Ian Robertson
@ianwrob.bsky.social
Modest egomaniac + secular humanist misanthrope + erratic Marxist + I design buildings, hopefully passiv, and once climbed Grouse Grind 17 times in a day. Same handle on the bird.
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🚨OPENING SUBMISSIONS
'Impact on Society' - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Adam Wagner KC, on behalf of CVF, identified unequal impacts and that Clinically Vulnerable people cannot be expected to protect themselves.
He asks for:
Safety
Support and
Status (under the Equality Act)
1/
'Impact on Society' - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Adam Wagner KC, on behalf of CVF, identified unequal impacts and that Clinically Vulnerable people cannot be expected to protect themselves.
He asks for:
Safety
Support and
Status (under the Equality Act)
1/
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
🚨OPENING SUBMISSIONS
'Impact on Society' - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Adam Wagner KC, on behalf of CVF, identified unequal impacts and that Clinically Vulnerable people cannot be expected to protect themselves.
He asks for:
Safety
Support and
Status (under the Equality Act)
1/
'Impact on Society' - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Adam Wagner KC, on behalf of CVF, identified unequal impacts and that Clinically Vulnerable people cannot be expected to protect themselves.
He asks for:
Safety
Support and
Status (under the Equality Act)
1/
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Housing. The #1 most alienating thing about Canada to young people is the extraordinary cost of housing.
As a housing nerd, I know it’s mainly municipal/provincial, not federal.
But Poilievre identified a sore spot that the Liberals have long seemed out-of-touch on.
As a housing nerd, I know it’s mainly municipal/provincial, not federal.
But Poilievre identified a sore spot that the Liberals have long seemed out-of-touch on.
Polls like this make me so frustrated. The Liberals and, even moreso the NDP, have GOT to figure out how to reach young people. There is zero reason Conservatives should be polling like this except for their opponents clearly not understanding or embracing what they should stand for.
January 19, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Housing. The #1 most alienating thing about Canada to young people is the extraordinary cost of housing.
As a housing nerd, I know it’s mainly municipal/provincial, not federal.
But Poilievre identified a sore spot that the Liberals have long seemed out-of-touch on.
As a housing nerd, I know it’s mainly municipal/provincial, not federal.
But Poilievre identified a sore spot that the Liberals have long seemed out-of-touch on.
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This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.
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You all know that disease has been used as a tool of oppression throughout history, and that includes yesterday and today.
Fight oppression. Fight disease.
Solidarity. 😷
Fight oppression. Fight disease.
Solidarity. 😷
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 AM
You all know that disease has been used as a tool of oppression throughout history, and that includes yesterday and today.
Fight oppression. Fight disease.
Solidarity. 😷
Fight oppression. Fight disease.
Solidarity. 😷
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In like six months or so we’re gonna have some wild undercover investigative pieces from journalists who got jobs as ICE agents huh
January 16, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In like six months or so we’re gonna have some wild undercover investigative pieces from journalists who got jobs as ICE agents huh
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I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
January 15, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
*sets up school for raccoons against racism*
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As a doctor, this U.S. health policy scares me and Ontario kids are in the blast radius #Opinion
Iris Gorfinkel: As a doctor, this U.S. health policy scares me and Ontario kids are in the blast radius
Vaccines have become a political loyalty test in both the U.S. and Canada.
www.thestar.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
As a doctor, this U.S. health policy scares me and Ontario kids are in the blast radius #Opinion
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Not Russia, not China but the US today. Sickening.
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Not Russia, not China but the US today. Sickening.
JFC this works. Really. FFS.
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
JFC this works. Really. FFS.
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I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
December 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I don't think most Americans have any idea how dangerous it is for a president to declare an entire ethnic group to be "garbage." This is how the worst atrocities in human history have begun.
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This pleases me (gift):
"I had only one advantage: I’m a historian. One of the true gifts of studying the humanities is not the content we learn in school, but that we develop the skills to learn what we need to know when life takes unexpected turns. So like a proper nerd, I made a reading list."
"I had only one advantage: I’m a historian. One of the true gifts of studying the humanities is not the content we learn in school, but that we develop the skills to learn what we need to know when life takes unexpected turns. So like a proper nerd, I made a reading list."
On RFK Jr., vaccines and my son with autism and Down syndrome
Knowledge is the vaccine for ignorance and fear. But RFK Jr. just wants to let the fever burn.
www.startribune.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:06 AM
This pleases me (gift):
"I had only one advantage: I’m a historian. One of the true gifts of studying the humanities is not the content we learn in school, but that we develop the skills to learn what we need to know when life takes unexpected turns. So like a proper nerd, I made a reading list."
