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Mostly #OnHealth. Gardener. Former flack. Fluent in spin. I media scan, therefore I am. Mister Rogers/Mary Oliver stan. Born at 326 ppm. Old married broad. Mom. Dogs' person. Canadian. she/her #BlackLivesMatter #YNWA

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There are some great indie Canadian media here! @thenarwhalca.bsky.social @thebreach.bsky.social @pressprogress.ca @ricochetmedia.bsky.social @readthemaple.bsky.social

"Voters have blocked France’s far-right National Rally from taking power, with President Emmanuel Macron and a coalition of leftist parties combining to win more seats in Sunday’s legislative elections."

French voters block far-right National Rally from taking power, but uncertainty remains after legislative electionswww.thestar.com With ballots still being counted, the left-wing New Popular Front was ahead of the National Rally and Macron's party, Together. No party was projected to win enough seats for an

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Vetheuil, 1901 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10824

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A few years ago, Jon Lovett floated a theory that media treats Democrats like protagonists - to be challenged, accounted, and forced to be behave in growth-oriented ways - while the GOP are treated like antagonists - immutable, expected to disrupt, thematic obstacles. Thinking about that a lot.

I don’t recall the NYT calling for Trump to step down after being convicted of 34 counts of fraud and being called by a judge at his civil trial a rapist in the common person sense

Strong column. "President Biden’s refusal to undergo a cognitive assessment is wrong on the medical merits and wrong as a matter of political calculation — unless, of course, he fears testing would reveal problems that would further imperil his candidacy." wapo.st/4ctzGXX 🎁🔓

Opinion | What we’ve already learned from the cognitive test Biden won’t takewapo.st Biden’s explanation for refusing testing is unconvincing.

At this point, Biden's avoidance of cognitive screening looks like political calculus. A way to maintain plausible deniability about his cognitive wellbeing. Three former members of the White House medical unit — who have treated Biden before — told The Post they think he needs a cognitive test.

Is Biden fit for duty? The answer depends on little-known White House doctorwww.washingtonpost.com Kevin O’Connor, President Biden’s personal doctor, faces new scrutiny as he has resisted giving the president a cognitive exam.

What a match! The emotion. The energy. The chaos of it all. Wonderful!

Canada beats Venezuela to advance to Copa America semifinalswww.cp24.com Canada has advanced to the semifinals of Copa America after beating Venezuela in a shootout.

"it’s incredible to think that only a short while ago we thought we’d eradicated measles & Nigel Farage. Both have now been brought back, largely by the same people." 👀😂

Sunak axed, the cast eviscerated: at last, it’s the Tories’ season finale | Marina Hydewww.theguardian.com It was worthy of a TV special. Truss, Rees-Mogg, Shapps, Liam Fox: so many erased after 14 years of dystopian soap opera, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

This level of interference in the ICC's work is shocking. The British government's David Cameron threatened "in a phone call with Khan to pull Britain out of the court and cut financial support to it, three sources with direct knowledge of the discussion said."

Exclusive: ICC prosecutor opted for warrants over visit to Gazawww.reuters.com On May 20, the same day International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan made a surprise request for warrants to arrest the leaders of Israel and Hamas involved in the Gaza conflict, he suddenly cancelled a sensitive mission to collect evidence in the region, eight people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

In the UK, here are the groups eligible for Covid boosters now: - Aged 75+ - People with a weakened immune system - Adults who live in care homes The UK has significantly restricted Covid vaccines. Could this have something to do with hospital numbers now? #Covid19 www.bbc.com/news/article...?

Covid hospital admissions in Scotland exceed last winterwww.bbc.com A total of 443 people with the virus were in hospital because of acute symptoms last week.

“We respectfully urge you to withdraw from being a candidate for reelection for the sake of our democracy and the future of our nation,” wrote 168 signatories to the private letter, which continued to gain signatures after its delivery to senior White House officials."

A prominent group of political donors, civic leaders and business executives founded to protect the institutions of American democracy sent a letter Friday morning to President Biden calling on him to “cement your legacy” by ending his bid for reelection.

Business leaders, pro-Democracy activists send letter asking Biden to withdrawwapo.st The letter sent to the White House is the latest outreach from the donor and activist community pushing for a new nominee after the president’s debate performance.

"Even Stephen Harper — a member of an evangelical church himself — avoided public association with evangelical Christians due to political considerations."

In groundbreaking move, Poilievre campaigns among evangelical Christians - National | Globalnews.caglobalnews.ca In three recent appearances at evangelical Christian churches, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre received blessings and made pitches for votes.

"The hospital census is more than double what it was at this time last year, when the BCCDC's July update showed just 96 COVID patients receiving hospital care." #Covid19

B.C. COVID hospitalizations at highest level since Januarybc.ctvnews.ca It may not be on most people's minds, but COVID-19 is on the rise again in B.C.

They won't be able to right the ship. No one can unsee what they saw. Voters know it could easily happen again in the next four years. And any campaign momentum is gone.

Joe Biden to blitz media over weekend to counter claims of mental declinewww.theguardian.com An interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos will air on Friday night as worries grow over president’s competency

The couple in The Piña Colada Song eventually broke up. So clear.

