Ika | DiversityTalk

Health policy & equity advocate | Cannabis policy enthusiast | Ph.D Student | CEO of @DiversityTalk_ | Committed to creating a more just & inclusive world 🌎

[Ulises @UlisesDavid__]

oye @grok ¿por qué tenemos 32 dientes separados cuando podríamos tener 2 placas masticatorias continuas como estas?

[Lucy 🇨🇦 @TheBlueGem3]

I second this.

[Mama T🌻 @herchosenpath]

If she was anybody else you guys would tell the truth.....

[APTN News @APTNNews]

After the decision made by the federal government to stop funding for MMIWG2S+, organizations that help MMIWG is left wondering what will happen due to a lack of these needed funds.
https://t.co/ruMMhqj4oY

[Ashley Reese @offbeatorbit]

Update: An exterminator heard about her story and did an inspection for free. The rat feces, urine, and filth flies are so bad that he deemed her apartment unlivable, especially for a cancer survivor like her with a suppressed immune system. So unacceptable. What an evil landlord

[barrel server @ ylfa’s bottleneck 🪓 @mouseabolition]

yeah this made me start crying like the AIDS crisis overall is not discussed as much as it should be, but information about how it impacted Black queer women specifically is even harder to find.

[Jason R. Williams, MD, DABR @jasonwilliamsmd]

Stage 3 rectal cancer in a 26 year old. This is what I've been warning about. The incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults has nearly doubled since the early 1990s. We're seeing Stage III and IV in people under 40 with increasing aggressiveness.

But the real story here is the treatment. This is dostarlimab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor. Immunotherapy alone. No surgery. No chemo. No radiation. 100% clinical complete response rate in mismatch repair deficient rectal cancers. The immune system did what it was designed to do.

We've known since PD-1 inhibitors were approved in 2014 that this was the direction cancer treatment needed to go. The paradigm is shifting. Empower the immune system instead of destroying it.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

A mother is facing the difficult decision to either take her son home to Nunavik or to leave him in a specialized facility.

See how she fights for more local care, tonight on APTN National News.

Watch live: https://t.co/SFe5vnw6AT

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue.

I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe.

They also didn’t pay cover 🖕

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city of Montreal.

After weeks of research, with help from friends, I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym to train and take propaganda photos.

Here’s my investigation:

[National Post @nationalpost]

Tumbler Ridge shooting victim, 12, 'loved being at school' before he was 'murdered in cold blood,' father says

In an emotional Facebook post, Abel Mwansa said his son was killed in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School

https://t.co/revItKHtmQ

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

BREAKING: 🔴

At least seven people, including a police officer, have been shot at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.

Contributed by @AZ_Intel_.

[APTN News @APTNNews]

A scathing auditor general report calls out Canada’s failure to deliver clean drinking water.

Thirty-eight First Nations remain under drinking water advisories years after the federal government promised to end them.

[Edward Row 𓃡 @edwardrow]

Doug Ford is considering ending "security of tenure" - ending automatic month-to-month rental renewals, dramatically reshaping ontario's rental laws https://t.co/UUkKQ8xFk9

[Sarah Colero @Sarah_Colero]

Disabled Canadians increasingly under pressure to opt for euthanasia (MAID) during routine doctor visits, internal documents show
https://t.co/myaqdxDNdQ

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the long-anticipated search of the Brady Landfill for two First Nations women will begin.

[Ika | DiversityTalk @IkaTheTweeter]

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[Ika | DiversityTalk @IkaTheTweeter]

Shaping the future of social services for East African communities in Hamilton! 🗣️

📅 Aug 19–22 (Zoom & in-person)
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[APTN News @APTNNews]

The international band Coldplay recently performed in Toronto this week for their Music of the Spheres World Tour.

On Tuesday night, the concert included a number of First Nation youth from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.
https://t.co/yzrXuRgjfM

[APTN News @APTNNews]

Neskantaga has had a boil water advisory for 30 years due to the failure of its water treatment plant. Now the Ontario government wants it to get on board with resource development, while asking Ottawa not to reintroduce safe drinking water legislation.
https://t.co/qDUtZ3Mcsz