Splarke

Splarke

@splarke.bsky.social

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Because the UCP are led by anti-vaxxers they will never tell Albertans where & how to get vaxxed so we have to spread this info ourselves You can get your shots at your pharmacy Flu shots are free Covid is free for some but might be covered by insurance #ableg #abpoli www.alberta.ca/respiratory-...

alberta.caRespiratory virus season – Get vaccinatedLearn about the risk of the different respiratory viruses and how to protect yourself and your family.

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Replying to @docmcohen.medsky.social

Anyway, this clinic is just one example of a growing predatory industry in Canada that uses the familiar rhetoric of "taking control" of your health to sell you cheap, covered blood tests at a huge mark-up. I wrote about this a few yrs ago and we're only going to see more like it in the future.

healthydebate.caThe wellness profiteers of virtual health care - Healthy DebateThe virtual care industry has boomed. But with it has come a host of wellness scams offering up a number of unproven health-care remedies.

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There has never been an "open borders" policy in this country, and she knows it. She was demanding more immigrants until it became convenient to scapegoat those immigrants for the very failures of her government in housing and healthcare. She's just bald-faced lying for her own political benefit.

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NEW: It’s been three years since the RCMP launched a criminal investigation into Premier Doug Ford’s Greenbelt land swap. A former Ontario attorney general says the Mounties should properly update the public on the status of the probe. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

thestar.comThree years later, RCMP says investigation into Doug Ford’s Greenbelt scandal is still ‘ongoing’It has been more than 1,100 days since the Mounties launched their probe into Ford's $8.28-billion land swap on Oct. 10, 2023.

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Let me be clear: we know from evidence in countries around the world that physician dual practice drains resources away from the public system and, in many cases, increases wait times for public patients. This goes directly against the spirit of the Canada Health Act. 1/3

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"Massive crowd outside Palantir’s HQ in central London. Throw this evil corporation out of our public services." via Global Justice Now

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Canadians build great technology. Some of them are sitting in your app store right now, waiting for a turn. From email to streaming to ride apps, each of these alternatives is Canadian-owned and operated. (A check mark means I use it myself!) ✅ Our full list is at unplug.todmaffin.com #BuyCanadian

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Replying to @naheednenshi.bsky.social

Reminder: every single NDP MLA signed a pledge to oppose separatism. Every single UCP MLA refused to sign.

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That a Musk-owned X is incompatible with democracy should really go without saying

Dean Baker@deanbaker13.bsky.social

Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...

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Great advice even tho I'm clearly not following it: get off social media and fill your days with real things

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Former and current staff at Ontario’s Ministry of Environment tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social that Bill 5, and the death of the Endangered Species Act, left them powerless in protecting at-risk species. “We were essentially silenced.”

thenarwhal.caInside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act

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We keep imagining the machine as the villain. Look at the humans holding the leash. “The risks are that it will obey them.” — Julian Sanchez That’s the line that stays with you.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social

Broken Record: The risk of AI is not that it will go Skynet and disobey its human masters. The risks are that it will obey them.

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GOODFELLAS was released 36 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the great Hollywood gangster movies and among the most popular films of director Martin Scorsese, the story of how it was made will have you carrying Henry Hill’s mother’s groceries all the way home… 1/56

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On International Literacy Day, we're looking back on how tablets were made of wood and wax. This wax tablet is a 2,000-year-old homework book, with a Greek maxim copied out by a student. How do you 'clear the screen' on a wax tablet? Find out in our blog: link.bl.uk/blw