TuThanhHa

TuThanhHa, 7 months ago to Canada

Very thorough, very interesting in-depth look at the impact of Quebec and New Brunswick trying to address their healthcare labour shortage by recruiting nurses overseas.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-morocco-desperately-needs-more-nurses-canada-is-hiring-them-away/

#Canada #Morocco #Maroc #Healthcarw #Nurses #Nursing #Quebec #NewBrunswick

TuThanhHa, 8 months ago to cycling

Thumbtacks strewn across a Montreal bike lane, police officers showing up after residents sat in the way with camping chairs and coffee.

Thorough reporting on a local dimension to a global issue.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bike-paths-park-ex-montreal-1.6988479

#bikepath #cycling #Montreal

TuThanhHa, 8 months ago to Canada

Two B.C. lawmakers from different parties join force to counter the man who was harassing them with a deluge of online threats.

https://www.theorca.ca/commentary/rob-shaw-how-two-political-adversaries-turned-to-each-other-when-the-online-threats-became-too-much-7583815

#BC #Canada #Cdnpoli

TuThanhHa, 8 months ago to random

Really you have to read this and remember what it was like, on Sept 11, 2001.
It took Sally Jenkins two decades before she could express properly what she had witnessed.
#Sept11
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/09/11/sally-jenkins-9-11-anniversary-perspective/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk0NDA0ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjk1Nzg3MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTQ0MDQ4MDAsImp0aSI6ImI2N2I1NmY2LWU1MDktNGI2OC1hNmY4LWNiMTg5Mzg0NTM1ZiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zcG9ydHMvMjAyMS8wOS8xMS9zYWxseS1qZW5raW5zLTktMTEtYW5uaXZlcnNhcnktcGVyc3BlY3RpdmUvIn0.G7WuTX-oVYkvHPJ1HTDZ3oJKjGe3UTtnLDWjWvVEzks&itid=gfta

TuThanhHa, 9 months ago to classicalmusic

Men in position of power.

In soccer, it's Luis Rubiales, the Spanish federation president, kissing a player without her consent.

In classical music, it's conductor John Eliot Gardiner slapping and punching a singer for leaving the podium on the wrong side.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/24/john-eliot-gardiner-pulls-out-of-bbc-proms-after-reports-he-punched-bass-singer

#JEG #ClassicalMusic #futbol #music #soccer

TuThanhHa, 9 months ago to Canada

Two years after the Taliban swept back to power, many Afghans who helped Canada’s military and qualify for resettlement programs remain in limbo in Pakistan.

They live precariously, fearing deportation, confined to hotel rooms, their children unable to attend school.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-afghanistan-taliban-takeover-canada/

#Afghanistan #Canada #Refugees

TuThanhHa, 10 months ago to Quebec

"We remember Canada sent 26,000 troops to Korea during the Korean war...we Koreans never forget your sacrifice."

CBC report on South Korean team battling wildfires in remote northern Quebec forests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VJC9pR7q_I

#Wildfires #Quebec #Canada #Korea #SouthKorea

TuThanhHa, 11 months ago to twitter

Wednesday July 5, 2023: Canada's prime minister replies to a tweet by Taylor Swift.

As my colleague Matt Lundy suggests, journalists should file a freedom-of-information requests to find out how many staffers were involved in planning this.

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1676761275483734020

#CanPoli #Twitter #TaylorSwift #Trudeau

TuThanhHa, 11 months ago to twitter

"July 1 (Reuters) - Twitter has applied temporary reading limits to address 'extreme levels' of data scraping and system manipulation, Elon Musk said in a post on the social media platform on Saturday.

"Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, Musk said, adding that the unverified accounts and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day respectively."

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-twitter-applies-temporary-limit-address-data-scraping-system-2023-07-01/

#Twitter

TuThanhHa, 1 year ago to art

Neil Fujita was among the Japanese Americans forcibly detained during World War II, until he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with the segregated 442nd Infantry Regiment.
After the war, he became a graphic designer. For Columbia Records, he used his own abstract paintings for these two iconic jazz albums.

#Jazz #AbstractArt #Art #GraphicDesign

Cover art for Charles Mingus album “Mingus Ah Um”