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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 3h

All pants should have stretchy waistbands.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 18h

Got an email prompt to “finish my emails to continue my streak” and I don’t know what that means but I hate it.

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Pam M 🇨🇦 @pam111.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anyone in Ontario actually locate a pharmacy with updated vaccines yet? My pharmacy said they'd call me when they arrive. My Doctor's office, which usually has them early for high risk groups, hasn't received any yet either. #Ontario #dougfordfailure #covid #flu #vaccines

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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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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Love to get a new referral for an unhoused client to provide IBS education 🙃

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great selection of kids masks just arrived from @donatemask.bsky.social! Headed to my kiddo’s school to help keep everyone healthy 😷😍

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s looking like this municipal election is going to come down to which candidates seem to be the lesser of the evils. Considering how many candidates there are there are truly slim pickings.

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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.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He sounds like half the guys in my undergrad philosophy classes.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Absolutely brutal that the general public won’t have access to these vaccines until the end of Oct when we’re in a Covid wave and flu A has already arrived.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Emailed the HPEDSB school board trustee candidates to ask if they support a pause on AI in schools. Quick response from candidate Doug Thur who said that as a former teacher he does support a pause 👍

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We had zero illness in our household the entire summer break. The nugget is now on her second illness since school started. I’m not sure I’ll make it through the school year with my sanity intact. F everyone who doesn’t stay home/mask when sick and f capitalism for valuing the economy over health.

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Pause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 25/09/2026

There are school board elections happening on October 17. Today's students are tomorrow's doctors, teachers and workers. So even if you are not a parent you have a stake in what happens in schools. Please research which candidates support pausing AI in classrooms. aicaution.ca/trustee-elec...

aicaution.ca

BC School Trustee Elections 2026

Text generation and chatbots are extremely harmful to learning. Join the movement to remove AI from schools.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sure would be nice if we could start getting updated Covid and flu vaccines before the start of school in Canada. Covid cases are rising and flu-a has already entered the chat (outbreak just declared in a local LTCH).

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is such a great site. You can see who your MP’s been meeting with and how they’ve voted on bills.

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Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 24/09/2026

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with September 13 data - Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC, SK, YT wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I bought some Good Protein in an effort to up my protein intake and it’s so grossly sweet. I’m baffled by the label because there are no non-nutritive sweeteners but it claims no sugar. How can that be possible when there’s a bunch of fruit powders in it? And why so sweet then?

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Erin Butler @eleighbutler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sometimes, it's exactly who you expect.

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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ve lost track. Does the Ford government get back to Queens Park from their Christmas 2025 break before or after their Christmas 2026 break?

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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Stop plagiarizing other people’s work, @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A friend messaged to say this bird landed on their balcony. He didn’t know what it was. I said someone definitely owns that bird. I managed to find the owner and my friend spent two hours looking for the bird named Zazu. The owner came over but we’re all still on the search.

A cockatiel with grey pattern plumage with yellow legs and beak and yellow spots on its cheeks and head .

The bird is sitting on a balcony railing

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What’s “done”? Covid sure isn’t done with us.

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Canadian COVID Forecast: Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: BC MODERATE: CAN, AB, MB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 158 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Sep 12 - Sep 25, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right:

Canada: MODERATE - 4.0
Alberta: MODERATE - 4.2
British Columbia: HIGH - 8.9
Manitoba: MODERATE - 3.1
New Brunswick: MODERATE - 3.2
Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 3.5
North: MODERATE - 4.3
Nova Scotia: MODERATE - 3.3
Ontario: MODERATE - 3.8
Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 3.8
Quebec: MODERATE - 3.1
Saskatchewan: MODERATE - 3.0

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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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 08/09/2026

For those of you in Ontario wondering when you can receive your next covid vaccine: they should be available by the end of September and updated locations will be posted at the end of the month: www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca... #Ontario

Email screenshot:

Hi Nico,

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available by the end of September, and flu shots by mid-October. The updated vaccines will provide better protection against circulating variants.

An updated list of pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccines and flu shots will be posted at the end of the month at the following link: COVID-19 pharmacy vaccine locations

Thank you,
OPDP Info Box

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"Perhaps more concerningly, the TVs were capable of recording microphone audio when in standby; this continued even after the TV was disconnected from the internet, with audio files stored offline and uploaded once a connection was restored."

