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Saturday Stories: Kid Myths, Monkeypox, and Healthcare
Posted May 21, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Mark Kline, in The Advocate, on kids’ COVID myths.Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on Monkeypox.Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on healthcare’s devastation.
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Today’s News: Here’s some good stuff
Posted May 21, 2022 by Anonymous
Busy day today so its not a long post tonight. First of all, here’s a great news story: On May 18, 2022Saskatoon Tribal Council had the pleasure of witnessing the unveiling of the Fred Sasakamoose statue at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon.https://…
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Soldiers of Ukraine
Posted May 20, 2022 by Anonymous
I have been struck by the number of outstanding photos I am seeing of the brave soldiers fighting for Ukraine. I have been collecting these now for more than a month, and tonight I thought I would post some of the best:
Here are members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces hold Easter cakes near the trenches, outside Kyiv on April 23.
Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
This is Fedir Shandor. He’s fighting for #Ukraine.
In a peaceful life, he’s my colleague — uni lecturer & the Head of the Department of Sociology at Uzhhorod National University.
In the photo, he’s giving online lectures to his students, from the trench on the front line. pic.twitter.com/NPIPAGKWFm— Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun) May 16, 2022
This picture from #Azovstal! #SaveAzovstal #SaveMariupol pic.twitter.com/C7ADl6STyx
— Anonymous Operations (@AnonOpsSE) May 16, 2022
The first female navigator of @UA_NAVY
Eugenia Bakay: “Now you just need to decide – are you ready to defend your country or not”.
(1/4) pic.twitter.com/aocqkMd7K7— ArmyInform (@armyinformcomua) May 13, 2022
Damn, what a scary but beautifully written report from @mschwirtz accompanied by incredible photos from @lynseyaddario. I’m so glad you guys are safe!https://t.co/Yo0u6SIT2X
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 11, 2022
Each region in 🇺🇦has its costumes, cuisine&traditions. But, 🇺🇦is united & ONE in face of🇷🇺
💪So say soldiers of 128 Brigade-Zakarpattia Legion as they proudly display traditional bartka-chiseled shepherd’s axe, lethal weapons & trembita +embroidered Hutsul vest for their spirit! pic.twitter.com/Jc8EMBottZ
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) May 4, 2022
A Ukrainian and A French sniper fighting together against Russian invaders. I feel so much gratitude to the volunteers from different countries who came here to help us fight. pic.twitter.com/Z41XM5QM1A
— Nika Melkozerova (@NikaMelkozerova) May 1, 2022
🔥The darkest time is always before dawn‼️‼️‼️#StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow https://t.co/KbSvKqbu0a pic.twitter.com/PyunGdg33D
— Cargo-200🇺🇦 (@RF200_NOW) April 25, 2022
A fighter in one of the #Ukrainian Special Forces in front of a destroyed #Russian T-72B3.
Glory to #Ukraine 🇺🇦✊🏻 pic.twitter.com/0otwiF5z5A
— Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻 (@CanadianUkrain1) April 22, 2022
An amazing photo: Fighters from the Ukrainian army’s 30th Brigade take their positions in a trench in eastern Ukraine -photo by Ukraine photojournalist Maxim Dondyuk
https://t.co/5D37YpRVfA— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️🌈 (@CathieCanada) April 20, 2022
Olena is an officer in Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Assault Brigade – the Transcarpathian Legion. pic.twitter.com/Gku8eMDYDh
— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) April 18, 2022
As of now #Ukraine is winning #Russia‘s war against #NATO. pic.twitter.com/oPRCnedKCT
— Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) April 10, 2022
A #Ukrainian lioness with an important message.
Glory to #Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes, women and men ✊🏻🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/Wys3QMooIS
— Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer 🇺🇦🇨🇦✊🏻 (@CanadianUkrain1) April 7, 2022
I am so impressed by this young soldier, in a photo taken outside Kyiv as the Russians were leaving earlier in April:
Marcus Yam/ LA Times
How beautiful is this?
