Lance
@lanceboer.com
Frontend Developer / Project Manager
Board Member @cancovsoc.bsky.social
He/Him • So-called British Columbia • Just a no-class beat-down fool
Opinions are my own
Board Member @cancovsoc.bsky.social
He/Him • So-called British Columbia • Just a no-class beat-down fool
Opinions are my own
Reposted by Lance
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Once again a reminder: We can have trans rights, bodily autonomy, gender nonconformity, and freedom of expression, or we can have none of these things.
There’s no third option.
There’s no third option.
Reposted by Lance
Because the endgame of the anti-trans folks isn't about surgery, or hormones, or bathrooms, or sports teams.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Because the endgame of the anti-trans folks isn't about surgery, or hormones, or bathrooms, or sports teams.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Those are way-stations on the path to the world they're trying to build, which is a world of stifling gender conformity. And you can't beat them by giving them part of what they want.
Reposted by Lance
using this timely, spine-tingling skeet as a reminder:
two weeks til new years
less than ten days till christmas
it’s already hanukkah —
do you know where your clean air is?
better to plan ahead n practice prevention than get stuck in bed wishing you had!
two weeks til new years
less than ten days till christmas
it’s already hanukkah —
do you know where your clean air is?
better to plan ahead n practice prevention than get stuck in bed wishing you had!
December 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
using this timely, spine-tingling skeet as a reminder:
two weeks til new years
less than ten days till christmas
it’s already hanukkah —
do you know where your clean air is?
better to plan ahead n practice prevention than get stuck in bed wishing you had!
two weeks til new years
less than ten days till christmas
it’s already hanukkah —
do you know where your clean air is?
better to plan ahead n practice prevention than get stuck in bed wishing you had!
Reposted by Lance
Millions and millions of children, being constantly exposed to Covid-19 and experiencing repeated infections.
Millions and millions of children, suffering irreparable harm as a result of deliberate negligence on the part of adults who should be shielding children from danger.
#COVID19 #children
Millions and millions of children, suffering irreparable harm as a result of deliberate negligence on the part of adults who should be shielding children from danger.
#COVID19 #children
May 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reposted by Lance
I will continue to say it for as long as it needs to be said: the pandemic of Covid-19 is not over.
Covid-19 still poses a constant, life-threatening danger to every human being.
Respirator masks are still an absolute necessity in all situations of potential contagion.
#COVID19
Covid-19 still poses a constant, life-threatening danger to every human being.
Respirator masks are still an absolute necessity in all situations of potential contagion.
#COVID19
September 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I will continue to say it for as long as it needs to be said: the pandemic of Covid-19 is not over.
Covid-19 still poses a constant, life-threatening danger to every human being.
Respirator masks are still an absolute necessity in all situations of potential contagion.
#COVID19
Covid-19 still poses a constant, life-threatening danger to every human being.
Respirator masks are still an absolute necessity in all situations of potential contagion.
#COVID19
Reposted by Lance
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
Reposted by Lance
Glaciers in European Alps to reach peak rate of extinction in only eight years, with 100 to melt permanently by 2033.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Glaciers to reach peak rate of extinction in the Alps in eight years
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Glaciers in European Alps to reach peak rate of extinction in only eight years, with 100 to melt permanently by 2033.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Lance
This 🧵 is important & I want to highlight: They are going to give kids in an Guinea-Bissau a placebo for Hep B even though it's already proven to be safe. These white supremacists are putting African children at risk to support a thesis we know is wrong. They do not value Black lives.
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This 🧵 is important & I want to highlight: They are going to give kids in an Guinea-Bissau a placebo for Hep B even though it's already proven to be safe. These white supremacists are putting African children at risk to support a thesis we know is wrong. They do not value Black lives.
Reposted by Lance
"We have to trust that if we show up, really show up – not just for the one march that one time, but routinely, as a discipline, like it really matters, because it does, for all of us – there is more of the story that can be written."
History rhymes HARD sometimes.
