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Stephanie B

@stephanie-b.bsky.social
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Passionate about the environment, healthy spaces, clean air, and inclusion for all. Still masking. Living in Ontario, Canada. She/her.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So disappointing to hear much critique about densification (along the ion corridor of all places) without any serious alternatives proposed. (Current councillor Chapman seems to suggest that ADUS and single-detached housing is all that's needed - yikes). #Ward9 #KitCouncil #WRvotes2026
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Kitchener Ward 9 All Candidates Meeting - September 13th 2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/10/2026
I'm not good at math, is $800 million a lot?
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FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel
In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from...
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Stephanie B @stephanie-b.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Teachers experienced a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, death, and Long COVID than many other occupations." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 is an Occupational Disease for Teachers: How to Support the Teacher Workforce - Alison K. Cohen, Lora Bartlett, 2026
Analyzing a growing body of epidemiological research that considers coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as an occupational disease situates teaching (eg, pre-ki...
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To whom it may concern, Having considered the sorts of behaviors (and sorts of beliefs) that constitute “being normal” in our present society, I have concluded that it’s not a bad thing to be deemed abnormal.
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Askme @askme99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Only in America do they deny children free lunch while forcing them to read about Jesus feeding the hungry.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 27/09/2026
Breaking News! Code: FUBAR!!! The preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature for September 25th was 29.822°C. This breaks the previous highest temperature ever recorded in the region of 29.815°C, set on November 17th, 2015. The Climate 8-ball is exiting, stage right.
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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I am rarely affected by discourse on social media, but the current wave of posts asserting that Long Covid is psychosomatic has angered me. To be very clear: if you're asserting that LC isn't a physical disease, you're ignorant of science. End of.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
AI can steal your brain, if not your soul. Don’t let it, is my advice. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Bruce Arthur: Could AI be a trap for humanity? The evidence seems to be piling up
Whatever a soul is, the brain is where it starts. I’d prefer not to outsource mine, writes Bruce Arthur.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder: machines do not have intention or motivation or agency. If I leave bomb out on the street and it eventually blows up and kills people, did the bomb "go rogue" or am I a fucking criminal?
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After he warned me that he is sick (and his whole family is sick) my work friend told me that he hopes he doesn’t get me sick too, and so I handed him a mask and told him to do more than hope. * A compendium of the 341st week of plague poems… librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2026/09/25/p...
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Plague Poems – The Three-Hundred-and-Forty-First Week
As I waited in line to pick up a prescription I noticed the pharmacist (and all of the technicians) were wearing masks, and I though to myself: oh, that’s a good sign; and after a moment pass…
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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Staying up to date on recommended immunizations remains one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of serious illness, helping to keep our communities healthy,” said Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health. www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
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Here’s when you can get your flu shot in Ontario
The Ontario government is launching its fall immunization program ahead of flu season and some people can get their shots as early as next week.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵
evitable
adjective
uk  /ˈev.ɪ.tə.bəl/ us  /ˈev.ə.t̬ə.bəl/

able to be avoided or prevented:
He believes that world war is evitable.
Inevitable suffering due to persecution is to be distinguished from evitable sickness.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Told ya. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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Transport minister won’t guarantee prices won’t go up after airport privatization, promises fees will be ‘partially regulated’
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon won’t guarantee the cost to fly won’t go up for travellers if the federal government follows through on its plan to privatize Canada’s four largest airports but doe...
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Stephanie B @stephanie-b.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"The Region of Waterloo has racked up more than $1.7 million in legal fees to defend its controversial encampment bylaw." Thanks to @simonsaysengage.bsky.social for holding the region accountable on this issue. This money would be better spent on so many things. www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/ar...
