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Isanthrope @isanthropia.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve been wondering for a while now, as symptoms originate from the immune system mounting a response to the pathogen and everyone’s immune systems are now shot due to constant reinfections, would there be any rise in asymptomatic cases over these years? Don’t know the answer but seems possible?

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

there's a baby on the bus giving everyone the finger and laughing wildly

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 19h

In the first year or so of C19 we knew it fused brain cells together… and caused a strong inflammatory response.

That’s like crossing wires in your house and, separately, setting fire to it…

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 21h

This Physicist Says We Don't Take COVID Seriously Enough via @thetyee.ca

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee

We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.

thetyee.ca

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 1d

our governments transferred the public wealth that built and maintained our social infrastructure (schools, housing, income support, healthcare) to police and prisons and private industry.

the police have defunded us. poverty is the crime

Part of the reason for why the propaganda has worked is that the housing, affordability and drug crises are changing the face of our communities. People are sleeping outside, in tents. Shoplifting is rising as people are less able to afford food. There is more public drug use. We are taught to fear these people. We are taught that these people are crime and that crime needs to be stopped. And rather than putting the money into services that will actually help someone move from a bank doorway and into an apartment, we’ve been primed to accept that the solution is to divert money away from services, jam up the justice system even more and expand the security state.

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 1d

If crime is way down, why are Canadians so afraid of crime? And what are politicians funnelling money into? My latest -- they are boosting policing to police us ... not keep us safe (unless you're rich, which trust me, you are not.)

noraloreto.substack.com/p/the-big-cr...

The big crime lie

Crime is down but spending on cops and security is up. Why?

noraloreto.substack.com

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Phoen Hex @phoeniciahex.bsky.social · 1d

Please boost and try to support this artist if possible!

Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 9d

Help me cover my expenses for the month + get some beautiful handmade jewelry! → cvkvlv.com

Boosting/quoting this post helps me gain visibility 🖤

October sales goal progress in the comments ↓

MVTO!! (Thank you!!)

#MutualAid #IndigenousMutualAid #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

My hand holds up a pair of beaded fringe earrings in shades of red and black. Light shines through the window blinds in diagonal lines across the earrings and the background wall.

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Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crow

Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 1d

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 1d

1/ Last week, LA County confirmed 3 cases of Clade 1b mpox, which historically, is a severe strain from Africa. This is the first time this strain has spread locally in the U.S. without a link to Africa. I’m Matt, your Local Epidemiologist in California, back with your weekly #publichealth update.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 1d

My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...

A collection of Victorian ink bottles all on sale in my Etsy shop as part of my mental health kits, arranged to make a colour gradation on a cream linen background

The cover design of the booklet I've written that is part of my mental health kits

Dried flower posies that are part of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits

A tiny spring posy in shades of blue & mauve in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle

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Vanessa Wyeth @vwyeth.bsky.social · 1d

Something to brighten the timeline

🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · Oct 31

My nephew and his grandpa (my dad) have been doing couples costumes since my nephew was a baby and it is my favorite thing

My dad is a beekeeper and my nephew is a bee

My dad is the man in the yellow hat and my nephew is curious George. Also there are hot dogs

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 2d

i do not believe for a second that the hundreds of thousands of layoffs we’re seeing right now are bc ai is replacing them, seems much more likely that the economy is imploding along with corporate mismanagement

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Dr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's harder and more dangerous to carve a turnip but the effect is so much more disturbing, and thus in keeping with the season

Carved turnip with eye sockets and a red mouth with teeth

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 1d

London mom creates online 'toy trade' for parents on a budget this holiday season #London #Ontario

Londoners can donate or trade gently-used kid's items in a new Facebook group

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

London mom creates online 'toy trade' for parents on a budget this holiday season | CBC News

While there are plenty of buy-nothing groups on Facebook, none have been dedicated to trading and giving away children’s items. A London mom noticed as she looked ahead to the holiday season with some...

www.cbc.ca

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Isanthrope @isanthropia.bsky.social · 2d

Okay I’m putting this out yet again to catch the evening crowd. I don’t know Jesse Hirsh and have never come across any of his work until today. I am the Mistress of Rabbit Holes and systems thinking and truly this is a kind of insight and original thought that I have not seen so far.