"With just 1 vote, Caledon’s mayor & council approved 11 developments with open-ended zoning — including some that will double the town’s housing stock in the next 20 years & cut through sensitive Greenbelt lands — despite widespread criticism from residents, the region of Peel & even the province"

Caledon quickly approved 11 zoning changes despite opposition from Peel and the province. Critics say it’s the new ‘wild west’ of planning in Ontariowww.thestar.com Doug Ford's changes to municipal planning has stripped the system of checks and balances, critics charge.

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🤬 NOT sustainable. Childcare workers-often recent immigrants trained here in progressive programs that teach extraordinary things-already hold up ‘the system’ on too little pay. This work is vital. They’ll look elsewhere. Devaluing the work thinking it’ll ‘make it work’ is WRONG. Bad for EVERYONE!!

The Learning Enrichment Foundation, which has 25 centres across the city, told parents in a recent letter, "Simply put, the ($10-a-day program's) funding formula does not fully cover the wages and expenses required to operate quality child care,"

Toronto daycare rolls back staff wage raises, blames Ontario's funding modeltoronto.ctvnews.ca A large Toronto child-care operator is rolling back raises for staff, laying the blame on how the Ontario government is funding the national $10-a-day program.

Private sector hasn't built condos for families. "Thanks to federal & provincial political choices made in the 1980s & 1990s to severely cut the production of public, non-profit & co-op housing, the bulk of Canada’s new housing is built by the private sector more than in most other OECD countries.

The condo market is tanking in Toronto and no one can find anywhere to live. Here’s one major reason whywww.thestar.com “One- or one-plus bedroom condos serve neither of these societal segments,” contributor John Lorinc writes. “It's as if the apparel industry had suddenly stopped manufacturing M, L and XL-sized clothi...

Five pro-Palestinian human rights independent candidates, including Jeremy Corbyn, won too. "In one of the bigger surprises of election night, the Greens expanded their representation beyond their usual urban, Labour-facing heartlands, also taking 2 mainly rural seats from Conservative competition.

Green party quadruples its number of Commons seats to fourwww.theguardian.com Co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay each win seat as Siân Berry holds Brighton Pavilion

"All LCBO stores across the province are closed for two weeks starting Friday as workers go on strike for the first time after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement." This story is a helpful FAQ on what happens now.

LCBO workers go on strike for the first time. Here's everything you need to knowwww.cp24.com All LCBO stores across the province are closed for two weeks starting Friday as workers go on strike for the first time after their union and employer failed to reach an agreement.

No events after 8 pm? Will they now hold State Lunches to welcome foreign heads of state? This is not okay. He clearly can't do the job anymore as it's been done. What a mess this is.

like I said. this Veep reboot is lit AF.

"The well-funded Conservative Party of Canada spent more than $8.5 million on advertising last year, substantially exceeding what its political rivals dropped to get their message out. The Liberals spent just a fraction of that at around $381,000, while the NDP spent only about $42,000." 👀

Well-funded Conservatives paid $8.5M on advertising in 2023, trouncing other partieswww.cp24.com The well-funded Conservative Party of Canada spent more than $8.5 million on advertising last year, substantially exceeding what its political rivals dropped to get their message out.

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It boggles my mind that the only national newspaper opinion columnist to say the truth about the president's complicity in the intentional and criminal starvation of over a million people is fucking Nicholas Kristof.

Opinion | How Biden Has Gotten in the Way of Fighting Starvation in Gazawww.nytimes.com Israel and the U.S. have made a boogeyman out of the U.N. group that’s providing critical services in Gaza.

The CDC acknowledges the obvious: Covid isn't a typical "winter" respiratory virus but, for purely political reasons, it marginalizes one of the best forms of protection against respiratory viruses.

However, the CDC continues to go out of its way to stigmatize masks, not listing it in its core prevention strategies for respiratory viruses, and calling it an “additional” prevention strategy instead.

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The CDC changes their tune. COVID-19 can surge throughout the year www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-...

COVID-19 can surge throughout the yearwww.cdc.gov COVID-19 peaks in the winter, like many other respiratory virus illnesses, but can also surge at oth

From the American Heart Association. #Covid19 "I would argue that COVID-19 is not a disease of the lungs at all," she said. "It seems most likely that it is what we call a vascular and neurologic infection, affecting both nerve endings and our cardiovascular system."

Beyond breathing: How COVID-19 affects your heart, brain and other organswww.heart.org The "head-to-toe" effects of COVID-19 infection mean you still need to be cautious, experts say.

Today our foster dog goes to the perfect family for him. Fostering was hard work. Fostering was joyful work. We'll do it again. Happy trails, buddy. You'll be so missed. ❤️

What Joe Biden's decision to run when it's fairly clear he isn't going to be fit for the next four years has done is suck all the oxygen out of the room. Corrupt Supreme Court? Not nearly enough attention. Trump's fascism? Not nearly enough attention. It didn't have to be this way.

Who can we blame for Joe Biden's gamble? Angry Democrats are starting to point the finger | Emma Brockeswww.theguardian.com The president’s hubris in thinking he was capable of a second term could be catastrophic, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Doug Ford is stealing from children. Ontario Science Centre. Ontario Place. Not for kids, for cronies. Former students of the school operated out of Ontario Science Centre are reminiscing about their experiences, following its closure. "I just want to cry after hearing the news." #OnPoli

Former students talk memories of Ontario Science Centre's schooltoronto.citynews.ca Former students say if the school doesn't continue it would be a huge loss for others who may not get the same opportunities.