if Ancient Romans had had screensavers, they’d have been little flying winged dongs making flapping-noises instead of little flying toasters. (someone needs to animate this idea so we can make this screensaver real).

“…researchers found two mosquito species that tested positive for California serogroup virus, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that can cause encephalitis and meningitis in humans.” “…investigation triggered by a cluster of childhood encephalitis cases.” 😓 Picaridin works to keep mosquitos away.👇

A NBA star was born! 👶🏻 😍♥️ Good morning everyone!!

Swarms of cops out here TACKLING AND INJURING cyclists who roll a stop sign at an intersection with no motor traffic, while continuing to let cars speed down Parkside Drive and other roads where speed cameras were removed, literally KILLING PEOPLE. Make it make sense. Heads up, #BikeTO! #TOpoli

Premier Ford’s latest boondoggle, NDP leader Marit Stiles challenges it, AS ALWAYS. Thank you, @maritstilesndp.bsky.social (Please include Alt text in your future posts 🙏) If @mark-carney.bsky.social lets this airport sale pass, his “Canada Strong” campaign is just lip service. #ONpoli #cdnpoli

‘Increase the risk of a crash’: More than 80,000 vehicles recalled in Canada - Hyundai has recalled more than 80,000 vehicles in Canada due to a “safety risk” that could lead to an increased risk of crash.

*** Ontario Virus Update | June 1 *** Hospitalizations due to COVID have decreased from 38 to 21 in the last update. Influenza hospitalizations decreased from 51 to 44 and RSV decreased from 20 to 18 so moving in the right direction but still not finished for the season yet.🧵1/ #Ontario #Virus

👏👏👏 It’s about time someone stepped up! Too bad it isn’t more than 1 country with the good sense to help. So much for Canada’s humanitarian assistance reputation.

Being an adult means saying “I should really get up and do something” every weekend until you die

A perfect afternoon bloomspotting in Edwards Gardens, Toronto. #FlowerReport 1/

It’s endlessly frustrating that the burden of safety was transferred to the individual and at the same time people get mad when they see someone else is taking precautions.

Moonlight sonata. I took one of my favorite photos last night. While looking for a scissortail, this eastern meadowlark perched itself atop a nearby tree and sang a beautiful song just long enough for me to position it directly in front of the nearly-full Moon. #Photography #BirdOfTheDay #Birds

One of them always tells the truth, and one of them always lies. #Caturday

Did you know you can search: “Covid and [any disease, symptom, psychological issue]”and you would know 1 of 100s of reasons why some still mask If you feel angry when you see a mask, label maskers as overly cautious and extremist, it’s because you need a reason not to finally do that online search

Safe, protected bike-lanes are: Better for business Better for emissions Better for air quality Better for space Better for public health Better for noise Better for equity Better for affordability Better for public costs Better for safety for EVERYONE Better for oil independence Better.

“Did the virus itself cause some kind of change in our brains? Because *something* happened & for some reason it's not being talked about enough.” Yes, it did—& importantly, it continues to do so bcs the pandemic didn’t actually end. There are other factors sure, but it’s the virus, too. #COVID

John-y-Cash @john-y-cash.eurosky.social shares an amazing video showing how stop motion comes together:

A couple of ox eye daisies near Ely👇🏼. When we look at images of landscapes & plants we recover from stress 60% more quickly, so this is for your brain if you’re strung out rn 🌿:

You know what we don't talk enough about? Queen & Annie Lennox/David Bowie rehearsing 'Under Pressure' in 1992. So much going on! Everyone's clothes, Bowie with a lit cig throughout, where Annie PROPER GOES FOR IT, George Michael singing along in the background. The amazing vocals. Yes, please!

Have you, like me, spent the last 26 years worrying if the Canadian Potato Museum STILL has the display of various potato diseases with potatoes in little coffins? Stop worrying. I checked today. Still there.

This is direct result of sars2 infection. There is also a slow process in the background, or better said, in the very core of your cells and in the very core of your body: mitochondria and bone marrow. People are slowly losing white blood cells, all over the globe.

