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Sylvia Izzo Hunter

@sylwrites.bsky.social
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ScholComms professional, accessibility advocate, knitter, choral singer, mom, writer, fan. 🩷💜💙 she/her. Opinions, errors & omissions my own.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/09/2026
Meta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling him
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Meta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious Mess
Authoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Me: Wow, the Alberta separatist movement seems a bit unhinged Me after 2 episodes of @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social podcast about Alberta separation: WOW “unhinged” was an understatement 😬😬 (The podcast is “Separation Anxiety” and is excellent. But scary.)
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm sorry WHAT
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Someone on instagram just made fun of me for not knowing what it means to have red paint on the bottom of your shoes. (Context: Hudson Williams interview at TIFF.) Look it up, they said. You’ll understand why everyone was so excited. I looked it up. If anything, I now understand less than before 🤣
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Once upon a time, Telehealth Ontario was great—you could call, wait a little, talk to an RN and get guidance for how to deal with your thing at home or advice to see your family doctor soon or go to Emerg immediately. Now we have this Doug Ford thing called 811, and it is … well. 1/n
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I just took a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social survey: Help shape E4D’s submission on AI transparency. Take it here: actionnetwork.org/surveys/help...
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Help shape E4D’s submission on AI transparency
The Government of Canada recently launched a consultation on transparency around artificial intelligence. Evidence for Democracy is preparing a submission and wants your input to best express our comm...
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, UMD Study Shows Researchers Found Even Lower-Performing Masks Were Protective Maskswork today.umd.edu/n95-masks-ne...
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Maryland Today | N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, UMD…
Researchers Found Even Lower-Performing Masks Were Protective
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I'm on a panel! With some really awesome folks! Come hear us talk about moving forward after a career setback on 2 September: www.alpsp.org/events/event...
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What's next? Career Setback and Moving Forward
Format: Webinar (Live Online) Audience: Members & Non-Members Price: ALPSP Members - Free. Non Members - £40
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 25/05/2026
Freshwater Policy and Practice is now open for submissions! We welcome work focused on freshwater systems, including rivers, lakes, wetlands, groundwater, and estuaries. Submit your research ▶️ ow.ly/vYwr50Z3k2E #FreshwaterPolicyandPractice #FreshwaterScience #WaterPolicy 🧪
A lone kayaker paddling on a calm freshwater lake surrounded by forested mountains under a clear sky.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's right there in the Four Questions: On all other nights we eat either chametz [leavened bread] or matzah [unleavened bread], why on this night do we only eat matzah? It may TASTE like cardboard, but IT'S BREAD.
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Contaminants, Environment, and Society @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Supporting science, collaboration, and researcher development through our partnership with the Society of Toxicology of Canada. Learn more about this collaboration ▶️ ow.ly/Cgrv50YWfzu #Toxicology #ScholarlyPublishing
Announcement of a new collaboration between Canadian Science Publishing and another organization on a dark red background.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
If you haven't been masking, give it a try. What do you have to lose? Just wear one in crowds and on planes, trains, and buses. Find a style that fits, so you don't futz with it. You don't have to get sick all the time.
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Contaminants, Environment, and Society @contaminantsenvsoc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Now accepting submissions! This collection explores community-driven nutrient management in #agroecosystems, from nutrient monitoring and stewardship to governance and policy. Learn more ▶️ ow.ly/jSEo50Zuk4i #CallForPapers #EnvironmentalScience
Lush green agricultural fields with rows of crops under a clear sky, promoting community-driven nutrient management in agroecosystems.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Alt-hist Regency! Shape-shifting! Slow-burn romance! Secrets and conspiracies! Sound like a book you might like? THE MIDNIGHT QUEEN is 50% off for 3 more days in the UK, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand, so now's your chance to check it out!
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: AI for All? Prove It!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/ai-f...
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AI for All? Prove It!
Earlier this year, the federal government unveiled its Artificial Intelligence vision titled AI for All. But for many Canadians, AI already feels less like an opportunity and more like something hap...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Everybody in the "climate space" (which means everyone on earth...) needs to understand these mind-blowing figures. Google's "total electricity consumption jumped from 31 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 to 43 TWh in 2025." In ONE year. The AI corporate arms race is eating the world.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Fancy a historical fantasy? In the UK, Australia, or Aotearoa/New Zealand? You’re in luck! From now till 1 August, my book THE MIDNIGHT QUEEN is 50% off on Kobo 💙
Ebook cover: The Midnight Queen by Sylvia Izzo Hunter (cover design by Tara O’Shea)
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Whyyyyyy will Apple Maps let me add a stop along my route if I pretend I’m driving, but not when I’m taking the TTC? Do the developers not understand that transit users also need to run errands on their way to places??
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
When I was a kid, I used to love dressing up to go to an opera or a concert. Now I love looking out from the choir loft and seeing people wearing everything from beautiful dresses to tank tops & shorts who came to experience a live performance. Dress up if you want to! Or don’t! But come listen.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
So weird to see cis women my age say their “long” hair (it’s not long, it’s shoulder length) is a triumph over the tyranny of short haircuts in the 80s. I was a kid in the 80s! almost every little girl I knew had long hair, and the few who didn’t were constantly being mistaken for little boys 🙄
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The comments section of every Pride Month post on a public instagram account are the loud and nasty answer to the over-asked question “Why do we still need Pride Month?”
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I wasn't going to watch the Stanley Cup finals, but then I saw several clips of Canes fans chanting "NO MEANS NO" at C*rt*r H*rt and now I am reconsidering.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
EEEEEWWWWWWWW.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
About to (quietly) rage-quit a Facebook group called “friends of CBC”. Not because I’m not friends with the CBC, but because people keep posting to complain about how CBC presenters talk. Apparently it is incredibly offensive to say “y’all”, and also to ask for “your guys’s opinion”.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Audiobook narrator: “… the ancestor of Venetian and Hebrew” Me: wtf?! 🤨 Me (5 seconds later): Phoenician. He said *Phoenecian*.
