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Mind forest dweller. Illustrator. Surface Pattern Designer. Loves all seasons, but winter sports have my heart. I want my illustrations to be in your forever book.

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The Canadian Library Challenges Database | Centre for Free Expression The CFE-CFLA/FCAB Canadian Library Challenges Database provides access to challenges libraries have faced to items in their collection, and to displays, programs, room usage, and computer access.

The Centre for Free Expression has done far more legwork, contacting every Alberta school division, asking how many removed books, and sending access to info requests to every division that said they did remove materials. The results they have so far are in this national challenge database #AbEd

09.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
text says "There’s no way to know which COVID-19 infection will cause long-term illness. Each new COVID-19 infection increases your risk of organ damage, Long COVID, and disability, even if you have no other health conditions that you know of, and even if your previous COVID-19 infections were mild or had no symptoms. Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19, no matter your age or health history. Wear masks. get vaccinated. keep indoor air clean.” Graphics on the side illustrate people getting sick repeatedly until eventually they end up with long-term illness.

text says "There’s no way to know which COVID-19 infection will cause long-term illness. Each new COVID-19 infection increases your risk of organ damage, Long COVID, and disability, even if you have no other health conditions that you know of, and even if your previous COVID-19 infections were mild or had no symptoms. Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19, no matter your age or health history. Wear masks. get vaccinated. keep indoor air clean.” Graphics on the side illustrate people getting sick repeatedly until eventually they end up with long-term illness.

Every time you get COVID-19, your risk increases for Long COVID, organ damage, disability, & more, & there’s no way to know which infection will be the one to cause it! Protect your lifelong health by protecting yourself from COVID-19. Learn more about Long COVID: www.cdc.gov/long-covid/a...

24.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 244 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 26
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Long Covid ruled as occupational disease in nurses - Switzerland Long Covid confirmed as an occupational disease in nurses.

Long Covid ruled as occupational disease in nurses

https://www.europesays.com/ch/17407/

Long Covid confirmed as an occupational disease in nurses. Keystone-SDA Baloise Insurance must recognise the Long Covid disease…

24.02.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 8

To prebunk what we can expect to hear tomorrow:
πŸ”΄ Immigrants pay provincial taxes.
πŸ”΄ Many non-immigrants don't.

Cutting off immigrants' access to public services isn't about protecting taxpayers.

It's about picking and choosing who is worthy of healthcare and education.

19.02.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 200 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

We've reached the stage of oligarchy where they think their concentrated capital will protect themselves from our climate's collapse.

Even as their data centers for manipulation hasten its destruction.

bsky.app/profile/volt...

11.02.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Observations from Montreal An ever-changing collection of commentary and observations by Montrealers or about Montreal politics and culture.

β€œFor 20 years, Pierre Poilievre has voted against initiatives to make housing more affordable and address Canada’s housing crisis. Some of his top donors are real estate investors. He claims to be a champion of the working class β€” but really he’s corporate landlords’ best friend.”

11.02.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

As U of A pulls the plug on DEI policies, remember kids, Diversity Equity Inclusion only exists because merit based hiring practices DO NOT EXIST.

Reverting to the 'norm' is reversion to white mediocrity.

#ableg #abpoli #yeg #cdnpoli

09.02.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

09.02.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 2598 πŸ” 1403 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 120
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Why covid-19 is β€œa vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one” Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic Cardiovascular...

February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is β€œa vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”

Some of us have been screaming this for years

www.bmj.com/content/392/...

10.02.2026 04:54 πŸ‘ 664 πŸ” 349 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 26
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Our paper modelling transmission risk in schools is published in Nature Communications. **The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools** doi.org/10.1038/s414...

05.02.2026 13:48 πŸ‘ 148 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 16
Standing Committee on Public Accounts - Feb 3, 2026 - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Absolute breath of fresh air. The dam's been cracking for a while, but this is the part where the jet of water blasts out and you know it's unstoppable.

New Brunswick politicians, intelligently discussing airborne pathogens and ventilation thanks to @popnb.bsky.social

Jump to 6:41:10 here:

05.02.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

But we were told NOT catching RSV was creating dangerous ImmUNiTy DebT.

05.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Suit Guy out here doing God’s work. Bless him.

06.02.2026 04:27 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Men, police ourselves. Don't let since young guy go through a professional program thinking that girls and young women exist for their pleasure. Step up and call them out. Tell them to knock it off. It is our problem to solve.

05.02.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

what really bugs me about the "trans people got ahead of public opinion" line is that it ignores *why* public opinion changed. it didn't just come out of nowhere, there was a deliberate push to make trans rights a wedge issue.

28.01.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 1197 πŸ” 327 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 8
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Eby calls reported meeting between Alberta separatists and U.S.… National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

Finally someone has said it out loud.
Treason.
Where is the parliamentary investigation into foreign money and support from the US to break up our nation?
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/29/e...

