Got flu problems? Try this.

If you work in a Canadian healthcare setting (or other workplace) where COVID-19 or other pathogens *might* be present, and want to determine what the proper standards-compliant PPE is for your workplace, the CSA provides an interactive tool that will identify that and generate a printable report.

Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video

Phew, if you're using the YourHealthNS app, the patient summary is worth a little check... Mine reads like it's AI-generated, including hallucinations.

CAVI launched a new initiative today to expand our impact beyond public libraries. Please share!

Hi all! After our initial round of hirings, we are now opening applications for the Creative Circle! We're looking for any creatives who earn money through their work and who want to have a say in our collective. Sound like you? Sign up with this form:

@conjured.ink is a collective building a network and community of ecommerce tools that will allow for cheap or even free self-hosting of online shops by anyone, while providing maximal freedom when it comes to payment processors. opencollective.com/conjured-ink...

If you’re in Nova Scotia, ask me about our mask bloc or @calhrm.bsky.social !!!!

07:38: At present, over 24,000 residents of NS are without electricity, with a significant portion of Cumberland and Kings counties experiencing outages.

i knew this part of using linux would be different intellectually, but i cannot express how nice it feels to not have my OS nagging me about anything, trying to get me to use AI, or trying to upsell me on cloud storage every three seconds.

Started to peruse the government of Canada’s AI projects register and folks…it’s not great. You can take a look at the data yourself here: open.canada.ca/data/en/data... I’m still digging into it and reserving most of my comments until I’ve looked more closely and not on Bluesky but 1/2

Anyone local need cookware?

Up now! @jeanketterling.bsky.social and I submitted a brief to Senate re: S-209, Canada's porn age verification bill. Aside from the many privacy and implementation issues, we focus on the bogus ideological assumptions underpinning the Bill's rationale. Read it here: sencanada.ca/Content/Sen/...

i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.

Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now. But there's an even more important reason...

I'm seeking recommendations for a podcast listening app! Send em if you got em! I used overcast AGES ago, then got embedded into Appleland and am slowly chipping my way out now...curious what people are enjoying out there and not corporate, ideally FOSS/made by cool people, and private?

This @thesicktimes.org article really captures why I continue to care and take action around the ongoing COVID19 pandemic: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...

Support your local devs! It's Creator Day on itch.io where the devs receive most of the funds from purchases. I have been keeping a games list of Atlantic Canadian developed games at the link below. itch.io/c/3613272/at... #novascotia #newbrunswick #pei #nfld #gamedev

If you are someone — citizen, scholars, journalist, activist, etc — fighting against AI data center development anywhere in Canada, can you ping me? Would like to coordinate something…

I posted about a lost cat earlier; the post is taken down because she's been found and is safe & sound at home 😻

"you should produce material assuming it will not be used to communicate anything to another person" is a recipe for wasting everyone's life

HaliSky, the magnificent @lanrickbennett.bsky.social is giving the final Dal College of Sustainability lecture of the year next week! You can attend in person or email for the Zoom link. Thurs, Nov 27 7:15-8:30pm in the Potter auditorium of the Rowe building.

Rest in peace, Alice Wong 🕊️ thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

‘I do it for my children and my grandchildren’: Mi’kmaq land defenders and supporters rally to protect Nova Scotia Story by @mmughees.bsky.social I love to see this. People are getting together to say, "enough." www.halifaxexaminer.ca/indigenous-n...

Respect Alice Wong’s call here: “When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

(Online) Sundays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. PT: The Little Zoom Writers Room, "a weekly co-writing space open to all COVID realists." Free. Registration/more info: linktr.ee/thelittlezoo...

Join us for a free information webinar to help you and your neighbors understand the threat these developments pose. You’ll hear from people actively working to protect these areas and gain insights you can use to provide feedback at the HRM open house events. ecologyaction.ca/sandy-lake-b...

