Kelly-Anne Riess

On the left: a photo of four sets of clothing belonging to doctors and nurses on a black background. On the right: text that reads “In a rare move, two Manitoba hospitals declared unsafe for nurses. Staff describe being punched, kicked, and sexually assaulted. The union is discouraging its members from working at the facilities.”

This year, the Manitoba Nurses Union took the extraordinary step of grey-listing two health care facilities deemed unsafe due to violence against staff. @kellyriess.bsky.social takes a closer look at a provincial and national crisis unfolding in plain sight: thewalrus.ca/manitoba-hospita...

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As some of you know, I’m the editor of The Flatlander, an independent news publication covering #Saskatchewan and #Manitoba.

I'm launching a healthcare series, and I want you to help shape it. What’s affecting your family? Long wait times? ER closures? No mental health support?

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Well, the geese are Canadian and many Canadians aren’t happy with the current American president, so…

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We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

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Red Fox - February 2024 #NaturePhotography #Saskatoon #Saskatchewan

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100% agree. It’s time for the RB “benchmark” driver to get his chance at the bigger team.

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Opinion | Enough To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.

“The biggest challenge of our lifetime will be figuring out how to combat the American willingness to embrace flagrant misinformation and bigotry.” -Roxanne Gay

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#democracy #USElection #misinformation

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… what Dorsey and Musk don’t seem to realize is that many people don’t want to interact with racists and extremists. I personally prefer my digital spaces hate-free.

15.11.2024 13:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was curious if Jack Dorsey was still involved with #Bluesky but he left over concerns with its content moderation. As I understand it, he is another #freespeech absolutist, and he didn’t like that Bluesky took down an account whose handle was an anti-Black slur…

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I hope The Onion buys Twitter next...

14.11.2024 16:37 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

On the to do list today:

Help decorate a float that will be in a Santa Claus parade, later go to a paranormal investigation just for kicks.

#tgif

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The Beaverton salutes The Onion for buying InfoWars.
And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.

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Ok. I’m finally going to try this Bluesky thing…

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