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Christine Gibson MD @christygibson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It’s wild how we were proven to collectively need public health and now it’s being actively disregarded. Flu season in the Southern hemisphere is hitting hard, according to some docs I know there. Terrible choice, will cost lives.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A message to Canada’s new medical students entering a system in crisis: These are hard times, but not hopeless times, by @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: A message to Canada’s new medical students: These are hard times, but not hopeless times
Why emphasizing meaning in health care work can be a protective factor against burnout, despair and complacency
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GrisGris @grisgris4me.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I would never disobey the likes of Patton Oswalt!
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
⚠️ Ignore the hydration hype! Big Water marketing ridiculous. You probably don’t need extra electrolytes www.economist.com/science-and-... "The science suggests water, most of the time, would be just as good." Drink when thirsty. Thank evolution! 🙏
economist.com
You probably don’t need extra electrolytes
Unless you’re athletic or unwell
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Ounce of prevention? What's that? We prefer a pound of dying painfully in the hallway with no human dignity." - Canadian public health officials, probably
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stephblu.bsky.social @stephblu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
😫😖 wtf
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gloria Steinem's life-long fight for reproductive freedom: The right to have sex for pleasure without shame, to use contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies, and access to safe and legal abortion, by @jillfilipovic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
nytimes.com
Opinion | Why a Doctor Told Gloria Steinem: ‘You Must Promise Me Two Things’
Gloria Steinem got to be who she was because of a pre-Roe abortion.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!
jamanetwork.com
COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season
This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Lake Ontario, Ontario Canada 🍁
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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 01/09/2026
Olivia Rodrigo: -planned successful all women music festival -raised 10 million for women’s charities -pro Palestine, anti ICE -is 23 years old Young woman pop stars can use their voices and platforms for change, if they want to.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
CMS isn’t even collecting race and ethnicity data on the 2728 form for end stage kidney disease. That’s been a primary source of research data in ESKD. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com
Nonreporting of Race and Ethnicity in Medical Research Harms Us All
At JAMA Internal Medicine, we have become increasingly aware that some US researchers are unable to report on race or ethnicity as demographic variables to describe their sample or to conduct stratifi...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
> @techcrunch.com @mapquest.com techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/m...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Congratulations to MapQuest for becoming the #1 navigation app in the App Store. And thanks for being the navigation app of the resistance! ✊
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women's well-being with a benefit show featuring a women-led lineup. Her show raised $10 million and Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million. Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights."
nbcboston.com
Olivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being
Few superstars are better suited to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Hey Google, is the Earth flat now? Was the moon landing faked? When you acquiesce to an autocrat, by definition, you also rewrite history and science. Sickening.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Kara Swisher calls @Google @googlemaps @googleearth “NOODLE SPINED” “UNCTUOUS QUISLINGS” who “SOIL THEMSELVES” 🔥
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Same doctor, different price tag: How universal health care is under attack. Alberta’s Bill 11 is a direct assault on the Canada Health Act, by @drgorfinkel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com @raghu-venugopal.bsky.social
thestar.com
Iris Gorfinkel: Same doctor, different price tag: How universal health care is under attack
Alberta’s Bill 11 is a direct assault on the Canada Health Act, but the greater danger is federal complacency. What starts in Alberta doesn’t stay in Alberta.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s Lake Ontario.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In a world full of the destructive kookiness of people like RFK Jr, strive to fill it with a little of the restorative kindness of Dolly Parton.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
nytimes.com
Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Jay agrees that he should resign
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Public lands and waters must be protected - they belong to you and all future generations 🌊🌊
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PINO FOTUS @pino-fotus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#ArrestTrump #TrumpsteinFiles #EpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrials
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Bravo! Michigan recognizes that the EO set to change the childhood vaccine schedule is BS. Essentially in 2026, it is wise to reject anything coming out the WH 🧪 www.abc12.com/news/health/...
abc12.com
Michigan holds firm on childhood vaccines amid federal shifts
Michigan's childhood vaccine recommendations and school requirements remain unchanged despite recent federal guidance shifts, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Trump’s fixation on undermining vaccination harms kids. Like almost all of his health policy pronouncements, this one featured a raft of unscientific misinformation, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/0fc7a92... via @theglobeandmail.com
theglobeandmail.com
Trump’s fixation on undermining vaccination harms kids
Like almost all of his health policy pronouncements, this one featured unscientific misinformation
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Marc 🍁 @marc55.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
With all the shit going on in the world, the Conservatives are trying to relitigate the validity of vaccines. The vast majority of the world got vaccinated, but we were wrong. According to them. Are Canadians really this stupid? #cdnpoli
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 16/08/2026
Well, yes actually, this is inquiry we need. Why was the vaccine rollout completely left to the provinces when COVID was a national emergency? Why didn't the feds take a larger role once the LTC disaster was apparent? Why were frontline HCWs so poorly protected? Lots of important questions to ask.