Jesse Hirsh @jessehirsh.com · 2d

What is unfolding across North America is a hybrid civil war, distributed across jurisdictions, layered through institutions, fought not just for territory but for control of meaning and legitimacy. The appearance of order is the weapon. Chaos is the policy.
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...

242: The US Civil War of 2025

Understanding Hybrid Civil War

open.substack.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 2d

Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE

DHS on Twitter: “The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time.”

Image over a hobbit that reads: There won't be a shire, pippin. Join.ice.gov

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Jenny Kwan @jennykwan.bsky.social · 2d

Canada Post plans to close the 418 Main St post office on Nov 12 — a vital hub for seniors, low-income residents, and Chinese-speaking community members. I’m calling on Minister Lightbound to halt the closure and consult the community before it’s too late.
#VanEast #cdnpoli

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Isanthrope @isanthropia.bsky.social · 2d

Read this. No really read this if you’re Canadian (Americans in the trenches won’t be disappointed either). 👇👇👇

Jesse Hirsh @jessehirsh.com · 2d

What is unfolding across North America is a hybrid civil war, distributed across jurisdictions, layered through institutions, fought not just for territory but for control of meaning and legitimacy. The appearance of order is the weapon. Chaos is the policy.
open.substack.com/pub/metaview...

242: The US Civil War of 2025

Understanding Hybrid Civil War

open.substack.com

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Da(N95)iella @sharpflower.bsky.social · 19d

If you live in Canada and want a Flo Mask here’s your chance to win one + some PHiD stickers 🩷💚💀 There are 5 prize packs of med-high nose bridge masks. (Check their site to see if those will fit you!) 🔗 for rules and more info

www.publichealthisdead.com/flomask

Contest — Public Health is Dead | Podcast

www.publichealthisdead.com

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Since Musk is attacking Wikipedia once again:

I love Wikipedia. A little unreliable, very occasionally hilariously inaccurate, but such a rare thing: something on the Internet that's mostly positive, inspiring & mindbogglingly useful. I've donated & will keep doing so.

An appreciation 🧵 .

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Following Jemima's example, I asked it too, and...

This is impressively definitive! Either you believe Grok and Wikipedia is more reliable - or you don’t believe Grok, which is the editor of Grokipedia, and have to conclude in a whole other way that Wikipedia is more reliable!

Ludicrous.

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 2d

I'm asked all the time about the cost of universal basic income and often reply that the lack of UBI isn't free and that poverty actually costs us trillions of dollars a year that we pay for in all kinds of ways instead of UBI. Well, here's a study showing the lack of UBI also costs 9 years of life.

How Income Matters for Longevity

According to research, older adults in the lowest 20% of income die 9 years earlier than their wealthier peers. And 80% of households with older adults—or 47 million—are financially struggling or are ...

www.ncoa.org

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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders

The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show

www.theguardian.com

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Isanthrope @isanthropia.bsky.social · 2d

“And as bad as Covid was, bad enough to shorten life expectancies even in advanced countries, Osterholm thinks we got off lightly.”

Sweet summer child. The ongoing Covid pandemic has only just begun to shorten life expectancies “even in advanced countries.”

Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 2d

I learn a lot from editing @crof.bsky.social's writing on public health. This review of a new book about pandemic planning is useful. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Here’s the Book to Buy in Bulk for Public Health Officials | The Tyee

‘The Big One’ charts the path forward for future pandemics and the current ‘infodemic.’

thetyee.ca

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Isanthrope @isanthropia.bsky.social · 2d

This is the 2003 outbreak SARS Commission skewering and vilifying the failure of public health leadership (and outright naming some of them including) to apply the precautionary principle.

Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 2d

Ontario has stopped hosting the report of the SARS Commission. It looks like it is still available via archive-it, but this is a reminder of how vulnerable digital records that embarrass powerful people can be.

wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...

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