Measles and Mumps are two of the most terrible childhood diseases long term ...

Higgledy piggledy wiggledy weasle I met a man who caught a measle.. Higgledy piggledy wiggledy wump I met a man who caught a mump.. This ☝🏻Alligator Pie Dennis Lee poem was supposed to become obsolete instead 👇🏻 “Eatons, Simpson’s Honest Ed’s… ”

Canada must not join the war on Iran. 👇 #cdnpoli springmag.ca/canada-must-...

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct. Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

An important clarification: when you hear people say “during Covid” they do not mean back when they were at risk of catching Covid, for (alas) that time remains, no, when you hear people say “during Covid” they mean back when they were trying not to catch Covid.

Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

STOP the madness!!

Measles isn't the only disease making a comeback. Mumps is on the rise https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/health/mumps-virus-vaccine-wellness?Date=20260305&Profile=cnn ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁

1/ Marianne Faithfull caught #COVID in the early days of the pandemic & went into a coma during a 3-week hospitalization. She wasn't expected to survive. Later she also struggled with #LongCOVID - www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Please pay attention. These AI data centers being forced on us are not only destroying the environment. “a surge in data center construction is straining the regional power grid in ways few anticipated”

Dairy group to seek designated status for 'Quebec poutine cheese' #Quebec Curds' heat resistance, squeakiness could influence certification if designation is granted www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Paul Oram has created a snow labyrinth in his backyard on West Arthur Street in Thunder Bay, Ont., and is inviting small dogs, puppies and their owners to come out and burn some energy. All proceeds are being donated to the local dog rescue, Paws for Love. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

This is how you do it @mark-carney.bsky.social

In 1916, Florence Norman, a suffragette in London, used a motorised scooter known as a Autoped #WomensArt Every month on Womensart is #WomensHistoryMonth 💙

Icelandic photographer Sigga Ella, series of portraits of people with Down's Syndrome, 'First and foremost I am' featuring 21 images, a number she chose as people with Down's Syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21 #WomensArt

Iranian artist Shadi Ghadirian, Untitled (from the Qajar series), 2002 #womensart

Turns out the Province gives significantly less funding per student to the large school boards it accuses of fiscal mismanagement thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

So tell me @cmadocs.bsky.social - where do fictional 'clinical vignettes' fall in the good ole Evidence<cough>-Based Medicine hierarchy?! #MedSky

Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: MB HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK MODERATE: BC, NL, PEI About 1 in 99 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

A medical journal says the case reports it has published for 25 years are, in fact, fiction – Retraction Watch https://retractionwatch.com/2026/03/03/canadian-pediatric-society-journal-correction-case-reports-fictional-paediatrics-child-health/ ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

Please share this around #MedSky. Far too many clinicians are still practicing like it's 2019. #SciSky #StandUpForScience

Incredibly sad. Seems more like basic Youtube now. I remember the good old days when Ted Talks were reliable, Obama was President, hope was abundant, apps weren’t addictive but were useful, and Dave Eggers cracked me up & inspired me creatively with this gem. m.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSF...

A super fine idea if Ukraine can win this one, AND get funds from Russia. The latter is going to be the hardest challenge here I fear.

"Molecular defect in taste cells causes long-term taste loss after COVID" "Taste bud cells are normally replaced every 2 to 4 weeks. But the researchers found evidence that cellular signaling disruptions may persist far longer in certain individuals" Source: medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03...

At least for some portion of the day. Reminds me of 1st son on school bus-kindy. Departs 8am -6C-snowpants, scarf hat-the full works. Comes home on bus 4 pm-now about +10C -exact same costume🥵 At least we didn’t lose stuff! Son 3 on other hand-mildly warm &tears off 4 layers.. left all over school

"Catching COVID significantly raises the risk of developing kidney disease, researchers find" "The virus was found to increase the chances that patients will develop the incurable condition by around 50 per cent." Source: archive.md/Z87bA

The Scherzer Family is back in Toronto for 2026 🫶

“That's the way it is” says the draft dodger.

Spain, upholding international law unlike other cowards, has banned the United States from using its bases for a War of Aggression. Spain's FM: "Spanish bases are not being used for this operation, and they will not be used for anything not included in the agreement with the United States."

Targeting schools and murdering children? Par for the course for Israel. Bombing cities to change the channel on Epstein? Such are the crimes of Trump. But Carney? He failed the world by giving these monsters the thumbs up. He has repudiated Canada's stance at Davos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yAa...

PM Carney has forgotten the story of the crocodile. The appeaser supports feeding others to the crocodile in the hope that the crocodile will eat them last. We are watching horrific violence in the Middle East. Canada cannot stand with the crocodiles. charlieangus.substack.com/p/canada-fee...

This is an illegal war breaching international law. Canadian military cannot be involved in aiding the Trump war. The Prime Minister must clarify. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

One of the iconic posters of the Guerrilla Girls, US artists devoted to fighting sexism in the art world since 1985 #Womensart #WomensHistoryMonth

Karen Ongley-Snook, UK multi media artist who specialises in glass #WomensArt

📅 On this day in 1925: The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. #February28 #OnThisDay

They want us too sick to fight back. Too divided to work together. Show you family, your friends, and your community that you give a shit about their health and wellbeing and your own. Wear An N95

the incentives here are so obscenely terrible that the entire thing should be illegal by default “I am sabotaging negotiations because I stand to make piles of money on Polymarket” is absolutely in play, what a horrifying clusterfuck

Your periodic reminder that in times of geopolitical instability - domestic, international, or both - an important element of building and maintaining both individual and societal resilience is to stay as healthy as possible. Protect your body and your brain: wear a respirator.

Are you feeling confused today about whether or not it is OK to bomb a school or hospital that actually has kids and patients in them? Regardless of what race or religion of people those kids and vulnerable people belong to? I can’t help you. Please unfollow and delete your account.

WTAF

BREAKING — 51 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran.

Kansas invalidates driver’s licenses, birth certificates of over 1,000 transgender residents | Reuters share.google/RWcLa588i9Rh...

The criticisms directed at the tone-deaf, immature, willfully underinformed, priviliged U.S. men's hockey team are earned and justified. It's called accountability. They acted like spoiled jackasses, and are being treated as such. Accountability. #NHL

Maybe you missed the ruling by the Florida judge to permanently block the release of the report on Trump's theft of boxes of top secret documents. The traitor in chief just got his 1,000th get out of jail free card. My latest: substack.com/home/post/p-...

PWHL looking to capitalize on Olympic boost as league resumes play #Canada PWHL returns to CBC Sports on Saturday as the Ottawa Charge hosts the Boston Fleet at 2 p.m. ET www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

US #IAQ advocates: bipartisan Airborne Act 2026 bill H.R. 7460 reintroduced. Endorsed by ASHRAE, provides tax credits for IAQ assessments and upgrades.

Huh? No. She's relaying the same facts you can find here from the Government of Canada (which also refers your CDC before it went to 💩). COVID vax reduces transmission risk at pop'n level (see next post) BUT only reduces (not eliminates) risk of individual hosp & death www.canada.ca/en/public-he...