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Just rewriting this headline: White man with massive chip on his shoulder is investigated only once the university can no longer ignore his racist and sexist blog post attacks

US Vice President JD Vance describes his best friend, Jamil Jivani, as a "very good dude" and credits him as being one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in US-Canada trade negotiations Vance goes on to describe Pierre Poilievre as a "non-entity"

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 21 August 2026 🔹TAS: ⬆️ (+51.1%) 🔹SA: ⬆️ (+40.6%) 🔹QLD: ⬆️ (+14.2%) 25 in hospital 🔹NSW: ⬆️ (+4.6%) 🔹VIC: ⬆️ (+4.0%) 🔹WA: ⬆️ (+3.9%) 39/day in hospital 🔸ACT: ⬇️ (-3.0%) 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

I think it’s time to stop calling this man an academic. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 21 August 2026 From 14 August to 20 August 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 63 (-3.0%) 🔹Influenza: 367 (+37.4%)⚠️ 🔹RSV: 154 (+8.4%) Source: act.gov.au/open/respira...

Tasmania Respiratory Update: 21 August 2026 From 3 August to 16 August 2026 🔸COVID Positivity rate: 5.1% (+1.4%)⚠️ 🔹COVID: 68 (+51.1%)⚠️ 🔹Influenza A: 104 (+246.6%)⚠️ 🔹Influenza B: 2 (+100.0%) 🔹RSV: 137 (-28.2%) Source: www.health.tas.gov.au/health-topic...

Western Australia weekly Virus Watch: 21 Aug 2026 Week ending 16 Aug 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.9% (+0.1%) 🔹Reported cases: 184 (+3.9%) 🔹Hospitalisation: 39 per day (-13.3%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average is 2 (-33.3%) 🔸Influenza: 649 (+16.5%)⚠️ 🔸RSV: 429 (-13.8%) www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

My friend just called X “X-crete.” And I think that’s perfect. Tweets are now Xcretions.

“If it’s that bad you should go to the hospital”. The hospital is not a solution for many disabled people. Most of us have endured severe medical trauma. ERs are not equipped to deal with complex chronic illness and will often make a bad situation worse. We can’t “just” go to the hospital.

Shock Gloves should not exist. They have a warning that they shouldn’t be used on children, pregnant people, the elderly or those with heart issues. They shouldn’t be used on anyone. These gloves will give ICE an excuse to say someone was “resisting arrest”. They will kill.

You can’t use an em dash without being accused of using AI. I adore the em dash. I’ve used it in my writing for 20 years. If it’s being used by AI, that’s because AI stole from us. It steals from writers, artists & creators while wrecking the environment and enriching billionaires. Don’t use it

Oh, hell. Now it's killer fan blades. Nearly 10,000 ceiling fans sold nationwide by a major home improvement store have been recalled after 11 reports of the blades falling off. www-masslive-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.mass...

“You are all that matters to me. I don’t want to ever let you down. Thank you for being my Guardian and Protector in this Life…With all my heart, Natalie.” What the actual fuck? This is how Trump’s people talk to him? That’s so fucking scary. www.thedailybeast.com/natalie-harp...

YeS! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A 2024 paper went massively viral for claiming that COVID-19 vaccines caused lots of excess deaths. I complained to the journal about it at the time - it was woeful. It was recently retracted. What went wrong and why did it take so long? gidmk.substack.com/p/covid-19-v...

The audacity of people who’ve never been to a country, and probably can’t name more than one city there (if that), to tell a person from there that they know more about that country than the person born there. With no evidence, mind you! Just strong “nuh uh” energy.

I don't know why this is so hard for some to understand. If Trump bullies with tariffs and gets what he demands, he will only be encouraged to bully more. By contrast, and as a typical bully, whenever anyone stands up to him, he backs down.

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MR PG HAS FALLEN everyone's favourite giant wooden log man has LOST to barkerville in quarterfinals in the search for b.c.'s best roadside attraction our top two finalists from the 2020 roadside attraction bracket are OUT Mr. PG...I'm sorry I failed you

The most terrifying words in the English language: "I recognize you from Bluesky"

It wasn't on my horror bingo card www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...

