AmperSand
@dottnett.bsky.social
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📍 Vancouver BC
Canada, Turtle Island
📍 Vancouver BC
Canada, Turtle Island
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This is the largest transit expansion in North America. In this @macleans.bsky.social Magazine feature, I argue that other cities should be looking at the advantages of light metros like the REM:
macleans.ca/society/mont...
macleans.ca/society/mont...
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is the largest transit expansion in North America. In this @macleans.bsky.social Magazine feature, I argue that other cities should be looking at the advantages of light metros like the REM:
macleans.ca/society/mont...
macleans.ca/society/mont...
The most powerful man in anti-science.
Fixed it.
Fixed it.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The most powerful man in anti-science.
Fixed it.
Fixed it.
"So a horse walks into a bar".
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"So a horse walks into a bar".
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Adults need at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per week, according to the World Health Organization. #RSNA25
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
The ‘key windows’ when exercise may matter most for brain health
Scientists have hailed the benefits of exercising early in life to lower the risk of your brain degenerating later. But new research suggests that even once you’re 45 or older, it’s not too late to tr...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Adults need at least 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per week, according to the World Health Organization. #RSNA25
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
We need a Pope with bat emoji.
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We need a Pope with bat emoji.
Finally, a good use of Black Friday.
Want to avoid #LongCOVID? Wear a #mask! 😷
Don’t have any masks? Find some at Donate A Mask’s Black Friday sale. 🛍️
🛒 buymask.ca
#StillCoviding #BlackFriday #WearAMask #BlackFridaySale
Don’t have any masks? Find some at Donate A Mask’s Black Friday sale. 🛍️
🛒 buymask.ca
#StillCoviding #BlackFriday #WearAMask #BlackFridaySale
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Finally, a good use of Black Friday.
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This may well be the most wonderful thing I have seen on the internet
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This may well be the most wonderful thing I have seen on the internet
The power of science.
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The power of science.
"What we fear is the virus adapting to mammals, and particularly to humans, becoming capable of human-to-human transmission, and that virus would be a pandemic virus."
Bird flu virus could risk pandemic worse than COVID if it mutates, France's Institut Pasteur says
The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than COVID-19 if it mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut Pa...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"What we fear is the virus adapting to mammals, and particularly to humans, becoming capable of human-to-human transmission, and that virus would be a pandemic virus."
Got the invite to @gandersocial.bsky.social's closed beta and filled the intake form, which took several rounds to load and progress, for only 3 questions. If you've signed up and get the invite, please participate to test this new Canadian platform.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Got the invite to @gandersocial.bsky.social's closed beta and filled the intake form, which took several rounds to load and progress, for only 3 questions. If you've signed up and get the invite, please participate to test this new Canadian platform.
A surprisingly nice day in Vancouver. Celebrated with coffee and a quite authentic pasteis de nata at the Union Market in Strathcona.
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A surprisingly nice day in Vancouver. Celebrated with coffee and a quite authentic pasteis de nata at the Union Market in Strathcona.
City trucks have been going around #EastVan streets cleaning up all the rotting leaf mush. They make a hell of a racket but at least the rain won't be pooling and drains won't be clogging.
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
City trucks have been going around #EastVan streets cleaning up all the rotting leaf mush. They make a hell of a racket but at least the rain won't be pooling and drains won't be clogging.
I miss Leslie.
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I miss Leslie.
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Life here is full of tomorrows.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Life here is full of tomorrows.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
- Elisapie (yes!)
- Cocteau Twins
- The Ramones
- Multiple Nick Cave concerts
- Diamanda Galas
- Elisapie (yes!)
- Cocteau Twins
- The Ramones
- Multiple Nick Cave concerts
- Diamanda Galas
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
- Jovanotti
- multiple Edmonton Folk Music Festivals
- David Byrne and St Vincent
- Metallica
- Kraftwerk
- Jovanotti
- multiple Edmonton Folk Music Festivals
- David Byrne and St Vincent
- Metallica
- Kraftwerk
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to:
-Pavement & Sonic Youth
-Leonard Cohen
-Bruce Springsteen
-Wilco
-multiple Vinyl Cafe Christmas concerts
-Pavement & Sonic Youth
-Leonard Cohen
-Bruce Springsteen
-Wilco
-multiple Vinyl Cafe Christmas concerts
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
- Elisapie (yes!)
- Cocteau Twins
- The Ramones
- Multiple Nick Cave concerts
- Diamanda Galas
- Elisapie (yes!)
- Cocteau Twins
- The Ramones
- Multiple Nick Cave concerts
- Diamanda Galas
450kg of black market snails on the loose. They're gonna need a ton of butter and a lot of garlic. And truckloads of baguettes.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
450kg of black market snails on the loose. They're gonna need a ton of butter and a lot of garlic. And truckloads of baguettes.
Whoa.
Guilbeault resigning from cabinet in response to Alberta MOU: source | CBC News
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is quitting cabinet over the federal government signing Thursday’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta, according to a source with knowled...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Whoa.
Bwahaha. Oh sure, Campbell's fired the guy because of his racist comments, not because they were concerned about profits, right?
Campbell's says executive who disparaged its food has left the company
Campbell's said it has fired Martin Bally, an executive who allegedly said the company's products were for "poor people."
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Bwahaha. Oh sure, Campbell's fired the guy because of his racist comments, not because they were concerned about profits, right?
My least favourite time of the year in Vancouver really. Dreary, wet, and so so dark. Looking forward to the solstice.
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
My least favourite time of the year in Vancouver really. Dreary, wet, and so so dark. Looking forward to the solstice.
Hey now, look at Vancouver-based T&T Supermarket open its 3rd California location.
T&T Supermarket announces first Peninsula location
T&T Supermarket announces first Peninsula location
(KRON) -- Earlier this year, T&T Supermarket announced the upcoming opening of its first Bay Area and California location. The Canadian grocery chain favorite is slated to open in San Jose next spring after a construction delay. A couple of months later, T&T Supermarket revealed that it will be opening in San Francisco. In less [...]
www.kron4.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Hey now, look at Vancouver-based T&T Supermarket open its 3rd California location.
Kier on the large number of films he's acted in: "100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.”
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Udo Kier, German actor who starred in 200 films spanning Lars von Trier to Ace Ventura, dies aged 81
Actor who appeared in My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Armageddon and Dogville, as well as Madonna music videos and video games, died on Sunday
Udo Kier, the German actor who appeared in 275 roles across Hollywood and European cinema, including multiple films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died aged 81.
Kier died on Sunday morning in a hospital in Palm Springs, California, his friend the photographer Michael Childers announced on social media. No cause of death was given. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Kier on the large number of films he's acted in: "100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.”
All this, and another article points to these now authorized pesticides to also be applied to broccoli and potatoes.
If you needed another reason to not buy food coming from the US. #PFA
If you needed another reason to not buy food coming from the US. #PFA
EPA approved PFAS-based pesticides for crops like soybeans and lettuce.
Environmental groups warn these “forever chemicals” could contaminate farmland and harm pollinators.
73M Americans already face unsafe PFAS levels in drinking water.
#PFAS #FoodSafety #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalPolicy
Environmental groups warn these “forever chemicals” could contaminate farmland and harm pollinators.
73M Americans already face unsafe PFAS levels in drinking water.
#PFAS #FoodSafety #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalPolicy
TN group warns of EPA approval of new 'forever chemical' pesticide
Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…
app.publicnewsservice.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
All this, and another article points to these now authorized pesticides to also be applied to broccoli and potatoes.
If you needed another reason to not buy food coming from the US. #PFA
If you needed another reason to not buy food coming from the US. #PFA
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight