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JenniferD@juniperd.bsky.social |
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Ambidextrous. Ragamuffin. Bookish. Silly for dogs. Introvert. Awkward. Politics | Health | UBI | Science | Publishing Prev: Writing & Editing, Mostly in the Book Industry Current: BSc Forensic Science (Student) Disabled | She/Her | Settler |
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JenniferD
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“They’re just using fear to push their agenda,” said Nicholas Scapillati, head of the non-profit Grizzly Bear Foundation. “No one was consulted in this decision – not the biologists, not the independent conservation groups, not the First Nations. Were the government’s own scientists consulted?"
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JenniferD
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JFC!
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Dang! This is a disappointing reality. I actually had to look at the date on my computer. 🤣
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JenniferD
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"The findings suggest that medical advances against some cancers—gained by better screening, prevention and treatment—have been overtaken by startling increases in other cancers, including colon, rectal, thyroid, ovarian and prostate cancers." #GenX #Health
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JenniferD
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100%
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JenniferD
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Every. Fucking. Year. These barbaric events need to end. I know, I know, BUT TOURISM DOLLARS. No. Death is not a spectator sport. "It said 105 other animals have died in the Stampede's rodeo and chuckwagon races since the society started tracking the deaths in 1986."
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JenniferD
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Such a delight! Similar, if you haven't watched it already, the Australian show Fisk.
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JenniferD
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So damn excited for this Canada match!! #COPAAmerica2024 🇨🇦
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JenniferD
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Umm, whoa.
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JenniferD
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"...while Ford’s government presents the virtual map as a solution to help consumers during the LCBO strike, it has instead become a flashpoint for broader debates about labour rights, privatization, and government priorities in Ontario." (I hate his face, apologies for dirtying your timeline)
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Joshua J. Friedman
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NEW: Former WSJ health-care reporter Stephanie Armour files a disability discrimination lawsuit against the paper, alleging her editors kept trying to revoke her disability accommodation of working from home and ultimately made it impossible for her to continue there (via David Folkenflik)
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JenniferD
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China Miéville? 'Kraken', in particular, might scratch your itch. Embassytown is brilliant but not so much on the funny. Christopher Moore? Douglas Adams? Not SFF, but 'Solomon Gurksy was Here', by Mordecai Richler is so good, goofy-serious Dunces-ish. Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle: Vonnegut
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Jordan Roberts
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Subscribers got this updated story today, reflecting the current LCBO strike.
As we wrote six month ago, getting rid of the LCBO (and its contribution to government coffers) is the end game.
www.corruptario.ca/fords-obsess...
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JenniferD
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Ew. No. Bel Group leans on AI to accelerate innovation, tighten value chain efficiencies - The French cheese company will leverage artificial intelligence to come up with unique recipes while achieving end-to-end efficiency gains across its global value chain.
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JenniferD
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“When people dare to speak out, countless others feel seen,” says Brooks. “#MeToo showed us that. But that visibility can cost you. We always end up putting the onus on the very people who have already survived so much bullshit."
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Julie S. Lalonde
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People don't want to believe that Alice Munro's behaviour is common. They want to cast her as uniquely evil. I interviewed survivors of incest and even when they were believed by family and removed from their abuser, nobody spoke of it again. The culture of silence is everywhere.
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emptywheel
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Updated: I read the NYT Front Page so you didn't have to.
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JenniferD
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“These revelations not only crush Munro’s legacy as a person, but they make the stories that were, in retrospect, so clearly about those unfathomable betrayals basically unreadable as anything but half-realized confessions,” Makkai said in an email. “To me, that makes them unreadable at all.”
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JenniferD
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ROZ!
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JenniferD
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It sucks that this is where we are at, and voters end up making compromises. If the end result is keeping the Cons and PP at bay, and resisting the rise in hate-based policy, that is worth something. Progressives really need to laser focus on fighting the Cons, and not one another. 2/2
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JenniferD
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I lived in Leaside when you ran. I believed you to be a thoughtful, strong candidate in a tough Lib/Con riding. I'm surprised at the rigidity you display in your reply. If you read the info shared, you would see they advocate to focus votes on most viable progressive candidate/riding. 1/2
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JenniferD
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"... They do something more self-protective and sacrifice the person who has disturbed the quiet of the family."
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JenniferD
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Dean eloquently expresses what I attempted to convey to my partner: "I am upset, but my disquiet is laced with a recognition that families do not react to abuse the way they do in the movies. They do not unconditionally support victims, even when the abusers don’t dispute what happened....
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JenniferD
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Michelle Dean's thoughtful, personal take on this awful revelation. TW: SA
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JenniferD
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If you are feeling motivated after the election results in the UK and France, you can do something:
"Canadians urgently need a unified, progressive choice in the next federal election. To make this happen, the progressive parties must adopt a cooperative approach"
#CDNPoli
cooperateforcanada.ca
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JenniferD
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Most reasonably informed people understand the problems Airbnb has created in housing markets and for people and their neighbourhoods. Some municipalities are doing what they can to reel thing in to reverse course & mitigate damages.
