@varnam.bsky.social
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For almost all of the past at 4 years since Sask Govt declared “COVID over” in Feb 2022, Saskatoon hospitals have continued over adult capacity, with ERs backed up with as many as 100+ pts admitted, but no beds. This continues this week. 1/
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
For almost all of the past at 4 years since Sask Govt declared “COVID over” in Feb 2022, Saskatoon hospitals have continued over adult capacity, with ERs backed up with as many as 100+ pts admitted, but no beds. This continues this week. 1/
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This was a chilling, scary read. "...the institute said it “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America...The agency also points to an executive order...and one titled Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again." First the NEH and now the IMLS.
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump
Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American h...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This was a chilling, scary read. "...the institute said it “particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America...The agency also points to an executive order...and one titled Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again." First the NEH and now the IMLS.
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N95s could be a significant performance advantage
Not just in the Olympics
But in Life
Not just in the Olympics
But in Life
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
N95s could be a significant performance advantage
Not just in the Olympics
But in Life
Not just in the Olympics
But in Life
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In China’s Yangtze River, the finless porpoise population is rising: the latest count puts it at 1,426 in 2025, up 177 since 2022. Scientists link the recovery to the ten year fishing ban that began in 2021, alongside tighter habitat protection and monitoring. buff.ly/hzREApS
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Fishing ban revives Yangtze finless porpoises
The population of the Yangtze finless porpoise, the only freshwater porpoise species in China's longest river, has risen to 1,426 in 2025, indicating that the fishing ban and other conservation…
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
In China’s Yangtze River, the finless porpoise population is rising: the latest count puts it at 1,426 in 2025, up 177 since 2022. Scientists link the recovery to the ten year fishing ban that began in 2021, alongside tighter habitat protection and monitoring. buff.ly/hzREApS
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
Lying and not caring about harm.
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Lying and not caring about harm.
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”You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.”
@strandjunker.com
Thread 2/5🧵
@strandjunker.com
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February 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
”You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.”
@strandjunker.com
Thread 2/5🧵
@strandjunker.com
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NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net on Epstein revelations:
“It is not merely that bad people did evil and terrible things. It is that the institutions designed to prevent those things…were captured, compromised, or rendered inert.”
eyewitness-for-history.mymagic.page/the-dystopia...
“It is not merely that bad people did evil and terrible things. It is that the institutions designed to prevent those things…were captured, compromised, or rendered inert.”
eyewitness-for-history.mymagic.page/the-dystopia...
February 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake @witnessblower.net on Epstein revelations:
“It is not merely that bad people did evil and terrible things. It is that the institutions designed to prevent those things…were captured, compromised, or rendered inert.”
eyewitness-for-history.mymagic.page/the-dystopia...
“It is not merely that bad people did evil and terrible things. It is that the institutions designed to prevent those things…were captured, compromised, or rendered inert.”
eyewitness-for-history.mymagic.page/the-dystopia...
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In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
In a normal government, this results in the resignation of multiple cabinet officials (Transportation, Defense, and Homeland Security), and the closure or (at least!) radical reorg of the cartoonishly incompetent agency at the center of it: CBP.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Department of Subjects.
Department of Objects.
Agitprop university
Department of Objects.
Agitprop university
Reorganizing the College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin. Announced today by the president.,
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Department of Subjects.
Department of Objects.
Agitprop university
Department of Objects.
Agitprop university
oooh, he wants a bridge monopoly for himself!
Matthew Moroun, whose family has operated the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit, for decades, met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick just hours before Trump threatened to block the opening of the nearby Gordie Howe International Bridge.
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Billionaire owner of Ambassador Bridge met Trump official hours before Gordie Howe Bridge post: NYT report
The New York Times reported that a Detroit-based billionaire and owner of the Ambassador Bridge met with a White House official just hours before Donald Trump posted a threat to halt the opening of th...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 12, 2026 at 12:58 PM
oooh, he wants a bridge monopoly for himself!
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95.4% of mass shootings have been by men.
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 AM
95.4% of mass shootings have been by men.
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
Trans people, at 3% of the population, are not your problem.
[source: rockinst.org/gun-violence...
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Messaging has faded but COVID hasn’t.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
February 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Messaging has faded but COVID hasn’t.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
Data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
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Wow who could have ever foreseen a white woman using tears to manipulate power! I, for one, am stunned.
(Yes it’s good character detail.)
(Yes it’s good character detail.)
February 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Wow who could have ever foreseen a white woman using tears to manipulate power! I, for one, am stunned.
(Yes it’s good character detail.)
(Yes it’s good character detail.)
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The Birds Canada avian ambassador for 2026! That means I get to see one this year, right? #birds
Introducing Birds Canada’s 2026 Avian Ambassador: the Evening Grosbeak.
Throughout the year, we'll be connecting you with stories, conservation work and researchers who are working to better understand this enigmatic finch.
Throughout the year, we'll be connecting you with stories, conservation work and researchers who are working to better understand this enigmatic finch.
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
The Birds Canada avian ambassador for 2026! That means I get to see one this year, right? #birds
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House passes dangerous voter suppression act, calls it the “Save America” Act, which is a lie unless they’re trying to save America from democracy and fair elections.
You don’t have to use fancy tech to steal an election. You just have to suppress the vote that’s more likely to vote against you.
