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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 20h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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tru @thetrudz.photo · 1d

“It’s here to stay.”
“It’s not going anywhere.”
“Get used to it.”

Notice the robotic repetitive propaganda that tech billionaires spit into the mouths of proponents like a mother bird feeding babies is never about ethics, always about force, while pretending the force is natural not man made.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 1d

Bread and Jam for Frances #MUTUALAID💸💕

I've been housing insecure for months. I found an apartment but need help for rent/deposit. I can handle monthly if I can get the first $1500 payment. Anything helps. I'll hug you the next time I see you. Pay QR codes below. Mvto!
#settlersaturday #helpsky

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liseabetta.bsky.social @liseabetta.bsky.social · 23h

#Cdnpoli #USpoli #COVID

The simple metal box that could change the world - Healthy Debate

This quiet, repairable metal air cleaner is an inexpensive long-term disease prevention tool for public spaces.

healthydebate.ca

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit

Kelly B @kellyblack.ca · 1d

This morning I heard the CBC reporting on a recent KPMG report on AI in post-secondary - it basically said 73% of ppl are using it and most of them find it’s harming their thinking skills, thus “ethical” AI skills should be taught better…

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 1d

For those who haven't been following this story, COVID is unambiguously airborne, routinely transmitted in tiny aerosols that float in the air for hours. Every relevant scientific body has known this for years, but some senior docs with ego problems blew the call in 2020, and now have *huge* COIs.

Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · May 12

(this very big mistake that killed an enormous number of people, if anyone's looking for the citation)

www.spiegel.de/internationa...

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/epidemiologist-jeremy-farrar-on-the-next-viral-threat-i-fear-we-are-at-the-beginning-of-an-era-of-pandemics-a-564b1dae-1c3d-4eb3-b76f-f3c5da6e8289#:~:text=DER%20SPIEGEL:%20But%20even%20the%20World%20Health%20Organization,enormous%20number%20of%20lives.

DER SPIEGEL: But even the World Health Organization didn't take the spread via aerosols seriously and didn’t issue a warning about it until the autumn of 2020 …

Farrar: Yes, you are right, that was a very big mistake. We could have prepared better if bigger decisions would have been made around aerosols, around face masks, around the best treatment options, personal protective equipment for nurses, doctors, about the capacity for intensive care units. That would have saved an enormous number of lives.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

www.theguardian.com

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 1d

Same thing in Ontario - I got vaccinated at the end of Sept but only because I learned from info shared on Bluesky that I was eligible!! Even hospitals aren’t advertising that hospital staff are currently eligible

Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 1d

Handwashing is still the best preventative measure we can take 😒 Why is this so hard?

Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 1d

Step one is getting IPAC and public health to acknowledge aerosol transmission and step two is getting them to actually do something about it. I had an email exchange with someone from IPAC Canada a couple of years ago where she acknowledged airborne transmission but then concluded that

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 1d

Woke up to pee and for some reason I decided to punt this thing again and look what changed … now if only the actual healthcare system would switch to respirators and deploy HEPA and other IAQ improvements.

Screenshot of NS Health’s AI chat bot. At 10am this morning I asked it a question. Now at 2am I asked it again and got a VERY different answer. HMMM.
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Is Covid airborne?
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Nova
Thursday, 2:14 a.m.
COVID-19 spreads from person to person through respiratory droplets or aerosols, which are produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, shouts, or talks. These droplets may come into direct contact with another person's mucous membranes (nose, mouth, or eyes or be inhaled. You can find more information about COVID-19 transmission on the Nova Scotia Health website.
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂😂😂

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 3d

Anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racism is on the rise in Canada

Two years into the Israeli war in Gaza, racism targeting Palestinians or pro-Palestinians continues rise — and now there’s new data that delve into this alarming phenomenon.

theconversation.com

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 1d

I hope people in NS fight back against this, and win. NS Health is marketing an AI chat bot as a RELIABLE source of info to PREVENT infection. This is straight from the marketing. But it was trained on droplet dogma and claims COVID spreads by droplets predominantly. This is unacceptable. /1

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Holy F. NS health is using an AI chat bot called Nova and their recent Facebook post encourages people to ASK THE AI CHAT BOT about their SYMPTOMS. This is absolutely wild. www.yourhealthns.ca #nspoli

YourHealthNS

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 1d

I know right!!!!!!!!!

