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Krys

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Seeing the world one country at a time; saving the world one cat at a time. Scientist's wife, puzzle addict, volunteer, tree hugger, and speed reader. Proud to be of 🇺🇦 heritage.

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Future of Good @futureofgood.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Impact Brief: Canada begins consultations on charitable sector modernization framework The Canadian government wants you to share your thoughts about how charities are taxed. 🔗 tinyurl.com/54c42jfj
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Canada begins consultations on charitable sector modernization framework – Future of Good
The Canadian government wants you to share your thoughts about how charities are taxed. In April, when it introduced its Spring Economic Update 2026, the
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It is absolutely preferable to not pick up the cigarette in the first place news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 08/10/2026
Harry Styles opens up to Radiohead's Thom Yorke about how a girlfriend visited him in London and helped him get over his anxiety about being in public. Watch the full video conversation here: youtu.be/8N3PmjcvYtY
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Nate Mook @natemook.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Terrible day in Ukraine with Russia murdering dozens, including children. 30 dead so far in Kramatorsk alone (thankfully, our team relocated). Instead of sharing more images of the horror, I will share one of the humanity Ukraine embodies—rescuers saving a cat from the rubble. 😢
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Melissa Martin @doubleemmartin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
My foster girls Sparky and Chief are going back to Winnipeg Humane Society tmrw and will be up for adoption! They’re super sweet, well-socialized kittens — Chief (black one) is especially snuggly + chatty. They really love each other so would be amazing for someone to take both, if you know anyone!
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 05/10/2026
VANCOUVER – Ralph Mistlberger’s light is adjustable, allowing him to have the full spectrum of options depending on what his internal clock needs.
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Clocks stay in daylight saving, but analysis backs permanent standard time
VANCOUVER – Ralph Mistlberger’s light is adjustable, allowing him to have the full spectrum of options depending on what his internal clock needs.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2026
A cancer vaccine succeeded in a clinical trial in preventing the recurrence of melanoma, a result experts say is a breakthrough for mRNA-based treatments. Trials for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases' vaccines are also underway.
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A melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?
Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway.
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So interesting!
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CTV News Winnipeg @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘Really scary’: Experts weigh in on viral warning that AI could wipe out humanity
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‘Really scary’: Experts weigh in on viral warning that AI could wipe out humanity
We’ve heard warnings about the risks of artificial intelligence before — with some predicting that the machines could rise up and wipe out humanity, like something out of a Terminator movie. But the latest one has grabbed people’s attention in a way the others haven’t.
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.
Two cats on a platformed tower. One is on the lower level, head hidden behind the middle section. The second is on the top tier with only their head showing.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/09/2026
Research suggests around half of all women in the menopausal transition years experience symptoms, like red, watery or gritty-feeling eyes. Hormonal shifts play a role, as do a lot of other factors. n.pr/4gQxpJS
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Dry eyes are common in women. Here's why you shouldn't ignore them
Research suggests around half of all women in the menopausal transition years experience symptoms, like red, watery or gritty-feeling eyes. Hormonal shifts play a role, as do a lot of other factors.
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've seen everyone sharing that US Dialect Quiz so I decided to make my own, much crappier, CANADIAN DIALECT QUIZ to guess where in Canada you're from
A flow chart I have created with multiple questions and the answers determine where you're from.

Question 1 is do you call it a hydro bill (which then branches down to ON, QC, BC, MB) or an electric bill (which then branches down to SK, AB, NS, NB, PEI, NL)

Question 2 is do you call it a cabin (BC, MB, AB, SK) cottage (ON and atlantic) camp (northern Ontario) chalet (QC) or bungalow (Cape Breton)

