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Tara M 🇨🇦

@taratrying.bsky.social
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🇨🇦 🍁 PhD, MBA. Health researcher. Mother of two mostly-charming daughters. Feels fortunate to have been a born a Canadian. BlueJays and Batman fan. Go Lake Ontario! Opinions my own.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 9h
no matter how badly donald trump loses the midterms he will never lose them as badly as he has lost canadian elections
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 4h
B.C. Supreme Court rules the trafficking section of Canada's drug law unconstitutional, saying it violates the Charter rights by preventing drug users access to safer alternatives to the toxic illicit supply, by @andreawoo.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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B.C. Supreme Court rules drug law unconstitutional
Lawyers argued two individuals who tested illicit drugs for fentanyl before reselling them offered a safer alternative to toxic supply
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 3h
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Mike Schreiner @mikeschreiner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Removing bike lanes is not going to help congestion. This government is spending millions of dollars making roads less safe and removing infrastructure, rather than building for the future.
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EXCLUSIVE: Inside the contract to rip out Toronto's bike lanes - Spacing Toronto
After the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) shot down CycleTO’s legally innovative charter challenge that sought to stop Doug Ford’s attack on the city’s bike lanes, Queen’s Park wasted little time befor...
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 7h
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 8h
I can't recall the citizens of a country starting a petition (now over 260,000) to expel an ambassador. The American Ambassador to Canada, Hoekstra, has that distinction. But then he is not a novice at angering a country. He was forced to apologize to the Dutch after he lied about Muslims there.
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 29/09/2026
Seems like a bad business, on track to be a really big bad business.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All the good companies do that right
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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
what a headline i mean, which cardinal does his news clippings: "Leo told reporters he had read reports about Nvidia launching new safety tools for model builders on Monday but questioned Huang’s commitment to safety in light of his recent comments."
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Pope Leo criticises Nvidia’s Jensen Huang over AI safety
Rare intervention from head of Catholic Church comes as top executives are due to meet at White House on Tuesday
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Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By rights, each post in this thread should be nail in the coffin of Brad Bradford’s campaign. Great work, @nationalobserver.com.
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John 🇨🇦 💙🌅🌹🍁 🐧☕ @linuxsapien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@mark-carney.bsky.social Why is Donald Trump Junior involved in this? This smells! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Canadian drone firm Draganfly gets investment from Trump Jr.-backed company, U.S. asset manager
Unusual Machines is known for its drone motors and other control components
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Marlene Robertson🍁🇨🇦 @marlenerobertson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“And then he said Canada is going to come to him and say, ‘Sir, we are sorry.’”
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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The only pitchers in history with 75+ innings pitched, 30+ saves, and an ERA under 1.30 in a single MLB season: Eric Gagné, 2003 Blake Treinen, 2018 Louis Varland, 2026 🔥
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Erika Shaker @ershaker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti... ‘The study…found that since Ontario has started outsourcing more key procedures, wait times for these medical imaging services and surgeries are actually going up.’ @alonghurst.bsky.social @policyalternatives.ca
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Wait times increasing for some medical procedures outsourced to for-profit clinics in Ontario: report
Outsourcing surgeries and imaging to private for-profit clinics has not resulted in a drop in wait times for most procedures, according to a new study released Monday.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Russell Brand, who's awaiting trial in London next month on rape and sexual assault charges, will moderate a panel at DC's MAHA summit tomorrow on reforming a U.S. health agency
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Tara M 🇨🇦 @taratrying.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guys we are definitely not doing that
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Tara M 🇨🇦 @taratrying.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#eyeroll Seriously?
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Graeme Bayliss @gbayliss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wrote about Premier Doug Ford's apparent indifference to human life for @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Graeme Bayliss: His cyclist friend was killed. Why did Doug Ford’s response include ‘lmao’?
No one is expecting the premier to mash out the Bixby letter on his iPhone. Yet we might expect more than this.
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 28/09/2026
This morning — following two investigations into Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford's use of an app that rewards supporters for posting AI-generated comments and sharing contacts — Bradford called our reporting "inaccurate." We're now releasing the recording that proves our reporting.
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Bradford calls CNO reporting of AI app rewards ‘inaccurate.’ Here’s the recording proving our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer has decided to publish the segment of the Zoom call that corroborates its reporting.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So the cretin heckling PM Carney with chants of "USA!" was.... wait for it... far right German politician Siegbert Droese. Yep, that tracks.
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The Virologist 🇳🇱🤙 @thevirologist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We, as a species, are doomed. www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/09/2026
the reason the water thing annoys me so much is that there are real water issues that need to be solved and water issues at scale are "it's the agriculture, stupid" and the data center water freakouts convince people that those issues can be solved by data center moratoriums that is simply wrong
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 26/09/2026
Our new investigation uncovers the horrifying ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter, with OpenAI’s chatbot fueling the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the day of the school massacre.
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In 2022, #Driscoll’s removed the #foodsafety and #compliance tracking system it had for #Canada in order to sell more here.   #CFIA says the inspections did not lead to recalls but found #chemicals include bifenthrin, iprodione and captan: #fungicides and #insecticides dangerous over time. #cdnpoli
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Elaine Anselmi @elaineanselmi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
My new passion is Pinterest posts with really bad ideas for reusing old books.
