"There were no provisions. People died of malnutrition and had no means to leave. Historians call it a death camp, a place meant for Dakotas to go and die.”

Cheaper but this way is crueler AND griftier

Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...

STUDY: Covid during pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues in kids.

So… by attacking Covid vaccines (all vaccines) thus contributing to the spread of Covid, are dangerous anti-vaxers like RFK Jr actually fuelling autism rates?

More plausible than other things RFK Jr. has been blaming.

Illustration of a hare lighting candles on an Advent wreath by DD McInnes

❄️It's time for Old Fox to plan his Advent Calendar! Throughout December, I will be writing one frozen fragment each day, blown in by the North Wind. Join my patreon or buy me a chocolate on Ko-fi (ko-fi.com/annelouiseav...) & write Christmas in the message & I will add you to my list of 24 windows❄️

I think a lot about the chance we had at the start of COVID to finally become a more compassionate, collectivist nation, and how profoundly we were failed not only by the sociopathic greed of the ruling class but by each other.

It doesn’t mean we won’t get there, but the lost opportunity haunts me.

and Kayakers and swimming dogs!

Medieval Vampire Epidemics with John Blair - Medievalists.net This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with John Blair about who refused to rest in peace in the Middle Ages, how medieval people attempted to keep the dead buried, and why some hauntings…

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : Medieval Vampire Epidemics with John Blair www.medievalists.net/2025/10/medi... #Halloween #medieval #podcasts

Saskatoon sees recurring homeless encampments despite cleanup efforts Despite repeated cleanups, homeless encampments continue to appear across Saskatoon, sometimes just days after being cleared, city officials say.

Same problematic response.
Same predictable outcome.

Homelessness is solved with permanent housing, not these temporary non-solutions.

Do better City of Saskatoon!

Leaked memo details service cuts at Royal University Hospital An internal memo, circulated by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) on Sep. 25, details widescale service cuts at Royal University Hospital (RUH).

The healthcare system in Saskatchewan is already suffering and now cuts? The Sask Party govt lack of investment in public healthcare is killing our healthcare system in Saskatchewan: Leaked memo details service cuts at Royal University Hospital www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...

I want to gently push back on this: not being able to read complex writing is not the same as being a low information citizen. Many people can comprehend the topics involved just fine if they are presented in an accessible and understandable manner.

I did not expect this post to resonate with so many people, but it makes sense considering how many people have been laid off or are going through layoffs rn. Gen X and Millennials were also taught to prioritize work and our careers, only to see homes become too expensive to buy and wages stagnate.

A vintage, black-and-white photograph from the 1950s, showing a black cat resting on a grass patch. The cat is lying in a relaxed pose with its body stretched out and its head turned slightly toward the camera. The image has a grainy, textured appearance, typical of photos from this era, and there is a soft blur around the cat’s features, giving it a timeless, slightly mysterious feel.

@catsofyore.bsky.social

A photo of my I don't know how many "greats" grandpa. From around the 1950s, according to the food bringer.

Good news for folks who have wanted stronger hurricanes and a new hurricane scale

No money for teachers? That's because energy executives keep getting their wish. Join us on Nov. 5 in Calgary to learn how Albertans are fighting coal mining in the Rockies and another govt handout to oil and gas companies. Info & RSVP here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary... #ABLeg #ABPoli

It’s impossible to point to a single place in 1) Christian scripture or dogma or 2) the writings of the Founding Fathers where cultural homogeneity is mentioned at all, let alone as a positive good.

God’s *actual* commands re: our neighbor make no mention of their culture or language!

I was on SNAP as a full-time college student with two minimum wage jobs + a federal work study

A Call for the Universal Use of Respirators in Healthcare - Add Your Name In an effort to advance global public health through turbulent times, a group of experts from around the globe in medicine, public health, law, industrial hygiene, and other disciplines, met at the Un...

Doctors & scientists urge WHO: N95s—not surgical masks—must be the standard in healthcare.
Add your name before Oct 31 👇

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#RespiratorsNotSurgicals #ProtectHCWs

Now take this message to politicians in SK. We are just over 1 million people. There is absolutely no reason we should have an unhoused situation except for political will. This is the will of the SaskParty govt to disrupt our lives by not providing the basics of life.

A drawing of two minerals making critical comments

Critical minerals

Wondering whether Dungeons and Dragons players could carry Tetrahedrite to victory. 🤔

Who doesn’t love four-sided dice?! 🙂

#OreCup

New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown

A couple lil pink baby stinkbugs emerging from their eggs onto a plant stem that looks covered in cotton candy.

BRAND NEW SENTENCE LEVEL RESEARCH

Dinidorid stinkbug females are armed with leg holsters containing cordyceps species that they use to inoculate their egg clusters & grow a fuzzy fungal blankie that excludes parasitic wasps.

There is a LOT going on down there! #虫🌎

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

Nothing, You Loser GIF Alt: Willy Wonka saying "You get nothing, you lose, good day sir"

Dear "news" web site owners: if your "news" article doesn't have in the first paragraph information about the actual thing I clicked through to learn about, I will block your entire domain henceforth, learn how to fucking write a news article god damn it

30 years ago I joined 100,000 Canadians who travelled to Montreal for a massive Unity Rally, encouraging Quebecers to vote “no” in the independence referendum. It was exhilarating as a student in Canadian history to feel like I was contributing to that history. I will never stop fighting for Canada.

Friends are proud of you, too. Take care of your immune response and rest and go to office tomorrow.

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Elisabeth R. O’Connell · In Her Green Necklace: Mummy Portraits The mummy portraits are stunning. Their production began around 30-40 ce, sixty or so years after the defeat of Antony...

‘When mummies with painted panels are inscribed, their names are usually given in their Greek form and in Greek script.’

Elisabeth R. O’Connell on the mummy portraits of Hawara.

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Not only is it going to be a hunger crisis, it's going to be a farm crisis. All those gallons of milk bought from dairy farmers, all the produce, all the on sale ground beef and packs of chicken that are paid for by SNAP are subsidies to farmers who don't qualify for commodities subsidies.

Marc Lobliner post on X: "Why the hell are we giving food stamps to 40 million people? Does anyone work anymore?"

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.

Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:

* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled

* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages