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@vdcdsp.bsky.social · 6d ago

Updating your student reading lists? Read our essential reading recommendations for public policy and politics courses on expertise and evidence in policymaking, policy process theories, and interpretive approaches to policy research  policyandpoliticsblog.com/2026/07/30/u...

Updating your student reading lists? Read our essential reading recommendations for public policy and politics courses on expertise and evidence in policymaking, policy process theories, and interpret...

Updating your student reading lists in 2026? Read our essential reading recommendations for public policy and politics courses on expertise and evidence in policymaking, policy process theories, an…

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Alex Usher@alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 2w ago

Serious question: Australian housing prices are about the same as Canada's. Why, then, can Australia accomodate five times more international students than Canada?

Australia maintains 2027 international student planning level at 295,000

The Australian government keeps the National Planning Level unchanged at 295,000 after saying international student commencements are on track to remain below it, while confirming no active provider w...

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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last mo.

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"

"Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro as a commuter looks on, during the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2026. REUTERS/Cheney Orr"
Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · last mo.

The Supreme Court today addressed one of the most pressing threats to the nation today: banning this high school sophomore from playing school sports with her friends 🫡🫠🙃

Becky Pepper-Jackson, the plaintiff in one of the trans sports ban cases
Dr Lindsay Tedds@lindsaytedds.bsky.social · last mo.

Proving Your Right To Exist In Alberta, today on Dead For Tax Reasons. The two files Alberta would rather you read separately, and the one logic underneath them. 👉 deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/p...

Proving Your Right To Your Own Body In Alberta

I live in Alberta. I am pissed off. Not about separation, which is stupid, and which I am writing a whole series about, so I will spare you here. Not about the weather, although the thunderstorms r…

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Isaac Callan@isaaccallan.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: Barely half a year after the provincial government ordered Toronto to stop issuing speeding tickets from the cameras it had set up across the city, staff say the number of drivers blasting past the limit has increased more than 350%. #Topoli #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1193652...

Speeding increases in Toronto significantly after province turns off cameras | Globalnews.ca

In November 2025, the Ford government completed a controversial and rapid removal of automated speed cameras from municipalities.

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United Nurses of Alberta@albertanurses.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“This is not just a bad policy, it is a betrayal of the greatest nation-building program in modern Canadian history. For this reason, we are urgently asking the federal government today to enforce the Canada Health Act immediately.”

Alberta implementation of physician dual practice is serious threat to medicare

The Alberta government’s announcement that starting in September it will allow physicians delivering publicly funded services also to privately bill patients for surgeries presents a deeply seri...

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Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In the eight months since Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill passed, SNAP enrollment has declined by 4.7 million, according to USDA data. In states where demographic data are available, about half the decline comes from kids losing food aid. The Trump administration describes this as a success story

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Hunger Crisis

His solution to the food affordability crisis is to cut programs that help people afford food.

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Erika Shaker@ershaker.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What @alonghurst.bsky.social said. This is a defining moment. Is the federal government committed to the principle and practice of universality and what it takes to protect it…or to the failed strategy of capitulation to corporate demands and the corporatist mindset?

Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉@alonghurst.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The federal government appears unwilling to stand up to the Alberta government and uphold the Canada Health Act Public health care is Canada's greatest social achievement Bill 11 is a clear violation of the Canada Health Act. Alberta wants to kill public medicare #cdnpoli #abpoli

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RFK Jr. says that HPV vaccine is “dangerous and defective”. A new study from England shows that HPV vaccines have reduced deaths from cervical cancer to ZERO for women aged 20-24. Significant reductions in older age groups were observed as well, though the latter have lower vaccination coverage.

Cervical cancer mortality trends following HPV vaccination in England, 2001–24: an analysis of population-based mortality data

Our findings provide the first robust national-level evidence, albeit observational, that high HPV vaccination coverage is associated with a substantial reduction in cervical cancer deaths. This is sh...

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