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights @truahrabbis.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The pogroms tearing through the West Bank this past week are enraging and devastating. In the past two years, 76 Palestinian communities expelled. 152 new settler outposts. Soldiers standing aside - or joining in. And, this devastating state-backed violence is spreading into new territories.
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How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank
After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint…
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Latest from the BMJ www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
People at concert: How come you still wear a mask? Also people at concert: *cough* *sneeze* *loud throat-clearing* *sniffles*
Sylvia, a middle-aged white lady with short brown hair, smiles at the camera. She’s wearing a black N95 mask, glasses with a chain, and a nice black top for a choir performance.
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loscharlos @loscharlos.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
New from @latimes.com: “Yet new COVID infections are producing new #LongCovid patients. People who were healthy and active just a few months ago are still arriving at USC’s clinic with cardiovascular and cognitive problems that have upended their lives.”
Screenshot from LA Times headline: “Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. county residents sick, broke and ignored”
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I think I have figured out one of the things that’s wrong with the world: TIL that not only do handbags exist that retail for like US$15k, which is bad enough, but also people exist who COLLECT THEM. I.e., they buy MULTIPLE purses each of which would pay my mortgage for 18 months.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
seeing more disgusting genocidal racism talk coming from Israeli politicians now that more bombs are dropping. There is no justification. Every human being's life is equally precious and demands our dignity, care and consideration. Full stop.
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Cindy Blackstock @cblackst.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
www.aptnnews.ca/nation-to-na...
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Fed's Jordan’s Principle funding doesn’t go far enough: Blackstock
Cindy Blackstock says the federal government's plan to pay for the Jordan's Principle program doesn't go far enough.
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Roberto Faria @betofaria.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
To my Canadian friends, an acquaintance started a petition to allow US transgender citizens to claim refugee status here. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... If you’re Canadian please sign it. If you’re not, please share ❤️
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Petition e-7195 - Petitions
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Connie Walker @conniewalker.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they're destroyed - Petition has over 11,000 signatures asking government to save residential school files www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
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Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they're destroyed | CBC News
An attempt to preserve files documenting some of the worst harms caused by Indian Residential Schools could soon head to Parliament.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 01/03/2026
"Trump has no plan for Iran. Just blow shit up, kill some people, and hope for the best. It is the war of a Mad King."
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“Massive” war launched by a man with no plan. Again.
Donald Trump is repeating George W. Bush's catastrophic mistakes.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
War is hell, mash meme
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
OK but why is it always “we have to limit immigration so that we don’t overwhelm settlement capacity” and not “we have to allocate resources to ramping up settlement capacity so that we don’t need to limit immigration”?
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Heatherismyfakename @lbmsocal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Have you seen Chuck’s latest Tingler?
Cover of the book NOT POUNDED BY THIS T-REX ON THE USA MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT HE’S A MAGA DORK showing a T-Rex in a red USA hockey jersey and a brunette woman making a thumbs-down gesture.
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Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · 27/02/2026
Circularity in Built Environments is launching soon! This new journal will publish research on zero-waste design, smart building technology, green materials, and life cycle assessment. Meet the editorial team and explore the scope ▶️ ow.ly/CqUt50XWZL0 #CircularityInBuiltEnvironments
Headshots of Dr. Avi Friedman, Dr. Marco Raugei, and Dr. Naomi Keena, editors of Circularity in Built Environments journal.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is SO FUCKED UP. Very clearly cruelty for the sake of cruelty.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
You know I really resent having to root for Jordan Binnington, even indirectly But OTOH I do get to boo both Tkachuklefuck brothers simultaneously which is a nice feeling
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This hockey game is too much stress too early on a Sunday morning you guys
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 20/02/2026
ICYMI: See link below to watch the most recent @policyalternatives.ca webinar: How Alberta is bringing in U.S.-style health care and putting Canada’s universal public health care system at risk—by opening the doors to private, for-profit health care. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Webinar: U.S. health care comes to Canada: What to know and how to fight it - CCPA
Join us for an important webinar: U.S. health care comes to Canada—let’s fight it!
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Just tried to watch a documentary about Bryan Johnson and @bobapud.bsky.social turned it off 20 minutes in for the sake of my blood pressure 😂 Having only encountered him in passing on Maintenance Phase, was unprepared for how immensely the guy himself would piss me off
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I know humans are in general very bad at assessing risks accurately, but you would think a premier would at least TRY.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A modest proposal: Politicians who cut funding for arts education AT ANY LEVEL should no longer be allowed to watch TV/movies, run TV/online ads, go to concerts, be photographed or painted, do photo ops at museums or cultural events, listen to music, own artwork or posters, or take any credit for >
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes
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Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
N95s could be a significant performance advantage Not just in the Olympics But in Life
AI generated image - Olympic medal winners on the podium posing with their medals while wearing N95 respirator masks
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Props to Piper Gillies for being super loud on main about ovarian cancer symptoms and the importance of not ignoring them. This is the info I needed in 1994 and 1995 but didn’t have! Using her Olympic platform for good—like, literally out there saving lives.
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Sylvia Izzo Hunter @sylwrites.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very normal, reasonable commenting on Olympic athletes wearing masks today 🙃
Facebook reply from Caden Floriana, a white dude with a large ginger beard: “Sylvia Hunter you need to be put in a mental asylum”Facebook reply from Robert Knottek, a white dude with sunglasses and a big white beard: “Sylvia Hunter masks don’t do shit your viruses can still get past. And those n95 masks you are rebreathing your bad exhaled air”
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