Dolly Pawton: Stuffie Destroyer.

#NFLsky anyone watching preseason 🤷🏽‍♀️

Have all 3 grandkids out for a last bit of summer at the lake. The 2 boys are about to go into grade 1 so it's a big deal. I got them both into the canoe & gave them their first paddling lesson. I think they really had fun.

Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 21 August 2026 From 9 August to 15 August 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.8% (+0.2%) 🔹COVID: 605 (+4.0%) 🔹Influenza A: 1489 (+43.0%) 🔹Influenza B: 166 (+32.0%) 🔹RSV: 1040 (-13.0%) Source: www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

Last episode on This is Vancouver we played a 20-minute long interview with Ken Sim about his plebiscite. This episode we play full interviews with @seanorr.bsky.social about COPE's People's Audit, and with @kareem42.bsky.social on his pitch for a ward system. Glad we're providing this service!

If you’re not reading @justinling.ca you’re missing out on some of the most insightful and interesting articles in Canada. This one is exceptional. apple.news/A5yM_BKl_SSy...

Another post scraper to block. Basically, if it says "daily {anything}" you should be blocking it because it's always stealing other people's work. Like AI, but human asshat instead (or it might just be AI)

The things I talk about constantly: The huge benefits to switching from gas to induction cooking (massive increase in indoor air quality & lower GHGs) Buying & commuting as much as possible on an ebike (personal fitness, mental health & lower GHGs) Calling out government inaction & hypocrisy.

This is what our NIH director tells the world about doctors here. He aims to create mistrust between us and our patients.

I know how people react to tv characters doesn’t necessarily mean they think that way about real-life people, but the way I see people demonize characters for having any flaws is scary.

"butterscotch pudding?" that's 3 of my favorite things!!

FOX APPROVED THIS AD

The IBD sucks but I have to say these fibroids also really suck

Bsky was the only time I got in on the ground floor for anything, and all I got out of it was Alf hog and this recipe for cookies made with pudding mix

AFTER HOTTEST JULY EVER The Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimates that more than 550 workers die from heat exposure nationwide each year. Man of God Mikey is pro-death.

“I was piecing all of these things together and then asking, ‘Well, what’s happening in medieval Stirling that could explain this?’” said Dr. Jo Buckberry, a biological anthropologist at the University of Bradford in Bradford, England... “The obvious answer is the use of the trebuchets.”

One of the evergreen UX articles of all time

It still amazes me how little onions take to grow!

ICE won’t be the first organization to acquire shock gloves. They are already being used in schools and jails. Institutions for disabled kids use them as “pain aversion”. They try and “correct” disabilities by electrocuting children: These gloves should be banned:

South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 15 August to 21 August 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 90 (+40.6%)⚠️ 🔹Flu: 488 (+50.1%)⚠️ 🔹RSV: 707 (+0.8%) 🔹Pertussis: 32 (+68.4%)⚠️ Reported deaths in 2026: 🔸COVID: 22 (+1)⚠️ 🔸Flu: 11 🔸RSV: 5 🔸Pertussis: <5 Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

Working my way through Ebola SitRep #83. There are now two well-functioning provincial lab networks processing ~400 samples a day; Ituri & North Kivu. Huge loads of positive material passing through these labs. Sometimes 80-100+ positive samples/day. Every one a biohazard risk; not just for BDBV 1/2

Villains are always saying shit like "how do you know that your mentor isn't really the evil one, while I am the good one" Well for one, my mentor's mansion is named something like Restinghome or Niceborough while yours is the Terror Fortress of the Deathbastard

The Hysterical Jesus: A Study of Joke-telling in the Roman Levant

A large study of 315,612 people found Long COVID was linked to a higher risk of heart, kidney and lung problems across all ages. Risk was especially high in younger adults, particularly young women for heart and kidney problems, and young men for pulmonary outcomes. Published: 20 August 2026

There is a direct through line from the kind of emboldened racism that unleashed the media on Professor Jason Arday, hounding him until his death, and the openly racist comments people feel comfortable making now. This is an issue non-Black people must address, and not enough are doing so.

