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[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

@jamiljivani To the voters who thought Jamil Jivani would respect Canada, give your head a shake.

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

Robert DeNiro: "I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser… And let me just say it, I can't love the country that's led by Donald Trump.” 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

This entitled industry is already hiding massive pollution. Why would we give a pass for even more? Say no to fossil fuels. @markjcarney @juliedabrusin @liberal_party https://t.co/in9PT5XOxK

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

The guys who most complained about wearing masks during Covid now wear bigger ones to intimidate people and to hide their identities.
Effing cowards and hypocrites . Shame on all of these racist asswipes

[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

@fordnation Doug Ford and is team are tone deaf if they think US photo ops are helpful. When you're in a hole, stop digging. @fordnation

[Alberta Working Forward @ABLabourToday]

UCP's budget priorities are completely broken. Danielle Smith claims there is no money to properly fund public education and emergency rooms, but always finds billions in taxpayers subsidies for highly profitable oil and gas companies.

Corporate Greed.
Corporate Welfare.
#AbLeg #AbEd #HealthcareCrisis

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

We can't have clean energy because it will destroy the oil industry. We can't have healthcare because it will destroy the health insurance industry. We can't have peace because it will destroy the weapon industry. Capitalism built a system we can't afford to do the right thing.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Now you know.

[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

Toronto’s Waterfront Is Not a Runway. After decades of restoration, it's an asset for homes and tourism. Jets fly in the face of logic. @MarkJCarney @PrabSarkaria @fordnation @Transport_gc https://t.co/izFG78z6kP

[Theo Moudakis @TheoMoudakis]

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's @TorontoStar

[Parksy @PfParks]

UCP "believe" in a "free market" for HC but not Oil!

Soon to be announced: BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars spent de-risking a pipeline for oil corporations making record profits, while actively cutting funding for ABs with severe disabilities living below the poverty line.

[David Weale @toobob9]

@jkenney The climate crisis is the existential threat of our time. Future generations will look back and wonder why we didn’t do more. Why did we screw their future. Today’s politicians, in the pocket of the extraction industry, will mouth platitudes but do nothing to avert disaster.

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

One year ago today, 218 House Republicans passed the largest cut to healthcare in American history.

In November, we’re going to vote them out.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Swiss farmers planted flowers between their crops and watched pest damage drop by over half. The UK is now running the same trial across 15 farms. The reason this works is embarrassingly simple.

A Swiss study on winter wheat found that fields with wildflower strips had 40 to 53% fewer leaf beetle pests than fields without. Crop damage dropped 61%.

The mechanism is simple. Wildflowers feed hoverflies, lacewings, parasitic wasps, ladybugs, and ground beetles. Those insects eat the aphids, beetle larvae, and caterpillars that farmers would otherwise spray for. A few meters of wildflowers hosts an unpaid pest control crew that would jump at the chance to whoop some aphid ass.

In apple orchards where no insecticides had been used for five years, plots with wildflower alleyways had 9.2% damaged fruit. Control plots without flowers had 32.5%.

The UK is now running a five-year trial across 15 farms placing 6-meter flower strips through the middle of fields, not just at the edges, because the beneficial insects can't reach the center of a large field otherwise.

This works the same way in a backyard vegetable garden as it does on a commercial farm. Plant native flowering species near your tomatoes, beans, and squash. The pests still show up, but the predators show up too.

Study doi: 20151369

[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

Everyone should pay their fair share of tax, proportional to their wealth. M/Billionnaires will survive just fine. @fordnation @PBethlenfalvy @FP_Champagne https://t.co/aeQqdL6pHD via @torontostar

[BruceM @BruceMurdoch7]

@jkenney Who is going to buy the oil, China?

[Raghu Venugopal MD @raghu_venugopal]

"Do not go to the emergency department for a sore throat" Premier Ford has said. I'm here to tell you to ignore this non-medical advice as not all sore throats are the same. A sore throat can be acute myeloid leukemia. 👇👇👇

With written, informed consent from the patient, my ER colleague and I have submitted for peer review and publication, the case-report of a healthy patient who came to the ER with a worsening sore throat and flu-like symptoms. The physical exam was concerning and bloodwork was diagnostic for acute leukemia.

The bottom line is simple. Doctors, nurses and politicians don't get to tell people when to and when not to go the ER. We rely on and trust the general public to define a medical emergency. That's the best way to ensure the ER is the medical safety net for all Canadians.

https://t.co/46egvzbXeD

[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

How to push back against mis-fluencers' lies? Digital literacy and a fact-check filter for all online content. A job for AI. @SeanFraserMP @EvanLSolomon
https://t.co/NtxYhkLwnT

[Talkopolis @talkopolis]

Doug Ford throttles solar and wind energy, while the modern world is advancing ‘Agrivoltaics’. It can power AI data centres and increase food production — new study. @fordnation @timhodgsonmt @Sflecce @AAFC_Canada @CornwallHeath @TrevorJonesCKL https://t.co/ktQAxycu5k

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

I’m so tired of this government implementing education policies without thinking them through or consulting stakeholders. #OntEd