Lisa Fast
@lisafast.bsky.social
UX architect, researcher, MSc Computer Science, AI user, Canadian, mother of two grown sons, ex-Nortel, lake association board member, live in Ottawa, Ontario and Rupert, Quebec.
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Lisa Fast
@lisafast.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Sign the Pledge for Canada
This petition is intended as an invitation to Canadians to reflect on the current challenges Canada faces and what we can all do to respond to the risks and to contribute to building a more resilient ...
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I’m choosing Canada. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
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No, I'd advise deleting it completely. There are some ways to protect your handle whilst also cancelling the main account. Every time anyone looks at X it counts towards their advertising revenue.
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
No, I'd advise deleting it completely. There are some ways to protect your handle whilst also cancelling the main account. Every time anyone looks at X it counts towards their advertising revenue.
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I’ve decided to leave X/Twitter.
Thank you to @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social for her leadership and for continuing to educate the public about the harms enabled by the platform.
You can still find me on Instagram @kimpateonthehill and on Bluesky @kpateonthehill.bsky.social
Thank you to @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social for her leadership and for continuing to educate the public about the harms enabled by the platform.
You can still find me on Instagram @kimpateonthehill and on Bluesky @kpateonthehill.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I’ve decided to leave X/Twitter.
Thank you to @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social for her leadership and for continuing to educate the public about the harms enabled by the platform.
You can still find me on Instagram @kimpateonthehill and on Bluesky @kpateonthehill.bsky.social
Thank you to @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social for her leadership and for continuing to educate the public about the harms enabled by the platform.
You can still find me on Instagram @kimpateonthehill and on Bluesky @kpateonthehill.bsky.social
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Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Canada has 41.5 million people, and its governing party is posting messages on a platform that are on average viewed by only a few hundred people
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
What do Canadian MPs actually gain from using X?
What would Canadian MPs stand to lose by leaving X?
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Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
January 12, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X?
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday
Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets
34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs
3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
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Govt of Canada Communication: THEN vs NOW
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Govt of Canada Communication: THEN vs NOW
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Now, more than ever, I really want #OttCity to exit X; there’s no excuse for staying on a platform that is so openly operating contrary to our statements and values.
@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
@jleiper.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @seandevine9.bsky.social @glengower.ca
@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
@jleiper.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @seandevine9.bsky.social @glengower.ca
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Now, more than ever, I really want #OttCity to exit X; there’s no excuse for staying on a platform that is so openly operating contrary to our statements and values.
@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
@jleiper.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @seandevine9.bsky.social @glengower.ca
@mayormarksutcliffe.bsky.social
@jleiper.bsky.social @arieltroster.com @seandevine9.bsky.social @glengower.ca
ICE update in Canada - not the best news, but so much better than our neighbours alternative. 🇨🇦
ICE UPDATE | Full temporary closure
Due to the forecasted warmer weather and rain, the Rideau Canal Skateway will temporarily close starting this evening.
⛔ Full closure as of 10 pm on Thursday, January 8.
Due to the forecasted warmer weather and rain, the Rideau Canal Skateway will temporarily close starting this evening.
⛔ Full closure as of 10 pm on Thursday, January 8.
January 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
ICE update in Canada - not the best news, but so much better than our neighbours alternative. 🇨🇦
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Our current medical establishment previously called these lockdowns.
Just saying.
Just saying.
January 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Our current medical establishment previously called these lockdowns.
Just saying.
Just saying.
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cartilage and prevented arthritis after ACL-like injuries. Human knee tissue in the lab responded too.
Early research (not in humans yet) — but it hints at a future where joint replacement isn’t the only option. Aging, sports injuries, and joint pain may never be viewed the same.🦵✨ 2/
Early research (not in humans yet) — but it hints at a future where joint replacement isn’t the only option. Aging, sports injuries, and joint pain may never be viewed the same.🦵✨ 2/
January 5, 2026 at 4:16 AM
cartilage and prevented arthritis after ACL-like injuries. Human knee tissue in the lab responded too.
Early research (not in humans yet) — but it hints at a future where joint replacement isn’t the only option. Aging, sports injuries, and joint pain may never be viewed the same.🦵✨ 2/
Early research (not in humans yet) — but it hints at a future where joint replacement isn’t the only option. Aging, sports injuries, and joint pain may never be viewed the same.🦵✨ 2/
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Please give a thought to people whose New Year’s Eve was spent in bomb shelters because a criminal invader was trying to destroy their energy infrastructure.
‼️ How Russia attacked Ukraine on New Year's Eve: a map of the flight of enemy targets.
Main directions: Lutsk, Volyn, Odesa, Konotop, Zatoka. The main target is energy infrastructure.
Main directions: Lutsk, Volyn, Odesa, Konotop, Zatoka. The main target is energy infrastructure.
January 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Please give a thought to people whose New Year’s Eve was spent in bomb shelters because a criminal invader was trying to destroy their energy infrastructure.
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Canada's Healthcare "Crisis" paulstewartii.substack.com/p/canadas-he... @paulstewartii.bsky.social
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Canada's Healthcare "Crisis" paulstewartii.substack.com/p/canadas-he... @paulstewartii.bsky.social
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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In Zaporizhia 🇺🇦, netting has been installed to protect children from russian attack drones out to murder them on their way to an underground classroom.