As a reminder MAHA=MAGA. This article is saying those of us who opposed Trump have to be cater to the *feelings* of Trump voters. But guess what! No, we don’t.

Genuinely not sure what made this person decide I’m the worst person around, but I did notice almost everyone involved in her little pile on had “commie” in their name. Anyway, I think it’s bizarre to suggest she knows Iranians better than an Iranian, even more bizarre to say I’m anti-Iranian.

The best swag I got at Pride this year was a flyer quoting Moulton’s transphobic views and shaming him in internet meme fashion

I call it every morning and feel bad I’m cutting him off because I just want to leave my message

In my mind we swept the Rays

Here me out - maybe, just maybe, Covid doesn't conform to the 'traditional respiratory virus season' Link 🔗 www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/h...

Apple's only meaningful innovation over the past 10 years was a wireless earbud that deliberately got rid of the feature of other wireless earbuds that prevented them from getting lost

"The recall is due to potential contamination," the notice says. The recall affects 15mL bottles of Clear Eyes' Maximum Itchy Eye Relief, which mitigates itchiness, redness and other eye irritations, according to the product description. The eye drops were distributed nationwide.”

“Assuming Canada does enter into a new trade agreement with the U.S., what will stop Trump from resurrecting 51st state rhetoric whenever he wants to distract from the Epstein Files, or how badly they’re losing the war on Iran?” An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

So we agree you’re a coward attacking someone you disagree with from an anonymous account. Good talk, thanks.

As Ottawa and Alberta push for a new West Coast pipeline, Keystone XL is back in the debate as a potentially cheaper and faster way to move more Alberta crude.

Keystone XL is back in the debate amid trade talks with the US. But is it a better option than a West Coast pipeline?

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

I don’t even live in LA anymore and I didn’t like it when I lived there for 17 years and even I am offended by this,

Consumer Reports just tested 13 electric scooters. buff.ly/odTeVwY 🛴 👉They recommend NONE of them! Standing riders have a higher center of mass and often fall headfirst. Even CR's own testers got injured testing them, while wearing safety gear. #medsky #pedsky #EDsky

“We do not need parks. We do not need libraries. We do not need daycare centers. We do not need homeless shelters,” said Vader. “All we need is money for our stormtroopers. And anyone that disagrees is part of the rebel alliance and scum, and they should be taken away immediately.”

Consumer Reports just tested 13 electric scooters. buff.ly/odTeVwY 🛴 👉They recommend NONE of them! Standing riders have a higher center of mass and often fall headfirst. Even CR's own testers got injured testing them, while wearing safety gear.

Some days, all you have is guarana bean extract and spite. And that has to be enough.

Great discussion about politics and rural health with @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and @marciabrown.bsky.social at @politicsprose.bsky.social tonight

Hey, Americans: Trump is you. You are Trump. You are no better than him. You may like to think that. But as a Native woman, let me tell you: you're not. It's why you hate him so much. It's why you'd prefer literally ANYONE else as President. Because with him, you have to look at the mirror.

Wild Horses: $25 a head Dakota Natives: $25 a scalp Americans: you have no idea what you are and cannot see yourselves the way Natives see you. You cannot see the parallels we see. We know you better than you will ever know yourselves.

Lol you don’t allow replies and think you’re brave?

Partisan politics melts partisan brains.

Go out and do the things you’re not yet good at. Talk to people. Make connections. Build community.

While everyone is concerned about ICE acquiring “Shock Gloves”, it’s important to note they’re already being used in schools and jails. A man in Kentucky was killed when a guard held the glove on him for over a minute. Even more egregious, shock devices have been used for years on disabled kids:

Slow growers that I thought would fail, finally turning into something 🌱 Basil just...wouldn't grow this year. But it's tomato time so I've been taking frequent little snips, seems to be helping. Bell pepper was stalled even worse but it has a fruit! Will it ever ripen to red?

