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@dots134.bsky.social
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(It makes more sense if you read braille.) Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. She/her. Alt text banner: purple morning glory flowers. Alt text profile: close up of my face using an Instagram filter with pink hair and mask.

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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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On my first big overseas client conference, I was at a dinner seated next to a drunk client who kept trying to fondle me under the table. I was young, distressed, and had no idea what to do. I moved my legs as far away from him as I could, moving into the space of the man next to me, who then started patting my legs! The Regional Manager was a French woman who caught my eye, gestured for me to go to the bathroom and when I came back had switched chairs with me.
What happed next was epic. A few minutes after I sat back down, she raised her hand with his hand captured in hers and announced loudly "Does anyone know whose hand this is? I found it in my lap." There was dead silence at the table. She threw his hand back at him and said calmly "next time I pick it up with my fork." Then she started a new conversational thread and things moved on.
After the meeting she found me, gave me a hug, and said seriously "Never be afraid to make some noise. It is their shame, not yours."
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 29/09/2026
What would you tell Canada, if you could write to the whole country? Write it down. Mail it. Then tag a friend who needs to do the same. Get the mailing address at postcard.todmaffin.com
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... @mark-ungrin.bsky.social
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‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher
University of Calgary professor Mark Ungrin has dedicated years of research highlighting what he believes is of significant concern to all Canadians’ health.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 14/09/2026
Nowhere is safe in #Gaza. Civilians, healthcare workers and humanitarian staff must be protected.
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Skye @skyenott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Did you know Canada Post has an online marketplace with all Canadian products? I didn't canadashops.ca
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Canada Shops | Add more Canada to your cart
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Trish 🇨🇦 Sorry! 🍁 @trishly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Big Tech oligarchs, from Zuckerberg to extremist-clown-slash-Twitter-owner Elon Musk, have made clear they are no friend to democracy. Yet Canadian politicians, institutions and media outlets continue to reward their companies by using their platforms. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: It’s time Canada logged out of tech platforms owned by Donald Trump toadies
If our institutions acted, they could hasten the ongoing exodus from services peddled by allies of the Trump administration.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 27/08/2026
Today's @xkcd.com
It's a stickman holding a hammer, lifting up his leg, and saying:

"Listen up, leg. I've been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off!"

It is captioned: tariffs
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Last Neocon @deejaymcg.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Reminder: labor unions are as much a part of the free market as corporations are.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Consider your site content that is routinely updated, like weather maps, Covid charts, or stock graphs. Screen reader users encounter maps and charts where the image has been updated but the alt text hasn't. This can lead to confusion. Always update alt text when updating images.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A word about Trump’s reckless trade war with Canada. This is happening because Trump’s entire career is based on fraud and grift, which means he simply does not know anything about economics, trade, markets. He never has. (1/2)
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 25/08/2026
This is truly heartbreaking. Dolly Parton was an extraordinary person and an irreplaceable champion of the working class. We are a better country because of her.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 26/08/2026
The United States is taking aim at Canada once again, with a crushing new set of tariffs. Ultimately, government will need to solve this. But in the same way Canadians are avoiding US alcohol, produce, and other goods, they should get off US tech products too. Luckily, I have a guide for that.
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Getting off US tech: a guide
I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'll be teaching twenty Gr 3 students this fall. This partial back-to-school order would cost $290.38 through my school board and $668.98 at Staples. #DougFord loves talking tough about protecting us from Tr*mp, but he's taking $60M out of public education and handing it to an 🇺🇸 company. #OntEd
A chart of school supplies showing the price difference between ordering through the school board or ordering from Staples.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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Mike Hudema @mikehudema.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Please make no mistake. Climate change is the biggest threat to global security that modern humans have ever faced." Sir David Attenborough. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #stopfossilfuels #go100re
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.npr.org/2026/08/14/n... “In a typical office, if you have 20 colleagues, it's likely that one or two of them have some degree of immunocompromise. So it's very common that people have risk factors that make COVID-19 dangerous."
npr.org
Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it's ramping up again
Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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Dots134 @dots134.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Strictly Canadian version. People: You can't just post one line from a song and expect everyone to know the song. Me: Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Do I have moots in games or games journalism who would want to help out with a charity stream and feel like they could "teach" something? Can be things like "how to design a character" or even like "how to speedbuild in Minecraft." The options are endless. Please DM me! Signal boost!
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PacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I think that every parent should be aware of this information.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1 in 4 US children have an “underlying” health condition
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If you believe this, and I hope you do, there is nothing stopping you from continuing to protect your vulnerable neighbors by wearing masks in crowded and indoor spaces, especially necessary spaces like healthcare facilities, grocery stores, and public transportation. Absolutely nothing.
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
For the millionth time… CHILDREN THAT NEEDED SCHOOLS FOR FOOD, SHELTER, SAFETY, ALSO NEEDED TO BE KEPT SAFE FROM DISEASE. It was never one thing or another. We should have worked a lot harder to make schools a lot safer much earlier on.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 31/07/2026
The most infuriating thing about all the Fauci stuff this week is that everyone is past tensing a pandemic that is still happening. Covid is still disabling and killing people.
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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
They could have equipped every building in the country with clean air so people aren't getting COVID every year.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Our built world is not designed for these changing temperatures and sprawling catastrophes, and there is no plan or budget in place to address this. To make what's ahead more bearable and survivable, we will need transformative change and radical redistribution—not fucking data centers.
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Joshua Keep @jekeep.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
When the US has wildfires and other disasters, Canada sends help. When Canada has them, the US sends threats. I hope Canadians never forget this, nor the continual silence of the supposedly reasonable American liberals. The US is our enemy.
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Republicans threaten Canada with sanctions over drifting wildfire smoke
Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protections
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Dots134 @dots134.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wordle 1,850 X/6 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ *sigh* there goes the streak
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 03/07/2026
We went to Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair for the U.S.’s 250th anniversary. But the 16-day celebration is proving to be less than successful. Watch @premthakker.bsky.social explore the disastrous fair. Subscribe to zeteo.com for more!
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winston @winston.cc · 21/06/2026
if your dad sucks let me—an actual dad—use father's day to tell you what I think every child deserves to hear from their parents: I'm proud of you, and so glad you're figuring out how to survive this messy world. The world is better with you in it. This is extra true if you're trans.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Our letter calling on the @who.int to implement better masking policy (essentially, eschew medical masks for the much superior respirator mask) has passed peer review and is now published. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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A Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare - Yaneer Bar-Yam, Adam M. Finkel, Greta Fox, Lotta-Maria Oksanen, Špela Šalamon, Liza Toth, Joe Vipond, 2026
In summary: (a) surgical masks provide inadequate protection against airborne pathogens; (b) the current WHO guidelines are harming healthcare workers (HCWs) an...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Old enough to remember when the people defending a UFC fighter for making a 'joke' about Michelle Obama at the WH wanted Jimmy Kimmel, a comedian, to be fired for making a joke about melania on his show.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
If you're Covid informed, you'll often hear "you need to step out of your comfort zone," meaning = attend big events without airborne mitigations which is odd because we don't say that about other precautions. We don't tell construction workers to stop wearing hard hats & live a little
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The Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Most People Do Not Have Long Covid, Just A Mysterious Illness Since Covid, Says Study
Someone taking a rest for a minute, if that's ok.
Headline:
Most People Do Not Have Long Covid, Just A Mysterious Illness Since Covid, Says Study
Story by Paolo Muchacho and Kylie Kipperton

