Lisa Fast
@lisafast.bsky.social
UX architect, researcher, MSc Computer Science, AI user, Canadian, mother of two grown sons, ex-Nortel, lake association board member, live in Ottawa, Ontario and Rupert, Quebec.
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Lisa Fast
@lisafast.bsky.social
· Feb 1
Sign the Pledge for Canada
This petition is intended as an invitation to Canadians to reflect on the current challenges Canada faces and what we can all do to respond to the risks and to contribute to building a more resilient ...
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I’m choosing Canada. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
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You know who else in the Americas has a lot of oil?
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
You know who else in the Americas has a lot of oil?
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Definitely, let’s force even more people to pack into office buildings and overcrowded mass transit in January and see just how long Ottawa can make this flu wave last. #RTO #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
‘Sky-high’ circulation of flu among Canadian kids, teens as experts brace for worsening wave of infections | CBC News
A surge of influenza among school-aged kids is linked to the recent deaths of multiple Ontario children, prompting calls for Canadian families to get vaccinated as medical experts brace for a worsenin...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Definitely, let’s force even more people to pack into office buildings and overcrowded mass transit in January and see just how long Ottawa can make this flu wave last. #RTO #Ottawa www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Among the more interesting therapeutic applications of GLP-2R agonists is their potential use in Graft vs. Host Disease to protect the gut epithelium and enhance barrier function, as described in exciting preclinical studies by Norona, Zeiser et al ashpublications.org/blood/articl...
Glucagon-like peptide 2 for intestinal stem cell and Paneth cell repair during graft-versus-host disease in mice and humans
Acute graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is associated with decreased intestinal stem cells (ISCs) and Paneth cells (PCs) following allogeneic hematopoietic
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December 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Among the more interesting therapeutic applications of GLP-2R agonists is their potential use in Graft vs. Host Disease to protect the gut epithelium and enhance barrier function, as described in exciting preclinical studies by Norona, Zeiser et al ashpublications.org/blood/articl...
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3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
Three children have died from flu-related complications in the Ottawa area, as officials report a “rapid and significant rise” in Influenza A in the region.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
3 children die from influenza A complications in Ontario 💔
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Still no airborne virus mitigations in schools, hospitals, healthcare, LTC
Even in this article, handwashing is the first bullet listed on how to prevent getting the flu 😡
www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
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“Nostalgia” by Charles Baugniet
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
April 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
“Nostalgia” by Charles Baugniet
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
The wedding dress makes another comeback! This time with another dress draped over it.
I think the was the point in the pandemic when the depression started setting in. Like first it was kinda fun to be at home and be crafty and get new hobbies. Now I’m just sad.
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There are people out there reenacting the Bayeux Tapestry and I wish so hard I were one of them.
April 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There are people out there reenacting the Bayeux Tapestry and I wish so hard I were one of them.
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Dude literally fell off his chair. Ha ha ha ha!
#GVerse #SundayFunnies
Little girl draws a sketch of her missing dad and the news anchors had no idea that the sketch looked exactly like her actual dad when shown the update…
😂😂I’m crying I’m laughing so hard.
Little girl draws a sketch of her missing dad and the news anchors had no idea that the sketch looked exactly like her actual dad when shown the update…
😂😂I’m crying I’m laughing so hard.
December 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Dude literally fell off his chair. Ha ha ha ha!
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I can’t get over the fact that Toronto + Ontario shut down transit on one of the busiest weekends of the year. It’s contempt for the people who live here.
A> when subway is closed you really see how much work it does. Sardine buses. Imagine everyone in cars.
B> it’s bananas the TTC scheduled TWO separate downtown subway closures the 2nd weekend before Xmas. Busiest time. If not emergency why not wait till January doldrums? Punishing organization.
B> it’s bananas the TTC scheduled TWO separate downtown subway closures the 2nd weekend before Xmas. Busiest time. If not emergency why not wait till January doldrums? Punishing organization.
December 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I can’t get over the fact that Toronto + Ontario shut down transit on one of the busiest weekends of the year. It’s contempt for the people who live here.
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"Tincher [a US citizen] has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Tincher [a US citizen] has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours, where she saw about seven other detainees." www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
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And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
@nkjemisin.bsky.social You’re on this list!
Here are the top 10 most popular post-1945 American authors at the Seattle Public Library over the last 20 years.
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@nkjemisin.bsky.social You’re on this list!
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Kingston, Ontario, Canada! Yes, that’s right! The outdoor rink at historic Market Square is open for the winter season! More time spent, skating, eh! And less time doom scrolling on social media!
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December 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Kingston, Ontario, Canada! Yes, that’s right! The outdoor rink at historic Market Square is open for the winter season! More time spent, skating, eh! And less time doom scrolling on social media!
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I did not know about the VIA Rail part. Even better!
#CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
#CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
The Canada Strong Pass is back from December 12th to January 15th! Youth can enjoy free and discounted access to Parks Canada sites, national museums, and VIA Rail rides over the holidays.
December 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I did not know about the VIA Rail part. Even better!
#CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
#CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
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Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
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When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When cameras are installed, they issue many violations in the first month, followed by a steep decline in the second month. This suggests that the cameras effectively deter speeding by changing underlying driver behavior rather than relying on sustained revenue extraction.
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Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Dec 07. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces
December 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Dec 07. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces
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Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not one fucking word from any quoted health expert on cleaning classroom air.
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
Yes, talk about vaccines, ofc that's important.
But there's something else we could talk about here: a measure that protects everyone but doesn't trigger endless debates on the choice to vaccinate.
Clean classroom air!
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“The new addition to the Liberal caucus means Carney is one seat away from a majority government.”
#cdnpoli
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#cdnpoli
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Another MP leaves Conservatives, crosses floor to Liberals | CBC News
Ontario MP Michael Ma announced Thursday that he is leaving the Conservative caucus and joining the Liberals.
www.cbc.ca
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“The new addition to the Liberal caucus means Carney is one seat away from a majority government.”
#cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#cdnpoli
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Not sure those unfamiliar with the geography of Eastern Ontario appreciate how absurd it is Via forced passengers to sleep overnight at the station in Brockville
Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldn’t get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldn’t get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
December 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not sure those unfamiliar with the geography of Eastern Ontario appreciate how absurd it is Via forced passengers to sleep overnight at the station in Brockville
Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldn’t get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
Brockville is only an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. Via couldn’t get buses to shuttle them back? How is there no contingency plan?
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Surgical wait times & one way out.
December 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Surgical wait times & one way out.
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this quote is for Alberta (and I guess, now Canada too)
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
this quote is for Alberta (and I guess, now Canada too)
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Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
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The first two bullet points are jargon-dense :(
The key takeaway: Getting a booster that's different from your original shots, and choosing the updated versions that target current variants, gave people substantially better protection against COVID-19 infection
The key takeaway: Getting a booster that's different from your original shots, and choosing the updated versions that target current variants, gave people substantially better protection against COVID-19 infection
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The first two bullet points are jargon-dense :(
The key takeaway: Getting a booster that's different from your original shots, and choosing the updated versions that target current variants, gave people substantially better protection against COVID-19 infection
The key takeaway: Getting a booster that's different from your original shots, and choosing the updated versions that target current variants, gave people substantially better protection against COVID-19 infection
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It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
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Northern lights over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky
#EastCoastKin #photography #longexposure
#EastCoastKin #photography #longexposure
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Northern lights over Colpoy's Bay, Ontario for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Sky
#EastCoastKin #photography #longexposure
#EastCoastKin #photography #longexposure