Jeff Samsonow (non-Halloween name)

Crosstitch guide image reads “this machine kills fascists” with clipart images of an onion, a sub and a bottle of mustard

Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc

This makes sense. I wish we could hurry up and get to the point where folks in healthcare have to wear better masks and the increased market makes options economically viable for companies to produce (like we have with ASTM3 masks now).

For reusable masks, Enro was my go-to but they seem to have stopped shipping to Canada. Respro is on my list of masks to check out though!

Vitacore! I was trying to remember the other Canadian brand I had seen with a black mask. We've got a bunch of (white) Can99s right now.

Bingo card filled with Covid prevention action items ranging from stocking up on respirator supplies and changing filters on the air cleaner to recording CO2 readings for indoor CO2 tracking maps and contacting local representatives about issues regarding clean air devices, mask bans, and vaccine eligibility. Also includes action items involving contacting local businesses regarding curbside pickup, CO2 monitoring, clean air devices, and Covid-safer event policies.

Cootie Assessor game based on the paper cootie catcher or fortune teller games to print out and fold. This game features a variety of masks and respirators as well as Covid/virus mitigation tools such as air cleaners, testing, far-UVC, vaccines, mouthwash and nasal spray, hypochlorous acid, and hand hygiene. The inner flaps have messages that reveal the situation the player is in using the mitigation items they chose. The innermost section contains a series of CO2 monitors based on the Airvalent with ppm readings correlating with the color and emoji faces on the monitor displays.

Coming soon for download to the Covid-Safe Scouts website — Covid Prevention Action Bingo and Covid-Safe Cootie Assessor

Fun* games to play to boost awareness of virus mitigation techniques

I'm wearing a mask with different coloured hearts.

Black mask with geometric shapes while I pose all serious at Manchester Square, Edmonton's faux-Euro streetscape

A mask with multi-coloured streaks from a mural design, while I'm standing under Edmonton's Pride Corner street sign.

Me in a light grey mask with snowflake design, in a blue toque under string lights at a seacan business park.

These are not proper N95s, so you can understand my confusion and interest on the matter.

I am genuinely curious why we have plenty of earloop mask colours but nothing for headband-style masks (which tend to be the most protective). It's the same material, no? Truly a mystery of the pandemic.

I do not understand the lack of colour options for N95s. We finally got something non-white though!

a woman in a purple top is talking to a man in a red shirt . Alt: Penny on Happy Endings saying "ahmahzing"

Two of the TV comedy greats and I will never entertain comments otherwise.

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.

A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

I’m gutted by this decision. So many excellent editors and writers impacted. My column, Disability Visibility is no more as well. Many thanks to Allegra for giving me this amazing opportunity www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...

I'm not sure there's anyone on the planet who deserved to celebrate the defeat of Andrew Cuomo more than Lindsey, who had unimaginable amounts of courage in coming forward and continuing to push until he suffered actual consequences for sexual harassment

thrilled for her

The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani.

The president and his allies came after him.

Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute.

He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters.

His politics can win anywhere.

The problem with capitalism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

lotta colors and textured clouds over the Manhattan skyline

feeling sorry for all the millionaires and billionaires who didn’t get to see this perfect NYC sunset because they fled the city forever today. 😞

Moving marginalized people to government camps is an idea with a long and shameful history. Japanese detention camps. Nazis rounding up people they didn’t like. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Just to remind ppl that zohran campaigned as unapologetically pro-Palestine so stop saying it’s an untenable position

That's weirdly wild one!

you can win without billionaires supporting you

you can win without party leadership endorsing you

you can win unapologetically standing with every persecuted minority pundits say are too politically toxic to touch

we could do everything about this process differently if we wanted to

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

Follow AP for live updates.

So refreshing to see a politician be an unapologetic champion for LGBTQ+ rights, stopping the genocide in Gaza, even kicking cars out the lanes that buses drive on, and winning!

Maybe being cowardly and quiet is a losing strategy!

In addition to be overjoyed that Mamdani won, I'm incredibly relieved that a serial sexual abuser lost.

The crowd has gone silent at Cuomo's party.

roses are red
big laughs are hearty

Screenshots from the New York Times announcing Zohran Mamdani will be New York's first Muslim, South Asian and youngest-ever mayor.

Screenshots from the New York Times announcing Zohran Mamdani will be New York's first Muslim, South Asian and youngest-ever mayor.

I ❤️ democratic socialism

COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms? Limited COVID-19 surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say.

Do those who accuse scientists & others of being too focused on COVID appreciate that part of the reason we read & critique so many studies is that we really want to find high quality evidence that we're wrong? Nobody wants this current reality, but here we are. 😷💉 🪟💨

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

"[A]n austerity budget, for some [but not] defence... The feds plan to cut $57B in programs over 5 years... 40% more than [the Liberal] spring election platform [and] on par with what the Conservatives wanted to cut... we now estimate [total job cuts] at 40,000 people between 2024 and 2028"

Another vote on electoral reform and another win for change. But Canada's various levels of government have yet to listen to people who vote for change. Maybe the Yukon will be the first to finally make the move. electionsyukon.ca/en/plebisc...