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Rocky Mountain Outlook @rockymtnoutlook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEWS: Parks Canada seeks public's help in Lake Louise graffiti investigation
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Parks Canada seeks public's help in Lake Louise graffiti investigation
Anyone with information that may assist with the investigation is asked to contact Banff National Park Dispatch at 403‑762‑1470.
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Tara M 🇨🇦 @taratrying.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gorgeous Toronto! Last #BlueJays game for the season for us. 😪 #Jays
Photo of the CN Tower in Toronto with a beautiful blue sky and wispy clouds behind it, taken from the Skydome with the roof open during the last Friday night BlueJays game this season
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is honestly the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard
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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MapQuest GM goes where his app says: Lake Ontario
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MapQuest GM goes where his app says: Lake Ontario
When MapQuest’s general manager woke up in Toronto on Thursday morning, the Texan visiting for a conference knew he couldn’t leave without visiting one place.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 25/09/2026
That's preeettttty embarrassing...
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada = 18% France = 26% Japan = 30.5% Brazil = 25% Turkey = 24% Indonesia: 19.6% If the future is electric, Canada is not highly electrified...or likely to be by 2050. #cdnpoli energi.media/markham-on-e...
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Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Canada’s Low Electrification Rate Threatens Its Future Prosperity Thoughtful Journalism
The world is electrifying. Canada’s slow shift from fossil fuels to electric technologies could leave its economy less competitive by the 2030s.
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Infectious Diseases @infectiousdz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just remember, infectious disease doctors will never eat sprouts.
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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Two things: @mark-carney.bsky.social did the right thing here, preparing for the worst-case scenario. That’s the job. But he should explain these things directly to Canadians - rather than via an American outlet. Especially in the midst of a trade war, why drive all the traffic to NYT?
theglobeandmail.com
Carney prepared for risk that Trump might order military action against Canada, report says
In a New York Times interview, the Prime Minister characterized a potential U.S. invasion as a remote possibility
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 24/09/2026
Open AI will have to answer for this ... "ChatGPT also discussed reloading time and potential casualties: "Assuming each shell results in one hit, you might down 1o to 20 people max, depending on spacing, density, reaction times, and chaos." www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
83% agree that everyone should have access to the same reproductive health care & rights. 71% said they are proud of Canada’s support for abortion rights & reproductive health care worldwide. Previous research shows when abortion rights are attacked elsewhere, it strengthens *our* pro-choice views.
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Canadians support access to abortion services at home and abroad, poll shows
Even as Ottawa focuses on trade and security, respondents overwhelmingly want the government to be a world leader in reproductive health and rights
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Another study finds no link between taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) during pregnancy & autism or ADHD The study examined data from 7 meta-analyses involving more than 3 million participants I wish RFK Jr & Trump would stop terrorizing people about this drug onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Prenatal exposure to paracetamol and the risk of autism and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: An umbrella review and meta‐meta‐analysis
This meta-meta-analysis synthesizes evidence on prenatal paracetamol exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes. Crude analyses suggest small associations with autism and ADHD, but these attenuate subs...
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Jim Woodgett @jwoodgett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There’s a concerted campaign to undermine EDI in Canada. The evidence behind EDI policies reducing excellence are based on abysmal, flawed evidence. Look at who feels threatened by equity, diversity and inclusion. They’re the least diverse, least equitable and most exclusive people. Just no.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.
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Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years
The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It turns out that high levels of immigration become politically toxic if there isn't the housing for newcomers and we've left "should there be enough homes" as a question answered by municipal councils (and they've mostly decided the answer is "no.") So federal policy is thwarted by municipalities.
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Also, I keep seeing in this threads the blame put on private/career colleges. All the private/career colleges across all of Canada COMBINED brought in fewer than one public sector institution in Kitchener. This was a made-in-government phenomenon.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We let national immigration policy be thwarted by the median council votes in Toronto and Vancouver and it's nuts to me that's not how this is understood.
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Laura Lee on Lake ONTARIO 🇨🇦🍁🦫 @laura-leez.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FAFO bitch. 🇨🇦 yourhalifaxnow.ca/lake-america...
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‘Lake America’ sweatshirt controversy costs Michigan credit union CEO her job - Your Halifax Now
The woman at the centre of the “Lake America” sweatshirt controversy is learning the fallout was no joke.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This thread! 🫨🫨🫨
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23/09/2026
Canada joined Australia, Barbados, Brazil, the EU, India, and Kenya in launching a new Partners for Multilateralism (P4M) coalition on multilateralism, international law, and peace and prosperity to help strengthen the multilateral system and turn shared principles into practical action.
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CTV News Winnipeg @ctvnewswinnipeg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General Assembly
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FACT FOCUS: Trump made multiple false and misleading claims in front of the UN General Assembly
U.S. President Donald Trump made myriad false and misleading claims during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, many of which he has repeated frequently throughout his second term in the White House.
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