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I was a puddle before they even got to the pre-match YNWA. Just seeing him head out down the tunnel to the pitch was enough. What an emotional day for a world-class manager, for his players and staff, for a whole city -- and for Liverpool's fanbase across the world. ⚽❤️
#DankeJurgen
He is. (And we are unsure if he's lived in a house before so this makes how great he's doing even more special.) He's doing sooo well. He is going to be some lucky family's beloved boy.
Media scanning will be a bit light for a few days and not just because of the long weekend. New foster dog arrived yesterday and it's particularly busy as he settles in.
What a good boy. Such a happy, kind-hearted dog. He deserves all the good things.
Public Health Ontario usually reports under 5 as a category. And I believe it is for privacy reasons. It is entirely possible that this child was too young to vaccinate. We just don't know.
It gave my garden structure (hedges.) When I was told I'd have to spray 3x/year w/pesticide (this was before option mentioned in the story), I knew I wasn't going to do that. I revamped my front garden to make it into a pollinators' garden. I love it. It hums & dances all summer. Don't miss the box.
"Before I knew there was a problem, six boxwood were already dead."
That's how I started a short story in a creative writing class I took thru the Toronto Botanical Garden 3 years ago.
This is a very bad pest and I ended up 'renovating' my garden because of it and the damage it would clearly do.
Box tree moths have infested Ontario and experts say more are coming. Here's what to do to protect your garden
An invasive moth species is on the rise in Canada and, if you've planted a certain shrub, it could stand to ruin your garden.
www.cp24.com"Butker may have hurt himself as a Kansas City NFL player, but time was going to do that to him anyway. Now he’s made himself right-wing media’s hire du jour. The lesson learned here is probably not the one most people think."
The diabolical lie of Harrison Butker’s speech is that football still cares what any player says
The response (or lack thereof) to the Kansas City kicker’s commencement address at a religious college suggests the culture wars are coming to an end in sports
www.theglobeandmail.com
Friday afternoon before a long weekend. This is absolutely taking out the trash.
"Ontario’s infrastructure is turning to a powerful tool recently granted to her to sidestep Toronto’s planning process and push ahead with the government’s controversial, signature redevelopment of Ontario Place."
Ford government uses new powers to sidestep Toronto’s say in Ontario Place plans | Globalnews.ca
The new order will effectively replace the local planning process and puts the province's plans for a spa, concert venue and science centre at the waterfront close to reality.
globalnews.ca
"People couldn’t wait to remember him."
I often think we'd all be so much farther ahead if we live like we'd like to be remembered.
This is a beautiful tribute. ❤️
Darren Dutchyshen was an authentically comfortable, eternally 15-year-old Labrador retriever of a man, a broadcaster who walked the edge of appropriateness with joy and generosity, and was the most beloved guy at TSN. He was a giant in every way, and will be missed. www.thestar.com/sports/opini...
Bruce Arthur: TSN’s Darren Dutchyshen was one of one. We’ll be telling Dutchy stories and laughing for years
The art of great television is to be authentic, but professionally. Dutchyshen, who died at age 57, was more comfortably himself on air than anyone I have ever seen in Canadian TV.
www.thestar.comThis is beautiful. Such a gift you've given him and all who care about him who read it. ❤️
Remind me never, ever to post again about children and vaccination. I get that people feel deep sadness and helplessness but the rage in my mentions that might be the result of these feelings is....a lot.
It's heartbreaking in so many ways.
"A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly contagious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms.
The child, who was under the age of 5, was not immunized against the virus"
Child under 5 dies of measles in Ontario: PHO
A young child has died of measles in Ontario, marking the first death in the province from the highly infectious virus in more than 10 years, a Public Health Ontario report confirms.
www.cp24.comThere's just so much bad stuff. The rapid rise of fascism. Canada supporting a horrific genocide (& the concomitant subversion of international humanitarian law.) People drinking raw milk to get imagined immunity from the possible next pandemic. A possible next pandemic. I could go on. It's brutal.
"The South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) announced in late April it will be moving the in-patient beds at its Durham hospital to two other hospitals in its local network as of June 3 due to a severe nursing shortage." #OnHealth
'We are begging': Durham residents call on province to stop closure of rural hospital's in-patient beds
The province is working closely with the hospital in its decision to move its in-patient beds, a spokesperson says
www.thetrillium.ca
"Why are you protesting?"
"We want the mass murder of thousands and thousands of children to stop."
This period of time is the most profoundly fucked up one I've encountered in my 53 years of life.
This photo of cops attacking student protesters at UC Irvine yesterday is fucking crazy. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
www.latimes.com/story/2024-0...
