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Andrew Young 🇨🇦 @young.me · 2d

#Ontario #wastewater graph updated with September 28 data
- Kingston, London, Peel, Toronto updated: wwater.ca/Ontario
- Also updated: AB, BC, MB, NL, NS, QC, SK, YT

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Source: health-infobase.canada.ca/wastewater/

Wastewater Virus Signals graph for Ontario

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Still COVIDing Canada @stillcovidingca.bsky.social · 11h

Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids’ sick days by a third

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November 27, 2023

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#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #ItsAirborne #HEPAFilters #AirQuality #IndoorAirQuality

Study: Air purifier use at daycare centres cut kids’ sick days by a third

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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 6h

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025
SEVERE: NL, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 8.9
Alberta: HIGH - 7.0
British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 14.9
New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.3
Newfoundland & Labrador: SEVERE - 17.0
North: VERY HIGH - 12.3
Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 16.3
Ontario: HIGH - 7.5
Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 11.8
Quebec: HIGH - 10.0
Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.0

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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Andrew Dick @agd-marketing.com · 19h

Doug Ford got re-elected with your money www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #onpoli

Ford's PCs outspent rival parties by millions during snap Ontario election | CBC News

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives outspent their opponents during last winter’s provincial election by more than $6 million, but one of their nearest rivals says the governing party had a “massive h...

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Mike Bloxam 🇨🇦🍉 @bloxam.bsky.social · 18h

Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq

@greenpeace.org

Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay

Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.

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Fandom Entanglement @fandomentanglement.bsky.social · 3d

Get spun up with out our latest #RetroReview of #Sliders! It's season 3 episode "Electric Twister Acid Test".

fandomentanglement.com/2025/sliders...

Co-hosts @suggie176.bsky.social & @bloxam.bsky.social welcome back actor/voiceover artist @brunsworks.bsky.social to discuss the whirlwind episode.

Sliders review #26 - Electric Twister Acid Test (3x03) - Fandom Entanglement

Retro Review #26: “Twisting the Night Away” FANDOM ENTANGLEMENT is back with another retro review of the 90s sci-fi series SLIDERS. This time, we’re taking a look at Season 3, Episode 3, “Electric Twi...

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Gil (Guillermo) Penalosa @penalosag.bsky.social · 3d

We need to be honest on climate movement. We are failing.

- The temperature keeps rising.
- True problem is structural, NOT individual behavior!
- Industry has masterfully marketed individual's fault.
- Collective civic action to change policy
- Say pollution, not emissions
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe

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Soren Larsen (SEGL) @sorenlarsen.bsky.social · 5d

Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity

"The new research also “calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,” Viswanathan says."

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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Mike Bloxam 🇨🇦🍉 @bloxam.bsky.social · 6d

There's a lot of flag burners
Who have got too much freedom
I wanna make it legal
For policemen to beat 'em

youtu.be/pSANTRnEBgg?...

#TheSimpsons

The Simpsons - I'm an Amendment to Be

YouTube video by Smelly Spaghetti

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Fandom Entanglement @fandomentanglement.bsky.social · 6d

We are about a week behind, but here is our #RetroReview of #Sliders season 3 episode "Dead Man Sliding".

fandomentanglement.com/2025/sliders...

Co-hosts @suggie176.bsky.social & @bloxam.bsky.social are joined by Matt Hutaff from Earth Prime to discuss the episode.

Let us know your thoughts!

Sliders review #25 - Dead Man Sliding (3x10) - Fandom Entanglement

Retro Review #25: “Host with the Most” FANDOM ENTANGLEMENT is back with another retro review of the 90s sci-fi series SLIDERS. This time, we’re taking a look at Season 3, Episode 10, “Dead Man Sliding...

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Keith Muise @keithmuise.bsky.social · 7d

🎉🎉Reminder🎉🎉
If you need any help in your own personal Covid/Health advocacy for masking, safety in public, accommodations for apts, human rights complaints, letters, etc, send me a dm. Part of my quest to be a “Swiss Army knife” of advocacy is to help those who need it, in any way I can.

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Orla Hegarty @orla-hegarty.bsky.social · 11d

5 years on

“Why good ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19

Clean air far more important than clean hands”

We had all of the scientific knowledge & tools to stop the pandemic in 2020 without lockdowns.. & they weren’t used
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-...

Why good ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19

Clean air far more important than clean hands

www.irishtimes.com

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Mike Bloxam 🇨🇦🍉 @bloxam.bsky.social · 8d

This is a great post and reminder that the #COVID19 pandemic is not over, and won't be until people take infection seriously again. Repeat infections have dire health consequences.

kolektiva.social/@healthselfd...