This was taken in 1892. The wild horses were always next. And eventually, so are you.

Did you know? Iced Coffee was originally invented by the French military during the Battle of Mazagran in Algeria in 1840. They mixed coffee, sugar with cold water when they ran out of milk to create a refreshing drink.

Meet Aletta: The first FDA approved robotic blood draw device buff.ly/uMw4zbk The Aletta blood drawing robot has been used for 2 years in Europe and now is FDA approved in the U.S. #medsky

Been doing tie dye with our 10 year old son, and am hitting the town in one of his designs 😎

In case anyone missed my post, If you need to stock up on readimasks, you can use the code MeetJess20 for 20% off !! If you haven’t tried these masks yet, I love them. readimask.com

It’s been a better than average library summer when it comes to my branch’s ability to help newcomers where they’re at and connect them to services, because of a summer programmer, library assistant, settlement worker and washroom attendant who all speak multiple languages.

I've got a young woman with profound orthostatic intolerance with tachycardia and severe nausea. Propranolol helped a lot, but the nausea is still there. Any thoughts re: interventions?

Not good people. We really need to be talking more about coal. A lot more oilprice.com/Energy/Coal/...

people in prince george are big mad that barkerville is considered a roadside attraction for this bracket and to that I would say: - around a dozen people nominated it months ago - it fits with the spirit of the competition - if you can't beat barkerville, you aren't beating cathedral grove

Wrote this alongside the very funny @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, mostly just so I had an excuse to invent the atrocity that is "lobster wine"

Nova Scotia Halifax municipality to charge flat rate for false building alarms The change is intended to make fees more equitable while aiming to reduce the number of false alarms, say RCMP www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

They sure as hell had better not. Dorie Miller is absolutely an American hero.

Yes we have Puffins in Nova Scotia, just like Newfoundland and Labrador. A guide to spotting puffins in Nova Scotia Join wildlife scientist and ocean enthusiast Jill Taylor as she shares her expert guide for puffin spotting near Bird Islands and Pearl Island. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said his province hasn't yet agreed to put American alcohol back on its shelves, but if it does go back as part of a trade deal, he is encouraging Canadians not to buy it. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

You can still come! We’re in the basement of the @bpl.boston.gov

Happening now! We got a good turnout on this Thursday evening!

LATE NIGHT CANADA: Trade Deal, Prince Harry, Weird CNE Food youtu.be/V7PUrZaFCdg?...

Now playing Hands down one of my favorite albums of all time, the line up is just ridiculous youtu.be/ZpHrRnRN_8Q?...

GLP-1s -- From Gut Hormone Discovery to a Public Health Revolution. The origins of glucagon-like peptide-1s and what comes next, w/ Derek C. Angus, Jens Juul Holst jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/... via @jama.com

“If your favourite topic is 'woke,' stay home and jerk off to your Kid Rock concert VHS and Joe Rogan clips.” Old school is back in session as the Vans Warped Tour returns to Montreal on Aug. 21 and 22

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

GLP-1s -- From Gut Hormone Discovery to a Public Health Revolution. The origins of glucagon-like peptide-1s (GLP-1s) and what comes next, w/ Derek C. Angus, Jens Juul Holst jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... via @jama.com

19 Canadian innovations the US tried to take credit for—still to this day many think these were invented in the US🍁 Insulin – Toronto (1921)—Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolated insulin at the University of Toronto—U.S. pharmaceutical marketing often implied American scientific origins /1

K. Reminder that AI drinks your water and eats your brain. 🤖🫧💥

Huh. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Why are they allowed to do this. Any human doing this who got caught would be looking at a decade in jail. But then again, any human who stole the entirety of human creativity would also be in jail.

Remember, next time you go to the LCBO: It's every red-blooded Canadian's patriotic duty to reject US liquor and buy only New Zealand wine