Zach found this recording recently, and it's a crucial piece of evidence that thoroughly refutes a theory put forward by Alina Chan, DRASTIC, and even, according to what we read in Vanity Fair, the FBI. Check his thread! #covidorigin

Zach Hensel@zachhensel.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's a public webinar that Zhengli Shi delivered on March 9, 2020, before a global pandemic had been declared. In this clip from the talk, Shi delineates 4 sarbecovirus lineages. The 8 samples in "Lineage 4" are the ones in the figure most closely related to SARS-CoV-2.

A case of Mini-me DOGE. The Carney government has been firing scientists and researchers. Now they are asking some of them to come back to help figure things out. We risk a great deal in losing research expertise in agriculture, climate, fisheries/oceans. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/31/n...

Feds ask fired scientists to advise on Canada's future research

Officials at Canada's agriculture department are asking scientists who were abruptly fired earlier this year to help the agency decide its future research goals, Canada's National Observer has found.

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Admirable clarity @science.org

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 2w ago

Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.

Now with hilarious article!

Canadians just so goddamn tired of this bullshit

CANADA - Canadians across the country have collectively unleashed a sigh of agonized frustration while simultaneously stating "Again with this bullshit?"

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My "There is No Kill Switch" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول@faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 2w ago

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has instructed American diplomats to reassure allies that the U.S. does not have a "kill switch" over its technology after temporary restrictions on Anthropic's AI models fueled global concerns.

Andrew Tate slowly realizing exclusive new manosphere actually jail

Andrew Tate slowly realizing exclusive new manosphere actually jail

MIAMI - Controversial online men's influencer Andrew Tate, as well as his brother Tristan, is gradually realizing that the elite new manosphere club he has been ushered into is in fact a federal penit...

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It’s a year of abundant Southern Red-backed voles around my place it seems. I keep coming across them. The second cutest local rodent (behind flying squirrels and just edging out baby porcupines).

I don't think MOST Canadians know the history of the ICC and how instrumental Canada was in creating it. It was the LIBERALS under Chretien, & ppl like Lloyd Axworthy who pushed for and negotiated the Rome Statute and then made Canada the First country in the world to enact it in law.

Saeed Khan@saeedwkhan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Canada 🇨🇦was the FIRST country IN THE WORLD to enact the obligations of the Rome Statute (treaty that created the ICC) into law. The first Chief Judge of the ICC was Judge Philippe Kirsch of Canada🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇦 must speak out, condemn this & DEFEND the ICC. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.

Meet the Canadian civil servant responsible for sending our wildfire smoke to the U.S.

With wildfire smoke drifting down from Canada into Michigan, New York and other states, numerous Americans have once again taken to social media to complain about Canada ruining their summers and “sen...

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A native fish species is eating some of the most damaging invasive species in the Great Lakes…AND making a significant impact! Freshwater Drum: The overlooked native fish that has been crushing trillions of Zebra & Quagga Mussels in Lake Erie www.canr.msu.edu/news/freshwa...

cutting pure science to prioritize applications is fundamentally like asking farmers not to waste time producing grain, cheese, and tomatoes and focus on making pizzas

I carved a pickaxe handle for my old Cub Scout leader who is hoping to put his grand son to work. The pickaxe originally belonged to his father or grandfather (I can’t remember which).

DID YOU KNOW IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE CRAB THATS BEEN TAGGED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND SUBMIT THE LOCATION YOU SAW IT USING THE FORM ON FWS DOT GOV SLASH CRABTAG THEY SEND YOU A BEAUTIFUL CRAB PIN

The thing about growing up with CanCon is that I’m continually discovering, as an adult, that bangers were CanCon and not just regular “classic rock”

Rosemary Mosco@rosemarymosco.com · 4w ago

As a Canadian, I feel a duty to share my nation’s cultural products with you. We have some fantastic homegrown musical acts and some jaw-dropping tunes! We also have this, a 1984 song about how everyone should go for soda because it’s “better than slander” youtu.be/MXnTbmPxv5g?...

example: www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Canadian ICC judge says Trump’s sanctions won’t stop her from doing her job

When Kimberly Prost goes on vacation, she needs to phone hotels in advance to explain that she can’t pay for a room with a credit card — because she’s been sanctioned by the Trump administration.