Justice for russia cannot come soon enough.
Justice for russia cannot come soon enough.
December 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In Zaporizhia 🇺🇦, netting has been installed to protect children from russian attack drones out to murder them on their way to an underground classroom.
Justice for russia cannot come soon enough.
Justice for russia cannot come soon enough.
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Paywalled, but the headline makes the point:
“Getting sick frequently at school is not inevitable, and it isn’t because kids are just harbingers of viruses. It’s more because the buildings they inhabit do not have adequate ventilation and filtration systems to reduce illness transmission,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social said.
(Archive 🔗 in next post)
(Archive 🔗 in next post)
Schools must improve air quality to slow spread of respiratory illness, advocates say
Proper air filtration could help mitigate the rapid spread of flu and other illnesses, say experts and parents
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Paywalled, but the headline makes the point:
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Celebrating the winter solstice.
Kenojuak Ashevak, The Return of the Sun, 1961. National Gallery of Canada,
Kenojuak Ashevak, The Return of the Sun, 1961. National Gallery of Canada,
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Celebrating the winter solstice.
Kenojuak Ashevak, The Return of the Sun, 1961. National Gallery of Canada,
Kenojuak Ashevak, The Return of the Sun, 1961. National Gallery of Canada,
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It's the solstice! Day start getting longer, starting today! I know it's dark and miserable right now, but we'll get through this together.
December 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It's the solstice! Day start getting longer, starting today! I know it's dark and miserable right now, but we'll get through this together.
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My takeaway from this nice read: seems you could build a semester-long course about misinformation tactics by just using Peter McCollough and Andrew Wakefield's report on vaccines and autism. Bad scientific claims, misleading graphs/data, many bad citations, bad science advocacy into policy, etc. 🛟😷
New piece from @celinegounder.com about how antivax disinformation tactics are making their way to the CDC via the McCullough foundation.
What the CDC’s Vaccine Language Shift Reveals About Pseudoscience
Researchers see a pattern in how unverified studies gain traction online, shaping perceptions of official science before data can catch up
drcelinegounder.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My takeaway from this nice read: seems you could build a semester-long course about misinformation tactics by just using Peter McCollough and Andrew Wakefield's report on vaccines and autism. Bad scientific claims, misleading graphs/data, many bad citations, bad science advocacy into policy, etc. 🛟😷
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Protect yourself - get vaccinated.
This week, flu activity remains very high, especially among children, youth and older adults. Out of all the flu tests performed in the last week in Ottawa, about 40% are positive.
(1/4)
(1/4)
December 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Protect yourself - get vaccinated.
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Nova Scotia Health brings back mask mandate https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-health-reintroduces-masking-as-flu-season-blows-in-early
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Nova Scotia Health brings back mask mandate https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-health-reintroduces-masking-as-flu-season-blows-in-early
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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2026 will be the year of superintelligence (note phd level in the graph here). There is no wall and there never was.
No signs of an end to rapid gains in AI ability at ever-decreasing costs (which is a log scale) yet. I have to update this monthly or more frequently at this point.
All AI benchmarks are flawed, but GPQA Diamond has been a pretty good one, though likely close to being maxed out.
All AI benchmarks are flawed, but GPQA Diamond has been a pretty good one, though likely close to being maxed out.
December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
2026 will be the year of superintelligence (note phd level in the graph here). There is no wall and there never was.
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You know who else in the Americas has a lot of oil?
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You know who else in the Americas has a lot of oil?
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Definitely, let’s force even more people to pack into office buildings and overcrowded mass transit in January and see just how long Ottawa can make this flu wave last. #RTO #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
‘Sky-high’ circulation of flu among Canadian kids, teens as experts brace for worsening wave of infections | CBC News
A surge of influenza among school-aged kids is linked to the recent deaths of multiple Ontario children, prompting calls for Canadian families to get vaccinated as medical experts brace for a worsenin...
www.cbc.ca
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Definitely, let’s force even more people to pack into office buildings and overcrowded mass transit in January and see just how long Ottawa can make this flu wave last. #RTO #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Among the more interesting therapeutic applications of GLP-2R agonists is their potential use in Graft vs. Host Disease to protect the gut epithelium and enhance barrier function, as described in exciting preclinical studies by Norona, Zeiser et al ashpublications.org/blood/articl...
Glucagon-like peptide 2 for intestinal stem cell and Paneth cell repair during graft-versus-host disease in mice and humans
Acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is associated with decreased intestinal stem cells (ISCs) and Paneth cells (PCs) following allogeneic hematopoietic
ashpublications.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Among the more interesting therapeutic applications of GLP-2R agonists is their potential use in Graft vs. Host Disease to protect the gut epithelium and enhance barrier function, as described in exciting preclinical studies by Norona, Zeiser et al ashpublications.org/blood/articl...
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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“Nostalgia” by Charles Baugniet
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
April 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“Nostalgia” by Charles Baugniet
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
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There are people out there reenacting the Bayeux Tapestry and I wish so hard I were one of them.
April 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There are people out there reenacting the Bayeux Tapestry and I wish so hard I were one of them.