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Rosemary Killeen

@rosemarykilleen.bsky.social
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Pharmacist, educator, word nerd. She/her. Gigi X 5. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Lots of opinions - all my own. Not THAT Rosemary! 🇨🇦 #cdn#elbowsup

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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If I do say so myself, the deck I've prepped for this, tomorrow, is awesome. Much fun, and informative. Very stoked about presenting it. www.cigionline.org/events/the-c...
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The Canadian Standard of Living, Productivity and Innovation: Actions to Improve Living Standards in Canada
CIGI Speaker Series hosted by the Centre for International Innovation
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On this day in 1986, Canadian author Robert Munsch released his book Love You Forever. It is a book that originated from tragedy but from that tragedy came something wonderful and beloved around the world. This is the story of one of Canada's most acclaimed books. 🧵1/10
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 30/09/2026
POLITICAL SCIENCE JOB AD: Tenure-track position in International Relations at the University of Waterloo. We're *very happy* to announce this. Applications due Nov. 1st; job start date July 2027. Details here (pdf): uwaterloo.ca/arts/sites/d...
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Nature paper succinctly explains the risks of getting COVID-19 and it’s not just long covid - it’s the vascular damage that COVID-19 does to us all in various degrees. Please get vaccinated. #VaccinesWork www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Real talk: The incompetent dudes at the top are ruining public education and healthcare and paving the way for further privatization. It’s time to talk about supporting education and healthcare workers to run in the next provincial election. Let’s talk. #OntEd #OnPoli
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Eidra Park: Let's Talk About It (Netflix)
Alt: Eidra Park: Let's Talk About It (Netflix)
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Well worth the time to listen to Chretien’s whole speech
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/09/2026
To be truly productive and efficient, Canada needs a competent, well-resourced civil service, not chatbots. It needs the capacity to build things that it can't afford to do without.
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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 08/09/2026
For those of you in Ontario wondering when you can receive your next covid vaccine: they should be available by the end of September and updated locations will be posted at the end of the month: www.ontario.ca/vaccine-loca... #Ontario
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Hi Nico,

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be available by the end of September, and flu shots by mid-October.  The updated vaccines will provide better protection against circulating variants.


An updated list of pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccines and flu shots will be posted at the end of the month at the following link: COVID-19 pharmacy vaccine locations


