IckeDette24
@ickedette24.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Retired library professional, politically awake, travel-obsessed.
There are still some tickets available for the @grievousangels104.bsky.social Saturday August 15 matinee show at the Corktown in Hamilton. We are bringing the Revolution tour. Get your tickets through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/grievous-a...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/politi... Yeah, no. This is about those "law-and-order" ads they invested in ... now they want to add "look how much $ we saved by cutting spending" to their re-election campaign. It's performance art.
Ontario launches spending reviews of big public agencies including Metrolinx, LCBO
Ford government said the province is reviewing eight agencies starting this summer with an eye to ensuring their spending is sustainable
torontotoday.ca
A wake-up call we can do without: COVID can wake up a slew of dormant viruses inside you www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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.
nature.com
Albeit slow, progress is being made on the wall along the southern border. #Canada
Oh no... "resistant to all insecticides" Once again, the microscopic world is smarter than us.
Madhu Pai, MD, PhD@madhupai.bsky.social · yesterdayAn Invasive Mosquito (Anopheles stephensi) Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
👏🏽👏🏽 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Moderna begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine
Moderna on Tuesday said it has begun its first human trial of an experimental vaccine to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a strain of Ebola that has killed more than 1,650 people so far and cu...
reuters.com
Hear, hear‼️ Health misinformation erodes autonomy‼️ Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy theconversation.com/vaccine-mis-... "If we value autonomy for what it really means ... we must take action to address mis- and disinformation."
Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy
When we are mis- or disinformed, it is difficult to act with autonomy. We may make decisions that do not align with our beliefs, even when we seem to be acting voluntarily.
theconversation.com
NEWS: For nearly 20 years, Epstein moved over $1B through the major banks. The banks looked away. Sen. Wyden’s 3-year probe exposes it all. But most damning? How Trump and the GOP tried to bury it.
Follow the Money: How Wall Street Bankrolled Epstein, and How the Trump Administration and CBS are Blocking The Truth
For nearly two decades, Jeffrey Epstein moved more than a billion dollars through some of the biggest banks in America. He withdrew millions in unexplained
meidasnews.com
Abuse Calls from Women Spiked During World Cup. Officials Were Warned via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Abuse Calls from Women Spiked During World Cup. Officials Were Warned | The Tyee
Vancouver’s Battered Women’s Support Services, which tracked the rise, says government didn't properly plan.
thetyee.ca
Dr Tam has already testified, dozens of times, on the pandemic and its 🇨🇦 response. Why are they doing this? One word: FAUCI. Not an original thought in their pointy little heads.
Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2d agoPierre Poilievre's Conservatives want to launch a witch hunt against Canada's public health heroes - just like MAGA is doing with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Poilievre offers nothing to Canadians except warmed over crap from the American extreme right.
Dan Wilson, the chief of the Okanagan Indian Band, says they don’t know the full extent of the wildfire's destruction on their homes and infrastructure, and he can’t say when residents will be allowed back.
Okanagan Indian Band chief says wildfire 'still active' in area
The chief of the Okanagan Indian Band says he doesn't know when citizens will be allowed into the community because of wildfires.
aptnnews.ca
CARTOON OF THE DAY (if you know who made this let us know)
Chiefs of Ontario back calls for a public inquiry into the provincial response to recent wildfires but the Ford government will only commit to a review. Hear more on APTN News Brief:
APTN News Brief: As calls for public inquiry into wildfire response mount, Ontario gov't promises review only
Our lead story: the Chiefs of Ontario back calls for a public inquiry into the provincial response to recent wildfires—necessitating the evacuation of several First Nations—but the Ford governm...
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The persecution of Dr. Fauci is a disgrace. Why doesn't a Canadian university invite Anthony Faucci to Canada to take up residence as a professor emeritus? The federal government should take efforts to fast track the move.
All politicians should be fact checked in real time by journalists like this. It’s not enough to report their comments. We have a LOT to say on Ford and his endless bullshit and corruption on 🇨🇦OShow Scandal Panel 🔗 youtu.be/Dg9TgGSX8-g?si…. #Onpoli #cndpoli
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
thebeaverton.com
David Frum Said This July 30 2026. Frum Was The Former Speech Writer For George W. Bush........
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A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.
Appalling cruelty — and all to fund more tax cuts for the rich.
