Mirth
@mirthdal.bsky.social
Learn, laugh, cry, protest, save democracy. Some snark. Let's make this the new global town square. Bilingue. #WearAMask #Vote #Resist #AltFam #AltGov #ElbowsUp
Silicon Valley & Canada
Silicon Valley & Canada
Here's a great summary from the "other place" of what we knew about covid in 2020. It was a lot! International cooperation and data-sharing. The scientific consensus on airborne. Long covid.
#MaskUp #SARS2
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#MaskUp #SARS2
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December 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Here's a great summary from the "other place" of what we knew about covid in 2020. It was a lot! International cooperation and data-sharing. The scientific consensus on airborne. Long covid.
#MaskUp #SARS2
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#MaskUp #SARS2
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I read this piece by Bob Rae, who I respect, while reading Ece Temelkuran’s book “how to lose a country”. The issue is not Canada and the US, the problem is that both countries are under fascist attack, with the US further along. We need to be an island of resistance they can count on.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
A short trip to Washington DC
Arlene and went on a quick two day trip to Washington this week.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I read this piece by Bob Rae, who I respect, while reading Ece Temelkuran’s book “how to lose a country”. The issue is not Canada and the US, the problem is that both countries are under fascist attack, with the US further along. We need to be an island of resistance they can count on.
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
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A vote for Brad Bradford is a vote for automobile socialism, where we all subsidize the negative externalities of nearly unmitigated automobile use.
#topoli
A vote for Brad Bradford is a vote for automobile socialism, where we all subsidize the negative externalities of nearly unmitigated automobile use.
#topoli
Edward Keenan: Why does Toronto insist on taking the ‘rapid’ out of rapid transit?
The new Finch West LRT reminds us that drawing lines on a map is only part of creating a reliable transportation system.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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A vote for Brad Bradford is a vote for automobile socialism, where we all subsidize the negative externalities of nearly unmitigated automobile use.
#topoli
A vote for Brad Bradford is a vote for automobile socialism, where we all subsidize the negative externalities of nearly unmitigated automobile use.
#topoli
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"We’ve elected people who’ve let the system be chipped away and who haven’t fought hard enough for it or made the hard decisions to prioritize transit over cars. Good things don’t stay good on their own. It can’t be the better way if we don’t insist on it," writes @shawnmicallef.bsky.social.
Shawn Micallef: The better way no more: What the decline of the TTC says about Toronto
What was once a point of pride in the city is increasingly a source of frustration.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"We’ve elected people who’ve let the system be chipped away and who haven’t fought hard enough for it or made the hard decisions to prioritize transit over cars. Good things don’t stay good on their own. It can’t be the better way if we don’t insist on it," writes @shawnmicallef.bsky.social.
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#Cdnpoli #Canada #PierrePoilievre is a puppet to these groups. He visits them & takes photos with them, even though MacKenzie said he’d violate PP’s wife. If they are so unhappy here, leave! It’s simple. Just because our skin colour is different, we are all still human.
‘The Nazis were right': What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want. #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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‘The Nazis were right': What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want | CBC Accessibility
In official posts, Second Sons Canada calls itself a “men’s nationalist club” and promotes a nostalgic vision of Canada. But on personal podcasts and livestreams, its leaders consistently espouse anti...
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#Cdnpoli #Canada #PierrePoilievre is a puppet to these groups. He visits them & takes photos with them, even though MacKenzie said he’d violate PP’s wife. If they are so unhappy here, leave! It’s simple. Just because our skin colour is different, we are all still human.
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From the ontario community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the ontario community
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December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Dr Boozary: always doing something inventive and essential, impressive
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent
‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Dr Boozary: always doing something inventive and essential, impressive
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
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Find a mentor who can help you. Talk to friends and family.
In the trades, apprentices are increasing, but not enough are making it to certification
Getting hired early on, lack of ongoing mentorship among ongoing struggles #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In the trades, apprentices are increasing, but not enough are making it to certification
Getting hired early on, lack of ongoing mentorship among ongoing struggles #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
More Canadians are becoming apprentices, but many roadblocks exist before certification | CBC News
More new apprentices are signing up than in the past 15 years, yet getting to certification remains a struggle. Financial concerns, difficulty finding employers and spotty guidance and mentorship for ...
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December 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Find a mentor who can help you. Talk to friends and family.
In the trades, apprentices are increasing, but not enough are making it to certification
Getting hired early on, lack of ongoing mentorship among ongoing struggles #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
In the trades, apprentices are increasing, but not enough are making it to certification
Getting hired early on, lack of ongoing mentorship among ongoing struggles #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Oopsie - did we do that?
