OttawaMaryJ
@ottawamaryj.bsky.social
Mom of 4 hooligans, karate mom, follower of Jesus, community-minded. I like gardening and having adventures with my family. I work in data privacy. Political beliefs best described as “complicated”.
Super interesting piece, imo
The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”
Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Super interesting piece, imo
Reposted by OttawaMaryJ
The existing Canadian system of collective bargaining, for all its flaws, was forcibly extracted from a reluctant Liberal government in the 1940s, after a decade of workers demonstrating that restricting strikes only fuelled further class conflict 1/ 🧵
August 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The existing Canadian system of collective bargaining, for all its flaws, was forcibly extracted from a reluctant Liberal government in the 1940s, after a decade of workers demonstrating that restricting strikes only fuelled further class conflict 1/ 🧵
My kid’s interpretation of “light reading for camp”
August 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My kid’s interpretation of “light reading for camp”
I’ll miss this view but it’s nice to come home to my own bed.
August 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I’ll miss this view but it’s nice to come home to my own bed.
My worst bridge hand of the evening was a doozy. I also had a six of hearts…
August 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
My worst bridge hand of the evening was a doozy. I also had a six of hearts…
Why is this surprising?
Ontario big cities see more public drug use, paramedic calls since consumption site closures https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/health/ontario-big-cities-see-more-public-drug-use-paramedic-calls-since-consumption-site-closures-11064348
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
August 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Why is this surprising?
I do enjoy our annual trek to the cottage here
August 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I do enjoy our annual trek to the cottage here
Reposted by OttawaMaryJ
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Merry Christmas in July eve ;) #HavingWayToMuchFun
July 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Merry Christmas in July eve ;) #HavingWayToMuchFun
“If not, Pierre should run in his own backyard, not ours” whole point of why he’s running in Alberta is the good people in his backyard had enough of being “represented” by someone who wasn’t interested…Speaking of electoral reform, anyone else wish there was a residence requirement?
I have a longer post brewing about how and why Poilievre thought the good people of Battle River-Crowfoot would just vote him in without asking questions. Bottom line: there is no flattering explanation. He's that arrogant. rdnewsnow.com/2025/07/22/l...
Libertarian candidate in Battle River-Crowfoot also calls out Poilievre
Michael Harris, the Libertarian Party candidate in the upcoming federal byelection for Battle River-Crowfoot, ...
rdnewsnow.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“If not, Pierre should run in his own backyard, not ours” whole point of why he’s running in Alberta is the good people in his backyard had enough of being “represented” by someone who wasn’t interested…Speaking of electoral reform, anyone else wish there was a residence requirement?
I mean, it’s kind of a scam that losing your seat in an election doesn’t mean that you have to step down as leader and wait for a real vacancy to come along, Pierre. Requiring a certain # of unique signatures not bad idea though. I’d add residency within a 100km radius. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'This is a scam': Poilievre wants rules changed to stop long ballot protests | CBC News
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he wants Canada's election laws changed to prevent long ballot protests — as he is set to face another one next month.
www.cbc.ca
July 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I mean, it’s kind of a scam that losing your seat in an election doesn’t mean that you have to step down as leader and wait for a real vacancy to come along, Pierre. Requiring a certain # of unique signatures not bad idea though. I’d add residency within a 100km radius. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Not good
This chart from a recent Globe and Mail piece did not receive nearly enough attention. New home sales are crashing across Canada - which will translate into lower housing starts in 2026-28.
www.theglobeandmail....
www.theglobeandmail....
July 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not good
I guess I have plans tonight
July 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I guess I have plans tonight
Reposted by OttawaMaryJ
Increased vaccine uptake in US kids linked to reduced antibiotic prescriptions
An ecological study finds increased uptake of recommended childhood vaccines was linked to a 47% drop in the rate of overall antibiotic prescriptions from 2000 through 2019.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
An ecological study finds increased uptake of recommended childhood vaccines was linked to a 47% drop in the rate of overall antibiotic prescriptions from 2000 through 2019.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
July 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Increased vaccine uptake in US kids linked to reduced antibiotic prescriptions
An ecological study finds increased uptake of recommended childhood vaccines was linked to a 47% drop in the rate of overall antibiotic prescriptions from 2000 through 2019.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
An ecological study finds increased uptake of recommended childhood vaccines was linked to a 47% drop in the rate of overall antibiotic prescriptions from 2000 through 2019.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/a...
I’m ridiculously pleased with my fruit bbq
July 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’m ridiculously pleased with my fruit bbq
Interesting perspective on the tech tax but also the Avro Arrow
Everyone’s mad that we backed down on the tech tax. But here’s why this might be the smartest move we’ve made.
June 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Interesting perspective on the tech tax but also the Avro Arrow
These make me happy every time I pass them
June 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
These make me happy every time I pass them
Gotta love end of year picnics for choir in the park. Boys are playing a game on the playstructure and break out into a spontaneous rendition of Wellerman lol #OttawaBoysChoir
June 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Gotta love end of year picnics for choir in the park. Boys are playing a game on the playstructure and break out into a spontaneous rendition of Wellerman lol #OttawaBoysChoir
PSA: if you are given option to enter a free form text to create a “secret question/answer” in order to retrieve a password, it is NOT a good idea to use something like a passport, social insurance number or credit card number #ApparentlyNotObvious
June 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
PSA: if you are given option to enter a free form text to create a “secret question/answer” in order to retrieve a password, it is NOT a good idea to use something like a passport, social insurance number or credit card number #ApparentlyNotObvious
High tea at the Chateau today for a very special birthday
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
High tea at the Chateau today for a very special birthday
Yeah, if you can’t understand why wearing a straight pride shirt is inappropriate (especially at school), I think further education is required. I certainly wouldn’t want my name and photo associated with this. Yikes
1) No, a "straight pride" T-shirt is NOT a "hate crime" or illegal under Canadian law. 2) Yes, the school board still has an interest in people not being discriminatory jerks. 3) Would these assholes defend wearing a "white pride" shirt during Black History Month? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Parents upset after student's suspension for wearing 'straight pride' shirt to N.B. school | CBC News
The Anglophone South School District and some people in the Belleisle school community are at odds over the suspension of a student for wearing a “straight pride” shirt during the school’s Pride Week.
www.cbc.ca
May 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Yeah, if you can’t understand why wearing a straight pride shirt is inappropriate (especially at school), I think further education is required. I certainly wouldn’t want my name and photo associated with this. Yikes
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This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support.
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
May 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is why your child is not getting Educational Assistant support.
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
This is why there is no Special Education Teacher to help your child catch up on basic math or literacy skills.
This is why the ventilation in your child’s classroom is not working.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
I find it mind boggling that so many people are vaccine resistant.
Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of #measles. The premier campaigned on a promise to “Protect Ontario,” but his government has not kept that pledge on a pressing matter of public health, by @reggcohn.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/pol... via @thestar.com
Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford has failed miserably to protect Ontario from a surge of measles
The premier campaigned on a promise to “Protect Ontario,” but his government has not kept that pledge on a pressing matter of public health, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
www.thestar.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I find it mind boggling that so many people are vaccine resistant.
Lol
May 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Lol
Pretty clever!
You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
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The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment.
"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?
The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."
🧵 1/4
May 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Pretty clever!