Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 30/08/2026Calgary book people! Discovered a new bookstore in Marda Loop called Nocturne books, specializing in dark fiction! Here’s their display from the When Words Collide conference- shortly before I bought half their collection 😆 You should seriously check it out!! 010
Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 13/08/2026So ready for When Words Collide to start tomorrow!! 000
Reposted by Collette BurjackThe Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Nicholas Brendon’s is the sixth death of a major The WB cast member since 2024. These deaths come when there is also a measurable increase in mortality in the age cohort that made up much of Buffy’s original audience, and the WB era generally... But why? www.thecanary.co/global/world...thecanary.coBuffy’s Nicholas Brendon’s death is the sixth of The WB stars since 2024Nicholas Brendon tragically joins a growing list of The WB stars dying young. But why is this happening post-pandemic? 53215
Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 02/09/2025My clothing feeling oddly on point right now in Alberta #bookban #abpoli 1102
Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 31/08/2025Well, that was a wild read! Thanks to Owl Nest Books for the recommendation! 010
Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 30/08/2025Recommend! Very funny, and it’s been putting my own current failures on the career front into perspective! 030
Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 19/08/2025Just finished 3 days at When Words Collide and I’m already missing it! But now I have a year to keep writing… 011
Collette Burjack @collette.burjack.com · 17/01/2025When everything’s terrible at least there’s horses. 071
Reposted by Collette BurjackCanada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 11/01/2025Why are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh in canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/01/11/w... @tryangregory.bsky.socialcanadahealthwatch.caWhy are kids sick all the time? Experts weigh inCanada Healthwatch | The most important health news, in one place. 🍁 59029
Reposted by Collette BurjackThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Because our political leaders apparently won’t…. While a profoundly polarizing figure in Canadian politics, Justin Trudeau unquestionably served Canada for 9 years facing levels of toxicity that in many ways was unprecedented in Canadian politics, and he did so with a consistent dignity. /1 32857244
Reposted by Collette Burjacktern @1goodtern.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Question: Does COVID-19 damage the brain? Answer: "We now know that, unfortunately, COVID can damage the brain in many ways." Harvard Health. And people keep ignoring the truth hoping it will go away. www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-moo...health.harvard.eduDoes COVID-19 damage the brain? - Harvard HealthMost people who get COVID-19 don't suffer damage to the brain. But some do, and even people who initially get just mild COVID symptoms are vulnerable. COVID's potential to damage the brain is anoth... 581296558
Reposted by Collette BurjackGuiness Pig @guinesspig.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Should this pandemic be forgot And never brought to mind? It’s normal now, to live with SARS And everything’s just fine For everything’s just fine Yes everything’s just fine We sold our souls so billionaires Could stay rich while we all die! #CovidCarolsmedia.tenor.coma man playing a bagpipe in front of a sign that says aux buttes chaudAlt: a man with a bagpipe says you know the song, sing along 1307
Reposted by Collette BurjackCanadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Did you ever go to one of the legendary Boxing Day sales at Sam the Record Man? Lines were often two hours long to get in. In this 1979 photo, one shopper said there was so little room inside the store that he could barely get his hand into his pocket to get his wallet. 1011218
Reposted by Collette BurjackJenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024If you are able please help protect honest media in Alberta. Savethebreakdownab.ca #abpoli gofund.me/e962c21agofund.meDonate to Legal Defense Fund, organized by Nate PikeHi, my name is Nate Pike and I host the Alberta Politics Podcast, The Breakdown. And I need your help… Nate Pike needs your support for Legal Defense Fund 56739
Reposted by Collette BurjackYYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 23/12/2024More Closures being sent in via DMs today.. tonight's going to be another big ass bad thread.. and if you haven't yet, make sure to donate to @thebreakdownab.bsky.social legal fund.. Let's show these fucktards you can't silence the truth! See you tonight! 03716
Reposted by Collette BurjackPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵 451445869
Reposted by Collette BurjackPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/12/20242024 Headline of the Year nominee (January) 151592340
Reposted by Collette BurjackThe Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 13/12/2024What Possible Reason Is There That Everyone Could Be So Sick Right After They’ve Had A Covid Infection That Didn’t Affect Them At All In Any Way Whatsoever? 5445108
Reposted by Collette BurjackPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I like how Julie tried to sneak one request to Santa in near the end. 715121
Reposted by Collette BurjackProf Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 07/12/2024No, not a study by me, I just talk about it. Amazing work by Ali Erturk and a very large team. thewest.com.au/business/hea...thewest.com.auCOVID virus finds a home in your brainA landmark study has found the virus that causes COVID-19 accumulates and persists in the body - especially the brain - for years after infection. 817579
Reposted by Collette BurjackPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I imposed martial law because i wanted to and which you were probably not delighted by Forgive me i really wanted to it seemed like a good idea at the time 1343252
Reposted by Collette BurjackCanada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 05/12/2024Almost a third of preteens, teens with long COVID still not recovered at 2 years, study shows www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/alm... @cidrap.bsky.social Get weekly updates: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁 14624
