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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1h

The amazing science journalist, Helen Branswell, died recently. Let's celebrate her incredibly contributions by sharing her writing, like the article below. She made a difference in dark times. Thank you, Helen! 🙏❤️🙏❤️ www.statnews.com/2022/02/14/w... via @statnews.com

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Why Covid-19 vaccines are a freaking miracle

The pandemic has been catastrophic. But consider something that may have escaped you: You have witnessed — and you are a beneficiary of — a freaking miracle.

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes, a woman's expertise may go back as far as her childhood years.

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A neighbour asked me into her house to look at something. Once I was inside, the "something" was a positive COVID test. She had handwipes ready for me because she thought that's the mode of transmission. I will never forgive our BC provincial health leaders for their role in this misinformation.

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Michael Coyle @oplopanax.ca · 03/08/2026

Details of celebration of life for Mike

Image describing details of celebration of life for Michael Coyle. Sunday August 9, 4-5:30 pm Dogwood Pavilion/Community Centre 1655 Winslow Avenue Coquitlam BC. email mfcmemorial2026@gmail.com for link to livestream. Photos of Mike waring red hat hat, in helicopter looking backward, with his partner and son, and hiking.

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 28/07/2026

"Condolences poured in on Monday, remembering Coyle for his kindness, leadership, and dedication to helping others. "He gave countless hours to supporting families, raising awareness, advocating for change, and improving the response for vulnerable missing adults" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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B.C. man who devoted nearly three decades to rescuing strangers dies in Squamish | CBC News

Michael Coyle had worked with Coquitlam SAR for years and helped many other teams in B.C.

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 07/07/2026

can't stop laughing at this Poilievre: "We will reinstill a warrior culture, not a woke culture."

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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 03/07/2026

Why is that our problem? The last time a pipeline got cancelled *we bought it for them* so, like, we already bailed them out on this once! Why do we need to do it again?

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

By now we all know senior MDs are above the law, but at some point justice needs to be done. The negligence of medicine's management class has killed *millions*. This isn't over until we see perpetrators losing their medical licenses, and in some cases imprisoned. The error was inexcusable - the...

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Rates of infection with other pathogens after a positive COVID-19 test versus a negative test in US veterans (November, 2021, to December, 2023): a retrospective cohort study

Our results suggest that a positive test for COVID-19 (vs a negative test) was associated with increased rates of diagnosis of various infections in the 12 months following an acute SARS-CoV-2 infecti...

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Tom Jackman @frozen.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Either Dr. Henry lied on Saturday when asked about this, and/or she is entirely misinformed about what constitutes adequate PPE against hantavirus.

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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

One of my pet peeves is hearing someone say something like "God protected me" after a disaster. Such statements made while others died implies selective divine favoritism. Survival is probability and chance exposure. Nobody is chosen. You are not special.

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

OUR NEW BMJ editorial: Andes virus should reset WHO’s default approach to airborne risk. 🧵 1/ For severe pathogens with person-to-person transmission, the starting point should be precautionary airborne protections — not waiting for definitive proof after spread occurs. www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Brandy with a why? 🍁 @brandywithawhy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Good Morning! Happy Moms Day to ALL of the mothers. Including adoptive moms, pet moms, plant moms, pseudo moms, trans moms, drag mothers, work moms, and anyone else who may identify as mother. Special shout out to anyone feeling like shit today because of Mothers Day. I see you too. ❤️

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Matt Oliver @sameo416.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A highly underdetermined scenario (Andean is rare) suspected enhanced transmission dynamics, science recommends caution. Means respirators and droplet protection together. Instead we get more advice about handwashing. Nothing has changed since 2020. The term you’re searching for is negligence.

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Hantavirus is *well known* to spread by the airborne route. Mainly, airborne rodent poop and pee. Congratulations to all the mainstream media outlets that have already managed to flat out lie about hantavirus transmission.

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SoundsKugle 🐝🌅 @soundskugle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

...and that's why it was called The Peace Bridge... Thanks #Buffalo 🇺🇸 .. it's the little things... ❤️🇨🇦 youtu.be/PdFvUMesJzA?...

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Buffalo fans finish CANADIAN anthem after mic issues

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

In the 1980s the minimum wage in British Columbia was $3.65 Canadian $ per hour. But there was a special youth rate of $2.65, so employers liked to hire teenagers. That's what I made as a server. Tips didn't add up to much either - it was a breakfast place.