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Documents show how much Region of Waterloo spent to fight for encampment bylaw
The Region of Waterloo has racked up more than $1.7 million in legal fees to defend its controversial encampment bylaw.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@avilewis.ca another battle for you to take on. Not that you don't have enough on your plate! 🫂 Canadian provinces are moving to permanent daylight time despite evidence that the circadian disruption it causes is bad for our health, especially vulnerable folks
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 30/04/2026
The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 14/09/2026
Canada has binding regulations on everything from guns to butter. And none for AI. Are we going to trust people like Elon Musk & Sam Altman to regulate themselves? Or is our government going to stop cheerleading & start regulating in the public interest? It’s literally what government is for.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.
Cartoon of a mom and dad with a kid in front of a minivan. The parents are saying “there is too much traffic for Billy to walk to school, so we drive him.” The caption at the bottom says “traffic inducing traffic.” Let kids walk and bike to school, and tell your leaders to make that trip safe and enjoyable for kids and families. #LetKidsWalk #LetKidsBike
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Canada Isn't Turning to China. It's Doing Something Much More Dangerous. The fight over Canada isn't about trade. It's about whether a sovereign country can diversify its way out of dependence — and what happens to American power if it does. #cdnpoli kevinboucher32.substack.com/p/canada-isn...
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Canada Isn't Turning to China. It's Doing Something Much More Dangerous.
The fight over Canada isn't about trade. It's about whether a sovereign country can diversify its way out of dependence — and what happens to American power if it does.
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Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The proposed acquisition of Moneris Solutions Corporation…would place essential Canadian payments infrastructure under U.S. ownership and control, creating unacceptable risks to Canadian data sovereignty, privacy, operational resilience, and economic security.” Only 4783 signed. C’mon 🇨🇦💪! #cdnpoli
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Petition e-7712 - Petitions
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Doug Ford knew that banning speed cameras in Ontario would cost lives. He did it anyway. He also knows that banning and removing protected bike-lanes in Ontario will cost lives. He did it anyway. Every resulting life stupidly cut short is on him.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Is this revenge for the roof not collapsing like it was told to?
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A lot of people have said to me “but why would the government lie about the risks from Covid?” And I’m sorry but the answer is always because capital is valued over lives and they want you to go back to work, it was true in the mines, true on the railroads, true post-9/11, and true now.
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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"If we have decided we won't grow outward indefinitely, then we must grow inward. That means greater density in our existing communities. The problem is...we celebrate protecting farmland and limiting sprawl, then resist the density that inevitably follows from those decisions." buff.ly/E7kn04h
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LETTER: Incompatible ideas about where new housing should go keep us in crisis
'We cannot simultaneously say we want affordable housing, protect farmland and oppose new homes in existing neighbourhoods,' writes Phil Mills
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Joshua Hind @joshuahind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My son’s Grade 9 math class has 58 students. Fifty-eight. FIFTY-EIGHT!!!
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Doug Ford's Cherry Pie Discussion
Alt: Doug Ford gives himself the chef kiss after ruining fucking everything.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In 1938 Hitler created a phony crisis, accusing Czechoslovakia of persecuting ethnic Germans. He used that pretense to annex part of the country and weaken its defences. Once weakened, his troops occupied the country in 1939. Putin used the same ethnic persecution pretense to annex Crimea in 2014.
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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 09/09/2026
I don’t trust that anyone knows the odds of an AI catastrophe. But I know the industry is crooked. I know politicians are complicit. And I know we need to fight for a better world regardless. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/what-comes...
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What Comes After Reading That AI Might Kill Us All?
Is there really a 10% chance we’re goners? No one really knows. But the seriousness of the risk asks us to find and pursue a greater purpose.
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reminder as we head into back to school season: Covid isn't seasonal - it spreads all year round. It's also not just respiratory. It's a systemic multi-organ virus. Masks, clean air, vaccines, testing, staying home when sick are all part of the solution
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Stephanie B @stephanie-b.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
WRDSB and WCDSB hired an outside org to manage custodial work at new school instead of their unionized staff. Seems problematic?
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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Custodial concerns at new joint school in Cambridge, Ont.
