Enjoyed a rare #CleanAir day at the beach but #wildfires continue to burn & the next few days the wind will shift
@thev.bsky.social "Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly" "In the study, authors wrote that HEPA units were mostly turned to the lowest setting to reduce noise, at the request of nursing home staff " www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can...
Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly
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@thev.bsky.social "Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly" "In the study, authors wrote that HEPA units were mostly turned to the lowest setting to reduce noise, at the request of nursing home staff " www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can...
Can air purifiers prevent flu and COVID-19 in nursing homes? Only if they’re used properly
cidrap.umn.edu
Heads up Canadian #crbox builders and PC fan air cleaner enthusiasts – Canadian Tire has a sale on 2-packs of Filtrete 1900 starting Thursday for $26.99 ($13.50 each). Normal price is $64.99, hope they are in stock by then. No rainchecks. @northboxsystems.bsky.social (That's like $9.64 each in USD)
Please help the Canadian Covid Society complete this national survey covering questions about funding, research, treatments, resources, and more on Long Covid. The deadline is July 31, 2026. covidsociety.ca/priorities/l...
Informing Long Covid Priorities: 2026 National Survey - Canadian Covid Society
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As a teen (in the 80s) I did think that it was likely, like electric cars being held back for similar reasons, but I couldn’t really see how it could be done. Once you see how intentionally muddled the systems for funding/tariffs/grants/tax breaks/legislation/standards etc are, you can see how.
"The world is rapidly electrifying & a lot of politicians & the media are missing that. One of the reasons why I'm excited to be working on this campaign for #PlugInSolar is to try to change that relationship for people of what it means to be an energy consumer and also producer." #SolarForAll
Calgary Climate Hub@calgaryclimatehub.ca · 2w agoQuiet energy revolutions are happening every day with new, post-fossil technologies gaining huge popularity & uptake far faster than our pokey governments can hinder them. Plug-In or Balcony Solar makes it easier for ANYBODY to harness the power of the sun. www.podcastics.com/episode/4282...
What happens? Our leaders double and triple down on fossil fuels and AI. time.com/article/2026...
What Happens When the World is on Fire
"From America to Algeria, dangerous blazes are occurring around the world, giving us a glimpse into an age ablaze," writes John Valliant.
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The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
A ghost ship with a crew of cats? Empty boat near Tacoma beach full of mews
The Tacoma Police Department estimates over 30 cats were free-roaming on board a deserted watercraft Thursday - with no sign of the owner.
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So. How do you feel about this? Waves of a novel virus that specifically targets kids? Plan to do anything about it?
"Beneath the urgency of the present lies a confounding paradox: we mobilize to put #fires out, but not yet to prevent them...until we actually mobilize to dramatically expedite the transition off FossilFuels, we will never get ahead of the curve..." #ClimateAction
André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 5d agoWe need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires. While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action, by @sethdklein.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
Canadian COVID Forecast: Aug 1 - Aug 14, 2026 SEVERE: none VERY HIGH: none HIGH: none MODERATE: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, NS, ON, PEI, QC, SK About 1 in 271 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
“Local departments and provincial crews are fighting a wildfire in Metro Vancouver’s təmtəmíxʷtən Belcarra Regional Park Wednesday afternoon.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar... - @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social #BCWildfire #BelcarraRegionalPark cc: #Anmore #Belcarra #BurrardInlet #PortMoody
Out-of-control wildfire burning in Metro Vancouver park suspected to be human-caused
Local departments and provincial crews are fighting a wildfire in Metro Vancouver’s təmtəmíxʷtən Belcarra Regional Park Wednesday afternoon.
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#EnvironmentCanada issued a #YellowAlert for #wildfire smoke weather.gc.ca/warnings/rep...
Air Quality Alerts for: Metro Vancouver - SE - Environment Canada
When severe weather threatens, Environment Canada issues alerts that notify those in affected areas in British Columbia so that they can take steps to protect themselves and their property from harm. ...
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I know so many young people who had #shingles in the past 6 years from #HZV reactivation. At least one of them had a dr who identified #covid19 as the likely trigger
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 6d agoA new study shows that among people hospitalized with COVID19, other viruses such as EBV, HSV1, and CMV may be reactivated. This effect isn’t limited to those who are immunocompromised, either. So if you’re wondering why I’m still masking indoors in public, have a read.
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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So a severe bout of acute COVID and cause other viruses that live in your body eg EBV, CMV and anelloviruses, to reactivate and cause inflammation. So getting COVID is bad. Don’t get COVID. Wear an N95 in indoor public spaces Get vaccinated. Clean the air we all share and breathe.
These scientists”… found that multiple chronic viruses reactivate during acute COVID-19 infection, particularly from the Herpesviridae and Anelloviridae families.”!!
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...
nature.com
I'm in St. Catharines for the week and all anyone is talking about is the flooding. The consequences of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions everywhere this summer. Floods and fires and heatwaves. It's horrifying that as a country we're going backwards on climate pledges www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It was like a tsunami': Massive flooding in St. Catharines, Ont., leaves residents in grief and shock | CBC News
Amid a state of emergency from the fallout of two storms within a week, people in St. Catharines say they're in shock and grief as they deal with severe flooding in their homes and elsewhere in the ci...
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This is genuinely astonishing: a piece by the Globe and Mail’s editorial board lamenting the “new normal” of wildfires and summer smoke and no mention whatsoever of a) climate change, or b) the burning of fossil fuels that causes it. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A summer season of fire, smoke, ashes and fear
The carefree feeling of summers past has been incinerated as wildfires rage across the country
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In the Okanagan this winter season, the avg temp was 3.8c above normal, we got 25% of our usual precip & our snowpack was a historic low of 52% of norm & yr 4 of drought The super El Nino is coming faster & harder than expected. Climate crisis is real We are evacuated, these pics show scale
"As society becomes more addicted to AI, our interior space will be increasingly hollowed out...resist both internally & externally. Sing. Write poems. Paint. Cook. Carve wood. Learn an instrument. Whatever you do is better than anything AI will create b/c you are awakening your own authenticity."
Charlie Angus@charlieangus104.bsky.social · 6d agoHere are my four steps you can take to push back the darkness. charlieangus.substack.com/p/push-back-...
Seoul Records Worst Day for Heat Illness, 39 Cases in a Day en.sedaily.com/society/2026...
Seoul Records Worst Day for Heat Illness, 39 Cases in a Day
Seoul reported 39 heat illness cases in a single day, the highest daily figure this summer, as a severe heat warning entered its second day. Cumulative cases reached 250, with two deaths.
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Despite this, Google's ad-sales system will happily sell *anyone* the right to advertise a *different* website for queries for specific merchants, and those ads appear *above* the real result for the business's website. 27/
When Google's users searched for airlines' toll-free phone numbers, Google directed them to phones that rang in the scammers' boiler room, where they were tricked into giving up their passport info and credit card numbers to boiler-room thieves: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... 20/
Phone numbers for airlines listed on Google directed to scammers
A Google spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the company does "not tolerate this misleading activity" and that it had fixed the issue.
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Even if all you are doing is choosing from options it offers without ever reading or thinking about the material. Anyway, more to come on this as I continue to "write my paper"/7
The Important Work | Jane Rosenzweig | Substack
Teaching Writing in the Age of AI. Click to read The Important Work, by Jane Rosenzweig, a Substack publication.
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offered as support for education, the message seems to be that writing has nothing to do with what they actually think or that thinking involves choosing from a menu of pre-existing options. This is a strange gaslighting because at each step, Claude is telling you that you are writing this paper /6
