Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3hMaybe I'm missing something, but I still don't get this. Schmitt was saying Smith went to a Hawks game. His evidence was texts that mention "Jack" but not from Smith (and the Hawks does not have a 109 row). Yes, Smith went to a Hawkeyes game, but Schmitt did not present any evidence of that. 11956762
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦The USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 16hMf’er is like Batman. 300105462286
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 10hWorth highlighting the difference between worker deaths at Cargill and the silence on everyday practice in healthcare: when OHS failures kill nurses, no one cares. Hospital IPC owns OHS, controls diagnoses and treatment, does their own body counts - and buries their own mistakes. #polisky #cdnpolicalgaryherald.comProtecting HCWs and patients: An impossible fix, or an essential one?As of March 2022, 12 AHS HCWs had died from COVID-19. Presumably, this hasn’t stopped, but AHS stopped reporting them as of that date. 14217
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 8hIf you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway 2253509941
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 7hOn the papal plane Monday, Pope Leo XIV said the mix of far-right politics “with a certain kind of religion” is “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” The values of the Gospel, he said, “are not about hatred and division.”thelettersfromleo.com“It Is Not True That Those Who Seek Revenge Are Stronger” — Pope Leo XIV Ends His France Journey in MetzHours after preaching against revenge, the first American pope pushed back on Nvidia’s chief over AI regulation and called Germany’s far-right religion “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” 113846
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 7h“The Church is on the side of the immigrants. It used to be that we would think of the church as aligned with right-wing parties. It’s not anymore. It is on the side of unity.” — Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ 35719
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6hWatch this, but then read the next post 2118077
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6hTaken from last night’s ONEST The Daily brief 721284
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Dr Amanda Selk @dramandaselk.bsky.social · 7h1 in 8 cancers in the world are caused by viruses. Number 2 is HPV and number 3 is hepatitis b. Guess what? We have vaccines for both and could prevent these cancers. 02912
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 9hPlease enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star 38497184
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 11hLooking forward to this webinar with the Canadian Health Coalition Oct 20. Too often we view health care solely as a cost. In reality it’s an *industry*, and one of Canada’s most important. Webinar: The economic benefits of public health care in Canada #canlab www.healthcoalition.ca/webinar-the-...healthcoalition.caWebinar: The economic benefits of public health care in Canada with Jim StanfordWhat if we thought of public health care as an investment? 0199
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12hKlobuchar: “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team … and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.” 783494610
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 13hA phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED 54559511343
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12hDOJ has charged Wilber Garcés with felony assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer, based on the allegation he struck an ICE officer with his sideview mirror when driving off after the initial traffic stop. He was then chased for 8 minutes, rammed, and then shot. 40759336
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A really good long read from @charlesrusnell.bsky.social on the report on how the UCP / AHS / OHS failed to protect workers at the Cargill plant, including lack of appropriate PPE, which led to unnecessary deaths.thetyee.caAlberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The TyeeA shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk. 37638
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'New numbers shows women experiencing #homelessness in B.C. rose 46 per cent in five years, to 11,416 in 2024 from 7,848 in 2019. Men identified as homeless rose 30 per cent over the same period.' vancouversun.com/news/nearly-...vancouversun.com'A wake-up call': Nearly twice as many B.C. women facing homelessness, new data showMany people in B.C. are now one paycheque away from needing a housing subsidy, says one service provider. 022
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Good news. It sounds like Novavax is going to be an option again in Ontario. Many people find Novavax less reactogenic than the mNRA Covid vaccines. Less pain at the injection site and less fatigue the next day. It's why I always choose it when I can. It's a great option to have! 5217
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential. 343639755
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 28/09/2026NEW: Today the Parkland Institute released a 200-page report that provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the fatal Covid outbreak at the Cargill meatpacking plant in High River. www.readtheorchard.org/p/how-corpor...readtheorchard.orgHow Corporate Regulatory Capture Led to Death at CargillThe Parkland Institute’s 200-page study provides the most comprehensive overview of the April 2020 Covid-19 outbreak at the High River meatpacking plant to date. 14019
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Brock Turner served 3 months for raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. To assault victims, a justice system that lauds an attacker by knocking a 14 year sentence to 6 months, and then a good behavior release after 3 is absolutely “getting away with it.” 511626
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Chaos' breaks out at University of Guelph’s Homecoming celebrationcp24.com‘Chaos’ breaks out at University of Guelph’s Homecoming celebrationHomecoming weekend at the University of Guelph posed a “serious risk” to the safety of students, neighbours and the broader community, and put a strain on the city’s emergency department, according to officials. 002
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Droplet dogma killed these workers. #COVIDisAirborne #CdnPoli #LawSky #MedSky @jossreimer.bsky.social @ipaccanada.bsky.social 2417
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There’s so much hatred for disabled people. People assume we’re faking. They assume we can “positive think” our way to better health. They assume we want to trample their rights to a “normal” existence. They vilify us because they’re terrified of becoming us. 23673189
