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“You gotta crack a few bodies to keep brunch going.” — all govt leaders’ Covid response

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Limón de Beauvoir @ottomanvampire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s kinda perfect, he’s turning his back on the rest of us, on humanity.

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Bad ass poster in my neighborhood

“ You don’t reform a dystopia” written over an illustration of a burning Cybertruck

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Even with limited data (ie cases are undercounted), and workers spraying and checking for standing water all summer, Florida’s ongoing dengue outbreak is the worst in the US since the 1940s, & locally-acquired cases have surpassed travel-acquired. “There's a good chance that this is the new normal”

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Florida's Dengue Outbreak Is Now the Largest in the Continental U.S. in Decades

'There's a good chance that this is the new normal,' says expert

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Seeing many posts about #plague, so a reminder: Plague is serious -- an incident involving a high-containment lab warrants investigation. Right now, we have an unexplained death from pneumonia, NOT confirmed plague or evidence of an outbreak. Watch closely. Avoid speculation. Follow the evidence.

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Ben answered his own question in this post: because they all know AI is NOT the next Google (and probably never will be) and they’re desperate to get all the money before anyone else figures it out.

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Toronto Boris @torontoboris.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is bad in the antivax age, means if you can’t vax for measles, others are leaving you vulnerable to a bunch of other diseases, like Mumps, whooping cough, chickenpox/shingles, even things you used to fight off easily like flu & rhinovirus. Get measles booster if you can—it protects you & others

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The Materia Prima. Hands down the favorite installation I saw during Nuit Blanche. The Aga Khan fountains scream for a large centre piece like this. #TOPhoto #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #NuitBlance

Reflection with the museum in the background.

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Amazing. Love it. Interesting exercise to go thru, and interesting and personal drawing. great callouts! I can relate to some 😅 That it made you feel better is pretty cool. That art can do that ✨

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We can’t even treat a virus outbreak like a virus outbreak.

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Fascism has to be destroyed, which is a problem when you try to do it within the confines of liberal democracy. I have struggled with this idea for a while

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have created a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks COVID-19 from infecting cells with 99% effectiveness in lab tests. This isn't a vaccine. It's a decoy. And it could change how we fight viruses forever.

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Find out where Toronto candidates stand on key environmental issues like AI Data Centres, climate change, flood resilience, tree planting, single-use garbage, and greening buildings. Click on our newly launched map! loom.ly/fg6TTj8 #topoli

Map of the City of Toronto with each ward outlined. Text reads: TEA's Greener City Champion Pledge

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We can’t even treat a virus outbreak like a virus outbreak.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Glad there’s more awareness about what Covid can do even to healthy people & good to get the vaccine to lessen effects of a Covid infection BUT vaccine doesn’t prevent infection 100% ever & it wanes to about 60-70% effective in just 2-3 months, less effective as time goes on 😷 Mask & clean the air!

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📍 Biidaasige Park #Toronto The park is full of yellow-rumped warblers this morning (among many other birds). Overhead on the path “did you guys see that new beaver sculpture yet?”

The don river winding through small islands near the new river mouth. Clear blue sky is reflected in calm water.

A yellow-rumped warbler perched near the top of a tall plant.

White and purple flowers on the bank of the don river.

The lower don river with thick vegetation on both banks. Clear blue sky is reflected in calm water.

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Francesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Colony, 2026 | Kent Monkman lassondearttrail.org/art-trail/ke... #Toronto

A large bronze sculpture of a beaver with its mouth open, banging a drum.

Huge bronze and steel sculpture in a park of many giant beavers feasting, singing, dancing, and celebrating.

Huge bronze and steel sculpture in a park of many giant beavers feasting, singing, reading, and celebrating. One beaver is perched on top of a structure holding a bow and arrow, posed like Eros.

Giant bronze beaver sculptures on a park, posed in dance.

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John Mullinax @johnmullinax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes, before these premiers succeed in dismantling the universal system completely and the insurance companies come swooping in to handcuff us to our jobs like in the US, making it harder to change jobs for fear of losing your family’s health coverage! Ontario & Alberta both need to general strike

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This discussion with @doctorow.pluralistic.net is great. Really worth watching the whole thing. Starts with some of his thoughts on AI but, IMHO, the best bit is the stuff on digital sovereignty.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Catching measles does not make your immune system stronger… it does the exact opposite. It can wipe out your immunity (both natural and vaccine related) to all kinds of diseases. It’s a deadly and disabling disease that we know how to prevent. Get your vaccine. It saves lives.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Red Admiral pauses to feed on a strawflower, its papery petals glowing like rubies in the autumn sunlight. These striking butterflies can often be seen on the wing well into autumn, bringing another flash of colour to the garden in the first days of October.

A Red Admiral butterfly, with dark brown-black wings marked by vivid orange-red bands and white spots, feeds on a pink and ruby-red strawflower with a bright yellow centre. Two unopened blooms sit below against a softly blurred green background.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I can’t stop laughing

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Ontarians shouldn't pay out of pocket for surgeries at private clinics: ministry

Happening with knee & hip surgeries too—and it’s illegal. OHIP covered surgeries but hospitals purposely underfunded by Premier Ford, so there’s a backlog for hospital patients while our taxes fund private clinics that charge for faster access. Do Ontarians know this when they keep voting for him?

barrietoday.com

Province 'always ensuring that people are accessing the care they need with their OHIP card, never their credit card,' says ministry official

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They were entitled to free care. Private surgeons charged them thousands in extra fees | CBC News

Upselling has already been happening for a few years. My family member told by Dr. they could get cataract surgery at Dr.’s private clinic within month or wait a year at hospital. I asked how much? Dr changed subject. We decided to wait, got hospital appt within the month. Attempted upsell! Others👇

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The Ontario Health Coalition is taking aim at the province's plan to expand publicly-funded surgeries at private clinics, saying the experiences of two Londoners is emblematic of the dangers that come...

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Why is PM Carney welcoming so many US data centres in Canada, accepting govt contracts with Palantir, when they’re all a threat to our sovereignty thru ‘an off switch’? “Strong Canada” is just clever PR to manufacture consent for corp/govt partnership instead of securing 🇨🇦 against 🇺🇸 threat #cdnpoli

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I don’t know the pros & cons of either system but is there a benefit to Toronto going back to borough system? Tho I think boroughs never truly ran themselves 100% before amalgamation, but I was a kid, what did I know about municipal politics? I still have a Borough of York flag tho!

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