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Carrie Gillon

@carrieg.bsky.social

linguist, cat lover, nerd

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · yesterday

BRACKET BRACKET BRACKET It’s the Battle of Hope in the Search for B.C.’s Best Roadside Attraction! Four famous stops near everyone’s favourite highway hub city versus four Southwest B.C. entries closer to Vancouver! these may be my favourite gimmick matchups ever so VOTE NOW

Search for B.C.'s best roadside attraction: Round 1, southwest B.C. | CBC News

From more than 300 nominations, we're asking you to pick between 32 finalists in this month-long competition to determine the best of this province's roadside attractions.

cbc.ca

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3d ago

What if instead of starting substacks in twenty-fucking-twenty-six people learned to give one iota of a fuck about whether they want to associate themselves with nazis.

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 5d ago

As a PSA: In the last week, two people I know got tricked by scam websites that used AI to replicate the websites of real businesses they had bought things from in the past.

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 2w ago

"the farming conglomerate missed a regulator-imposed deadline to take action. At some point Taylor Farms directly spoke to the White House, and later the FDA and [CDC] were asked to defend their evidence. The back-and-forth ultimately kept the public in the dark an additional 60 hours"

As Parasite Spawned Chaos, Taylor Farms Slow-Walked Its Response

The US Food and Drug Administration had apologized, Taylor Farms said in a post on X. An agency lab test linking its produce to the country’s worst cyclosporiasis outbreak in decades was a false posit...

bloomberg.com

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · last mo.

the public’s health doesn’t even factor into the equation for these men. it’s entirely incidental to their main goal: corruption and self-enrichment.

Anishinabek Nation@anishinabeknation.bsky.social · 2w ago

(1/3) The Anishinabek Nation is now accepting in-kind donations on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Acceptable items: ▪️Adult clothing (in all sizes & genders) ▪️Non-perishable food items & goods ▪️Toys for children of all ages

The Anishinabek Nation is now accepting in-kind donations on behalf of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Acceptable items: ▪️Adult clothing (in all sizes & genders) ▪️Non-perishable food items & goods ▪️Toys for children of all ages Drop-Off Location: The Outset, 610 Simpson Street, Thunder Bay, ON Drop-Off Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST (Daily) Contact: Courtney Mohring, Ingaged Creative Productions, 807-620-5324
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Thank you! At an event last night I said "If the word hope doesn't work for you try, 'Never fucking surrender.'" The word hope seems too sunny to a lot of people, but the heart of it as I'm interested in it is: we make the future in the present, if we show up, and that never surrender part.