The list of things council is considering cutting in order to keep taxes “flat” is insane. (From Sam Austin’s website). Call your councillor and tell them you won’t support them if they support these cuts.

I’ve started responding to all slop with ai;dr

"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats." This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people. news.sky.com/story/robert...

The world is moving on. montrealgazette.com/news/local-n...

I kind of love that I woke up this morning, spent 15 minutes on Bluesky, saw extensive commentary on Bad Bunny’s performance, including a fabulous in-depth, detailed analysis of various layers of symbolism that I missed, and still didn’t know who won the Super Bowl. 😄

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Joe Fortes saved over 100 people from drowning along the coastal waters of Vancouver. He taught hundreds more how to swim, on his way to being declared Vancouver's Citizen of the Century. This is the story of a man who loved to swim. 🧵 1/8

have I told the story of talking about Groundhog Day with a group of philosophers, and the Americans all simultaenously realizing that all the non-Americans thought Groundhog Day was made up for the movie

We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015 Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world

This whole time, the "problem" in the trolley problem was failing to ask a professional, who actually knows what they're doing, to solve it.

Translation- There is no penalty to having a 'surgical pause' for frail patients to take a holistic multidisciplinary look; and the options are basically optimise and go for it, or don't operate at all, because half-pie surgery adds nothing. 2/2

Gosh 🤔. Thought-provoking results. 'Medical optimization before surgery produced 1-yr survival comparable to immediate operation, ...step-down to less invasive plans conferred only a short early survival advantage and converged with nonsurgical management by 12 months.' #MedSky 1/2

I love this

Academic researchers (including grad students): did you know that your campus administrators may have access to your full hard drive (including research data), placing you in violation of the TCPS and whatever data access & mgmt plan was approved by your REB?

As a Canadian, what I've learned so far: - Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized - Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like - Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies - LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose - New Yorkers love gay hockey

The Feeling You Haven't Had in a Long Time Steve Driscoll 2021

Here are the same map settings (same map classes, same zoom level) for other cities in Canada: Victoria, BC, Halifax, NS, and Montreal, QC #bikeyyj #bikehfx #bikemtl #velomtl

Many Canadians know him from the "I smell burnt toast!" Heritage Minute, but Wilder Penfield greatly advanced our understanding of the human brain. His work expanded our knowledge of brain tumours, headaches, memory mechanisms and more. This is his story. 🧵 1/10

If you want to come to Annapolis Valley or Halifax, Nova Scotia, comment below and we can connect. I've worked in front line patient care across Canada. I can answer whatever you need or help you find answers! Or check out NS's link below: novascotiahealthcareinfusion.notion.site/Nova-Scotia-...

Monday’s my operating day! Possibly over-preparation, but I’ve got my snowshoes out of the attic just in case…I didn’t fancy trying to find them very very early tomorrow morning, especially if the power goes out. 😄🥶❄️ #NSstorm

I’ve been using Apple products since the Mac Classic and you’d think they would get better at progress bar ETAs, but nope. This has been on my screen for 25 minutes

NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”

Ernie Raquel Roth 2024

I am seeing quite a few nurses calling for a nationwide strike over the killing of Alex Pretti. I think we are seeing one of the largest workforces being radicalized before our very eyes.

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

The birds are SO fluffed up in the cold. Little round floofballs at the feeder.

trying to remember people are working to stop this everywhere

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Or a single, graceful neuron in a similar format artologica.etsy.com/listing/4441... #sciart

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POLIO. Deadly, crippling, preventable. My first tricycle was passed on by the next door neighbours, whose kid couldn't ride it any more because of polio. I was three years younger, caught the vaccine window.

Mes deux émotions du jour :

We’ve officially reached the "Mean Girls" stage of international diplomacy.

It's official. The US has left the World Health Organization as of today. I don't know when or how or where, but I can guarantee that mathematically the infectious diseases of the world will not stop at national borders and they will cause millions more deaths when the world does not cooperate.

Nova Scotia, we're in a Covid wave. Break the chain of transmission by wearing a well-fitted mask in public spaces. Open the windows, turn on the air purifiers, and stay home if you're sick!

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

I was pretty convinced this thread was an elaborate metaphor for the current political situation in the US, but then they shared photos

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

Ok, so we understand that you don't think it should be an alto solo but you see, we really want it, and so we're taking it. It is now an alto solo. This is not about solos.

the knitters too. this is the top pattern on ravelry right now

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen. #MusicSky 1 Yehudi Menuhin 2 Tafelmusik 3 Depeche Mode 4 U2 5 Sting & Shaggy

New abbreviation just dropped! TE;DR - too existential; didn’t read

got new art put up today! my nephew won this painting ‘snerks’ in a raffle and i’m absolutely in love with it 🥰 artist: sacred layers by aviuk, an inupiaq artist from utqiagvik, alaska

Here we freaking go. I cannot believe this is happening.

Great thread about a different time

filed under “headlines you hear being read off in a chipper voice in an abandoned bunker in a Fallout game”

Keeping this up in the new year! For the next 24h, drop any infectious disease and/or vaccine-related questions in response to this post, and I will do my best to answer them. Answers are for information only, NOT medical advice. Let's do this. #AskAnIDDoc January 2026 edition.