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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · Aug 20

The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.

It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”

Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2

“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 14h

I'm sure this would be "digitally sovereign" much in the way all the grapes at Loblaws are "grown in Peru."

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

OpenAI wants to help Canada build a sovereign digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence, putting the country in a tough spot as it tries to distance itself from overreliance on U.S. tech comp...

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14h

I did this, took like 30 min.
Points I kept hammering: domestic cloud, regulations around copyright and likeness rights, focusing on machine learning with concrete, real world uses (creating new drugs, etc), the damage done by slop, the need to listen to AI experts who are realists, not boosters.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 14h

There is no such thing as "sovereign Canadian data" held by a US-based corporation as long as the CLOUD Act exists.

Yes, even if the data are hosted on Canadian-owned servers that are located in Canada @evansolomon.bsky.social.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 14h

I'm sure this would be "digitally sovereign" much in the way all the grapes at Loblaws are "grown in Peru."

ANALYSIS | Why OpenAI wants to help Canada build homegrown artificial intelligence | CBC News

www.cbc.ca

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 5d

What do you know, the ostrich farmers owe money all over Canada for the ostrich schemes of the past. They are in arrears on $250K worth of debt and their creditors find their interim payments of ostrich oil instead of actual loonies to be insufficient
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News

After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...

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Cecil Rosner @rosnerc.bsky.social · 16d

The charity that runs the Edmonton Oilers 50/50 raffle hires a private company to manage the process. That private company is owned by the Oilers Entertainment Group.

Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 16d

When you buy an Edmonton Oilers 50/50 ticket, how much money ends up with charity? Check out our investigation to find the answer.

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#abpoli #hockey

Oilers 50/50 raffle has paid $81M to company owned by hockey group over 4 years, documents reveal

Financial statements show percentage of ticket sales available for charity has declined since raffle moved online

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 6d

This made me laugh for ~40 seconds.

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 7d

EndeavourOS + Plasma / X11 is a really solid, really *Windows-y* setup.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 7d

Just as everything is getting more expensive, Microsoft plans to pull support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.

The good news: There are free alternatives. Our digital security team talks through some options.

Warning: Time to move away from Windows 10

With Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 10d

Provinces opened the door for U.S. doctors. But Ottawa is blocking the hallway

by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

Provinces opened the door for US doctors, as Ottawa blocks the hallway

Canada could be the go-to refuge for US doctors as American medicine collapses.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

Reminder that none of this is private.

🧹🧹🧹 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup 🧹🧹🧹

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

Glad to hear it. The story had me floored. Still does

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

We may.

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

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Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

demo:

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

Reminder that none of this is private.

🧹🧹🧹 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup 🧹🧹🧹

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

If he doesn't respond, send it again to his personal email. Can share

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

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Sophie Nadeau 🇨🇦 @sophienadeau.bsky.social · 13d

Lots of learnings for Canada here. I remain convinced that country by country action to curb big tech will remain difficult & only a G7 or 20 collaborative move at some point will get the job done. Extremely difficult negotiations while economic interests sit in the balance.

rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 13d

"If we’re going to have a good relationship going forward, you can’t have legislation that punishes companies from . . . your ally" US Ambassador to the EU says.

They don't like DSA, DMA, and AI Act. Let's see how they react to "Buy European" clauses www.ft.com/content/b6d9...

Brussels told to prove digital rules do not ‘punish’ US tech or fix them

Donald Trump’s ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 10d

Provinces opened the door for U.S. doctors. But Ottawa is blocking the hallway

by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

Provinces opened the door for US doctors, as Ottawa blocks the hallway

Canada could be the go-to refuge for US doctors as American medicine collapses.

canadahealthwatch.ca

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 11d

When youth get comprehensive sex ed they wait to have sex longer, have safer and healthier sex and face less sexual and physical violence in relationships. Which is why it's a problem that immigrant teenagers appear to be missing out on Canadian sex ed.
Me for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Canada’s Sex Ed Is Leaving Immigrant Teens Behind | The Tyee

Teens’ contraceptive use has dropped, with the largest decrease reported by newcomers, according to a new study.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 12d

First op-ed for @LiveScience.com on my @absw.bsky.social media fellowship.
"Whether good science is swamped by a quagmire of poor quality studies depends on the integrity of researchers and the awareness of the organizations which facilitate and fund it."

Citation cartels, ghost writing and fake peer-review: Fraud is causing a crisis in science — here's what we need to do to stop it

Thousands of scientific papers are retracted every year because of fraudulent activity, with both authors and journals gaming a system to gain academic acclaim through deceit, dishonesty and false representation.

www.livescience.com

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 11d

It'd be really cool if we could have clean air in my kid's kindergarten. Is that asking too much?

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 11d

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h... @pambelluck.bsky.social @nytimes.com

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Long Covid has affected at least 1.3 percent of people under 18, or about one million American children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 11d

photo of PM Carney holding an individual anti-drone EMP gun

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