@cmandin.bsky.social
Passionate about saving our blue dot for the next generations. Hoping to survive the plague and our current politics. Nevertheless, I persist. she/her
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The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
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Climate action is happening all around us — in communities, classrooms, churches, and unexpected corners of the world. Here are a few stories of hope, concern, and practical choices we can make together.
3 creative ways to use green energy | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
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December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Climate action is happening all around us — in communities, classrooms, churches, and unexpected corners of the world. Here are a few stories of hope, concern, and practical choices we can make together.
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I've done over a dozen articles on the health hazards of plastics, good see this update by the WaPo
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
These kitchen items may be contaminating your food with chemicals
See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've done over a dozen articles on the health hazards of plastics, good see this update by the WaPo
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jack Smith tells Congress he could prove Trump engaged in a 'criminal scheme' to overturn 2020 election
Smith testified about his investigations into Trump during a closed-door hearing with members of the House Judiciary Committee.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
NEW: Jack Smith told lawmakers he developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that Trump engaged in a “criminal scheme” to overturn his election loss.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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A tale in two parts:
1/2
1/2
Beyond Local: Alberta quietly ends public reporting of COVID outbreaks in acute care
Alberta's government said the province is under no legal obligation to continue publishing the data in a “post-pandemic context.”
www.stalbertgazette.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A tale in two parts:
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Big Lakes County is out $9.3 after oil and gas company Razor Energy walked out on millions in unpaid property taxes.
Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill | CBC News
Big Lakes County in northwestern Alberta says it has formally approved the write off of more than $9 million in unpaid property taxes owed by the now bankrupt Razor Energy Corp.
www.cbc.ca
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Big Lakes County is out $9.3 after oil and gas company Razor Energy walked out on millions in unpaid property taxes.
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Razor had been failing for a while—yet the provincial pension manager AIMCO, which had recently been given control over many public sector pensions, kept investing in them, even going as far as to set up an obscured holding company to funnel more money into it.
AIMCo has a “shadowy” holding company it’s using to mitigate losses in oil and gas investments
www.theprogressreport.ca
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Razor had been failing for a while—yet the provincial pension manager AIMCO, which had recently been given control over many public sector pensions, kept investing in them, even going as far as to set up an obscured holding company to funnel more money into it.
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This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Recent discourse has really cemented for me that many objections to mask wearing are rooted in an insecure kind of masculinity. Wearers seen as 'weak' or 'scared'. This idea is as absurd as calling a soldier weak or scared because he or she chooses to wear a Kevlar vest.
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Recent discourse has really cemented for me that many objections to mask wearing are rooted in an insecure kind of masculinity. Wearers seen as 'weak' or 'scared'. This idea is as absurd as calling a soldier weak or scared because he or she chooses to wear a Kevlar vest.
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With influenza surging in the UK and Ireland, the fact is that the culture war nonsense surrounding masks combined with the lack of airborne mitigations in hospitals (itself a result of the political and social erasure of Covid) will lead to deaths that could have been avoided.
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
With influenza surging in the UK and Ireland, the fact is that the culture war nonsense surrounding masks combined with the lack of airborne mitigations in hospitals (itself a result of the political and social erasure of Covid) will lead to deaths that could have been avoided.
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While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*.
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
Face masks return at hospitals and health hubs in Derry and the west amid flu and other viruses surge
The Western Trust has announced that all visitors, staff and patients are required to wear face masks at some hospital areas and other health care facilities for the first time since the pandemic, due...
www.derryjournal.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
While this is to be lauded, it always frustrates me that masking is *initiated* when levels are high. The best time to mask in hospitals is always; the second best time is when it is patently obvious that prevalence of flu / RSV / Covid is low but *increasing*.
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
www.derryjournal.com/health/face-...
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I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am convinced in the future we will look back and realise the sheer unimaginable folly of letting a virus that can cause immune dysregulation and cognitive dysfunction in humans infect and re-infect the global population over and over again. Worse still, that we encouraged it.
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"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that
the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else
continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies and democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency."
