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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If you have a moment to call or email and you’d like to express why Kristi Noem should never have been chosen for a top role in a Canadian mining company see contact info.
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Agh!!😳😡
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Will email to let him know my objection to Ford’s move to exempt himself and his ministers from FOI/freedom of information requests. Ford is rejecting transparency and accountability. It will be so much easier to hide corruption if Ford is successful in this legislation.
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
www.facebook.com/share/p/1WUh... Ford’s move to block freedom of information requests for himself (and his ministers) tears at the very fabric of our democracy. We as voters should be able to know what govt is doing. Transparency. Accountability. Does Ford think he’s a king?
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Redirecting...
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Quick elaboration on this. The disproportionate rate at which BA.3.2 infects children is not driven by infants. The 0-1 age group is less overrepresented (by a large margin) than the 2-5 and 6-17 age groups in the countries we have data for. 1/4
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Sue Gowans @sueinnovates.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ford sounds desperate (need FOI changes to protect us from Chinese communists). Why is he so desperate? He intends to table legislation when the leg resumes Mar 23 so time is fleeting to object. Please call Ford today! Ford ☎️ (staffed 24/7): 416 325-1941
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I REALLY hope this can be replicated in humans. A trial in mice showed that a nasal vaccine targeting multiple respiratory pathogens including COVID-19 worked really well - enabling development of protective Immunity in the lung for 3 months (the duration of testing) 🧪
science.org
Mucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threats
Traditional vaccines target specific pathogens, limiting their scope against diverse respiratory threats. We describe an intranasal liposomal formulation combining toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and 7/8 l...
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
When fascists take rights away from a group of people, they never stop there. Eventually, they come for everything. Invalidating the drivers licenses of trans people in Kansas is just the start. Who will be next? www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
reuters.com
Kansas invalidates driver’s licenses, birth certificates of over 1,000 transgender residents
The Kansas state government has invalidated the driver’s licenses and birth certificates of transgender residents who changed the gender on those documents, in accordance with a law that took effect o...
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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
It’s day 90 of the ICE occupation of MSP. ICE is still here, terrorizing communities. Today at the Whipple building, HCSO deputies violently assaulted and arrested protesters. Meanwhile, Minnesotans are raising money and paying rent for thousands of our neighbors.
standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
And when it comes down to it, 96 cases in just a few weeks is *huge* when we know it can be zero or close to zero. There mustn’t be any shrugging of shoulders, or acceptance of these outbreaks. We know that outbreaks are avoidable because we did avoid them – for years, and not long ago. 7/8
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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Instead of being given the funding necessary to hire more educational assistants and child and youth workers to proactively meet student needs and prevent meltdowns, school boards are given money to spend on Kevlar for educators. Make it make sense. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
cbc.ca
Some teachers 'wearing Kevlar': Data shows physical violence still a problem in N.S. schools | CBC News
The unions representing Nova Scotia teachers and support staff say school violence remains a top concern for its members, as the Education Department is reporting tens of thousands of violent incident...
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Exactly!
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Dara, I’m sorry this is happening to you and everyone there living the nightmare. The stories of so many people’s resistance to this inhumanity are inspiring (although that may be small comfort). We, in other parts of the world, see your strength as you stand against the daily evils!!!
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This assault in human rights and human decency cannot be reformed. Cut off its funding, dismantle its lawless operations, prosecute every single wrongdoer. From the top on down.
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Dr Sho Jacobs 🍁 @shoshanahjacobs.ca · 29/01/2026
“If an exemption is granted, the benefits would not flow to the University of Guelph,” No tax cuts for millionaires. #Guelph #OnPoli #HigherEd
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Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
For us (Canadians) if we find out there are Canadian companies supporting ICE in the US, it’s past time to tell our employers and other businesses we frequent that we don’t want them doing business with them. And to refuse to support those Canadian companies that have contracts with ICE.
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
For our American friends to pass on to other American friends. (See how to support Minnesotans below as well as what to do to resist fascism if you live in the US).
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Omg. That is so scary! No wonder you worried this time after last time. I’d be freaked out, too!
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Poor kid! I hope he’s ok! That could be very bad. No wonder you were worried. Poor you! The worry for our kids. Always.
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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Sometimes you just need to watch Prince sing "Starfish & Coffee" with the Muppets. (His whole episode of Muppets Tonight is fun, this link goes to the section with this particular song.) 🧵 youtu.be/cARhhf-ATT8?...
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Muppets Tonight - 2x01 The Artist Formerly Known As Prince
YouTube video by Muppets Tonight
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Strength to all of you helping neighbours, caring for others, and standing against injustice in the face of this aggression and violence.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
ms.now
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Great. 🙄 Canadian announcement of a U.S. product that is 3X the price & 1/2 the performance of a Canadian product already registered with Health Canada PMRA. Why is this being promoted??? Buy Canadian 🇨🇦 Better product. 🇨🇦 Better for Canada. 🇨🇦 prescientx.com/products/ase...
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ASEPT 2X Mobile UV - Room Disinfection System
The Gold model single Sanuvox ASEPT.2X Mobile UV supplemental room sanitizer from Prescientx takes surface sanitization and patient protection to the next level by rapidly sanitizing patient rooms, OR...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents. Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center. Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
propublica.org
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
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World Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
World Health Network was featured in The Guardian as experts urge the WHO to update global guidance: surgical masks are inadequate, and respirators should be standard protection in healthcare settings. Evidence-based public health matters. Read the full article here theguardian.com/global-devel...
