Mirth
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Learn, laugh, cry, protest, save democracy. Some snark. Let's make this the new global town square. Bilingue. #WearAMask #Vote #Resist #AltFam #AltGov #ElbowsUp Silicon Valley & Canada
Michigan Democrats chose Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter willing to stand up to the tyrant in the Oval Office. Corporate Democrats like Chuck Schumer aren't up to the task because they won’t bite the corporate hands that feed them.
The Real Meaning of El-Sayed's Victory
It's not what you're hearing
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Markham, thank you for the chat! Separatism is just another ideation of the Yellow Vests movement, created by Russia to destabilize the European Union. The playbook is identical. We must find a way to constructively dialogue with that angry crowd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=34HT...
Thomas Lukaszuk: Alberta Separatism Is Backfiring
YouTube video by Energi Media
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Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers. These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR. We need a data center moratorium — now.
Do you have questions about Ebola symptoms, lab testing, waste disposal, or others? CDC has developed comprehensive webpages for clinicians and public health practitioners 👇 www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorr... www.cdc.gov/viral-hemorr...
Heat-related illnesses may happen if your home can't stay cool during extreme heat. Make a plan to go somewhere cool: Malls ☀️ Libraries ☀️ Public cooling spaces ☀️ PreparedBC.ca/ExtremeHeat #BCHeat - via PreparedBC on X: x.com/preparedbc/s...
“An air quality advisory is now in effect for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley due to wildfire smoke drifting across the region.” globalnews.ca/news/1201054... - @globalnews.ca #Abbotsford #Chilliwack #AirQuality #BCWildfire #FraserValley #MetroVancouver #YVR
Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley under air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke - BC | Globalnews.ca
Some parts of Metro Vancouver have air quality ranked at a Level Nine, with the Eastern Fraser Valley ranked at a Level 10 plus, which means very high risk.
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“The Kamloops Art Gallery is offering free admission to evacuees who have fled their homes due to wildfires raging across B.C.” www.castanet.net/news/Kamloop... - @castanetkamloops.net #BCWildfire #Kamloops
Kamloops Art Gallery offering free admission to wildfire evacuees, people affected by fires
The Kamloops Art Gallery is offering free admission to evacuees who have fled their home due to wildfires raging across B.C.
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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
Another reason to love our state, local, tribal, and territorial public health partners - check out this U.S. disease tracker for measles, pertussis, and meningococcal disease: usdiseasetracker.org Great visualizations to look at cases over time and by demographics
U.S. Disease Tracker
The U.S. Disease Tracker monitors select vaccine-preventable diseases across the United States, providing detailed visualizations designed to capture disease transmission patterns.
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JUST IN: Trump is scrambling to stop the BBC from digging into the finances of his business empire after a judge ordered him to hand over records in his $10B defamation lawsuit against the network.
There was just a locally acquired case of dengue fever reported in Virginia, USA. The climate is becoming more suitable, the compatible mosquito species (Aedes) is already there, and we’ll likely see more cases across a wider area. Link: tinyurl.com/2pu4xrc5
The Clarity Act is a bad bill. It would put workers’ financial security at risk by exposing our pensions to volatile cryptocurrency — while shielding crypto companies from oversight and regulation. Tell the Senate: vote NO on the Clarity Act! https://bit.ly/4xepQTU
Gill: All 100 senators last week passed a non-binding resolution condemning any pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. They're simultaneously considering confirming the guy who met with her and moved her to a low-security facility as the top cop in the United States. That is so insane to me.
The findings provide a detailed picture of the hidden viruses that become active at different points of a SARS-CoV2 infection, and link reactivation of some of them to more severe COVID-19 and to lingering symptoms, such as fatigue, that are the hallmark of Long Covid www.science.org/content/arti...
COVID-19 can wake up dormant viruses in the body, large study confirms
Virus reactivations by SARS-CoV-2 could worsen initial symptoms and increase risk of Long Covid
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We should probably acknowledge CDC now has a new Director. Welcome 👋 Your boss may be NotAScientist RFK Jr., but your mission is public health. When politics ignores evidence, CDC should choose science. Every. Single. Time.
Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC director, filling nearly yearlong vacancy
Now confirmed, Erica Schwartz is the third CDC nominee since Trump took office for his second term.
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Folks from the Women's March have been arrested at the Capitol for protesting ICE. Shout out to the women who are putting their lives and livelihoods on the line to get their message out: ABOLISH ICE.
Among other problems, the bill would impose or incentivize age-verification systems, restrict young people’s access to lawful information, and create risks that adults could lose access to accounts or data after being mistakenly identified as minors. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually e...
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The SCREEN Act is the biggest threat to your right to free, anonymous speech, ever. That this bill is very likely to be signed into law should send a chill down everyone's spines. Within the next month (or sooner), it will be the single most talked about topic in America - and rightfully so.
😳 On August 6, Argentina will vote on a proposed Land Reform Law aiming to facilitate the purchase of rural land in Argentina by private investors. It seems they are preparing to “celebrate” with Peter Thiel. The bill was written by Sturzenegger who will appear at this Sept event with Thiel. 1/
Heads up. Milei introduced his Thiel-aligned “Super RIGI bill” in an op-ed, “opening with “praise for the Dutch East India Company.” As noted by others, the Dutch East India Company was granted a “commercial monopoly, its own army, currency & legal system, & the power to declare war.” 7/31/26 … 1/
A severe bout of COVID-19 can wake up an army of dormant viruses hiding inside the body go.nature.com/4fDUY9w
COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you
Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.
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One of my favorites of absurd govt spending forestalled was in the LCBO, c 2001. "Only solution A" = $200m+. "Solution B" after retail experts checked it out: in the single digit millions. Good to see the budget eye of restraint look outside core civil service functions for a change.
TorontoToday@torontotoday.ca · 10h ago
Dear Everyone That Doesn’t Do Anything To Prevent That Mild™️ Thing We Don’t Talk About, Your brain is not spare. You will need it. Do something today to protect it. Kind Regards Doc B
Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP@davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 2d ago
“What's called #PlugInSolar or #BalconySolar is a relatively quiet energy revolution that has begun in countries around the world, in a number of US states across the partisan divide and maybe, just MAYBE if we put our backs into it, right here in Calgary, Alberta (or whichever town you call home).”
Calgary Climate Hub@calgaryclimatehub.ca · 5d agoQuiet energy revolutions are happening every day with new, post-fossil technologies gaining huge popularity & uptake far faster than our pokey governments can hinder them. Plug-In or Balcony Solar makes it easier for ANYBODY to harness the power of the sun. www.podcastics.com/episode/4282...
UPDATE: Portugal has now approved a windfall tax on oil profits!!! Hi @mark-carney.bsky.social - how about 🇨🇦 copies 🇵🇹? It would be a great way to generate some $$ for Building Canada Strong - social programs, climate action, infrastructure, civil defence… (the fossil firms will be fine, promise)
Portugal approves 33% windfall tax on oil companies' excess profits
Portugal's government said on Thursday it had approved a 33% windfall tax on extraordinary profits earned in 2026 by oil and refining companies benefiting from an energy price surge triggered by the...
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