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My youngest spent her first ever year of school in lockdown. My oldest spent an entire year in online classes. I am just not buying this argument that we should have murdered more old people for them to go to school.
If you’re out here trying to claim that hospitals were empty during peak COVID 2020-22, you’re either a liar or you’ve been lied to. I don’t care which it is (because you’re probably wrong about other things, too), because either way you need to stop it.
1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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It. Was. Never. About. Protecting. Women’s. Sports.
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 3w agoAfter targeting trans sports under Title IX for the past 4 years, the Heritage Foundation is now turning to destroying it for all women. It wants to replace women's varsity sports with yoga and "protect women's fertility" by ending many athletic opportunities. Subscribe to support our journalism.
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
Forbes@forbes.com · 3w agoTaylor Farms, which supplies major fast food and grocery chains, was identified as the possible source of the cyclosporiasis outbreak Thursday.
2025 update: Long COVID and ME/CFS cost Germany 64.4bn € a year. More than double the entire federal transport budget (27.9bn €). Costs keep rising even as Long COVID cases fall. Only research leads out of the crisis. Full report: https://t.ly/QeMez
NEW: The ME/CFS Research Foundation recently announced €2.4 million in funding for 7 projects for ME and #LongCOVID. Research topics include "B-cell depletion, genetics, biomarkers for autoimmunity, immune dysregulation, & the stratification of children w/ ME." mecfs-research.org/en/news-rese...
ME/CFS Research Foundation investiert 2,4 Millionen Euro in neue Forschungsprojekte - ME/CFS Research Foundation
Seven new research projects, funded with a total of €2.4 million by the Foundation, are set to start their work this summer. The projects were selected from around 30 submissions under “Research Fundi...
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Buoyant foam floaties (aka “puddle jumpers” or “water wings”) are cute, and convenient. But experts have concerns. Here’s what to know before you buy them. nyti.ms/4oVPzgY
Parents Love Floaties. Experts Don’t. Here’s Why.
Buoyant foam floaties (aka “puddle jumpers” or “water wings”) are cute, and convenient. But experts have concerns. Here’s what to know before you buy them.
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Performative cruelty is the weak person’s attempt to appear strong.
Just like your college major doesn’t restrict you to a single career path, your college major does not determine whether you will be good or evil. Your choices matter, and they don’t stop mattering.
"AI in education can meet every child where they are." - Prime Minister Mark Carney, April 11, 2026
Tom Richmond@tom-richmond.com · last mo."Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their use in the education of older children to prevent a negative impact on learning" Sometimes, good policymaking is incredibly simple. www.reuters.com/technology/n...
Local government says they will be watching the school children’s attendance very closely when local government is in session 53 days a year.
Ontario education minister urges parents not to pull kids from school for sports | Globalnews.ca
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is urging parents not to pull their kids out of school for sports tournaments next year, when new attendance rules begin.
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I think I'm going to get this. I've wanted an Effin' Birds shirt for awhile. As a Canadaphile, birder, and someone who's not comfortable wearing a shirt with English profanities out in public, this is the shirt for me.
Effin' Birds@effinbirds.com · last mo.The legendary TABARNAK tee is $14 to celebrate Canada Day. You don't have to get it in red and white, but you should. eatf.art/canada
I read the article articles and watched the videos, but genuinely nothing prepared me for this. This is unbelievable. My perspective comes from years of working live events across the country. I’ve worked county fairs that were 1,000x better than the Great American State Fair. It’s really bad.
amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.I finally made it to the Great American State Fair. The columns on this fake building are something to behold.
GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim
GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim
WASHINGTON—Imploring their colleagues across the aisle to be mindful of how the highly charged language might elevate national tensions, congressional Republicans urged Democrats Tuesday to tone down ...
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Who is the convicted felon speaking to when he says, “Welcome, but be good”? American’s use passports to travel to other countries. What a travesty that this narcissist is President. We will burn it all down after we paint America blue. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #Pinks #SheShed
Who do you think PAYS for Doug Ford’s 'Protect Ontario' ads? Ontarians. MILLIONS of $$$$ are being SIPHONED AWAY from 😡Healthcare 😡Education 😡Housing www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Iris Gorfinkel: Doug Ford’s ‘Protect Ontario’ ads are a scam trying to hide the damage he’s doing
Doug Ford’s Protect Ontario ads are a lie
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Doug Ford spent 112 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS on self-congratulatory ads. WHAT THIS COULD HAVE BOUGHT: · Support for 15,000 SENIORS for a YEAR · 125 MRI scanners · FINANCIAL AID for 31,000 Ontario students www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
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This was incredibly touching and scathing.
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last mo."This is something we humans do to the dead. We use them to explain systems they did not build and failures they did not survive. A fallen soldier is made to speak for policy. A sodden bird becomes a commentary on federal competence and the condition of a backsliding democracy."
Good morning. We're starting the day angry. Exhibits on COVID-19 masking and health equity have been papered over at CDC's David J. Sencer Museum. This admin prefers to whitewash history. Let’s never stop telling the truth, defending evidence, and holding power accountable.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Cape Verde’s Vozinha says U.S. visa issues stopped his mother from witnessing his World Cup heroics in person. The 40-year-old goalkeeper was visibly emotional on the pitch after the game. nyti.ms/4vW6UsB
NEW: Texas middle schoolers could be taught about a Christian revolutionary war movement that never existed. The so-called “Black Robe Regiment” is a favorite myth of David Barton and other Christian nationalists who are leading massive revisions of Texas curricula to focus on US “exceptionalism.”
Scholars Call the Black Robe Regiment a Myth. It Could Soon Be Taught in Texas Schools.
The State Board of Education meets this week to vote on a K–12 curriculum some experts warn elevates Christianity over other faiths.
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Well, since the GOP dismantled infectious disease surveillance, it is unlikely we will know the true extent until it is far too late. Sadly.
Bob Burgess@bobburgess.bsky.social · 2mo agoIs this getting out of hand? "The parasitic fly was detected in a sheep in Sutton County and a head of cattle in Tom Green County late last week, about 200 miles away from the first US case in South Texas, according to the US Department of Agriculture." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Friendly reminder! Join us tomorrow for our June webinar, 'Complex Issues in Long COVID Research and Care: NHS Trial and Phenotyping,' featuring presentations from Professor Emma Wall and Kim López-Güell. Date: Tue, June 16, 2026 Time: 1:00–2:00 PM ET. Register: bit.ly/4vce6jO