Kurt Vile fans! The new album ‘Philadelphia's been good to me’ is here! 🤘 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Agreed! Also, you get to find out an old acquaintance is now a transphobe tradwife and that you won’t be wasting any more time having lunch with them in the future!

I'm glad this is being talked about. My dentist straight-up told me that it was extremely unlikely that the crown I need will be covered, even though the Canada Dental Care Plan says that they are, and that they've never had one approved at all and have no idea why. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

There is a lot to follow when it comes to the outbreak of Bundibugyo virus in the DRC and Uganda. Here is something I am especially fascinated by: the first controlled trial to evaluate antivirals as a preventive measure during an Ebola outbreak. 🧪 My story in @science.org here (and thread to come)

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists develop a heat-activated wearable patch that destroys 97% of Cancer cells potentially replacing surgery for melanoma patients

WE’VE LEARNED NOTHING FROM SARS-1 OR SARS-CoV-2. We are screwed if there’s a hantavirus or Ebola outbreak with all the people from around the world converging in Toronto for World Cup. #ONpoli

“In Toronto, 26.1% of those aged 25 to 39 lived with their parents in 2021.” “If a 32 year old accountant lives in their parents’ basement because they are priced out of the Toronto market, they are counted as living in an owner-occupied household.” The 66.5% stat is deceptive.

Covid: airborne 😷 Norovirus: airborne 😷 Andes hantavirus: airborne 😷 Ebola: airborne 😷 Seeing a pattern for infection prevention yet? 😷

WHO update on MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak May 28: Now includes “airborne transmission (via inhalation of infectious respiratory particles)”, recommends health care workers use PPE including respirators. Andes hantavirus AIRBORNE. 😷 x.com/WHO/status/2... Full report: www.who.int/emergencies/...

Wife just got back from a 3-day doctors conference and she told me that one of the keynote speakers mentioned AI during his presentation and the doctors in the audience booed. Loudly. Someone tell that Google CEO it's not just college kids who hate this shit.

Maybe they should be assuming ALL viruses are airborne and work backwards to prove they aren’t. But then they’d have to interrupt capitalism

Covid: airborne 😷 Norovirus: airborne 😷 Andes hantavirus: airborne 😷 Ebola: airborne 😷 Seeing a pattern for infection prevention yet? 😷

Ta da! Norovirus is airborne. "Results showed vomiting generated substantial aerosols instantaneously, and subsequent cleaning disturbed settled particles, increasing airborne pathogen concentrations by 54% compared with pre-cleaning levels." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era. A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.

Research showing aerosolisation from Ebola @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social UKHSA advice does not mention the protection risks. When we cough or vomit it is aerosol generating. Medical staff need ffp3 respirators not FRSM. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

WHO update on MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak May 28: Now includes “airborne transmission (via inhalation of infectious respiratory particles)”, recommends health care workers use PPE including respirators. Andes hantavirus AIRBORNE. 😷 x.com/WHO/status/2... Full report: www.who.int/emergencies/...

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‼️Look at this insanely perfect shot my husband just captured with his phone. We're both very sad he didn't have a real camera, but this is still amazing.

💯 “$8 million funding announcement today from the Canadian government is a drop in the bucket – and it follows an outrageous $2.7 billion cut to Canada’s international assistance”

"While New Democrats note the $8 million funding announcement today from the Canadian government, this is a drop in the bucket – and it follows an outrageous $2.7 billion cut to Canada’s international assistance."

My version of “measure twice, cut once” is “check pockets for tissues twice, launder once.”

“Getting Covid-19 repeatedly increases your risk of Long Covid” Why are other public health units not explaining this to people? @ottawapublichealth.ca

#LongCovid has not decreased from 2020-2024. Prevalence is 13-23% of US population, increasing 0.4%-1.5% every 3 months. Incidence was 10-29%, but began increasing in 2023. "These findings indicate an accumulating rather than resolving disease burden." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I spy with my little iris something that is new 💜 #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

Life comes at you pretty fast