This mural was painted on the wall of the Military Academy of🇱🇹in Vilnius by an artist Linas Kaziulionis
It was inspired by a📷by Andriy Andriyenko, which captures a moment of farewell of🇺🇦border guard Vitaliy and his wife at Kramatorsk railway station https://t.co/juApw7Vpwr pic.twitter.com/5GWIt3XAuw— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 30, 2022
There are so many other First Responders worth highlighting too — here’s a firefighter taking a break:
Emilio Morenatti/AP
And here’s a fellow who arrived in Ukraine as a volunteer – he’s not a soldier but likely should be someday:
20yo Peter arrived in Ukraine from Tennessee to join the armed forces. The refusal didn’t discourage him & he started volunteering. Now every day Peter exhumes bodies in Irpin & Stoyanka for their decent burial on the cemetery. “Someone has to do it,” he says. Thank you, Peter! pic.twitter.com/m7KDLHENb6
— Olena Halushka (@OlenaHalushka) April 29, 2022
On the Russian side, today’s Darwin Award goes to…
— Professor Moriarty (@outpasta) April 26, 2022
Moving back to Canada for a moment, I couldn’t resist retweeting this classic:
Freedom? They are literally dancing and PARTYING in the streets in Ottawa right now. People using the word “dictator” and “tyranny” have zero idea. pic.twitter.com/uzaL7q6w67
— Dan MacDonald (@danmac800) May 1, 2022
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Today’s News: Ha ha
Posted May 19, 2022 by Anonymous
Sorry, I just can’t help myself.
It’s truly a Nelson moment today. Jason Kenny has resigned as Alberta premier and as party leader.
The Alberta Premier’s truck nuts will lie in state in the foyer of the province’s legislative building for four days
— Walking Eagle News (@TheEagleist) May 19, 2022
I thought I heard Alberta exhaling a few minutes ago. Sounded like relief. Overnight rest and then make sure you all take back your province. Yelling support as a neighbor over here. Signed, Sask.
— Debbie ᑳᑫᓯᒧᑐᑕᐁ (@ironbow) May 19, 2022
@escrimshaw you see this? Wow, if Ford *and* Kenney end up gone within the span of two weeks that’s 🤯 https://t.co/4eHjYv5Tlr
— Jackie Blue 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🌻 (@MsFuddleDuddle) May 19, 2022
If only someone would teach him how to fill up his truck so he could leave the province
— lynninthehouse (@daydreamalot) May 19, 2022
Charles Adler tried for years to tell Alberta the truth about Kenny and maybe now they have finally learned:
He was flailing . So I gave several chances to self correct. In the end I even gave him the easiest test for redemption. Asked him to apologize for his evil behavior in San Francisco, working to deny dying Gay men in hospice care, the chance to receive visits with their partners.
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) May 19, 2022
This social conservative, who always portrayed himself as a moral man, was, in the end, a hollow man. That night, many took a second look & saw nothing. Tonight the King of Nothing, after getting another Fail, resigned. Goodnight Jason Kenney and Good bye.
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) May 19, 2022
And this may be right, also:
Did Kenney really receive 51.4% approval or did they give him a ‘saving face’ number with the agreement he step down and not drop the write? What’s the real number I wonder?
— Councillor Erin Stevenson (@ErinStevensonSG) May 19, 2022
And there may be some truth to this:
So, Conservatives across the country are careening off into a far right wilderness with @erinotoole being dumped in favour of a crypto-crackpot fanatic in Little Peter Popinjay, and now @jkenney being tossed for someone even nuttier.
Sensible 🍁Cdns have Liberals standing 4 them.— David Hamer🇨🇦🇺🇦🇨🇦 (@DavidHamer_1951) May 19, 2022
In other news, and speaking of the American primaries, here’s the tweet of the day:
Oh My 😂 https://t.co/IO1k5KfUNB
— M-A.Stay’Legit ™️🇨🇦🇩🇪 (@BagdMilkSoWhat) May 18, 2022
Today also, Bush the Younger accidentally told the truth:
What comes after is even wilder. He catches himself and then says half under his breath, “eh, Iraq too” with an expression that looked something like recognition.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 19, 2022
George W Bush’s invasion of Iraq set the gold standard for disinformation, propaganda, and unjust warfare in the 21st century. Moscow is just cribbing from his White House’s 2002-ish playbook.
Grotesque. https://t.co/29JmLGjFbQ
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) May 19, 2022
Today’s Ukraine news:
Ukraine Update: Russia inches along the Donbas front, but loses any broader strategic focus https://t.co/kfGYElqHkl
— Daily Kos (@dailykos) May 19, 2022
ISW’s @Mason_R_Clark: #Mariupol’s lengthy resistance helped draw foreign aid to #Ukraine while tying down #Russian forces, something the “Ukrainian military has been preparing for […] for the last eight years.”