To delineate BC from MB: do you call it dinner or supper

To delineate southern Ontario rural or big city: have you heard of a stag & doe

To delineate SK from AB: do you call a hoodie a bunnyhug

And finally to delineate NL from the other atlantic provinces: whaddayat? (Correct answer: dis is it b'y)
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Justin Ladia @justinladia.com · 31/08/2026
A thread: Justin reviews the photos of Winnipeg's entries for Le Burger Week on how appetizing they look.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 31/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: “Canadians are like the only people in the world who are going to preemptively apologize for something they didn't even do. So if you're starting a trade war with Canada, it's because you're the asshole.”
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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I cannot overstate how important it was for so many of us to see that you could feel like Eeyore all the time and still deserve friends and to be loved. I will never forget that. A lifetime of gratitude for Peter Cullen.
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
He really is the best doctor ❤️
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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Helmets are an important safety tool, but they don't address the biggest risk to cyclists: cars. It's similar to my views on high-viz. I wear visible clothes, but those are not as effective as safe, separated bike infrastructure. 2/
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Disgusting...
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 12/08/2026
If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title is “Cats living together”.
The first panel shows a black cat and orange cat cuddling with their eyes closed. The orange cat says “I love you”. The black cat says “I love you too”.
The second panel zooms in on them. 
The third panel shows the orange cat opening its eyes.
The fourth panel shows the orange cat raising its paw to punch the black cat. It says, “Actually you know what”.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 06/08/2026
Hello? Yes, this is she.
My cat holding a catnip pillow shaped like a pickle to her ear. She is lying on some sheets
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
When you wear denim jeans with a denim jacket and denim shirt, you create a very unique look. This look is known as The Canadian Tuxedo....but why? It all began in the 1950s in Vancouver. This is the story. 📸 Wikicommons (Erky-Nagy Tibor) 🧵 1/7
A young man with a large afro hairstyle and sunglasses, dressed in a denim jacket, jeans, and brown boots, posing with one hand on his hip and the other on a yellow and black motorcycle in a grassy rural field with trees and buildings in the background.
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I've been so lucky to attend his land-based teachings and a Turtle Island project session through one of my boards - highly recommend both, just incredible experiences.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
gimli, son of manitoba
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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Canadian arts and culture folks: the federal government has launched a (methodologically flawed) survey on "the Cultural Sector's readiness for Artificial Intelligence". If you're ready to resist or refuse genAI, here's your chance to let them know. pch.research-recherche.ca/f/s.aspx?lan...
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National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial Intelligence
Powered by SimpleSurvey.com | Build and manage your own online survey, voting, form and panel management applications.
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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 15/07/2026
Guess I'll just go ahead and change the date on today's to-do list
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ChrisD.ca News @chrisd.ca · 15/07/2026
Paper Cups Now Accepted in Manitoba’s Blue Bin Recycling
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Paper Cups Now Accepted in Manitoba's Blue Bin Recycling
Manitobans can now recycle empty paper cups in their blue bins, including coffee cups, fountain drink cups and other hot and cold paper beverage cups.
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
❤️❤️❤️
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you're here in Europe right now, squashed under this merciless heat dome, you're probably pouring with sweat. That means you're losing water like a burst dam, & need to drink more water than usual to replace it. What happens if you DON'T do that? It's absolutely bloody terrifying. 1/
Temperature map of northwestern Europe baking under a heat dome, via the website Severe Weather Europe: https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/heat-dome-europe-excessive-historic-heatwave-june-july-summer-2026-mk/
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is what it looks like to take wildlife collisions seriously. There are >40 wildlife overpasses and underpasses with fencing along the Trans-Canada Highway near Banff, Alberta. They’ve reduced wildlife-vehicle collisions by 80%, saving human & animal lives while promoting connected ecosystems.
Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.Cars pass under a vegetated wildlife overpass along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine, known as mRNA-4157, has shown promise in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. FIVE years later, NEARLY 70% of people in the vaccine group are CANCER-FREE. The vaccine also cut a person’s risk of the cancer metastasizing by NEARLY 60%.
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A personalized vaccine for melanoma cut the risk of cancer returning after five years
If the vaccine is effective in a late-stage trial, it would be “paradigm-shifting,” one expert said.
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 28/06/2026
‘More than 11,000 trains have circulated over the solar panels…installation “perfectly stable and safe during their passage”…railway solar plant produced >16,000 kWh of electricity since May 20, 2025…100 meters of solar panels…initial trial phase in Buttes amounts to CHF585,000 ($704,600)’
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Solar energy from railways shows first positive results in Switzerland
The world’s first removable solar power plant, installed alongside a railway line, is now operational in Switzerland. It is attracting interest in Italy, France and Asia.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What *actually* works — right here, right now — to address climate change? Here you go. This is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking research and analysis from the Project Drawdown team.
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Noel Mummy 🤕 @noelmu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Well, I know what they're *not* talking about.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bob Odenkirk is a national treasure. Take 44 seconds and watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0rB...
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Mearn (postseason) @mearn.me · 15/06/2026
idea: online therapy service where the therapists are all Simpsons experts so you don't have to explain the episode before explaining how something in your life was like a scene from a specific episode
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Ian McCausland @ianmccausland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Id love to see one of these for #Canada
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Dave Minuk @icdave.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
“I loved being in Winnipeg. This was the dream there. I’m obviously sad I was not able to do that with the guys in Winnipeg and the city of Winnipeg…” Nikolaj Ehlers gets emotional discussing the impact of Winnipeg on his career.
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Krys @krysmb.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 12/06/2026
Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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KPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI
Bogus case studies on UBS and transit systems exaggerated adoption of the technology
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Jenn Allen @jenn-allen.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The unsung heroes of storms like these are the people going around with rakes and broomsticks unclogging drains
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