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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Love the the Artemis crew. Four extraordinary humans: brilliant, disciplined, and deeply mission-driven. What stands out even more than their intelligence is their character. Kindness. Positivity. Humility. Empathy. The future of space exploration shouldn’t just be bold, it should be human. 🚀✨👇
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Yes.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
med.stanford.edu/news/all-new... An incredible discovery.
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Stanford Medicine scientists tie lupus to a virus nearly all of us carry
The Epstein-Barr virus can convert B cells it’s infected into diabolical overlords that reprogram myriad other immune cells to attack our tissues, Stanford Medicine scientists have found.
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Dr. James H. Gundlach @pecanjim.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Just visited the CDC on line data source this morning, it was down last night. Trump's censors have ended the available data at 2016, data through 2023 was yesterday. I have previously downloaded some of the later data and will be posting some comparisons. 🧪💡☠️ #Sociology #Population #News #Think
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WomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#NoKings
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
www.acog.org/clinical-inf...
Science is clear - there is no link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and autism in children. High quality studies confirm acetaminophen's safety for use during pregnancy. Pregnant patients can continue to rely on this trusted medicine for managing pain and fever.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
www.scientificamerican.com/article/ozon... I grew up listening to the dangers of CFCs and the need to take care of the only home we have. As an adult I heard Tim Harford's Cautionary Tale "The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World" We need to celebrate innovation and pursue positive climate impacts.
Even a well intentioned invention can have severe unforseen consequences.

The global response which included the 1987 Montreal protocol led to a worldwide ban on CFCs and prevented an even greater catastrophe.

Many see the rapid decisive action taken to address the ozone hole as a hopeful precedent for dealing with the much larger and much more complex issue of climate change.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The headline is interesting given that the initial project prototype was deployed in Fall 2024 in Arizona "for the Pima and Maricopa tribes, known together as the Gila River Indian Community, on their reservation near Phoenix." 🤨
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
In reading this I see in my mind's eye the maternal mortality rate graph compiled for Texas. While not as high as 50% it's trending upwards, without living in a country of the same internal turmoil that Afghanistan women face. The trends in these outcomes are directly related to policy choices.
"Women in states with abortion bans are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth or soon after giving birth, according to a report from the Gender Equity Policy Institute." 21.2 in supportive states vs 47.5 in states with abortion bans and 36.2 in states with restrictions but not classified as abortion bans.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I wasn't sure when the last politically motivated shooting happened in Canada. A quick search brought up this article from July 2024, which states the last fatal shooting was in 2014 with an attempt at armed confrontation stopped in 2020. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Canada reflects on its history of political violence in wake of attack on Trump | CBC News
As an apparent attempt to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump drives another anxious debate about the history of political violence in the United States, Canadian politicians are also copin...
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
After 20 years in healthcare for the first time (while looking at informational sources for developing a public educational infographic) I questioned the validity of published CDC web content - questioned enough to not include any CDC information in my own Canadian context public health creation.
Fight the Flu
With a vaccine 
Ask your healthcare provider if the flu shot is right for you 

