Lance
@lanceboer.com
Frontend Developer / Project Manager
Board Member @cancovsoc.bsky.social
He/Him • So-called British Columbia • Just a no-class beat-down fool
Opinions are my own
Board Member @cancovsoc.bsky.social
He/Him • So-called British Columbia • Just a no-class beat-down fool
Opinions are my own
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This fact *alone* demonstrates the utility of masking (and social distancing,) and that the vaccines do not prevent COVID infection or transmission.
“On February 1, 2022, while facing the Omicron variant and with the older adult newly boosted, Denmark became the first country to drop all NPIs. A few months later, 70% of the population had been infected with the Omicron variant, showing the SARS-CoV-2 transmission potential when unmitigated.”
A disease suppression strategy in action: The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
When a new respiratory virus emerges, the only control options are non-pharmaceutical
interventions (NPIs) until a vaccine or an effective treatment becomes available.
An early analysis of NPIs conclu...
www.ijidonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This fact *alone* demonstrates the utility of masking (and social distancing,) and that the vaccines do not prevent COVID infection or transmission.
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There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pipeline to Nowhere
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s success in his first year has been to successfully convey an image of being the “smartest guy in the room.”
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There is no political, economic or environmental case for even pretending to consider Northern Gateway pipeline.
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Mark Carney has given a huge with to Danielle Smith while reviving the environmental conflicts of Stephen Harper.
This is a huge mistake.
My latest.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Everyone’s watching Quebec’s doctor revolt. For good reason.
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
Quebec bleeds doctors, as Alberta invents new methods of overreach canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/26/q... by @nicktsergas.ca
Quebec bleeds doctors, as Alberta invents new methods of overreach
Alberta’s project is qualitatively different. It goes further.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Everyone’s watching Quebec’s doctor revolt. For good reason.
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
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Part of disability is trying to explain our experiences, whether it be to children, bureaucrats or a new lover.
My favourite quotes on self-advocacy and much more, including @accease.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @afropersonnage.ch et al
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/self...
My favourite quotes on self-advocacy and much more, including @accease.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @afropersonnage.ch et al
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/self...
“Self-advocacy is hard work”
Explaining our experiences, “cripping up”, and kids' questions
www.disabilitydebrief.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Part of disability is trying to explain our experiences, whether it be to children, bureaucrats or a new lover.
My favourite quotes on self-advocacy and much more, including @accease.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @afropersonnage.ch et al
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/self...
My favourite quotes on self-advocacy and much more, including @accease.bsky.social @rossshowalter.com @afropersonnage.ch et al
www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/self...
Gross.
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Gross.
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Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
Canada’s Drug Laws Face Challenge from Founders of Vancouver Compassion Club
'You feel lost and powerless, because you are,' Drug User Liberation Front co-founder testifies on day one of weeks-long hearing
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
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The way 2025 is going, we're going to end up with an outbreak of kuru like in that X-Files episode.
"While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
"While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The way 2025 is going, we're going to end up with an outbreak of kuru like in that X-Files episode.
"While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
"While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists"
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
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Budget 2025 didn't include further financial investment to expand Pharmacare & ensure free universal access to contraceptives everywhere in Canada. The SOGC calls on Ottawa to commit to moving forward with agreements nationwide.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Is pharmacare on ice? Health minister says no new deals with provinces in the works | CBC News
Canada’s public drug insurance program appears to be in limbo, with the Carney government failing to earmark any new money to expand coverage to the rest of the country.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Budget 2025 didn't include further financial investment to expand Pharmacare & ensure free universal access to contraceptives everywhere in Canada. The SOGC calls on Ottawa to commit to moving forward with agreements nationwide.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Do we prefer the feral descent of everyone for themselves; a collective neo-liberal suicide of psychotic selfishness, or can we come together as a species to pool our resources in a global community to fight for our species?
Individualism or community is still our choice.
Individualism or community is still our choice.
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Do we prefer the feral descent of everyone for themselves; a collective neo-liberal suicide of psychotic selfishness, or can we come together as a species to pool our resources in a global community to fight for our species?
Individualism or community is still our choice.
Individualism or community is still our choice.