Sales down over 60%, mostly due to Canada boycott on US alcohol.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Sales down over 60%, mostly due to Canada boycott on US alcohol.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Oopsie - did we do that?
Sales down over 60%, mostly due to Canada boycott on US alcohol.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Sales down over 60%, mostly due to Canada boycott on US alcohol.
www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
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📣The Alberta Next Panel report is in and I am picking it apart like the remains of an overcooked holiday turkey.
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#abpoli #ableg #ucp #alberta
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#abpoli #ableg #ucp #alberta
Alberta Next? No Thanks.
The Alberta Next Panel report is in and I am picking it apart like the remains of an overcooked holiday turkey.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
📣The Alberta Next Panel report is in and I am picking it apart like the remains of an overcooked holiday turkey.
dasheibz.substack.com/p/alberta-ne...
#abpoli #ableg #ucp #alberta
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#abpoli #ableg #ucp #alberta
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On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
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Supervised boards could close schools, Ontario education minister says, but rural schools safe
Boards under supervision have been asked to look at underused sites and report back, Ontario education minister says in a year-end interview.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On the Friday before Christmas, Ford's Minister of Education announces he will be closing and selling schools in boards where the real estate is most valuable—Toronto, Ottawa, & Dufferin-Peel.
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
www.thestar.com/politics/cal...
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People can adapt and change - so let’s take back democracy from the conservative/republican leaders. Capitalism
Is a free market for everyone; but yet we’re letting 10 rich guys and a few wannabes control EVERYTHING. That’s not capitalism; it’s an elite dictatorship. #NeverVoteConservative
Is a free market for everyone; but yet we’re letting 10 rich guys and a few wannabes control EVERYTHING. That’s not capitalism; it’s an elite dictatorship. #NeverVoteConservative
I remember when they banned smoking in bars in Toronto in 2005 - people were so mad about it for like 3 weeks, then everyone, including smokers, realized that indoor smoking is gross and it was better this way. I spent the following summer in London (UK) and watched exactly the same process play out
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I started reviewing the Alberta Next report by looking at their polling results.
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I started reviewing the Alberta Next report by looking at their polling results.
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
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Welp, @trevortombe.bsky.social owns it. His credibility is entirely at stake on it. Ask him for the details. #abpoli #AlbertaNext
I started reviewing the Alberta Next report by looking at their polling results.
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
The numbers in the sample table don't add up.
Can anyone make it make sense?
If not, I'm not sure how we take the analysis seriously.
🔗 open.alberta.ca/dataset/2919...
December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Welp, @trevortombe.bsky.social owns it. His credibility is entirely at stake on it. Ask him for the details. #abpoli #AlbertaNext
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❤️❤️❤️
"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
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"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
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Sewer stitches up funds for Steinbach food bank with bags made from throwaways | CBC Southeast Manitoba
A Steinbach man is turning trash into treasure by using discarded furniture swatches to create high-quality bags. The bags are sold for $5 in Steinbach and Thunder Bay, with 100 per cent of proceeds g...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
❤️❤️❤️
"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"One man has meticulously stitched together over 850 bags to sell in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, helping feed the 1,700 people who use the Steinbach area food bank."
They're $5 and 100% of the profits go to the food bank.
🧶 #sewing #crafts
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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"The Alberta dog was brought to a veterinarian...in November 2025 after it had "ingested" a snow goose, according to the province. After the dog's body was sent to the University of Calgary diagnostic services unit, it was confirmed the dog had contracted avian influenza."
Death of dog after avian influenza exposure marks second such case in Canada | CBC News
A dog in Alberta died in November after being exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza. It's the second confirmed fatal case of avian flu in a domestic dog in Canada, with the first being reported...
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December 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"The Alberta dog was brought to a veterinarian...in November 2025 after it had "ingested" a snow goose, according to the province. After the dog's body was sent to the University of Calgary diagnostic services unit, it was confirmed the dog had contracted avian influenza."
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"ce sont des intérêts américains qui profiteraient le plus du projet, montrent les données sur l’industrie."
www.ledevoir.com/politique/ca...
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Vendu comme souverain, un pipeline canadien est célébré par Washington
Les investissements américains sont les bienvenus pour le pipeline devant nous «protéger» des États-Unis.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"ce sont des intérêts américains qui profiteraient le plus du projet, montrent les données sur l’industrie."
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IMO
The USA has always had a racism problem
It was built on the idea that people who aren't white are not people
And that idea is fueling the Trump regime
This is why I believe that Canada should have zero tolerance for racism
Charge those a$$holes with hate crimes
🇨🇦
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The USA has always had a racism problem
It was built on the idea that people who aren't white are not people
And that idea is fueling the Trump regime
This is why I believe that Canada should have zero tolerance for racism
Charge those a$$holes with hate crimes
🇨🇦
globalnews.ca/news/1156963...
