Fatima Fihri
@fatimafihri.bsky.social
Seeker of knowledge. Trying my best to do what is right. 🇨🇦 "....whoever saves a life, it will be as if they saved all of humanity." Quran 5:32
"I have cerebral palsy. I am not on AISH. I am not on ADAP. But I have sat across kitchen tables from people who are, watched what this summer has done to their faces, and I have never in all my years writing this column felt as let down by this province as I do right now." #Alberta #abpoli
TAIT: Albertans with disabilities betrayed by Smith government
Please don't call the most vulnerable among us freeloaders from a podium and walk away without proof.
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I featured this graphic by separatist leader Keith Wilson in my latest article, but to prevent rabbit hole distractions I cropped out the astounding AI junk on the edge of this photo. Ottawa in…. New Brunswick? And what is that building? Sure not Parliament. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
China can install 5GW of solar in 3 days when they're on a roll. How much power does #Sask need on the most power thirsty day? 6GW. That's right Saskies, With 1000 times less effort than China, Saskatchewan could be at 100% renewable power in just 3000 days. 8.2 years, or 2034. #skpoli
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 24h agoDon't look now, but the world has now installed 3TW of solar. Took 10 years to get from 100GW to 1TW. Less than 3 years to get to 2TW. Less than 2 years to get to 3TW. Analysts expect *9TW* by 2036.
I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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Lougheed also helped create Kananaskis Country as a series of provincial parks for us to enjoy for free. The UCP now charge usage fees. In '76 he protected the Eastern Slopes from coal mining. The UCP gave it to foreign interests to mine. I suspect Premier Lougheed would be no fan of the UCP.
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 2d agoIn 1974, the government of Peter Lougheed declared the first Monday in August to be Heritage Day, an official holiday to celebrate multiculturalism and our heritage roots. #Alberta #ableg #abpoli
The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Danielle Smith is wasting your money and adding to health workforce burnout by allowing anyone to order diagnostic tests. Alberta's new system is NOT like anything else in the world. Follow up on unimportant test findings will fall to taxpayers and there will be fewer providers in the public system.
Edmonton Journal@edmontonjournal.com · 5d agoOpinion: Alberta's preventive health testing isn't like Japan or Europe: It's a risky experiment edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Dear #Alberta
Rogerman@rogerman99.bsky.social · 9mo agoCould be you Ontario. Instead we elected a corrupt, unprepared, dope. A climate denier. Three times. Our electricity rates just went up, again. This time by 30%. Do you remember when Doug Ford promised to reign in the cost of hydro? I do. #onpoli #FordFailedOntario electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
When people die and the media says they had “pre-existing conditions”… they’re pacifying the public. Anyone could die from Cyclosporiasis, but they want you to believe it can’t happen to you. It can only happen to the weak, the disabled, the elderly. The expendable people. Eugenics.
Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan
The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.
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Early COVID mitigations showed us the power of collective action. The environment began to heal. People with disabilities were accommodated. An entire flu strain was eradicated. Folks reconnected with their local communities. We worked together & saved lives.
What a phenomenal example of using your platform to raise awareness of the risks of climate change and the need for action. 10 gold stars to Gary and his human! www.instagram.com/p/DblYgQUlGI...
This US resident has insurance and this is the bill he got for a single visit to the ER Canadians, we have so much to lose and nothing to gain from a two-tier system with private insurance like the Alberta gov is pushing
Too Big to Fail@toobigtofail.bsky.social · 2d agoI realize the Europeans have largely gone to bed, but: I got bitten by a dog yesterday and had a bad reaction to it and ended up throwing up all night last night. My wife made me go to the emergency room; I've gotten IV fluids and an abdominal ultrasound. This is what I had to pay. I have insurance.
One of the clearest descriptions of climate dynamics for laypeople that you’ll ever hear: “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse.”
This isn't the new normal. It's just the beginning
This summer’s disasters appear to have boosted climate multilateralism, at least within Europe, and underscored the need to tackle fossil fuels. But we may not be waiting long for the scientists' “wor...
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“This fall, pharmacies will be able to order and administer provincially funded COVID-19 vaccine to eligible Albertans 12 years and older.” *eligibility criteria unknown
Pharmacists preparing to give out free COVID shots to high-risk Albertans again this fall | CBC News
Pharmacists have been told they will be allowed to give out provincially funded COVID-19 vaccines to eligible Albertans once again this fall.
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A story of cause and effect: Last November, Ontario banned cities from using speed safety cameras to issue tickets. Reckless speeding immediately surged in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, and cities throughout the province. A 🧵 about my latest in Bloomberg (gift link)
What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off
In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.
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If it separates, Alberta would have to reckon with fact that nearly all the oil it exports to US gets shipped through other Canadian provinces. By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces | CBC News
Canada and separated Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But there are no guarantees in trade talks, experts say.
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Anyone involved in writing, reviewing, or even citing a research paper needs to read @katarinazimmer.bsky.social's phenomenal investigation piece on review mills, just published in @nature.com #academicsky 🧪 #sts #SciComm
‘A waste of time for all of us’: caught in the crossfire of the peer-review wars
Review mills — researchers who write fake referee reports with coercive citation requests — are setting off a war in academic publishing. What happens to those caught in the middle?
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"The problem is neither fixed nor under control... All signs point to an orphan well problem that will become too big to solve so that a large share of the costs will be socialized, with taxpayers left to pay the bill for closure work" #ABLeg #ABPoli
Phillip Meintzer@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · yesterdayNew analysis from @drewyewchuk.bsky.social for @ablawg.bsky.social on the Orphan Well Association's 2025/26 annual report: "If the AER wanted to correct their long-term mistake of setting the levy improperly low... the levy should be in the range of $1.7 billion." ablawg.ca/2026/07/30/t... #ABLeg
New JAMA paper describes an RCT with portable air filters in nursing homes in the UK. Filters were undersized and not always on. Guess what...there was no difference in wintertime respiratory infections. It's like testing a new drug at 20% of the recommended dose. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can...
Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly
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In 1976, 50 years ago, Edmonton held its first-ever Heritage Festival, a big party to celebrate multiculturalism. The 11 founding cultural communities represented the German, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Welsh, Irish, Scandinavian, Chilean, Jamaican and Arab/Lebanese communities. #yeg
600 homes burned to the ground. 60K people evacuated. This is huge and we’re barely even noticing anymore. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
Spokane Wildfires Destroy Hundreds of Buildings as Thousands Evacuate
Firefighters were hopeful that improving weather conditions in Washington state could help efforts to contain the blaze, which officials described as the largest natural disaster in the history of Spo...
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Inflammatory disorders can be brutal. I’d know personally (thanks vasculitis et al). But the misinformation, including on vaccines, is dangerous. A deep dive from me into how MAHA sped up the inflammation panic. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Great Inflammation panic
The wellness world's favorite buzzword has gone federal. For those of us with real inflammatory disorders, the misinformation isn't just annoying—it's harmful.
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Not a big fan of the "sick, elderly and/or disabled people don't count" discourse that appears to follow public health disasters these days.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2d agoBreaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.
Atlantic puffins typically live between 20 and 30 years in the wild. They are monogamous and mate for life, returning to the exact same burrows and partners each year. They perform a tender billing ritual by topping and rubbing their beaks together, reinforcing their bond
If anyone wonders why people in BC are so passionate about climate resilience and ending oil dependency, this is why. People evacuating Westside Rd in Vernon, BC. @mark-carney.bsky.social @avilewis.ca @davidebybc.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis #BCWildfire #VernonBC #cdnpoli #bcpoli #yyc #yeg #topoli