“In several locations, the danger of a wet bulb event at 38°C is nearing.” [India and surrounding region]

The PCR positivity map is out and I'm afraid it's the only source this week, with no UKHSA surveillance report, no RCGP report, and no PHS data. There's also a lot of non-reporting areas, no doubt owing to the Bank Holiday. jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol... 1/4

AI use is literally the opposite of learning. It removes the friction and desirable difficulty that causes us to internalize the information we're encountering.

this should be seen for what it is - the NDP leader explicitly confirming that the party’s centrism strategy was a failure

Canadian COVID Forecast: May 23 - Jun 5, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: NL MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 314 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

While I think @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has done very well elsewhere, I agree with them. At the risk of tipping my own hand a bit, I think it would be incredibly easy to find that .08% in the NYPD budget; from 2024 til now they've grown by .30% so seem a perfectly reasonable place to clawback.

We're a bit delayed with the forecast. Please check back tomorrow for an update. * * * Notre prévision est retardée. Veuillez revenir demain pour une mise à jour.

Today on @indicator.media: A handful of anonymous bots have taken over fact-checking on X. This isn’t hyperbole. In the first three weeks of May, just eight AI contributors wrote 50.3% of all visible Community Notes on the platform.

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I’m the very MAGA vision of a Venezuela viceroy I always tell the president he couldn’t be a nicer boy I’ve extracted every vegetable, animal and mineral So nothing will convince him that my oversight is criminal

Many are aware that Covid numbers are low, although there’s been a recent jump for Singapore, so I’m re-upping this thread on how to really handle “low risk” for situations like this:

The boom in data centre construction also comes while BC Hydro expects the province will need up to an additional 9,700 gigawatt hours of additional electricity each year by 2035 — nearly double the current output of the #SiteC dam. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #AI

ICE are still out there being horrible and people are still locked up having done everything the legal and proper way. The rightwing leaning MSM just decided to stop talking about it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Si seulement il y avait autant de gens à gauche pour vous rappeler de porter un masque en pleine pandémie de Covid que pour vous rappeler de boire quand il fait chaud. #OnPeutRêver

#OurAmazingOcean Progress! Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

“Climate change [not El Nino] is the reason to freak out, and ideally in a constructive way by doing something about it. We have the knowledge and technology to go very, very far away from using fossil fuels.” - Friederike Otto, climate scientist, Imperial College

Worth reading.

The distinction matters from a science investigation perspective not from a public health perspective. No ANDV hantavirus outbreak was doing anything other than what outbreaks do (spread) until such time as bog standard trace test and stringent isolation were put in place. 1.

There is a high risk of measles transmission within Canada during the FIFA World Cup, an analysis by the Public Health Agency of Canada warned Thursday.

A16z partners Marc Andreessen & Kathryn Boyle are Limited Partners of New Founding’s VC Fund, which is advised by Charles Haywood who says that “racial discrimination…should be 100% legal…” & that “sex discrimination should be not only 100% legal; it should be aggressively expected & demanded…” 1/

Reinforcing first person hardship=bad. Those exposed deserve sympathy and support for how scary it is from the HCP team involved and that’s private. The public messaging should be admiration and appreciation for making an exceptional heroic effort to protect loved ones and strangers alike.

HHS confirmed this is the case this evening, noting they're being transported in special biocontainment units. Both will be transferred to an RESPTC at University of Nebraska Medical Center. The passenger experiencing symptoms will then transfer to another unnamed RESPTC:

This. This. This should be a very dull standard response carried out by public health and they’re not on it: 🧵

1 in 5 Doctors had long covid by the end of 2023. www.bma.org.uk/media/7318/b...

And of course, just to be clear, this is nonsense. Olympic athletes died of Covid! It killed many so-called healthy people.

Admittedly I am not anxious about ANDV hantavirus itself, but I am irritated. All these science experts and writers piling in with head pats and disdain. You all truly suck at systems thinking, a basic knowledge of history, population level health status and above all the precautionary principle. 1.