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Kathleen Westergaard 🇨🇦 MSW, RSW @kathleenwester.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

🇨🇦 Now that the #Epstein class knows that they can make $$$s by creating and prolonging wars involving #Oil producers, the only way out is to switch to #Green energy. There are just too many of them and they are too #Evil to stop on their own. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Arrogance, ignorance, incompetence and failure are the defining characteristics of infection control leadership today. It's where Dunning-Kruger fails upwards. The blood of millions is on their hands - and the inaction of medical disciplinary bodies makes loss of public trust the rational response.

From the UK COVID Inquiry, but reflective of similar failures in Canada, at the WHO, and the many other jurisdictions where arrogant medical leaders with little or no scientific expertise engaged in a lethal turf war rejected the advice of scientific experts.

Fundamental flaws in the UK’s approach
1.44 Despite knowledge accumulating of how Covid-19 may have been transmitted as the pandemic progressed (as set out above), insufficient steps were taken to adapt the infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare settings across the UK. This placed healthcare workers and patients at greater risk.
1.45 The UK’s approach to infection prevention and control in healthcare settings during the Covid-19 pandemic suffered from three fundamental flaws:
Assumptions about respiratory viruses: There was an over-reliance on historical assumptions about how to distinguish between modes of transmission for respiratory viruses. This led to an initial misunderstanding of the level of risk posed by aerosol transmission and a failure to recommend sufficient protections against it.
Insufficient caution: Alternative routes of transmission other than droplet or contact were prematurely ruled out. This meant that pre-existing assumptions that Covid-19 was not ordinarily spread by aerosols became the received wisdom until the contrary was proved.
Lack of structure and expertise of the UK IPC Cell: In reality, the UK IPC Cell acted as the decision-maker as to the content of guidance. However, its remit was insufficiently defined, leading to uncertainty over its role and a lack of accountability. The backgrounds of its experts were also insufficiently broad. These factors created a bias towards maintaining the status quo, rather than responding to emerging evidence dynamically.
1.46 The combined effect of these interconnected flaws led to a failure to properly protect patients and healthcare workers against the risks posed by Covid-19.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Long COVID casts a long shadow over world’s economy, new report warns. It will cost OECD $135-billion a year over the next decade. www.bmj.com/content/393/... www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bmj.com @bloomberg.com

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Long Covid Predicted to Cost OECD Economies $135 Billion a Year

The pandemic might be over, but new research indicates long Covid is likely to reverberate across OECD economies, costing up to $135 billion a year over the next decade.

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MeidasCanada @meidascanada.ca · 07/04/2026

"The image of the all-powerful dictator creates the false impression we can understand fascism by scrutinizing the leader alone. It offers an alibi to nations that tolerated fascist leaders and diverts attention from the persons, groups and institutions that helped him." - Paxton, Anatomy of Fascism

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) is anything but a common cold. Each infection can cause severe illness and even death in children at rates +++ higher than the common cold. It triggers long-covid (now the most common chronic illness in children) and other cobditions like diabetes. Not the common cold.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Impact of AI #misinformation on diagnostic accuracy in novice medical students Sum: not good. Harms > benefits. www.nature.com/articles/s41... "...misleading AI explanations significantly degraded diagnostic accuracy, while correct explanations offered no significant improvement..."

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Impact of AI misinformation on diagnostic accuracy and confidence calibration in novice medical students - npj Digital Medicine

npj Digital Medicine - Impact of AI misinformation on diagnostic accuracy and confidence calibration in novice medical students

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Mark Carney’s Post-American Economic Strategy Phew. This essay took a lot of work. The argument is simple: PM @mark-carney.bsky.social Carney has an economic strategy for Canada, it's just not obvious. I try to connect the dots for readers. markhamhislop.substack.com/p/mark-carne...

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Mark Carney’s Post-American Economic Strategy

And why the Prime Minister needs to be able to explain that strategy to 10-year Olds

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🇨🇦 NanaGale @nanagale.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Every time he says ‘Governor Carney’ more families cancel Orlando. More gamblers cancel Vegas. More hikers cancel Colorado. More theatre people cancel New York. More country fans cancel Nashville. And we never come back. 🇨🇦

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🇨🇦The Wicked Wit-ch of the North @viridiandragon.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

If you get the opportunity to do a cancer screening, take it. Better to know at Stage 2 than let fear prevent you from testing until it's at Stage 4.

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Feb 28. A song from 1985. This Could Be The Night by Loverboy. Takes me back to driving around in an orange Volkswagen Beetle, listening to mixed tapes, made by caring friends, on a cheap cassette deck and crappy speakers...lol. #DavidsMonthOfMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qa2...

