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John Bowker @johnbowker.bsky.social · 2h

“The premier needed a favour from Postmedia”: In a sworn declaration, Postmedia ex-CEO Paul Godfrey claims Doug Ford’s former chief of staff told his son that approval of a Skills Development Fund grant depended on Postmedia publishing the premier’s pre-election letter to voters #onpoli

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 2h

arxiv.org/pdf/2608.11256 on pangram’s supposed reliability

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

No risk of that in Ontario, always reliably late out of the gate.

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Venezuelan feminist organizations protested on Monday to advance sexual and reproductive rights, and to call for decriminalization. The country has a strict abortion ban, but support networks and info sources for women who need abortion have “grown organically.”

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Venezuela: Feminist Collectives Rally to Demand Abortion Decriminalization - Venezuelanalysis

Activist María Alejandra Reyes warned that the growing influence of the religious right stands in the way of expanding women’s rights.

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

File this under shocking but not surprising

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing. It’s time for Grifols, the private plasma collector, to get its act together or get out of Canada, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Opinion: Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing

The importance of plasma-derived medications can’t be overstated, but integrity of the system is even more crucial

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Unlike many other longtime critics of liberalism, Philip Pettit doesn't take its contemporary crisis as an opportunity to kick in when it's down or to try to make common cause with the forces of autocracy. iai.tv/articles/dem...

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Democracy without liberalism is not democracy

<p><em>Chinese philosopher Tongdong Bai recently argued in IAI News that democracy and liberalism are fundamentally at odds. Electoral majorities often support illiberal policies, and this, he thinks,...

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Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy @jespjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The latest issue of JESP has just been published! Head over to www.jesp.org to find new papers about shared property, misinterpretive frames, the authorative/formal distinction, virulent claims, moral motivation, and coercion. #philsky #moralphil #PolTheory #legalphil

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Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy

JESP is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal in moral, social, political, and legal philosophy. There are no publication fees for authors, and public access to articles is free of charge.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says. More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says

More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In philosophy’s defence, he didn’t really progress anywhere, career wise.

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Of course, giving up church control over our dying means relinquishing control, worse handing it over to us, ourselves. Same for anything sex. It’s how they roll.

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Right not to know is a thing, especially if little can be done in a particular situation.

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I honestly think that the best thing one can do is to stop clicking opinion columns of these sorts. Once the clicks disappear these writers disappear. Outrage farming does the exact opposite, more clicks, more commissions. 🤷‍♂️

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🇺🇦💛💙💛💙

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The United States and the European Union have rejected a declaration by member countries of the United Nations that pledged international collaboration and solidarity in preparing for and responding to pandemics, by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u... via @nytimes.com

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U.S. Rejects U.N. Declaration on Preparing for Future Pandemics

Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Xi … couldn’t help but admire the confidence with which Trump now uttered rudimentary English sentences and estimating that the president had probably expanded his vocabulary to at least 100 words."

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OpenAI hacks the Australian Government this time. I don’t quite understand why these hacks don’t result in criminal charges every time. Hacking is illegal, and these systems are owned and run by companies with responsibility for their tools. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare

Follow the day’s news live

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

China is providing material, components, and potential weapons shipments to support Iran's attempts to kill American military and destroy its bases. Trump's response? He has American military grovel on the ground to fête Chinese leaders with a spotless red carpet.

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

giorgio.gilest.ro/the-weimar-o... I think the analysis is spot on, the four bullet points at the end, dunno 🤷‍♂️

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The Weimar of knowledge – la bottega

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Full list requires subscription 😳

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Do have you a political theory/philosophy book manuscript? Would you like a one-day workshop dedicated to it in Spring 2027? If so, Bristol is here for you, and as promised a while ago, here's the very short form you need to fill in between now and roughly 4 weeks time: forms.gle/uCvi7sMMT7kW...

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The Bristol Political Philosophy Manuscript Workshop 2027

The Bristol Political Philosophy group will be hosting its first manuscript workshop in 2027. This will give scholars who are currently preparing a book manuscript a chance to engage in a day-long wor...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Public universities have led the way in creating popular ethnic & gender studies programs, which are now being destroyed by aggressively regressive politicians & administrators, not because students aren't interested in these subjects, but because they are. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/17/u...

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The University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Can't crack down on corporate polluters. That would be tyranny. Can't make sure our food safety laws are adequate. That would eat into profits. Can't regulate dangerous AI. That would be intruding on the "free market." The "party of small government," folks.

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The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution

The agency is easing climate rules for power plants while testing water for mifepristone.

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Big news: The family of Tierra Walker, who died after she couldn't get an abortion, is suing a slate of Texas actors in state court, including AG Ken Paxton. They say the state ban is unconstitutional. This is the first suit of its kind. 19thnews.org/2026/09/texa...

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Tierra Walker died after she couldn’t get an abortion. Her family is suing Ken Paxton

The case, filed Tuesday, argues that Texas’ near-total abortion ban violates the state and U.S. Constitutions, which “prohibit state actors from killing their citizens.”

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There Is No Surgical Waitlist. The length of the wait for surgery in Canada is not based on medical need and urgency, but depends more on luck, where you happen to live and which surgeon you were referred to, by @bradenmannsyyc.bsky.social substack.com/inbox/post/2...

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There Is No Surgical Waitlist

One patient waits three months for a knee replacement.

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Handing over decisions is just a crazy proposition. Who or what is taking responsibility then.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a great analysis of the many challenges facing the efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in DRC, from regional leaders coordinating the response. theconversation.com/drcs-ebola-o...

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DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having watched the mid-2026 outbreak in the DRC, I conclude that it risks become a global epidemic.

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Udo Schuklenk @schuklenk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So what? 🤷‍♂️ do they take ownership of the content?

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In Belarus, counseling is mandatory before an abortion. But the "counseling" is abusive. There's a manual with instructions for psychologists on how to talk a woman out of abortion. It includes a table with counterarguments to possible arguments a woman may give.

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Pre-Abortion Counseling in Belarus May Amount to Psychological Abuse of Women — White Coats – REFORM.news

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Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Here's the text of the new Order in Council on Ebola & travel. orders-in-council.canada.ca/attachment.p... "And whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that no reasonable alternatives to prevent the introduction or spread of the disease in Canada are available" is certainly...an opinion.🧐

Screenshot reading "PC Number: 2026-0779

Date: 2026-08-28

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that there is an outbreak of a communicable disease, namely Ebola disease, in a foreign country;

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the introduction or spread of the disease would pose an imminent and severe risk to public health in Canada;

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the entry of persons into Canada who have recently been in that foreign country may introduce or contribute to the spread of the disease in Canada;

And whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that no reasonable alternatives to prevent the introduction or spread of the disease in Canada are available;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, makes the annexed Minimizing the Risk of Exposure to Ebola Disease in Canada Order, 2026, No. 2 under section 58 of the Quarantine Act."

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Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 26/08/2026

"Self-managed abortion is working. That's what's making Republicans mad." @angryblacklady.blacksky.app on why shield laws are a big post-Dobbs win—and why the Christian right wants Congress to wipe them out. Christina Chang, RFA's Executive Director, weighs in. New episode drops Thursday.

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Craig 🌎 🛩️ 💙🇨🇦 @bigdaddykreativ.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Canada's largest ice cream company used to source its fruits and nuts from U.S. suppliers — some for over 30 YEARS. Then, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian products. So, what did Chapman's do? They called Italy. They called Spain. They signed multi-year contracts with European suppliers.

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