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Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.

mRNA vaccines help vs cancer
Our @scifri.bsky.social conversation, with transcript
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cov...
Remarkable improved survival data and mechanism reviewed here erictopol.substack.com/p/how-mrna-v...

The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!

I'm sorry, but did I just read that the Canadian government is legitimizing *cryptocurrency* because it will benefit ***men***?

Don’t make deals with fascists. History is clear on this.

Outcry from Gwich'in leaders over potential oil and gas drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | CBC News Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders raise concerns after Trump administration opens up Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... “Opening up whole coastal plain for O&G devt threatens Gwich'in people & our way of life,” Moreland said. “We know there’s consequences with oil devt: pollution, habitat destruction, greater human traffic, rise of violence, drugs, missing & murdered Indigenous peoples.”

"Fuck Cars" Mittens pattern by Erin Megenity Prepare to show off your love of bikes and become the envy of your urbanist friends with these “Fuck Cars” Mittens! Inspired by my husband, I designed these mittens for those of us who don’t let cold ...

Urbanist knitters, I need you to know about these mittens: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

Iconic of the folks at CAHN at they, with far fewer resources, identified 18 people who were at this neo-Nazi event in B.C. -- while CBC, with more staff and far more resources, unmasked two.

CAHN really are the GOATs at this work.

High Horse: The Black Cowboy High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a three-part documentary about the culture of Black cowboys & cowgirls and their erasure from the history of the western United States. From executive producer Jordan Peele and Monkeypa

High Horse: The Black Cowboy is a “pop culture and historical documentary [that] confronts and reclaims the Wild West while revealing the story of the Black cowboy — a history that has largely been untold”. [kottke.org]

Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces A Toronto neighbourhood is pushing back against plans to replace a well-used public parking lot in the community with a massive new housing developme…

"Toronto neighbourhood wants to stop cheap homes so they can keep parking spaces"
A headline that truly unites the entire world. 🙏♥️
www.blogto.com/real-estate-...

Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says — CBC News The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.

Alberta has the worst measles track record in North America. Imagine being worse at vaxxing than anywhere in the states.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Speaking of great newsletters, always read @monteiro.bsky.social: “When the fascists try to make you feel small you raise your bike over your head and you get big.”

a beautifully concise summary of austeritarianism

all sticks, no carrots

How to point at fascists and laugh The last slide from my new talk. It plays a role below. Contribute to my eventual bail fund at $2 a pop. This week’s question comes from me, actually: How...

You should always be reading @monteiro.bsky.social newsletter but you should especially read this week's buttondown.com/monteiro/archi...

I don't use AI for the same reason I don't eat tapeworms... I don't like parasites.

BREAKING: Canadian Senate Bill S-206 for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income passed Second Reading and will be sent to Committee

News Release: Senate Committee to Study Guaranteed Livable Basic Income — Senator Kim Pate 🤩

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

The Romans ate "fast food".
The Sumarians ate "fast food".
Any population large enough to specialize will have "fast food".

The Felon has used fast food to perpetuate stereotypes and embarrass people and now he's starving people. Fuck him. Anything about him that can be mocked, should be mocked.

No chorus? No problem: The improbable story behind Gordon Lightfoot’s beloved hit ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’ The song, recorded 50 years ago, commemorates the sinking of the biggest ship on the Great Lakes.

Today in the @thestar.com, I wrote about the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, and the story behind “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”—and how what you hear on the Gordon Lightfoot classic is actually the 1st time his band ever played the song www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES

This cover shows illustrations of 5 artefacts placed against a charcoal background. The text reads Muslim Wales: A History in 9 Places. Abdul-Azim Ahmed.

In ‘Muslim Wales: A History in 9 Places’ Abdul-Azim Ahmed explores the stories of 9 Welsh places, and the people, artefacts and buildings associated with them, which highlight the deep history of Islam in Wales. Publishing 23 February 2026. Pre-order our website www.serenbooks.com/book/muslim-...

This is good and will save lives

Elon and Marco are genocidaires and I hope they are one day tried in chains at the Hague.

Time to boycott Paramount.

For the first time in a long time, I have hope. They are seeing the guillotine memes and smell of rank fear. The end is coming for their rank hate and ghoulish nazi behavior. The wine moms are sharpening the guillotines for real. Change is coming. We will rise from the ashes, with better days ahead

Released 44 years ago
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off", the fifth and most important single by the Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (In Studio)

#punk #punks #punkrock #DeadKennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #history #punkrockhistory

Hey, music writers? Get off substack! I want to be able to read your words, but I refuse to give a Nazi-permitting platform a single click.

Why All Vaccines Should Be Free | The Tyee COVID-19 normalized vaccination for adults, and we should go further to protect people from shingles and RSV.

Want to ease the burden of health-care costs, and especially hospitalization?

Easy. Just spend whatever it costs to provide all Canadians with free vaccinations — for life.

@crof.bsky.social explains. 🏥 #BCCovid