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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2w ago

I was astonished, yesterday, talking to a friend in Ottawa. Me: "wait! Did you just say your daughter uses … a pencil? At high school?" 😵‍💫 Friend: "oh yes. The teachers are bringing pencil and paper back to counteract [other educational trends]." 😯 I admit, I didn't expect that. Bravo! 💐 "As AI use rises, some profs go back to pens and paper" Sorry, paywalled … Ottawa Citizen https://ottawacitizen.com/news/pens-and-paper-carleton-professors-students #noAI #education

ottawacitizen.com

As AI use rises, some profs go back to pens and paper | Ottawa Citizen

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 1mo ago

I just … I … Wtf is even happening here? (Gestures at the whole damned planet). #sigh

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2w ago

Replying to

👆 … oh, this documentary has a sense of humour. For example: a celebration of Bitcoin, using … a huge balloon? 🤣

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 4w ago

⚠️ In which Trump's self-aggrandising lies reach an alarming level.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

😱 "The Ottawa-based German-Canadian billionaire founder & CEO of Shopify, one of the biggest companies in the country, is under fire once again for online comments suggesting: people who don't earn an income should not be eligible to vote in elections, & that high earners should have more electoral power than middle- & low-income voters." https://flipboard.com/@blogto/blogto-8o12e3orz/-/a-VnNts89-SH6hg1e12nI0kg%3Aa%3A3332572087-%2F0

Flipboard

Ontario billionaire under fire for arguing poor people shouldn't be able to vote | Flipboard

blogto.com - Controversial German-Canadian billionaire Tobias "Tobi" Lütke is under fire once again for online comments suggesting that people who don't earn an …

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@NatureMC@mastodon.online @hamishb@mstdn.ca Update (bad news): "After millenia as a carbon sink, over a third of Arctic Boreal region turns into carbon emitter." https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/after-millenia-as-a-carbon-sink-over-a-third-of-arctic-boreal-region-turns-into-carbon-emitter

downtoearth.org.in

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

#MECFS #longCovid "A crash can feel like it arrives without warning. Then, the last thing anyone should have to do is search frantically for answers. This Guide was built for exactly that moment. Developed by our clinical team, it offers practical, plain-language guidance for patients, their support networks, & medical providers on managing a crash & learning the art of preventing them." Download or view online: ME/CFS Crash Survival Guidebook - Bateman Horne Center https://batemanhornecenter.org/education/mecfs-guidebook/

Bateman Horne Center

ME/CFS Guidebook

The guide gives patients, their support network, and medical providers with practical advice on ways to manage a ME/CFS crash, and the art of preventing them.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Replying to

"Nuclear power is a very expensive way to generate electricity & the small modular reactor is even more expensive." "designer … says smaller reactors can overcome some of that cost disadvantage because they require less machinery …: water circulates through the reactor w/o powered pumps, emergency cooling functions use gravity & natural circulation … However … Darlington is the design's first deployment, [so] those projected savings haven't yet been seen in a commercially operating unit." 😡

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@Furthering@convo.casa my experience: Clarity addresses fear. Addresses, not eliminates. Fear serves a function. Action, apart from prior clarity, may mask or defer fear … be sure it will come back, asking for attention, as soon as we try to relax. An Internal Family Systems perspective: a fear needs to be *heard* and treated with respect. Once we create a dialogue or connection with it, new ways to help that fear relax can emerge. Then, fruitful action can be designed, if still needed. #IFScoach

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Wow: 4.5 *centimetres* of rain forecast for Wednesday! Compare with 4mm on Tuesday and Thursday. #Toronto #dlwx

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

So, I'm wondering why this was just a *yellow* heat alert! #toronto #heatwave @maleve@zeroes.ca https://zeroes.ca/@maleve/116921681345272241

zeroes.ca

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Do consider: might different working agreements for extreme heat days keep your team safer, more sustainable? "Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada: Today in The Conversation Canada, Nick Turner from U. of Calgary, & Julian Barling & Kaylee Somerville from Queen’s U., examine how heat affects workers’ attention, judgment, balance and reaction time. Routine tasks can become more dangerous for those working indoors & outdoors." #heatwave https://theconversation.com/extreme-heat-increases-the-risk-of-workplace-injuries-across-canada-288068

Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada

The Conversation

Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada

High temperatures raise the risk of everyday workplace injuries, yet Canada still has no common standard to protect workers from extreme heat.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

I really enjoy my personal "Canadians" #mastodon list.*

Thanks, folks, for improving my day.

if you're looking for a way to improve your mastodon experience, try using a client with "lists" or "columns" & start by making a list of your favs. Check it first, before checking your timeline! So Much Better! Then make specialised lists you can ignore on bad days (in my case: US news. 😁 ) Remember to turn off the notification bell on accts you put in lists, to not also see them in your timeline!)

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

👀 yikes! Maybe knowledge doesn't safeguard us from misinfo? "Recently, a team … set out to test how the 'illusion of truth effect' interacts with our prior knowledge. Would it affect our existing knowledge? They used paired true and un-true statements, but also split their items according to how likely participants were to know the truth … Their results … suggest that prior knowledge won’t prevent repetition from swaying our judgements of plausibility." https://mstdn.fname.ca/@crispius/117043121364507783

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@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world YES!!! # How liars create the ‘illusion of truth https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161026-how-liars-create-the-illusion-of-truth

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

#TOpoli

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@aburka@hachyderm.io @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @regehr@mastodon.social @dan@discuss.systems @dev@discuss.systems eggcellent!

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

Meta wants to develop *continuous* recording on their spy glasses. "It’s pretty easy to connect the dots between these two stories. Mark Zuckerberg wants anything and everything he can on you, and he doesn’t care how it’s used once he has his paws on it and his data centers crunching it. The privacy implications are certainly real, even if you don’t use a Meta product but fall within camera or microphone range of someone who does." 😨 @WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker/116896124132245951

Mastodon

Warner Crocker (@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image A poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Connecting The Meta Privacy Dots #Meta #AI #Privacy https://warnercrocker.com/2026/07/09/connecting-the-meta-privacy-dots/

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Yaaay! Another smoke-free night! Open the windows!

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Just … wow. Ontarians: this is the minister responsible for emergency preparedness. I.e. for responding to forest fires. 🤦‍♀️ Utterly embarrassing. Via @TorontoLife2019@flipboard.com https://flipboard.com/@torontolife2019/the-latest-from-toronto-life-17kr6o49z/-/a-ddIrXDNwT9WO952kdQMG0A%3Aa%3A3263836667-%2F0 #onPoli #cdnPoli #cdnPolitics #wildfires

Flipboard

Ontario’s minister of emergency preparedness and response hung up during a CBC radio interview | Flipboard

torontolife.com - You would think that Ontario's minister of emergency preparedness and response would have plenty to say about the wildfires in northwestern Ontario …

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

"Bill C-12, passed in March, limits refugee claims, speeds up removals and case closures, and gives the government broader authority to pause or alter visa, study permit, and work permit processing. It builds on earlier measures, including the 2002 Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States—which was expanded in 2023 and … [bars] those arriving from the US at official land crossings from claiming refugee status in Canada." In: The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/canadas-immigration-policy-is-hypocritical-and-damaging-says-gabor-mate/#immigration #cdnPoli

thewalrus.ca

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

"in Ottawa, the federal gov't is rolling back Canada's climate commitments … [saying] with everything our country is facing, this is what it takes to become strong and self-reliant.

My message is this:

👉 You cannot build a stronger country on the ashes of its communities.

Resilience doesn't mean looking away from reality. … I refuse to accept that we have to choose between a strong Canada and a safe one."

Marit Styles, leader of the Ontario NDP

https://youtu.be/ltwvWKD8Bwk?si=XdqbXJOkU6Xcs0UK #wildFire #ONpoli

My message on the wildfires devastating Northern Ontario

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Aha, I got lucky! My hold at the library of N. K. Jemison's award winning "The Fifth Season" just became available, in time for a nice lazy holiday. Yay!

