Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2026 SEVERE: AB, MB, NB, PEI, SK VERY HIGH: CAN, North, NS, ON, QC HIGH: BC, NL MODERATE: none About 1 in 122 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

If you're in the US and are looking for Girl Scout cookies, these are the kids to support!

AI content can dupe us, shape our beliefs even when we catch the lie, and erode societal trust in the process. The tools we were sold as a cure for this crisis are failing miserably www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/02/1...

The destruction of public health and rising fascism forever hand in hand.

The child ran across the street from behind a double-parked SUV towards the school and sustained minor injuries.

Moral of this story: Don't rely on Dr. AI to diagnose your health issues (gift article; free account required).

This came in the same budget that axed a luxury tax on yachts. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

BREAKING: Family of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean. theintercept.com/2026/01/27/b...

British crown was world’s largest buyer of enslaved people by 1807, book reveals

I just backed Black Bird Commons: from Pop-Ups and Dreams 2 brick-n-mortar on @kickstarter.com. Please consider helping this independent bookshop get off the ground! They also have some great rewards for supporters.

With everything going on right now, this news is getting buried, and it’s arguably the most important. We’re now experiencing global water bankruptcy. Expect more wars, famine, and economic hardships. Don’t forget that we also have AI competing for what little water is left.

Canadian COVID Forecast: Jan 17 - Jan 30, 2026 SEVERE: MB, NS, SK VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, NL, North, ON, QC HIGH: BC, PEI MODERATE: none About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Important read on schools and transmission of viral illnesses. substack.com/home/post/p-...

My friend who keeps getting sick says he knows that he should wear a mask and take precautions but he says that doing so is just too inconvenient, and I cannot imagine a better epitaph for humanity than: we could have saved ourselves but doing so was just too inconvenient.

I think I've only previously posted about these on The Bad Place when I had an account there, but for everyone here on Bluesky: If you're looking for an MRI-safe respirator that ships to Canada, I recommend these. I've successfully worn them for MRI and PET scans, with no issues.

‘It’s AI blackface’: social media account hailed as the Aboriginal Steve Irwin is an AI character created in New Zealand

Four migrants die in ICE custody in 10 days in grim start to year

New from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

"One of Trump's most consistent beliefs is that the world will end in nuclear annihilation. He mentions this often in older interviews. He fears it. I worry the way he copes with his fear of annihilation is by becoming the annihilator. The man who can end the world." www.youtube.com/watch?v=htdw...

Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan

NEW: "How Trump’s Attack On Venezuela May Have Boosted His Net Worth"— "Since the Venezuela raid, Forbes estimates that the value of his crypto-related holdings is up about $140 million in all. @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/kylemu...

The government needs to step in and legislate a minimum seat pitch for passenger jets. WestJet is now offering 28”, which is completely inhumane and worse than the low bar set by Air Canada Rouge.

“Imagine calling yourselves the ‘master race’ but forgetting to secure your own website — maybe try mastering to host WordPress before world domination,” the pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root, wrote.

“Make sure you run the next imperialist coup by congress first,” is not actually a good response to this

Let's get on it, people, or we'll lose it all!

The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

The invasion of Venezuela is bandit politics. It is also a direct attack on international law. Trump, Putin, Netanyahu are working to dismantle the international rules based order. Canada must get ready for what comes next. @meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYqU...

This is slavery.

Long before direct impacts the heat becomes insidious & terminal. The global rate of warming is deceptive, surprising & shock 😲 #Exponential or near exponential ⚡ Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready 🔥 www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...

SCOOP: U.S. Military Killed Boat Strike Survivors for Not Surrendering Correctly theintercept.com/2025/12/23/b...

Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI MODERATE: none About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

OpenAI's Outlook on AI Browser Security Is Bleak, but Maybe a Little More AI Can Fix It

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Tell me again how schools are biased against boys? "Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled" apnews.com/article/scho...

Do sign this petition! It will go to the House of Commons. We cannot allow trans people to be hurt and harmed in Canada. 💗🏳️‍⚧️

I've been waiting to find out exactly how Trump was going to personally profit from the AI greed frenzy he has unleashed because there was no way he was *not* going to get a piece. Now we know: a $6-billion merger of his failing media corp with an AI energy corp www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

The holiday ad from @sickkidsvs.bsky.social is so perfect this year! Donations until Dec. 24 will be matched at: www.sickkidsfoundation.com/pages/bm/rya...

Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela

Turns out Amazon's "groundbreaking" AI video recaps are struggling to recap Amazon's own TV shows. But who could have predicted that AI might struggle to get facts and dates correct?

AI is reaching new milestones! This lawsuit "is the first case alleging that ChatGPT led to a murder" (gift article; free account required).

"A Mysterious Company Came to Town With a $165 Billion Idea"—surprise, they wanted to build an AI data centre. Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...

Ukraine has accused Russia of deliberately targeting the disaster site with a drone strike, which left a 160-square-foot hole in the shield.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Flu season is taking off as shown by this Public Health Ontario Hospital Admissions chart up to Nov 29th. We're already at a high level of lab test positivity (18.3%). It's not too late to get vaccinated and reduce your chances of a hospital visit. #flu www.publichealthontario.ca/en/Data-and-...

“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning. Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see! But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines

Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025 SEVERE: AB VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC MODERATE: none About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

"My grandpa smoked two packs a day for most of my memory of him. Everyone did. Doctors literally prescribed cigarettes for stress... He felt fine until he didn’t. That’s exactly what’s happening with #COVID right now, and nobody wants to hear it." whn.global/covid-isnt-a...