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“To some extent, disinfo can be addressed through revisions to the MEA that include provisions for digital campaign transparency, AI-generated content labeling & incorporating real-time misinfo response protocols that are relevant for larger municipalities.”
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/disi...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/disi...
The rising threat of disinformation in Canada’s municipal elections
Ontario’s municipal elections face rising digital disinformation. Stronger laws, oversight and literacy tools are needed.
policyoptions.irpp.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“To some extent, disinfo can be addressed through revisions to the MEA that include provisions for digital campaign transparency, AI-generated content labeling & incorporating real-time misinfo response protocols that are relevant for larger municipalities.”
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/disi...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/12/disi...
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Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
COVID-19 leaves a lasting mark on the human brain - Griffith News
COVID-19 does not just affect the respiratory system, but also significantly alters the brain in people who have fully recovered from the infectious
news.griffith.edu.au
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Read the study and think about population level implications, remembering that the vast majority of people have been infected multiple times.
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
What are the possible long-term neurological sequelae?
What are the implications for societies now?
news.griffith.edu.au/2025/12/16/c...
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Here in NA we have watched healthcare & rights of women and children erode right before our eyes. Not sure if you are paying attention to a vote that went down in the EU about an hour ago. It was a win for women all across Europe. This is the way. #womenshealthcareisahumanright #abortionishealthcare
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here in NA we have watched healthcare & rights of women and children erode right before our eyes. Not sure if you are paying attention to a vote that went down in the EU about an hour ago. It was a win for women all across Europe. This is the way. #womenshealthcareisahumanright #abortionishealthcare
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This is a resource initially developed for HC professionals but as we spoke with @putrinolab.bsky.social it was felt that it would be helpful for anyone searching for data, info, treatments for themselves or for their physicians who don’t know what to do to. #chronicillness #LC
In this episode, we talk about a manual @putrinolab.bsky.social and team have assembled for medical professionals (or lay people to show their medical professionals 😉).
Read more about it and find a link to the manual here:
www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
Read more about it and find a link to the manual here:
www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
Mount Sinai Creates First Manual for Treating Infection-Associated Chronic Illness for Clinicians
www.mountsinai.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is a resource initially developed for HC professionals but as we spoke with @putrinolab.bsky.social it was felt that it would be helpful for anyone searching for data, info, treatments for themselves or for their physicians who don’t know what to do to. #chronicillness #LC
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Nobody dare complain about any of us being disrespectful to the president. Impeach this psychopath.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
Trump hangs plaques mocking Biden, Obama along White House Colonnade
The plaques include insult and unfounded claims about some of his predecessors.
abcnews.go.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Nobody dare complain about any of us being disrespectful to the president. Impeach this psychopath.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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House Republicans are now canceling Friday votes. Congress will recess for the rest of the year on Thursday afternoon.
Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.
Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
House Republicans are now canceling Friday votes. Congress will recess for the rest of the year on Thursday afternoon.
Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.
Obamacare subsidies expire Dec. 31.
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So far Trump’s big address to the country is his usual nonsense. Most of what he’s saying isn’t even true.
December 18, 2025 at 2:09 AM
So far Trump’s big address to the country is his usual nonsense. Most of what he’s saying isn’t even true.
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Holy f*cking shit!! This man is beyond insane....what the hell drugs is he on tonight? This shite cannot stand. Somebody, somewhere for the sake of the world and everyone's sanity do something to end this nightmare.
December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Holy f*cking shit!! This man is beyond insane....what the hell drugs is he on tonight? This shite cannot stand. Somebody, somewhere for the sake of the world and everyone's sanity do something to end this nightmare.
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Energy bills have increased 13% since Trump took office.
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Energy bills have increased 13% since Trump took office.
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
Families have paid an extra $1,200 on goods this year because of his tariffs.
Popular holiday gifts are 26% more expensive this year compared to 2024.
Remember this as Trump calls affordability a "hoax" and a "con job."
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Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago.
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Almost no new jobs have been added since April and 710,000 more people are unemployed now compared to a year ago.
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
Meanwhile consumer prices are skyrocketing thanks to Trump's tariffs.
Does this sound like an "A+++++" economy to you?
