Holy wow.

Why the “immunity debt” narrative ultimately collapsed: Over the past few months, the conversation has moved toward the conclusion the evidence has been pointing to for years. Since 2022, immunity debt offered an easy explanation for the unusual patterns of illness we kept seeing. 1/7

The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

Another crazy stat: Using solar panels to double the total electricity consumption of the 1.25 billion population of Sub-Saharan Africa would cost about $25bn for modules at present spot prices – about the amount the region spends every year on fuel for stand-alone generators. 2/3

Crazy stat to contemplate: In 2024 China added almost exactly 1 GW of solar and wind capacity per day (358 GW across the year) – a pace equivalent to building a typical nuclear reactor every single day.

We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.

“Courts may be the only real check on a premier's power. This is especially true when members of her own party willingly give up their own power to hold her government to account in the legislature.” #cdnpoli #ableg #abooli #Alberta #Canada #yyc #yeg drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/real-conse...

No chemo for you. Alberta can't provide cancer treatment for kids #yeg #yyc #yql #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...

Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins, two guys who said they would rather die than get the COVID vaccine, are the two most prominent NFL players to blow their Achilles over the past five years. Back to the drawing board!

So… Someone goes to the trouble of paying $500 to pull the trigger on a recall and then ghosts… Literally everyone who wants to help pitch in? Seems legit. (It doesn’t seem legit) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbri...

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

“Kill all boats no matter where they are going or what they possess” isn’t a strategy, it’s just a killing spree

The things judges tend to like are the ones that are constitutional. Perhaps the problem for the premier is is less about judges' opinions and more that she thinks being elected should give her carte blanche and that's (at least currently) not how this works. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

The new data show Alberta, not Ontario as previously understood, has the highest case count of any province, despite having a much smaller population. Ontario publicly reports probable cases. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

So... In the course of less than 24 hours, Danielle Smith's right hand man is apparently attempting to delegitimize both the courts AND journalists. Is there a name for that? (There is) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Essentially what Danielle Smith is saying is we don’t have three branches of government anymore.

Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera. This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw. But it's not very far off.

Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...

Read this twice. “Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.” www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

If you read nothing else I write, read this. Canadians outside Alberta, pay particular attention. If Smith succeeds, she will infect other provinces with "ungoverning." markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said. She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people." We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.

Smith doubled down on her anti court rhetoric today... She even seemed to suggest that federally appointed judges couldn't render impartial rulings and that she believed her interpretation should always be above theirs. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

zero percent chance this is true

For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B. I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.

Quite the scathing 'epilogue' that Justice Feasby added to his decision, in response to legislation tabled by Alberta's UCP government just yesterday:

bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok

TODAY, Court of King’s Bench, after hearing submissions from First Nations, ruled that the separatists’ (Alberta Prosperity Project) proposed referendum question is unconstitutional. It violates all Albertans Charter and First Nations’ treaty rights. Premier, what now? #ableg

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!

Hey Alberta, Please pre-order your flu & covid vaccines for next year NOW to help make sure we don’t run out. Instead of ordering enough for everyone and having a robust campaign, the govt is only ordering what they think the default demand will be. #abpoli bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

Gotta say if the worst thing that ever happened to you was being forced by the government to take a vaccine during a once a century pandemic you have led a blessed life. Or you’re a super pussy. Or both.

CAVI is pleased to share that our Canadian Library CO2 monitor project is now complete. CAVI and other donors have contributed over 400 high quality CO2 monitors to libraries across Canada, reaching over 30% of the Canadian population. (1/5)

With a massive legal shakeup, Alberta’s government is paving the way for a separatist referendum. "It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier. pressprogress.ca/alberta-pave...

A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud

Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week. This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time. White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.

So here's the Good news/Bad news depending on how racist you are: White people are already extinct. It already happened, hundreds of years ago.🤷🏿‍♂️ bsky.app/profile/mekk... Your great-great-great grand pappy was getting busy before racism was invented. Now none of y'all score 100% on your 23 and me.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

Recently revealed documents show UCP staff toured a potential Recovery Centre site, just before the man at the centre of the CorruptCare allegations bought the building. None of this was reviewed in the Wyant Report. 1/2 🧶 #ABLEG #ABPOLI #CorruptCare

imagine US political culture if Ford hadn't pardoned Nixon, and instead he went to jail

FEW EASY AND IMMEDIATE COUNTERMEASURES???? Have these people never heard of N95s? Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes? HEPA filters? HVAC? ASHRAE 241? Upper room UV? Oh, yeah: they're physicians. Useless for public health. Get them the fuck out of the way and let engineers who KNOW HOW TO DO THIS do their JOB!

This is why we need CSA Z94.4 put in place as soon as possible.

.@AbDanielleSmith and UCP finally unequivocal admitted what Albertans suspected. They are separatists. Bill 14 overrides an active Court case, First Nations’ treaties, and fast tracks separatists’ referendum petition. #ForeverCanadian won’t stand down. www.facebook.com/share/r/17kV...

Policies of negligence have allowed Covid-19 to spread without control, causing huge amounts of illness and mortality. It is abundantly clear that strong, uncompromising measures of essential safety, such as requiring respirator masks in all public spaces, urgently need to be enforced. #COVID19

So Alberta's latest proposed law would: 👉 Take power over citizen-led referendums from the chief electoral officer & give it to cabinet. 👉 Ban new political parties from using certain words in their names, including: 'conservative,' 'democratic,' 'liberal,' 'Republican,' and 'wild rose.'

the UCP would also ban new political parties from using certain words in their policies, including: "Tylenol", "Keystone", "DynaLIFE", "Alberta Surgical Group", "hockey suites" "Albertans might confuse these activities with our incompetent/corrupt ones", claimed Premier Smith

“I was comfortable chairing an appointed body whose advice is considered but ultimately rejected — after all, no one elected us. I was not comfortable with the process becoming neglected or performative […]”