Over to you, @nsgov.bsky.social. What’s the hold up? Are you hoping to kill a few more seniors before you finally do the right thing? An elderly family member has to have surgery this fall and I’d rather she didn’t have to deal with a Covid or flu infection as well.

#MedSky Anyone that is pregnant should be advised to wear a respie among other precautions. Especially if they have a history of placental insufficiency, preeclampsia, premature delivery and loss of pregnancy. Many viruses are not good for pregnancies, in particular COVID-19.

Clean indoor air should be a basic right guaranteed by legislation. Poor ventilation is common, invisible, and public awareness of the health impact is low. Here's a CO2 reading from a medical clinic (!) in Halifax yesterday:

Providing clean indoor air is proven to be an uncomplicated net benefit for all of us than using so-called "AI", yet guess which one you'll find being promoted in our schools right now 🫠

Protected areas equal healthy ecosystems, wildlife habitat and vibrant communities. Nova Scotia could protect more land and water while boosting recreation and tourism. This is the future NS could have. Learn more: ecologyaction.ca/our-work/wilderness/protected-areas #BeyondTheBS #NoMoreBS

We struggled to find virtual co-working spaces that built an understanding of disability, chronic illness and neurodivergence into their design, despite knowing we'd benefit hugely from dedicated, focused, supported, time. So we decided to set one up ourselves. Sign up to our next session here 📝

We're hosting our Hallowe'en Party on Saturday, October 25 at 1pm! (Rain date is October 26.) For details, please email: [email protected] Costumes are encouraged! Everyone medically able is asked to wear a mask for the event. Masks will also be available at the party!

Stoked to share I’ve organized all my yarn (including weights!!! I’ve learned to read the labels and measure!) and knitting/crochet tools on ravelry. So yeah if you’re on ravelry and want to be friends…@ me about it. I wish ravelry included lunch needle/rug hooking as a craft…

Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will

Long Covid Is Real — And It’s Changing an Entire Generation Hundreds of thousands of kids in America are struggling with an illness that many doctors and schools refuse to recognize.e Feature: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Though today is Ada Lovelace Day, my thoughts also turn to another incredible woman and scientist. Her name is Lynn Conway - a trans woman who first designed the microchip allowing me to find Trans+ community online, and from there, do the work I do as a journalist. #ALD25

There are just 6 tickets left to my mask chain making workshop on October 20th in Toronto!! Come learn skills and tips & meet likeminded folks 😷 www.eventbrite.ca/e/masked-eve... Tell all your covid conscious friends!

Nova Scotia's wastewater virus signals show a big COVID spike still rising at the end of September. Source: wwater.ca?lang=en#Nova...; it's a really good time to wear a mask in public spaces 😷 & get up to date vaccinations at novascotia.flow.canimmunize.ca/en/booking/c... cc @popns.bsky.social

Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments Available to Book news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/10/0...

I hope people in NS fight back against this, and win. NS Health is marketing an AI chat bot as a RELIABLE source of info to PREVENT infection. This is straight from the marketing. But it was trained on droplet dogma and claims COVID spreads by droplets predominantly. This is unacceptable. /1

If anyone in Toronto is renting out or subletting an apartment that meets my peculiar requirements, please message me! Not having much luck on Facebook. Budget is negotiable.

Circuit Breakers 2025 Covid Policy opens with "We care about the safety and health of our fellow workers." It's that simple.

It's important for Nova Scotians to be aware about how AI is being used to give the government the appearance of improving "access" to our healthcare system; there are no guarantees the information "Nova" gives will be accurate or even consistent with itself as shown in this thread.

Don’t get sucked into the whataboutism. There doesn’t need to be competition between public health advances - each are important & critical in making people live long + healthy lives. Anyone in public health will tell you this. Alas, the folks doing damage only know how to rage bait for self-gain.

Every zine fest is a miracle and a labour of love, but here are some things that I have experienced that make for a zine fair that is especially nice to table at: sheerspite.ca/five-things-...