Graphic with the text “whn.global” at top left. Headline: “Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised”. Subheadline: “Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid”. Below is a side-by-side photo: on the left, a man wearing a blue surgical mask; on the right, a person wearing a white FFP2-style respirator and a black hat and scarf, facing each other in profile. Caption under the photo: “Surgical masks, such as the one on the left, which became ubiquitous during Covid, should be replaced by respirators like the FFP2 face mask, right. Composite: Robin Utrecht/Shutterstock”. Bottom text: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”Graphic with the text “whn.global” at top left. Centered excerpt text reads: “The WHO has been criticised for being slow to describe Covid-19 as spreading via ‘airborne’ particles and the letter also calls for it to revisit earlier statements and ‘unambiguously inform the public that it spreads via airborne respiratory particles’.” Next paragraph: “Prof Trisha Greenhalgh of the University of Oxford, whose research is cited extensively in the letter and is one of its signatories, said: ‘A germ that does not get inside someone cannot make them sick. By sealing against the face, respirators force airflow to pass through them, filtering out the airborne germs. Respirators are designed to fit closely around the face and meet high filtration standards. Medical masks, in contrast, fit loosely and leak extensively.’” Final paragraph: “The letter’s supporters include members of the World Health Network, prominent US epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding, and Guardian columnist George Monbiot.” Bottom text: “The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.”
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Sending strength to you and all Minnesotans who are taking care of each another during this terrible time.
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Bless these kids.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
It’s a horror. I’m so sorry this is happening there and to your godchild.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I know they’re trying to turn this shooting into Dealey Plaza with their desperate camera angles and excuses for the murderous ICE officer but how do they explain the subsequent refusal to allow a doctor to reach the car? And lying that they already had medics there? All on tape.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Google the video & see for yourself. This is not law enforcement. This is murder. Sickening.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE: -Amazon -AT&T -Booz Allen Hamilton -Caci -Charter Communications -Comcast -Dell -Ecolab -FedEx -General Dynamics -L3Harris -Motorola -Thermo Fisher -UPS Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I wish people asked this question at the pressers. Noem keeps repeating that they are here for "safety". Make her explain what that means. Why were officers on school property? Why were they attacking staff and students? How is this "safe"?
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CanuckFella @canuckfella.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#Canada Let's get these numbers up! I just signed and the # is 9306 signatures. Let's tell our gov't we want Canadian owned and operated media here, not foreign owned PostMedia. Just click the links, easy peasy.
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Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Must-watch section from @chrislhayes.bsky.social from his appearance last night with Colbert. Re the killing of peaceful protesters in Iran and other authoritarian and de-democratizing regimes...
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The bitter pill, however, is that the updated LP8.1 vaccine is available privately, with a price tag that beggars belief. Of course NHS resources are limited, but this should NOT mean two-tier healthcare. It could also be a false economy; no vax costs more than a hospital stay.
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination”
scientificamerican.com
New Study Finds Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Such an important piece. The positive momentum behind clean indoor air is palpable. But we’re not there yet as my last post demonstrates. Please read and share and get behind this cause. theconversation.com/why-investme...
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Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come
Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air. stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...
stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…
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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Finally, we remain in a dynamic scenario, immunity and the virus are in flux. This means disease, whilst obviously not like in 2020, also remains dynamic...and unpredictable...NOT seasonal! www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
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Experts urge Britons to isolate if infected with new Covid variants
Leading experts from Warwick University and the University of Leeds have revealed how to stay safe amid a worrying surge in Covid cases sweeping the UK.
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Sammie McFarland @sammiemc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
All our inquiry work is here. www.longcovidkids.org/uk-covid-inq... #LongCovidKids
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UK COVID INQUIRY | Long Covid Kids
This page outlines Long Covid Kids’ involvement in the UK COVID-19 inquiry, sharing how we’ve represented children, young people, and families affected by Long Covid and related conditions at a nation...
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Our national overview in English: bsky.app/profile/mori...
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Ryan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
A fascinating new preprint w/one very unexpected finding suggests, I believe, that a large proportion of Long Covid may be due to chronic infection in a particular bodily niche, which could be crucial for finding effective LC treatments. It requires some explaining. 🧵 1/33
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Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It’s deeply concerning that such huge harm can be done to public health by opportunistic contrarians with no understanding of - how mRNA vaccines work, what T cell exhaustion is, or cancer epidemiology trends - but can spin them all into a word salad to hoodwink the gullible…
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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Brilliant, yet harrowing, thread from @sheencr.bsky.social It isn't scaremongering to say that RFK is systematically disabling public health and appointing antivax sycophants to key advisory roles after firing genuine experts 🤦‍♂️ One deadly measles outbreak seemingly wasn't enough for him...
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
"We will never know what diseases might have been cured or what advances in technology might have been invented had the lights not gone out in the labs." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself
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Elizabeth P🇨🇦😷💉🌷 @bpkasp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Thank you for your work!
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
About 3.4% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week. The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $90.2M.
Graph showing Canada's estimated daily % of population infected or experiencing long COVID, by province (average error -/+ 10% overall; 7% last 2 weeks)

Graph available at: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index
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Table showing estimated new daily and cumulative Omicron hospitalization costs by province - 5 week rolling averages (average error -/+ 10% overall; 7% most recent 2 weeks)

Table available at: https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index
Page 17 (Hospitalization costs, burden)
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