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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · Aug 20

The most important part of this article, to me, is the end.

It challenges a false binary between “long COVID” and “everyone else.”

Maybe it's a spectrum... 🧵 (1/5)

www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2

“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports Myco...

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

What do you know, the ostrich farmers owe money all over Canada for the ostrich schemes of the past. They are in arrears on $250K worth of debt and their creditors find their interim payments of ostrich oil instead of actual loonies to be insufficient
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills | CBC News

After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping ...

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Cecil Rosner @rosnerc.bsky.social · 12d

The charity that runs the Edmonton Oilers 50/50 raffle hires a private company to manage the process. That private company is owned by the Oilers Entertainment Group.

Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 12d

When you buy an Edmonton Oilers 50/50 ticket, how much money ends up with charity? Check out our investigation to find the answer.

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#abpoli #hockey

Oilers 50/50 raffle has paid $81M to company owned by hockey group over 4 years, documents reveal

Financial statements show percentage of ticket sales available for charity has declined since raffle moved online

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 2d

This made me laugh for ~40 seconds.

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 3d

EndeavourOS + Plasma / X11 is a really solid, really *Windows-y* setup.

Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 4d

Just as everything is getting more expensive, Microsoft plans to pull support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025.

The good news: There are free alternatives. Our digital security team talks through some options.

Warning: Time to move away from Windows 10

With Windows dropping support for Windows 10, you’ll need to upgrade — or consider another operating system entirely!

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 6d

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 6d

Provinces opened the door for U.S. doctors. But Ottawa is blocking the hallway

by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

Provinces opened the door for US doctors, as Ottawa blocks the hallway

Canada could be the go-to refuge for US doctors as American medicine collapses.

canadahealthwatch.ca

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 5d

Reminder that none of this is private.

🧹🧹🧹 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup 🧹🧹🧹

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 4d

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 4d

Glad to hear it. The story had me floored. Still does

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 5d

We may.

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 5d

bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup

Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 5d

demo:

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 5d

Reminder that none of this is private.

🧹🧹🧹 bsky.jazco.dev/cleanup 🧹🧹🧹

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 6d

If he doesn't respond, send it again to his personal email. Can share

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 6d

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Sophie Nadeau 🇨🇦 @sophienadeau.bsky.social · 9d

Lots of learnings for Canada here. I remain convinced that country by country action to curb big tech will remain difficult & only a G7 or 20 collaborative move at some point will get the job done. Extremely difficult negotiations while economic interests sit in the balance.

rasmuskleis.bsky.social @rasmuskleis.bsky.social · 9d

"If we’re going to have a good relationship going forward, you can’t have legislation that punishes companies from . . . your ally" US Ambassador to the EU says.

They don't like DSA, DMA, and AI Act. Let's see how they react to "Buy European" clauses www.ft.com/content/b6d9...

Brussels told to prove digital rules do not ‘punish’ US tech or fix them

Donald Trump’s ambassador to EU says no US president can ‘allow these kinds of infringements’ on American companies

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 6d

Low-hanging policy fruit for the Carney government:

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 6d

Provinces opened the door for U.S. doctors. But Ottawa is blocking the hallway

by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social

Provinces opened the door for US doctors, as Ottawa blocks the hallway

Canada could be the go-to refuge for US doctors as American medicine collapses.

canadahealthwatch.ca

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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 7d

When youth get comprehensive sex ed they wait to have sex longer, have safer and healthier sex and face less sexual and physical violence in relationships. Which is why it's a problem that immigrant teenagers appear to be missing out on Canadian sex ed.
Me for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Canada’s Sex Ed Is Leaving Immigrant Teens Behind | The Tyee

Teens’ contraceptive use has dropped, with the largest decrease reported by newcomers, according to a new study.

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 8d

First op-ed for @LiveScience.com on my @absw.bsky.social media fellowship.
"Whether good science is swamped by a quagmire of poor quality studies depends on the integrity of researchers and the awareness of the organizations which facilitate and fund it."

Citation cartels, ghost writing and fake peer-review: Fraud is causing a crisis in science — here's what we need to do to stop it

Thousands of scientific papers are retracted every year because of fraudulent activity, with both authors and journals gaming a system to gain academic acclaim through deceit, dishonesty and false representation.

www.livescience.com

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 7d

It'd be really cool if we could have clean air in my kid's kindergarten. Is that asking too much?

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 7d

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h... @pambelluck.bsky.social @nytimes.com

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Long Covid has affected at least 1.3 percent of people under 18, or about one million American children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

photo of PM Carney holding an individual anti-drone EMP gun

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 8d

Kinda feels like we're at war. A weird war.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 8d

Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/30/t...

Trump returns to '51st state' rhetoric in speech to U.S. military…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

The MyChart health records app, owned by U.S. parent Epic Systems Corp., rolled out a new user agreement for its 2.8 million Canadian users. It's.. interesting stuff.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 9d

U.S.-owned health app moves to limit Canadians’ legal rights canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...

U.S.-owned health app moves to limit Canadians’ legal rights

The power struggles unfolding over our data, our care, and the truth itself.

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theo @tboyblues.bsky.social · 9d

the only thing i regret about starting testosterone at 16 is that i wasn’t able to start it earlier

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 9d

Protests clash at Queen's Park over gender-affirming care for youth https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/protests-gender-affirming-care-youth-ontario-1.7645638

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Protesters for and against gender-affirming care for youth in Ontario rallied outside Queen's Park in Toronto Saturday.

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Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

Thank you. It's a beast of an article, but it actually seems to be changing some conversations which is heartening to see. I'm really sorry you and your daughter are going through that, and will keep doing what I can to nudge the pace of knowledge-translation

Nick Tsergas @nicktsergas.ca · 9d

Same