Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Aug 02. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Aug 02. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 26. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 26. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 26. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

“Giving in gracefully is a less theatrical way of arriving at the same destination.” Very well-written, but shouting into the void, I’m afraid.

Charles Rusnell@charlesrusnell.bsky.social · last wk.

Clear-eyed assessment here via @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...

The Trump admin has denied several of Oregon's requests for firefighting grants for active fires, including the state's largest (300,000 acres, 30% contained). Unconscionable. www.kgw.com/article/news...

Jeff Merkley@jeff-merkley.bsky.social · last wk.

More than one million acres have burned in Oregon, and firefighters and emergency personnel are working around the clock in difficult conditions. Our state is grateful for everything they’re doing to protect our communities.

Red-tailed hawk (I think) spotted in Ottawa this evening. Just one of three squawking at each other from their perches.

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 26. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

The Unnecessary Sign Challenge – Round 1 Sign: “Authorized Personnel Only” Reality: The door is locked 24/7. Question: Who can open it? A) Anyone B) Delivery drivers C) Authorized personnel with the key If you picked C, you get one point. Tune in next time for another unnecessary sign.

Cool doc. The twist that i didn’t see coming was that there are *windowless* schools in the USA. (And apparently a few in Canada too). www.wjhl.com/news/local/e...

Elizabethton High School class to be featured in Amazon Prime docuseries, ‘Murder 101’

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL)- Elizabethton High School will be the backdrop for Amazon Prime’s latest docuseries, Murder 101. Director Stacey Lee spent the entire 2024-2025 school year in Alex …

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www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Highest rates of Lyme disease occurring in Ottawa’s west end, health unit says

Ottawa Public Health is reminding people to take steps to minimize exposure to blacklegged ticks while outdoors this summer, with the highest rates of Lyme disease occurring among people who live in t...

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Very well-controlled study. Wonder what tesla’s numbers are. www.cbc.ca/news/world/w...

Waymo’s driverless cars involved in 68% fewer crashes than human drivers, U.S. study finds | CBC News

Waymo driverless cars were involved in 68 per cent fewer crashes than human drivers over a three-year period across four U.S. cities, according to new data from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highwa...

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Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 19. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 19. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 19. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 12. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social

Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Jul 12. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces

Avg. of SARS-CoV-2 N1, N2 or other viral genetic markers normalized to Pepper Mild Mottle Virus as a fecal strength indicator; Samples collected by @ottawacity.bsky.social, tested & analyzed by Delatolla lab (uOttawa); Data i/o by @dougmanuel.bsky.social; Plots and tweet bot by @rnaguru.bsky.social