OttawaMaryJ

Super interesting piece, imo

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/ 🧵

You want to follow @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social

Pile of books including Gr 11 chemistry textbook, Physiology textbook and Delmar’s comprehensive Medical Terminology.

My kid’s interpretation of “light reading for camp”

Photo of the lake and trees reflected in the still water

I’ll miss this view but it’s nice to come home to my own bed.

Although I adore your medical history content and I hope now that you are enroute to the UK your immigration ordeal is drawing to a close, “boring” is not the word I’d use. Disturbing. Riveting. Unbelievable! I’m sorry this happened but thank you for sharing it.

We have our own bananapants passport story, courtesy of a Cdn passport official making an error and then refusing to admit it. I am perturbed to find out that flight attendants can abuse their power in a similar way. I hope @britishairwayteam.bsky.social makes this right. What a nightmare!

My worst bridge hand of the evening was a doozy. I also had a six of hearts…

Why is this surprising?

Photo of the Bay at Bondi Village in Dwight Ontario. It shows a long dock with two boys standing in the twilight and ducks swimming near the shore. Yellow and grey clouds are reflected in the water.

I do enjoy our annual trek to the cottage here

And garlic..?

Why stop at two? Lol

I recently learned that cricket-spitting is not only a thing, but the world record is over 32ft

You are looking for logic, high unfortunately does not apply here.

S’mores, bonfire, swimming across the lake and a fairy hunt. So pretty great

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

I’m thinking something like must have lived within 100km for the last 12 months. Would there really be a downside to something like that?

“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?

'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.

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

My one adjacent experience with children’s aid many moons ago also suggested strongly a lack of support for foster families which doesn’t help. Perhaps things have improved but I kind of doubt it.

I was hoping to get some weeding in before the rain but the heavens have opened so I can avoid that chore guilt free ;)

Teams is … not great… but it has definitely improved in the last three years, especially with integration of calendaring and with being able to work collaboratively across multiple companies.

I guess I have plans tonight

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...

Reading at the cottage was a thing when my MIL was a child. I don’t think this is a particularly new thing

Oh no thrush is so annoying

I’m ridiculously pleased with my fruit bbq

Woah! That sounds intense