The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

Pixie and Norma Jean. Yes they're beautiful but they're also both adjunct professors at the University of Vermont offering courses in escape artistry, treat snatching, and Advanced Trouble-Making. 🎓

My heart will never be the same. I’ve loved orcas for as long as I can remember. Yesterday I spent the day on a boat with two orca naturalists, on a special tour in the Salish Sea. We met up with the T123s (Stanley watched us watching him😍) and T100s together- it was breathtaking. ❤️ #orcawhale #orca

It’s been a minute, sky friends. I’ve been busy living in the moment, making art, spring gardening-being distracted by all things gardening & beach + friends time. Sometimes it’s nice to not spend as much time on social media. Filtering. It creates peace. Calliope, mid ear flap, head wubble:

Writer Roald Dahl's daughter dies of measles before the vaccine was available. In 1988, he wrote this essay. time.com/3692439/roal...

Read Roald Dahl's Tear-Jerking Letter Explaining Why People Should Vaccinate Their Children

Dahl's daughter died from the measles as a child.

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Image of library book display labeled: “It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.” Books on display: • On Tyranny • Twenty Lessons From The 21st Century • 1984 • A Handmaids Tale • Diary of Anne Frank • Parable of The Sower • Fahrenheit 451 • Animal Farm • Brave New World ~TAiLS of a Bookworm

Anyone associated in the medical and health sectors under this administration will be forever remembered as being unethical, immoral, dishonourable, horrific and vile practitioners. You’ve written your legacy. This is how you will go down in history.

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

There's lots to unpack from this EKOS slide but the one thing I want to highlight is the purple 25% of Conservative voters who would pick the fringe PPC as their second choice. This lines up with other information suggesting that one in four Conservatives are far right and/or MAGA fans. #cdnpoli

This is Nugget. She only met these new friends today, but they have already made her their leader. 13/10

It can often be difficult to tell Sheep (right) and Goats (left) apart, but to the trained eye there's an obvious difference: While both commit Crimes, only Goats are aware that their actions are wrong, and are thus capable of Sin.

(condescendingly) Maybe learn something. Maybe read the wikipedia summary of a book sometime

"Ford is showing his Trumpian instincts - Once upon a time principled politicians would shrink from criticizing the judiciary + promoting their partisan views, but Premier Ford can’t help revealing his instincts aren’t that removed from the autocrat to the south." www.thestar.com/opinion/lett...

This pink rhododendron in our yard is _noisy_ right now, full of busy buzzing pollinators doing their thing. 🐝❤️ #amysgardenqb #gardensky #beesofbluesky

New Exhibition Explores the 60 Artists At the Forefront of Contemporary Fiber Art: 👉 mymodernmet.com/the-golden-t... via @mymodernmet - I went to the inaugural edition of "The Golden Thread" last year and it was great. Go if you can, ends May 16th ... #NYC #art #fiberart

New Exhibition Explores the 60 Artists at the Forefront of Contemporary Fiber Art

Fiber art is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

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There was a “Maker Faire” at my 10yo’s school this morning. Kids made things to sell for anywhere from 25cents to $2. Our purchases: *Sparkle Pom Pom Earrings!* 🤩 yes I will wear these to the studio tomorrow. Also, some cute bee things. It was all really well done. The kids are impressive makers.

Fascism is on the move. Trump boasts of "liberation" by trying to destroy the global economy. Today Canada and the Netherlands ponder what true liberation means. We need to remember the huge cost paid to free people from gangster regimes. Here is my latest: charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-true-lib...

A True "Liberation Day"

"Those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it."

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A quick garden update before I head to the studio for another day of felting making. The gorgeous coral rhododendron is blooming in the front yard and is blowing my mind🤩! Calliope has taken to laying beneath the pear tree like the land seal she is. 🥰 #amysgardenqb #gardensky #bloomscrolling

“Give me odorous at sunrise[sunset ;)] a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.” ~Walt Whitman Found: 💚 #amysgardenqb #gardensky

A walk through the east side garden. Yes, I now refer to east and west garden sides because there is just so much to this thoughtfully planned property we bought last September. The spring bloom has made every moving pain lighter. We found paradise. #GardenSky #Gardening #VancouverIsland

There are many people, including children, that have been excluded from society because they are in a group that is known to be more at risk of serious outcomes from COVID-19. Instead of providing safer places and people to interact with, they are mocked and excluded further.

You asked, I listened As an act of civic journalism, I contacted the Privy Council Office and the Speaker of the House of Commons to clarify if Pierre Poilievre can still serve as Leader of the Opposition and if he can continue living in his public mansion The official answers: No and no

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · last yr.

Pierre Poilievre no longer entitled to live at public mansion: Privy Council Office Poilievre ineligible to live at Stornoway after losing his own seat

In response to the election map of #Canada showing large areas voting Conservative blue, here's a graphic from reddit entitled "Land doesn't Vote, People Do". #Liberals are red. #canpoli #cdnpoli #CanadaStrong Source: www.reddit.com/r/onguardfor... h/t @ianbremmer.com

All kidding aside, the biggest reason to keep Poilievre out of Parliament is to change the tone. We can't operate as a civil nation when one party leader exists only to attack the other. Civil debates and factual discussions, not personal attacks and three-word slogans, please.

Resistance Knitters during T1 knit 🧶 hats for Ukrainians & got them there through Lifting Hands International. They accept knitted items. From experience they stop hats & cold weather stuff around May but you could start knitting for the Fall & their website lists lots of things needed! www.lhi.org

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Windy McHindenburg@oldtrout.bsky.social · 2y ago

This hat will be donated to the organization, Lifting Hands International, for distribution to Ukrainian refugees (pattern can be found here): www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... #knitting #strandedcolorwork #FairIsleKnitting #LiftingHandsInternational

Ramona has a VIB* for you. * Very Important Blep

Does this make us yarn enthusiasts the Jessica Fletchers of the fibre arts?

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · last yr.

The word 'clue' was originally a variant spelling of 'clew,' meaning “ball of thread or yarn.” Our modern sense of clue, “guide to the solution of a mystery,” grows out of a motif in myth and folklore, the ball of thread that helps in finding one’s way out of a maze.

Back in line at LifeLabs

a black and white drawing of a woman sitting in a rocking chair with the words " waiting " below her

ALT: a black and white drawing of a woman sitting in a rocking chair with the words " waiting " below her

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My daughter Hannah @vhannah.bsky.social lives in Seoul, South Korea, and recently found this cute Korean copy of Anne Of Green Gables. The title translates to “Red Hair Anne” :) Narrator: Hannah also has beautiful red hair, (never dyed green by a peddler’s potion). #BookSky