Sam Kaufman
@uhwuhna.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford’s @OntarioPCParty has banned the media from covering its convention this weekend in Etobicoke. Very unusual for party confabs to be completely closed to journalists.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
Doug Ford’s party bars media from Progressive Conservative convention this weekend
In an unusual move, the governing Tories have for the first time refused to allow reporters into any part of their conference.
www.thestar.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:44 PM
BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford’s @OntarioPCParty has banned the media from covering its convention this weekend in Etobicoke. Very unusual for party confabs to be completely closed to journalists.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...
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A typical "deep thinker" driving the opposition to masking and vaccines among Canada's medical management class. Lacking any advanced understanding of science - count the PhDs and check the topics - their confident, self-important ignorance and clout-chasing substitutes selfish ideology for ethics.
PROFILE: Emily Oster, Brown University Economist
From COVID-19 Cheerleader to MAHA Cheerleader
www.panaccindex.info
January 25, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A typical "deep thinker" driving the opposition to masking and vaccines among Canada's medical management class. Lacking any advanced understanding of science - count the PhDs and check the topics - their confident, self-important ignorance and clout-chasing substitutes selfish ideology for ethics.
Researchers found a clear increase in cognitive problems among those who had Covid-19 compared with a control group. People who have been infected report persistent problems with memory and concentration.
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
Researchers: Not testing for Covid-19 is creating problems
People have become sicker after the pandemic, but without Covid-19 testing it's difficult to understand why.
www.sciencenorway.no
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Researchers found a clear increase in cognitive problems among those who had Covid-19 compared with a control group. People who have been infected report persistent problems with memory and concentration.
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
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The real cost of the climate disaster we've created.
An annual Australia Day event in the Adelaide CBD has been cancelled ahead of potentially the hottest day in six years.
Australia Day family event in Adelaide cancelled
An annual Australia Day event in the Adelaide CBD has been cancelled ahead of potentially the hottest day in six years.
www.abc.net.au
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The real cost of the climate disaster we've created.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada didn't grow at all under Trudeau. At ~5000 staff, it's the same size today as in 2015. Carney is cutting 665 staff and shutting down research centres that have been around for decades. This isn't about cutting Trudeau-era "bloat". It's about cutting everything.
January 25, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada didn't grow at all under Trudeau. At ~5000 staff, it's the same size today as in 2015. Carney is cutting 665 staff and shutting down research centres that have been around for decades. This isn't about cutting Trudeau-era "bloat". It's about cutting everything.
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The available videos clearly show that ICE agents killed an innocent man that they had already disarmed. Now the government is lying about it and trying to smear him as a “terrorist”.
News organizations not willing
to say this clearly are not doing journalism. Period.
News organizations not willing
to say this clearly are not doing journalism. Period.
January 25, 2026 at 12:26 AM
The available videos clearly show that ICE agents killed an innocent man that they had already disarmed. Now the government is lying about it and trying to smear him as a “terrorist”.
News organizations not willing
to say this clearly are not doing journalism. Period.
News organizations not willing
to say this clearly are not doing journalism. Period.
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“Two decades ago, insured losses seldom surpassed $500 million in a year. Today, annual costs exceeding $1 billion have become the norm,” said Celyeste Power, president and CEO of IBC, calling for more resilent buildings and a focus on adaptation www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...
Extreme storms, atmospheric rivers and wildfires drove billions in insured losses last year
The country recorded more than $2.4 billion in insured losses in 2025, part of a trend that has seen them nearly triple from one decade to the next — rising from $14 billion in the ten years before 20...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
“Two decades ago, insured losses seldom surpassed $500 million in a year. Today, annual costs exceeding $1 billion have become the norm,” said Celyeste Power, president and CEO of IBC, calling for more resilent buildings and a focus on adaptation www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...
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Over half a decade in, and we're living in two realities about COVID-19.
In one: the pandemic is over, life is normal, nobody worries anymore.
In the other: 700,000+ daily infections in the US. 400 million people living with long COVID.\
Only one is right.
blog.brennanbrown.ca/the-schizoph...
In one: the pandemic is over, life is normal, nobody worries anymore.
