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The Blue Jays’ inspiring playoff run captured the imagination of Canadians. As the Jays advanced in the playoffs, Canadians came to believe in the power of positivity & unity. Let’s carry that spirit with us in the days, weeks, & months ahead as we face serious challenges as a nation.

a gold star that reads: i survived the 18 inning dodgers vs blue jays 2025 world series game

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Lots of coughing & sniffles going on around you? Stay purr-fectly protected by wearing a mask! 😷🐈

Wearing a high-quality N95 mask protects you from respiratory viruses like flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

📲 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Respiratory-Viruses/When-and-Why-to-Wear-a-Mask.aspx

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Mask. Filter. Ventilate. Test. Repeat.
It’s not complicated.
It’s survival.

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Here’s the truth:
– Every breath indoors without protection is a coin flip.
– By 2030, the question won’t be who masked. It will be who’s still standing.
– It’s not paranoia. It’s prevention.

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Clean air. Masks. Precautions. These aren’t inconveniences. They are the line between staying whole and watching your health slip away, wave by wave.

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We are in another major wave — even if the news isn’t reporting it. You might not test. You might shrug it off. But sooner or later, one infection will leave its mark. I guarantee it.

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Think about your life goals. Think about your kids. Who takes care of them if you become chronically ill, bed-bound, or gone?

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And it’s not just adults. Kids are developing immune dysfunction that mirrors HIV — at rates similar to adults. Each infection compounds risk. This isn’t hypothetical. It’s happening.

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That adds up. By decade’s end, if you aren’t protecting yourself, you won’t be the same. Not just “a little older.” We’re talking accelerated aging: dementia, stroke, heart attack, cancer, chronic illness.

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The avg American has already been infected ~4x. “Brain fog” isn’t just being tired — it’s measurable brain injury. Each year you skip masking, testing, or clean air, you’re rolling the dice on another 1–2 infections.

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I don’t know how to say this without sounding harsh, but I need you to hear it. COVID — or SARS-2 — is not “just another cold.” It doesn’t leave you the same. Every reinfection stacks damage: brain, heart, immune system.

Shipping to Canada is now coming up as $10 on your website. Did free shipping to Canada end?

Bar chart of Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) - Equivalent # Cigarettes after Exposure ranging from 0.5 cigarettes after 8 hours exposure at AQHI level 3 to 0.9 cigarettes at level 6 and 1.5 at level 10.

Bar chart of Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) - Equivalent # Cigarettes after Exposure ranging from 0.5 cigarettes after 8 hours exposure at AQHI level 3 to 0.9 cigarettes at level 6 and 1.5 at level 10.

Understanding Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) & Wildfire Smoke

Wildfire smoke consists of toxic gases and particulate matter (PM) when breathed in gets into our lungs, bloodstream, and even our brain. 🧪🧵1/
#IAQ #IndoorAirQuality #wildfire #smoke #AQI #AQHI #Canada

Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that

So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.

And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.

This is why journalism matters.

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

If the White House is insisting that there was no classified or secret information in the Signal chat, does that mean Jeffrey Goldberg can publish it all?

Elbows up, Canada.

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long term organ damage It’s now been five years since the COVID pandemic stopped the world in its tracks. The virus is still with us, and continues to make people sick. As many as 1 in 5 Canadians have experienced symptoms ...

If you’re interested in a crash course from the beginning in chronic issues with COVID I recommend this excellent interview with David Putrino. Perhaps the least well understood consequence is the damage every infection likely causes everyone, symptomatic or not.

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

This interview was amazingly candid.

Dr Juni effectively called out the entire medical and public health machine and accused it (correctly) of having applied dogma to COVID rather than Science.

We need to train the next generations of doctors and public health personnel in Science, not dogma.

Sales of U.S. products ‘dropping’ at Empire-owned grocers amid tariff uncertainty Empire Co. Ltd.'s CEO says the grocer is seeing sales of products from the U.S. "rapidly dropping" as shoppers look to support the Canadian economy and avoid the potential effects

Our Canada-wide boycott is working.

Sales of U.S. products ‘dropping’ at Empire-owned grocers amid tariff uncertainty -the grocer is seeing sales of products from the U.S. “rapidly dropping” as shoppers look to support the Canadian economy #CANADA #Boycott #Tradewar🍁
www.thestar.com/business/sal...

Canada sounds alarm at G7: ‘Nobody is safe’ from Trump’s tactics As U.S. joins foreign ministers’ gathering in Quebec, Mélanie Joly warns counterparts that they are next.

Thank you to @melaniejolycan.bsky.social for mobilizing allies by warning that “Canada is the canary in the coal mine” and working “with Europe on military exercises and purchasing weapons”

She’s ensuring 🇨🇦 has the muscle to keep our elbows up.

#CanadaStrong

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

Public Health and medical administrators have NO IDEA how to deal with #measles. They deal with disease based on "vibes". That won't work.

We need new people to deal with this.

Ok, the Starlink deal is dead. Now, every Canadian government agency, every Canadian company, every Canadian journalist — every single Canadian — get off X. Leave it as the full-throated fascist scream it has become.

Fight for every single drop of truth.

Don’t let a single lie absorb into the national discourse.

That’s the lesson of the COVID era and this moment.