29.01.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 1338 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 93 πŸ“Œ 50

If the Russians or Chinese had done this, we’d be expelling their ambassador…

29.01.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 301 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 5

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.

Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

22.01.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 4529 πŸ” 3030 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 227
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17.01.2026 22:11 πŸ‘ 7224 πŸ” 2435 πŸ’¬ 162 πŸ“Œ 83
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Omicron COVID-19 variant is infectious for up to 10 days, Tam says - National | Globalnews.ca The Public Health Agency of Canada recommends people infected with COVID-19 isolate for at least 10 days after they test positive or symptoms begin, whichever came first.

"Omicron COVID-19 variant is infectious for up to 10 days"

"The Japanese study is preliminary and still not peer reviewed but it indicated the viral load was highest among Omicron patients 3 to 6 days after symptoms started and disappeared at around 10 days."

16.01.2026 02:04 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta Funds Public Schools A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.

With 26 days left, the β€œAlberta Funds Public Schools” petition is only a quarter of the way to their goal….

Here’s where you can sign.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...

15.01.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

"I am absolutely burnt out from trying to make my voice loud enough to counteract not only the bad people’s incredible volume but your deafening silence. Both of these things are doing similar damage right now, sadly."

I feel this. So much.

14.01.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Grok fallout: Tech giants must be held accountable for technology-assisted gender-based violence The growing ease of perpetrating sexual violence with novel technologies reflect the urgent need to prioritise AI safety and regulation.

Grok fallout: Tech giants must be held accountable for technology-assisted gender-based violence

14.01.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Canada!

Sick of seeing children being sexualized on Twitter as Musk laughs about it?

Evan Solomon
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A6

(No postage required!)

Phone: 613-992-1377

Phone: 416-972-2030

evan.solomon@parl.gc.ca

Be brief and respectful.
Try to ask a specific question.

09.01.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 9

Not pissing off Elon Musk and Canada’s right-wing tech bros is far more important to Evan Solomon than protecting Canadians from deepfake sexual abuse and acting on child sexual abuse material.

11.01.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 703 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 9
A PERSONAL ADVICE:

πŸ«€You suspect possible HEART issues after your COVID-19?

Make an appointment with your GP or cardiologist, and consider starting the conversation like this:

➑️"I've developed new symptoms such as [e.g., rapid heartbeat, dizziness, chest discomfort, or fatigue when standing], which began weeks/months after my COVID-19 infection. I'd like to discuss a targeted screening for my potential long-term cardiovascular complications, including myocarditis, arrhythmias, increased risk of heart attack/stroke, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), as clearly outlined in recent statements from the American Heart Association (AHA) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which recognise COVID-19 as an independent risk factor for these conditions, even after mild cases."

A PERSONAL ADVICE: πŸ«€You suspect possible HEART issues after your COVID-19? Make an appointment with your GP or cardiologist, and consider starting the conversation like this: ➑️"I've developed new symptoms such as [e.g., rapid heartbeat, dizziness, chest discomfort, or fatigue when standing], which began weeks/months after my COVID-19 infection. I'd like to discuss a targeted screening for my potential long-term cardiovascular complications, including myocarditis, arrhythmias, increased risk of heart attack/stroke, or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), as clearly outlined in recent statements from the American Heart Association (AHA) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC), which recognise COVID-19 as an independent risk factor for these conditions, even after mild cases."

🎯🎯🎯advice🧡by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on XTwitter if "You suspect possible HEART issues after your COVID-19?"

"Make an appointment with your GP or cardiologist..." w/ talking points

🧡 w/ links to 5 relevant articles:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/20103...

πŸ‘† to bookmark & share

11.01.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

"No one here has symptoms” isn't a reliable way to rule out COVID when around 40% of infections are asymptomatic.

Please don't say this to dismiss others’ precautions

11.01.2026 17:26 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3
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Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores? Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other β€œnudify” appsβ€”but continue to host X and Grok.

Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other β€œnudify” appsβ€”but continue to host X and Grok. www.wired.com/story/x-grok...

08.01.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 386 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 21
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Hey Jon Stewart, jokes about wearing masks aren't funny Critics of the host say he's a hypocrite.

β€œSad that Jon Stewart and friends have become just more white liberals who enjoy punching down at marginalized people who are just doing our best to survive."

30.12.2025 19:04 πŸ‘ 275 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 16
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The Exhilirating Movement From Treatment to Cures for Autoimmune Diseases Exploiting Lessons from Cancer's Mirror Biology

About 1 in 10 people have an autoimmune disease. There's great news here on current efforts that are achieving cures.
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-exhili...

14.12.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 330 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4