Just saw a subway ad selling tickets to some event with "tech's most innovative leaders".

Dr Oz speaks from looooong experience here

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The Library Rob Gonsalves 1995

Doctors say the death of a baby born prematurely due to measles is a stark reminder that the ongoing measles outbreak was preventable. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

The repeal of the ACA is going to destroy healthcare. Prior to its passage people would get divorced to avoid the government seizing their assets for their healthcare. People used to cede custody of kids to relatives so they could have healthcare. You could be denied CHEMO b/c you had acne at 16

After years of reading articles like this, contagious illness like Norovirus is one of the first things I associate when I hear about cruise ships.

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.

The Scoop Kent Monkman ~ Cree 2018

Every Child is a Universe Christi Belcourt ~ Métis 2025

Despite everything, Toronto lives:

🚨"The organization representing Ohio emergency doctors has warned that the losses in revenue and increased costs will affect all patients.” In other words, cuts to Medicaid, the ACA & other health care programs mean higher costs for everyone. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/09/23/o...

Huntington's is an incredibly cruel disease. I'll never forget seeing what it did to a patient and family I worked with. This sounds amazing!

Autumn Moose Linus Woods ~ Dakota, Ojibwe n.d.

Two babies have died of Whooping cough in Louisiana, a vaccine preventable disease. All pregnant patients and their families should be vaccinated to protect the newborn. This is Louisiana's worst Whooping cough (pertussis) outbreak in 30 years. buff.ly/pez25q3 #medsky #pedsky🛟😷

Hoppers in Jasper Barbara Pratt 2017

My Charlie Kirk video went live for patrons earlier but I'm sitting here so MUCH ANGRIER and I'm wondering how badly the YouTube algorithm will punish me if I change the title from "Charlie Kirk and the Empathy Paradox" to "Charlie Kirk was a Nazi and Now He's Dead." www.patreon.com/posts/charli...

The AAUP notes with great alarm the rash of recent administrative actions to discipline faculty, staff, & student speech in the aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk. 1/4

RIP Glad Day. Was the oldest surviving queer bookstore in North America, until it closed recently. Sad to see an important LGBTQ space and another independent bookstore bite the dust. But I appreciate the people who spent years trying to keep it going.

As the administration of DeSantis prepares to make Florida the first state to remove school vaccine mandates, deep concern is spreading among doctors, parents and public health workers for the safety of children and others who might be vulnerable in a disease outbreak. apnews.com/article/flor...

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

Kentucky Educational Television — which operates nearly all of the state’s PBS station network — announced Thursday that it’s cutting nearly a quarter of its staff due to its federal funding being clawed back by Congress this summer. From @justinhicks.lpm.org of KPR:

Being a deeply working class person in Toronto in 2025 can feel pretty weird and lonely. And it gets a little more that way every year. That's it.

Trigger warning. “In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.” Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.

A little sad I didn't watch more of the monster movies in August. It's hard for me to stay inside at the end of the summer in Canada!

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9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

As right-wing oligarchs were buying up mainstream and social media, the mistake everyone else made was thinking that these purchases were based on a normal assessment of value. Remember when Elon Musk “overpayed” for Twitter? They understood that controlling the message and narrative is priceless.

So painfully dumb. After caring for countless hospitalized COVID pneumonia patients, I literally cannot think of any evidence based reason for this. Benefits outweigh harm.

This morning 9 former CDC Directors, whose tenures date back to 1977, published this warning in the NYT: RFK Jr is a danger to public health. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Happy Labor Day, AFSCME family! Today is a reminder that we'll never stop fighting for what #WorkersDeserve – fairness, freedom, and the power of a union.

This week’s actions are the latest in a pattern showing RFK Jr. disregard for science, public health, and the federal workers who keep this country safe from multiple health threats. Nurses demand he resign or be fired immediately as head of HHS. www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...

“Despite the overwhelming opposition of the medical community, Secretary Kennedy has continued his longstanding crusade against vaccines and his advocacy of conspiracy theories that have been rejected repeatedly by scientific experts.” thehill.com/policy/healt...

We analyzed hundreds of hours of his public comments from 2020-2024 to show this and refer to him as an anti-vaccine activist in our reporting. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

“If you can’t attack access, then why not attack trust? And that’s what I think the playbook is,”

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

"The CDC is collapsing. Will America’s health follow suit?" www.vox.com/health/45976...

Monarch Jennifer Walton 2020

Cobalt Yvonne McKague Housser 1931

Eternity Tracey Metallic ~ Mi'kmaq n.d.

#LaborDay watchlist 🎥 5 films that bring U.S. labor history to life, from picket lines to courtroom showdowns. A labor historian recommends these overlooked gems (beyond classics like "Modern Times" and "The Grapes of Wrath"). What would you add to the list? theconversation.com/5-unsung-fil...

Have you made your plans for Labor Day? Help us take our country back from the billionaires and greedy corporate CEOs. Join us and find an event near you: WorkersLaborDay.org

I just want to say “thank you” to the people who turned “Discovery Channel” into “Ghosts and Bigfoot” and “The Learning Channel” into “Granite Countertop Propaganda” for being a guiding light* for me as an owner of an educational media company. *to run away from.

The Damage is Done Kym Greeley 2024

More on the death of US science

Earlier today ICE agents hit someone with a car and tear gassed a neighborhood, sparking several fires and disrupting businesses. Immigrants, by contrast, did not.