Canadians… how are you doing?

just got my flu and covid shots at walgreens today so they gave me two free band-aids. i’ve shaken them down for so many free band-aids at this point. i’m so good at cleaning them out in this manner that i have been invited to become a “made man” by the mafia

Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines This cohort study investigates the association between booster vaccinations containing the JN.1 lineage and 29 serious adverse events in Denmark.

COVID vaccines available in AB (though many barriers, sigh).

Remember, large body of evidence: safe & effective.

For example, recent study involving approx 1 million adults: "NO increased risk of 29 adverse events was observed after vaccination..."

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

After curtain at Pantages Theatre...streets were already thronged, just got carried along...watched replays on a tiny TV through the window of a tiny restaurant (maybe a Pizza Pizza?) at Dundas & Church, squeezed on the sidewalk with around 50 ecstatic strangers. Amazing night!

Useful every day tbh

(For disclosure: I thought I was invincible too)

Re: participants—how was self-diagnosis determined to be false? Was increase in self-awareness considered? Also curious about weight given to ADHD ed vs nocebo ed; whether previous/current C19 cases controlled for as can cause similar symptoms. (Will look up study!)

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS - KFF Health News The idea that airplane vapors are toxic to people or that there are ongoing efforts to intentionally change the climate made the social media rounds. Now, it has found advocates at the Department of H...

Now RFK Jr is gonna tackle chemtrails?

Of course he is.

How on brand.

How ridiculous.

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS kffhealthnews.org/news/article... via @kff.org

A good example of how the absurd can morph into policy. Sigh.

Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.

“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy. It feels like the world has moved on.”

It’s shameful how society is gaslighting people who are experiencing chronic illness and ignoring an ongoing public health crisis.

And there's not much more empathy for people with visible disabilities either...yet 25+% of the working age population is disabled, and growing. You're not as invincible as you think you are.

RFK Jr.'s Autism "Cure" Isn't About Tylenol, It's About "Fixing" Autistic People Like Me Efforts to cure autism are built on the false idea that there is something inherently wrong with us.

"Efforts to cure autism are built on the false idea that there is something inherently wrong with us." Read the full #OpEd asserting that RFK Jr.'s autism “cure” is less about Tylenol than it is "fixing" autistic people who do not want or need fixing. ⬇️

Marked Safe From Taking medical advice from someone who can't pronounce acetaminophen Today

Call me old fashioned, but if you can’t pronounce the name of a drug, you should not be making policies to restrict it.

So by declaring "Antifa" anti-US gov't, aren't the US gov't officially naming themselves "fascist" without saying so?

Your smartphone and you: A handbook to modern mobile maintenance They are tethered to wireless networks, and we are tethered to them. We spend so much time with smartphones, yet most of us devote little of it contemplating our small computers. We often treat these ...

The most useful info you'll see today! A handbook to modern mobile maintenance freedom.press/digisec/blog... ➡️ @freedom.press

Motherfucking wind farms…

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with August 10 data
- Kingston, London, Sudbury, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, SK

wwater.ca

Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Antivaxxers love accusing scientists of censorship but in reality they are the ones trying censor science.

RFK just tried bullying a scientific journal into retracting a major study of 1.2 M kids that found that aluminum in vaccines do not increase the risk of autism or asthma. The journal refused.

CSA standards review for life-saving respirator use in Canadian healthcare, public comment closes soon!

Robot with a switch that goes from irreverent to maudlin

Futurama accidentally predicted the two moods of the modern day poster

Rights hero shares her AI playbook with publishers | Google's AI Overviews 'causing irreparable harm' says landmark complaint #61 | PLUS: State AI regulation ban is set to return | Cloudflare blocks the bots | Authors seek publishers' pledges | BBC to publicly trial gen AI |✨AND: What's real or fake with The Velvet Sundown?

This fantastic newsletter is keeping a close eye on how/where human creators & their champions are holding the line against roboti-creep:

Rights hero shares her AI playbook with publishers | Google's AI Overviews 'causing irreparable harm' says landmark complaint open.substack.com/pub/grahamlo...

Canada has a far-right extremism problem.

In today’s episode, Evan Balgord from @antihate.ca joins me to expose one of Canada’s largest far-right groups and to talk about the global rise of the far right.

Here’s a sneak peek:

“Even if it’s not true, sharing this information is useful because it alerts people to this possibility of foreign interference through influencers."

How to Fight the AI Job Threat? ‘Think Like a Human’ | The Tyee David Weitzner on how Big Tech wants you to feel hopeless and why you shouldn’t. A Tyee Q&A.

'I argue that the fight is between “artful thinkers” and “algorithmic supremacists.”'

Super interesting interview with York University prof ‪David Weitzner‬ by labour reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

Friends & Family Support Systems for LGBTQ+ Youth Discover ways to support LGBTQ+ young people through FAQs and educational resources for friends and family members.

The news really sucks today.

Instead of boosting a harmful Supreme Court decision, here’s something better:
a practical guide on how to support the LGBTQ+ youth in your life.

Because they deserve our attention, our protection, and our love. 💖🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/ar...

Disney, Universal Launch AI Legal Battle, Sue Midjourney Over Copyright Claims "Piracy is piracy," says Disney's chief legal officer, as the studios aim to show that tools allowing personalized AI slop creations of characters like Darth Vader or Shrek run afoul of their IP.

AI vs. IP. May the best hastily-released update win.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

My local numbers at wastewaterSCAN. For context, in two weeks we’ve gone from one of our lowest points ever to near the peak of last year’s winter wave.

The #NoKings march in Dallas, Texas is HUGE!

Holy shit, New York!

Here’s the full view.

#NoKings #50501Movement

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.