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

#cdnPoli #cdnPolitics kick out the US "ambassador" 🖊

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

😡 In case you don't get it … this jerk negates the whole purpose of that parking setup. People using mobility devices would be foiled by this asshat, as there is not room for them to get out of their vehicle and into their, say, wheelchair or scooter. #RUDE and mean. Via @RantingCanuck@mstdn.ca https://mstdn.ca/@RantingCanuck/116994845848158136

mstdn.ca

RantingCanuck: "Venting The entitlement of some drivers... This…" - Mastodon Canada

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

It's particulary viscious, that the *government* want to *impose* testosterone testing and supplementation, to make military men more 'manly'. Consent is not just for women. Suppressing consent is narcissist bliss. 🤬 Via @aaron.rupar https://www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar/post/DbN5BgsFW7x

threads.com

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Live map of active wildfires in Canada 😳. Via https://fireradar.ca/ . #wildfires #canada #ontario

FireRadar.ca

Canada Wildfire Map: Active Fires, Smoke & AQHI | FireRadar

View current Canadian wildfires, official fire status, reported size, source update times, satellite hotspots, smoke forecasts, and AQHI observations.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

You know, I'm not sure I'd have enjoyed my re-watch of #StarTrek Voyager nearly as much, 10 years ago. But now, with all I've learned about trauma, identity, consent, and psychology in general - and given the insane times we live in (war) - there are so many resonant themes explored. And I love how episodes often end without "resolving" a key ethical or moral question. Tho', in there with all the empowered-women storylines, there's still Roddenberry's weird misogyny. (Ex: Seven's costume 😖).

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

Oh dear 😖. I'll translate, for Canadians: "Private or Medicare?" Via @ralphruthe@troet.cafe https://troet.cafe/@ralphruthe/116895503675476448

troet.cafe - Mastodon

Ralph Ruthe (@ralphruthe@troet.cafe)

Attached: 1 image Die Reformpläne der Bundesregierung in einem Bild.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

How to .avoid cyclosporidia parasite on foods: https://zirk.us/@ShaulaEvans/116954142301918004

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

"#Ontario: major changes to auto insurance July 1, 2026.

Ford govt … says will lower premiums.

In reality … many critical protections are no longer automatic coverage [but] optional extras, creating serious gaps for drivers, passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, & transit users.

… Hidden impacts:

A serious crash could leave you w/o … income support while you recover.

You may have to pay medical or rehab expenses & wait for a lawsuit to resolve."

from the Reddit link https://mstdn.ca/@hewer_of_code/116952790570379348

mstdn.ca

RE 🇨🇦: "@deborahh@cosocial.ca Here's a couple of links h…" - Mastodon Canada

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

#uspol wtf?

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

#cdnPoli #cdnPolitics War Bank? NO 🖊

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

@Cassandra@ottawa.place fyi I cleaned up this photo of my own poster, and made another version of it, with space to write in your own topic. I like @vlrny@disabled.social's postcard idea, and I'll make up some postcards with the blank version, and use them to harass my MP and the PM, since postage is free to parliament. Feel free to join me.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

#TOpoli #ONpoli #cdnPoli #cdnPolitics

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

#usPol

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

#usPol #cdnPoli #cdnPolitics new tariffs

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Only 11 AM and already 37°c in #Toronto. (With humidity, feels like 43°c !) I was heading to the post office, but … nah. Will do it once the sun starts setting.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

Here’s How To Archive Online Content, And Why You Should "At least some of what you can currently view online will disappear in the future. There may not be anything you can do to stop the content from disappearing at its original location, but we can all play a role in keeping it online in an archived format. …" https://www.readthemaple.com/heres-how-to-archive-online-content-and-why-you-should/

The Maple

Here’s How To Archive Online Content, And Why You Should

Archiving is essential for researchers, journalists and activists to do their work, and all of us can play a role in it

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@kevinrns@mstdn.social @JonChevreau@mstdn.ca … 👀❗ "Canada gets 20 to 90 new fires a day that grow quickly, because the forest is dry." 😢

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Here's your morning smile :-). Sound on! https://mindly.social/@PhilSalkie/117001027196044752

