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Mostly posting the breakdown of society, public health & the planet; some art, culture, nature, science. Since Sept 2023. Toronto/Tkaronto, Turtle Island Banner: B&W photo of Johnny Cash, PFP covering his middle finger PFP: DCAP in style of LOVE pop art

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · Apr 26

If you don’t add Alt Text to your images and I want to repost your post because it’s that good, imma just steal it and post it myself, probably with no credit and definitely with no shame. YOINK!

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Doug Rutherford @dougrutherford.bsky.social · 3h

We’re going to be the first species to go extinct because survival wouldn’t generate enough shareholder revenue.

News story.
CO2 in the atmosphere has reached highest level in 800,000 years: WMO
report
Ahead of key climate summit, UN agency warns CO2 levels are growing faster than ever
Posted: October 15, 2025 9:15 AM GMT-7
Last Updated: 48 Minutes ago

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 3h

People continue to call COVID advocates’ pleas for masking “unreasonable”.

Yet people who’ve already been disabled by COVID have no choice but to live with the “unreasonable” burdens of constant COVID safety.

My latest:
substack.com/home/post/p-...

Beyond all reason

Long COVID patients are constantly harangued about our requests for COVID safety. Yet what we're asking for is far less than what we're called on to do to survive.

substack.com

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Elizabeth @elizajody.bsky.social · 9h

‪@moriartylab.bsky.social

Many thanks to Tara Moriarty and crew. COVID forecast for Ontario: October 11 - 24, 2025.

Click on the link below to find your province or territory by using the tabs on the left of the page.

lookerstudio.google.com/embed/report...

Ontario October 11-24, 2025. About 1 in 108 people is infected with Covid. High: 7.5 (decreasing). Wear a mask and update your vaccines every 6 months.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 7h

This is 'Rakotzbrücke Devil’s Bridge', commissioned in 1860 in the German village of Kromlau in Gablenz on the estate of Friedrich Herrmann Rötschke, now a public park.

Its purpose is ornamental: to form a perfect circle with its own reflection when light & wind permit.

(📷: Dirk Förster, Flickr)

A high arched bridge at sunset or sunrise, with a rocky promontory rising from the water framed by the mirrored, circular arch of the bridge.
"A world of Lord of the Rings ...
Rakotzbrücke Kromlau im Rhododendronpark Kromlau im leichten Nebel."
CREDIT: Dirk Förster, Flickr

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13h

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
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Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 7h

Keep spreading viruses that open you up to secondary bacterial infections. Best plan ever.

(Warning. Sarcasm.)

Xabier Ostale @embers1.bsky.social · 1d

Antibiotic resistance is accelerating.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

1 in 6 bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO - rising to 1 in 3 in SE Asia on.ft.com/46Zv7Dq

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11h

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

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Schmutzie @schmutzie.com · 21h

Amazing!

Glen 🇨🇦 part owner of Canada* @honestcanadian.bsky.social · 1d

This is huge news!
UBC has developed an enzyme that can convert donor organs to type O, making them universal.
Normally a using organs of the wrong blood type causes the recipient's immune system to attack the organ, leading to failure.
❤️🇨🇦⚕️
news.ubc.ca/2025/10/univ...

UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation - UBC News

UBC-developed enzymes successfully converted a kidney to universal type O for transplant, marking a major step toward faster, more compatible organ donations.

news.ubc.ca

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 1d

You can declare yourself against “universal public masking”, but that means I can declare you a dick.

Long COVID absolutely wrecked my shit because people just couldn’t see themselves considering the health of others. Knowing you’re comfortable with that tells me everything I need to know.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 22h

Yes! Exactly. Plus, it humiliates these “tough guys” being filmed roughing up and handcuffing a cute inflatable animal. They must feel so embarrassed watching these adorable animals dance and shake their rumps in their face. Ridiculously good trouble!

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23h

I’m very very tired of “living in fear” being lobbed at maskwearers by people who frequently say they can’t wear one because no one else around them is.

