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John Dupuis

@dupuisj.bsky.social
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Librarian at York University in Toronto. Check out my Covid-Is-Not-Over Substack: johndupuis.substack.com

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
gadgetreview.com
Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h
AI stans and their huckster daddys are bad for everyone. You lazy dipshits are rubes and your computer girlfriend is ruining the country for the rest of us, you selfish dicks
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/what-its-l...
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What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more
Bonus ICU-acquired infection sucks
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#COVID #maskup #N95 #cleanair #pandemic
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(Screams From The) Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think I'm going to have to unsubscribe from the newsletter that pissed this into my eyes this morning.
An AI-generated illustration of yassified and sometimes racially mis-assigned versions of various musicians, with incorrect information about which bands they're in
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MaskTogetherAmerica @togetherwemask.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ventilation at @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social is super insufficient for the crowd this year. COVID and other pathogens are spreading. We need safer #IndoorAir. Take precautions. @msjulieslam.bsky.social at #NYCC #MaskTogetherAmerica
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/what-its-l...
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What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more
Bonus ICU-acquired infection sucks
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter: What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/what-its-l...
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What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more
Bonus ICU-acquired infection sucks
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter: What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/what-its-l...
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What it’s like to be still masking, Taking Covid seriously, Supporting the teacher workforce, and more
Bonus ICU-acquired infection sucks
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
the reason “AI will create so much abundance we will have a utopian society” rhetoric falls so flat is that the people building it will never, ever share their bounty unless it is taken from them and we all know it
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤪🤖🫧💥
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#COVID #vaccinate #maskup #N95s #publichealth #healthcare
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Confirmed, the science cosplayers running the show at the WHO have decided that "droplet precautions" are appropriate for pneumonic plague. This is the 2024 WHO guidance. This is why we need to see serious jail time for their COVID negligence, NOW. iris.who.int/server/api/c... #medsky
6.2. Infection prevention and control 
Infection prevention and control measures are aimed at preventing the transmission 
of plague bacteria to health care workers and spread among other patients. They include 
using:
• standard precautions in addition to droplet precautions. Standard precautions should 
be used to manage all patients with suspected plague. Droplet precautions should be 
adhered to for all patients with suspected pneumonic plague in addition to isolation;
• isolation arrangements for patients with suspected or confirmed pneumonic plague 
(Annex 8);
• safe handling and burial practices for bodies (Section 8.3.1.1);
• carefully cleaning and disinfecting instruments. Instructions on preparing solutions 
for disinfection are given in Annex 9; 
• source control for patients with primary or secondary pneumonic plague, including 
applying a medical mask to the patient when possible and tolerated.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
Andrew Yeung 
@andruyeung
X.com
We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Local woman running out of fingers to use to fill cracks in dike.
nationalnewswatch.com
Alberta premier unaware of reported separatist meetings with U.S.…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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670rv @670rv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And trying to prevent work on helping those with long covid! “Again” - this needs to be stopped! bsky.app/profile/dani...
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/deadly-bet...
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Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more
Bonus Covid is still bad for you
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes, computers do everything at our company but don't worry, there's always a human reviewer. Nothing goes out the door without one of our highly trained shruggers briefly glancing at it and clicking Approve
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/meas...
cidrap.umn.edu
Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
blog.documentfoundation.org
Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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David Gogo @davidgogoblues.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh, man. Farewell to Sass Jordan…
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Toronto Mike @torontomike.com · 04/10/2026
With sadness I share the news that the wonderful Sass Jordan has passed away. She was pure delight. www.torontomike.com/2026/10/sass...
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sass Jordan has died. Born in 1962 in England, she grew up in Montreal. Jordan had several hit songs in Canada including Rescue Me and Tell Somebody. A Juno Award winner, she also served as the honorary colonel of 417 Combat Support Squadron. (Announced on her Facebook page)
Sass Jordan in a denim jacket looks back over her shoulder while leaning on a wooden bar counter in a warmly lit, sticker-covered pub.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 03/10/2026
Canada is not actually 'battling for survival' in the context of secession, because in both Alberta and Quebec secession has relatively small amounts of public support. What we're battling is dipshit far-right populist politicians enabling/pushing for this destructive bullshit.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026
Columnist Stephen Rattner probably got screwed over by the headline writer, but I'm seriously floored at how poor a job these six charts do at showing that we need AI.
nytimes.com
Opinion | Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I. (Gift Article)
All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off.
