lethbridgeherald.com/news/nationa... Anyone catch this little move? In wildfire stories, some media aren't even saying ECCCs full name. It's just "Environment Canada" now, no climate change. It's *that* taboo to link fires to oil and gas right now

this editorial manages to avoid the phrase "climate change" entirely

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 4d ago

If we care about disability justice, one of the lowest-hanging fruits is masks in healthcare. It remains unacceptable that vulnerable patients must ask, sometimes beg, healthcare workers to mask, while also explaining to them why respirator masks are better

Big thanks to @avilewis.ca for giving a shout out to the long Covid community in this @ndp.ca livestream this week I loved how he connected the fight for clean air across climate justice and Covid prevention - and his reminder that "we’re fighting for everyone’s right to joy" ✊🏼

"Enough research has been done that it is becoming hard to justify not informing patients about metformin for preventing long COVID" idp.nature.com/authorize?re...

Can long COVID be prevented? Two drugs finally show promise

Rigorous trials suggest the treatments reduce the risk of long-term disease after coronavirus infection.

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Thank you to all who have shared your condolences about Mike's passing - it is overwhelming. There will be a celebration of life for Mike on August 9 at Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam - and a livestream to ensure all who were touched by him may come should they wish. More details later. Sylvia

A fun image processing distraction today -- how to clean up the noisy background of a photo of a microfilm of a medieval manuscript? Thread, in which I use Photoshop, but similar tools are available in GIMP and other image processing software.

Dr. Erika Graham-Goering@jeanneologist.bsky.social · last wk.

Got a bit of a range in quality, though much of the same type—the first picture is more or less usable, the second is tough going (especially because a lot of the words are abbreviated, so it's important to see details).

We need government grocery stores in Canada. The big grocery stores in Canada have gouged Canadians for far too long.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · last wk.

At our municipal grocery stores, New Yorkers will get a 30% discount on eggs, milk, chicken, produce and other everyday essentials. In the wealthiest city in the richest country in the world, no one should have to wonder how they’ll afford the food they need to feed themselves or their families.

Well THAT was a stressful set of meetings about how much one stupid awful company is going to change the night sky and the operations of every telescope in the world and also health and safety and ecology.... From the bottom of my heart, fuck you, Reflect Orbital.

The success of Emily Wilson's translation had nothing to do with Christopher Nolan. The hardcover edition came out 9 years ago and was a huge success. The paperback has been in steady demand since 2018. My store has sold 75 copies (a lot for 1 book for us) and 66 of those were before January.

Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 2w ago

“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”

devastating news - my condolences to the family and the entire SAR community

Michael Coyle@oplopanax.ca · last wk.

This is Mike's partner Sylvia Fuller - I am so sorry to say that Mike was found unresponsive while mountain biking yesterday and died despite the best efforts of other riders and Squamish EMS. Thank you to Squamish Search and Rescue for carrying him out and taking care of our dog. We are shattered

What a truly great person and community and SAR advocate Mike was. This is just shocking news. Condolences to his family. Sylvia, I'm so sorry.

Michael Coyle@oplopanax.ca · last wk.

This is Mike's partner Sylvia Fuller - I am so sorry to say that Mike was found unresponsive while mountain biking yesterday and died despite the best efforts of other riders and Squamish EMS. Thank you to Squamish Search and Rescue for carrying him out and taking care of our dog. We are shattered

This is Mike's partner Sylvia Fuller - I am so sorry to say that Mike was found unresponsive while mountain biking yesterday and died despite the best efforts of other riders and Squamish EMS. Thank you to Squamish Search and Rescue for carrying him out and taking care of our dog. We are shattered

IN SHORT: Jesus fucking Christ

interesting to me that as the administration treats democratic-voting states like conquered or occupied territories, you don’t have pundits demanding the president respect “half the country”

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Carney calling Lindsey Graham a defender of democracy and freedom when the man made jokes on his official X account about taking over Canada is just the last straw of many last straws for me.

Reaching out - girls / young women who learned they are autistic as teens. What helped repair the years of hurt & misunderstanding? What helped build confidence & self-worth? 🙏 for resources.

Please consider donating to this GoFundMe, to fund a legal review of David Eby's BCNDP changes to Disability funding for kids in #BCPoli. While at first these changes most heavily negatively impact Autistic kids, other Disabled kids are facing cuts, too. gofund.me/9f00cd59e

Donate to Fair Autism & Disability Funding BC — Legal Opinion Fund, organized by Fair Autism and Disability Funding BC

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As with some other things, i suspect if we have another dem president we will discover that the court did not so much transfer power to the executive as to themselves, ie they will find novel bullshit reasons to block a dem president the same way the find novel bullshit reasons to enable trump

The A/C war going on right now is baffling. The right and the left are both pro-AC, versus a centre that's against it. Meanwhile heat pump nerds (positive!) are bravely shouting into the void, struggling to be heard. *That's* the answer, folks. Heat pumps.

we must poison ourselves — for the economy!

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides | CBC News

The federal government has brought in major changes to how pesticides are regulated in Canada, granting cabinet the power to authorize the use of pesticides — even ones that Health Canada has deemed u...

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Alberta enacts a U.S.-style two-tier health care system By playing to corporate and surgeon greed, Alberta is undermining the entire Canada Health Act and our public system #abpoli #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Alberta enacts a U.S.-style two-tier health care system | CCPA

By playing to corporate and surgeon greed, Alberta is undermining the entire Canada Health Act and our public system.

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Is there a term for Canadians that only engage in US politics?

It's not a hydration break if you make us watch commercials. It's a commercial break.

Also the guy responsible for millions of children starving and dying from malnutrition around the world.

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs@sarajacobs.house.gov · 2mo ago

It’s beyond sickening that Elon Musk – the world’s first trillionaire – pays a lower effective tax rate than truck drivers, firefighters, or nurses. It’s not complicated – we need to actually TAX THE RICH.

If Carney passes C-22, the lawful access bill, Signal will exit Canada and the work that I and so many others do will be unfixably impacted. It is hard to overstate how absolutely essential Signal has become. If he pushes this bill through, we'll make sure he'll pay a price. #c22 #cdnpoli

This is such an honest post, so sharing it here too. I'm not going to change a thing either, it's just hard. People will say removing your mask is better than losing community, but they haven't experienced years of post-viral illness

In a world where BC's physicians, public health & government reps threw BC's kids to the viral wolves, I will always be grateful to the Ontario-based scientists who stepped into that void, and advocated for our kids. Dr. Furness was one who stood up for my kids. Please take a moment to read this🧵👇

Colin Furness MISt PhD MPH@furnesscolin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My Toronto Star Op-Ed last week pointed the finger at physician thinking & physician culture to explain why they just won't let go of certain beliefs even when drowning in evidence to the contrary. Today the Globe and Mail provided a tragically shining example, quoting Dr. Srinivan Murthy ... 1/10

My Toronto Star Op-Ed last week pointed the finger at physician thinking & physician culture to explain why they just won't let go of certain beliefs even when drowning in evidence to the contrary. Today the Globe and Mail provided a tragically shining example, quoting Dr. Srinivan Murthy ... 1/10

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... We cannot accept this framing. It's not "economy vs green" - it's that we are allowing developers to dump old, outdated technology into their new builds

Vancouver passes mayor's motion to pause emissions tracking, ban on natural gas heating in new homes | CBC News

Vancouver city council voted on Thursday to pass Mayor Ken Sim's motion to pause one of the city's emissions tracking initiatives and again allow new homes to use natural gas for space and water heati...

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