Sweet Johnny Red and Ricky - they're still patiently waiting for the right family to give them a forever home (along with Suzie, Johnny Red's mom). Want to help take care of them, and all their kitty friends? Send $5 a month their way: caringforcatsmn.org/donate/

Why Mandatory In-Car Alcohol Detection Is a Bad Idea open.substack.com/pub/kylaleel...

Yes usually. However, this situation involved Cases 1 and 2 most likely being infected while in an area of Argentina known for harbouring the ANDV strain prior to boarding the cruise April 1. 1.

WHO is aware of and supporting a public health event involving a cruise vessel sailing in the Atlantic Ocean.

I know many of you have seen this but it’s stuck at $507 but not too much left to go. Elizabeth is a real person here in Canada trying like so many to survive disability (enforced poverty). A tiny bit or a repost so someone else could help so appreciated. [email protected] x.com/blind_kindne...

He did not forget. We forgot. The political class are the Epstein class thralls. We cannot vote our way into the equality and dignity we seek in our society because we are not represented by that class. Each hopeful that forms government is bought in turn.

COVID on Terraces: Technology Does Not Stop the Virus in the Air. "Bar and restaurant terraces have become critical points for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. The high density of people, lack of cross ventilation, and consumption of drinks without masks facilitate transmission."

I was wondering if anyone following me might be willing to repost this as someone out there in your circle might be able to contribute a bit (it’s anxious times all around but living on disability here in Canada is a monthly never ending nightmare).She’s stil at $347 this morning. [email protected]

I know everyone’s needs are overwhelming. I know that we all balk at online requests because who knows right? And I know I am also unknown to my followers. But Elizabeth is a real person here in Canada where disability is enforced severe poverty. If you could help even a bit x.com/blind_kindne...

"Nous sommes des malades du #Covid /…/ Nous sommes handicapés et nous sommes en train de crever /…/ On veut des vrais soins /…/ On veut des vrais examens /…/ Nous ne vous lacherons pas /…/ Si le virus persiste dans nos corps, notre colère aussi. RIEN POUR NOUS SANS NOUS !" #AutodéfenseSanitaire 😷

Snuck into Monday’s fiscal update is a proposal to change the law to allow police to search and seize Canada Post mail

Not when it’s cast from the dark magic of propaganda it’s not.

In the unlikely event anyone who has been protecting themselves from infection with respirator masks and is considering unmasking because “the risk is low now” I’m going to offer up a long thread on a kind of risk management I was trained in as it may help for decision making 🧵

The U.S. sold off its emergency helium reserve despite decades of warnings — even as the company buying it urged the government in a 2023 letter to reconsider.

Assume everything respiratory is airborne and requires aerosol-appropriate PPE until proven otherwise. Continuous wear (not just within 3 feet), and coughing, breathing etc generate similar aerosols to "AGMP". IPC guidance is commonly incredibly sloppy in this area, look to actual OHS experts.

Idk about this event, but Canadian infection control conferences are banning people from participating if they talk about aerosol transmission of COVID, so sheer numbers didn't provide confidence in rigour (and the track record of IPC to date around aerosols has been the opposite of rigour).

At our event at the library today, I passed out information about the fact that the Mayor's preliminary budget cuts our public library budget. Only 2 people were aware of this. Everyone was appalled. We need to increase public education about this fact. Folks promised to contact their council member

"Defunct startups are being liquidated for their Slack archives, Jira tickets, and email threads—operational exhaust that AI labs now treat as premium training data."

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Dress it up however you want—this isn’t transformation. It’s managed decline. And it’s squandering CanadaPost’s key competitive advantage that private couriers are using as a selling point. Shortsighted, wrongheaded and completely devoid of imagination.

In 🇨🇦 there‘s 10x the level of infection now than there was at the lowest point in the ongoing pandemic. When was that? Roughly from Jun-Aug ’21 with mask mandates firmly in place, schools on summer break, the Atlantic bubble quarantines and vaccination rollout (6-8 wk actual infection suppression).

Another important piece from @thetyee.ca Former MLA @adampolsen.bsky.social explains the foundation for BC's unique situation with land claims, DRIPA, and why this has become a Gordian knot for governments thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...