Living in fear is ignoring science and endangering lives and your own health because you’re terrified of not fitting in.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Dartmoor in autumn.

www.tom-cox.com/autumn-diary/

Some fabulous mushrooms on a fallen mossy tree on Dartmoor

Fallen leaves on a pretty humpback bridge on Dartmoor

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Autism $peaks raised ~$34m in 2024 and spent 1% on family services and grants to help Autistic individuals. They spend approximately 25% of their budget on lobbying and another 25% on research (primarily on genetic testing and causation, i.e. eugenics). They aren’t trying to make our lives better.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 2d

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 2d

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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Kate 🩸’The Brood’🩸 Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 1d

There are a good few Hannah Arendt quotes that I love but this is probably my fav:

‘The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.’

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 1d

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter.
— Hannah Arendt

Heard thru @brainchain.ca

Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 1d

War torn Portland.
I am

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Tammi, yeah, that one. 2.1 @tammi.bsky.social · 3d

I found a 19th century Cat Villain!

A huge chonk of a fluffy cat sitting on a table near an open fire. The cat is cream and grey and appears to be shaped like a barrel in a fur coat. They are scowling fiercely with their moustache and bewhiskered ears apparently flowing back into the cold wind. There's a definite vibe that this villainous cat twirls their moustache as they evict orphans into the aforementioned blizzard and think Scrooge was an easy-going lightweight. They are magnificent.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1d

Is this a pigeon meme, guy is gesturing to a butterfly captioned "never ending parade of tasks" and is saying "is this a life?"

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 1d

Nice! ✌️👽

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Will Wilson @2wsphotography.bsky.social · 1d

Malachite Kingfisher - an absolute gem!

📍Bagamoyo, Tanzania.

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Tanzania 🪶

Small, gem-like wetland kingfisher. Shows geographical variation, with most birds having orange underparts, but birds in some parts of the range have a white belly. Found in almost all habitats with water, including streams, rivers, lakes, rice paddies, and lagoons. Sits motionless for long periods before plunging to the water to snatch prey.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

New study just dropped linking shingles reactivation and dementia risk.

You know what reactivates shingles? Covid.

Want to avoid it? Wear a well fitted respirator and give yourself the best odds of avoiding Covid infection.

There’s also a shingles vaccine which may help reduce risk!

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 1d

Correction #BikeTO:
Harbord bike lane is ALMOST finished! Grace to Ossington is the remaining work to be done by early November

Can’t wait to ride my favourite route across west downtown again with no treacherous potholes AND feeling safer from cars & trucks 🙌 Looking good, Toronto!

kanchan m @kayehm.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all knew about most of these last week, but here are some more recent photos from the Chief Planner.

Add'l info:
Harbord is done from Queens Park to Grace. To Ossington should be done by early November with bike 🚦
Queens Quay - new bike🚦is also imminent
Esplanade - so much much more coming

Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 1d

Toronto’s Cycling and Pedestrian Projects Team continues to hit it out of the park. Out for a ride today and here’s just some of the new cycling facilities that I came across. New concrete planters and permanent curbs on Harbord Street. /1

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto. Always a mixed bag of feels, Thanksgiving is.

Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving Canadians! 🙏🦃🇨🇦

This year I am especially grateful that my ancestors immigrated to Canada instead of U.S.

Although, I'm still really pissed off and upset about the residential schools and the rest of the related travesties and horrors

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TRG Movies & Entertainment @trg-commentary.bsky.social · 1d

That tells us a lot about how Walmart can "turn a profit" in the US: Not just by clever marketing, but also by exploiting the people that work for them.

Again, they did that so egregiously that German lawmakers had to stop them violating workers rights.

That was enough for Walmart to pull out.

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Skot Armstrong @skot.bsky.social · 2d

#MondayMotivation #cardboard #cosplay

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · Nov 6

A drawing of an anthropomorphic goat and sheep, the goat is saying “THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE FORCE OPPOSING HOPE IS DESPAIR. THE DESPAIR WE FEEL IS MANUFACTURED.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED CAN BE TAKEN APART.”

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