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Joe Oliver

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Dad, Pediatrician. I don’t think we should eat our young.

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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"No, (5yo), people can give nicknames based on what they look like. So, um, dad could be 'Eggplant'". -9yo
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Do not underestimate the scale of this climate crisis. We are watching feedback loops accelerate, ice sheet collapse, ocean heat content, methane release, that could lock in irreversible warming. We have all witnessed the data, and it is not slowing down.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The people running these companies believe that climate change could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a fringe worry. Publicly, many executives soften their language to sound reasonable, but privately, the fear is real. No other industry poses this level of danger to civilization.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A common response is "if they know this, why keep drilling?" At BP, many have not internalized the stakes personally. At ExxonMobil, the stakes are well understood, but they're locked in a race for market share, believing if they don't extract it, a competitor will.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Treating this as an unstoppable race, and accepting the "endgame" of runaway warming, is a reckless gamble that should never be decided in a boardroom alone. Betting on future carbon removal to fix today's emissions requires far more confidence than the evidence supports.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you work at an oil major, I urge you to think hard about what the next decade will feel like. Do you want to greenlight another decades-long extraction project without reckoning with its full climate cost? Or use this moment to demand a different path?
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My family's new favourite thing is singing the "I'm just Ken" song but replacing it with different names and rhyming numbers. Sorry, Kevin.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Love Blue Jays bandwagon season
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I just almost got pinned to the wall by that lab robot thing that roams the hallways at work. So, it's happening..
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Workin 9 to 5. Remembering Dolly around the clock.
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David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Working outdoors? Child at outdoor day camp? Anyone outside for 6 hours today in Southern Ontario will be effectively smoking three cigarettes during that time. More if you're active. Twelve cigarettes over a full day. map.purpleair.com/air-quality-...
Purple Air map of PM2.5 expressed as cigarettes per day, shown over greater Toronto area, values around 12 per day depending on location
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Dumb game.
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David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
ASHRAE has a new infection control resources page, provided as a service to the public. A large library on engineering controls for a healthy indoor environment. www.ashrae.org/technical-re...
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Infection Control Resources
ASHRAE Infection Control resources provide technical guidance for reducing airborne infectious disease transmission in buildings through HVAC system design, ventilation strategies, filtration, air cle...
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Maybe they. misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-pe...
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Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
A Mental Health Professional’s Perspective
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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I already shared evidence that CNBSS was improperly randomized but here are some academic papers that show the same. You aren’t leaving this debate because the topic is too complex for me to understand. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Screenshot of “The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: A Canadian Critique” page 1/3Screenshot of “The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: A Canadian Critique” page 2/3Screenshot of “The Canadian National Breast Screening Study: A Canadian Critique” page 3/3
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🇨🇦 Kari Raymer Bishop @kariraymerbishop.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
London Health Sciences has updated their visitor policies for the Children's Hospital in response to measles outbreaks in ON. Wonder if Mac will follow?
All parent/caregivers will be screened before entering and must provide proof of measles immunity OR wear an N95 mask at all times. Proof of immunity includes: a certificate showing two doses of the MMR vaccine, those born before 1970, or bloodwork results that show antibodies to the virus. Those who are unaware of their vaccination status can contact their local public health unit or primary care provider.
No siblings, other family members or friends will be allowed to enter other than the designated parent/caregiver at this time.
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CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
1 in 5 men surveyed had erectile dysfunction up to 2 years after #COVID These men had higher rates of shortness of breath and fatigue than those without erectile dysfunction. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I don’t Starbucks now, I Second Cup 🇨🇦
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It’s never been easier to save lives.
“Having one accepting adult in a LGBTQ+ young person’s life reduces their suicide risk by 40%. BE THAT ADULT! Source: Trevor Project, via Where True Love Is Facebook page.
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Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Dear infectious disease MDs and scientists, Would anyone be able to help out with public Q&A sessions about infectious diseases and vaccines 1-2X monthly, on Tuesday evenings from 8-10 Eastern? I am having some cardiac issues, am exhausted, and between tests and work don't have a lot left in me.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Oh my gosh this stuff is perfect. Get ya some, Canada 🇨🇦. #notjustforhippies @gbgranolaco
Georgian Bay granola
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Be like this guy, pausing to fist-bump the trainer:
Sidney Crosby pauses to fist-bump a trainer before going to celebrate the gold medal win with his teammates.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The Antarctic ozone hole won't disappear until ~2060-2075, but it's not growing thanks to the Montreal Protocol phasing out ozone-depleting substances. There's a chance recovering from CO₂ emissions will take a similar path but will take much much longer. ozonewatch.gsfc.nasa.gov/meteorology/...
