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Amy Faulkner

@librarian8.bsky.social
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Public health librarian. 🇨🇦 Married mom of two teens. Peloton enthusiast. Tina Turner fan for 40 years. Random facts in no particular order. she/her.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Keep 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
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Lost 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
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
A 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
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If 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.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Canada 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.com
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Canada not mentioned in U.S. threat assessment’s summary of fentanyl crisis
Intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard testifies ‘most extreme’ fentanyl threat is Mexico, despite Trump linking drug problem to tariff decision
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2025
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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Bryan McRell @bpmcrell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The 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...
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How 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.
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Michael 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...
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Canada Invests in the Next Generation of Canadian-Made, Clean, Affordable Nuclear Energy - Canada.ca
On 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...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
One 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.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'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.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What I'm reading. One of these days I will read a book about music or a novel. Now is not that time.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
You'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...
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We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 05/03/2025
Our front page today. Happy 181st birthday to Canada's national newspaper.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/03/2025
Kee 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.
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Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at 74
Kee 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.
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Marcy @marcythecranky.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Is 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
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Marcy @marcythecranky.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
C-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
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February 23, 2025 as the date of the program. The headline reads “CBC News Simulcast of Canada as the 51st State Proposal”. The description says ”C-SPAN simulcasts a special Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) production on Pres. Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st state. The special is a joint production of the radio shows Cross Country Checkup and The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.”
Icons with links to social media sites are included, followed by a picture of the Canadian flag. The bottom text reads “watch live at 5:06 PM AST February 23, 2025 on C-SPAN.org”.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Donald 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
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
CBC 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."
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Stephen Quinn @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I seriously cannot believe how much I cared about that hockey game. I am so relieved that Canada won.
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TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
CANADA HAVE WON THE 4 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 🇨🇦
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Coulda worn a touch of red, Wayne
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NHL (Bot) @notnhl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
MITCH MARNER!!! 🚨 He wins it for Canada in just an amazing overtime! 🍁 #4Nations
The video is too long to be posted on Bluesky. This is the thumbnail of the video instead.
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ordinary @ordinaryalso.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
i 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
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 13/02/2025
Now 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?
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This 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...
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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 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.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Whenever 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...
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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 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.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This is a de facto massive budget cut to research universities. We are talking Great Recession size impacts.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/02/2025
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
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Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses
Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.
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Chloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I 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.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Ooo this is a good one ☺️
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NIH 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/...
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NIH 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.
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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
NIH 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.
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
SCOOP: 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...
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CDC 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.
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Madhu 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...
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Katelyn Jetelina @kkjetelina.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Good: 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 …
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Michael O’Grady 🇨🇦 @mog7546.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
GET 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...
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Latest bird flu situation - inspection.canada.ca
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 04/02/2025
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Bob Rae angers U.S. conservatives after criticizing Trump’s tariffs in Fox News interview
Rae’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’
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Polling 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
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 02/02/2025
Canada’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.)
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Walter 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.
Partial text of Justin Trudeau comments on Trump tariffs.
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Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Red state alcohol is currently being removed at B.C. Liquor store in Victoria. #bcpoli
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.
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NPR @npr.org · 31/01/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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Rob Oliphant @roboliphant.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Once 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.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Onthesidelines5 🇨🇦 (she/her) @onthesidelines5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Class and intelligence
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