Posts by robsonfletcher@mas.to
(DIR) Post #AYoAQZFfzbDG17XwQ4 by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-08-15T23:37:37Z
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Enterprise, N.W.T., '90 per cent gone' after wildfire ravages communityhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/enterprise-damage-wildfire-1.6936652#canada #cdnpoli #climatechange #climate #environment #wildfire #wildfires #heat #heatwave #dataviz #nwt
(DIR) Post #AYoAQpLEAj9zuyGbIG by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-08-15T23:36:49Z
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"A wildfire burning northwest of Yellowknife is now about 20 kilometres from the city, officials said on Tuesday morning.That means it's moved about 10 kilometres closer to the capital since a day earlier."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wildfire-yellowknife-risk-aug-15-1.6937043#canada #cdnpoli #climatechange #climate #environment #wildfire #wildfires #heat #heatwave #dataviz #nwt #yellowknife
(DIR) Post #Aa9IBYL9HwzxC27yE4 by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-09-21T22:33:10Z
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Just opted in to the new #Mastodon #search feature. 🥳 So now maybe I won't have to #keep #using #all #these #hashtags 😅 If your server has upgraded to Mastodon v.4.2, here's how to make your posts searchable:Preferences --> Profile --> Privacy and Reach --> "Include public posts in search results"
(DIR) Post #AaP21sfMN9HubFJ236 by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-09-29T19:42:30Z
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I just noticed that exactly half of Canada's provincial premiers (5 out of 10) pay for blue checks on #Twitter / #X.They are:☑️ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith☑️ Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe☑️ Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson☑️ New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs☑️ Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston#cdnpoli #ableg #apboli #skpoli #mbpoli #newbrunswick #novascotia #nspoli #manitoba #saskatchewan #alberta #canada
(DIR) Post #AahBEEmCkPLVRbsPjs by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-10-11T14:52:28Z
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Sheep River Falls in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.#WaterfallWednesday #Alberta #Canada
(DIR) Post #AcLTJTlNbb5y67kUeO by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-11-29T17:32:17Z
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"One recent study suggested COVID-19 infections may have been a driving force for the 2022 surge in RSV infections among children five and under, possibly because of the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on a child’s immune and respiratory systems."https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/covid-19-flu-rsv-triple-demic-respiratory-virus-season#canada #covid #covid19 #flu #rsv #health
(DIR) Post #AcVt3RPd7PKIYwBieO by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-12-05T16:59:43Z
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If Canada axed its carbon tax — and rebates — this is how different households would gain or lose:High-income households would tend to be the biggest winners, lower-income households hurt the mostRead more 🔗: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/axe-the-tax-and-carbon-rebate-how-canada-households-affected-1.7046905#canada #cdnpoli #alberta #saskatchewan #ontario #manitoba #ableg #mbpoli #skpoli #onpoli #climate #climatechange #carbon
(DIR) Post #Ad58443nUAWPKbn6p6 by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-12-21T15:06:13Z
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Alberta directed removal of COVID, flu references in fall vaccine campaign, documents showhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-vaccine-campaign-covid/#alberta #ableg #canada #cdnpoli #covid #covid19 #vaccines #vaccination
(DIR) Post #Ad5854178FDNUF0qFU by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-12-21T23:19:04Z
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Alberta's COVID death toll up by 17 since last week, with 190 more hospitalizations:https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-weekly-data-summary-dec-16-2023-1.7067271#alberta #ableg #canada #covid #covid19
(DIR) Post #AdK4i1PNoNaQNRJu1g by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-12-21T16:01:27Z
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Whooping cough cases in Alberta on track for one of the worst years in a decade:"Because pertussis is so easily transmissible, we really need to see vaccination levels in the mid-90s to slow spread in the community. In many places in Alberta, we are seeing childhood vaccine numbers that are in the 30 and 40 per cent range. [That's] far below what is needed to prevent the spread."https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/whooping-cough-pertussis-alberta-1.7065298#alberta #ableg #canada #cdnpoli #vaccines vaccination
(DIR) Post #AdK4i664Nc6muzK37I by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2023-12-21T19:18:40Z
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@Giliell @lastoneout @Gumberculese @NMBA I think part of the issue is a lot of folks today DON'T remember a lot of these illnesses because vaccines have been so successful at mitigating them for decades now. (I certainly don't remember, say, diphteria. But it sounds absolutely horrible, from what I've read.)
