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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦

@bornat3b.bsky.social

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I am interested in justice, including health justice, science and nature (inc funny animal photos), well-designed cities, and technology, especially security. She/her-ish. I nuked my X. Now you’re stuck with me. Viewpoints from outside CDA/US very welcome.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 8d

If the US actively states that they will not follow the rules of engagement, that they will go against every convention to prevent abuse of prisoners, that they will act as street fighters rather than soldiers, can they be trusted in any international military training or operation?

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 34m

sorry for shouting but PROSECUTE HER FOR WHAT?

Even accepting that this is even real you can’t prosecute someone because you don’t like their choice in romantic partners.

Gnome is absolutely unqualified and unserious. I hope the woman’s lawyer gets them laughed out of court.

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

The worst part is that if you ask an up to date LLM like chatgpt-5 that same question, it gets it right. So either NS Health is using out of date LLMs, or 👉 they specifically trained it to be wrong to align with their own negligently ignorant opinions. 👈

Yes — SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is transmitted through the **air as an aerosol**. This is now the consensus position of virtually all leading scientific and public-health bodies, and it’s supported by multiple independent lines of evidence. Here’s a concise summary of the most robust evidence:

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### 🦠 1. Direct measurements of airborne virus

* SARS-CoV-2 RNA and infectious virus particles have been repeatedly detected in **air samples** from hospital rooms, homes, cars, and public spaces where infected individuals were present .
* Viable virus has been collected **meters away** from patients, even in well-ventilated spaces — distances far beyond those possible for ballistic “droplets.”

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### 🌬 2. Epidemiological patterns best explained by aerosol spread

* Superspreading events in **choirs, restaurants, buses, and offices** consistently involve people who never had close contact but shared air .
* **Attack rates drop sharply** when ventilation is improved or when high-filtration respirators (e.g., N95s) are worn — a signature of airborne transmission.

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### 🧪 3. Laboratory and physical evidence

* SARS-CoV-2 remains **viable in aerosols for hours** and retains infectivity .
* Human breathing, talking, and singing generate aerosols capable of carrying enough virus to infect others .

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### 🏛 4. Official recognition

* The **U.S. CDC**, **WHO**, **Public Health Agency of Canada**, and **U.S. National Academies** all now state clearly that **aerosol (airborne) transmission is the dominant route** of spread 【9†WHO 2023†[https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-how-is-it-transmitted】](https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/coronavirus-disease-covid-19-how-is-it-transmitted】).

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### 📊 Key implications

* **Shared ind)** are crucial for prevention.
* Droplet and surface transmission can occur but are **minor compared with inhalation of aerosols**.

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In summary: …

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

When medical influencers get after me for saying things like "medicine has no meaningful standards of competence for leadership", "COVID is the Dunning-Kruger pandemic", or "public health policy is routinely based on pseudoscience", this is why I am right.

It's a 🤬 gong show.

#StandUpForScience

NB COVID info @nbcovidinfo.bsky.social · 14h

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)
is any procedy
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aerosols of va
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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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 38m

Ah, but she does it with a smile…

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 39m

Am I missing context here?

At this point “bitch” really isn’t much of a swear if not directed at anyone.

And MF? Maybe not what we are used to on sports TV but again, not directed at anyone? Not worth tying up the CRTC’s time given everything else.

I don’t want FCC-type bowlerizing & bleeping.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 51m

Chicago - wow!

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3h

🚨🚨🚨Chicago - NOW!🚨🚨🚨
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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 2h

It must be on a radio broadcast somewhere.

Try Radiogarden? It is an app that lets you listen to radio stations around the world.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 3h

Damn.

Anyone voting against this is evil.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 4h

@daniellebeckman.bsky.social does excellent work in this area.

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Anonymous Sewer Rat @anonymoussewerrat.bsky.social · 9h

How on earth are we doing worse on public health in 2025 than in 1925?
#Sars-cov-2 #Covidisnotover #CovidisAirborne

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 4h

They should study @drseanmullen.bsky.social ’s work on very long term infections and the opportunity they create for new, more successful variants.

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 4h

Beautiful.

#Solidarity

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4h

UFW mourns the passing of our brother Kent Wong. Please watch Kent speak in beautiful short video connecting his time with UFW to his view of the importance of solidary across labor and race and cultural backgrounds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODkU...

Kent Wong on Solidarity: action

YouTube video by W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 4h

🥰 so good to see!

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 9h

And also shut down its Quebec operations when workers there voted to unionize!

I hope any government that gave them grants or tax breaks on the basis they jobs would be created have clawed that all back!

A.Better.World @skyladsy.bsky.social · 9h

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 9h

If you are not following Todd Maffin, you should! youtube.com/shorts/zpdsx...

America didn’t send us their best

YouTube video by Tod Maffin

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William Cooper, Author @wcooperbooks.bsky.social · 11h

As Elon's net worth skyrockets up tens of billions.

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 9h

Wayta scare your random internet connections!

That said, this is a particularly beautiful leaf.

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 10h

My question exactly!

Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 1d

Apropos of nothing, what type of soap or disinfectant would you use after you shake hands with a pathologically-lying racist that supports war criminals and loves autocrats as much as they do McDonald burgers and fries?

Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 11h

This is great!

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Born @ 3B #StandUp 🇨🇦 @bornat3b.bsky.social · 11h

This is essential reading: slate.com/human-intere...

What Survivors’ Stories Can Teach Us About the KKK’s Assault on American Values

Klan attacks took a long-term emotional toll as well as a physical one on emancipated black Americans.

slate.com

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 15h

Water-hungry data centres are planned for drought-stricken regions across Canada. What will the AI data centre boom mean for communities? By @savannahridley.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/ai-data-cent...