I have mixed feelings. Maybe the starting point should be to replace some of the refs who regularly make poor or obviously inconsistent calls? It's so dispiriting.
Ontario has told child-care centres that it will implement a new way of funding the national $10-a-day program — something operators have urgently called for — starting in 2025.
New way of funding $10-a-day child care in Ontario coming in 2025
Traditionally, child-care centres have raised parent fees when they faced rising expenses such as staffing costs.
toronto.citynews.ca
The minister when asked how many retailer based outlets there could be:
“I wouldn’t put an upper limit on it at all."
It's ideological. A government opposed to public services whose highest ideals are profit-making & wealth-building for a connected, party-friendly elite class. Cronyism.
Ford government to explore moving more ServiceOntario outlets into private 3rd-party retailers
The Ford government is moving ahead with shifting more ServiceOntario outlets into third-party private retailers
toronto.citynews.ca
"Covid-19 remained a bigger killer than the flu last winter, despite hopes the pandemic virus would eventually blend into the background with other respiratory germs.."
▶️Covid carries 35% higher risk of death in hospital patients
▶️‘We still need to take Covid seriously,’ researcher says
Four Years On, Covid-19 Remains a Worse Killer Than the Flu, US Study Finds
Covid-19 remained a bigger killer than the flu last winter, despite hopes the pandemic virus would eventually blend into the background with other respiratory germs that cause seasonal epidemics, a US...
www.bloomberg.com"Justice Marc St-Pierre wrote in his decision that McGill had failed to prove there was any “urgency” to clearing the cluster of tents, since there have been no incidents of violence or health and safety issues connected to the site."
A Quebec judge has rejected McGill University’s request for an injunction against the pro-Palestinian encampment on its downtown Montreal campus, the second time the protest has withstood a legal challenge as it stretches into its third week.
Quebec judge rejects McGill’s request for injunction to remove pro-Palestine encampment
Protesters celebrate judge’s decision and call on university to negotiate, McGill says it is ‘disappointed’ by the ruling
www.theglobeandmail.com“He is making Jews the face of the American war machine. And that is so deeply wrong."
Interior Dept staffer becomes first Jewish Biden appointee to publicly resign over war in Gaza
An Interior Department staffer has become the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
apnews.comCOVID-19 vaccination was tied to an 82% lower risk of death from any cause, a 47% lower risk of hospitalization for heart failure, & a 13% reduced risk of infection...Vaccination was also linked to significantly lower risks of stroke, heart attack, myocarditis/pericarditis, & venous thromboembolism.
Yes. Bogoch has strong positive affective presence. I think you would find he elicits mostly positive emotions in those he interacts with. It's basically likability. This influences how his msging & advice lands. And what's known as the messenger effect matters a lot.
Joe Biden is clearly trying to kill as many Gazans as possible.
"Not acting upon repeated warnings like these was a political choice.
“The US has provided both the military & the diplomatic support that enabled famine to emerge in Gaza,” Jeremy Konyndyk, former high-ranking Biden USAID official.
Joe Biden has done more than arm Israel. He’s complicit in Gaza’s devastating famine
An investigation by The Independent uncovers the missteps, missed opportunities and political choices made by the Biden administration that allowed a famine to take hold in northern Gaza. With access ...
www.independent.co.uk
Tell me how this communicates to those around clinically vulnerable people that they are at risk.
Tell me what the knock-on effects of minimizing msging could be to our understanding of risk of H5N1.
I could go on & on.
And don't even get me started on the other guy's "scariant" thing. 2/2
'Not a scarient': New COVID-19 subvariant dominant in Canada
A new COVID-19 subvariant is dominant in Canada, representing just over 30 per cent of cases in the country, but infectious disease experts say there’s no sign it’ll evolve into a summer “scarient.”
www.cp24.com
This guy was on ON's vaccine task force.
Tell me how msging like this helps take-up of the latest vaccine.
Tell me what an elderly person would take from it about their need to be vaccinated.
Tell me how this educates the public about the role of vaccination in lowering long Covid risk. 1/2
I find this so incredibly depressing. Western politicians are both bought and morally bankrupt. IHL doesn't matter. Polling in multiple countries shows that the public does not support this slaughter without end but you would never know it from the words and actions of most politicians in the West.
The paywalled story is here.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Joe Biden. Genocidaire. Unmistakably.