In the other: 700,000+ daily infections in the US. 400 million people living with long COVID.\
Only one is right.
blog.brennanbrown.ca/the-schizoph...
The Schizophrenic Reality of a Pandemic That Never Ended
Five years into COVID-19, the virus continues to disable millions. Yet, the world has decided to move on. Why is that?
blog.brennanbrown.ca
January 20, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Over half a decade in, and we're living in two realities about COVID-19.
In one: the pandemic is over, life is normal, nobody worries anymore.
In the other: 700,000+ daily infections in the US. 400 million people living with long COVID.\
Only one is right.
blog.brennanbrown.ca/the-schizoph...
In one: the pandemic is over, life is normal, nobody worries anymore.
In the other: 700,000+ daily infections in the US. 400 million people living with long COVID.\
Only one is right.
blog.brennanbrown.ca/the-schizoph...
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“Many had hoped reinfections of COVID would be milder or carry less long-term risk, but we found increased risks for a broad range of conditions, challenging the assumptions many had that children bounce back quickly,”
Keep getting the kids infected... It's going great.
www.pennmedicine.org/news/second-...
www.pennmedicine.org/news/second-...
Second infection in kids doubles long COVID risk | Penn Medicine
Pediatric data show that the increase in long COVID risk was also accompanied by the increased chance of developing a number of other related conditions.
www.pennmedicine.org
January 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM
“Many had hoped reinfections of COVID would be milder or carry less long-term risk, but we found increased risks for a broad range of conditions, challenging the assumptions many had that children bounce back quickly,”
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Davos starts today. But it’s been seven years since Rutger Bregman said everything that needed saying… and the rich and powerful are still pretending like they haven’t heard a thing.
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Davos starts today. But it’s been seven years since Rutger Bregman said everything that needed saying… and the rich and powerful are still pretending like they haven’t heard a thing.
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ICYMI: Jon Stewart hosted a pretty extreme right-wing operative on his show.
Younes was one of the loudest voices fighting pandemic mitigation measures. She waged legal battles against vaccine mandates and government efforts to tackle misinformation.
Younes was one of the loudest voices fighting pandemic mitigation measures. She waged legal battles against vaccine mandates and government efforts to tackle misinformation.
NEW: This week, Daily Show host Jon Stewart introduced his audience to Jenin Younes, describing her as a courageous civil rights attorney who had been canceled by both the right and left and therefore “must be doing something right.”
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Really, she spent years undermining public health—and Democrats.
Jon Stewart Praises Attorney Behind Years of Anti-Vaccine and Anti-Lockdown Lawfare
“You’re a civil rights attorney who has been canceled by both the right and the left, which means you must be doing something right.”
www.importantcontext.news
January 18, 2026 at 7:34 PM
ICYMI: Jon Stewart hosted a pretty extreme right-wing operative on his show.
Younes was one of the loudest voices fighting pandemic mitigation measures. She waged legal battles against vaccine mandates and government efforts to tackle misinformation.
Younes was one of the loudest voices fighting pandemic mitigation measures. She waged legal battles against vaccine mandates and government efforts to tackle misinformation.
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COVID pandemic enters 7th year with no end in sight.
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight
It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown seven years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We…
boingboing.net
January 17, 2026 at 4:06 AM
COVID pandemic enters 7th year with no end in sight.
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
"It's strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown 7 years ago never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us, to this day. We simply stopped talking about it."
boingboing.net/2026/01/16/c...
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This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
This is huge: For the first time since the early 1970s, coal power generation has fallen in both China & India.
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It undercuts claims that decarbonisation is pointless while they expand coal. Renewables are no longer just adding capacity — they’re displacing coal.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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My latest: with the surge in #flu and #Covid, re really should be using N95, KN95 or similar, rather than baggy surgical #masks.
With thanks to the #WorldHealthNetwork, @adamfinkel.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for calling attention to this issue. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
With thanks to the #WorldHealthNetwork, @adamfinkel.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for calling attention to this issue. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
Experts Call For N95s Over Surgical Masks As Flu, Covid Viruses Spread
World Health Network experts urge WHO to make N95, KN95, or FFP2 respirators the standard for protection for healthcare workers, not inferior surgical masks.
www.forbes.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
My latest: with the surge in #flu and #Covid, re really should be using N95, KN95 or similar, rather than baggy surgical #masks.
