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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 1-14, 2025 SEVERE: ON VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, MB, North, QC HIGH: BC, NB, NL, NS, PEI, SK MODERATE: none About 1 in 42 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Feb 1-14, 2025 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:VQ5RF

Canada: 12.7 - VERY HIGH
Alberta: 10.3 - VERY HIGH
British Columbia: 8.5 - HIGH
Manitoba: 10.0 - VERY HIGH
New Brunswick: 8.4 - HIGH
Newfoundland and Labrador: 8.3 - HIGH
North: 10.9 - VERY HIGH
Nova Scotia: 9.1 - HIGH
Ontario: 16.4 - SEVERE
Prince Edward Island: 9.3 - HIGH
Quebec: 12.7 - VERY HIGH
Saskatchewan: 9.9 - HIGH

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Sex workers: sex work is work, and the best way to keep us safe is by decriminalizing our work. Some random person who's never done sex work and never spoken to a sex worker about this: Well, actually, what you need is a legalization model. Every time, without fail.

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Jade Pichette @jadepichette.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

On the good trans news front. The anti-trans youth changes to Policy 713 in New Brunswick have been revoked. This led to the ending of the lawsuit against the government of New Brunswick. Though a small victory, it means a lot to trans and gender diverse youth in New Brunswick schools.

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Civil liberties group ends N.B. lawsuit over gender identity policy | CBC News

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is ending its lawsuit against the New Brunswick government over its policy on 2SLGBTQ+ students choosing their own names and pronouns at school.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

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Joseph Uranowski @uranowski.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Every article on the Ontario election should being by pointing out that Doug Ford is wasting $175 million to hold an unnecessary election a year early. #onpoli #elxn2025

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Cindy Barukh Milstein @cbmilstein.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The new “Don’t Just Do Nothing: 20 Things You Can Do to Counter Fascism—Yes, You! Yes, Now!” zine makes a great gift for your liberal fam, friends, neighbors & coworkers! Read, print & distro freely! Full text & PDFs on @igd.bsky.social: itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.

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EZRA 🗝 ROSE @sheydgarden.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

seeing a lot of folks talking about how conservative "pornography" bans are a pretense/prelude to targeting any & all queer or trans art, which is absolutely true also: banning & criminalizing actual honest-to-god porn is fascist in itself. say that too!

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

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cheshirecatra.bsky.social @cheshirecatra.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The same country that will make someone famous for pretending to spit in a dick is also making sexuality illegal 🤡

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cheshirecatra.bsky.social @cheshirecatra.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My mindset has shifted from "let's elect the best option to govern the country" to "let's vote to learn from Indigenous nations on how to live on this land without destroying it and each other" None of the mainstream options are serious about reconciliation 🤷🏼

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

On this day in 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the abortion provision of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional and violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Let's learn more about the landmark R v Morgentaler case 🧵1/15

The photo depicts a person standing in front of a banner that reads "Abortion Rights Action" in English and "La Canadienne a le droit à" in French, which translates to "The Canadian woman has the right to." The individual is raising both hands, with fingers forming a peace or victory sign. The person is dressed in a suit and tie

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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

$2.237 billion on the Therme deal. $1.4 billion to move the Science Centre. $612 million on alcohol expansion. $3 billion on $200 bribe cheques. $103 million on government ads. $175 million on an unnecessary election. $7.527 billion in wasted public dollars. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

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Doug Ford triggering snap Ontario election today

Ford is taking Ontarians to the polls amid political instability in Ottawa after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced his resignation.

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Roxi Wheels @roxiwheels.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This goes so fucking hard dude

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cheshirecatra.bsky.social @cheshirecatra.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

All media is political. Art is political. If you think your life isn't political, that's your privilege talking.

Poster for a Star Trek video game with a Klingon zooming out of the screen towards the player, whose mouth is wide open. The text has been alerted to read: "All scifi has always been woke. You just grew up to become a dishonorable p'taq who identifies with Storm Troopers more than anyone else."

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Still more deadly than flu or RSV jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If you share my deep concern that a fascist like Elon Musk could use the X algorithm to interfere with the upcoming Canadian election please write to Elections canada and demand a full investigation into X's interference in Canada. stephane.Perrault@elections.ca www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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NDP MP Angus calls for investigation into Elon Musk over potential election interference | CBC News

New Democrat MP Charlie Angus is calling on Elections Canada to launch an investigation into Elon Musk and his social media platform X, saying he is concerned about potential interference by the tech ...

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

From populists on the right, but also from establishment figures desperate to bury their responsibility, there's an ongoing push to bury the harms of COVID. Long COVID alone costs 7M life-years (QALYs) and on the order of a trillion dollars a year in the OECD. www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issue...

1. While a precise estimate of long COVID prevalence is still emerging, current research suggests that up to 10-30% of people who contracted COVID-19 exhibit symptoms corresponding to long COVID in the weeks and months following acute infection. Across OECD countries at a minimum, this would represent upwards of 39 million people who had or are currently living with long COVID. Sustainable investment in long COVID research is crucial to inform health and social care resource allocation. As the evidence base grows, developing standardised measures of symptoms and functional impact to support a more precise definition that enables the disaggregation of levels of long COVID severity could be useful to better understand the condition, assess its impact, and to tailor care and support.
3. Long COVID can severely limit people’s ability to undertake basic activities of daily life and can dramatically hamper quality of life. More than 7 million quality-adjusted life years may be lost annually across OECD countries due to the condition. Studies from across a range of OECD countries suggest that one sixth to more than one-third of people may have persistent cognitive symptoms, often lasting more than 12 weeks, after a COVID-19 infection.
4. Even conservative estimates of long COVID prevalence would indicate that long COVID may be reducing the workforce by nearly 3 million workers across OECD countries, amounting to an economic cost of at least $141 billion USD from lost wages alone. Moreover, even among those who were able to return to the labour force, a significant proportion reported needing to reduce the number of hours they worked, compared to before their infection.

