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Arthritis Research Canada

In the age of AI, we know that a human touch is more valuable than ever. But how can editors communicate that? On Day 1 of #Editors24 , join Iva Cheung @ivacheung.bsky.social for a guided discussion on advocating for editors and the editing profession across multiple fields.

Must be pretty upsetting and psychologically damaging to feel unsafe navigating public life 👁️👄👁️

UN expert finds 'flagrant breaches' of First Nations rights to clean water
Special rapporteur on water decries marginalization, repression of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
The official, following a whirlwind formal Canadian tour,
cbc.ca/news/indigenou…

This is important.
'Health Justice was asked by many community-based organizations to help explain the law and how practices that take place under it have been impacting adults who experience investigations and responses. This project is a response to those requests.'

On April 8, BC abruptly dropped the healthcare mask rule - ignoring researchers, BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner’s Kasari Govender, & over 18,000 pleas from vulnerable BC’ians. They claimed “respiratory illness season” is over - but NACI says “seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 has not been established.”

CERB: $2000/month

CDB: $200/month

According to the Liberal government, vulnerable disabled people deserve 10% of what they deemed a person deserved in one month in 2020.

This is a choice the Liberal government is making after planning this for *years*

My organization may be eliminating my position, but I'm still proud of what we've done. Our new publication on BC's Adult Guardianship Act, *Unpacking Assumptions*, is now out: healthjustice.ca/adult-guardian…

My organization may be eliminating my position, but I'm still proud of what we've done. Our new publication on BC's Adult Guardianship Act, *Unpacking Assumptions*, is now out: healthjustice.ca/adult-guardian…

Yes

I'm no mathematician but 17M seems like a lot.
And could explain many of the challenges Western society is currently facing (staffing crisis, health care crisis, etc) contagionlive.com/view/approxima…

trust that they are already doing this and will continue to do this to all the people who developed Long COVID from being forced back to work, because they can no longer produce. it's fucking gruesome.

Revisiting this account for an announcement: I wrote a book!

Specifically, a book on editorial style, copyediting, and proofreading for comics, including graphic novels and webtoons. Cover and release date coming soon! #AmEditing #AmProofreading madeleinevasaly.com/blog/2024/4/12…

I'm losing my job. 😐 So if you know anyone who needs a cookbook indexed, hit me up!

oh my god just wear masks in f*cking hospitals you absolute weirdos I am so tired of this

IN ONE WEEK: I'm leading a 3-hour webinar on editorial fact checking for Editors BC. More info here: gifttool.com/registrar/Show… #AmEditing

Get out of that Google Doc and enjoy a laugh with this month's cartoon from BC edibuddy Iva Cheung @ivacheung.bsky.social .

*ice t SVU voice* the kids call it GROUCHING

How papers with doctored images can affect scientific reviews go.nature.com/3vIWuTt