Mindly.Social

PhilSalkie (@PhilSalkie@mindly.social)

Attached: 1 video @catsalad@infosec.exchange

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

#TIL: Degaussing That weird thing we did on IBM370 terminals when we were distracted or bored. I never really knew what it was. 😂 Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degaussing

en.wikipedia.org

Degaussing - Wikipedia

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

The quilt is taken, but I downloaded the quotes to use on postcards to politicians 👍 @inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art https://mastodon.art/@inarticulatequilter/116937975823439792

Mastodon.ART

CeaselesslyShriekingQuilter (@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art)

Attached: 3 images Taken! Thx! Looking for a home for this quilted #feminist Advent calendar-the last one from the batch I made earlier this year It is available for #free to anyone in the US who would like to sleigh the patriarchy while counting down to Christmas-you can choose either action items or quotes as the pocket fillers (or it can hold small candies. Whatever your festive feminist heart desires) It's 10.5x21.5 inches and comes with a ribbon hanger; will need to DM your mailing add

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Argh. New app from Canada Post: p "Please verify your identity using government issued ID." Yeah … 🖕😡 nope, nope, no way.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Sounds like Idi Amin level of mental disease. “The streets are about to be blocked off in August so that cars can drive at 190 miles an hour down Pennsylvania Avenue—a street that’s made for 25 miles-an-hour limits," Tomazin said. “It’s quite bonkers, actually, but this is the president.” https://mstdn.ca/@JonChevreau/116927281222255655 #usPol

Mastodon Canada

JonChevreau 🇨🇦 (@JonChevreau@mstdn.ca)

Content warning: His exhausting vanity projects

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@chroma@raccoonisland.social @glyph@mastodon.social oh! I assumed they meant "start from scratch and hand craft them." And I understand why, now, that possibility has lost its attraction. The thrill of discovery is probably polluted.

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 3mo ago

"ChatGPT’s new finance feature lets the AI chatbot take a look at any bank or similar accounts you care to open up for inspection." 😨😨😨 Absolutely Not! https://newsbeep.org/@uk/116847989140608514

News Beep

United Kingdom News Beep (@uk@newsbeep.org)

Attached: 1 image I tried ChatGPT’s new finance feature — and it opened a new window into how I spend my money ChatGPT’s new finance feature lets the AI chatbot take a look at any bank or similar accounts you… #NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/668839/

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

#usPol good news in Michigan election

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

😨 hail? "Yellow Alert: Thunderstorm #toronto #dlwx Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain. What: Wind gusts up to 110 km/h. Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail. Rainfall amounts 25 to 40 mm. When: Beginning near noon into this afternoon. "

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦 @deborahh@cosocial.ca

· 2mo ago

Apparently, this ecru colour is now being called "Apricot". What?!?

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Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦

As AI use rises, some profs go back to pens and paper | Ottawa Citizen

Ontario billionaire under fire for arguing poor people shouldn't be able to vote | Flipboard

ME/CFS Guidebook

Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada

*|FNAME|* (Depreciated) (@crispius@mstdn.fname.ca)

Warner Crocker (@WarnerCrocker@mastodon.social)

Ontario’s minister of emergency preparedness and response hung up during a CBC radio interview | Flipboard

My message on the wildfires devastating Northern Ontario

RantingCanuck: "Venting The entitlement of some drivers... This…" - Mastodon Canada

Canada Wildfire Map: Active Fires, Smoke & AQHI | FireRadar

Ralph Ruthe (@ralphruthe@troet.cafe)

RE 🇨🇦: "@deborahh@cosocial.ca Here's a couple of links h…" - Mastodon Canada

Here’s How To Archive Online Content, And Why You Should

PhilSalkie (@PhilSalkie@mindly.social)

Degaussing - Wikipedia

CeaselesslyShriekingQuilter (@inarticulatequilter@mastodon.art)

JonChevreau 🇨🇦 (@JonChevreau@mstdn.ca)

United Kingdom News Beep (@uk@newsbeep.org)

|FNAME| (Depreciated) (@crispius@mstdn.fname.ca)