It would be great if @cdnpress.bsky.social could actually acknowledge that the administration of justice is a provincial responsibility, and that Ford's government is the biggest problem with bail, not the Criminal Code.

There‘a a consensus among experts-Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Canada, as party to Genocide Convention, is bound to act.This duty is not triggered by an authoritative determination of genocide but by the mere risk of genocide ICJ issued such risk warning on Jan’24 bsky.app/profile/hrw....

In Oakville #gasp Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet rally downtown. In spite of the dire economic times, we cannot fail to act on the environment for our kids and grandkids.

And the march is off! It’s not too late to join: itinerary in link above. #DrawTheLine

Marched today in Berlin to #DrawtheLine against billionaires & polluters profiting from the climate crisis while the rest of us struggle to make ends meet. So proud to be part of a global wave of protests in over 93 countries- taking action for climate justice & a more just world for all 💚! @350.org

It would be helpful if @meidascanada.ca boosted #DrawTheLine Sep 20 (today) protests across Canada. Nanaimo 11:00am. Protests against Canada’s role in genocide and backslide on climate change action, migrant rights, etc. drawtheline.world/canada?r=CA&...

Today we #DrawTheLine in #Oakville. 🙌 We finally see it: economic, social, environmental crises—and every injustice—stem from eroding democracy & greed willing to sacrifice people and our future for more money in the pockets of the super-rich. Justice for all! I was super laud! 😁🥰✊ #cdnpoli

Didn't get a picture of myself but attended #DrawTheLine in Oakville this morning with a great crowd gathered by #GASP4Change.

#drawtheline Happy to see everyone out in Oakville today for climate action!

Again: no one knows who Charlie Kirk is, and everyone knows who Jimmy Kimmel is screenrant.com/disney-scram...

Jimmy Kimmel is just one comedian, but they are trying to jam all of society into an airless MAGA box; they are trying to tell you what you can say, what you can think, what you can laugh at. Don’t let them. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

UPDATE : in 2025, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 6️⃣0️⃣7️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley #Clinton are @1️⃣7️⃣4️⃣8️⃣6️⃣hr

The US government and especially the State Dept are now fine with this kind of thing apnews.com/article/char...

Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Ontario fall Covid vaccine rollout- Seems way too late, but at least they are keeping it free! www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1...

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

After Lyme disease forced him into retirement, geologist Bob Bell found healing in birding, improving wellness, sharing knowledge, and inspiring people to connect with birds. Read the full article: www.aba.org/birding-and-...

When I was a sci-fi-loving secondary/high school kid nerding out over space in the local library, there were no other known planets in the universe outside the Solar System. None. Zero. What a time to be alive. (H/t @astropartigirl.bsky.social)

Senegal just introduced a single shot hexavalent vaccine which covers: Tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Fieldwork isn’t for the faint of heart, but it sure makes for great stories! We've gathered our Top 5 field stories that were submitted to our #EcoOopsies contest. We're letting you decide the best one. Each 'like' counts as a vote. The story with the most likes by 9/30 WINS!

A Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee called out by the province's education minister for billing a downloaded Elvis Presley song to taxpayers, among other expenses, denies that she did it "knowingly." #OnPoli www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...

The point is that many can live quite normally under the thumb of authoritarianism. Yes: many suffer and suffer now but large swaths of the American public chooses to be clueless and it’s not difficult. This is how the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. www.vox.com/the-big-idea...

It shouldn’t need saying, but these institutions are not going to stop capitulating to Trump until they have reason to fear the cost of doing so. And that burden is on the public to impose. Protest, boycott, strikes, mockery, whatever. Make them feel it, or they won’t stop.

OTTAWA – Ottawa is calling Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City “horrific” and suggests it violates international law.

Lilith Fair doc shows pressure Sarah McLachlan faced as tour was mocked, criticized by outsiders

Writing separately, but, I'd like to share a brief honest reflection on the experience of writing our paper on climate change health impact attribution, which is to date probably the hardest and most frustrating project of 100+ I've published in 15 years as a scientist.

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with August 31 data - Kingston, London, Peel, Sudbury, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, PEI, QC, SK wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

My school is losing 4.5 teachers. So much upheaval that wouldn’t be necessary if school boards had sufficient funding to keep class sizes low. Instead, 5 teachers are out of work and every single classroom community is going to be shuffled after a month of school.

Even if you aren’t masking anywhere else it still makes sense to wear a mask in medical settings & pharmacies because there’s a greater chance of being close to someone contagious & there are more people who are at higher risk in these places. Masking in these settings both protects you & others.

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This is a Canadian study via scientists at Concordia #plastic #microplastics.

“The study shows that cognitive deficits can persist at least three years after infection…” www.mdpi.com/2673-8112/5/...

He increases spec ed class sizes & doesn't explain it? "while trustees' decisions usually involve extensive discussions and public documentation, only a short summary of Gupta’s first decisions as supervisor — which were made in July — have been published to the TDSB’s website." #OntEd #OnPoli

Another family member had it this past week. (One of us who didn't get it in July.) Again, this third family member wouldn't have known it was Covid w/out testing. Stuffy nose & mild cough. Faint red lines & a negative test in less than 5 days. I think lots of people have/have had it w/out knowing.

Has any Ottawa-based journo asked the Ottawa police how they're preparing for this?

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with August 24 data - London updated: wwater.ca/Ontario - Also updated: NS wwater.ca Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Biology Department xkcd.com/3140/

"The new data...said young people between 5 and 19 years old were the hardest hit. “This is actually the largest increase in pneumonia-related emergency department visits that we’ve seen post-COVID,” said Tanya Khan, CIHI’s manager of hospital data advancement and engagement, in an interview."

Scicomm Commandment #5: Thou shalt leave zines in all the bathrooms thy butt encounters.

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A position paper urging academia to be critical of AI technologies is an excellent wake-up call. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @olivia.science www.the-geyser.com/are-we-losin...

When a population is mostly immunized against infectious diseases but increasingly chooses to not vaccinate, the results will usually not be immediate. It will take time to see the "RFK Jr" effect because the bulk of the vaccinated population is helping to limit transmission to the unvaccinated. But

"I'm just an owl, standing in front of a sign, asking you not to molest me."

“We need some air purifiers” on CBC 6pm news, talking about dozens of #Wildfires in the Northwest Territories.

On the CVS intake online: Yes, you are high risk. You are a former smoker. Check. Yes, your child is high risk. ADHD. Check. Go get your c*vid and flu shots. Do not let RFK call the shots on your ability to survive or your family’s health. Do not comply. Go get your vaccines.

We found that the difference in critical care admission risk for Covid cases between early pandemic and later pandemic was easily explained by Covid vaccine uptake…and nothing else, including prevalence of exposure to infection bsky.app/profile/dfis...

This is worth a read. There's a strong tendency to dismiss all anti-vaxxers as thoughtless or dumb, and having interviewed Lydia I can attest she is neither. What she does do is speak to fear, finding community and the psychological discomfort of abandoning a core truth she thought she knew.