Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trend for Covid continues Sept 27 - Oct 3 levels are high, Flu A is also clearly heading up. Fall vaccine campaign should be earlier! Covid has been high in Aug/Sep for past couple years. 020
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Epi week Sept 20-26 - the trend for Covid rates increasing is consistent. Makes sense when you hear about people getting sick all around! Flu A is starting to move up but will need another week or two to see the trend. 110
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026New Covid wastewater data from Sep 24, ⬆️ trend consistent. Epi week Sept 13-19 (a bit closer to current). If someone has the “flu” or “bad virus” this is the likely culprit. Similar trends in the other monitored sites in BC. Flu/RSV still low Say safe 😷 up Clean air Get your vax when you can 100
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Anyone know if 4 days is the shortest term for a political party leader in BC? 46211
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026My moment of joy - I heard this little guy across the street. Lots of them on the North Shore and further afield but not so much in the city. 020
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Not as high as Aug / Sep 2025, but wastewater Covid levels up in Metro Vancouver. 6 years in, stay safe people 😷 120
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Bradley Creek fire is now well north and east of Hwy 97 into Spallumcheen. Fire is moving quickly … areas previously under alert have switched to evac orders over the day. Throughts and 🙏 with friends & family in Vernon area who have evacuated, heartbreaking to see my hometown in this state💔 ❤️🩹 010
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 07/03/2026If someone tells to you they have a cold and don’t feel well… Covid levels started spiking in late Feb wwater.ca/British_Colu... 1217
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025I recently got COVID after 5+ years of trying to be careful. I’m only starting to test negative after 2 weeks - seems like others have the same experience. This is not a cold. One-way masking has its limits. We wouldn’t tolerate drinking polluted drinking water, time to demand clean air! 042
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Golden orbs Capturing sunlight for the first time in 2 years As erratic temperatures interfere with their existence The return of the humble peach brings a moment of joy 110
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Enshittification in action… When everyone is stuck using Microsoft 365, and Microsoft just made it impossible to disable Copilot AI. Gotta increase AI adoption rates of somehow! 💪 🤪 Today’s IT email: 020
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Is everyone so interested in this election they are crashing the result sites? IT folks tonight are sweating bullets as Elections Canada, CBC and other sites regularly go down or glitch. 010
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 23/04/2025It’s a good idea to mask up outdoors, close windows and run air filters in several parts of Vancouver - including Kitsilano and East Van. The smoke from the multi-building fire on Hastings @ Lakewood has spread westward. Real time neighbourhood data at map.purpleair.com/air-quality-... 020
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Quote post a photo from your phone when you search for Canada. 000
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 19/09/2024I guess I’m supposed to post this?🎉 Glad there are many more people here now! 000
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 06/07/2024Went to a hospital clinic yesterday for a routine medical thing. Lots of vulnerable people there such as cancer patients and pregnant people. One other person masked besides me, an older patient. Zero medical staff masking. Why? (beautiful sunset later that night for distraction) 011
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 19/04/2024Some uses of AI are almost comical, like this one in the Weather Network app. Have the tech bros serving us this stuff reached peak grift yet? 000
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 18/01/2024Pretty excited that the Nukit Far-UVC lights dropped in time for my birthday this week. This little clean air present is heading my way soon. Another layer for COVID-safe indoor visits. 020
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 15/01/2024🧐 Health Canada hasn’t recalled the BTNX tests, but the marketplace has already decided their value. globalnews.ca/news/1021714... 000
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 01/01/2024***Joy is not made to be a crumb*** There are many things to be angry and sad about - war, genocide, climate emergencies, COVID indifference, as well as what might be going on in each of our own private lives. 410
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 07/12/2023Remember these 14 today. Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Dec 6, 1989 010
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 02/12/2023Or for the ultimate niche product, the hydrogen powered Filet-o-Fish mobile! Maybe can do delivery when the McBarge gets up and running again? No I’m not ridiculing the hydrogen crowd, we all need to have our dreams 😊 120
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 02/12/2023Filet-o-fish mobile? That’s a niche I could get behind. 000
Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 30/11/2023I am an eggplant scientist but this explanation seems pretty cool. Apparently it’s one way to get them not to absorb so much oil. www.compoundchem.com/2018/08/22/a... 110