GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.

Sharing one of the most powerful videos I've seen in our fight against Trump.... Watch this incredible testimony from a citizen making the case against ICE's building of a "detention" center in Surprise, Arizona. Watch, and then share, and share again..... www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/we-know-en...

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I’ve just read again the aerosol study on C19 carried out in Nebraska, in 2020. They showed RNA in the air, on surfaces that could only be contaminated by the airborne route, and they even showed cytopathic effect and intact virus particles in cultures… And this wasn’t enough to change anything.

me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

Great! If you know anyone else who is concerned, we have a draft letter and instructions on who and how to contact them right here. We’re working on other stuff right now. bsky.app/profile/tesl...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Absolute banger of a comment on r/military: www.reddit.com/r/Military/c...

Amazing how the article has someone wearing their respirator wrong (too low on the nose. I can see her nostrils ffs!) but glad to see the article exist

"Tech" is now a fig leaf to hide the word "surveillance." Every day we read the terms: - tech bros - tech broligarchs - tech giant Google/Meta/etc - tech investors Think instead: - surveillance bros - surveillance broligarchs - surveillance giant Google/Meta/etc - surveillance investors

“Getting sick frequently at school is not inevitable, and it isn’t because kids are just harbingers of viruses. It’s more because the buildings they inhabit do not have adequate ventilation and filtration systems to reduce illness transmission,” @mjnabuurs.bsky.social said. (Archive 🔗 in next post)

I don't like the sound of this at all: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Amazing!

Clean air means less sickness.

Rachel Gilmore on the anti-DEI movement: "I think that to attack these notions is a dog whistle to the worst elements of society that are seeing a slide towards a more fascistic world. And every politician who engages in that should be ashamed of themselves."

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!

a sign people really want a feature and find it good is when companies make turning it off a 12 part process (firefox), require registry modifications (microsoft) or contact support to reveal the real off switch instead of their two decoy toggles (google) so they can claim people don't turn it off 📈

Quite amazing to be reminded how good the CBC can be--and @mattgalloway.bsky.social is a truly gifted interviewer, who knows when to listen and when to press

No matter where we live or what language we speak, we’re in the same boat: trying to get by in an impossible economy. Quebeckers are hungry for progressive solutions: bold, clear, and based on solidarity. Join the movement: LewisforLeader.ca youtu.be/ZmmD3vExGmg?...

“Why should I have to explain what I said...on my personal time, using my personal device, when I have 1st Amendment rights?” #Florida school board member faces down FL Board of Ed upset that she dared to criticize Charlie Kirk. 1nadinesmith.substack.com/p/a-certain-... via @nadinesmith.bsky.social

holy shit rip, this is the first i heard about this. we haven't kept in touch much lately but we were mutuals on twitter and talked a lot about covid. people tried so hard to tell him he wasn't even sick. him and alice wong in the same week: please just wear a damn mask in public.

"If you're really poor how come you're not in black and white"

I disagree. Infection control should adopt the "Rocket Science" approach. Why? Because Rocket Science doesn't revolve around randomized control trials and "evidence based" medicine. Rocket Science is based on physics, engineering, chemistry, math, public experiments and risk management.

“Values” by Mark Carney

This would be life changing for so many:)

Considering everything that is going on in the world, especially the US, every single one of Canada's party leaders needs to have their security clearance. #CdnPoli

About 2.5% of people in Canada are infected and/or experiencing life activity-limiting long COVID this week. The estimated cost of hospitalizations from this week's infections in Canada is $101.4M.

Canadian COVID Forecast Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025 CANADA VERY HIGH [decreasing] About 1 of every 126 people is infected. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada: -Infections: 7.6 x higher -Long COVID: 6.3 x higher -Hospitalizations: 13.3 x higher -Deaths: 10.5 x higher

A new review article examines whether calling COVID-19 “Airborne AIDS” is an oversimplification—or a necessary warning about immune dysfunction and long-term risk. It doesn’t equate the two diseases—it compares shared outcomes (immune exhaustion, tissue persistence, neurocognitive effects) and (...)

@newsrebel.bsky.social i am fn alarmed that this ignorant group of pushers of lies is now on #BlueSky. These asses are a major reason I left X. Everything they push out is lies and hatered! The far right has infultrated our site to spread their bullshit. #cdnpoli

As someone who was doing that human review of images before even PhotoDNA existed, I can testify that the amount of human suffering automated image classification prevents is MASSIVE. Like, I am the best case scenario of the human cost of that work and I still have lifelong consequences from it.

Perfect.

Insanity. Allowing mediocre politicians with no understanding of how immunization works to decide the fate of millions. Health Canada has abdicated its responsibility to Canadians. Denying the nature of COVID-19 will not make it go away. It remains an existential threat. Remember:

Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025 Severe: Very high: AB BC NL High: CAN MB North NS ON PEI QC SK Moderate: About 1 in 65 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

Ontario Covid estimated cases are HIGH for the start of school:

"Twenty-three Democratic attorneys general now gather on near-daily Zoom calls at 8 AM Pacific, which means the East Coast officials are already on their third coffee. They divide responsibilities and share templates for lawsuits they’ve been drafting since last spring."

A mere month of expected output at 2030 production targets would more than satisfy the entire global hydrogen energy demand many times over—one of the greatest revolutions in green energy since the mass production of the photovoltaic cell. www.goodnewsnetwork.org/australias-r...

“If he’s a terrorist then he’s the worst terrorist imaginable; he’s a bullshit terrorist. He’s very bad at his job then,” says Rev. Elizabeth Diop. “Every word that you’ve read about him from people who know him is a true word. He would do anything for you. Even in fucking detention…

Reality hits: "a stunning reversal of Berlin’s previous call for a “quick and simple” deal with Washington." Now: "the right time has come from the perspective of the German government for the Commission to consider the use of this anti-coercion instrument (ACI)” www.euractiv.com/section/econ...

it’s less that people slip through the cracks & more than they get too exhausted not to fall into a chasm. we are surrounded by chasms

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I usually don't swear or post folks who do. I'll make an exception. 👀👇🏾

Liz fuckin Cheney has a plan, let’s go Democrats! @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @sanders.senate.gov open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

This story leaves me feeling both sad and heart-warmed. THIS: “She decided to do this in her own terms. She has no criminal record. A hardworking taxpayer who’s been working 12-hour shifts since she was 15, six days out of the week. She never asked for a handout. She didn’t get food stamps…”

Someone pointed out to me that the original slogan for #AlienVsPredator was: "Whoever wins, we lose."