"Many scholars, including us, have highlighted the threat posed by techno-solutionism in education: Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves." 1/n www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

Wrote about how disappointing it is that Jon Stewart punched down on people masking at @motherjones.com, when people should mind their own business and leave mask wearers be. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Emergency Department deaths in hospitals taken over by private equity rose by 13.4% www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

"Prof. Siegel said multiple studies have shown that improved air quality in classrooms results in better student performance on standardized tests, reduced absenteeism and less spread of infectious disease."

From my family to yours, all across @LakelandsPH, wishing you a Happy, Healthy & Peaceful Holidays Season.

What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that don’t take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc). Mobility in cities is about space. Graphic via @seattlesubway.org based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

Our Pantone color of the year will always be red. Its use was officially adopted in 1864, when the Red Cross was established as a neutral emblem to protect medical staff & facilities on the battlefield. The Red Cross and Red Crescent emblems are symbols of hope. They must be protected & respected.

Peterborough Transit recognized for having top ridership in a community under 100,000

Glad to hear Coun. Wheeldon of Brighton advocating for ability to sleep in warming room space to promote physical & mental health for ppl unhoused in Northumberland. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

This is good, but we also need public health approaches to violence prevention, and to get to root causes that make life for women and trans folks more violent - including persisting permissive patriarchy that needs to be abolished so life is fair for all. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.

The concerning harms I’ve seen as an emergency doc caused by vertebral artery dissection and stroke due to Chiro neck manipulation pale compared to the anti-vaccine harms I’ve seen from the same group as a public health doc. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Camp Kawartha's youth stewardship program earns global recognition from United Nations University. Pathway to Stewardship and Kinship receives flagship project award for helping nurture nature-connected children & youth through age-appropriate 'landmark' experiences. kawarthanow.com/2025/12/08/c...

Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out? We can't move on from the dark residential-school chapter of history until its lessons have been absorbed, by @tanyatalaga.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

#Ptbo Performs returns for its sixth time on February 26 to raise funds for homelessness relief. Signature United Way benefit concert brings 14 musical acts to two stages at Showplace over four hours for a night of community spirit and giving. kawarthanow.com/2025/12/05/p...

“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.” Put the responsibility where it belongs. Via @jalopnik.bsky.social

CAVI is pleased to share that our Canadian Library CO2 monitor project is now complete. CAVI and other donors have contributed over 400 high quality CO2 monitors to libraries across Canada, reaching over 30% of the Canadian population. (1/5)

NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports

Dear residents of North Macedonia and Cucaçao - apologies from 🇨🇦 We do learn your country’s pronunciation in Grade 3 geography for those who participate.

#KawarthaLakes and #Haliburton County launch Out of the Cold program for people experiencing homelessness. Winter program increases capacity at #Lindsay shelter, with outreach & transportation options to help residents no matter where they are located. kawarthanow.com/2025/12/05/k...

Six-week study of 67 students in four classes, 1047 saliva samples -> "Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact." www.nature.com/articles/s41... HT: Emily Martin

🚨 A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy & Public Health Security at the FDA www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org "We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety & proposals" Needed: "open deliberation, solid evidence, & procedures the public can see & trust."

📈 Virus risk going up - make sure you’re protected: 💉 Flu, COVID, RSV (for infants & +75yrs) Stay 🏠 when sick Mask up 😷 Clean air 💨 www.lakelandsph.ca/RespiratoryD...

Important new study by the @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social team in @nature.com finding that "the richest 20% of nations, with 15% of the global population, contribute more than 40% of annual ecological overshoot" doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Any Canadian who asks for HIV prevention drugs should get them, doctors say #Canada #Healthcare New guidelines for medications like PrEP call for reduced barriers and better public health messaging www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Today Dec 1 is World AIDS Day. Albeit at treatable and preventable, support remains out of reach for many. New long-acting injectable preventions are a critical innovation, but still inaccessible to people who need the most.

Fellow amateur ornithologists… Can you help me out? Seen on the Otonabee, caught my eye on my morning 🚲

Ran across a couple of Pileated Woodpeckers out and about today, hanging around with each other.

I’d personally be far less concerned about this if I hadn’t been nearly hit by a reckless distracted driver in the 10% of my morning commute that isn’t bike lane or trail yesterday morning. Cycling infrastructure makes roads safer for cars, vehicles and cyclists.

Brutal news for cyclists

For the 3rd in recent years, the federal government’s own experts have recommended a universal public pharmacare program. So, where is it?

🛢️ is the new 🚬 Regulate the deadly advertising

Get outside 🌲 ❤️

🛢️ is the new 🚬 Regulate the deadly advertising

The climate crisis is more like being trapped in a car underwater with water coming in slowly than a bomb going off, pressure keeps building and it’s getting harder not to die if we don’t start opening window now. For that reason I’m deeply hopeful we’ll see more climate action - it’s not too late!

"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

My take on the CDC vaccine & autism move. 👇 Sum: A disaster... piled onto the other anti-science disasters we've seen from US. CDC website suggests link between autism and vaccines, health expert warns of false information www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1... via CTV News #VaccinesWork

How opioid deaths are hollowing out the construction industry. Workers in the skilled trades make up a large share of overdoses fatalities, at a time when their labour is needed more than ever, by @jasonkirby.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis

80 toxic drug OVERDOSES occurred within 24 hours with one shelter running out of naloxone. This is why harm reduction services are vital in saving lives, and anyone who says otherwise is lying. x.com/CHEK_News/st...

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

Big misstep by Carney. Fighting diseases elsewhere is the cheapest way to prevent us having to fight diseases, and the downstream effects of diseases, here. www.timescolonist.com/the-mix/cana...

Hey, Canada! It’s the season…of flu. Be sure to roll up your sleeves and #GetImmunized against influenza! | www.immunize.ca/sites/defaul... #influenza #flu #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #FluSeason #SleevesUpCanada

What about those mysterious studies that RFK claims actually show a vaccine-autism connection, but that scientists "ignore"? Well here they are. Let's look at why real scientists discount them: Thread [1/8]