Reposted by Amy FaulknerJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Keep being asked what I'd like to see now (re: Hockey trial): - Strict athlete codes of conduct that move beyond legal threshold & include hate & harassment - Sexual violence prevention training aimed at coaching staff AND parents - not just athletes - Mandatory bystander intervention training 624455
Reposted by Amy FaulknerLost Kommunication Records @lkrecords.bsky.social · 13/03/2025📣 𝙅𝙤𝙭, 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙆𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 & 𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 - 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙢 🌸 𝙿𝚛𝚎-𝙾𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛|𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚠! 𝟭𝟰|𝟬𝟯|𝟮𝟱 🌸One Day to go... ✅🛒 music.imusician.pro/a/HQT2-8BQ #robertaharrison #jox #𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙆𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 #upliftingtrance #trance #techno #edm #rave 043
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/04/2025A shout out to the millions who marched in the United States for democracy and against fascism. Taking back the country is going to be a long and hard struggle but it has begun. From Canada we say: #elbowsup 257106482167
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 02/04/2025If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to @ctvyourmorning.bsky.social They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social She is a truth teller. CTV is not. 17032621278
Reposted by Amy FaulknerAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Canada isn't even mentioned in U.S. threat assessment’s summary of #fentanyl crisis, despite Trump's claim that illicit drugs coming through the northern border are “an unusual and extraordinary threat,” by @samedwards.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... via @theglobeandmail.comtheglobeandmail.comCanada not mentioned in U.S. threat assessment’s summary of fentanyl crisisIntelligence director Tulsi Gabbard testifies ‘most extreme’ fentanyl threat is Mexico, despite Trump linking drug problem to tariff decision 511352
Reposted by Amy FaulknerIda Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry. 586236088164
Reposted by Amy FaulknerNPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.npr.orgA Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerabilityA Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information. 618148815855
Reposted by Amy FaulknerBryan McRell @bpmcrell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The crap-filled glee that the RW takes in the idea of the World being divided btwn China,Russia,USA is stamped all over the White Supremacist group occupying the WH. #economicterrorism How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...nytimes.comHow Trump’s ’51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (Gift Article)President Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Justin Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements. 012
Reposted by Amy FaulknerMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 06/03/2025🇨🇦 Canada announces $304 million loan for design of the CANDU Monark, a gigawatt-scale heavy water reactor This is a fully domestic reactor, which is tariff-proof 🔌💡 #onpoli www.canada.ca/en/natural-r...canada.caCanada Invests in the Next Generation of Canadian-Made, Clean, Affordable Nuclear Energy - Canada.caOn March 5, 2025, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced several investments that demonstrate Canada’s commitment to clean energy, innovation and energy... 371668301
Reposted by Amy FaulknerRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/03/2025One day he’s telling us that tariffs are amazing because they will bring lots of new jobs to the US and raise so much money we won’t have to pay income tax, then the next day he’s telling us we aren’t doing them because people were nice to him on the phone. 1643373248067
Reposted by Amy FaulknerTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works. 214503777336
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2025What I'm reading. One of these days I will read a book about music or a novel. Now is not that time. 1051009157
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2025You've been asking yourself "where is the Canadian guy"? But you knew he would show up just when we needed him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ozb...youtube.comWe Are CanadianYouTube video by Jeff Douglas 20638561446
Reposted by Amy FaulknerThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 05/03/2025Our front page today. Happy 181st birthday to Canada's national newspaper. 24839168
Reposted by Amy FaulknerNPR @npr.org · 04/03/2025Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed.npr.orgKee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at 74Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed. 386222301953
Reposted by Amy FaulknerMarcy @marcythecranky.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Is Chrystia Freeland really the only Liberal leadership candidate using alt-text on images on social media? Both Karina Gould @karinagould.bsky.social and Mark Carney’s @mark-carney.bsky.social campaigns were asked to use it to be inclusive, but they still are not. #cdnpoli #disability 232
Reposted by Amy FaulknerMarcy @marcythecranky.bsky.social · 23/02/2025C-SPAN is now advertising @ianhanomansing.bsky.social’s proposed program on CBC as “CBC News Simulcast of Canada as the 51st State Proposal”. Canada’s sovereignty is being threatened. You can file a complaint with the CBC Ombudsman: cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/ombudsman... #cdnpoli #canpoli 56824
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Donald Trump says Canada has no right to exist. I take the threat seriously. With our sovereignty on the table I support a national discussion on next steps. But CBC thinks it would be fun to have an American DJ co-host whether we should exist as a nation. Fuck that @ianhanomansing.bsky.social 41633871054
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/02/2025CBC trying to explain how a "conversation" about whether Canada has a right to exist as a nation will be good because they have asked an American DJ to co-host. Like asking Ukraine to join a "conversation" with Russia about their borders. But don't worry it will be done with "care." 1221426395
