Hospitals shouldn’t be a place where patients and healthcare workers get infected. Preventing airborne infections requires system-level protections, not “optional” measures. Because prevention works—and clean air saves lives. Read more: whn.global/importance-o... #N95 #InfectionPrevention

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

Turn off AI from reading/using your Gmail/attachments: Click on the gear icon in the top right corner to open Settings, scroll to Smart Features & uncheck the box. Below that is Google Workspace smart features - click the manage button & toggle off both for other Google products

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

My congresspeople’s voicemails weren’t full yet when I called, fwiw

Devastating.

Researchers in China analyzed 17 studies with over 3,100 participants and found that COVID-19 patients were at least twice as likely to test positive for autoantibodies compared to controls, suggesting a link between SARS-CoV-2 and autoimmunity. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan… * Vehicle traffic: -11% * Foot traffic: +3.4% * Storefront vacancy: -0.9% * Pollution: -22% * Revenue for mass transit: $548M So YES this has been a huge success.

Kids these days.

Cars just aren’t practical here. We have winter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGOY...

“I don't wanna go far for stuff" My eloquent and powerful rebrand of the 15 minute city.

Cycling to work is not only good for people's health, but also good for their wallet – or in Belgium, at least. Employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. www.brusselstimes.com/1401729/belg...

On the theme of, "American planners regulate the wrong things," we should have much stricter regulations on noise-proofing apartments. It's the sort of issue regulation is meant to handle: it's difficult for most consumer to assess it before making a decision, and it really impacts qualify of life.

COVID vaccines slashed ER visits by 76% in kids 9 mos-4 yrs, and 56% in older kids, CDC's latest MMWR report found (reposting with story): www.scientificamerican.com/article/covi...

WATCH: If you really STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, please watch this EXCELLENT video by #NotJustBikes helped by #UrbanThree & @StrongTowns.org. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. youtu.be/7Nw6qyyrTeI

Not only is it normalized, schools encourage it. I've written so many more school excuse notes in the past couple of years than ever before. Schools want them back, even when they're still in their contagious period. Some of my notes include my recommendation to ask everyone to mask. They won't.

The flu... "coming up" on CBC Metro Morning. They're going to talk about "why it's up". I can tell you why -- or at least, in part. Because people have normalized going to school and daycare and work sick. They're not taking precautions. Clean air? No. Masking? No. Vaccination? No.

This is an extraordinary discovery. Science is showing that _all_ viruses (incl. "mild" ones) can _potentially_ cause permanent damage and/or immune dysregulation. You don't need to "exercise your immune system" by getting sick and you should actively avoid viral infection.

Scientists at Yale say long COVID is part of a “long-established family of post-acute infection syndromes.” The biggest challenge is understanding its “underlying pathobiology.” They were “surprised” how often children are affected, noting kids are also vulnerable to “long-term effects.”

We can protect people on bikes, we just have to want to.

New paper - this is the largest long COVID estimate I've seen yet 😳 Link 🔗 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39842946/

It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers. Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +) Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up. www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

How to make public transit free? Charge for parking. "After three-quarters of a century, the policy of charging for mass transit while providing free storage for car owners is overdue for some fresh thinking." - @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social

This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important! We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy

“Our overall conclusion is that congestion pricing in New York City, like many other cities in the world that have implemented it, helped not only improve traffic, but also helped reduce air pollutant concentration, improve air quality and should be good for public health.”

Terribly stupid idea that will satisfy faux-populist urges to dunk on public servants while simultaneously making the lives of public servants and the service itself so much worse. Goofy stuff.

and the first step to being a parent is recognizing that your children are their own people, not extensions of you

Imagine if we directed the same relentless energy toward building better cities that we currently waste on making excuses for why we can't.

"We support David, Gill and Wheels for Wellbeing in asking for a change in the law to allow safe, tested tandem mobility scooters and other multi-person mobility aids to be legally used in the UK." - Surewise insurers @surewiseuk.bsky.social

#Paris, before and after! 🌍✨ Over 200 streets transformed into low-traffic zones, with 70 redesigned for #pedestrians and children. #SmartCities #ActOnClimate #cycling

Clean the air in schools FFS. "Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

This is Uni. She has ridden to work with her human every day in their bike basket for the last seven years. Has been offered many other forms of transportation, but refuses them all in favor of the Honey Baked Ham Express. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: unihalo)

💯 I’d really love to see @dashbusva.bsky.social run extra trips for big events like this We waited like 20 min after the tree lighting bc they were running the normal evening schedule, and the bus was PACKED Idk what that looks like cost wise but could be defrayed by sponsorships or something idk

Why is it so hard to ban gas-powered leaf blowers? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

'People exposed long-term to common air pollutants have an increased risk of advanced heart disease caused by hardened arteries, researchers reported at the 2025 annual meeting of @rsnasky.bsky.social, in Chicago.' #RSNA25. www.rsna.org/media/press/...

Stop. Getting. This. Disease.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise." But sure, keep basing your life on the idea that it's fine to get reinfected annually.

I like living in a place where renting is common and normalized and homeownership culture is not as strong. Specifically, I dislike the common idea that you’re a “failure” if you rent (or you’re being “exploited”). And the culture that glorifies rising house prices.

We have normalized climate-controlled isolation so thoroughly that seeing a mother and child existing in fresh winter air triggers a rage response from men in cars. The baby is fine. You're just soft.

Immunity debt's "...explanatory power has faded as the number of non-covid infections has kept rising each year... A growing number of scientists believe that the SARS-CoV-2 virus may instead be subtly altering our immune systems." 🛟😷medsky

Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.

"How Has Congestion Pricing Changed Your Year? The tolling program, decades in the making, has shown signs of being effective after a rocky rollout." -- www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...

RIP Frank Gehry. Thank you for your incredible work. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

TEDx Talks: "How persistent pathogens could accelerate the aging process by Amy Proal" '..gut tissue collected from a person with long COVID almost 2 years after..here's the thing, these chronic pathogens are the closest thing there are to hackers of the human body" www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMcV...

I literally can't walk 4 blocks downtown without almost almost being hit by a car running a atop sign, red light or rtor without yielding. It's gotten so bad, I've started wearing a camera while walking. But those ebikes 🙄 NYT gets paid by car ads. That's why they print anti-ebike articles.