@voxdotcom: https://t.co/h3aIW5OmSD— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) May 18, 2022
In other news about Ukraine, I thought these were good evaluations:
War is test of wills and logistics. I assess Russian forces will collapse by end of summer and UAF will go over to the offense, exploiting that collapse and drive back RF forces to 23 Feb line or more by September. https://t.co/nLRkUuWJ3b
— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) May 18, 2022
3 months. pic.twitter.com/apfollbVtJ
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 18, 2022
Some very bizarre tweet threads these days:
What happened at your school that sounded like an urban legend but was real? My friend’s little sister was in drama class and slid across the stage on her stomach and a piece of wood was sticking up and impaled her. She had to be air lifted to Duke hospital.
— Kristi YamaGuccimane (@wapplehouse) May 18, 2022
It’s so hard, it’s a joke:
Why did God create economists?
To make weather forecasters look good. https://t.co/FXRKCqBJhF— Timothy Huyer (@tim4hire) May 14, 2022
“No one told me NFTs were bad!!”
Dude all of Twitter was screaming about how bad they were from the start. We said it was a pyramid scheme. You smugly replied “nah you just don’t get it. It’s the future. To the moon!” You decided to play in a decentralized market and got played.
— Lauren Walsh • Woubble’s Dad (@LaurenWalshArt) May 13, 2022
I tweet this every time men decide it’s time to make decisions about women’s bodies, but my ex boyfriend thought all women got their period on the 15th of the month. He was 26 at the time.
— Sabrina (@Sabrinafon) May 4, 2022
Finally, this:
The final dance in Dirty Dancing, but they’re dancing to The Muppet Show theme tune. pic.twitter.com/ldfjmm5JoQ
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) May 17, 2022
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Marking #IDAHOBT2022
Posted May 18, 2022 by Anonymous
Almost two decades ago, the International Day Against Homphobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was set May 17 — it has become a celebration around the world of Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. The only thing I am sorry …
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Today’s News: Odds and ends
Posted May 17, 2022 by Anonymous
Just a batch of somewhat-random tweets tonight, sorted into some topic areas. Ontario Election:I didn’t watch the debate but I saw a few funny tweets coming out of it: Michael De Adder: Debate notes https://t.co/6b4fWU0u0g via @torontostar—…
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Today’s News: We need to remember the ones we have lost
Posted May 16, 2022 by Anonymous
it’s not the ocean you hear when you hold a seashell to your ear, or your own heartbeat drumming and echoing back at you. it’s the ones you’ve lost calling to let you know they made it to the other side and they’ll be waiting around the campfire unti…
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Today’s News: the tide is turning in Ukraine
Posted May 15, 2022 by Anonymous
Just a short posting tonight, but it appears that the tide in Ukraine is turning: Long story short. Russia seems to be pulling out of the area to the north of Kharkiv entirely, and still cant make significant advances in the Donbas. https://t.co/DE1Fc…
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Saturday stuff: funny, with a side of dogs too
Posted May 14, 2022 by Anonymous
this website is great because a super famous movie star like bette midler can get ratioed by [checks notes] uhh, jorts the cat pic.twitter.com/vwAAWaYCvA— the hype (@TheHyyyype) May 14, 2022 This is priceless shade, too: The only thing Melania wanted …
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Saturday Stories: Correlations, Trolling, And School Ventilation
Posted May 14, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Nans Florens, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Jérôme Barriere, Eric Billy, Fabrice Frank, Véronique Saada, Alexander Samuel, Barbara Seitz-Polski, Kyle Sheldrick, and Lonni Besançon, in OCF Preprints ask should we publish every correlation during the COV…
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Today’s News: We like short shorts
Posted May 14, 2022 by Anonymous
Here’s the cover photo of 2010 book about the SlutWalk Movement — just thought I should help out that Ottawa school trying to “measure” the shorts and skirts of its female students today.Maybe if they used this photo as their guide, then their female …
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Today’s News: But did the rocks actually hit you?
Posted May 13, 2022 by Anonymous
I can’t help it. I am comparing the sympathetic media reaction today toward Singh, after a few jerks screamed curses at him as he was moving toward his vehicle after a campaign event, with the cynical media reaction last September toward Trudeau, …
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Today’s News: Sad Trombone Sound
Posted May 12, 2022 by Anonymous
I guess expecting Canadian Conservative voters to listen to an actual DEBATE is just too much to ask of the Youngs today, not to mention really B-O-R-I-N-G, man! Brother Wells over on his Substack: “Well, that was a national disgrace.” #cpcldrdeb…
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Today’s News: Reality bites
Posted May 11, 2022 by Anonymous
First, this:
Such good news and a great game. Our son says that four out of five times, the team that wins Game 5 also wins the series!