Man charged after guns, Nazi flag seized from Lloydminster home: Alberta RCMP | Globalnews.ca
Alberta RCMP say one man has been charged with wilful promotion of hatred and other offences after officers seized several guns and a flag bearing a swastika from a home.
globalnews.ca
December 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
IMO
The USA has always had a racism problem
It was built on the idea that people who aren't white are not people
And that idea is fueling the Trump regime
This is why I believe that Canada should have zero tolerance for racism
Charge those a$$holes with hate crimes
🇨🇦
globalnews.ca/news/1156963...
The USA has always had a racism problem
It was built on the idea that people who aren't white are not people
And that idea is fueling the Trump regime
This is why I believe that Canada should have zero tolerance for racism
Charge those a$$holes with hate crimes
🇨🇦
globalnews.ca/news/1156963...
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CANADA has a white supremacist problem www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘The Nazis were right': What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want | CBC Accessibility
In official posts, Second Sons Canada calls itself a “men’s nationalist club” and promotes a nostalgic vision of Canada. But on personal podcasts and livestreams, its leaders consistently espouse anti...
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
CANADA has a white supremacist problem www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Here’s what you need to know about the B.C. oil tanker moratorium
Ban protecting B.C.'s coastal waters could be changed or lifted for potential oil pipeline
“Environmental action plan” 🙄
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Ban protecting B.C.'s coastal waters could be changed or lifted for potential oil pipeline
“Environmental action plan” 🙄
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here’s what you need to know about the B.C. oil tanker moratorium | CBC News
For years, oil tanker traffic has been prohibited off the coast of northern British Columbia in order to protect environmentally sensitive coastlines from disaster. But the federal government is now o...
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here’s what you need to know about the B.C. oil tanker moratorium
Ban protecting B.C.'s coastal waters could be changed or lifted for potential oil pipeline
“Environmental action plan” 🙄
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ban protecting B.C.'s coastal waters could be changed or lifted for potential oil pipeline
“Environmental action plan” 🙄
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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The Nazi's are operating in Canada. We have openly fascist terrorists in our borders and the police are doing nothing.
Dark times ahead.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Dark times ahead.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
‘The Nazis were right': What the leaders of Canada’s biggest ‘nationalist’ group really want | CBC Accessibility
In official posts, Second Sons Canada calls itself a “men’s nationalist club” and promotes a nostalgic vision of Canada. But on personal podcasts and livestreams, its leaders consistently espouse anti...
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Nazi's are operating in Canada. We have openly fascist terrorists in our borders and the police are doing nothing.
Dark times ahead.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Dark times ahead.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Only 20 per cent of people eligible in Newfoundland and Labrador have gotten the flu vaccine so far. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Fitzgerald urges more vaccines as flu season begins early | CBC News
Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief medical officer of health is urging residents to get a flu shot ahead of the holidays.
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Only 20 per cent of people eligible in Newfoundland and Labrador have gotten the flu vaccine so far. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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“This is preventative medicine. This is social medicine at its core.”
The Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine has rolled out Ontario’s 1st hospital-based homelessness & eviction prevention program. The people involve with this project are saints!!! 🫶
#cdnpoli #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
The Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine has rolled out Ontario’s 1st hospital-based homelessness & eviction prevention program. The people involve with this project are saints!!! 🫶
#cdnpoli #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
‘This is preventative medicine.’ Toronto hospital starts $1-million fund to help patients with rent
‘This is preventative medicine,’ says Dr. Andrew Boozary with the University Health Network, as research shows a link between evictions and worse health outcomes. The fund will help patients on a case...
www.thestar.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“This is preventative medicine. This is social medicine at its core.”
The Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine has rolled out Ontario’s 1st hospital-based homelessness & eviction prevention program. The people involve with this project are saints!!! 🫶
#cdnpoli #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
The Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine has rolled out Ontario’s 1st hospital-based homelessness & eviction prevention program. The people involve with this project are saints!!! 🫶
#cdnpoli #onpoli www.thestar.com/news/gta/thi...
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Danielle Smith’s Bill 11 pushes Alberta toward a US-style, two-tier healthcare system.
Fast lane for the rich. Slower care for everyone else. New fees where care was free before.
Take action now at: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
Fast lane for the rich. Slower care for everyone else. New fees where care was free before.
Take action now at: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
December 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Danielle Smith’s Bill 11 pushes Alberta toward a US-style, two-tier healthcare system.
Fast lane for the rich. Slower care for everyone else. New fees where care was free before.
Take action now at: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
Fast lane for the rich. Slower care for everyone else. New fees where care was free before.
Take action now at: NoTwoTier.ca/CanadaHealthAct
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli