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Consumer Reports @consumerreports.org · 42m

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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17h

Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 1d

A guaranteed basic income pilot of $1,500 a month is coming to Mercer County, West Virginia. And also Beaufort County, North Carolina and Warren County, Mississippi. Apply using the link in this article if you live in those areas or know someone who does.

Guaranteed monthly incoming program coming to Mercer County

PRINCETON — A nonprofit agency that helps the world’s poorest households is launching a guaranteed minimum income program in Mercer County. GiveDirectly is partnering with area human service agencies ...

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 23h

Isn't this what Ontario did as well?

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 1d

Revolving Door: The problematic relationship between politics and business in N.L. theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

Revolving Door: The problematic relationship between politics and business in N.L. – The Independent

The merchants are very much still here, and they’re making terrible decisions for the rest of us

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 1d

If you have an #aranet4 or other CO2 monitor, you can upload CO2 readings in public places here.

www.co2trackers.com/places/ChIJK...

The COVID CO2 tracker - An app for the #CO2Guerillas

An app for the #CO2Guerillas of the world to record and share their measurements. Let's fight COVID together.

www.co2trackers.com

Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 3d

Have decision makers in healthcare finally realized that masks prevent airborne viruses from spreading? Only took 5+ years of Covid to figure that out.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 3d

Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mask-mandate-health-facilites-9.6934985

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

Health P.E.I. is reinstating a mandatory masking policy in all of its facilities in response to the growing presence of respiratory illnesses on the Island.

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 3d

Masks will be required in all Health P.E.I. facilities starting Oct. 14 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-mask-mandate-health-facilites-9.6934985

𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 3d

Meanwhile NONE OF THIS GETS COVERED BY THE MEDIA.

Where are you journalists??? A province is essentially vandalizing the constitution, and the feds and other provinces are permitting it!

THIS IS A PRETTY BIG FUCKING STORY!

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 4d

Tylenol misinformation puts pregnant patients at risk healthydebate.ca/2025/10/topi... via @healthydebate.bsky.social

"Casting doubt on Tylenol without solid evidence does not empower pregnant people, it corners them. It adds guilt, stigma & undermines their confidence in making safe decisions..."

Tylenol misinformation puts pregnant patients at risk - Healthy Debate

Casting doubt on Tylenol without solid evidence does not empower pregnant people, it corners them.

healthydebate.ca

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Data Report @datareport.bsky.social · 4d

This time a hospital in Canada.
Masking returns to hospital for respiratory illness season doppleronline.ca/huntsville/m...

Masking returns to hospital for respiratory illness season - Huntsville Doppler

As respiratory illness season arrives, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has updated masking requirements in the hospitals.

doppleronline.ca

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

As long as they continue to equate the oil industry with people's livelihoods, unfortunately. Attacking renewables & turning people against that industry before there is an opportunity to build it is part of that strategy.

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Kevin St. Alder @kevinstalder.bsky.social · 4d

Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 4d

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

It's worth your time to read their announcement. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado "for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

www.thebeaverton.com/2025/10/insp...

Inspiring! This elbowless man manages to hold down a full time job as a Prime Minister

Mark Carney may look like just another Canadian Prime Minister. But don’t let that fool you. The most inspiring part of his story isn’t that he went to Harvard, or even that he’s made millions working...

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 4d

If you rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, then bomb fishing boats in the Caribbean, and shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper bullet, you should automatically be barred from receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for the rest of your life.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 5d

"Candidate does not require assigned tasks to be amazing or even particularly interesting, and has been known to sidestep certain projects entirely as opposed to wasting time on a nonsense initiative that will, within weeks, be replaced by another nonsense initiative."

Moderately Motivated Gen-Xer for Hire

Forty-something professional seeks opportunity in an environment that is neither “fun,” “playful,” nor “collaborative;” minimal responsibility pref...

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

This has been their plan for a long time & it sped up during the 2008 crash. Buy all the middle class homes & make those people rent & never be able to afford to own.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

Real estate investors now own about 20% of single-family homes in the country.

A big reason why home prices have skyrocketed in recent years is a lack of supply — and investors sinking their teeth into whatever is left on the market is making the problem even worse.

How Wall Street Priced You Out of a Home | Robert Reich

Robert Reich

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

Uh, no.

Elizabeth Thompson @lizt1.bsky.social · 5d

U.S bill calls for negotiations for more integration between Canadian, American border agents and for U.S. law enforcement to be able to operate in Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

Similar to Black Friday - the deals are better on any other day for some stuff.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 4d

Our personal tech columnist @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social tracked the prices of a bunch of items on Amazon ahead of the latest Prime Day sale.

Turns out only a few prices went down, many stayed the same... and several went significantly *up.* www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.

Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 4d

Exactly this. If you wouldn’t approve of the other party doing it, why is it ok for your party to do it?

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4d

“’We believe in the federalist system— that's states' rights,’ adding, ‘Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.’”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

“.. the first time a Republican governor has questioned the interstate deployment of National Guard troops over a governor’s objections.”

@nytimes.com #OKgov
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 5d

Today is Leif Erikson Day.
The day celebrates the arrival of Erikson and the Vikings in what is now Canada around 1000 years ago. Based on the Vinland Sagas, it is believed that he founded the settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows, located in Newfoundland and Labrador.

A group of Viking warriors stands on a rocky coastline, with a leader holding an axe and shield in the foreground, pointing toward the sea. Other warriors with spears and shields are nearby, while longships sail in the background. The scene features a dramatic seascape with waves, distant mountains, and seagulls flying under a cloudy sky. The painting is signed "Hans Dahl" in the bottom left corner.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Trudy @nfldtrudy.bsky.social · 6d

This wouldn’t have anything to do with getting rid of speed cameras, would it?

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 7d

NEW: A vehicle assigned to a Ford cabinet minister has been recorded at stunt driving speeds 12 times.

The premier's office suggested it was the same driver each time, and implied they still work for the government. #OnPoli
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Ford government vehicle recorded at stunt driving speeds on Ontario highways | Globalnews.ca

At least one cabinet-assigned vehicle was recorded driving more than 50 km/h over the speed limit multiple times in the past three years, according to documents.

globalnews.ca