the three of us felt actually pain and nausea from the sound and smell. I've been next to jets with dad on base; this was double! Fire trucks etc are silent compared

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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Aerosol scientists begging for years, culminating in UK COVID Inquiry Mod 3 report that droplet transmission = misunderstood close proximity (high conc) aerosol transmission. Everything droplet is actually airborne. Can't make droplets without aerosols! bsky.app/profile/bean...

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 21h

My aunt/uncle's decision to sell and do winters in Ottawa but then just travel more has been paying absurd dividends in terms of peace of mind.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Here, and elsewhere, people talk about “efficiency” when what they really mean is “efficacy”. People want government that works, that can deliver desired results, and that’s absolutely possible with the right people in charge.

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mothman the wanderer @gnostichippie.bsky.social · 21h

get a second opinion ASAP if you do not believe your concerns are being addressed. I wasted months deferring to idiot neurosurgeons and trying to be "nice." in my work experience, nice patients also often fared worse than ornery ones.

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Lisa @blueravefinn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm so happy to see this in use. This is part of the re-naturalization of the Don River. It had been a concrete channel full of pollution and garbage for decades. ♥️ During the digging process they found native plants/seeds buried that came back to life!

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

“Kids-first streets” sounds a lot better than “car-free.” Love this initiative and shouldn’t be just on Halloween

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Abolish This @abolish-this.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You understand this stuff a lot better when you put it through the filter of "houses are real housing for real people, while apartments are investments carrying living pollution" Then the viewpoint "they're removing valuable housing for investments" suddenly makes sense.

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햏 @hehheh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There should be bus lanes and protected bike lanes on Quinpool.

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bat benatar 🦇 @tatbenatar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

god i wish i lived in nyc or at least had a mayor that gave half a shit about the people that lives in the city he’s mayor of. looking at you at @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social

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Sam @smknigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nova Scotia has a legislated commitment to protect 20% of land by 2030 (interim goal = 15% by end 2026). We are only at 14.5%. Lately the NS gov't only seems to care about extraction & development. Take two minutes to fill out this survey & tell the NS gov't you want all candidate areas protected.

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Protected Areas Consultation

August 21 to October 20, 2026

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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 03/10/2026

Another oil boom This is unhinged. There’s not going to be another oil boom, and we shouldn’t want one either This is like praying for a world war because your constituents are gunsmiths Unhinged #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Canada's ready if new West Coast pipeline prompts another oil boom, say PM, Alberta premier | CBC News

It's been a relatively quiet decade in Alberta's oilsands, but the federal and provincial governments believe a new West Coast pipeline coupled with policy shifts might help turn up the volume. Prime ...

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The total property tax revenue out of Bayers Lake is ~$24.6m/year on roughly 860 acres of developed land. If it had the same revenue per acre profile as Downtown ($38.5m/year on ~110 acres), it would generate approximately $300m in taxes per year, or roughly a quarter of all current revenue.

A bar chart showing revenue per developed acre in major employment areas in Halifax. Downtown pulls away from the major suburban commercial areas.

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Safe Kjipuktuk @safehrm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this is what "Haligonians like to park out front" actually looks like

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So many capital projects! We need a time machine to prevent all the austerity and delaying of everything from The Forum to the AAA bike network and more during the Mike Savage years. Cuz playing catch up now means needing to choose.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/10/2026

Oxford Street has long been the nation’s high street. On Monday 26 October, it’ll go permanently traffic-free and pave the way for a greener, more welcoming street with new opportunities for retail and leisure.

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Oxford Street to be pedestrianised from October | LBC

Vehicles will be prohibited from accessing almost a kilometre between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street from October 26

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Abolish This @abolish-this.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also, even if it did work for everyone, I don't think our answer to everything in society should be "yeah but you could just work harder". We should be able to live the lives our system is calibrated for by working a humane amount.

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Jarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026

Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Places like Dartmouth Crossing, Burnside, and Bayers Lake have been big successes" All of Burnside and Dartmouth crossing a in the same ballpark of developed space as the peninsula, but makes only about the same amount as Downtown Halifax between Cogswell, South, and Brunswick. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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Dr Ben King 🌍 @benking01.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Many children have #LongCovid too. @longcovidkids.bsky.social does a great job raising awareness of this growing problem. youtu.be/e0U7K54RiSg?...

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Long Covid & Me | Understanding Long Covid In Children And Young People

YouTube video by Long Covid Kids

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"People need to discover the value of hard work. Which they can do by working an overtime shift to pay my taxes for me so that I don't have to work an overtime shift to pay my taxes" Incredible!

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"People can just work harder to provide me with subsidies" is... a take.