On to today’s news:
There seem to be more people all the time who think that if they don’t like society they can just create their own – here’s an interesting observation:
Traditional societal conflicts – class, sectarian, racial & ethnic conflicts – are giving way to something much more insidious & irreconcilable: a cognitive conflict b/w those open to living in reality (reality-based citizens) & those who are not (delusional citizens). #cdnpoli
— Harry P (@HarrysNotes) May 10, 2022
The difference between the “reality-based community” and the “make your own adventure” community was identified in an October 17, 2004 New York Times article by Ron Suskind titled “Faith, Certainty and the Presidency of George W. Bush”.
Suskind didn’t identify his source but it was likely Bush strategist Karl Rove. describing how the Bush – Cheney administration thought they could invade Iraq and “win” just because the US was a Superpower On A Mission From God:
The aide said that guys like me were “in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who “believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” … “That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors … and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.
It was chilling to read this at the time, and realize that the Bush administration didn’t see any limits in what it could do.
But eventually, reality bites.
I have the feeling that Ford is now finding that Reality Bites in Ontario – Del Duca is peaking at the right time, while Ford is looking tired.
. @reggcohn: “Del Duca was still standing after a marathon 70-minute news conference Monday that may have set a recent record.” Ontarians deserve a leader who will answer tough questions. Ford’s been hiding from them for 4 yrs. #onpoli https://t.co/0Gm954q00t via @torontostar
— Cheryl Fullerton 🇨🇦🏳️🌈⚾️🇺🇦 (@CherylFull) May 9, 2022
Ontario Provincial Polling:
PCPO: 37% (-4)
OLP: 29% (+9)
ONDP: 24% (-10)
GPO: 5% (-)
Others: 6%Mainstreet Research / May 9, 2022 / n=1639 / MOE 2.5% / IVR
(% Change with 2018 Election)
Check out more ON details on @338Canada at: https://t.co/bQ5FUAHDA8 pic.twitter.com/jXke4fYYiZ
— Polling Canada (@CanadianPolling) May 10, 2022
Ontario had a leaders debate today in North Bay and Ford exited without answering any questions from reporters:
I think the dog ate Doug Ford’s homework before he was able to prepare for this important debate.
— Danika Dragomir (@NikaDragomira) May 10, 2022
I’m looking at the transcripts of the post-debate scrums. Doug Ford not showing up to face questions is the main focus of what reporters are asking the three leaders who did. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/LfEva1BAtF
— Mike Crawley (@CBCQueensPark) May 10, 2022
Putin is finding this out in Ukraine now — the news from Ukraine is actually getting better every day:
This is pure unadulterated Ukrainian military success👇 https://t.co/ekfxJWx08Q
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) May 10, 2022
This is what worries me about Ukraine winning:
Putin could use nuclear weapon if he felt war being lost – US intelligence chief https://t.co/yU3up1obJl
— Nick 🇺🇦 #FBR #FBPE #BLM 🇺🇦 (@hazydav) May 11, 2022
This is outstanding:
Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra makes it to Eurovision-2022 finals with their song “Stefania.”
The song, gaining in popularity since the start of Russia’s full-scale war, has already been performed by musicians globally. pic.twitter.com/1zhF3fu7X2
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 10, 2022
And I believe the anti-abortion movement in the United States will rue the day they “won” in their battle against Roe v Wade – now they are going to have to spend a great deal of time and money trying and failing to get juries to convict:
I’m thinking there are lots of state governors & attorneys-general who gleefully passed draconian anti-abortion laws over the years because they thought they would never have to actually enforce them. Now they will trying to get juries to lock up doctors & nurses & teen girls.
— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️🌈 (@CathieCanada) May 10, 2022
Just as Canadian juries refused to convict Morgentaler, so US juries will also refuse to convict.
Reminder to everyone: abortion was, in part, legalized in Canada due to jury nullification. Juries refused, time and again, to convict Dr. Morgentaler of providing abortions. Jury nullification is when juries refuse to convict a guilty person because the result would be unjust.
— Tactical Bra (@tactical_bra) May 7, 2022
Just because I’m pro-choice doesn’t mean I’m pro-abortion.
It means that your choice is none of my god damn business.
Why can’t Republicans understand this?
— Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz) May 9, 2022
And by the D.C. establishment, which loves clutching its pearls so much, you’d think they were all into autoerotic asphyxiation https://t.co/2DUpaHDeK1
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) May 11, 2022
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Today’s News: The stupid, it burns!
Posted May 10, 2022 by Anonymous
Evan Scrimshaw sent out a newsletter tonight talking about Skippy and the Conservative so-called “debate” last week and its worth quoting from: … It’s a busted ideology and a party infected by more than just bad opinions but stupidity at i…
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Today’s news: One of those days
Posted May 9, 2022 by Anonymous
Yes, it was Mother’s Day. And lots of political tweets that relate: Are we still calling it Mother’s Day or is it now just Domestic Infant Supplier Day?— Keri Blakinger (@keribla) May 8, 2022 The slope, it is slippery. https://t.co/VLXjIVDtJN— Helen…
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Today’s news: Just some weekend stuff
Posted May 8, 2022 by Anonymous
No particular theme today – so let’s get going! Too late, Candice – that ship has sailed: WHAT?#CPC leader Candice Bergen is worried about this?”And lastly I promised caucus I would not do anything and we would not do anything that would make the …
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Saturday Stories: Not Over, Pandemic Coverage, And Childhood Hepatitis
Posted May 7, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
H. Holden Thorp, in Science, on how it ain’t over until it’s over and the failures of governments that pretend otherwise.
Ed Yong, speaking at Yale, discusses 2 years of covering the pandemic (and winnning pretty much all the science awards ther…
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Today’s News: Children of Ukraine
Posted May 7, 2022 by Anonymous
Mother’s Day is coming up so here are some photos I have been collecting showing some of the children in Ukraine: 7-year-old Angelina, just arrived from Russian-occupied territory pic.twitter.com/3jxeI8FcXd— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) May 2, 2022 H…
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Today’s News: Skippy will just wave his magic wand!
Posted May 6, 2022 by Anonymous
Lots of comments tonight about the first Conservative debate — apparently not an “official” debate though I’m not sure why that mattered. The big loser was, I think, Patrick Brown — this would have been his first opportunity to introduce himself…
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Today’s News: Fuddle Duddle
Posted May 5, 2022 by Anonymous
A 1972 Merle “Ting” Tingley cartoonToday turned out to be the perfect day for this old cartoonThe original remark, from 1971: pic.twitter.com/aLLy1r13Q1— Sarah Sears (@iamSas) May 4, 2022 Trudeau dropped the f-bomb when he apparently got fed up w…
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Today’s News: “Abortion is a fundamental right”
Posted May 4, 2022 by Anonymous
(Photo of Supreme Court protest today, by Jabin Botsford, WashPost)Today lots of comments and discussions about how the United States is criminalizing abortion again.I’m not sure which Justice the Washington Post Editorial Board is trying to speak to w…
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Today’s News: It’s the end of choice in America
Posted May 3, 2022 by Anonymous
A draft SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe V Wade on a 5-4 vote leaked tonight, and of course we saw the usual pearl-clutching toonight about how unseemly it is to leak a draft Supreme Court decisions:What is that line from Shakespeare? Oh yes, “Fuck thei…
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“The conversation must include apology. But it must not stop there”
Posted May 3, 2022 by Anonymous
Tonight I wanted to conclude my coverage of the visit to Saskatchewan by the Archbishop of Canterbury the Reverend Justin Welby, and his apology for the residential schools. The Anglican Church committed grievous sins against the Indigenous, Inuit and…
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A few zingers and a little truth
Posted May 2, 2022 by Anonymous
Just a few miscellaneous but somewhat funny tweets today: Mr. Squirrel approves of the new Ukrainian postage stamp. pic.twitter.com/Vm6cXomrnc— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) May 1, 2022 ‘landlord’ and ‘landlady’ are needlessly gendered words. pls …
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Today’s News: A long time coming
Posted May 1, 2022 by Anonymous
Today the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby arrived in Saskatchewan, to apologize for the Anglican Church role in Canadian residential schools.