#CovidIsNotOver #GetVaccinated #MaskUp #CleanTheAir

Health Self Defense ❤️‍🔥😷 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image The Covid pandemic is not over, information is power Although mandatory mask-wearing was lifted in 2022, free testing was discontinued, and preventive measures were reduced, COVID ...

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Mike Bloxam 🇨🇦🍉 @bloxam.bsky.social · 9d

'Because if COVID were a one and done virus- a virus that bestowed lifelong immunity, like measles or polio (generally) do, the cruel logic of “let it rip” and “back to normal” would ultimately work for the “survivors”.'

#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #GetVaccinated #CleanTheAir #COVID19

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 9d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 9d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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Leadnow @leadnowca.bsky.social · 9d

The Liberals committed billions of dollars to tackle the housing crisis — and it’s up to us to make sure that money gets invested in people, not corporate developers.

Take action now: leadnow.ca/campaigns/pa... #HomesForAll #cdnpoli

“My biggest concern is finding stable housing. In the last 6 years, I have moved 7 times, for various reasons: uncapped rent increases, my roommates being priced out of their leases, poorly maintained rental units where landlords refuse to fix basic use items for months on end.” Kathryn

Homes for All / Leadnow

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12d

Well, this is all really ironic, to say the least..

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 12d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12d

Study identifies PTX-3 as potential marker for long COVID and tissue damage.

Researchers at MedUni Vienna found PTX-3, an immune marker, remains at higher levels in the blood of patients who have suffered from severe COVID-19, even months after the acute infection has subsided.

Study identifies PTX-3 as potential marker for long COVID and tissue damage

A research team working at MedUni Vienna has demonstrated that a specific component of the immune system (PTX-3) remains at significantly higher levels in the blood of patients who have suffered from ...

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 13d

For many COVID-aware people, parents in particular, the fall season represents one big gaslighting extravaganza…let’s be clear, it is NOT normal, ok, valuable, or good in any way for children to be repeatedly infected with a virus that can impact every organ of the body.

Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 13d

Children & adolescents reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 face a significantly higher risk of …”myocarditis, changes in taste & smell, thrombophlebitis & thromboembolism, heart disease, acute kidney injury,… generalised pain, arrhythmias, abnormal liver enzymes, ...”

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study

Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13d

Every time the subject of Jimmy Fallon’s spinelessness comes up, I think of this passage from Tina Fey’s Bossypants

66 Amy Poehler was new to SNL and we were all crowded into the seventeenth-floor writers' room, waiting for the Wednesday night read-through to start.
[...] Amy was in the middle of some such nonsense with Seth Meyers across the table, and she did something vulgar as a joke. I can't remember what it was exactly, except it was dirty and loud and
"unladylike"
Jimmy Fallon [...] turned to her and in a faux-squeamish voice said, "Stop that!
It's not cute! I don't like it." Amy dropped what she was doing, went black in the eyes for a second, and wheeled around on him. "I don't fucking care if you like it." Jimmy was visibly startled. Amy went right back to enjoying her ridiculous bit.
With that exchange, a cosmic shift took place. Amy made it clear that she wasn't there to be cute. She wasn't there to play wives and girlfriends in the boys' scenes.
She was there to do what she wanted to do and she did not fucking care if you like it.

Tina Fey, Bossypants

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Melanie Windle 🇨🇦 @melaniewindle.bsky.social · 14d

On this day of National Truth and Reconciliation learn about the treaties and obligations and the Indigenous leaders who were key in forming Canada. This is important for everyone, but especially those who think a province can simply be plucked out of Canada. The treaties came first.

Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 14d

MAGA Maple believes they can break up our country. The Crown signed treaties with Indigenous nations 30 years before Alberta and Saskatchewan were even thought of.
This is my @meidascanada.ca look at the treaties and our obligations on Orange Shirt Day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HEw...

MAGA WON'T BREAK UP OUR COUNTRY - WE ARE TREATY PEOPLE

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 17d

“I listened, we listened, we heard from you loud and clear,” Del Duca said in a social media video. “This is what leadership looks like, in particular at this moment. You need leaders who have your back and who are on your side.”
That's not leadership, it's populist politics. Yuck.

Ontario mayor who removed his city’s speed cameras wrote the law that introduced them | Globalnews.ca

In a statement, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca said he believed the right regulations were needed for speed cameras. He said he has heard from residents they're not working.

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Mike Bloxam 🇨🇦🍉 @bloxam.bsky.social · 17d

You mean cats aren't supposed to wear backpacks?

#Caturday

A charcoal tabby cat trying to wear a backpack on the floor.

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Mike Bloxam 🇨🇦🍉 @bloxam.bsky.social · 17d

What universe are we even living in when Ford and Del Duca are spouting the same populist garbage? 😩

#ONpoli #VisionZero

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