You don’t have to use fancy tech to steal an election. You just have to suppress the vote that’s more likely to vote against you.
NEW: House passes SAVE America Act
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
House passes dangerous voter suppression act, calls it the “Save America” Act, which is a lie unless they’re trying to save America from democracy and fair elections.
You don’t have to use fancy tech to steal an election. You just have to suppress the vote that’s more likely to vote against you.
You don’t have to use fancy tech to steal an election. You just have to suppress the vote that’s more likely to vote against you.
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NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
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crucial for 🇨🇦Canada to resist and reverse the normalization of widespread civilian gun ownership.
There are powerful forces ranged on the other side though.
Take, for example, the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”.
They are leaders of the 🍁gun cult who’ve been working for years to…
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There are powerful forces ranged on the other side though.
Take, for example, the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”.
They are leaders of the 🍁gun cult who’ve been working for years to…
2/14
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
crucial for 🇨🇦Canada to resist and reverse the normalization of widespread civilian gun ownership.
There are powerful forces ranged on the other side though.
Take, for example, the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”.
They are leaders of the 🍁gun cult who’ve been working for years to…
2/14
There are powerful forces ranged on the other side though.
Take, for example, the Canadian Coalition for “Firearm Rights”.
They are leaders of the 🍁gun cult who’ve been working for years to…
2/14
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Being trans is not a problem. It’s not a mental illness, nor is it something to be ashamed of.
Transphobia is real, it gets people killed. The hateful rhetoric coming from Canadians is absolutely abhorrent, Canadians have a problem with homophobia, transphobia and racism that yall do
Transphobia is real, it gets people killed. The hateful rhetoric coming from Canadians is absolutely abhorrent, Canadians have a problem with homophobia, transphobia and racism that yall do
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Being trans is not a problem. It’s not a mental illness, nor is it something to be ashamed of.
Transphobia is real, it gets people killed. The hateful rhetoric coming from Canadians is absolutely abhorrent, Canadians have a problem with homophobia, transphobia and racism that yall do
Transphobia is real, it gets people killed. The hateful rhetoric coming from Canadians is absolutely abhorrent, Canadians have a problem with homophobia, transphobia and racism that yall do
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The relationship between religion and social activism is far from new. But how is that relationship evolving in the current political moment? Find out on a new episode of @npr.org's 1A with RNS national reporter @jackjenkins.me.
How religious leaders are responding to Trump's immigration crackdown
The actions of faith leaders stand in stark contrast to the conservative Christianity touted by the administration.
the1a.org
February 11, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The relationship between religion and social activism is far from new. But how is that relationship evolving in the current political moment? Find out on a new episode of @npr.org's 1A with RNS national reporter @jackjenkins.me.
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what makes something "vulnerable to AI" is not the capacity of machines but the credulity of management.
Of course, it is also true that historians jobs may in practice be vulnerable to AI, because a lot of people who control the money for historian jobs probably haven’t thought much about where history comes from, either.
February 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
what makes something "vulnerable to AI" is not the capacity of machines but the credulity of management.
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Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights. Charlotte Brontë wrote Jane Eyre. Anne Brontë wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
How did three variously traumatized sisters from a remote parsonage all become bestselling authors? Find out this week on Vulgar History! pod.link/1489560920/e...
How did three variously traumatized sisters from a remote parsonage all become bestselling authors? Find out this week on Vulgar History! pod.link/1489560920/e...
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights. Charlotte Brontë wrote Jane Eyre. Anne Brontë wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
How did three variously traumatized sisters from a remote parsonage all become bestselling authors? Find out this week on Vulgar History! pod.link/1489560920/e...
How did three variously traumatized sisters from a remote parsonage all become bestselling authors? Find out this week on Vulgar History! pod.link/1489560920/e...
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Moose are generally calm and just ignore us, but..
Obvious signs of a pissed off moose:
-ears back
-head low
-hair on neck up
-smacking lips
-snorting or grunting
-stomping feet
or..there may be little to no sign before a moose charges.
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Obvious signs of a pissed off moose:
-ears back
-head low
-hair on neck up
-smacking lips
-snorting or grunting
-stomping feet
or..there may be little to no sign before a moose charges.
2/3
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Moose are generally calm and just ignore us, but..
Obvious signs of a pissed off moose:
-ears back
-head low
-hair on neck up
-smacking lips
-snorting or grunting
-stomping feet
or..there may be little to no sign before a moose charges.
2/3
Obvious signs of a pissed off moose:
-ears back
-head low
-hair on neck up
-smacking lips
-snorting or grunting
-stomping feet
or..there may be little to no sign before a moose charges.
2/3
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“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
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Habitat loss in Canada’s grasslands has threatened many species.
That includes the American badger, which Fisher described as “one of the most important, central and iconic species that remains of the North American grassland ecosystem.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That includes the American badger, which Fisher described as “one of the most important, central and iconic species that remains of the North American grassland ecosystem.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Habitat loss in Canada’s grasslands has threatened many species.
That includes the American badger, which Fisher described as “one of the most important, central and iconic species that remains of the North American grassland ecosystem.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
That includes the American badger, which Fisher described as “one of the most important, central and iconic species that remains of the North American grassland ecosystem.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...