The official photo is above and I’m sorry that I couldn’t find a list of the Chiefs, Elders and others in this group. Archbishop Welby is fourth from the left and I think Elder Dennis Sanderson is beside him, third from the left
“A significant purpose of this visit is therefore to repent and atone for where our relationships
and actions have done more harm than good” says Welby.https://t.co/OoDwokQGxr— Global Saskatoon (@GlobalSaskatoon) April 29, 2022
Welby visited James Smith Cree Nation along with Chakastaypasin Band of the Cree Nation and Peter Chapman Band. and tomorrow he will visit an Indigenous Gathering at the Prince Albert Exhibition at 2 p.m. after Sunday services at the St. Alban’s Anglican Cathedral:
The Archbishop of Canterbury has arrived #Sask pic.twitter.com/YjoaOslM3x
— Nathaniel Dove (@NathanielDove_) April 30, 2022
Members of James Smith Cree Nation lead the Archbishop of Canterbury into to community school for a meeting. pic.twitter.com/fpUUOoEV0J
— Olivia Stefanovich (@CBCOlivia) April 30, 2022
“How can we dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery in a way that it can never be used again?” asks the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in James Smith Cree Nation. pic.twitter.com/FIzgCFeEUc
— Olivia Stefanovich (@CBCOlivia) April 30, 2022
The Archbishop, holding an eagle feather, is now listening to survivors.
I won’t tweet the specifics so will just say survivors are detailing a range of abuses they suffered, including physical, emotional and sexual.— Nathaniel Dove (@NathanielDove_) April 30, 2022
Here are some of his words of apology:
“I am sorry. I am more sorry than I can say,” Welby said. “I am ashamed. I am horrified. I ask myself, where does that come from — that evil. It has nothing, nothing to do with Christ.”
BREAKING: Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby issues first ever global Church of England apology to residential school survivors here at James Smith Cree Nation. “I am sorry. I am more sorry than I can say. I am ashamed. I am horrified.” pic.twitter.com/nsKafz9ImO
— Jason Warick (@WarickCBC) April 30, 2022
Honour song/dance performed for survivors at James Smith Cree Nation and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby following his apology. pic.twitter.com/bdPIIFIkgI
— Jason Warick (@WarickCBC) April 30, 2022
It has been a long time coming.
In other news, the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was tonight.
“Washington is Hollywood for ugly people” was apparently said by Paul Begala back in the 1980s about this annual dinner – also known as Nerd Prom.
Tonight was Biden’s first dinner, and he got in a few good zingers:
Bazinga 🔥🔥🔥🔥#WHCA #WHCADinner https://t.co/QF0r2BtP8p
— ShePlaysGuitars (@ShePlaysGuitars) May 1, 2022
“There’s nothing I can say about the GOP that @GOPLeader hasn’t already said on tape” @JoeBiden.
“The GOP support this guy Brandon. He seems to having a great year.” #whca
— melissa “cancel student debt” byrne (@mcbyrne) May 1, 2022
Best line of the night! #WHCA #WHCD2022 #WHCADinner https://t.co/PdYrdWspJS
— ES (@es_seattle) May 1, 2022
“We are a great country. Our future is bright. It’s not guaranteed. Democracy is never guaranteed. Democracy has to be earned, defended, and protected.” Great line in a great speech! 🇺🇸❤️ #Biden #GoJoe #WHCD2022 #WHCA
— Kath (@kathlovestennis) May 1, 2022
I didn’t watch very much of it, but I didn’t hear about any pearl clutching moments.
As Washington prepares for tonight’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, I would like to take this moment to remind you of how this city lost its collective mind when Michelle Wolf made some jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s eye shadow. #pearlclutchcity
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) April 30, 2022
Though, of course, I’m sure the Repubs will search for something to be offended about. Three…two…one…
RNC complains about Biden mocking Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner#NerdProm #WHCA https://t.co/88wdRvvFfz
— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 1, 2022
Trevor Noah ends with a charge to the press. “If Russian journalists … had the freedom to write any word, to show any stories, or to ask any questions — if they had what you have, would they be using it in the same way that you do? Ask yourself that question every day…” #WHCA pic.twitter.com/qt6DJRKKUk
— Cynthia McLennan 🗽💉😷🪟 (@cindymclennan) May 1, 2022
Turning to the right, we see Rolling Blunder arrived in Ottawa today.
They weren’t allowed to roar past Parliament revving their motorcycles and giving Trudeau the finger, poor babies, so they just had to hang around the war memorial and listen to speeches, and then leave, ho hum….
“What do we want?”
“All COVID restrictions lifted”
“When do we want it?”
“Last month when it happened” #OttawaOccupation #RollingThunder— The Beaverton (@TheBeaverton) April 30, 2022
Freedom of speech for me but not for thee. It’s the Conservative way.
