Flu season is here somewhat early. Be careful out there, masks in crowded indoor spaces are a good idea, and get your flu (and Covid) shots asap.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Zohran Mamdani won New York because - he ran a relentlessly positive campaign - he fought for affordability against billionaires monopolizing all opportunity, power and influence - he stood up against a genocide when others were too timid It's great watching a nation self-correct in real-time!

What an awesome journey. It didn't work out in the end, and that's ok. Most of the world is full of gloom, but this was a bright spot that brought people together in all kinds of ways. Thank you #BlueJays!!

Dream come true, seeing a live World Series games in my own town.

Trump has gotten used to supplicants kneeling before him, promising impossible investments, with not-so-subtle bribes to his family's companies to smoothe things. Some nations, especially the autocrats, know this dance instinctively. Not sure how straight-laced 🇨🇦 can compete.

Bluesky is quite a good platform for realtime sports posts. Pleasantly surprised to see its continuing improvement and growth!

The Jays and Dodgers will break for Christmas Eve to share a drink in no man’s land, show each other photos of the family they left back home, before heading back to their respective trenches.

Thank you, Blue Jays and Dodgers, for keeping me company on a long shift in the ER!

Did we….. just have a GRAND SLAM in our first World Series in 32 YEARS by a World Series debut batter and then chase that with another two-run home run???!!! 🤯🤯🤯 Let’s go, BLUE JAYS!!

the point of the ballroom obvs has nothing to do with aesthetics. it's to create an architectural structure to honor the patronage networks that currently dominate US politics. previous WH venues hosted maybe a couple of hundred people; this hosts nearly 1,000 rich donors.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg raised her fist as she and about 160 other Global Sumud Flotilla participants arrived in Greece to roaring cheers. Crowds welcomed them after their release from illegal Israeli detention. Greta later addressed supporters — her remarks are below.

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti... “I am saddened to share that we have had our first death from measles in the province. A child, born prematurely after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy, died shortly after birth,” Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, in a statement, said

We need Ukraine as much as it needs us on.ft.com/4q6PnvN | opinion

Sanders: "The very term genocide is a reminder of what can happen if we fail. That word emerged from the Holocaust — the murder of six million Jews — one of the darkest chapters in human history... History demands that the world act with one voice to say: enough is enough. No more genocide."

Proud of my city for telling these clowns to get lost.

I spoke recently on the Big Story podcast about the deeply troubling spectacle of RFK Jr.'s recent Senate hearing. Despite claims he would focus on environmental toxins, he has immediately targeted childhood vaccination programs, creating widespread mayhem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ujX...

A doctor understood the needs of her immigrant family when she was 8. She’s starting TMU med school, hoping to practise in the region where she grew up

Oh look, it's the thing every fascist government says about the opposition party before they dissolve them and turn the country into a one party state.

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.

Question for the Covid braintrust here. A relative caught it 2w ago, didn't seek antivirals, now 14d out is fatigued, uncontrolled blood pressure, rapid heart rate, sleeps all day. Is there anything that helps in the immediate post-infectious phase? I'm worried they'll get Long-Covid (again).

Help shape Canada’s respirator standard! Until August 19, the CSA Z94.4 standard is open for public comment — and for the first time, it includes protections in health care settings. 1/

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released a draft standard requiring masks (like N95s) in health care settings to stop airborne infections. There is a strong attempt to push back against this, so need your public comments to get this through: publicreview.csa.ca/Home/View/22...

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released a draft standard requiring masks (like N95s) in health care settings to stop airborne infections. There is a strong attempt to push back against this, so need your public comments to get this through: publicreview.csa.ca/Home/View/22...

Cancer struck our family this year, and it quickly went into remission with a miraculous immunotherapy drug that was science fiction only 5 years ago. It's absolutely disgraceful to see so many promising therapies lost today, and the lives that will needlessly be lost as a result.

Escaped to Halifax to get away from the summer heat and wildfire pollution in Ontario, only to see this. Drought, dry tinder and wildfire risk. A reminder of what climate change has taken away from all of us.

Big day: Canada will recognize a Palestinian state in September at the UN general assembly, contingent on democratic reforms by the Palestinian Authority, exclusion of Hamas, and demilitarization. Promises governance and humanitarian support. Would be a positive step forward if it actually happens!

Occasionally I come across an article in the foreign press that’s strikes me as so important that I want to share it with you. The following was originally written by an Israeli professor of law named Orit Kamir. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal-of-the-victims-of-the

This is super important. Please take the time to comment. DoNoHarmBC has made it super easy with their guide!

The question is why UK and Canada didn’t join France in this act of recognition, as pledged in May. And absent any other explanation, I fear it’s because both have trade talks with Trump underway and prioritized one man’s ego over a humanitarian emergency www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Pro-genocide propagandists are whitewashing Israel's starvation of Gaza and its slaughter of its children. Never let them get away with it.

Even if tons of food goes in, a lot of people are still going to die. Once malnutrition and famine conditions set in, the body adapts to consuming its own muscles and fat. If you give carbs too quickly, insulin gets secreted, crazy electrolyte shifts happen, and hearts just stop.

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has released their latest draft of their revised Standard that sets out requirements for the selection, use, and care of respirators and for the administration of an effective respiratory protection program in the workplace.

If you are a clean air advocate, an anti-COVID activist or organizer, your participation and sharing this public comment opportunity could make a huge difference. 🙏

Finally realized it. No one is going to save these poor people, and their bones will fertilize the land for those who will only spit on their memory.

The dude basically only has three modes:

"He had been admitted after a fall with an injured arm, however he quickly contracted Covid which developed into pneumonia." Star Wars star Kenneth Colley has died at 87 of hospital-acquired Covid www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Happy Canada Day from this beautiful corner of the country!

Cövid is not good for your heart... pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/...

Come to think of it...

It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.

Covid-19: Forgotten but not gone. So far we have 350 people registered for the first AGM of the Canadian Covid Society!

AI is one of the few communities propping up the bad site. It's unfortunate that rational discussion on this revolutionary technology can't take place here on Bluesky.

The crux of this is many people won’t be able to make the choice if the cdc move means no insurance company coverage. Also as piece does a good job of pointing out the data is not mixed as Makary says. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Our society is growing up fast! Join us this June 3rd for the Canadian Covid Society's Annual General Meeting, featuring guest speaker Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, a medical doctor and clinical epidemiologist who's recognized for his research on Long Covid. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"Canada’s gynecologists say COVID-19 vaccination is “strongly recommended” during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. ...The Canadian group says pregnant women who become infected with COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized and require intensive care than women who are not pregnant."

This is so adorable:

FYI After quite some time, a new Covid wave might be on its way: