Tempa
@tempaleigh.bsky.social
Halifax Nova Scotian; menopause advocate; lover of cats, health sciences, politics. Overall, I'm not that important.
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We are experiencing a temporary disruption to NovaScotia.ca and some online government programs and services. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will provide an update when services are back online.
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We are experiencing a temporary disruption to NovaScotia.ca and some online government programs and services. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will provide an update when services are back online.
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DiGiorno Pizza & Wyngz (2011-circa 2018): A classic DiGiorno frozen pizza, packaged along with a "side order" of white meat chicken fritters in sauce, which had to be spelled "wyngz" as they did not contain any actual wing meat. This was part of a line of "combo meals" from DiGiorno in the 2010's.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
DiGiorno Pizza & Wyngz (2011-circa 2018): A classic DiGiorno frozen pizza, packaged along with a "side order" of white meat chicken fritters in sauce, which had to be spelled "wyngz" as they did not contain any actual wing meat. This was part of a line of "combo meals" from DiGiorno in the 2010's.
Would be nice to know if I've actually been exposed. "Well, most people your age already have it" isn't a good enough answer for me. I'd like the at-home HPV test, please.
“Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they are exposed to the virus.” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Would be nice to know if I've actually been exposed. "Well, most people your age already have it" isn't a good enough answer for me. I'd like the at-home HPV test, please.
This is a great analogy.
Alberta just opened the door to two-tier healthcare.
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is a great analogy.
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Cats, amiright
Mulligan has been drinking out of the people water all afternoon and we just found out
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Cats, amiright
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Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving, American peeps. Everyone else, I bid you good day.
a cat is sticking its head out of a cat door .
ALT: a cat is sticking its head out of a cat door .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving, American peeps. Everyone else, I bid you good day.
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a "let them eat cake" moment
it's easy to get angry at a billionaire giving opinions about work-life balance but I tend to look at this as evidence that they're completely clueless.
imagine thinking that your opinion on this would be received with anything but derision.
it's easy to get angry at a billionaire giving opinions about work-life balance but I tend to look at this as evidence that they're completely clueless.
imagine thinking that your opinion on this would be received with anything but derision.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
a "let them eat cake" moment
it's easy to get angry at a billionaire giving opinions about work-life balance but I tend to look at this as evidence that they're completely clueless.
imagine thinking that your opinion on this would be received with anything but derision.
it's easy to get angry at a billionaire giving opinions about work-life balance but I tend to look at this as evidence that they're completely clueless.
imagine thinking that your opinion on this would be received with anything but derision.
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When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When your ambassador is SO deranged that Time Magazine says, "Yeah, that quote sounds real".
I'm waiting for the HPV at-home test to come to Nova Scotia. We have the poop test already. Let's get the HPV test!!
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm waiting for the HPV at-home test to come to Nova Scotia. We have the poop test already. Let's get the HPV test!!
I'm salivating just looking at these, while my pancreas dies.
My husband's pumpkin spice brioche cinnamon rolls (a Thanksgiving morning tradition).
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I'm salivating just looking at these, while my pancreas dies.
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"The Province will sell its remaining alcohol from the United States, with the net profit going to Feed Nova Scotia and other community food organizations."
Province to Sell Remaining U.S. Alcohol news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
Province to Sell Remaining U.S. Alcohol
news.novascotia.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The Province will sell its remaining alcohol from the United States, with the net profit going to Feed Nova Scotia and other community food organizations."
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Traffic delay: St. Margarets Bay Road, from Chandler to Peggys Cove roads. This work will take place on Thursday, Nov. 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is to facilitate road repairs. Details: buff.ly/BxIUxtS
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Traffic delay: St. Margarets Bay Road, from Chandler to Peggys Cove roads. This work will take place on Thursday, Nov. 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is to facilitate road repairs. Details: buff.ly/BxIUxtS
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Talking to your family at Thanksgiving is hard. Let @lesdoggg.bsky.social handle it
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Talking to your family at Thanksgiving is hard. Let @lesdoggg.bsky.social handle it
Scott's analysis & comments regarding MTG are bang on here. Regarding the other Rs, Molly Jong-Fast (on her podcast, Fast Politics) reiterates that Rs willingly gave up their power & are "really mad at Johnson because he took advantage of what they let him do....like, why did you let me hit me?"
Scott and Jessica sit down and talk through these strange days for the MAGA movement, after former stalwart Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s abrupt resignation announcement, Trump’s praising of Zohran Mamdani and the dismissal of the case against former FBI Director James Comey.