*Entertainment purposes only, not a substitute for medical advice*
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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I’ve spent a good chunk of my career relying on American science and engineering to keep me alive. Yesterday, RFK Jr. testified at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. It was sad to see him try to destroy the life’s work of so many American scientists. He shouldn’t be in this job.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
So many changes taking place
Canadian flag over snowy ski hill with text Canada imports more vehicles from Mexico than the US for the first time in 30 years
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
The birds can always tell first, when the seasons are changing 🐦
Map of USA showing east coast with high bird migration traffic overnight vs Midwest and Western states minimal bird migration observed.
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Canadian Peace Museum @canadianpeacemuseum.ca · 25/08/2025
Thanks to the generosity of our little community, planning for the Canadian Peace Museum has began. www.mybancroftnow.com/70749/news/c...
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Design of Canadian Peace Museum underway in Bancroft - My Bancroft Now
Hugh Spencer, James Jensen and Diane Oliver-Jensen of the Museum Planners Group recently spent two days at the museum building on Valleyview Drive.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Fascinating - illustrating the importance of being caretakers of the land 🌱
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I appreciate the significance behind #KingCharlesIII timely visit and willingness to deliver the #SpeechfromtheThrone to open #Parliament in #Canada. Politics and the Monarchy are kept at arms length. But this signal is an important gesture to aid Canada. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/world/r...
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Why King Charles's upcoming visit to Canada is unprecedented in many ways | CBC News
King Charles has been to Canada 19 times, but his first visit as monarch later this month to read the speech from the throne will be an unprecedented outing on multiple fronts.
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dpoolie @dpoolie.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
"Exports to the US (-6.6%) were down significantly, but this decrease was almost entirely offset by a strong increase in export to other countries (+24.8%) StatCan We have friends, Trump does not.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
There is no aborted fetus debris in the MMR vaccine, or in any vaccine at all. It is worth noting that the Catholic Church, one of the most staunch anti-abortion organizations in the world, has a formal policy that encourages all vaccinations.
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Elbows up! 🇨🇦 Canada election 101 🧵 bsky.app/profile/jare...
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Carney, watching election results with wife, children and offshore accountants THE BEAVERTON (Satire)
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.science.org/content/arti... So much diversion of public funds away from science 🧪 🥺
Quote from Epidemiologist and PI for 22 years with the NIH Women's Health Initiative states not only do the contract cancellations impact research into cognitive decline, healthy aging and managing chronic disease but the also the impacts of the loss of WHI platform and resources upon early career scientists in the US, needing the training to launch and advance their careers in medicine and public health.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
substack.com/@mbossbm/not... Worth the restack for the message - language aside! 🇨🇦
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Mark Bossert 🇨🇦 on Substack
Reposting from my wife’s Niece. She’s brilliant! Ok. Sorry it has to come to this but here's election politics for dummies 101. First of all, let's get THIS straight. Carney wasn't part of Trudeaus ...
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 17/04/2025
RFK Jr. is very loud and very WRONG about Autism. 1. It’s not a disease 2. There are thousands of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder who pay taxes, have jobs, can use the bathroom on their own, and are thriving in life.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Land border crossings into the United States down by hundreds of thousands, data shows
U.S. customs data shows that the number of travellers crossing into the country from Canada by land is down sharply from last year.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
45 years later and the Marathon of Hope continues 🇨🇦🍁💪 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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45 years later, Terry Fox's brother retraces the first steps of the Marathon of Hope | CBC News
Fred Fox ran from Mile 0 to St. John's city hall on Saturday to commemorate his brother's marathon of hope on its 45 anniversary. People who were there in 1980 spoke about their memories, while cancer...
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
States should remain the representative body for impacts to local environments - protections for the air the residents breathe, the water they drink and the ecosystems in place can't be overridden without diligent evidence based consideration for future impacts on human and planetary health 🌎
"California's efforts to cut harmful pollution won't be detailed by a glorified press release masquerading as an executive order."
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/04/2025
Trump eliminated the CDC’s Child Abuse, Neglect, and Adversity Team, which studied the effects of childhood trauma and promoted policies to keep kids safe. For a 'Pro-Life' administration, they don't seem to care much for our childrens' well-being. www.cdc.gov/child-abuse-...
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A Public Health Approach to Child Abuse and Neglect
This page will educate public health professionals on strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 02/04/2025
@ylepidemiologist.bsky.social is right. You can humiliate and fire us. But we will not stay down. Because we truly believe in our mission. We fight for people. We fight for kids. For the right to survive and the hope to thrive. Goodnight friends. Get some rest. open.substack.com/pub/yourloca...
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Why we keep going
Today thousands of health workers at the CDC and FDA lost their jobs—effective immediately.
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Chief Optimus @chiefoptimus.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Longest Senate filibusters ever: Strom Thurmond - opposing voting rights for black people Ted Cruz - opposing health care for poor people Cory Booker - opposing fascism
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Facebook is deleting Historian Heather Cox Richardson’s daily newsletters…
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'm interested to see how the work of this team evolves over time.
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Canadian Birdie 🖇️ @cdn-birdie.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I had watched the whole news conference. It is heartbreaking. The premier singing a traditional song for Ashley Shingoose was moving. Damn the people who refused to search the landfill. 😢
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Jamie O’Neil-part owner of Canada @jamieoneil.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🇨🇦Important! Canadian scientists make key discovery in how antibiotics could fight superbug www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Canadian scientists make key discovery in how antibiotics could fight superbugs
For the first time in decades, researchers have found a new class of antibiotics that could effectively fight superbugs, which are some of the planet’s most drug-resistant bacteria.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Posted by a friend living in Alberta Canada Elbows up 💪🇨🇦
Ben Shapiro states "When we take Canada, you will be expelled to Panama to work the canal."

