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a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon

This is actually the 7th person confirmed infected from one measles flier. Measles is one of the most contagious diseases that exists, and a lot of people in North America have it right now. People can be contagious days before developing any symptoms, and it can be spread simply through breathing.

These two psychos have access to all your personal data, by the way.

Forestfire smoke, measles, COVID ~ ALL AIRBORNE! N95s prevent the intake of harmful airborne nasties. I can remember my parents’ reaction to “because everyone else is doing it” re stupid stuff I wanted to do as a kid. They insisted on critical thinking. As an adult in 2025 I mask. It’s logical

Our new paper in The Lancet Regional Health--Americas is out. We began this work in 2020 so it's been in the works for a while. We systematically developed and validated a forecasting tool predicting SARS-CoV-2 critical care occupancy: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

MEASLES in Ontario since Oct 2024 🤒 > 2000 CASES 🏥 140 HOSPITALIZATIONS 🧸 1 DEATH Tragic. Preventable. Ongoing... Ontario baby dies after being born prematurely with measles, other complications Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1121470...

Musk and Trump are a great example of why men are too emotional to lead.

rollingout.com/2025/06/03/l... Truly dystopian

“Given the potential for long-term consequences, preventing COVID infxns in teenagers remains the most important strategy for protecting this vulnerable population from respiratory damage. This includes vaccination, masking in high-risk situations, and maintaining good indoor air quality in schools”

Breakthrough in search for #HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed.’ Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body, by @katlay.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel... via @theguardian.com #AIDS

Yet another devasating move with global ramifications Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/h...

Deepest sympathy to the family, friends, & colleagues of astronaut & former federal minister, the Hon. Marc Garneau. He was a great Canadian. We will be forever grateful for his many accomplishments & contributions to Canada.

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Some economists question accuracy of recent US inflation data due to BLS staffing shortages. Hiring freeze forced survey to cut back on # of businesses where it checks prices; govt statisticians had to use a less precise method for guessing price changes more extensively than they did in the past.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The question isn't whether Ontario can eliminate hospital parking fees (it absolutely, unequivocally can), just whether it’s willing to.

Have you ever dated a narcissist? Someone with no morality but an interest in keeping you wherever you are? Someone who will apologize sincerely, tearfully, as they are emptying your bank account, stealing your work, breaking their vows? That’s chatGPT amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...

Just watch Margaret Brennan eviscerate Marty Makary in this interview. He is evasive, makes misleading statements, outright lies and contradicts himself, while chanting RCT-RCT-RCT as some talisman to excuse what he has done to make Americans less safe from COVID-19. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGH2...

The Canadian Medical Association’s lawsuit protecting medical access of trans patients will set an unsafe precedent for patients says @amirattaran.bsky.social My article @themedicalpost.bsky.social Link: canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/cma-legal-ch... PDF: static1.squarespace.com/static/5f789...

This is “healthcare” in the United States. A pharmacy benefit manager randomly decided they just weren’t going to cover this man’s inhaler anymore, so he couldn’t afford it. He died of an asthma attack. Devastating. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Oh, *shit*! (And I try never to swear online!) Pregnancy just got *much* more dangerous in the US. The Trump admin (specifically Oz at CMS, under RFK at HHS) has "revoked a Biden [admin] requirement that hospitals provide emergency abortions to women whose... 1/3 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

COVID vs. Influenza report In May 2025: 180 people died from their influenza infections 643 people died from their SARS-CoV-2 (COVID) infections (4x influenza)

Will norovirus surge early again this year? CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is out with a new report on the rise of a new strain from this notorious stomach bug called GII.17, now dominant nationwide www.cbsnews.com/news/norovir...

Head of Defense leaked battle plans on a texting app.... twice. Head of FEMA didn't know hurricanes have seasons. Head of HHS thinks chem trails are real. Know what they all have in common? They are all NOT DEI hires.

Netflix to its subscribers: Christmas and New Year’s are both cancelled for Stranger Things The Final Season. Sorry not sorry #tudum #StrangerThings

Here's the latest variant picture for Canada to early May. The LP.8.1.* variant remains dominant but appears to have peaked. It feel back to 38%. The NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" variant has grown to 16%. #COVID19 #Canada #LP_8_1 #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Including fake studies and using AI to generate a report should instantly disqualify anyone to lead a scientific agency.

Stanford researchers studied 846 people and found that those who took Paxlovid within 5 days of COVID-19 symptom onset were less than half as likely to develop long-term smell and taste loss compared to those who didn’t. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Prague researchers studied 177 multiple sclerosis patients and found that SARS-CoV-2 infection, even without MS relapses, was linked to increased brain volume loss and spinal cord shrinkage in severe cases. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...