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Edward Xie @edwardxie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In ERs, we see the impact of unsafe roads regularly. Cities with good bike infrastructure have fewer deaths and greater safety for all, regardless of whether they’re walking, cycling or driving. Ontario gov should reconsider how to spend $48 mil Improve lives - not put them at risk #bikeTO #onpoli

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Why hundreds of doctors are fighting Ford’s removal of Toronto bike lanes

YouTube video by CBC News Toronto

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October is #breastcancerawareness month. Did you know: Mary Claire King discovered the BRCA1 gene. In the 70s, she told people that one gene might be responsible for inherited breast cancer. No one believed her. In 1990, she found proof. It created a paradigm shift. It saved millions of lives.🧪

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Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"ICU-acquired infection was the primary driver of increased ICU length of stay and hospital costs."

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another U.S. example

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Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Prolonged Infectivity of Murine Norovirus in Aerosols Suggests Potential for Airborne Transmission" TL;dr Norovirus is viable in air even longer than Flu Huh 🤔

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A lot of liars really like to reference common sense. Too many cars driving too much in your city because of #CarDependency is the opposite of common sense. Polluting your air and fuelling #ClimateChange while limiting choices in how we can get around in cities is the opposite of common sense.

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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago

I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861

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Rick @calder12.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Housing people works. It should be our first step in social safety nets always.

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A lot of people assume we'll start decarbonizing once things calm down. We need a new pipeline now, but hey, once things are better, we can focus on the environment. But things are never gonna calm down. The world is going to get more chaotic every year because we didn't decarbonize decades ago.

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Q: What's with the vacant lot near Young and Atlantic in the South End? A: A developer wanted to make a new 11-home subdivision. People didn't like that a house would be demolished, so the city made Young a Special Area. The rules are not compatible with anything being built, so... vacant lot.

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just try to imagine Halifax prioritizing kids enough to make 160 streets car-free for a night for trick-or-treating.

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Mayor Mamdani Announces Largest-Ever Trick-or-Streets With 160 Car-Free Open Streets and Plazas Citywide

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Nick P @npilon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

$12 to $15 million is also just not that much money. Quebec’s 2026-2027 budget is $2.1B - so this is less than 1% of it. You’re not going to get that much “social causes” out of such a pittance. Journalists who don’t contextualize big numbers aren’t doing their jobs.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve been asking council candidates what they would do to improve road safety, particularly for vulnerable road users. Two now have told me they would regulate e-bikes and scooters and not mentioned the dangerous driving I see daily of the cars and trucks that can easily kill pedestrians 🤯

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It really sucks that “public safety” has become less keeping sidewalks in good repair, installing and maintaining streetlights, and building safety infrastructure for pedestrians and commuters and more “keep the homeless away from my storefront at any cost but also don’t you dare raise my taxes”

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Orange shirts flooded Parliament Hill for the 6th annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This year’s gathering comes at a time of challenge, with residential school denialism on the rise and some saying the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action are losing momentum.

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Survivors’ Flag raised on Parliament Hill as Canada marks Orange Shirt Day | APTN News

Orange shirts flooded Parliament Hill in Ottawa for the 6th annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This year’s gathering comes at a time of challenge, with residential school denialism on…

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Sphagnum Moss @mosssphagnum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Im hearing coughing & seeing symptomatic students show up in school. And a colleague borrowed my aranet4 whi ch showed high CO2 levels (& potentially infectious aerosols) even 5 mins after students left the class

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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

30SEP2026

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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Laura’s post is such a good reminder that while reforming the property tax CAP system to make it fairer requires a provincial government that will play ball, there are still things City Council can do as well to (likely slowly) work towards a fairer and more sustainable model of taxation in HRM.

“This motion passed 12 - 5 after a lengthy discussion and debate. I voted Yes, because I would like to see tax fairness based on the ability one has to pay (whether you rent or own), rather than the tenure in one's property.

(Tax fairness based on the costs of municipal services received is a related yet separate topic.
HRM is working towards fairness and financial sustainability in this regard by our settlement patterns and development decisions and area rates applied. This is an area that council has more control over, yet the issue is also emotionally and politically charged.)”

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Cosáin Climate @cosaingalway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We like to think of early humans as being very close to nature and capable of living symbiotically with other living things in an unspoiled ecosystem. Not a bit of it. Homo sapiens drove the megafauna to extinction tens of thousands of years ago, and then, with agriculture, decimated the forests.

The giant ground sloth, Thinobadistes segnis, is a well-known and well-loved installation of the Florida Museum’s Fossil Hall. A striking example of the megafauna once known to Florida, it has been on display in multiple exhibits over the past 50 years. Pictured here is Dr. S. David “Dave” Webb, curator of Vertebrate Paleontology from 1964 to 2003, posing alongside it.

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