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Loverboy - This Could Be the Night (Official Video)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Feb 27. A song from 1995. I wish you well, by Tom Cochrane. #DavidsMonthOfMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=B__d...

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I Wish You Well

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Feb 26. A song from 2005. When the night feels my song, by Bedouin Soundclash. #DavidsMonthOfMusic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIuc...

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When the Night Feels My Song

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Feb 25. A song from 2015. Sweet Irony, by Whitehorse. #DavidsMonthOfMusic We live in times that are quite ironic, but not always in a sweet way. It's the 5th song on this 30 minute live recording done by CBC (great sound and camera work on this BTW... worth a listen). www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNJU...

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Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned (Full Live Concert)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Feb 24. A song from the last album I listened to: Breathless, by William Prince, from the album Earthly Days. #DavidsMonthOfMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPGv...

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William Prince - Breathless [Official Video]

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Feb 23. A song with an emotion in the title. #DavidsMonthOfMusic Heartache tonight by the Eagles. youtube.com/watch?v=jBte...

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Eagles - Heartache Tonight (Official Audio)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Feb 22. A song for a sunny day. We're Here for a good time by Trooper. "So have a good time, the sun can't shine every day" youtube.com/watch?v=xiL8...

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We're Here For A Good Time (Not A Long Time)

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SWilco @swilco3.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Day 21 A song with a shape in the title Counting Crows- Round Here #DavidsMonthOfMusic #Musicsky youtu.be/SAe3sCIakXo?...

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Counting Crows - Round Here (Official Music Video)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I am no fan of former BC Premier Christy Clark, but she was right about this in 2012 when she pointed out that govt healthcare funding needs to consider that aging populations use more healthcare. Conversely those who move to AB are generally on the younger side. globalnews.ca/news/199954/...

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Premiers say provinces need better health deal to cover costs for seniors’ care | Globalnews.ca

Canada's premiers appeared determined to push Ottawa to change federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's take-it-or-leave-it plans for health transfer payments, especially when it comes to including fun...

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Feb 20. A song by a band from my local area. John Gogo is from Vancouver Island and many of his songs are about people and places here. E.g. "Cougar Annie". #DavidsMonthOfMusic youtube.com/watch?v=2eQf...

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Feb 19. A song I know all the words to. Well there are many of those. Here's just one: All the Wrong Reasons by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. #DavidsMonthOfMusic youtube.com/watch?v=_x7o...

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All The Wrong Reasons

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Feb 18. A song with metal in the title. Fields of Gold, by Sting. There's also a beautiful version by Eva Cassidy.Fields of Gold #DavidsMonthOfMusic youtube.com/watch?v=KLVq...

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Feb 17. A song about growing old. Afternoons and CoffeeSpoons by Crash Test Dummies. Like my friends say "growing old is not for sissies" Lol. #DavidsMonthOfMusic youtu.be/W0YeGv5xHUU?...

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Crash Test Dummies - Afternoons & Coffeespoons (Official Video)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Feb 16. A song for a rainy day (and it's raining pretty hard as I write this): Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell. There are many versions of this song out there, but I really like this more recent one, live, with her voice older, but still so powerful. #DavidsMonthOfMusic youtube.com/watch?v=jxil...

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Joni Mitchell – Both Sides Now (Live at the Newport Folk Festival 2022) [Official Video]

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

This song is also my pick for today's contribution to #DavidsMonthOfMusic I hope to see this live someday too! So I will repost with a link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sM...

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Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway (Official Video)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Feb 13's song. A song with Sweet in the title. Sweet Jane, by the Cowboy Junkies. (anyone following my music posts may notice that most of my songs are Canadian Content!) #DavidsMonthOfMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa9n...

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Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane (Official Remastered HD Video)

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

catching up after a couple of busy days. Feb 12. A song from an artist who has headlined Coachella. Blinding Lights, by The Weeknd. #DavidsMonthOfMusic www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRX...

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The Weeknd - Blinding Lights (Official Video)

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

This is horrific. As the covid pandemic rages on and damages people’s immune systems en masse, we desperately need more vaccines and therapeutics for disease not less. Gutting.

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Feb 11. #DavidsMonthOfMusic A song with bird in the title. Nightbird, by the late Eva Cassidy. youtube.com/watch?v=K-X1...

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Eva Cassidy - Nightbird

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CascadiaDeepBay @cascadiadeepbay.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Feb 9. A song with a primary colour in the title. Lady in Red by Chris De Burgh youtube.com/watch?v=T9Jc...

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Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red (Official Video)

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