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Custodial concerns at new joint school in Cambridge, Ont.
Union leaders are raising concerns with hiring decisions at a new joint school in Cambridge, Ont.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
BREAKING: Trump Cheers German Neo-Nazi Party Wins
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Romy @romygarrido.ca · 06/09/2026
We did it. We ignored the warnings, and now we're at the point of no return. Even if we decrease the temperature and 'stabilize' the climate, the impacts are inevitable. Rising sea level, species extinctions, human displacement, changes to food and water systems, and more.
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For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🚨ATTENTION CANADIANS🚨 Sign the petition to STOP 🛑 RBC and BMO from selling Monaris to a US company. That’s ALL our transaction history and personal information being made available to a country that is actively conspiring to crash our economy. 🔗 Petition e-7712: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 05/09/2026
Makes total sense in a country that routinely runs out of hospital beds during flu season and has to put patients in closets and hallways. What could go wrong?
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andrew @teachrprecarity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
As the school year begins and teachers’ unions’ collective agreements expire, it’s important to consider six myths circulating and causing confusion about the work of teachers in the Ontario public education system. #onted www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
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Six education myths in Ontario
Underfunding of education began in the 1990s and Doug Ford has made it worse.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 05/09/2026
Our provinces are run by appalling morons.
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Ontario jails are getting deadlier and the government wants to stop investigating those deaths. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Ontario plan to stop mandatory inquests for inmate deaths a mistake, advocates warn
Province wants to replace hearings with annual reviews of prison fatalities
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 31/08/2026
Ontario: governed not just by idiots, but monsters.
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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
There are very few things in life that I think are absolute truths, but people like this are fucking miserable & will always be. When you go through life with your heart and your fists closed tight, not only can nothing escape them but nothing can get in, either. May he receive what he emits.
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Mwbrubacher @mwbru.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wow…keep it coming! ifloz.substack.com/p/holy-fucki...
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT! CANADIANS ARE STARTING TO SKIP THEIR RELATIVES TOO
A BILLION DOLLARS OF GET FUCKED FROM THE MAN WHO MADE THE POLITEST PEOPLE ON EARTH RUDE
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A third of new cars sold in China are now fully electric. 33% BEV share, up from single digits four years ago. Europe and Germany: 19%. World: 17%. USA: 8% and barely moving. The gap isn't closing. It's widening. janrosenow.substack.com/p/the-car-in...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 30/08/2026
Current view of Google Maps while using a Canadian VPN (left) and an American VPN (right)
Lake Ontario as seen on Google Maps using a Canadian VPN"Lake America" as seen on Google Maps using an American VPN
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/08/2026
Measles-linked deaths since RFK Jr became HHS Secretary now surpass those recorded in the previous 20 years combined.
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Donate A Mask Canada @donatemask.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
DYK our Request Program sends high-quality respirator #masks, for free, to anyone in Canada who needs them? 😷 🇨🇦 Donate today to support the program! 🚚 📦 donatemask.ca/fundraiser
"DYK: We send respirator masks to requesters for free?”
Donate A Mask Canada / donatemask.ca
Three packages being passed from one set of hands to another.
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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Ok, here goes. I’m starting a series about how to tell if a photo is real or generated by ai. I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to reply with tells I’ve missed. Below is an ai generated “photo” that demonstrates something that’s too good to be true #birds #ThisIsAI (1/?)
What appears to be a photo of a young child standing on the beach with two gulls above them as well as a boat exactly centered above them. Text on the image says too good to be true, this is so generated, lined up too perfectly and birds don’t have shadows.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My suggestion is to cancel your subscription to any media company that refers to Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Yep, leave me behind….. #BookSky
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Seeing positive Covid rapid tests showing up in my feed again - with captions about how people have no sense of smell. Reminder, that losing your sense of smell is not 'mild' & in some studies has been linked to brain changes. Mask up, everyone www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...
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COVID-related loss of smell tied to changes in the brain
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