Severe Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19 - Nature

Chronic reactivation of distinct herpesviruses and anelloviruses occur during acute and long COVID-19, and track with disease severity, inflammation and outcomes, revealing immune signatures with prog...

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"In the Canadian capital of Ottawa, 14% of vehicles were speeding on Katimavik Road last fall while the cameras were in use, but a whopping 80% did in May following their removal." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What Happens When Speed Cameras Get Shut Off

In 2025, Ontario banned automated traffic enforcement. Now the number of drivers exceeding the speed limit has surged, according to traffic data.

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Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo More than 3,800 cases have been recorded in eastern Congo, with some 1,700 deaths, according to latest figures www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Health Canada authorizes mRNA vaccine trial for Ebola virus causing huge outbreak in Congo | CBC News

Health Canada has given Moderna the green light to launch a clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo form of the Ebola virus, which continues to surge throughout the Democratic Republic o...

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Almost every city in the world needs to urgently understand the need to get really good at planning and designing for shade. #UrbanHeat

Bryn Davidson - Lanefab@lanefab.com · 3d ago

A friend’s recent photo of civic shading in Malaga

There’s “off the charts” and there’s France’s absolutely bonkers June & July 2026 temperatures (see black line below). Bad things are happening. Fast.

UPDATE : in 2026, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 9️⃣9️⃣0️⃣.2️⃣5️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley are @ 1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣9️⃣8️⃣hrs

Ghost Gurney@ghostgurney.bsky.social · 6d ago

UPDATE : in 2026, temp ER closures in #ONTARIO are @ 9️⃣9️⃣0️⃣.2️⃣5️⃣hours, perm closure/hour reduction in #Durham #Minden #Chesley are @ 1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣6️⃣hrs

Received this bizarre email out of the blue yesterday from National Post columnist Adam Zivo gloating over my former colleague's layoff notice I'd like to thank Postmedia for looking into it and issuing this statement clarifying Zivo is expected to uphold professional standards for employee conduct

www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o... new from Chrystia Freeland. Reminds me why I wanted her to replace Trudeau as PM, but maybe it's even better for her to be free to speak her mind like this.

Opinion | ‘You Aren’t Going to Like What Comes After America’ (Gift Article)

Remember when ‘blame Canada’ was a joke?

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@petersinger.bsky.social Per your model’s prediction. Canada should fund GLP1 medications to improve our health, our economy and reduce our public health expenditures.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.

A study of workers in Denmark showed a 17.3 percent decline in long-term sick leave among those who were treated with Ozempic, according to results published this month in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper.

Friendly #DEFCON34 reminder: Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities are prohibited at DEF CON. There is no exception for recording glasses with prescription lenses. Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them. Please see our Photo policies for more. defcon.org/html/links/d...

Having managed many large outbreaks of Norovirus in large hospitals I can attest to how ferociously it spreads! Literally like wild fire. People would get sick often without any contact with sick patients or their rooms strongly implying airborne spread. Has important implications for control.

The DRC reports 97 new confirmed Ebola cases, the highest single day total of the outbreak so far. An additional 62 deaths were recorded, mostly in the community, indicating that unmonitored transmission chains are spreading unchecked.

NASDAQ basically force-loaded about $25 billion of SpaceX stock into passive investor portfolios (aka, people's pension and retirement funds) by jamming SpaceX into its index right at IPO time rather than waiting the standard 30-60 days. Billions of dollars of unrealized losses already.

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · 2w ago

oh man passing through the 180 day lockup gate is gonna be a fucking bloodbath lol

One PE firm owns Pyrex, Corelle, CorningWare, Instant Pot, Anchor Hocking, and Oneida. The pastel Instagram pans lose their nonstick between cooking cycle 30 and 60. A pan measured in months, priced like it's forever. Who owns your kitchen, and what's still worth buying 👇 tinyurl.com/2s3xc53m

Your Cookware Got Worse On Purpose

One buyout firm quietly collected Pyrex, Corelle, Instant Pot, and Oneida. Farberware is a name on a 200-year lease. And the pans still worth buying.