Photo from UNsplash
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Denying that SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to a broad range of sequelae across organs is pseudoscience. We need a case definition for Long Covid which accounts for such a broad range of sequelae. Denying this need is harmful for advocacy and patients alike. People must do better #LongCovid
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Angela Marie Morton @angemmorton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
To everyone still masking in 2026: You are smart & beautiful. Do not ever doubt that you are doing what is right - morally, as well as practically. Protecting yourself, your loved ones & your community does not need to be justified. We ALL deserve accessibility, health & safety. 😷✊️✌️❤️
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Raffi_RC @raffic.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
happy pride! ❤️🧡💛🩵💚💙💜 #pridemonth
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
genuine plea: please include alt text in your posts so that people with vision disabilities can know what’s in your pics/videos. if public health is going to claim to care about disabled people, we need to be making our stuff accessible, especially during events like this one.
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
skyview.social?url=https%3A...
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A BlueSky thread by Tara Moriarty on Skyview
Canadian COVID Forecast: Apr 25 - May 8, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: NL, SK MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC About 1 in 248 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 19/04/2026
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Iris Gorfinkel, M.D. @drgorfinkel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Government secrecy turns premiers into kings. It’s a slippery slope that undermines media & researchers' goals to monitor value for taxpayer money. Laws should SOLIDIFY transparency, not erode it. Don't remain silent ➡️Comment directly to the Toronto Star www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Iris Gorfinkel: Doug Ford’s push for secrecy is putting the health of Ontarians at risk
Government secrecy causes misery and costs lives. Ontario’s most effective watchdogs outside government — citizens, journalists and researchers — depend on FOI to drag hidden policies into the light.
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Still COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📣 Novavax now! Canadians need access to the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine ✉️ Use our online tool to send emails to health ministers stillcoviding.ca/en/take-acti... Please share! #NovavaxNow #COVID #CovidIsNotOver
Photo of two vials of a vaccine and a syringe, accompanied by white and gold text on a blue background reading: Novavax now! Canadians need access to the Novavax vaccine in 2026/2027. Use our online tool to send emails to health ministers. StillCoviding.ca #NovavaxNow. Photo: oasisamuel / Adobe.
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/04/2026
Just a reminder that we can fund science, and save the earth, and feed everyone, and have health care and housing too. All those things are within our reach, together.
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Laura Grace Weldon @lauragraceweldon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
image from inside Artemis II

text: i need more men to understand that two men crying and hugging in space after one of them announced they were naming a moon crater after the other one's late wife is actually what peak masculinity looks like.
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Thomas Lin @7homaslin.com · 26/03/2026
Simple experiment. Scroll through social media for an hour. Write down how it made you feel. Then read a book for an hour. Write down how it made you feel. Compare notes.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Listen: the start
of the pandemic’s
seventh year
is the perfect time
to get back to
the pandemic hobbies
you abandoned: get back to baking 
and calling friends,
get back to journaling
and doing puzzles;
you can even get back to doing what you can
to help other people.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My latest! I'm keeping a list of the cuts that Mark Carney's government has made, and what impact they'll have on our public services. noraloreto.substack.com/p/counting-t...
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Counting the cuts
Mark Carney's attacks on Canada's public service should concern all Canadians.
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