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PacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think it's weird how fixated a lot of you are on people who are covid conscious..
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter: Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/deadly-bet...
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Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more
Bonus Covid is still bad for you
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(takes his collector’s edition complete 29-season DVD box set of director’s cut Mr. Dressup out of his carry-on and zips it back up)
ctvnews.ca
Avoid packing ‘Canadian-origin products’ when travelling to U.S., snowbird group advises
The Canadian Snowbird Association has advised travellers to the U.S. to avoid packing some dairy products and Canadian alcoholic beverages for their trips.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
What are we even doing anymore, people
A four pack of Oreo chicken and waffle flavored cookies
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#COVID #longCOVID #pediatrics #childhealth #cleanair #publichealth
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read the latest from the Covid-Is-Not-Over newsletter: Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/deadly-bet...
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Deadly betrayal of essential workers, Society forgetting children with Long Covid, Clean air eliminating Covid, and more
Bonus Covid is still bad for you
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Alberta's Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
thetyee.ca
Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Parkland Institute report: Six years on, the first independent investigation on Cargill’s tragic COVID-19 outbreak shows how the provincial government’s flawed response failed workers, communities, and Albertans. www.parklandinstitute.ca/cargill
parklandinstitute.ca
Essential and Expendable: How Alberta’s COVID-19 Response Failed Cargill Workers
New Parkland Institute report: Six years on, the first independent investigation on Cargill’s tragic COVID-19 outbreak shows how the provincial government’s flawed response failed workers, communities...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 01/10/2026
If I went to Switzerland and won a Swiss watch precision contest, I would literally never talk about anything else
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ABC (Anything But COVID) season started early again this year. People with ALL the symptoms insist that it's "the flu", "a cold", "allergies", etc. but don't bother to test. It seems #COVID has become as stigmatized as AIDS was in the '90s and #publichealth isn't helping much.
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
But here on the far side of fifty, after more than a decade of watching and fighting political cruelty and chaos, this is what it’s come down to for me. How do we remain human in a world that wants to turn us into ghosts, consumers, machines?
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Maike Osborne @maosbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Proposal: we get back to a situation in which only a few thousand people in the world (tops) need to know about AI
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Very interesting! Thanks!
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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here is how AI "advances" American healthcare. "Hospitals Used AI To Inflate Medical Bills By Nearly $1,000,000,000, Report Finds" #MedSky www.aol.com/articles/hos...
aol.com
Hospitals Used AI To Inflate Medical Bills By Nearly $1,000,000,000, Report Finds - AOL
Hospitals' use of artificial intelligence tools hiked healthcare spending by nearly $1 billion over a two-year period, per a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association analysis released Thursday. BCBSA's new ...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 28/09/2026
AI companies would have you believe that the tools they are building are so powerful that they may set out to disempower and even destroy humanity of their own volition. But this obscures the truth: It is AI companies that are building those tools, making decisions to disempower other humans.
truthout.org
AI Company Leaders Capitalize on Fear to Lobby for Regulations That Suit Them
We can’t let AI companies launder responsibility for tools they created.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My latest article: "How to Exit the MAGA Cult" deonandan.substack.com/p/how-to-exi...
deonandan.substack.com
How to Exit the MAGA Cult
What 32 former supporters reveal about belonging, doubt, and the difficult path out.
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dangerously outdated health policies, Preventing the next pandemic, Oh yeah Covid still isn’t over, and more johndupuis.substack.com/p/dangerousl...
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Dangerously outdated health policies, Preventing the next pandemic, Oh yeah Covid still isn’t over, and more
Bonus Vaccines were a success!
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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#COVID #pandemic #healthcare #publichealth #maskup
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My wife has watched Au secours de Beatrice and Empathie and loved those too.
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The French version of 19-2 is one of the best cop shows ever. Also loved Faits divers, Serie noire also wonderful with a Montreal winter almost as an additional character, Sortez-moi de moi, C'est comme ça que je t'aime & M'entends-tu? also amazing.
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This list is actually pretty good: www.imdb.com/list/ls53845... I think it leans towards stuff on Netflix, but lots of great choices. Dark is amazing, but requires a pretty significant intellectual commitment to keep track of everything & everyone going on.
imdb.com
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My favourite 2000s tv show is Un village français, by far. Lots of great non-English stuff on Netflix. We also get MHz which has lots of primarily European shows. Gem/Crave have lots of great French-Canadian shows too.
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