Tyson Graber
@rnaguru.bsky.social
Cell biologist. Interested in identifying & decoding the public health information stored in 💩. Posting Ottawa WAVE 🌊 (wastewater analytics for viral epidemiology)
Wasted taxpayer money is what happens when the province meddles in municipal affairs.
ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch... New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says - Ottawa Citizen
ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch... New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says - Ottawa Citizen
New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says
The city's timeline to install the new school-zone signs is unclear, as Tim Tierney says they are too large to fit on the city's poles.
ottawacitizen.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wasted taxpayer money is what happens when the province meddles in municipal affairs.
ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch... New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says - Ottawa Citizen
ottawacitizen.com/news/new-sch... New school-zone signs too large for Ottawa street poles, councillor says - Ottawa Citizen
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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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When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
Quick assembly. Just don’t lose the Allen/Hex key.
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Quick assembly. Just don’t lose the Allen/Hex key.
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Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Just a reminder, “Epstein” is the name of the sex trafficker.
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
The president is called “Epstein’s monster.”
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A deep, Friday night dive into how we check the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater signals. It's becoming more important with new variants in the past year.
TL;DR: Mutations can affect PCR targets, so QC is important — but wastewater trends remain reliable and closely monitored for accuracy.
A deep, Friday night dive into how we check the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater signals. It's becoming more important with new variants in the past year.
TL;DR: Mutations can affect PCR targets, so QC is important — but wastewater trends remain reliable and closely monitored for accuracy.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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A deep, Friday night dive into how we check the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater signals. It's becoming more important with new variants in the past year.
TL;DR: Mutations can affect PCR targets, so QC is important — but wastewater trends remain reliable and closely monitored for accuracy.
A deep, Friday night dive into how we check the accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater signals. It's becoming more important with new variants in the past year.
TL;DR: Mutations can affect PCR targets, so QC is important — but wastewater trends remain reliable and closely monitored for accuracy.
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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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"[History] is really complicated, and you have to tell that complication. ... Any idea of boiling it down to simplistic slogans is not American," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H
Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' explores the beginnings of the nation's democracy
"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American...
to.pbs.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"[History] is really complicated, and you have to tell that complication. ... Any idea of boiling it down to simplistic slogans is not American," Ken Burns said. https://to.pbs.org/4p6Y47H
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This is a very sad day for public health and evidence-based science in general.
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is a very sad day for public health and evidence-based science in general.
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 16. 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
Cost per km is now pretty much the same as Montreal REM, arguably a more future-proofed system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
O-Train Stage 2 budget cracks $5B as delays and legal fees pile up | CBC News
The city is asking for more than $150 million in extra funding for the O-Train next year as delays and legal fees push up costs, while a contingency buffer needs to be padded again.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Cost per km is now pretty much the same as Montreal REM, arguably a more future-proofed system.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 09. 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
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Nov 09. 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
US government reopens. Finally, back to the important work of arguing over a pedo’s inbox. Truly productive.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
US government reopens. Finally, back to the important work of arguing over a pedo’s inbox. Truly productive.
King Gustaf is arriving in #YOW Tuesday. IKEA Ottawa is serving free meatballs all day to celebrate, right?
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a chef is holding a tennis racquet over a pan of food
ALT: a chef is holding a tennis racquet over a pan of food
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November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
King Gustaf is arriving in #YOW Tuesday. IKEA Ottawa is serving free meatballs all day to celebrate, right?
www.gg.ca/en/media/new...
www.gg.ca/en/media/new...
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social