"The Biden administration notified Congress...that it was moving forward with more than $1 billion in new weapons deals for Israel, U.S. and congressional officials said, a massive arms package less than a week after the White House paused a shipment of bombs"
"Early tests on milk being sold in Canada found no signs of the virus that causes a dangerous form of bird flu, federal officials say.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) laboratories have tested 142 retail milk samples from "across Canada." #H5N1
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
She's here until the end of the year.
"Dr. Eileen de Villa, who has served as the city’s top doctor since 2017 and helped lead Toronto through the COVID-19 pandemic, announced her resignation in a video message posted to X on Tuesday."
Toronto’s top doctor Dr. Eileen de Villa announces resignation
Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health is stepping down.
www.cp24.com
"Interventions such as testing patients for COVID-19 on admission, isolation of ill healthcare workers, & universal HCW masking significantly reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission among patients & staff in UK hospitals"
The interventions may have averted 400,000 patient infections & 410,000 staff cases.
"Patients with both infections were at an increased risk for hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, & death. The estimated fatality rate among hospitalized patients with TB-COVID co-infection was 11.4%"
Meta-analysis reveals TB/COVID co-infection increasingly common, tied to worse outcomes
TB-COVID co-infections increasingly common, tied to worse outcomes, data show
The estimated fatality rate among hospitalized patients with TB-COVID co-infection was 11.4%.
www.cidrap.umn.edu"So how Canada Soccer did it is almost as interesting as who they nabbed."
Canada Soccer remains cash-strapped, but general secretary Kevin Blue got creative, and MLS teams were so worried the men's team was headed for real trouble they helped pay Jesse Marsch's salary through the World Cup in 2026. Canadian soccer isn't easy. www.thestar.com/sports/socce...
Bruce Arthur: Cash-strapped but creative, Canada Soccer gets its man to coach the men’s national team
Canada's three MLS clubs help the federation land American Jesse Marsch, who says "I believe that I'm the right guy for this team."
www.thestar.comOoooh, this is interesting. I knew about Leeds United but not about Leipzig and Salzburg and Champions League play. That's a serious resumé.
He makes clear in his lede that he only used the term 'genocide' once at HRW. His caution makes this more significant.
"I'm now persuaded Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. What changed my mind is its sustained policy of obstructing the movement of humanitarian assistance"
Aryeh Neier, founder of Human Rights Watch and former skeptic of genocide charges against Israel:
"I am now persuaded that Israel is engaged in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza."
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Is Israel Committing Genocide? | Aryeh Neier
I have been engaged for six decades in the human rights movement, which has endeavored to restore peace by enforcing International Humanitarian Law. Can the law bring a measure of justice to the victi...
www.nybooks.com
Members of the public could have been exposed at the following locations:
May 10:
Silver Creek Convenience in Mississauga from 7am - 12pm
Health Care Medical Clinic in Mississauga from 9am - 1pm
May 10 & May 11:
Trillium Health Partners Mississauga ER from 9:17am on May 10 - 6:15pm on May 11
Measles case confirmed in adult in Mississauga
In a news release, PPH said it's begun reaching out to close contacts who may have been exposed to the virus.
toronto.citynews.ca
B.C. nurses, doctors fired over vaccine refusal lose court bid to toss health orders
The judge said only workers with no access to patients or colleagues made case for vaccine exemption
vancouversun.com/news/local-n...
"There is an image of nurses in which we are expected to be submissive and sweet, never raising our voices, just getting on with the job. We are not supposed to get angry, to speak up. But there is a lot of anger in these photographs."
‘So much death and upset’: the nurses quitting the NHS after Covid – a photo essay
Hannah Grace Deller photographed several of her fellow nurses as they decided to leave the NHS after their experiences during the pandemic
www.theguardian.com
CHEO has painted quite the picture for the Citizen's terrific health reporter, Elizabeth Payne. Things are not good at CHEO due to an outdated funding model.
This media pitch from the hospital is a lesson in how to bring pressure to bear on a stingy provincial government during $$ negotiations.
CHEO's "pediatric capacity crisis" due to MD shortages challenges Ford govt's lie that there is "no major concern" about doctor retention & recruitment"
"Some departments at CHEO have physician vacancy rates of 40% and struggle to keep the doctors they have, let alone recruiting new ones" #OnHealth
Outdated funding model for doctors at CHEO is affecting its ability to deliver care: Alex Munter
A group of doctors at CHEO says they are struggling to fill physician vacancies because its funding from the province is inadequate.
ottawacitizen.comThanks and thanks, Geoff! (That would involve me also figuring out if I want my photos to be seen by a larger group. #ShyIntrovertProblems)
I *think* I read a few days ago that milk getting dumped could enter into this or something, too? (I might be getting that wrong...wish I could remember where I saw it.)