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My son is winning his battle against malnutrition, but the fight isn't over. He needs continuous care to fully recover. Please help us cross the finish line! Every share and donation fuels his journey to health. Thank you
Vireted by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Vireted by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My son is winning his battle against malnutrition, but the fight isn't over. He needs continuous care to fully recover. Please help us cross the finish line! Every share and donation fuels his journey to health. Thank you
Vireted by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Vireted by: @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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🚨🚨"It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🚨🚨"It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else." Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social:
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Great news everybody "Applying to a job in 2025 is the statistical equivalent of hurling your resume into a black hole." www.businessinsider.com/technology-b...
The real reason the job market is totally broken
Exclusive new data proves it: Applying to a job in 2025 is the statistical equivalent of hurling your resume into a black hole.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Great news everybody "Applying to a job in 2025 is the statistical equivalent of hurling your resume into a black hole." www.businessinsider.com/technology-b...
I just want to watch Mark Kelly beat the piss out of Pete Hegseth.
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I just want to watch Mark Kelly beat the piss out of Pete Hegseth.
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This didn't have to be our reality.
Nightmare’s not over: Manitoba wildfire officials say underground zombie winter fires could re-emerge in the spring
Manitoba’s worst wildfire season in 30 years isn’t finished despite the onset of freezing temperatures and snow, and there’s a fear some blazes could smoulder underground and resurface next spring.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This didn't have to be our reality.
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"Canada's previous contributions to the Global Fund, including a sizeable increase...in 2022, had been world leading. Now, Canada has chosen not to lead, but to follow in the footsteps of other countries whose cuts to global health this year have already had deadly consequences."
Doctors Without Borders is deeply disappointed to see #Canada’s cuts to aid reflected in its reduced pledge to the #GlobalFund.
Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.
Such cuts will fuel the reversal of progress in the fight against HIV, TB and malaria.
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Canada's previous contributions to the Global Fund, including a sizeable increase...in 2022, had been world leading. Now, Canada has chosen not to lead, but to follow in the footsteps of other countries whose cuts to global health this year have already had deadly consequences."
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Leaving BC and First Nations out of talks about a pipeline is a great way to slow any hypothetical future project.
The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Leaving BC and First Nations out of talks about a pipeline is a great way to slow any hypothetical future project.
The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
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I took inventory. It looked good.
In 2025 We Showed Up: Notes on Resistance to the Regime
Ayoung white woman in yoga clothes berating masked ICE agents in a parking lot this spring. A pope speaking up again and again for immigrants. Furious judges dressing down the Trump administration and...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I took inventory. It looked good.
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My highly controversial two prong solution for fixing healthcare in Canada
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My highly controversial two prong solution for fixing healthcare in Canada
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
1. Tax the rich
2. N95s in all healthcare settings
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So my tremendous housing and health problems continue and if anyone could help with a few bucks it would be greatly appreciated. the poverty is the thing.
e-transfer: [email protected]
Here’s a GIF I made, for ahistorical flamers
e-transfer: [email protected]
Here’s a GIF I made, for ahistorical flamers
a bunch of red and yellow monsters standing next to each other on a blue background
Alt: flame monsters dancing, as the word AHISTORICAL scrolls.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So my tremendous housing and health problems continue and if anyone could help with a few bucks it would be greatly appreciated. the poverty is the thing.
e-transfer: [email protected]
Here’s a GIF I made, for ahistorical flamers
e-transfer: [email protected]
Here’s a GIF I made, for ahistorical flamers
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3. "The increased risks persisted even after adjusting for comorbidities, suggesting that the disruption of the gut microbiome caused by recent antibiotic use may negatively impact the body’s immune response to a subsequent COVID infection."
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
3. "The increased risks persisted even after adjusting for comorbidities, suggesting that the disruption of the gut microbiome caused by recent antibiotic use may negatively impact the body’s immune response to a subsequent COVID infection."
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2. "University of Alberta researchers studied 445,646 adults and found that those who had taken antibiotics in the 3 months prior to COVID infection were at least 50% to experience poor outcomes, including emergency room visits, hospitalization, or death, within 30 days of COVID infection."
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
2. "University of Alberta researchers studied 445,646 adults and found that those who had taken antibiotics in the 3 months prior to COVID infection were at least 50% to experience poor outcomes, including emergency room visits, hospitalization, or death, within 30 days of COVID infection."
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Mark Zuckerberg enables pedophiles.
“Meta stalled internal efforts to prevent child predators from contacting minors for years due to growth concerns, and pressured safety staff to circulate arguments justifying its decision not to act.”
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mark Zuckerberg enables pedophiles.