Refusing to build supportive housing for those who would otherwise be homeless means more unhoused people living on our streets and in our parks, AND much higher public costs paid by all of us. It’s as simple as that. #UrbanTruth
It's hilarious that "working class" now applies exclusively to the racist failsons of regional car dealership owners but every unemployed trans person is an "elite".
they knew they could get away with it because they practiced all those times on the “narco-terrorist” boats, where they also killed the survivors, and nobody sent them to The Hague about it so they are running completely unchecked right now with full use of the arsenal. I do not know how this ends
“But it makes no sense that we should be afraid of places where people can get most of what we need, closer by. Maybe our kids can even walk to the store! No walls, no guards…It’s just a normal, “common sense” place to live — as most cities used to be, before we mandated car dependency.” #UrbanTruth
Stanley Plotkin had a major hand in the development of a number of vaccines in use today; he designed the rubella vaccine. He remembers the world before widespread use of vaccines & knows what's coming as vaccine policy is rewritten & vaccine confidence is eroded. www.statnews.com/2026/03/02/s...
🧵One thing I’ll always remember from when mask mandates were dropped is how gleefully my colleagues at the time rushed back to normal.
I begged them to consider what it meant for high risk folks like me.
“Everyone has to take personal responsibility,” said my boss. (1/3)
As a social worker, I agree that Brian's book will give you a better understanding of our unhoused crisis, and from a place of empathy motivate you to want to help. Go buy his book.
It’s entirely possible that this was at least partially about ending their association w/black and queer people. Now they will try to rebuild as the “safe” third space, by which they mean a space where white people feel safe.
The problem is the usual one. We make shit cool.
See also Starbucks.
PLEASE HELP US SHARE THIS: “We’ve let the lies be far too successful, and that’s significantly hurt our cities. No more.”
It’s our blunt NEW @usa.streetsblog.org op-ed sharing why we’ve created @urbantruth.bsky.social. SPOILER: We need to call out the lies and tell the truth much more persuasively!
Emmanuel Damas in a patterned dress shirt and striped tie leaning against a metal railing on a sunny residential street with red brick rowhouses and flowering trees in the background.
Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.
Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.
A tooth infection.
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When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.
As climate change accelerates "fire weather," we are witnessing a global shift toward successional traps—dehydrated landscapes locked in a cycle of frequent, high-intensity burning.
#climatechange #wildfire #firemanagement #hydrology #watermanagement #mesophication #bioticpump #deforestation
Episode image for Sarah Biffen featuring some of Biffen’s art, and a picture of Kristen Lopez
Sarah Biffen was one of the most popular portrait artists of the Regency Era. How did a farm workers daughter, born with no hands, become so successful she even painted the King? We discuss her epic story this week on Vulgar History, with guest @kristenklopez.bsky.social
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AI health #misinformation is getting harder to spot. Canadians are falling for it, expert warns www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic... via CTV News
Me: “And very recent studies tell us that when AI images are included in content, we’re more likely to fall for misinformation.”
We need to address men's health.
But does being 'manly' make you healthier and happier? Nope
My take: www.cbc.ca/documentarie...
The embrace of traditional masculine norms associated < wellbeing & < health. Ignore manosphere BS.
Soon: on CBC's The Current with @mattgalloway.bsky.social. 📻
This image shows gauges with the Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right: Canada: HIGH - 6.7 Alberta: HIGH - 6.5 British Columbia: MODERATE - 4.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 10.0 New Brunswick: HIGH - 7.1 Newfoundland & Labrador: MODERATE - 4.7 North: HIGH - 6.7 Nova Scotia: HIGH - 6.0 Ontario: HIGH - 7.7 Prince Edward Island: MODERATE - 4.9 Quebec: HIGH - 6.6 Saskatchewan: HIGH - 8.1 A text box reads: 'The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).'
Canadian COVID Forecast: Feb 28 - Mar 13, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: MB
HIGH: CAN, AB, NB, North, NS, ON, QC, SK
MODERATE: BC, NL, PEI
About 1 in 99 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
I paid $18,000 for a new high-efficiency heating system last year. I had one at my old house and expected to see a similar savings.
My bill went UP. Why? Not because of my usage; bc of the distribution and other charges tacked on by my utility company in PA. I’m subsidizing AI data centers. 😡
Tomorrow AM I'm chatting with @mattgalloway.bsky.social on CBC's The Current about #masculinity and the #manosphere.
What impact is it having on health & wellbeing?
Please check out our @cbcgem.bsky.social doc on point! gem.cbc.ca/harder-bette... 💪
Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!
1/ If I hear one more public official call indoor air filters a "band-aid," I'm going to explode! Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop. 🧵
just finished "Perilous Times" by @thomasdlee.bsky.social and my heart is full 😭💖
Arthurian knights wake up in future Britain and a dragon is not their only problem.
there's nobody coming to save us but we can come together to fight the horrors if we hope & trust a better world is possible. #BookSky
💙📚🌈📚🪐
@aquedita.bsky.social pitched this series as "Terry Pratchett x Kit Rocha" and I am like *give eyes now plz, eyes need book in them, why weekend almost done?*
And it's beyond rude for the US publisher to cancel the contract bc it's "too queer"? 💢 I want MORE like this, not less!
ICE is still here in MN, and our neighbors are still in hiding. Rent is due TODAY, and I’m scrambling to raise funds to keep immigrant families in need out of eviction court. Can you help?
V: @Ian-Coldwater
CA: $iancoldwater
PP: @coldwater
Please share and give if you can! Thank you! 🌷
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
It’s now March, and therefore the start of my spring #TenMinMerlin!
Pretty typical morning here in my urban yard— nonstop noise from my many neighbor House Sparrows and cardinals, sporadic calls from the rest. Saw at least eight more species that didn’t vocalize yet, hopefully I’ll get them later!
Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.
Much of the nation is about to experience a Massive March Heatwave over the next 10 days, with temps jumping 20-40°F above normal. We call it a blowtorch. 70s and big-time snow melt & flooding in the Northeast by next week? It’s possible! 1/
There's much to say about what's going on, but what strikes me the most is just how embarrassing he is. The guy who launched an illegal attack that will lead to war and the likely destabilization of much of the Middle East for no real reason is posting like a middle schooler struggling with English.
“Before even getting to her views on public health issues, there is absolutely nothing in Means' background to suggest she would be qualified to serve as surgeon general. No clinical experience, no public health training - just a large social media presence with a sketchy business background”
Casey Means is a wellness guru, a grifter, that promotes without care to product safety. Does not disclose that she does not use said product. Gets paid to pretend she is personally endorsing. She is NOT an honest person.
Say No to Casey Means as Surgeon General.
She does not care about your health