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Isaiah Bishop@isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 4w ago

"i wish people would tell the truth about the US" the US,having built a system where it can punish anyone who acts up: okay thats fine, banking is over for you and your friends

Somehow, I’d never seen a Scarlet Tanager before and of course I wanted to but, since I am not a birder, I can’t look for them. The only option available for me was hoping some day one will fly down from the canopy to confront me. Well my phone camera didn’t do it justice, but yesterday it happened

Tech Bro loserdom forces nation to yearn for Finance Bros

Tech Bro loserdom forces nation to yearn for Finance Bros

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Admitting they “never thought it would come to this,” a rigorous poll of every American confirmed Monday that the sustained humiliation of living under tech bro dominance has force...

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I’m aware this is news to CBS and this dude but we were literally shouting about this a year ago, it’s not unearthed, and it’s even stupider than you think: the cruise ships paid their salaries. It literally paid more than it cost. We gave money back rather than control disease because RFK

Brian Tyler Cohen@briantylercohen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Day 7 of my #Coverbirds Birdathon for @birdscanada.bsky.social How about a cookbook? Today’s coverbird is the Black-billed Magpie! Birds are part of Nature’s Clean-up Crew. So, why not a cookbook about carrion? #birds

Great investigative reporting here about the troubling amoral comms practices and influence Jeff Ballingall, the go-to political comms strategist of right-wing politicians and big industry.

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 3mo ago

A new website from the firm, The Future of Public Influence, explains that accounts like Canada Proud are product offerings for clients. It describes multiple other “surrogate online communities” — with no disclosure of who paid for them.

there was an entire infrastructure of working class education and art that is now gone; "working men's clubs" in the UK were intended for education as much as recreation.

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 3mo ago

One of my favorite Oscar Wilde anecdotes is that he once did a reading and Q&A in a mine. With miners. Like down a mineshaft. He had this crazy idea that everybody of every occupation deserved and could benefit from art and information

Good god the kicker:

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4mo ago

HUGE scandal if true. Laura Loomer got Marco Rubio to throw two Iranian women with green cards in ICE jail to be stripped of status and deported, claiming they were related to Qasem Soleimani. Official documents provided to @dropsitenews.com appear to show they are NOT related; they're innocent.

BREAKING NYT: The FBI began investigating a New York Times reporter last month after she wrote about Kash Patel using bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation, according to a person briefed on the matter.

F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

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Just read the Yale report on Trust in Higher Education. You will be shocked, no doubt, to learn that it did not occur IN THE SLIGHTEST to a committee at a top American university looking at trust in American higher ed to use any other country's experiences to pose intelligent counterfactuals.

This is amazing... Dr Ioannidis (9 April 2020): "I would say that COVID-19 will result in fewer than 40,000 deaths this season in the USA." Dr Howard: "The USA reached 40,000 COVID deaths the next week."

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 4mo ago

As part of my efforts to combat the COVID Amnesia Project, let's accurately remember what 3 influential laptop class doctors from Stanford said 6 years ago as COVID overflowed hospitals and morgues. They won't remind you. I will. My latest.

The US has been even more unserious and hypocritical about this than one would think, given everything else. It seems like it’s only dumb luck it hasn’t kicked off another pandemic already.

Helen Branswell 🇨🇦@helenbranswell.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's not gone: #USDA reports 5 more dairy herds in Idaho have tested positive for #H5N1 #birdflu, the first in months. In the 2+ years since the virus was first detected in cows in the US, 1,093 herds in 19 states have tested positive for the virus. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

I for one enjoyed this episode. I have been aware of the incoherent, dedicated spitefest that is the Canadaland subreddit and it seemed obvious that it wasn’t strictly authentic but it is still surprising (and funny) how parochial, pathetic and petty the reality turned out to be.

Canadaland@canadaland.com · 4mo ago

Did Jesse break the law? Why did an anti-Canadaland subreddit explode in popularity? And why did today's episode infuriate so many people before it was even published? Finally, who is Spoonkymonkey, and what does he have to do with it all?

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

Whistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new book

Read an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper"

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Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...

The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.

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Oh. Holy hell please let this be the reason Melania ran to the press: the guy who imported her, Einstein visa and all, used ICE to deport the mother of his child. Zampolli was in Hungary w/JD. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...