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Urban Truth Collective @urbantruth.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

No matter what they claim, the REAL “war” that’s been going on in our cities has been a WAR ON WALKING. And it’s been going on for a century. #UrbanTruth

Mostly black text on white background: “ The Road Lobby claims that there’s a war going on in our cities. There is, but it’s not the war they’ve been lying about. They’ve been waging a WAR ON WALKING for a century.“ Via the Urban Truth Collective.

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GibbertyFlibbet @thecorrection.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

almost 8 inches of rain in 12 hours this is the future - water where we don't want it, and no water where we desperately need it

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 02/09/2026

Conservative MP Matt Strauss, the anti-lockdown doctor who once launched a lawsuit against Queens U funded by Elon Musk, says he joined the Ontario Liberal Party to support Eric Lombardi’s leadership bid He’s spent the last hour clarifying he still supports Pierre Poilievre and didn’t switch teams

Matt Strauss «
@strauss_matt • 1h

Today, I joined the Ontario Liberal Party in order to vote for Eric Lombardi,
@EricDLombardi, in the upcoming leadership contest.
My involvement in politics has always been about advancing actual liberalism: expanding human freedoms. Free speech, free trade, free choice.

Matt Strauss O
@strauss_matt.37m
...
Some confusion in the replies: I am 100% a Conservative, and will remain a Conservative
MP.
I have never in my life voted Liberal in either a provincial or federal election.

Matt Strauss • @strauss_matt • 2m Just to make it all crystal clear, 1 am:
1) Remaining a federal Conservative
2) Opposing the illiberal Liberal Party of Canada.
3) Working hard to make @pierrepoilieve the next Prime Minister of Canada!

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Next time I want to buy fresh green beans from the grocery store, somebody stop me.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The nugget’s teacher declined my offer to provide masks to keep in the classroom because apparently appeasing the masses is more important than the health of children and health equity so I’m taking my request to the principal 🤞

As excited as Ellie is about the upcoming school year, I'm bracing myself for the constant carousel of illness. I was wondering if PCB would consider having well-fitting (e.g. N95/K95) masks available in the office for students and staff to help themselves to if they want. Given public health's guidance that students should mask if at school when sick, and for 10 days after symptom onset, and the inability for many families to afford quality masks, I feel that this would be a great low-pressure health equity measure to prevent the spread of illnesses in school. There is even an organization (donatemask.ca) that you can request masks from as an organization. If you are agreeable to this suggestion, I would be happy to submit a request and assume responsibility for keeping a basket stocked.
Thanks so much for your consideration and happy back to school!

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our taxpayer dollars are being spent at an American company (in the middle of a trade war) that offers better deals to folks walking in off the street than to teachers ordering through the Ontario Ministry of Education portal. Make it make sense!!! #OntEd

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I had to call a doctor’s office today to follow up about a client and they had an infuriating AI assistant screening calls.

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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Ontario govt took $60M out of public education and handed it to Staples. Tomorrow, 80K elementary teachers each get $750 of the misappropriated money to buy overpriced classroom supplies at an 🇺🇸 corporation. Please remember this the next time Captain Canada tells you to #BuyCanadian. #OntEd

A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples. Staples is always more expensive.

A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.

The total for the school board is $290.38.
The total for Staples is $668.98.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026

Look, guys, the data centers really need that water to make more csam

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This episode of @onthemedia is a really good listen for all parents (and teachers) of school aged children podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/o... cc: @aicaution.ca

podcasts.apple.com

How AI Chatbots are Infiltrating Classrooms

Podcast Episode · On the Media · August 26 · 23m

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I love the convenience and time saved from curb-side grocery pick-up and delivery but I think I have to start doing my own grocery shopping again based solely on the amount of rotting produce we’ve been getting.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I can think of nothing I would want less in my large appliances.

Photo of a Samsung appliance with “Bespoke AI”.

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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Reposting for the dishes done, bras off crowd.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

After a kid’s soccer tournament Saturday and 7-year-old’s park birthday party on Sunday, I need a weekend from the weekend.

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It’s wild to me that many doctors are blithely using AI scribes with patients and yet I still have to fax them about mutual clients because email is not a trusted mode of communication.

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Michael Druker 🇨🇦 @mdruker.app · 14/08/2026

Ontario housing nerds: last day for feedback on getting single stair reform, elevator code reform, single stack plumbing, and whatever else we need to change in the Ontario building code so we can make it feasible to build good, safe small and mid-sized buildings with nice apartments

ero.ontario.ca

Consultation on Reducing Regulatory Burden in Ontario's Building Code | Environmental Registry of Ontario

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Diana Chard @dianachard.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Oh no. Stopped at a farm stand and the kid working there ma’amed me.

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