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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
He didn’t change. They did.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
No less than 3 million children under the age of 5.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"Extensive testing is required for every vaccine, and research shows that getting multiple vaccines at the same time is safe. There is no medical reason to delay or space out childhood immunizations." www.aap.org/en/news-room... via @aapfactcheck.bsky.social @aapor.bsky.social
aap.org
Fact Checked: Receiving Multiple Vaccines Does Not Overwhelm a Child’s Immune System
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I can't watch the forests where I grew up burn to the ground, and not feel some kind of way about building new pipelines. But the second my environmentalist friend taught me that oil and gas represents only 5% of Canada's GDP, I have not known peace.
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
These TV hosts need to be sued for spreading hate and misinformation especially Fkcuer Carlson
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 05/08/2026
5 Ways to Improve Gynecologic Care and Women's Health Outcomes in Canada: 1) Formally recognize gynecology as a core surgical specialty 2) Resize clinical equipment & space for female docs 3) Close the gender pay gap in surgery 4) Engage with family docs 5) Increase public awareness & advocacy
theconversation.com
5 ways to improve gynecologic care and women’s health outcomes in Canada
Canada can significantly improve women’s health, in both the short- and long-term, by focusing on five attainable and affordable immediate actions.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In a country with a president who is such a destructive sore loser, politicians who are both helpful and gracious in defeat is a greatly appreciated novelty.
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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stephblu.bsky.social @stephblu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Amazing 🤩!
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Ketamine freak has completely lost what’s left of his mind because there’s a Black lady in a fictional movie.
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It was a moment for #Spain’s #WorldCup football team to receive accolades well earned. As players crossed the stage for trophies and medals, they received congratulatory hand shakes and applause from #PMCarney, #PresidentScheinbaum, #PresidentTrump. Some more enthusiastic than others. #cdnpoli
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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why we don't want US dairy products in Canada- Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST, also known as rBGH) is a synthetic version of somatotropin. This commercially-produced artificial hormone is used by some farmers (in other countries where it is not illegal) to increase a cow’s milk production.
dairyfarmersofcanada.ca
Canadian milk is no place for artificial growth hormones | Dairy Farmers of Canada
Learn the difference between natural and artificial hormones, and why artificial growth hormones can’t be used to produce Canadian milk.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It’s nearly 100 F and widespread wildfires are erupting in … northern Minnesota…
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Climate Change Fuck Shit Up
ALT: Climate Change Fuck Shit Up
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
But Mark Carney knows this . . . right?
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LindaFly @lindafly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Canadian plane dropping water on the Los Angeles forest fire. Neighbors helping neighbors. Thank you so much Canada, we are sorry our current leader is an idiot.
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Modelling shows universal masking by healthcare workers leads to huge reduction in healthcare worker illness, even when people unmask in breakrooms www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
cambridge.org
Modeling the impact of health care worker masking to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission under varying adherence, prevalence, and transmission settings. | Infection Control & Hospital Epidem...
Modeling the impact of health care worker masking to reduce nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission under varying adherence, prevalence, and transmission settings. - Volume 46 Issue 8
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 16/07/2026
Canadians need to realize that the lack of specialists and the ridiculous-to-the-point-of-comedy tech issues that stymie referrals are not accidental oopsies. Refusing to meaningfully tackle barriers to (expensive) specialist care are COST CONTROL MEASURES. These are intentional choices by govts.
cbc.ca
Millions of Canadians struggle to get specialist health care: StatsCan report | CBC News
A new national report finds that 4.5 million Canadians who are middle aged and older have had trouble accessing specialist care — a problem that could only get worse as the country's population ages.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are experiencing the world's worst air quality, and we're getting absolutely no response from leadership other than announcements about building more pipelines. Do not normalize this.
A screengrab of the weather app showing a Yellow Heat Warning for Ottawa and the headline that Ontario faces world's worst air quality
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Where’s your “concern,” Sen. Collins?!
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This "tweet" from a year ago has been deleted by its author. I'm posting here now on BlueSky as a reminder and as a public service, for anyone, should they ever need it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.kff.org #medaky
Jerome Adams:  the good news?  9/10 adults are knowledgeable about and trust most vaccines.  The bad news?  Our political system allows the 1/10 to co-opt the conversation and the policy.  The majority must speak up.
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