Michael
@garrattguy.bsky.social
Retired 🇨🇦 stage tech. I designed & made Neil Peart’s rotary drum riser (Rush). Learning about here. OCWGA (old cis white guy trying hard to be ally). Model engineer, amateur machinist, steam, trains, boats. Living afloat in Toronto.
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He forgets that the rest of us didn't have the luxury of dealing hash instead.
February 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
He forgets that the rest of us didn't have the luxury of dealing hash instead.
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Or you could sell hash, quit school, steal from your dad and your dead brother's widow, and become a fuckin' idiot premier, you know, as a backup plan.
February 17, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Or you could sell hash, quit school, steal from your dad and your dead brother's widow, and become a fuckin' idiot premier, you know, as a backup plan.
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Don’t be fooled by Doug Ford’s “Captain Canada” shtick or his cooperation with Prime Minister Mark Carney. He wants to gut Ontario’s public healthcare and privatize it.
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Don’t be fooled by Doug Ford’s “Captain Canada” shtick or his cooperation with Prime Minister Mark Carney. He wants to gut Ontario’s public healthcare and privatize it.
PSA:
If I put my coffee cup in the microwave to warm it up and set the time to 25 seconds, the turntable returns the cup handle facing the door. Yay!
If I put my coffee cup in the microwave to warm it up and set the time to 25 seconds, the turntable returns the cup handle facing the door. Yay!
February 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
PSA:
If I put my coffee cup in the microwave to warm it up and set the time to 25 seconds, the turntable returns the cup handle facing the door. Yay!
If I put my coffee cup in the microwave to warm it up and set the time to 25 seconds, the turntable returns the cup handle facing the door. Yay!
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More first class #PublicHealth messaging from @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social 🙏
An airborne virus is a virus that can infect other people through unseen particles in the air, sometimes for hours after the sick person has left the area! Masks and clean, ventilated air can reduce the risk of getting sick from airborne viruses or infecting others.
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 PM
More first class #PublicHealth messaging from @durhamhealthnc.bsky.social 🙏
Who’s going to tell him? 😆
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Who’s going to tell him? 😆
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.
February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.
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➡️ A vaccine called #GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia.
Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans -
www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
➡️ A vaccine called #GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia.
Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans -
www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design
The computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats
www.ipd.uw.edu
February 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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➡️ A vaccine called #GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia.
Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans -
www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
➡️ A vaccine called #GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia.
Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans -
www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
All you guys plastering commercials all over the #Olympic opening arts on #CBC live can suck eggs. Not one penny from me. #CanadaSky
February 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
All you guys plastering commercials all over the #Olympic opening arts on #CBC live can suck eggs. Not one penny from me. #CanadaSky
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How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Blanche on Epstein files: "The number of responsive pages is significantly smaller than the total number of pages initially collected. That's what we're releasing more than 3 million pages today and not the 6 million pages that we collected."
January 30, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Blanche on Epstein files: "The number of responsive pages is significantly smaller than the total number of pages initially collected. That's what we're releasing more than 3 million pages today and not the 6 million pages that we collected."
A new #EpsteinFiles dump just happened?? Anyone?
January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A new #EpsteinFiles dump just happened?? Anyone?
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Remembering William Claude Dukenfield, better known as the late 🇺🇸American comedian, actor, juggler and writer W.C.Fields (29 January 1880 – 25 December 1946) born #OnThisDay in Darby, Pennsylvania
January 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Remembering William Claude Dukenfield, better known as the late 🇺🇸American comedian, actor, juggler and writer W.C.Fields (29 January 1880 – 25 December 1946) born #OnThisDay in Darby, Pennsylvania
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Danielle Smith is a traitor as much as the rest of them.
January 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Danielle Smith is a traitor as much as the rest of them.
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There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
January 29, 2026 at 5:08 PM
There is an old word to describe going to a foreign power and asking for their assistance in breaking up a sovereign country — it’s treason.
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
Canadians are standing together in defence of this beautiful land. 🇨🇦
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"Surgical masks, the authors argued, offer inadequate protection against airborne pathogens such as SARS CoV 2 and influenza.
Their continued prioritisation in clinical settings no longer rests on evidence but on institutional inertia":
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
"Surgical masks, the authors argued, offer inadequate protection against airborne pathogens such as SARS CoV 2 and influenza.
Their continued prioritisation in clinical settings no longer rests on evidence but on institutional inertia":
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
Why the WHO respirator revolt could reshape global health governance - Business Upturn Trade & Policy
When a group of senior clinicians and public health scientists formally urged the World Health Organization in January 2026 to...
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January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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"Surgical masks, the authors argued, offer inadequate protection against airborne pathogens such as SARS CoV 2 and influenza.
Their continued prioritisation in clinical settings no longer rests on evidence but on institutional inertia":
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
"Surgical masks, the authors argued, offer inadequate protection against airborne pathogens such as SARS CoV 2 and influenza.
Their continued prioritisation in clinical settings no longer rests on evidence but on institutional inertia":
www.businessupturn.com/trade-policy...
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When millions of lives are at risk… you have to speak up.
Even if that means you lose your job.
#COVIDisAirborne always was, always will be.
Even if that means you lose your job.
#COVIDisAirborne always was, always will be.
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
When millions of lives are at risk… you have to speak up.
Even if that means you lose your job.
#COVIDisAirborne always was, always will be.
Even if that means you lose your job.
#COVIDisAirborne always was, always will be.
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If @thetyee.ca continues to publish excellent articles like this in 2026 - addressing an #OngoingPandemic of an injurious #AirborneVirus - I'll renew my subscription (cancelled a couple of years ago, when the 🇨🇦 #Media outlet began to ignore #COVID) -
@crof.bsky.social 🙏
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
@crof.bsky.social 🙏
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COVID-19 Is Six Today. What We’ve Learned | The Tyee
We need cleaner air, which requires changes in medical culture.
thetyee.ca
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
If @thetyee.ca continues to publish excellent articles like this in 2026 - addressing an #OngoingPandemic of an injurious #AirborneVirus - I'll renew my subscription (cancelled a couple of years ago, when the 🇨🇦 #Media outlet began to ignore #COVID) -
@crof.bsky.social 🙏
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
@crof.bsky.social 🙏
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Bacon wrapped water chestnuts.
December 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Bacon wrapped water chestnuts.
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Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses
A Review discusses the scientific basis of and factors controlling airborne transmission of respiratory viruses including coronavirus.
www.science.org
December 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Amazing that this review paper from 2021 just became my most cited paper of my 30+ yr career. I am honored to have been the lead first co-corresponding author with @ChiaWang8. COVID is indeed airborne--as are most other respiratory viruses. @ucsandiego.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Many doctors chiming in on how to help fix Canada's ER crisis with no mention of respirator masks or mitigating constant waves of viral illness. It's painful to witness!
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Many doctors chiming in on how to help fix Canada's ER crisis with no mention of respirator masks or mitigating constant waves of viral illness. It's painful to witness!