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 28/09/2026Spain's Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros in France for corporate manslaughter over 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali.aljazeera.comParis court finds Swiftair guilty over 2014 Mali crash that killed 116Spain's Swiftair was fined 225,000 euros in France for corporate manslaughter over 2014 Air Algerie disaster in Mali. 24015
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦🇨🇦Ian - #RLessThanOne @simpson-ian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The maddening part. If this was to happen again today with another disease outbreak, they would do and say all of the same things. 53910
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Florida county declares a state of emergency "due to the imminent public health hazard posed by the Dengue fever." Mosquito vectors are spreading into new areas, bringing diseases like dengue with them. tinyurl.com/nhewwsh6 tinyurl.com/3k6rj3jn 0179
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"President Donald Trump suffers ego injury from mild-mannered Canadians, initiates geopolitical standoff with Canada and issues annexation threats" is a mid-tier South Park plotline from 2005 unleashed on the world 471331220
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An absolutely damning report on the unnecessary COVID deaths of workers at the Cargill plant in High River, AB, highlighting public health and infection control's mismanagement of the crisis, and failure to engage OHS or follow the precautionary principle. albertapolitics.ca/wp-content/u... 9200103
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We absolutely, positively want a delusional, psychotic and psycopathic president talking about taking cities out with nuclear weapons. It’s all good, right? Nothing to see here, media? 1971971558
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump admits to skimming funds from National Treasury. 64417
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Why won't these women devote their lives to making me happy, like in the good old days?" 2216562
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦OHCOW @ohcow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity to increase our knowledge of breast cancer: causes, prevention and treatment. See research on occupational risks on our webpage. Also a link to join the Run for the Cure on October 4! bit.ly/4hxsMF4 011
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I'm ok with that. More than ok. People who make millions and don't want to contribute to the society they live in are leaches who tend to use their ill-kept wealth to corrupt our institutions so they can keep even more of it. Our entire society would be better off with fewer of them. 610712
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In two weeks, Russell Brand goes on trial in the UK on rape and sexual assault charges in cases involving six women. Tomorrow in DC, he's appearing at a MAHA gathering to 'moderate' a discussion with Dr Oz about medicare and medicaid. What the hell? 46733288
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026As many reported anecdotally, COVID-19 increases your risk of appendicitis. There is nothing that COVID makes better. Nothing. "COVID-19 was associated with appendicitis or appendectomy within the first year of infection (hazard ratio: 1.13, 95% CI: 1.02–1.26)" www.mdpi.com/2673-8112/6/...mdpi.com 0236
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Not now, airborne thrombocytopenia originating in ticks and then spreading human-to-human. We are busy. Oh, so very busy. dx.doi.org/10.3784/jbjc... 0219
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Oliver Moore @oliver-moore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I think the government and military *should* be opposed to fascism globalnews.ca/news/1168850...globalnews.caConservative MP searches for ‘antifa’ in federal government, Canadian Armed Forces - National | Globalnews.caFederal departments and the Canadian Armed Forces must answer by April how many members of anti-fascist groups work for the public service and the military. 159831
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 28/09/2026The answer to this question seems straightforward to me. We live in a society where drinking alcohol is normalized, if not 'cool', and we elect Premiers whose big ideas are things like Buck-a-Beer. In other words - as with many policy problems - the reason they seem vexing is that we're idiots. 47121
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'If the privatization of surgeries and diagnostic procedures was sound health care policy, then the evidence would support this direction—but it does not.' @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca 022
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... 'This research study analyzes how the ON govt’s policy direction favours the for-profit surgical & medical imaging industry over public hospitals & evaluates whether this policy direction is reducing wait times & serving the public interest.'policyalternatives.caNot adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario | CCPAThe Ontario government favours for-profit delivery of surgeries and medical imaging, but the evidence shows this isn't good health policy 134
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦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. 12594233
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦More Perfect University @mpuniversity.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aoc.bsky.social on justice at Cornell: we have an institution that issues a suspension on track for deportation for someone engaging in free speech and protest on campus, but made rapists write an essay in private. 228574
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women: 39871682840
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9251743161
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts. 2663131836
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Doesn't fit The Narrative™️, doesn't get the coverage 435054
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda. 291083300
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*** Ontario Virus Update | Sep 27 *** Hospitalizations due to COVID increased from 39 to 44 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations increased from 31 to 34 and RSV jumped from 1 to 18. 🧵1/ #Ontario #Virus #COVID #Hospital #Wastewater 13323
Reposted by Catherine 🇨🇦ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/09/2026At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars. (Published May)propublica.orgKids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.” 611358797