— Philip MacQuarrie (@monkeynaut1966) April 30, 2022
My rough guess is that there’s 2,000-3,000 people in downtown Ottawa right now. Some are watching the speeches (which are…assorted), many are lounging on the grass, others are arguing with counter-protesters.
— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) April 30, 2022
Police outnumber bikers at ‘Rolling Thunder’ ceremony as speakers evoke memory of ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests – so far so good. No repeat of ‘Freedom convoy’ paralysis in Ottawa https://t.co/c6XsFVL7mT
— Phil Gurski (@borealissaves) May 1, 2022
And here’s a quick update on Ukraine tonight.
I thought this was beautiful:
Modern International performance of #Ukraine‘s National Anthem https://t.co/PQLk9C0VAQ
— Euromaidan PR (@EuromaidanPR) April 30, 2022
One thing I am noticing about this war is that the print and broadcast media seem to be several days behind what I am reading on twitter and on blogs about this war. I get the impression that only recently has the world been realizing what Russian soldiers are likely doing to those Ukrainians trapped behind the lines.
“The only thing standing between the perpetrators of Butcha, Borodyanka, Mariupol and their potential future victims at this moment are the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” A reply to all who confuse peace with subjugation of #Ukraine. Furious #Thread /1https://t.co/PW6AgT8hHH
— Ralf Fuecks (@fuecks) April 30, 2022
“Russian forces appear increasingly unlikely to achieve any major advances in eastern Ukraine, and Ukrainian forces may be able to conduct wider counterattacks in the coming days,” @TheStudyofWar says now.
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) April 30, 2022
The introduction of Western artillery is expected to accelerate a tactical shift by Russia and Ukraine to employ what is known as counter-battery fire, in which military forces seek out their enemy’s artillery, determine its location and attack.
https://t.co/ehyisghoTZ— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) April 30, 2022
Now Ukraine is taking the fight to Russia, without announcing it:
A month into the war, Ukraine began attacks on Russian territory, fires at fuel and ammunition depots suggest, but Kyiv has a policy of ambiguity. The explosions are “just a completely wholesome, natural process. Karma is a harsh thing,” says one officialhttps://t.co/Jx5RcIWJI0
— Andrew E. Kramer (@AndrewKramerNYT) April 30, 2022
And I thought this was an interesting development:
Japan has been trying to get Southeast Asian countries to isolate Russia
Japan appealed to Indonesia with a PM visit to get Russia out of the G20 and is now trying to counter Russia’s partnership with Vietnam, which is its strongest in Southeast Asia
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) April 30, 2022
The Russian war crimes are horrific. Russia is now shipping hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to Russian concentration camps and onward into Siberia – perhaps all the better as they loot and pillage the captured Ukrainian towns and cities,:
Russia is establishing concentration camps in occupied territories in Ukraine where selections, or filtrations, are made. Torture and imprisonment, deportation or death are potential outcomes from the filtration process. https://t.co/hqb1ELh8KE
— Anders Östlund (@andersostlund) April 30, 2022
Kutuzivka near Kharkiv was liberated from #Russia invaders on April 28th. People hug #UkrainianArmy. That’s what true liberation is.#StandWithUkraine️ #ArmUkraineNow #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/5Y9SbqPlLN
— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) April 30, 2022
The UN was able to send some trucks into Mariupol to get about 20 women and children out today.
.@Polk_Azov on evacuation from Mariupol:
-ceasefire started 11.00; whole night, 🇷🇺artillery shelled Azovstal
-18.25: evacuation column arrived
-19.40: 20 civilians board for evacuation to Zaporizhia; Azov continue rescuing others from rubble
-🇺🇦WIA not taken; insists they must pic.twitter.com/Dvvksutf0U— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) April 30, 2022
Sir, UN didn’t ask to evacuate, they TOLD Putin they will evacuate. And RU will do nothing.
This is an example of speak softly but carry a big stick.
(Wife worked at UN and still has friends there. This is a middle finger, in addition to humanitarian mission).
— Alex Bard 🇺🇦 (@BardsWork) April 30, 2022
I hope they can do more. And finally, Ukrainians are remembering those they have lost:
A person in Lviv this morning stares at portraits of people murdered by Russian soldiers.
Many of the portraits are children. pic.twitter.com/zHBCjRkIiR
— Christian Borys (@ItsBorys) April 30, 2022
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Saturday stuff: funny, and of course dogs!