Watch here 👇🏽
Watch here 👇🏽
MAGA Movement MELTDOWN: MTG Out, Mamdani In, and Major Legal Blow
YouTube video by Raging Moderates
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Scott's analysis & comments regarding MTG are bang on here. Regarding the other Rs, Molly Jong-Fast (on her podcast, Fast Politics) reiterates that Rs willingly gave up their power & are "really mad at Johnson because he took advantage of what they let him do....like, why did you let me hit me?"
Okay kids. This year, we'll be drinking the casserole!
Jones Green Bean Casserole Soda (2004-2004): A sickly green soda made to taste like the divisive Thanksgiving side dish, with notes of earthy green beans, fried onions, and cream of mushroom soup. Sold as part of a novelty holiday-themed pack of sodas.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Okay kids. This year, we'll be drinking the casserole!
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
"When that contaminated water [with industrial agriculture fertilizer runoff] hits Amazon’s sizzling equipment, it partially evaporates—but all the nitrate pollution stays behind. That means the water leaving Amazon’s data centers is even more concentrated with pollutants than what went in."
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"When that contaminated water [with industrial agriculture fertilizer runoff] hits Amazon’s sizzling equipment, it partially evaporates—but all the nitrate pollution stays behind. That means the water leaving Amazon’s data centers is even more concentrated with pollutants than what went in."
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I remember having a UBI. It was called “living with my parents,” and I had all my food/shelter needs covered, plus free access to a (shared) TV, music, books, a library card, cars I could borrow and more.
I still worked drudge jobs, because I wanted to buy lots of comics and take girls to movies.
I still worked drudge jobs, because I wanted to buy lots of comics and take girls to movies.
Always grinds my gears when people say "No one would work drudge jobs if there was a UBI"
But even staying completely capitalist, I disagree. If I received a baseline living-wage UBI, and then I was offered REWARDS for drudge jobs, I'd take it! I want to save up for treats and travel and hobbies!
But even staying completely capitalist, I disagree. If I received a baseline living-wage UBI, and then I was offered REWARDS for drudge jobs, I'd take it! I want to save up for treats and travel and hobbies!
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I remember having a UBI. It was called “living with my parents,” and I had all my food/shelter needs covered, plus free access to a (shared) TV, music, books, a library card, cars I could borrow and more.
I still worked drudge jobs, because I wanted to buy lots of comics and take girls to movies.
I still worked drudge jobs, because I wanted to buy lots of comics and take girls to movies.
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Nice summary of my presentation to the Canadian Standards Association.
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
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I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
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"It's stupid not to incorporate the care economy in our budgeting. It's the foundation and economic engine of our economy.” — @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social (@atkinsonfoundation.bsky.social)
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed — by @spaikin.bsky.social
ANALYSIS: Here’s what the federal budget might have missed | TVO Today
The military got a huge boost, and oil and gas seems poised to profit. But this economist says we’ve forgotten about one huge sector.
amp.tvo.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Nice summary of my presentation to the Canadian Standards Association.
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
Short 🧵
I want to briefly focus on one slide that got short shrift but has been the subject of so much economic analysis: diversifying our international trade partners.
Short 🧵
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The real poverty line is around $140k for a family of four, but it’s perversely hard to get there:
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The real poverty line is around $140k for a family of four, but it’s perversely hard to get there:
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
“Every dollar you earn climbing from $40,000 to $100,000 triggers benefit losses that exceed your income gains. You are literally poorer for working harder.”
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Most of the essay is actually about why the poverty line should be at $140k, not what it currently is, which is $31,200. Worth reading to understand how messed up this is and also why this fuels so much rage against the poor.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Most of the essay is actually about why the poverty line should be at $140k, not what it currently is, which is $31,200. Worth reading to understand how messed up this is and also why this fuels so much rage against the poor.
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Luddite leanings intensifying.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Luddite leanings intensifying.
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"...MAHA proselytizers simply want moms to take on more responsibility, turning what should be a multifaceted effort into an atomized, individualistic one."
I think prioritizing work-life balance by employers & ceasing to expect 1 sex to do most of the domestics would solve most of this problem.
I think prioritizing work-life balance by employers & ceasing to expect 1 sex to do most of the domestics would solve most of this problem.
The politics of food have brought together the crunchy left and the trad right. @sophiegilbert.bsky.social writes about the war over dinner:
What’s for Dinner, Mom?
The women who want to change the way America eats
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"...MAHA proselytizers simply want moms to take on more responsibility, turning what should be a multifaceted effort into an atomized, individualistic one."
I think prioritizing work-life balance by employers & ceasing to expect 1 sex to do most of the domestics would solve most of this problem.
I think prioritizing work-life balance by employers & ceasing to expect 1 sex to do most of the domestics would solve most of this problem.