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Just to be clear, Cdn rec centres should definitely have PAID staff. Toronto used to provide PAID staff and little shed in most public parks. They lent out sports equipment & helped organize pick-up games, crafts, etc

Now publicly-funded rec centres require $$ to join & races for few open spots.

Thank you!

she earned a degree from NYU and a J.D. from UNC School of Law. Her law dean—a former agent—saw her potential and encouraged her to apply to an overwhelmingly White-male FBI. When she graduated from the FBI Academy, she was 1 of only ~40 women in a sea of 8,500 agents. (cont)

Affiche avec le message suivant : "Pandémie en cours. SARS-CoV-2 n’est pas un rhume. Ce virus tue les plus vulnérables d’entre nous. Et tout le monde est à risque de Covid long et de séquelles. C’est une maladie multisystémique qui peut atteindre n’importe quel système ou organe. Et les risques augmentent avec les réinfections. SARS-CoV-2 se transmet par aérosols, il se transmet dans l’air que vous respirez dans les lieux clos (bondés ou pas) et les lieux extérieurs (si proximité). Le port d’un masque FFP2, symptômes ou pas, et la qualité de l’air intérieur sont efficaces pour se protéger et protéger les autres. Ce sont des gestes de sécurité et de solidarité.

Rappel: ce qu'on vous a vendu comme une "fin de pandémie" ou une "nouvelle normalité" ce sont des réinfections Covid pendant des années au risque de décès, covid long et séquelles, y compris pour les enfants (ça peut aller très vite).

Canadians 🇨🇦👇🏻 Will you please sign this petition, all federal party leaders must have full security clearance?

Federal Court Rules ICE Can Continue to Imprison Immigrants Without Bond The decision eliminates the possibility of release for tens of thousands of immigrants detained in inhumane conditions.

The decision eliminates the possibility of release for tens of thousands of immigrants detained in inhumane conditions.

I remember the commercials flooding Copenhagen streets and bus stops, to make the f35 purchase more palatable.
Of course pilots want the best, but as was mentioned, if a good plane can't get the right parts, it's not a trusted aircraft and good pilots know the value of the mechanics of flight.

Craig Baird is creating Canadian history content Hello!Bringing Canadian history to people is my full-time job through my podcast Canadian History Ehx, and on social media.I love Canadian history and I share my passion with my listeners and viewers.

I hope you enjoyed that look at Billy Bishop.

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Black-and-white photograph of Billy Bishop seated in the open cockpit of an early biplane aircraft. He is turned slightly toward the camera, wearing a dark jacket, with short hair visible. The aircraft’s metal fuselage, struts, cables, and part of the wing structure fill the foreground and upper frame. Trees and a building appear blurred in the background.

The Germans called him "Hell's Handmaiden".
Each time he returned to his aerodrome, his airplane was riddled with bullet holes.
No British Empire First World War pilot had more confirmed air victories than him.
This is the story of Billy Bishop.

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Many of the Gaza scams clearly organized- same content, appear in distinct waves / batches.

Bluesky needs to be better at stopping them at source.

Also, BS reporting feature not designed to report organized scams.

Like a common phrase but with random letter substitution.

@safety.bsky.app

Yeah - it's an organized scam. Bluesky should be blocking them at source.

The content is sufficiently predictable that a quick little algorithm should identify them along with their origin. That's BS's job.

It's different from random scammers bc it's organized.

Going to start calling it the “Washington Past”.

If Vance isn’t able to attend an Olympic event without an entourage of armored vehicles that looks like he just landed at Normandy in 1944, maybe he shouldn’t go.

New Mexico governor signs Immigrant Safety Act among other bills into law New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed four bipartisan bills into law, focusing on improving health care access, investing in statewide infrastructur

"The new law forbids counties and local law enforcement from contracting with ICE. It mandates that public bodies terminate any existing immigration detention agreements and prohibits the use of public property for federal civil immigration detention..."

kfoxtv.com/news/local/n...

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance An electronic petition on the parliament website calls on the House of Commons to require all federal party leaders to obtain and maintain top-secret security clearance.

Petition calls for federal party leaders to get top-secret security clearance #Canada

Link for petition in thread below, please sign if you haven’t yet signed.

/1 thread

www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

How Black health-care pioneers influenced modern medicine in Canada | CBC News From early public health advocacy to modern research, Black Canadian physicians and health professionals have shaped medicine, patient care and policy across the country. Yet many of their contributio...