Reposted by Amy FaulknerStephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I seriously cannot believe how much I cared about that hockey game. I am so relieved that Canada won. 56124477
Reposted by Amy FaulknerTSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 21/02/2025CANADA HAVE WON THE 4 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 🇨🇦 391180234
Reposted by Amy FaulknerBruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Coulda worn a touch of red, Wayne 7937624
Reposted by Amy FaulknerNHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025MITCH MARNER!!! 🚨 He wins it for Canada in just an amazing overtime! 🍁 #4Nations 0486
Reposted by Amy Faulknerordinary @ordinaryalso.bsky.social · 12/02/2025i have an Excel question. does anyone know what formula to use for when you don’t know what to do about anything at all anymore 8966496
Reposted by Amy FaulknerSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 13/02/2025Now that we are 2+ years into the general public having access to ChatGPT-style systems, are there any credible studies out there exploring how susceptible to LLM-generated mistruths users of these things are? Do people tend to develop good instincts on whether they should trust their output? 4120627
Reposted by Amy FaulknerMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...globalnews.caHow a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.caIn 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. 11264857812421
Reposted by Amy FaulknerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...globalnews.caHow a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.caIn 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic. 511299387816
Reposted by Amy FaulknerDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts. 8836621242
Reposted by Amy FaulknerNPR @npr.org · 08/02/2025Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.npr.orgMorale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job lossesStaff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections. 1502793832
Reposted by Amy FaulknerChloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I keep seeing people post that Canadian universities should scoop up all the American academics who are losing their research funding. I’m guessing these people have no idea what’s going on in Canadian universities after decades of deliberate underfunding. 2243165
Reposted by Amy FaulknerKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Ooo this is a good one ☺️ 11553948510077
Reposted by Amy FaulknerCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comNIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediatelyThe move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. 31348301865
Reposted by Amy FaulknerKrutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 08/02/2025NIH doesn’t just support infectious disease research—it drives breakthroughs in cancer, childhood diseases, heart disease, diabetes & more. Thanks to NIH, we have: 💉 Cancer immunotherapy ❤️ Cholesterol-lowering statins 🩸 Insulin for diabetes Investing in NIH = investing in life-saving discoveries. 227101092551
Reposted by Amy FaulknerApoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...nytimes.comCDC Posts, Then Deletes, Data on Bird Flu Transmission Between Cats and People (Gift Article)The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report. 16044002443
Reposted by Amy FaulknerMadhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 07/02/2025"Trump's actions must be called out for the damage they are doing" @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 11663261
Reposted by Amy FaulknerKatelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Good: CDC’s outbreak publication (MMWR) is now up and running after the first pause in over 70 years Bad: Todays publication is about fires, and not the missing bird flu or mpox studies we knew were up for publication. Of which have safety implications for veterinarians and people with house cats … 874162918
Reposted by Amy FaulknerMichael O’Grady 🇨🇦 @mog7546.bsky.social · 06/02/2025GET YOUR NEWS ON CANADIAN SITE re BIRD FLU We are currently responding to cases avian influenza in domestic birds across Canada. Anyone with birds must practice good biosecurity habits to protect poultry and disease. #MOG8 inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-he... inspection.canada.ca/en/animal-he...inspection.canada.caLatest bird flu situation - inspection.canada.ca 21173422404
Reposted by Amy FaulknerThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 04/02/2025theglobeandmail.comBob Rae angers U.S. conservatives after criticizing Trump’s tariffs in Fox News interviewRae’s comments called ‘outrageous’ after UN ambassador says U.S. President shouldn’t use tariffs ‘as a thing that you think you can play with’ 3016020
Reposted by Amy FaulknerPolling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 02/02/2025"If Trump wants to usher in a new golden age for the United States, the path is to partner with Canada, not fight us. " - Trudeau 120627
Reposted by Amy FaulknerPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 02/02/2025Canada’s Justin Trudeau defiantly stands up to Donald Trump, imposing tariffs on American goods in response to Trump’s tariffs. (This speech was not carried live on American cable news networks.) 892036568
Reposted by Amy FaulknerWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people.” I’ve had my differences with Justin Trudeau, for sure, but he rose to the occasion here. 13156331307
Reposted by Amy FaulknerRichard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli 2059457798679
Reposted by Amy FaulknerGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps. 34529888231608
Reposted by Amy FaulknerNPR @npr.org · 31/01/2025BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.npr.orgTrump administration purges websites across federal health agenciesResearch and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites. 25947752530
Reposted by Amy FaulknerRob Oliphant @roboliphant.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Once again, Pierre Poilievre & the CPC take a page out of Trump’s playbook. Canada is a world leader in protecting the rights of those with differing gender identities & expression. Let’s lean on compassion as we seek understanding about those who may be different from others. That’s the 🇨🇦 way. 283
Reposted by Amy FaulknerTheo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star 35823285
Reposted by Amy FaulknerOnthesidelines5 🇨🇦 (she/her) @onthesidelines5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Class and intelligence 13511