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YouTube video by U2 - Topic Mothers Of The Disappeared (Remastered 2007)

OMG, a song of staggering beauty.

Midnight, our sons and daughters
Were cut down and taken from us
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
In the wind we hear their laughter
In the rain we see their tears
Hear their heartbeats
We hear their heartbeats
Ooh, ooh

Progress report:

Lovely 😍

Nasal COVID vaccine boost increases IgA responses linked to variant neutralisation Intranasal boosting after prior intramuscular COVID vaccination induced strong mucosal IgA responses in a small human cohort. These antibodies showed markedly enhanced neutralising activity against Om...

Nasal COVID vaccine boost increases IgA responses linked to variant neutralisation.

"A novel nasal booster approach may help close the gap between systemic vaccination and infection-blocking mucosal immunity, offering fresh insight into next-generation COVID vaccine strategies."

Opinion: Danielle Smith has put out the welcome mat for foreign interference in Canada Alberta’s new Bill 54 makes it much easier to hold a secession referendum - and for adversaries to exploit a societal rift

“Canada should anticipate that the petition and likely referendum on Albertan independence will be subject to foreign interference over both the outcome and the process itself.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Ooh so sorry that makes everything more challenging.

I hope it goes smoothly and your recovery is quick.

World’s Oldest Known Pieces of Sewn Clothing Sat in an Oregon Cave for 12,000 Years Indigenous Americans weathered the Ice Age with style and utility, it seems.

gizmodo.com/worlds-oldes...

Congratulations 🎊

Virginia Tech scientists studied milk from 7 white tailed deer and found it contains SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies and rapidly destroys viral RNA within 30 minutes, suggesting deer milk may block transmission rather than spread the virus.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Evil. With the majority of the Global North complicit, if not actively supporting.

Evil. This is our governments, and those that control them.

Totally not surprised.

I encourage everyone to write to your political representatives especially in the light of Tara Armstrong's hateful comments. She is a Kelowna member of the legislative assembly of BC. What she said was morally repugnant.

Tara Armstrong is a vile bag of piss in a skin suit

@daniellemoodie.bsky.social did a great piece on rhe destructiveness of AI yesterday. It was sobering and scary.

1/8 🇨🇦 CANADA'S WATER TOWERS FAILING 🇨🇦

A new study confirms a long-term decline in snowpack across key watersheds.

It's not just a bad ski season—it's a flashing warning signal for the country's future water supply.

Inayat Singh reports.
#ClimateChange #WaterSecurity #Science #CdnPoli #ClimateSky

No to coal!

"In 2015, his team’s data show there was a major drop in winter snowpack in the Rocky Mountains. By summer, central B.C. was in severe drought, prompting water restrictions and a pause in fishing on the Okanagan River to protect fish stocks."

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

They are probably afraid of Italians spitting in their food.

If anyone is wondering, like I was…

myshakespeare.com/hamlet/the-s...

FYI I’m really giving it to the @bsky.app Twitter account right now about banning and deleting Palestinian accounts here. It’s starting to go viral and more people are starting to see. If they don’t want bad publicity they should change their policy to let them fundraiser here. @support.bsky.team

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

Understatement of the year: That’s a big mismatch

“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know it. That’s a big mismatch,”

Scientists, conservationists warn against closing N.B. fish research facility | CBC News The Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick and Atlantic salmon scientists and conservationists are criticizing the federal decision to close the Mactaquac Biodiversity Facility, which is mainly made up of...

Researchers in NB fear that closure of the Mactaquac fish hatchery will doom salmon in the watershed above the Mactaquac dam. Fish restocking will end, as will maintenance of the salmon gene bank.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The world has too much LNG—so why is Canada fast-tracking more? Trends in global gas markets are flashing warning signs and pointing to mounting risks for Canada’s LNG strategy.

"In a global market defined by oversupply, high-cost LNG projects become high-risk propositions that can jeopardize investor returns, underperform government royalties’ projections, and fail to function as reliable economic engines."

Alberta research centre closure called ‘catastrophe’ | The Western Producer The cattle industry is mourning the loss of Ag Canada’s research centre in Lacombe, Alta., part of sweeping cuts to the department.

Closure of AAFC research sites will harm agricultural production, says industry.

The losses in research capacity are largely aimed at plant breeding. The idea is that corporate sector will pick up the ball. But the result is that we won't get varieties we need 1/2

www.producer.com/news/alberta...

One of the accounts I help that has like 14 followers left a message thanking me and she told me her mother and her children always get excited whenever I share their posts and it seriously made me break down when I read that. Please help us share their posts. Some of them really have nobody.

left page: 3 people from various backgrounds sit together quilting. below, two of them each give the quilt they made to someone in a hospital bed. both recipients smile with gratitude. right page (text): Crafting Guilds Through sharing knowledge, resources, and good company, crafting guilds enable individuals to develop their skills. Individuals are able to expand their craft through collective learning and skill sharing, finding joy in creating together. In the example of quilting guilds, often works produced are gifted to people in hospice care, exiting prisons, or accessing domestic violence shelters.

we share mutual aid in many ways

Harrumph. Time to stock a "banned books" themed little free library.

ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Is your city on the list? | CBC News The U.S. government’s website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa.

"In a letter to the prime minister last week, Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson called on Mark Carney to close ICE field offices in Canada until the “human rights crisis is resolved,” referring to the agency’s operations in the U.S."

Very very seriously. I don't think a lot of Canadians and Albertans understand how this is going to shake out if it goes forward. Many of us will be an illness away from financial ruin. And the cost of health care may well make some of us put off those doctor visits.

First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design The computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats

First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials

A new vaccine, GBP511, developed by UW Medicine, has entered clinical trials in Australia. It targets COVID-19 and related coronaviruses, including future threats, with trials led by South Korean pharmaceutical company SK Bioscience.