FWIW-I am proficient at prompt generation & understand how LLMs work, because I study AI. But I do not use these tools in my work, EVER. NOR in my daily life (save where enshittification adds them without my consent) And I could operate without them tomorrow-PERIOD. This is not a radical stance.

This is Susan Murray of Truro, Nova Scotia. Yesterday, she became the first volunteer in the world to be dosed with a trial Moderna vaccine against the new ebola strain In all, 80 Canadians have stepped up in a phase 1 clinical trial to help end the epidemic in West Africa cepi.net/modernas-bun...

Excellent news for global health. Canada has authorized a Phase I trial of Moderna's mRNA vaccine against #Bundibugyo ebolavirus, building on the ongoing Oxford University Phase I trial of the ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine. Congratulations to everyone who made this possible. www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Health Canada authorizes vaccine clinical trial for Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus

On July 30, 2026, Health Canada authorized Moderna to move forward with a Phase I clinical trial for its candidate mRNA vaccine for Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus.

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Notably, the 1989-1991 US measles epidemic led to 55,000 cases, 130 deaths, & the addition of 2nd MMR to the schedule (as well as, indirectly, to the creation of the Vaccines for Children program in 1993 to reduce financial barriers to vaccination). What will the legacy of this current outbreak be?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d ago

“Taken together, the past two years have seen more measles infections in the US than the rest of the 21st century combined. The last time a greater number of measles cases were recorded in a single year was in 1991.”

When Nixon told the country “I am not a crook,” he welded the word crook to his own name. Debunk-first coverage does the disinformer’s work for free: it installs the very claim it means to correct.

🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · 5d ago

A simple rule for any journalist who cares about this country: "The lie never gets the headline or the lead sentence—the truth does, every time."

As someone who works in (public health) emergency preparedness, I am very aware that public trust in emergency response is crucial to it working. When government help isn't there when you need it, people lose trust in it.

Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch

At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.

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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.

The other thing I think about all the time is how some of us will have to negotiate how we deal with these apps and those glasses in the classroom in the coming academic year.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2w ago

Definitionally, these are not “friends.”

Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.

The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

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This is thrilling! (And, I must point out that pretty much every one of these incredible medical discoveries, once you scratch the surface, is built on research the current US govt funders would ridicule and defund, like giving rats cancer, studying chicken viruses, or research on gay men’s health.)

Rob Blackie@robblackie.bsky.social · 2w ago

Progress in cancer treatment is incredible. Here's a new pancreatic cancer treatment that is *tripling* survival rates after a year compared to chemotherapy.

Canadian Blood Services says its blood supply has dropped by 20 per cent since June 1. They need about 18,000 donations across the country every week, but they've been short by 1,500 to 2,500 each week. www.blood.ca/en/about-us/...

Guys, please follow people like Heidy before parroting "rogue machine" marketing hype.

Dr Heidy Khlaaf (هايدي خلاف)@heidykhlaaf.bsky.social · 2w ago

The coverage on this OpenAI incident is abysmal. Use of the terms "rogue" and "loss of human control" lead to groupthink as people lack the critical skills to understand the difference between "autonomy" and faulty reward functions in AI on a task it was directed and given access to do.

🧵The US no longer meets criteria for measles elimination. Utah's outbreak has lasted for more than a yr. And cases this yr are at a 35-yr high. I talked w/pediatricians treating measles & talking w/parents who don't vaccinate. My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/the-ch...

‘The Child Is Terrified’: Measles Doctors Speak Out

Hear from six pediatricians in measles hot spot Utah, as the US faces infection levels not seen in over three decades and prepares to lose its status as a country that eliminated the dangerous disease...

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When you say “AI models went rogue,” you manage to skip the part where OpenAI manually removed its cybersecurity blocks and ran tests on a machine with a live network connection. Remember that when they insist they’re the “AI safety” people.

Bravo @mayoroliviachow.ca for taking action to protect Toronto residents from surveillance pricing. It’s time to end this predatory practice before it becomes normalized - yet another daily digital injustice. /1 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toronto's mayor says surveillance pricing gouges customers and the city should ban it | CBC News

Surveillance pricing, where businesses use consumer data to offer different prices based on what they think each individual customer will pay, threatens to gouge Torontonians who are already struggling to afford the cost of living, says Mayor Olivia Chow. She's introducing a motion Monday to see if the city can ban the practice.

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Interested in medicare policy analysts/historians’ takes: could this be a promising step for the US to move toward universal healthcare?

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2w ago

Andy Kim suggests a new health care policy: -Enroll every child in Medicaid until the age of 26 www.notus.org/healthcare/a...

So, you see, smoke travels in both directions and every other direction What matters is that we help each other and tackle climate change as humankind www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Smoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C.

Wildfires south of the border are responsible for “much” of the smoke that has prompted an air quality warning in one region of B.C., according to officials.

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Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

Incredible campaign ad from the USA:

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 3w ago

It just shouldn't be this…sh-hard…

Hi, testosterone suppresses immune response and is in fact not a “the more the better” thing

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

.@k8lin.bsky.social proposed the most brilliant solution to this problem today: No meetings November through March this year! I could get down with No Meetings November.* *In reality 2026 is extra meetings November in my calendar, for better and for worse.

Devon Greyson@greyson.bsky.social · 3w ago

Can everyone in eastern Canada & USA please hurry up and choose a permanent time zone? Scheduling meetings in November and beyond is currently a nightmare. Am I free at 8am on Dec 4? 🤷🏻‍♂️ That depends on whether 8 means 8 or 9.

Grateful for summer rain! Hoping it‘s raining up in Pemberton and beyond too.

A Canadian helicopter pilot was killed fighting a wildfire in Colorado last weekend.

Global News@globalnews.ca · 3w ago

"If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people,” said a group of U.S. lawmakers. globalnews.ca/news/1196860...

Cambodia confirms human H5N1 avian flu case as H5N1 hits more Utah egg farms. The USDA also reported eight new H5N1 detections in cattle. Read more: https://bit.ly/4gIr30U 📷: mswine / Flickr cc

Can everyone in eastern Canada & USA please hurry up and choose a permanent time zone? Scheduling meetings in November and beyond is currently a nightmare. Am I free at 8am on Dec 4? 🤷🏻‍♂️ That depends on whether 8 means 8 or 9.

Ebola cases surge past 2,000, now fastest-growing outbreak in history More than 750 have died from Ebola in the past 2 months. Read more: https://bit.ly/4pts2o8 📷: UNMEER, Martine Perret / Flickr cc

Eagerly awaiting my neuropsych and endorcrinology colleagues' insightful and likely-amusing commentary on the actual role of testosterone in the military.

a fun example of how Charts Can Lie: the first image is how our software automatically formatted the numbers I entered about Vancouver home sales the last three years and the second image is what it looks like if you show the baseline as zero

JTM: Qualitative postdoc @ Toronto University Health Network working within mixed method study of drivers of HPV vaccination in Canada. Bilingual (Fr/Eng) preferred. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/UniversityHe...

Postdoctoral Researcher

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