These over the top stunts all for a "reveal" aren't worth the risk.
https://www.comicsands.com/gender-reveal-party-pilots-death-2664942400.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

Weekend reading :)

https://www.wikihow.com/Practice-Nudism

Elon Musk ‘Committing Evil’ By Blocking Internet Access, Top Ukrainian Advisor Says https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-starlink-internet-ukraine_n_64fbeb82e4b030adc95470e5?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Wakey Wakey Virginia..

Meanwhile in Grey-Bruce, a part of the province that has suffered relentless ER closures, the #Ontario #Conservative govt is spending big bucks to rebrand that health system to BrightShores.
Why?
"Whenever you see a hospital with a name like an investment firm instead of a name that represents the hospital’s location or origin, it’s because its executives want it to be turned into a for-profit business."

#profiteers #bill60 #onpoli #SylviaJones #DougFord #walkerton #minden @coopermatthew_1

I just boosted this (including the link for reference) because this conference has a kick-ass COVID policy. Just add I think it's important to call out cons who get it wrong, I think it's important to acknowledge and encourage those who get it right.
https://mastodon.social/@SeaGL/110947561255958096

"We have repeatedly heard that the pandemic is over and, as Cohen said last week, “We’re in a much different and better place … We have vaccines, at-home tests, effective treatments, and we have common sense strategies like washing your hands and staying away from people when you are sick.” Not once did she utter the words “mask,” “aerosol,” or “ventilation,” which are the most effective strategies against Covid. She broadcast this despite noting that up to 10,000 people were hospitalized with Covid-19 during a one-week period."

#Covid #covid19 #CovidIsNotOver #maskup
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2023/09/07/where-have-all-the-masks-gone/?sh=42d1a7136c94

'Two-tiered justice': Republican presidential candidates slammed for floating MAGA rioter pardons https://www.alternet.org/gop-leaders-jan-6-rioters/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

COVID-19 cases in Quebec hospitals have tripled in the past month.

The number of patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus has risen from around 300 three weeks ago to 881 as of Wednesday, Sept. 6.

#COVID19 #Canada #Quebec @auscovid19

Source: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-cases-in-quebec-hospitals-have-tripled-in-the-past-month-1.6553084

Update from the federal Conservative Convention being held in Québec City this weekend.

"The director of the anti-abortion group, Right Now, confirmed their goal is to nominate & elect even more anti-abortion politicians to the House of Commons, with an aim of passing legislation to restrict abortion access in #Canada."

#conservatives #cdnpoli #onpoli #topoli #poilievre

https://globalnews.ca/news/9945982/socons-push-to-check-poilievre-power/

Canada vs. U.S. pricing: Why we often pay more (CBC Marketplace)

This video was done during the Harper years - Canadians have always paid more than Americans

So this shouldn't be NEW - it has been that way for YEARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLGcI0PtE2k

Love to see it.

Message received. ⬇️

https://bird.makeup/@consumersos/1700267734507155673

Judge denies Mark Meadows effort to move Georgia case to federal court

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/08/mark-meadows-court-decision-georgia/

#WashingtonPost #MarkMeadowsCourtCase #GeorgiaFederalCourt #LegalNews #JudicialRuling #LegalDispute #Politics #News

Poilievre invokes former Liberal prime ministers' fiscal records in speech at Conservative convention

#conservative #poilievre

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-conservative-convention-1.6961162?cmp=rss

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/08/Defeat-Poilievre-Politics-Abandonment/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=080923

How to Defeat #Poilievre’s P#olitics of Abandonment
Take every chance to debunk these six false promises destined to make most #Canadians worse off

Is it just me, or is Sept 9th too early to put out the #Christmas shit?!?

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/07/canada-conservatives-poilievre-grassroots-00114542

Canada’s Conservatives recruit Brexiteer and ‘canceled’ former general to fire up grassroots

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/half-the-worlds-population-faced-extreme-heat-for-at-least-30-days-this-summer/

Half the World’s Population Faced Extreme Heat for at Least 30 Days This Summer
Nearly every person on the planet saw high temperatures that were made at least twice as likely by climate change this summer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66745270?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Canada launches public inquiry into foreign interference