Posted April 30, 2022 by Anonymous
First up, boy is this ever true! Now that spring is here, the rabbits from the nearby park are making their evening circuts through our cul-de-sac and our dogs are going NUTS! Audiences agree “Bunny On The Lawn” is the non-stop thrill ride of 2022! pic…
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Saturday Stories: Great Barrington’s Failure, and The Pandemicine
Posted April 30, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Orac, in Respectful Insolence, on the baked in failure of the Great Barrington Declaration.
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on how climate change may be underwriting this and future pandemics.
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Today’s news: TGIF
Posted April 30, 2022 by Anonymous
As John Oliver says, just a few things to wrap up the week: First up, so to speak, wasn’t it great that the Mets pitched a no-hitter today — I loved this tweet about it:a neat thing about the covid vaccine is i watched the mets’ no-hitter at home…
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Saturday Stories: Unused Tools, Unsolved Mysteries, and UVC
Posted April 23, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Selena Simmons-Duffin, in NPR, drawing from HIV to explain how having the tools to beat a virus isn’t the same thing as using them.
STAT staff, in, yes, STAT, with 6 COVID mysteries that have yet to be solved.
Donald K. Milton, Edward A. Nardell and D…
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Saturday Story: Just One. Read It.
Posted April 16, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on the immeasurable grief. Don’t look away.
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Saturday Stories: Sweden’s Failure, More For Kids, And What Does Endemic Mean
Posted April 9, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Andrew Nikiforuk, in The Tyee, on Sweden’s deadly COVID failures (which are playing out now here all over North America) Nathaniel Basen, in TVO, interviews Janine McCready on what more we could be doing to protect children during and after this …
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Pre-Entry COVID Test No Longer Required at Canadian Border
Posted April 2, 2022 by Ben
As of April 1st 2022, the Canadian border will no longer require a pre-arrival negative COVID-19 test from fully vaccinated travellers entering or returning to the country. Previously, a rapid antigen test or a PCR test indicating a person does not have COVID was required by border authorities. This rule change should encourage Canadians to […]
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Saturday Stories: Normal?, Living?, Human Rights?
Posted April 2, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Jonathan Howard, in Science Based Medicine, more politely asks how did normal expand to include kids dying from vaccine preventable diseases?
Bill Hanage, in The Guardian, explains what “learning to live with COVID” should mean.
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Saturday Stories: Tracking, Motivated Reasoning, And Normal’s About To Be Tested
Posted March 26, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
The editorial board of Nature on the folly of stopping the tracking of COVID.
Abigail Cartus and Justin Feldman, in Protean, on the privileged attack on public education in the name of “normal”.
Katherine J. Wu, in the Atlantic, on how the looming wav…
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Saturday Stories: Giving Up And Not Giving Up
Posted March 19, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on the disaster being wrought by governments giving up on COVID control.
The late and great Paul Farmer, in Noēma, on social medicine for a better future.
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Saturday Stories: Numbness and Not Learning
Posted March 12, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on how we’ve become numb to the ongoing deaths.
Zeynep Tufecki, in The New York Times, on the lessons we still haven’t learned that could have saved millions of lives.
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Saturday Story: Pandemic Response Can’t Just Be Individual To Be Effective, And Focused Protection Is Bullshit
Posted March 5, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Katherine J. Wu, in The Atlantic, discusses the American shift to individualized COVID responses – a shift that is also being felt across much of Canada
Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, in Medium, covering the folly of “focused protection”.
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Saturday Stories: How the #UrgencyOfNormal ignores the #UrgencyOfEquity
Posted February 26, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Melody Schreiber, in The New Republic, on why the #UrgencyOfNormal cabal so badly want kids to be unmasked. The #UrgencyOfEquity, which I support, discusses how to best protect our most vulnerable and marginalized students during this pandemic.&n…
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Saturday Stories: #Urgency of Normal Done With COVID x 3 And What To Do Post-Omicron
Posted February 19, 2022 by Yoni Freedhoff
Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on how the #UrgencyofNormal/done with COVID talk condemns the immunocompromisedRamnath Subbaraman, Michelle Holmes, and Lakshmi Ganapathi, in Common Dream, on the privilege required to state that you’re done with …
Interesting Fact of the Month
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
Did you know visiting Canada with a DUI is difficult? If a US citizen has a DUI or DWI they could be denied entry at the Canadian border! Even a misdemeanor for reckless driving, or a traffic ticket for impaired driving, can prevent an American from entering Canada. In order to enter Canada with DUI charges many people hire an immigration lawyer. Going to Canada from USA with other criminal convictions like theft or assault can also be challenging.