Thank you,
OPDP Info Box
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Theresa McLeod @westtexascatlady.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
So much truth here! 😢
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Kate Heartfield @kateheartfield.com · 25/08/2026
Canadians, we can donate to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Canadian communities through CanadaHelps: www.canadahelps.org/en/charities...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🤖🫧💥 www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 23/07/2026
In this week's column, I agree that Canada needs to weild more economic weight with one objective in mind: Beating Trump. (Featuring a @jamellebouie.net shout-out) Gift link in next skeet. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: To hit back at Trump, Canada needs to supercharge its boycott of American goods
The federal government should encourage all Canadians to wield their purchasing power against the U.S. president.
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Chet Scareville @chesterscoville.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
When all is said and done, this little cartoon may be the century’s definitive work of art.
The New Yorker cartoon by Tom Toro, where a trio of kids are sitting around a campfire in a blasted desert landscape. A man in a ragged business suit is also sitting there, saying, "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Rural hospitals with limited ER hours; schools jam packed full of students breathing filthy air; shelters turning away women and children; busted infrastructure; no affordable housing; environmental disaster. But don't worry, babes. We've got 10 million to campaign between elections.
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Andy Samberg: Cool Cool Cool, No Doubt
ALT: Andy Samberg: Cool Cool Cool, No Doubt
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Treaty Chiefs are calling for RCMP to investigate Danielle Smith and UCP for possible treason in regards to the sovereignty referendum.
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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Worth a read if you’re interested in #publichealth and #pandemics
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
OUR NEW BMJ editorial: Andes virus should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk. 🧵 1/ For severe pathogens with person-to-person transmission, the starting point should be precautionary airborne protections — not waiting for definitive proof after spread occurs. www.bmj.com/content/393/...
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Important read re: hanta and respiratory protection trishgreenhalgh.substack.com/p/fb368a53-f...
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Trish Greenhalgh
Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Click to read Trish Greenhalgh on Substack. Launched 15 minutes ago.
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
All of this 👇🏻
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Public health messaging we need to hear: "We acknowledge that we were wrong about COVID not being airborne. We've learned from that. We no longer assume the same with new outbreaks and we employ the precautionary principle until we have clear evidence that airborne mitigations are not required."
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Great reminder about why it’s important for Canadians to complete the census questions. I did ours today (and also have a long memory about 2011)😊
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Barbara MacKinnon @barbaramackinnon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
YIKES!!! 🚨 Breaking news at Queens Park FYI re: FOI Ford just scheduled a late-night sitting to ram through a law that would permanently hide his phone records, while under RCMP investigation. The NDP are staying up all night to fight it.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
New from me at TVO, on the whole jet thing: www.tvo.org/article/anal...
One final point here for members of the PC caucus at Queen’s Park to consider: they are being asked this week to vote to make it easier for the premier to make decisions behind closed doors, and to lock those doors even more firmly. Government House Leader Steve Clark has presented a motion to whip the budget measures bill through the legislature without committee hearings, including the section that will eviscerate Ontario’s freedom of information laws. Many in this government find journalists and their insistence on factual answers annoying, fine. But the events of the last few days are a reminder that a culture of insularity and secrecy is bad for governments, and Tories might want to ask whether leaning into that dysfunction is really what they need right now.
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
OMG
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Catherine Fife @waterloompp.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
University of Waterloo contributes nearly $7 bn to Ontario’s GDP — generating $8.16 in economic activity for every $1 invested. Investing in our students & post-secondary sector is contributes to a strong economy. Why is the Ford govt gutting OSAP and risking this potential in an economic trade war?
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
In Ontario, a long list of high risk conditions makes many Ontarians eligible for Covid boosters, starting today. You can find more information here. Please share this information with people in your life at risk of severe Covid. They might not even be aware that they are or that they're eligible.
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COVID‑19 vaccines
Learn about Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination program and how to book a vaccine.
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Our current medical establishment seeks to erase the nightmares of 6 years ago and reinforce memories of unpleasant mitigations. However, unfortunately, for them, only they care about lockdowns today and so the MAHA coalition is cracking up. My latest.
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The Covid Amnesia Project and the Plot to Erase 2020
It’s up to those of us who experienced the pandemic in the real-world to make sure that what actually happened in 2020 isn’t deliberately erased by sheltered disinformation agents who experienced
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 27/03/2026
It remains outrageous that no one in Canada even bothered with a proper inquiry into the massive failures of the pandemic.
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Jonathan Jarry @jonathanjarry.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
My article for @mcgilloss.bsky.social on AI-generated doctors--including AI-hallucinated scientific papers--has just been republished by TVO. I'll be on their show, @bigiftruetvo.bsky.social, this Sunday to talk about it!