Doug Ford: Hold my beer! #OnPoli
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Phil Plait
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Just found out about a massive data leak at Twitter/X. I don't use it anymore but I keep my account alive so no one else can claim my username. I just changed my password and suggest others do too. Also use 2FA whenever you can.
More:
cyberpress.org/9-4gb-twitte...
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JenniferD
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"Tufts also notes that OPSEU’s proposals on “expanding distribution and modernizing the LCBO” by opening more locations and new formats such as LCBO express locations are a noteworthy counterpoint to Ford’s “cheap beer everywhere at anytime populism.” #LCBO #OnPoli
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Sarah Weinman
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I was angry and wrote about it.
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JenniferD
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This is the thing I've been sitting with since reading the article yesterday, and I appreciate you noting it: how badly, heartlessly every single adult involved let Skinner down. (And also how that cruelty of silence/absence of support manifested in her siblings for so many years to follow.)
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JenniferD
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JenniferD
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It is a devastating situation. PressReader is a great resource through some libraries; glad I could let you know about it.
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JenniferD
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PressReader Toronto Public Library link:
www-pressreader-com.ezproxy.torontopubliclibrary.ca/canada/toron...
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JenniferD
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Oh. Oh no. Oh. No. My heart to Andrea Skinner, and gratitude for her strength. And credit to her siblings for the work they've undertaken. (Paywalled, but accessible through PressReader with some libraries. I accessed through Toronto Public Library, link in next comment.)
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JenniferD
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Legislated poverty (CPP-D, ODSP) should not exist in a country like Canada.
"The short version is that disabled people were deliberately designed out of society and thus everything about our cities, including housing, was designed for non-disabled people," Peters said."
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JenniferD
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From Rebecca Solnit, for The Guardian:
"Why is the pundit class so desperate to push Biden out of the race? Yes, Biden had a bad debate – but so did Trump. The media is once again repeating the mistakes of 2016"
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Aunt Sylvia’s Home for Wayward Women and Lurid Tulips
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Happy #primeweek! I just want to let y’all know that the Amazon shipping warehouse where my husband works is denying workers fans during a nationally recognized heat emergency and everything you order during time week places workers’ lives at risk.
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JenniferD
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Nice! I saw this is a new project you are working on, I hope you are enjoying the process!
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JenniferD
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OH! @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca: have you seen this?
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JenniferD
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Nice! I am a fan of big, messy, complicated novels too. At the same time, I am very much a mood reader and everything in the world over the past few years <flails arms about> has made it challenging for me to get into those kinds of heavier (more mentally demanding) reads.
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JenniferD
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I've had the Roy on my shelf since its release. She's an incredible writer, but I've hesitated to pick it up because The God of Small Things destroyed me, and 20 years later I still don't think I'm recovered. 🤣
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PCFclub
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For the people who don’t have time, here’s your Readers Digest version. You’re welcome.
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Hayes Brown
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If this resonates with you as an expert in your field, please feel free to hit me up on how to pitch an op-ed to MSNBC dot com
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JenniferD
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"Maher" and "Mya" are both clue answers in today's NYT crossword puzzle, in case you are wondering if puzzles are okay. They are not okay. #NYTimes #Crosswords
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JenniferD
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Every time I watch soccer, I marvel at the amazing power of the headbands players wear. (Photos not from current play.)
90+ minutes of play, all is secure, all is tidy; their hair looks great.
Bottom-right photo, me in a headband stepping out the front door on a calm day with no wind.
#EuroCup
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JenniferD
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Anyone who's paid even the slightest bit of attention to Parrish over the years will not be the least bit surprised she's being a bull in a china shop.
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JenniferD
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For accuracy, please know the union did not walk away. The government did, hours before the deadline with time to still work something out, and after a negotiator asked them to negotiate in better faith.
Bethlenfalvy's statement is a lie. #OnPoli
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JenniferD
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Please understand, striking workers are striking to keep the LCBO in the public hands - BILLIONS of dollars each year go directly back to supporting Ontarians: education, health, environment, etc... The government will spin this, of course. But Ford et al suck and have broken the province badly.
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JenniferD
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Well, Ontario friends, LCBO is on strike as of midnight tonight. This article is from this morning, but my inside scoop tells me they walked away from the table about an hour ago. so. Strike. #OnPoli
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JenniferD
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"The [PM] hasn’t responded to calls from frustrated lawmakers to meet to discuss the party’s future. While he told reporters Wednesday he was personally calling MPs, tensions are clearly mounting within...and a growing number fear the unpopular leader could cost them their own seats in parliament."
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