#One day in Ottawa and a catastrophe of vaccine messaging

#One day in Ottawa and a catastrophe of vaccine messaging

“#One day in Ottawa and a catastrophe of vaccine messaging” Monday was an absolutely hideous day if what you wanted was clear, useful, confidence-boosting communication about COVID-19 vaccines in Canada. If you wanted…the horrible opposite of that, then it was a good outing. First up was the National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI), whose press…

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#Liverpool goes clubbing for all of us

#Liverpool goes clubbing for all of us

“#Liverpool goes clubbing for all of us” Image of the Week: A sweaty, 3,000-strong crowd tries out maskless mass-gathering as inoculations wax and case counts wane in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has been one of the strongest countries in the world on the COVID vaccination file, with more than 50 million Britons receiving…

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#Dana Claxton’s ‘Lasso’ layers Lakota aesthetics, hip hop culture and the Wild West

#Dana Claxton’s ‘Lasso’ layers Lakota aesthetics, hip hop culture and the Wild West

“#Dana Claxton’s ‘Lasso’ layers Lakota aesthetics, hip hop culture and the Wild West” The Hunkpapa Lakota artist’s subversive and playful work confronts stereotypes of Indigenous people in popular culture Dana Claxton, Lasso, 2018, LED firebox with transmounted lightjet duratrans (Courtesy of Dana Claxton/Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery/Audain BC Art Acquisition Fund) Dana Claxton is very…

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#Flower gowns, anyone? These trends are giving floristry new life

#Flower gowns, anyone? These trends are giving floristry new life

“#Flower gowns, anyone? These trends are giving floristry new life” International fairs, botanical wearables and a farm-to-table movement are reinvigorating the floral industry Joezel Yumul is wavering between angel wings and monarch butterfly wings. Angel wings made of masses of white baby’s breath would be more ethereal, but butterfly wings of orange chrysanthemums would be…

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