What an ancient rebellion--
and a medieval midrash featuring ancient surveillance & a desperate bride named Hannah bat Mattisyahu, a heroine kindling revolt--
can teach us about not only igniting,
but winning, against the moral evils in our midst today:
What an ancient rebellion--
and a medieval midrash featuring ancient surveillance & a desperate bride named Hannah bat Mattisyahu, a heroine kindling revolt--
can teach us about not only igniting,
but winning, against the moral evils in our midst today:
Moral Kindling
how the Maccabees -and we- ignite in the face of tyranny
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"We have to trust that if we show up, really show up – not just for the one march that one time, but routinely, as a discipline, like it really matters, because it does, for all of us – there is more of the story that can be written."
Reposted by Lance
Why does B.C. keep hesitating to use emergency text alerts during disasters?
Why does B.C. keep hesitating to use emergency text alerts during disasters?
When floodwaters swamped Abbotsford once again last week, it brought back terrible memories for residents who’d survived the cleanup and rebuild after catastrophic flooding in 2021.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Why does B.C. keep hesitating to use emergency text alerts during disasters?
Reposted by Lance
“We cannot expect the general public, or institutions like schools and hospitals, to take the appropriate actions to reduce flu transmission if they are not being informed about how it is spreading, and it is mainly spreading through the air that we breathe indoors.”
www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Flu is airborne
Covid is airborne
Please change the guidance!
@ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
Flu is airborne
Covid is airborne
Please change the guidance!
Superflu - Irish medic calls for warning: 'It's time to grasp the nettle'
Dr Ciara Steele blasted health bosses for not speaking out about flu spreading through the air
www.irishmirror.ie
December 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“We cannot expect the general public, or institutions like schools and hospitals, to take the appropriate actions to reduce flu transmission if they are not being informed about how it is spreading, and it is mainly spreading through the air that we breathe indoors.”
Reposted by Lance
“I think it’s shaping up to be an unmitigated disaster."
The BC government has fast-tracked a law to skirt a constitutional challenge to involuntary treatment, and given doctors permission to force medications on youth, reports
@godfrey.bsky.social:
The BC government has fast-tracked a law to skirt a constitutional challenge to involuntary treatment, and given doctors permission to force medications on youth, reports
@godfrey.bsky.social:
BC Government Doubles Down on Forced Drug Treatment - Filter
The British Columbia government is doubling down on involuntary treatment for people who use drugs, fast-tracking a law to skirt ...
filtermag.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“I think it’s shaping up to be an unmitigated disaster."
The BC government has fast-tracked a law to skirt a constitutional challenge to involuntary treatment, and given doctors permission to force medications on youth, reports
@godfrey.bsky.social:
The BC government has fast-tracked a law to skirt a constitutional challenge to involuntary treatment, and given doctors permission to force medications on youth, reports
@godfrey.bsky.social:
Reposted by Lance
As both an epidemiologist and a Black woman, I have said for years that the rise of fascism and the total dismantling of public trust in science and facts are inextricably linked.
They want you dead. And removing your access to life-saving vaccines is part of that. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/white...
They want you dead. And removing your access to life-saving vaccines is part of that. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/white...
White supremacists encouraging their members to spread coronavirus to cops, Jews, FBI says
The alert was sent to local police agencies by federal officials.
abcnews.go.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As both an epidemiologist and a Black woman, I have said for years that the rise of fascism and the total dismantling of public trust in science and facts are inextricably linked.
They want you dead. And removing your access to life-saving vaccines is part of that. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/white...
They want you dead. And removing your access to life-saving vaccines is part of that. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/white...
Reposted by Lance
No, you can't get the flu from a flu shot — and other misconceptions https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/flu-vaccination-misconceptions
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No, you can't get the flu from a flu shot — and other misconceptions https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/flu-vaccination-misconceptions
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
Reposted by Lance
The 💉 doesn't just help prevent severe illness.
Myth: If the vaccine doesn’t act as a shield, it isn’t working:
"Even if you get infected after the vaccine, you will have a lower viral load, she said, which will reduce the extent of your illness and the amount of virus you can spread to others."