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Code has finished re-running! I get a total, across all 3 lists of about ~5.3% of annual Canadian imports into the US for US consumption (ie: not to be exported on elsewhere) using 2025 data or ~USD$20B, which will now cost US consumers up to USD$10B more if these come into effect in 30 days. 1/n

Jennifer Robson 🇨🇦@jrobson.bsky.social · 2w ago

I deleted my earlier estimate after finding an error in the code. The long list (18 pages) of affected goods is equivalent to just under 5% of Canadian goods imported into the US for consumption. That's not nothing, but it's not everything. Source for USTR data: dataweb.usitc.gov/trade/search...

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20 July 1943 | 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy in German-occupied France arrived at Auschwitz. After the selection, 369 men & 191 women were registered in the camp. The remaining 440 people were murdered in a gas chamber. Among them was 16-month-old Claudine Ruben.

These are decisions leaders have been warned about for decades, but refused to take appropriate bold action, necessary. And who’s paying the price for this? We are. All of us. Whether through our taxes, delayed infrastructure or investment we are all paying for our leaders unwillingness to be bold

The surgical mask shown in this article will do almost nothing to reduce particulate inhalation because it's just a splash guard. Wear a well-fitted respirator N95 or better

What you need to breathe easier when the air is full of smoke | CNN

Millions of Americans and Canadians are breathing bad air right now due to wildfire smoke. Here’s what you need to know masks, ventilation and staying healthy.

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Ontario hospitals are cutting nurses, hundreds of them, at Mount Sinai, Sunnybrook, London and Ottawa, the nurses' union says. That means longer waits and less safe care. Meanwhile the province put nearly $300M into 61 new private clinics, mostly for-profit, per the Ontario Health Coalition.

CCTV footage shows the moment when Russian strikes hit the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday. Russian attacks on Ukraine killed six people and wounded 29, officials said. https://wapo.st/4pqpjvw

16 July 1932 | A French Jewish girl, Lily Grynvogel, was born in Paris. In August 1942 she was deported from Drancy to #Auschwitz. After the selection she was murdered in a gas chamber.

I am not exaggerating one bit when I say that the world outside my apartment window is currently what paint companies would label "Apocalyptic Orange." www.cp24.com/weather/2026...

Toronto air quality ranked worst in the world, orange alert in effect

An orange haze has washed over Toronto’s skyline as wildfire smoke drifts into the region, leaving Toronto with some of the worst air quality in the world this morning.

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Ontario residents advised to wash all fresh produce amid ‘explosive diarrhea’ linked to U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak, Mike Pearson reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth

Get this: the city’s emergency management department now tells me that they strategically decided NOT to inform anyone, lest they wanted to watch and overwhelmed the existing crowds at LeBreton Flats with Bluesfest on. Absolutely ludicrous.

Fellow Canadians: know what now has an inventory of very good shows, isn’t Netflix, doesn’t cost anything and isn’t available outside Canada? gem.cbc.ca

CBC Gem

Watch popular shows like Schitt's Creek, Luther, Kim's Convenience, plus Films and Live TV on any device

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Techmeme@techmeme.com · 4w ago

Sources: Netflix executives are increasingly worried about declining engagement and are exploring adding live TV and bundling streaming services like Peacock (Wall Street Journal) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over data centers, hoping to deepen a genuine “domestic fracture point" that is quickly becoming a top issue in this year's midterm elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/b...

China, Russia and Others Seek to Inflame Debate Over A.I. Data Centers

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Tamara Lich wasn’t the only one at Pete Hoekstra’s Fourth of July bash I did a head count: Over a dozen Canadian far-right activists and right-wing alternative media personalities, (including from the Juno and Rebel media outlets) got invites to the US ambassador’s official residence

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · last mo.

NEW: US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra hosted over a dozen far-right activists and right-wing media personalities at his ‘Fourth of July’ party in Ottawa this weekend The US Embassy says Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich, who was convicted on criminal charges last year, was accredited as a journalist

US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city