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 2d

I’m thinking of the fire safety demo that took place in my ICU last winter where the unmasked Occ Health worker made sure to emphasize that using a fire extinguisher is an AGMP. In an ICU where everyone had Flu A and no one was masking.

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Asking NS’s official health AI about airborne transmission, aerosols, etc #NSPoli

Screenshot of asking NS health AI if Covid is airborne. Is Covid airborne?
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
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• Nova
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
The primary method of COVID-19 transmission is through droplets, which quickly settle on surfaces within two meters. However, airborne precautions are used during aerosol-generating medical procedures (AGMPs) to minimize the risk of transmission. More information on AGMPs can be found here.

Screenshot of asking NS health AI about aerosol transmission. Tell me about aerosol transmission
Nova
Wednesday, 10:02 a.m.
Airborne transmission occurs when airborne particles remain suspended in the air, travel on air currents, and are inhaled by others nearby or some distance away from the source. Control of airborne transmission requires control of airflow through special ventilation systems and the use of respiratory protection.
An aerosol-generating medical procedure (AGMP)
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roplet nuclei.
Examples of AGMPs include bronchoscopy

Screenshot of asking NS health AI if breathing generates aerosols You
Wednesday, 10:03 a.m.
Does breathing generate aerosols?
•Nova
Wednesday, 10:03 a.m.
While normal breathing does produce some droplets, activities like talking, screaming, coughing, or sneezing produce larger droplets.
Labour and delivery are also not considered aerosolized events. Aerosol Generating Medical Procedures (AGMPs) are specific medical procedures that generate aerosols.

The AI claimed that breathing generates fewer aerosols than AGMPs so I tried asking for more info. How many aerosols are generated by breathing compared to an AGMP?
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Nova
Wednesday, 10:04 a.m.
To best answer your question, could you clarify what context you're interested in? For example, are you concerned about a specific medical setting or a particular activity? #NSPoli

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 2d

Holy F. NS health is using an AI chat bot called Nova and their recent Facebook post encourages people to ASK THE AI CHAT BOT about their SYMPTOMS. This is absolutely wild. www.yourhealthns.ca #nspoli

YourHealthNS

www.yourhealthns.ca

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 2d

4. This utterly mistaken but seemingly widespread belief that Covid-19 has somehow gone away is precisely the inevitable result of declaring the pandemic to be over and tacitly allowing people to take that declaration to mean that SARS-CoV-2 has magically disappeared.

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 2d

Seconded. I get a lot of shocked looks and surprise from healthcare workers in particular when I tell them Covid is still around. People have no idea.

Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 2d

3. ... my feeling is that their illness *genuinely is a mystery to them*.

This is precisely what happens when a concerted effort is made by governments, public health, and the media to downplay or erase Covid-19.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 2d

1. I've had a surprising number of conversations about Covid-19 over the past week or so, all sparked by the fact that I was, as always, wearing an FFP2 respirator. People in healthcare facilities, taxi drivers, people on trains and buses.

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 2d

This video is horrifying and I agree - drivers are so bad now. I’ve started making eye contact with drivers before crossing the street; between walking the dog and walking to work I have close calls several times a week.

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 3d

“Testing is only available at the direction of Occupational Health for staff who have had a high risk workplace exposure to Covid 19”

I would love to know how hospitals are defining this and I’ll say I’m nearly certain that wearing a surgical mask means you were “not exposed”

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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, in healthcare, infection control policies have HCWs using surgical masks even when caring for a known Covid positive patient. And our unions aren’t saying a thing.

Bean & Sprout's Mom @beansproutsmom.bsky.social · 3d

"Blue medical masks and cloth masks are great at helping a sick person keep their germs to themselves. 🚨Only a proper fitting respirator, like an N95, KN95 or CAN95, protects the wearer from germs, especially diseases like COVID-19 and measles, which travel through the air."

😮 Pigs flew today!

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 4d

The kids are back in school and so is COVID-19. 🏫🦠 #bcpoli #bced

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NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 3d

I feel fortunate to be alive at this time when I can learn from people like Link, and pass down these messages to my children. Community and caring and protecting others are the most important things.

borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 3d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 3d

“I urge everyone to join the global uprising for justice, freedom, and equality. And to apply real pressure on our governments and institutions to fulfill their legal obligations to ensure human rights for everyone. We have truth, morale, international law, justice, love, history, solidarity with...

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