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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 2h

Who should decide how B.C.’s forests are managed? As old growth dwindles, more First Nations are taking the lead — and reshaping forestry in the process. thenarwhal.ca/bc-forestry-... #bcpoli

What does First Nations ownership mean for B.C. forestry? | The Narwhal

More First Nations are buying B.C. forestry tenures. With old growth dwindling, can they nudge the industry to a more sustainable future?

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2h

😮 Rutte: Let's not take the Russians too seriously.

There is a close cooperation between NATO and Moldova.

Let me not go into too many details. I know Putin listening to what I am saying and I don't want to make him too wise.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 7h

Cryptocurrency isn’t freedom, writes Prof Richard Murphy.

It’s deregulation dressed up as liberation.

Behind the rhetoric lies the same old story: profit for the few, risk for the many.

Cryptocurrency: lawlessness disguised as liberty

Cryptocurrency is sold as radical innovation and financial liberation. In reality, it’s an old familiar story: fraud

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 2h

They can try, but it's pretty hard to educate conservatives. They're either not very bright or they're willingly in it just for the money.

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sherrimcgrath.bsky.social @sherrimcgrath.bsky.social · 2h

He is so wrong and I hope that his voters will educate him or the people that have suffered the complete loss of everything they own. Oil uses water to get out of the ground, not just them, Nestle buys our water to put in bottles, it is crazy. Please educate him and yourselves, we all need water

🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 2d

"PC Leader Tony Wakeham said he doesn’t believe there’s a connection between the oil industry and the wildfires that ravaged towns."

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away" Philip J Dick

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wakeham says no link between N.L. wildfires, oil industry in campaign where climate change largely absent | CBC News

The 2025 provincial election is happening in the direct aftermath of one of the worst climate-related disasters in Newfoundland and Labrador’s recent history.

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 2h

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 4h

President Trump's personal business and his government role intersected when he was heard on a hot mic arranging a meeting between his son Eric, who runs the family company, and Indonesia’s leader.

‘I’ll Have Eric Call’: Trump Sets Up Son’s Meeting With Indonesian President

A hot-mic moment suggested a blurry line between the U.S. president’s roles as political leader and businessman.

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Ezlifelin @ezlifelin.bsky.social · 23h

Let's just end billionaires. Identify how WE are enriching them and STOP. Just like the Tesla boycott. WE are the ones making these MF rich. WE can choose to not use their software or products. How much is your convenience worth compared to your freedom and democracy? Open source software!

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 4h

That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 13h

You can say amazing things if you know that the follow-up question will be "wow."

(Smith didn't plant anything at Mar-a-Lago because he was hired months after it was searched.)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think I'd want to go somewhere that you have to fight to be allowed in. 🤔

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 4h

Canada heat waves in 2025 tied to human-driven climate change. #cdnpoli
www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/clim...

Canada heat waves in 2025 tied to human-driven climate change - The Weather Network

There were were several exceptional heat waves this year that Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) linked to human-caused climate change. How does it determine that? It makes the connection wi...

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George Wachsmuth @georgewachsmuth.bsky.social · 4h

I love being me now….and…I really loved being young..everything burned so bright !

Fun.: We Are Young ft. Janelle Monáe [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

YouTube video by Fueled By Ramen

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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 17h

"HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction."

#LongCovid

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

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Neel Kumar @neelkumar3050.bsky.social · 6h

All of this is happening because of Trump. We Canadians must do everything we can to strengthen Canada. Support everything that is made in Canada. Stop supporting US by travelling to US. Stop buying anything at all made in US.

And include Stellantis in that list as well.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Stellantis backtracks on plans to build Jeep model in Ontario, shifts to U.S. | CBC News

Stellantis announced Tuesday it will invest $13 billion US over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capacity in the U.S. — a move that will take production of one model out of Ontario, rai...

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 3h

Another province that will fall under the "strong power" of the Comservatives. Good luck. Ask NS how it's going.

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 4h

I'm with you. I think the problem is that the Chinese companies only want to use their people if they come to Canada. Too bad they couldn't work out a split of Canadians, too.

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 4h

Hopefully, the valley will get some more rain.

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Kara Fagan 🇨🇦 Liberal @fagankara.bsky.social · 15h

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Canada successfully prices green bonds to raise $2.5 billion - Canada.ca

This week, the Government of Canada successfully priced its fifth issuance of Canadian-dollar-denominated green bonds, including a new 30-year bond and the re-opening of its 7-year bond issued in Febr...

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 15h

Loving the buy Canadian, stay strong tv commercials.

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17h

This is what they did hours before the broken ceasefire began...

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Lulu @lulu.sheshed.rocks · 1d

Israel has already broken the ceasefire agreement.

October 14th, Israeli forces killed five Palestinians in the Shujayea neighborhood of Gaza City. The IDF confirmed that its forces opened fire after the group approached soldiers.

But sure…peace…

IDF: 5 Palestinians killed in Gaza City had crossed ceasefire line and neared troops

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I ran the NYC Gaza 5K in Prospect Park for the third time, alongside the Harlem Run Club, to raise money for @unrwausa.bsky.social, which delivers critical humanitarian aid and services to Palestinians in Gaza.

I hope you'll join me in donating: unrwausa.org

Zohran jogging alongside a member of the Harlem Run Club in Prospect Park.

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Gwenda @goonda13.bsky.social · 17h

We're not her biggest fans. 🤣

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 23h

According to the study’s authors, COVID vaccination was effective in all ALL groups and in persons with OR without major chronic conditions.

The study has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Amid the declining clinical severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and diminishing public uptake of annual coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines, contemporary evidence on vaccine effectiveness against clinically relevant outcomes is needed.
METHODS
We conducted an observational study that used the electronic health records of the Department of Veterans Affairs to evaluate the effectiveness of the 2024-2025
Covid-19 vaccine among veterans who received the Covid-19 and influenza vaccines on the same day (164,132 participants) and in an active-comparator group of veterans who received the influenza vaccine only (131,839 participants), between September 3 and December 31, 2024. Participants were followed for 180 days or until the occurrence of an outcome, whichever came first. We used inverse-probability-weighted models to estimate vaccine effectiveness (calculated as 1 minus the risk ratio) against Covid-19-associated emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths at 6 months.

RESULTS
At 6 months of follow-up, the estimated vaccine effectiveness was 29.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 19.1 to 39.2) against Covid-19-associated emergency department visits (risk difference per 10,000 persons,
18.3; 95% CI, 10.8 to 27.6), 39.2% (95% Cl, 21.6 to 54.5) against Covid-19-associated hospitalizations (risk difference per 10,000 persons, 7.5; 95% Cl, 3.4 to 13.0), and 64.0% (95% CI, 23.0 to 85.8) against Covid-19-associated deaths (risk difference per 10,000 persons,
2.2; 95% CI, 0.5 to 6.9). Vaccine effectiveness against a composite of these outcomes was 28.3% (95% CI, 18.2 to 38.2), with a risk difference per 10,000 persons of 18.2 (95% Cl, 10.7 to 27.5). The Covid-19 vaccine was associated with decreased risks of these outcomes across prespecified subgroups defined according to age (<65 years, 65 to 75 years, and >75 years), the presence or absence of major coexisting conditions, and immunocompetence status.
CONCLUSIONS
In this national cohort of U.S. veterans, the receipt of the 2024-2025 Covid-19 vaccine was associated with decreased risks of severe clinical outcomes. (Funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs.)

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