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is Canada election fundraising with Ben Shapiro today.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Aka how Trump brought Canada together against Maple MAGA - note Quebec!! 😳 Elbows up 💪🇨🇦 It's going to be interesting to see where everything settles April 28.
Canada federal election projections by province overlayed upon map of Canada for January 2025 vs March 2025 noting predominantly conservative voting projection Jan 2025 and predominantly liberal voting projection (including Quebec!!) March 2025.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Canadian petition to revoke Elon Musk's citizenship has already reached 369 921 signatures 🇨🇦💪 The Americans have a petition seeking to impeach President Trump beginning January 20th with currently 250 000 signatures www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump impeachment petition gets 250,000 signatures
The Free Speech for People group launched a campaign to impeach the president on the day of his inauguration.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This hits close to home; The Highway of Heroes 🇨🇦 Lest We Forget 🎖️
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Disagreements happen, but only ethical behaviour is respectable.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Protests in Quebec, Canada and Paris, France against donald trump and elon musk 🇨🇦💪 We will not kiss the ring.
Article describes thousands of women protesting across Quebec Canada against the American administration People form a human chain in Montreal at anti trump protest March 8 2025Thousands march in the snow, wearing red, to protest the hostile acts of the American administration Halte Au Fascisme signs at anti trump protest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
I can recall the crisp freshness of the air and the warmth of the sun on my face despite the cold temperature - spring was beginning to return as we watched the waves under the ice floes 🇨🇦 Ottawa River, Eastern Ontario March 2024
Frozen waves onto the Ottawa river shore with bare trees and cloudless blue sky reflected in the frozen water at the horizon
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Day Three 🇨🇦 -LCBO has pulled all US liquor -Ontario Provincial Government cancelled Starlink deal; Italy may follow suit
Social media post from DT states Canada caused tariff war due to weak border policies allowing "tremendous" amounts of Fentanyl and Illegal aliens to pour into the United States.

 Counter post by Melanie D'Arrigo states "DT pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht who was sentenced to life in prison for running an online platform where drug dealers conducted more than $200 million in illegal drug sales. He doesn't care about Fentanyl."Headline: Ontario cancels Starlink deal over US tariffs — Italy may follow due to US pullback from Europe
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure used to evaluate a country’s overall development based on standardized measures of health, education and standard of living. The HDI ranges from 0 to 1, with higher values indicating greater human development. Credit: Amazing Maps (edited)
Map of North America excluding Mexico highlighting human development index by province or state where Alberta, Canada ranks the highest, Ontario tied with a handful of US states and the Southwest (excluding California) and deep south showing the lowest performance measures.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Day Two 🇨🇦
Picture of X post by Wab Kinew Premier of Manitoba Canada posting order to pull American liquor from Manitoba provincial liquor stores.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I am infinitely grateful for my ancestors having survived the journey across the Atlantic in the 1800s to live in Canada so that I could spend now 45 years living in a supportive culture. We have our challenges (MMIW and TRC for one) but we are permitted to speak truth to power 🇨🇦
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
www.axios.com/2025/03/04/c... Day One 🇨🇦
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Trade war erupts as Trump hits Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs
Canada and China announced retaliatory measures.
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HWess 🇨🇦 @hwess.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Please, stay. We are stronger together 💪
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