5. The economic and social welfare costs of long COVID are dramatic: Even excluding the direct costs of health care, long COVID is likely costing OECD countries as much as $864 billion $1.04 trillion USD per year due to reductions in quality of life and labour force participation. The limitations in activities experienced by long COVID patients, including dropping out or reducing their participation in the labour force, as well as direct medical care costs, can have dramatic implications on their financial well-being. Costs to health and social protection systems may also be high over time.
6. Long COVID could further exacerbate inequalities: The COVID-19 pandemic brought attention to longstanding socioeconomic and demographic inequalities in health. Evidence from some countries suggests that certain groups – including populations with lower education attainment, and those living in more deprived areas – may be at risk of developing long COVID, and of experiencing more severe symptoms.
7. Patients have played a critical role in bringing attention and action to long COVID: Throughout the pandemic, countries deprioritized many key aspects of person-centred care in exchange for rapidly implementing policies intended to contain the virus. While the need for rapid action was clear, the lack of patient voice in the process was notable. In contrast, patients and patient groups have been at the forefront of advocating for both a recognition of long COVID as a legitimate condition, in articulating their care and support needs, and in spearheading research into the condition. In many cases, countries have responded by actively working together with patient groups to disseminate information and develop patient-centred support services.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 22/01/2025

This op-ed explains how to start an ICE Watch neighborhood program in your community. ⤵️

teenvogue.com

How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood

Here’s a step-by-step guide.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I laid the wreathe for Canadians murdered by Nazis in the Abbaye d'Ardennes. Our young lie in fields all over Europe. They fought to free others from evil. For Elon Musk to give the fascist salute and say it's time to "get over nazi guilt" - Fuck him. And fuck those who say Canada should bend.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/01/2025

You can be a monkeywrench, but you can also be sand. Slow it down, muck it up. Do not make excuses for them. Call them gross and weird. THEY ARE GROSS AND WEIRD. They are unfit to represent us. They are sacking and looting. WE CAN SAY NO.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/01/2025

Do *not* normalize anything. You do *not* have to vote for their people. You do *not* need to struggle along with business as usual. Yes, we might have to sacrifice. Yes, it might be different than you imagined this part of your life. We can come back. We can rebuild. We won't give each other up.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/01/2025

The fascists should find it hard TO DO EVERYTHING. They should not be able to find people to work for them. People should act like they are invisible. You did not hear them. You did not get that email. Oooh, did you ask for a pencil? I thought you said stencil.

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 25/01/2025

Did a fascist sit down at a table you're serving? Oops, it's break time. Did they walk into your store? Oops, early closing. Did you get invited to brief them in something? Such a bummer, you are triple booked. Do. Not. Show. Up. For. Fascists.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/01/2025

looking forward in two years to getting a push alert that american troops are bogged down fighting a quebecois nationalist insurgency in montreal

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Maile @maile.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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Antifa International @antifaintl.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

HAPPY ERIC CANTONA DAY! 30 years ago today, Man Utd. star Eric Cantona responded to sieg heiling National Front/British National party supporter Matthew Simmons' racial abuse with a flying kick! To celebrate, we've done a ltd run of this image as stickers. Want some? DM us for details! #kingeric

Eric Cantona, giving a flying kick to a sieg heiling racist in the stands of Selhurst Park after being racially abused by said racist. Captioned: KICK RACISM OUT OF RACISTS

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Jade Pichette @jadepichette.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Hey Ontario, if you care about healthcare, education, environment, transportation or just hate corruption then... VOTE HIM OUT!

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Andrea Zanin @andreazanin.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

All groups are political. Your book club. Your knitting group. Your gardening collective. The companies from which you buy your food, clothes, entertainment. The place you work out. Right now, in this cultural moment, anything you can do in the groups you're in contact with makes a difference.

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Instead of relegating apartments to car-choked arterials, more people should have a chance to live along pedestrian streets.

Pedestrian street in the Slabtown district of Portland.

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Husky "Synthwhoa" Powerfist - Certified Hat Owner @synthwhoa.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This reminds me of what was happening at Citroën when the factory was captured by the Nazis in WWII. The employees were forced to make trucks for the enemy. And they did, with a very small production change: They moved the lines on the dipstick.

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cheshirecatra.bsky.social @cheshirecatra.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I'm SO GLAD Wesley Crusher was not Leslie, as originally planned. Knowing how much bad shit happened to the women on that show, whoever they cast would have been the target of sexual abuse by multiple powerful people, never mind the inappropriate episode content that would have gone with it.

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Ash Coyote @ashcoyote.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Surround yourself with love and immerse yourself in community.

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Isaac Bogoch @isaacbogoch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We're in the middle of respiratory virus season, and while COVID-19 (blue) and RSV (purple) appear to be starting to decline in Canada, influenza (orange) activity remains steady.

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cheshirecatra.bsky.social @cheshirecatra.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

So Linked In isn't deleting h@il H!tl@r comments right now?! Apparently we have to give the actual n@zis a chance??? Fuck that.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This. The fight over books isn't about books. It's a fight over queer folks, trans folks, folks of color, disabled folks, and every other marginalized group whose lives are truly at stake. Books are one of many tools through which these people are being attacked.

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cheshirecatra.bsky.social @cheshirecatra.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

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