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U.S. rejection of new mRNA flu vaccine 'sends chills,' epidemiologist says The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it will not review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, despite late-stage trials showing it was safe and effective. The rejection has many in and ...

Voting matters

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Ford says students must be focused on ‘jobs of the future’ and not ‘basket-weaving courses’ Ontario Premier Doug Ford is standing behind his government’s decision to lift a freeze on college and university tuition, telling reporters that some institutions could have been forced to close with...

"Ford says students must be focused on ‘jobs of the future’ and not ‘basket-weaving courses’"

Considering this man never finished high school, I'd take his "advice" with a huge grain of salt. 😒

#FordFailedEducation #FordFailedOntario #onpoli #cdnpoli

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The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay "We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."

I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.

Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

‪Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

a man in a purple shirt with the words even in this part of the galaxy Alt: Spock says even in this part of the galaxy, 2 + 2 = 4

If the party leaders LIBNDPGRN continue to deny a coalition because their delusions of grander are more important than Ontarians, then Ford has already won on the split vote. It's basic math.

@beynate.bsky.social must be asked before he's anointed leader, if he'll form a coalition. If no, Ford wins

Epstein files: Yale bars David Gelernter from teaching classes amid review of emails Former Harvard University President Larry Summers last fall stopped teaching classes there after fallout from his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.

Yale University said Wednesday that it has barred professor David Gelernter from teaching computer science classes, for now, as the university conducts a review of his contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, which included mentioning a Yale student for a potential project.

Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.

At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.

Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:

Chantal Hébert on CUSMA negotiations: "I think it's pretty clear by now that the current Prime Minister has the backing of Canadians to not agree to turn Canada into basically a client state of the US administration."

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

still can't believe ontario keeps voting for a guy whose idea of making things better for its residents is "force way more debt on university students," "build spa literally no one wanted," and "dig underground car tunnel literally no one asked for" like how are we this masochistic

Lee Smolin, physicist. 39/

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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters

Email them about this too:

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CPP investment arm faces criticism over $300M US in funding for Elon Musk's xAI | CBC News The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is facing criticism for having provided $300 million US for the funding of infrastructure for Elon Musk's xAI, the company behind the controversial Gro...

Hi 🇨🇦- email Canada Pension Plan about investing $300 M USD in Elon Musk, xAI, and Grok at contact@cppib.com !!

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Yeah; not to mention that if you tell me you’re still active on Twitter, I will have questions…🤔

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

I've set up a recurring appointment for myself to call the office of the Ontario premier to politely complain about one decision a week. You could do the same. There are so many issues. It takes 5 minutes. 416-325-1941
Or email if you prefer premier@ontaio.ca

Vinay Prasad, child murderer - Lawyers, Guns & Money The editorial board at the World Socialist Review Wall Street Journal centers the RFK Jr. henchman responsible for destroying many potential life-saving innovations for literally no reason whatsoever ...

"It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad"
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FYI - Lifetouch does school photos in British Columbia.

The Epstein class uses their school photos to what… target our kids? 😳

#CanadaSky

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!

"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

Post from Art Director Bill Robinson on LinkedIn saying: Welp, it finally happened. I was hired to work on a MAJOR live action Hollywood film (and I mean it’s one of the biggest anticipated films of the year). They needed a small animated sequence and wanted a character designer. I was handed a ChatGPT image and told “make it different”. I did - I spent hours finessing the design into something better and more specific for the character in the film. Waited a week for notes - then was told they got clearance from legal to use the original AI image instead. No need for any further work. This is what the director wanted. What are we doing as a society? What’s the endgame here? Replace every human until we are all homeless? I just don’t get it. If a major Hollywood film with a huge budget doesn’t see the need to work with real artists, is there any hope left?

Dude regularly works for Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix and CN so speculate away. But this sucks no matter which studio is doing it, and gross to think some major movie this year is running with a plagiarized image from ChatGPT.

Microsoft AI CEO: 'Most, if not all' white-collar tasks can be replaced by AI within 12-18 months Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.

M&Ms CEO: 'most, if not all' meals can be replaced by M&Ms within 12-18 months

On the left: an image of a figure skater on a pink background. On the right: text that reads “The sports organization that stood up to Alberta. Skate Canada won’t host events in jurisdictions with anti-trans policies. FIFA and the Olympics should do the same”

Skate Canada generated more than $2.2 million in event revenue in 2025. By pulling its events from Alberta, the organization is not only making a statement against the province’s anti-trans policies but denying them a boost in tourism and prestige. https://ow.ly/vhoH50YeQOV

Not knowing that your best friend is a child sex trafficker is not the defense you think it is.

NIH Director photo edited to show him wearing the Mike Tyson face tattoo as part of an "Eat Real Food" campaign. Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist.

Here is an image the NIH Director just shared on Twitter: A poster of him wearing a tattoo from a convicted rapist.

Every parent of an unvaccinated child with measles during a doctor's visit.

Can you do anything for my child? No.

Why haven't I come down with measles?

Doctor: you were vaccinated.

Schools scrap picture day after Epstein link to photo company uncovered — Raw Story Parents and critics alike erupted in fury Friday after an alleged Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator was linked to one of the nation’s largest school photography companies, prompting multiple districts to...

This is outrageous. School photo giant Lifetouch is owned by Apollo Global Management co-founded by Leon Black, a major Epstein backer. Now we learn Apollo’s CEO, Marc Rowan, also had Epstein ties.

No wonder districts are canceling picture day.

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

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‘A different set of rules’: thermal drone footage shows Musk’s AI power plant flouting clean air regulations

Images confirm xAI is continuing to defy EPA regulations in Mississippi to power its flagship datacenters

Thanks! I emailed them at contact@cppib.com