With thanks to the #WorldHealthNetwork, @adamfinkel.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for calling attention to this issue. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
With thanks to the #WorldHealthNetwork, @adamfinkel.bsky.social @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for calling attention to this issue. www.forbes.com/sites/judyst...
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2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content
⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps
⬆️ Second warmest troposphere
⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs
⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice
New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Because the ocean absorbs >90% of the heat trapped in the climate system due to human enhancement of the greenhouse effect, the best and most steady measure of global warming is the change in ocean heat content.
It continues to break records every year:
It continues to break records every year:
January 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Because the ocean absorbs >90% of the heat trapped in the climate system due to human enhancement of the greenhouse effect, the best and most steady measure of global warming is the change in ocean heat content.
It continues to break records every year:
It continues to break records every year:
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Fixed it for you:
“This flu season has been rough. Clean air and respirators can help.”
Because an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
“This flu season has been rough. Clean air and respirators can help.”
Because an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Antivirals for influenza aren't miracle cures, but they can make the flu less miserable. Americans aren't taking enough of them—including a lesser-known drug that is better than commonly prescribed Tamiflu. @sarahzhang.bsky.social reports:
The Best Flu Drug Americans Aren’t Taking
This flu season has been rough. Antivirals can help.
bit.ly
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Fixed it for you:
“This flu season has been rough. Clean air and respirators can help.”
Because an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
“This flu season has been rough. Clean air and respirators can help.”
Because an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Last year was the third hottest on record, despite the fact that 2025 was a La Niña, a cooling phase in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that suppresses global temperatures.
Translation: heating is accelerating like never before.
(Climate change has not gone away, despite the results of one election.)
Translation: heating is accelerating like never before.
(Climate change has not gone away, despite the results of one election.)
January 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Last year was the third hottest on record, despite the fact that 2025 was a La Niña, a cooling phase in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that suppresses global temperatures.
Translation: heating is accelerating like never before.
(Climate change has not gone away, despite the results of one election.)
Translation: heating is accelerating like never before.
(Climate change has not gone away, despite the results of one election.)
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Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Every week is overwhelming evidence of what we saw with our own eyes, but which our credulous media was afraid to print: the Nazi salute was a Nazi salute
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A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”.
But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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People can still be an environmentalists if they drive, fly and eat meat, said @zackpolanski.bsky.social, the leader of the Green Party.
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He also talked about social media, whether talks about the environment enough, nuclear power, IHT and farmers, Rosebank & more
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Zack Polanski: You can fly, drive, eat meat and still be green
The leader of the Greens wants to widen his party’s appeal and has triggered a surge in membership since his election
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”.
But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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But, crucially, he's leading by example...
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The @uwofa1 - University of Western Ontario Faculty Association - is quickly becoming a leader in post-secondary education messaging about the equity implications and importance of masking as an integral layer of C19 and flu mitigation.
Let’s show them some love, folks!
❤️🙏
Let’s show them some love, folks!
❤️🙏
January 11, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The @uwofa1 - University of Western Ontario Faculty Association - is quickly becoming a leader in post-secondary education messaging about the equity implications and importance of masking as an integral layer of C19 and flu mitigation.
Let’s show them some love, folks!
❤️🙏
Let’s show them some love, folks!
❤️🙏
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Great to see @uwofa1.bsky.social leading on this. #COVIDisAirborne and #longCOVID are hugely important workplace safety issues, and we need more unions to speak out about it.
Enough is enough.
Enough is enough.
The @uwofa1 - University of Western Ontario Faculty Association - is quickly becoming a leader in post-secondary education messaging about the equity implications and importance of masking as an integral layer of C19 and flu mitigation.
Let’s show them some love, folks!
❤️🙏
Let’s show them some love, folks!
❤️🙏
January 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Great to see @uwofa1.bsky.social leading on this. #COVIDisAirborne and #longCOVID are hugely important workplace safety issues, and we need more unions to speak out about it.
Enough is enough.
Enough is enough.
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised
Experts are urging guideline changes on what health professionals should wear to protect against flu-like illnesses including Covid
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advised www.theguardian.com/global-devel...