"For much of the 20th century, Black physicians were significantly underrepresented in Canadian medicine, often navigating exclusion from training programs, leadership roles and professional networks."

America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry Electric vehicles are a fast-growing share of auto sales in many countries, and Chinese automakers are benefiting as the US industry pulls back.

EVs now represent more than 10% of new car sales in 39 countries, including Vietnam at 38% and Indonesia at 15%.

In the U.S., that figure is less than 10%.

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Is there a way to report organized scams on Bluesky? I've now blocked multiple Gaza scams in just the last two days.

They use a mix of alpha and numeric in the text, making it harder to search & block. Having BS block them at source would be better.

@support.bsky.team @safety.bsky.app

Screenshot of a Bluesky profile and one post. Profile: [image of a man and young boy] Account: @mhm0dsfmlykc607 Don't turn away from our suffering Supp0rt my family in Gaza Post: "I'm sorry if this message bothered you" I'm Mahmod from Gaza, a software engineer

ALERT
Increasing spam accounts ("in Gaza") - soliciting funds.

- ask for direct $$ (not an agency)
- fake name
- same phrase, but using non-alpha characters in diff locations

"Supp0rt my family in Gaza"

"Support my f@mily in Gaza"

"Support my family in Gaz@"

#Palestine #scam

Here's something to think about...

When govts do "school vouchers", which fund private & religious schools- who do the school grounds belong to?

Public schools can be turned into community centers when student enrollment drops, and back to schools when it rises.

But public $ on private schools?

Definitely, Canada should use school grounds more efficiently- before / after care, weekends, evenings- for kids & parents. Also libraries- one few free "3rd spaces" left, already offers semi-supervised care, clubs, meeting spaces...

Look to Mamdani - spend tax $$ on people = fiscal responsibility

YouTube video by Deep River Public Library Inquiring Minds 03: Mark Ungrin - Science, Pseudoscience and Public Policy

Policy on health is clearly broken - politicized, out of touch, reactive and slow. My recent keynote at the Canadian Biosafety Symposium took a big-picture look at how and why that's happening, and how we can turn things around.

Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.

Introduction to Far-UVC and Air Purifiers Using computational modeling to understand how to best use these technologies in the real world The Science Behind the Comparison To understand the differences between Far-UVC and filtration, we need ...

@nukit.bsky.social has posted an outstanding modeling effort on her blog at www.nukit222.com/blogs/info/f.... and on that other site x.com/NukitToBeSur.... She not only shows how she did the modeling but also the conclusions she reached and how to think about Far-UVC/air purifier combinations.

Nukit on X: "Since the people who are receiving grants to promote and educate the public about Far-UVC are too busy giving lap dances to the Far-UVC companies whose products they are supposed to be researching without bias and in general trying to "get their beak's wet", while those same https://t.co/bdmboCEOu9" / X Since the people who are receiving grants to promote and educate the public about Far-UVC are too busy giving lap dances to the Far-UVC companies whose products they are supposed to be researching without bias and in general trying to "get their beak's wet", while those same https://t.co/bdmboCEOu9

@nukit.bsky.social has posted another outstanding tutorial on 222nm UVC. It's on that other site x.com/NukitToBeSur.... This time she explains radiant power output vs. irradiance at nadir and polar plots. A must-read if you're contemplating UVC and you're at least slightly technical.

The Nukit Lantern 222nm Far-UVC disinfection lamp is back in stock for US and International sales.

nukit222.com/products/nuk...

Far-UVC is effective against all airborne and surface pathogens.

Extensive Third Party Testing- effective, eye and skin safe, no ozone.

Reposts are appreciated🙏🏻

Image shows a SketchUp view of the concept model. It uses four 24x24x1” 3M Filtrete 1900 MERV13 filters in an M configuration, above eight down-blowing 140mm Arctic P14PWM fans. (Shows simplified fan bodies, but not blades ‘cause that was easier to model.)

Finally! I built & tested an open-source concept model air purifier that should be good for schools. Lots of air (CADR > 420 CFM), quiet (<45 dBA), uses <9 W, and ‘cause it’s wall-mounted & down-blowing, it moves air in the right direction & takes up no floor space. Always check my ALTs🧵⬇️

Perhaps those of us straddling the two platforms could commit to making a pitch for BS at least once / day when on Twitter?

Or encourage a single account to make the leap every time we're on Twitter?

Collectively, this might work?

#covid #iaq #MaskUp