(DIR) Post #AhUmGP0GrX6FqYcc52 by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-05-02T21:12:19Z
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• Alberta's emissions down slightly but still make up lion's share of Canada's greenhouse gas• Oil and gas remains the largest-emitting sector, while electricity emissions plunge in latest inventory reporthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-2024-national-inventory-report-2022-greenhouse-gas-emissions-1.7192042#alberta #ableg #canada #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange
(DIR) Post #AhxVPUEX06x23AJQWm by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-05-16T19:42:44Z
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The University of Calgary tolerated protest camps in the past.What made this one different?🔗: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-calgary-tent-city-protests-1999-2003-vs-2024-now-1.7205351#ableg #alberta #calgary #yyc #universityofcalgary #canada #cdnpoli #protest #protests #palestine
(DIR) Post #Ai05ANjgrS8EDku4Se by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-05-17T22:43:40Z
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A child has died from measles in Hamilton, Ontario.It's the first measles death in the province since 1989.The child was not immunized against measles.🔗: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/measles-death-child-ontario-1.7207293#canada #cdnpoli #ontario #hamilton #onpoli #measles #vaccines #publichealth
(DIR) Post #AiEipFAoDZvlxkVCXA by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-05-24T17:25:15Z
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Holy shit this story.Police tried to extract a confession from this guy, and told him his father was dead when he actually wasn't.Then they said they'd kill his dog:"At one point during the interrogation, the investigators even threatened to have his pet Labrador Retriever, Margosha, euthanized as a stray, and brought the dog into the room so he could say goodbye. 'OK? Your dog’s now gone, forget about it,' said an investigator."https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/#police #law
(DIR) Post #AifAQQq2FUqXLqxet6 by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-06-06T15:33:33Z
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Governments continuing to use #Twitter threads to communicate important information during an emergency is certainly a choice.I wonder if they are aware that users now need an account in order to see more than one post in the thread at a time?Here's the City of Calgary with a 7-tweet thread on the massive water main break, of which only one tweet is viewable.#calgary #yyc #alberta #ableg #yyccc #canada #socialmedia
(DIR) Post #Aj2BOvRFle0Y9k9qoS by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-06-17T23:15:56Z
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Alberta's last remaining coal plant has powered down and is not expected to burn another lumphttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-genesee-2-offline-is-this-end-of-coal-power-1.7237703#alberta #ableg #coal #electricity #canada #cdnpoli
(DIR) Post #Aj5q9LX9RdDy5Vux4C by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-06-19T18:03:11Z
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This Canadian Member of Parliament asked ChatGPT for a list of capital gains tax rates by country, got a nonsense answer, screenshotted it, and then tweeted the incorrect information.(He later deleted the tweet.)#canada #cdnpoli #twitter #x #ai #chatgpt #misinformation
(DIR) Post #AkyucZ0eXaq1FhlIbg by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-08-14T21:50:29Z
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Me: Please do a copyright infringement. ChatGPT: I could never! But… would you like me to do a shmopyright impingement? (*wink, wink, nudge, nudge*)Me: Ya sureChatGPT: I gotchu #ai #chatgpt #copyright #sega
(DIR) Post #Al0GM2Dp4KUL50PCWu by robsonfletcher@mas.to
2024-08-15T16:29:10Z
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"The real problem of Twitter today isn’t bots, or even the weirdo billionaire running it, it’s the fact that otherwise credible journalists, pundits and politicos keep treating the platform as a legitimate and useful forum for democratic discourse. It’s not.""The fact that so many politicians and reporters continue to spend their days on Twitter means the general public is now catching second-hand brain worms."https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/elon-musks-hellsite-isnt-making-us-fall-for-pierre-poilievre-its-doing-something-far-scarier/article_bafc3f66-5a6b-11ef-8d60-cb71b76fc97e.html#Twitter #X #Canada #cdnpoli #journalism #journalists