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hclark @hclark.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Major gaps in Canada's #digital #sovereignty affect everyone. @spaikin.bsky.social talks to @canadianshieldinstitute.ca @vassb.bsky.social ThinkOn's Craig McLellan & @mozilla.org's Mark Surman: youtu.be/KLxJf1QbBQQ?...
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Can Canada Regain Its Digital Sovereignty? | TVO Today Live
YouTube video by TVO Today
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Pew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 05/03/2026
We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country. The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...
Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
View of pond surrounded by trees in Milnthorpe Park, NZ
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ScienceUpFirst @scienceupfirst.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
What’s your average screen time? ⏳ You may have seen bold claims about the benefits of a "social media detox". But the evidence is mixed. Like most habits, reshaping your relationship with your phone takes time and effort. Check out these evidence-based tips👇 scienceupfirst.com/mental-healt...
A light yellow and green checkerboard background. A tablet in the centre. Text in graphic: "Trying to cut back on your screen time? Skip the ‘social media detox’ – Try these 5 evidence-based tips instead." #ScienceUpFirst
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Dee Chan @deechan17.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I'm relieved to see that I am not just a relic trying to live in the president day world. Psychology says people who still write shopping lists on paper instead of using their phone aren't stuck in the past — they're engaging in cognitive processing. share.google/IWVTVVWkviJ4...
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Psychology says people who still write shopping lists on paper instead of using their phone aren't stuck in the past — they're engaging a form of cognitive processing that strengthens memory, intentio...
The crumpled shopping list in your pocket isn't a relic of the past — it's a secret weapon that activates neural pathways, sharpens focus, and builds mental discipline in ways that tapping on your pho...
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hclark @hclark.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Hey @uwaterloo.ca and @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social people, we're coming to town! Still a few free tickets for a discussion with @spaikin.bsky.social, @vassb.bsky.social, ThinkOn's Craig McLellan and @mozzilla.bsky.social's Mark Surman Friday night at CIGI:
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 17/02/2026
Niagara County voted 57% for Trump. All of the counties outside Buffalo and Rochester favoured Trump — many of them by 60% or more. Americans voted for belligerent nationalism and isolationism, and they're getting it.
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Mary Fernando M.D. 🇨🇦 @maryfernando.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I wore a N95 the whole time in hospital - why go through the stress of surgery to repair one artery and then put every vessel in body at risk? Every organ in your body, including your brain, requires robust blood flow to function. Protect your vessels. Wear a N95. #CovidIsAVascularDisease
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If this is this is the kind of stuff they think they'll get away with doing in public and in broad daylight, just imagine what they're doing behind closed doors.
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Brian Doucet @briandoucet.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Some winter scenes today of an LRT that worked well in the snow. Greetings from Kitchener-Waterloo, with its ION LRT trains running every 10 minutes, on time, with full signal priority! 1/2
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Michele Sparling @michelesparling.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
ON Gov’t approved more than 100 permits in past 5 yrs allowing industry to take water for industrial & commercial use in Waterloo Region incl. w/ high environmental impact. Outcome: a water capacity limit so serious WR has been forced to halt new development. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/13/a...
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Ford's permit approvals have driven Waterloo to its water-taking limit
The Ford government approved more than 100 permits in the past five years, allowing industry to take water for industrial and commercial use in Waterloo Region, despite the province’s own data showing...
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
All of this plus pharmacists and almost everyone else in healthcare I’ve ever met. We all have to learn de-escalation and how to keep our heads in tense situations.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If you’re pregnant please wear a well fitted mask like an N95. Pregnancy makes you high risk for Covid complications. There’s no risk to masking and cleaning the air. More & more studies are showing that Covid during pregnancy harms a developing fetus. Mask up.
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COVID-19 in Pregnancy Linked With Neurodevelopmental Disorders
This Medical News article discusses new research indicating that children whose mothers had COVID-19 during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 3 years...
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
YIKES. And people wonder why I’m wearing a mask when out and about 😳
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Rosemary Killeen @rosemarykilleen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
After almost 11 hours of rain and freezing rain today, it seems like there’s still weather to come! Storm chips on hand #onstorm
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
If I were paid to do this job, I'd be in the media and on social media every day. I'd say: 1)get vaccinated for covid and the flu. 2) wear a respirator (N95) mask in crowded indoor spaces like public transit. 3) keep your holiday get-togethers safe by keeping things well ventilated and filtered.
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MamãBear @alsolearning.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Time to #CleanTheAir in Ontario public schools. 🏫 Via: @onschoolsafety.bsky.social #OnPoli #OntEd
Blue and yellow grid of facts 
“time to clean the air”
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Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Leaving you on a late winter Friday afternoon with an uplifting, inspirational story www.vox.com/policy/46963... All hail the #MothersOfFalsePositives
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What happens when a city takes women’s unpaid work seriously?
Bogotá’s radical experiment in caregiving is going global.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Unbelievable. Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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