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Ginny Hostetler

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Learner. Wordsmith. Storyteller.

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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"We become better thinkers by investing into that writing a degree of attention we’d never give it if we relinquished the task to A.I." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Opinion | I’m Begging You: Never Write With A.I. (Gift Article)
It’s bad for your brain and worse for democracy.
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Peter Llewellyn @peterllewellyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
'Home' documentary from 'Degrassi' co-creator explores complexities of Ontario encampment www.cp24.com/local/toront...
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'Home' documentary from 'Degrassi' co-creator explores complexities of Ontario encampment
When tents started popping up on the lawn in front of a sprawling provincial property in Cobourg, Ont., television producer Linda Schuyler wondered who the people living in the encampment were.
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TVO Docs @tvodocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Out of options in Cobourg, Ont., a community of unhoused people found an unlikely refuge: a vacant heritage estate with a mansion at its centre. Stream "Home" now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lms1P2ZQ04
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"The growing body of research now confirms that COVID-19 should be considered a virus with a significant impact on the brain." www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...
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COVID-19 Leaves Its Mark on the Brain. Significant Drops in IQ Scores Are Noted.
Research shows that even mild COVID-19 can lead to the equivalent of seven years of brain aging
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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pandemic isn't over and Covid isn't "endemic". It's still a pandemic disease with waves across the globe. It can still make you sick, kill you, hospitalize you
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Someone who knows you?!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Me too. I get several spam emails about the Blue Jays—every day! And I'm not even a baseball fan.
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Sue Sorensen @suesorensen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Am thrilled to announce that the writer of this beautiful story is a friend of mine and the Chatterbox instigator / facilitator / inventor is my valued colleague. Wonderful story. www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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Canadian Mennonite University instructor uses camper audio studio to capture stories of human connection in a time of isolation, alienation
GRUNTHAL — Last Sunday, David Balzer parked his vintage 1978 Triple E Surfside camper trailer on a church lot in town and, like an itinerant priest with a mobile confessional, prepared to hear people’...
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nudging people toward an increasingly elusive habit: reading. This country is paying its people to read. share.google/xD2OXCddVSyl... @ctvnews.bsky.social
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This country is paying its people to read. Can it stop brain rot?
Singapore this month launched a novel five-year national campaign to nurture reading habits, with incentives including small payments to citizens who log their reading minutes on a government website.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Libby is great!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nice! We do outdoor hosting too. The challenge is that most people in our circles don't invite us back for outdoor activities. 😞
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Mask Bloc Waterloo Region @maskblocwr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/cov... #Covid
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COVID Is BACK…Again! Have a Sore Throat? Will You Keep Catching It?
It's the summer surge...again! There's no doubt that COVID is back. This time it's called "Nimbus." Will you catch it again and again?
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Yes to NFB. Also CBC Gem, Hoopla and Kanopy through local public libraries. 📺 🎥 📚
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Masking consistently and getting updated vaccines—to help keep our loved ones safe!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
TVO's series Tripping, available on YouTube. TRIPPING | TVO Today share.google/AItDYz9BJd4v...
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TRIPPING | TVO Today
TRIPPING The Series features immersive, extended documentaries that showcase breathtaking landscapes and captivating regional highlights.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Missa Criolla," a perfect piece for a drizzly Sunday afternoon. youtu.be/HzoZNgXmMSU?...
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Misa Criolla, Ariel Ramirez--UCLA Choirs, conducted by Rebecca Lord
YouTube video by Rebecca Lord
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yes. And I suggest that, after you've read it, you watch the movie by the same name, starring Cillian Murphy.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The logic of preschoolers! 😄
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The New Yorker game, Catalogues - Monday, August 24, 2026 2 guesses 1️⃣ 😻 🟢 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 ⚪ 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 🟢 www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
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Play Catalogues: Monday, August 24, 2026
Can you sort the items into the correct order?
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Quiet and powerful
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Column | One surprising perk of getting older: Fewer regrets
There are silver linings to going gray.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Capturing Pennsylvania Dutch stories on video: Our Amish Language — The Dial www.thedial.world/articles/new...