Reposted by Collette Burjack🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024today's essential read for all Canadians. "Canada is living next door to America’s Nero again, and it will be worse this time, and Trump isn’t even president yet and he’s already got us scrambling with a half-formed burp. " www.thestar.com/politics/fed...thestar.comBruce Arthur: Canada’s weak-kneed politicians are showing Donald Trump exactly how to exploit usToo many Canadian politicians didn’t just accept Trump’s bark-at-the-waiter framing, but hopped to attention, ready to serve. 46329
Reposted by Collette BurjackPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Black Friday has become too commercial. 2434654
Reposted by Collette Burjack🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Podcast alert!! Essential listen for those who care about covid and public health. PUBLIC HEALTH IS DEAD! First two episodes dropped today. more to come! first episode here: podcastaddict.com/public-healt... 1/2 1222281
Reposted by Collette Burjack🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024this Week's COVID stats update for Alberta: Deaths: up 24 (last week up 22). (many weeks of 20+ deaths/wk now)!!!! Positivity: stable to 11.5% from 11.1% Inpts: down 6 to 280(last week up 8). ICU Down 3 to 6 (from 9). Source: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo... 29350
Reposted by Collette BurjackDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024For the love of God, COVID isn’t over – so can people please wear masks? Why people don’t mask: "The biggest reason, I believe, is a failure of public health communication over wearing a mask. The government declared Covid “over,” and most people still trust what they’re told." archive.md/PzUTV 1323873
Reposted by Collette BurjackAmanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Wow that’s a pretty dirty move from Canada Post. Rather than negotiate with the workers, it’s violating the Canada Labour Code and laying people off during the strike. The strike going on longer is going to be at their feet. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...cbc.caCanada Post says it has been temporarily laying off striking workers | CBC NewsThe union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation has been laying striking employees off as the labour action by more than 55,000 workers approaches the two-week mark. 14348168
Reposted by Collette BurjackT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 27/11/2024"Lockdown skeptic" who argued explicitly that kids should get infected. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comJay Bhattacharya: Trump picks Covid lockdown sceptic to lead top health agencyBhattacharya was the face of the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued shutdowns were causing more harm than good. 69431
Reposted by Collette BurjackJanet Emson @janetemson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours. 19777311372
Reposted by Collette BurjackTara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024 We haven't started cross-posting from Twitter to BlueSky yet, and won't be done the transition until January. For now, here's the ScreenReader link: threadreader.770703d5ded79dbd0e5d977b1c4b85e6.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/pdfs/0/moria... 32505255
Reposted by Collette BurjackGlenn Moore @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Did…did a minotaur write this 14980021211
Reposted by Collette BurjackTara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 25/11/2024All these people whose kids are now going to get cavities requiring expensive treatment, and complications of those cavities, including serious, sometimes life-threatening infections. Plus a lifetime of problems with teeth that were not protected in childhood. 35612
Reposted by Collette BurjackDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024New research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adults "On an average of 10 months after COVID-19 onset, younger (ages 18-44) and middle-aged (ages 45-64) adults had worse neurologic symptoms of long COVID than adults 65 and older." #LongCOVIDnews.nm.orgNew research shows younger and middle-aged adults have worse long COVID symptoms than older adultsNew study from Northwestern Medicine finds symptoms occurred regardless of mild or severe COVID-19 infection 232019400
Reposted by Collette BurjackPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Don't limit the political perspectives you read, instead have an open mind and read the political perspectives served to you by the algorithm controlled by the billionaire right-hand man of the billionaire president-elect of the United States of America 953743579
Reposted by Collette BurjackBeing Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky 555128012503
Reposted by Collette BurjackNaheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024The Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion is one in a million! 1352857
Reposted by Collette BurjackT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Reminder: 322481
Reposted by Collette BurjackDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Give yourself a break from recurrent infections. 😷 🪟 Via @damesa.bsky.social on X. “COVID-19 participants also self-reported more bacterial, influenza and mycoplasma infections, and 8%–10% of patients felt SARS-CoV-2-induced chronic diseases.” www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comLong COVID facts and findings: a large-scale online survey in 74,075 Chinese participantsThis survey provides valuable insights into long COVID situation among Chinese residents, with 10%–30% (including repeated infection) reporting symptoms. Monitoring at-risk individuals based on identi... 421574
Reposted by Collette BurjackJPWeiland @jpweiland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Flu pandemics can be weird. The last big one in 1918 mainly killed young, healthy adults (avg age 28 vs. 75 for Covid). IFR in the 30-40 year old age range was ~30x higher than during covid. It would be a rude wake up call for young adults if they're on the block this time. 1110420
Reposted by Collette BurjackDr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024WHO is here (a statement not a question) 😊 @who-global.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Collette Burjackcm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 18/11/2024#Bluesky adding 10 new accounts *per second* at the moment. bcounter.nat.vg 1221
Reposted by Collette BurjackYYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Going through the beginning of this EMS FOIP is mind-blowing.. The number of communities without EMS coverage on a daily basis.. The lack of EMS units working in Calgary & Edmonton due to no staff... No wonder Lagrange is hiding so much! 311349