Myth: If the vaccine doesn’t act as a shield, it isn’t working:
"Even if you get infected after the vaccine, you will have a lower viral load, she said, which will reduce the extent of your illness and the amount of virus you can spread to others."
No, you can't get the flu from a flu shot — and other misconceptions https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/flu-vaccination-misconceptions
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The 💉 doesn't just help prevent severe illness.
Myth: If the vaccine doesn’t act as a shield, it isn’t working:
"Even if you get infected after the vaccine, you will have a lower viral load, she said, which will reduce the extent of your illness and the amount of virus you can spread to others."
Myth: If the vaccine doesn’t act as a shield, it isn’t working:
"Even if you get infected after the vaccine, you will have a lower viral load, she said, which will reduce the extent of your illness and the amount of virus you can spread to others."
Reposted by Lance
Narrator: They did not learn any lessons from COVID. "Wash your hands" and "don't panic" is as far as they ever got with infection control.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Narrator: They did not learn any lessons from COVID. "Wash your hands" and "don't panic" is as far as they ever got with infection control.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Reposted by Lance
I wrote about the glaciers. A study out today projects their future, and it is grim.
When the Glaciers Go, They Won't Come Back
Shaving every tenth of a degree off whatever final thermometer number we end up at means a few more glaciers hanging on, diminished perhaps, but a glacier still, with room to grow.
www.gravityisgone.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I wrote about the glaciers. A study out today projects their future, and it is grim.
I misread the directions and got 210.
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I misread the directions and got 210.
Reposted by Lance
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
Reposted by Lance
There's still plenty of time to order a Small Robots calendar for 2026! I've been doing them for a few years now and people seem to like them. This one's sort of melancholy and sweet, because that's kind of where we're all at these days I guess. forms.gle/Ttg6o88K3SAM...
2026 Small Robots Calendar Order Form
This is the form for ordering a 2026 Small Robots Calendar. It's a wall calendar featuring twelve brand new full-colour illustrations of Wistfulbot going for a walk in various landscapes, thinking abo...
forms.gle
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There's still plenty of time to order a Small Robots calendar for 2026! I've been doing them for a few years now and people seem to like them. This one's sort of melancholy and sweet, because that's kind of where we're all at these days I guess. forms.gle/Ttg6o88K3SAM...
Reposted by Lance
Covid vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalisation, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada.
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Covid vaccination before or during pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hospitalisation, ICU admission, and preterm birth among those infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Canada.
Reposted by Lance
Frostbite amputations are a policy choice. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News
Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Frostbite amputations are a policy choice. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted by Lance
Hi. shit remains bleak and I have a bill to pay this week so I can live indoors, and I need to ask for help. Please if you can pitch in, I greatly appreciate it
e-transfer: [email protected]
e-transfer: [email protected]
two spider men pointing at each other in front of a museum
Alt: two spider men pointing at each other in front of a museum
media.tenor.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hi. shit remains bleak and I have a bill to pay this week so I can live indoors, and I need to ask for help. Please if you can pitch in, I greatly appreciate it
e-transfer: [email protected]
e-transfer: [email protected]
Reposted by Lance
I hate a lot of stuff, but most of all I hate how hard we fail the kids.
December 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I hate a lot of stuff, but most of all I hate how hard we fail the kids.
Reposted by Lance
AI-generated “synthetic respondents” can now pass the vast majority of fraud, attention, logic, and CAPTCHA checks used in opt-in online survey-based polling.
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling www.ekospolitics.com/index.php/20...
AI, Bogus Respondents, and the Integrity of Online Polling
[Ottawa – December 1, 2025] As AI tools become cheaper and harder to detect, non-probability, opt-in polls are becoming more vulnerable to synthetic respondents. This deck looks at what’s hap…
www.ekospolitics.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
AI-generated “synthetic respondents” can now pass the vast majority of fraud, attention, logic, and CAPTCHA checks used in opt-in online survey-based polling.
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)
They can do this cheaply and at scale.
Often without being detected.
(1/3)