"I had only one advantage: I’m a historian. One of the true gifts of studying the humanities is not the content we learn in school, but that we develop the skills to learn what we need to know when life takes unexpected turns. So like a proper nerd, I made a reading list."
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New meta-analysis shows systemic immune-mediated diseases are linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular death—highlighting the importance of integrated cardiometabolic care.
🔗 https://ow.ly/x87650XIyxo
#CardioResearch #HeartHealth #Inflammation #CardioSky #MedSky
🔗 https://ow.ly/x87650XIyxo
#CardioResearch #HeartHealth #Inflammation #CardioSky #MedSky
December 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New meta-analysis shows systemic immune-mediated diseases are linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular death—highlighting the importance of integrated cardiometabolic care.
🔗 https://ow.ly/x87650XIyxo
#CardioResearch #HeartHealth #Inflammation #CardioSky #MedSky
🔗 https://ow.ly/x87650XIyxo
#CardioResearch #HeartHealth #Inflammation #CardioSky #MedSky
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Oof. Flu A taking off like a rocket in #bcpoli (as predicted, but who needs prevention from @governmentofbc.bsky.social, amitrite?!).
Flu A test ~2X in 1 wk, from 7.4% to 13.8%
COVID going down, RSV up a bit, but still LOTS of both around.
#FluIsAirborne. Get your vax asap AND #MaskUp.
Flu A test ~2X in 1 wk, from 7.4% to 13.8%
COVID going down, RSV up a bit, but still LOTS of both around.
#FluIsAirborne. Get your vax asap AND #MaskUp.
December 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Oof. Flu A taking off like a rocket in #bcpoli (as predicted, but who needs prevention from @governmentofbc.bsky.social, amitrite?!).
Flu A test ~2X in 1 wk, from 7.4% to 13.8%
COVID going down, RSV up a bit, but still LOTS of both around.
#FluIsAirborne. Get your vax asap AND #MaskUp.
Flu A test ~2X in 1 wk, from 7.4% to 13.8%
COVID going down, RSV up a bit, but still LOTS of both around.
#FluIsAirborne. Get your vax asap AND #MaskUp.
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Hey everyone, it's time to play "guess the year we knew COVID was airborne"!
(answer in link: wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...)
(answer in link: wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...)
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hey everyone, it's time to play "guess the year we knew COVID was airborne"!
(answer in link: wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...)
(answer in link: wayback.archive-it.org/17275/202203...)
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“Leading medical societies and many state health officials say Kennedy is trying to dismantle a vaccine program that prevents disease and saves lives based on his beliefs rather than scientific evidence.”
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants reut.rs/48JXrL2
Exclusive: US FDA launches fresh safety scrutiny of approved RSV therapies for infants
U.S. health regulators informed senior executives at Merck, Sanofi and AstraZeneca last week that their approved protective RSV treatments for infants would be subject to fresh safety scrutiny following concerns raised by vaccine skeptics, multiple sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“Leading medical societies and many state health officials say Kennedy is trying to dismantle a vaccine program that prevents disease and saves lives based on his beliefs rather than scientific evidence.”
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Intensely funny because it seems like the vast majority of people at that event were convinced it was fully autonomous and Musk has repeatedly recently claimed they're not tele-operated
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Intensely funny because it seems like the vast majority of people at that event were convinced it was fully autonomous and Musk has repeatedly recently claimed they're not tele-operated
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
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Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
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So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing
Well, Senators Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis, you wanted RFK Jr. to “go wild” at HHS.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
Congratulations. You’ve achieved your goal. He is well on his way to completely destroying the US vaccine program.
December 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
So, to all the "RFK's got some good ideas" folks (Rachael Bedard, Leana Wen) and Jay Bhattacharya is "an excellent choice for NIH" (Steven Macedo, Frances Lee) and Vinay Prasad "will bring a breath of fresh air to FDA" (Adam Cifu, John Mandrola) groupies--you own this now too.
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Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pedestrian struck by motorist on Parkside a block from the speed camera that vigilantes kept tearing down that caused ford to remove them from all Ontario. Drive as you wish Ontario. Nobody matters. This is what you voted for.
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For someone who hates socialism he sure loves being publicly owned
Hey all. If you would like to see this morning's interview with Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, I have attached a YouTube link below.
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Thank you for watching.
youtu.be/s9Khl0T_BEA?...
Vancouver mayor stands by city's budget
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For someone who hates socialism he sure loves being publicly owned
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