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Our Amish Language — The Dial
As my community modernized, we used Pennsylvania Dutch less and less. Now I'm trying to preserve it.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
And at places of worship.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
It's the most wonderful (growing) time of the year. Yum! Thanks, Herrles Country Farm Market.
Fresh produce: corn on the cob, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, green and yellow beans, peach.
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Waterloo Region Record @therecord.com · 15/07/2026
Waterloo Region air quality worst in Canada; cities cancelling outdoor programming www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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Smoke from Ontario forest fires chokes southern Ontario air quality
Health officials recommend postponing outdoor activities as heat and smoke create hazardous conditions.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Why is the sky yellow? Wildfire smoke chokes southern Ontario air quality
Health officials recommend postponing outdoor activities as heat and smoke create hazardous conditions.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Feed them soft foods for the next couple meals.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Purple first is rare for me!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Doesn't happen often! Connections Puzzle #1119 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Aah—the greenness! 💚
Leafy green trees with light green grass in the background
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Wayside Scribbles @waysidescribbles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
– You seem awfully obsessed with that branch #longcovid #postcovid #ableism #accessibility #satire
A cartoon of a man hanging from a branch over a cliff edge, while another man standing safely at the top says: "YOU SEEM AWFULLY OBSESSED WITH THAT BRANCH".
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🫂
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Grey plateau" is an apt descriptor of the Covid lockdown. But the virus is still among us, still wrecking bodies, spirits, and relationships. Long Covid—powerful but almost invisible. What is the metaphor for these times?
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Canadian Affairs @cdnaffairs.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
2.1 million Canadians may have long COVID. Most people just want to move on. Patients can't. Read more: www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/05/29/t...
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The long shadow of long COVID
Years after infection, many Canadians remain unable to return to the lives they once knew
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
English is my first language, Brazilian Portuguese is my second, learned in childhood. When I was learning French, my prof said I spoke it with a Portuguese accent!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Here's a lovely song: music, lyrics, and arrangement. youtu.be/SWtjTkixv5M?...
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Tocando em Frente, por Almir Sater
YouTube video by TV Cultura
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Come, Holy Spirit, come! 🔥
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Sorry you're not feeling well. It was a service worth watching when you have time.
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Bought the first in the series in 1987. Over the years, collected the volumes as they were published, dug into them for writing, worship planning and sermon prep, proofread a couple of the books professionally, and read one cover to cover—just for fun. The latest commentary arrived today!
Green and pink book cover titled "James," part of the series Believers Church Bible Commentary, author Sheila Klassen-Wiebe
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I'm seeing multiple MDs, including those high up at the WHO, repeatedly say the public need not worry about hantavirus, you need close prolonged contact to get the illness, it's not airborne, and most worryingly, the WHO advising HCWs to use inadequate respiratory protection. Here's the problem. 1/
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Kitten Headpats Duckling: Feel Better
ALT: Kitten Headpats Duckling: Feel Better
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Phil Vischer - Wikipedia share.google/LAWNyOoQ9Jo2...
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Phil Vischer - Wikipedia
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
substack.com/@shawnsmucke...
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Please Use AI
Be sure to use AI when making
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
For the past two years, I've watched an older man walking in my neighbourhood. For months, he hobbled along, with a cane in each hand. Then, he progressed to using only one cane. I just spotted him walking down the sidewalk carrying that cane—but it was not touching the ground! I salute you, sir!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
It's my favourite too!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The names of the characters! 🤣
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"COVID-19 was a major driver..." (gift article) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/42d95ef...
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COVID-19 drove recent leap in preventable respiratory hospitalizations, report says
Hospital admission rates for such diseases more than doubled in 2024-2025 compared with prepandemic levels
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Sticks and stones—all kids love them!
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Well, Scripture does have layers... 😉
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Some families have been waiting five years for funding to support their children. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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More than 67,500 Ontario kids waiting for core autism funding as demand grows | CBC News
Despite increases to provincial funding in recent years, the percentage of children with autism registered with the Ontario Autism Program and receiving funding had yet to crack 25 per cent as of earl...
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Ginny Hostetler @ginnyhostetler.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Looks interesting.
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