The image is a line graph showing the Southern Hemisphere (SH) ozone hole area from September 7 to October 13 over the years 1980 to 2024. The x-axis represents the years, while the y-axis on the left represents the ozone hole area in million square kilometers, and the y-axis on the right represents the same area in million square miles. The graph includes black dots connected by lines indicating annual data points and gray bars representing uncertainties. A horizontal reference line is labeled "North America" to provide a size comparison. The data source is NASA, with contributions from multiple researchers, and the timestamp in the lower right corner indicates the graph was generated on October 18, 2024.
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Ginny @ginflo2.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
❤️ Ed Yong 😷 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...
Why Ed still masks (and why we do too)
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...
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Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD
ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I cancelled my prime membership today after seeing this.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Cancelled my amazon prime subscription after learning from friends they’re selling anti-canadian stuff. I’d rather watch paint dry.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Two $5,000 scholarships and two $2,500 scholarships are available to assist First Nations students with post-secondary education costs this year. Until our government leaders make it free: fncaringsociety.com/awards-schol...
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Jordan's Principle Scholarship | First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My heart goes out to all the people who started driving electric cars to try to help the earth who woke up this morning and had to think “crap, now im driving a nazi car.”
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
In conclusion, stop making new viruses in labs. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody specificities differ dramatically between recently infected infants and immune-imprinted individuals
The immune response to viral infection is shaped by past exposures to related virus strains, a phenomenon known as imprinting. For SARS-CoV-2, much of the population has been imprinted by a viral spik...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.
Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Howww did it take me so long to discover this hepa filter side benefit
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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
On the isle of Jersey, bloodletting is recommended for residents contaminated with dangerous #PFAS chemicals in their drinking water: “I just want this out of my body. I don’t want to end up with bladder cancer." @leanahosea @rachsalv @guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Bloodletting recommended for Jersey residents after PFAS contamination
The island’s private drinking water supplies were polluted by use of firefighting foams containing ‘forever chemicals’
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 15/01/2025
New post on The Climate Brink from Zeke @hausfath.bsky.social about our climate future. With current policies, we’re on track for a bit less than 3C, with 2030 NDCs we’re on track for about 2.5C, and with net zero pledges we’re on track for a bit less than 2C. www.theclimatebrink.com/p/moving-awa...
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Moving away from high-end emissions scenarios
I have a new commentary in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes in current policy scenarios
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Okay but Science tells us lots of things www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....
Article title page, “Science tells us that portable air filters prevent infections. It’s time for public health authorities to make this clear”
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LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Latvia (pop. 1.9 M) has installed CO2 sensors in 14,000 classrooms to monitor indoor air quality in real time. Measurements are freely available at co2.mesh.lv/home/dashboard. A tremendous effort in transparency and prevention. Other similar initiatives: letsair.org#early
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Your child is not sick from lack of exposure to sickness. They do not have immunity debt. Your child born after lockdowns does not have intergenerational immunity debt. The immunity debt that your child’s mother never had was not passed on to them via her mitochondria…
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Good paper from colleagues @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @kprather.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @mark-ungrin.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Science tells us that portable air filters reduce infections. It's time for public health authorities to make this clear
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian public health advisors and politicians have shared mixed messages about the utility of portable air filters…
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Ooo just saw this it’s good
“people treat you to the degree that they can handle their own wounds”
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David Fisman. @dfisman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
just insane. Reviewing a paper on covid in Canada that finds an 11-fold increase in risk of hospitalization in the month after infection. Just absolutely bonkers. I've been doing respiratory virus epi for a long time, and we really don't trade in statistics like "relative risk = 11"
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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Rewatching Lord of the Rings. Frodo Baggins was too much even before he had the ring.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
But I don’t want to be the 51st state😭
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Went to Costco for the third time that place is just a small city with a Walk Score of 100 put apartments in it already.
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Ian Semple @ianjsemple.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
“Though restricting some vehicle access to the city may seem like a bold move akin to the controversial congestion fee, it is just the latest in a series of steps that Paris has taken toward having less gridlocked, more ‘complete,’ as Toronto would say, streets” www.blogto.com/city/2024/12...
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People on board with new solution to Toronto traffic that would limit cars on city streets
Fixing Toronto's gridlock is now so high on the political agenda that the Province is ripping out brand-new bike lanes in a misguided attempt to get …
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Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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An influenza mRNA vaccine protects ferrets from lethal infection with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus
A(H5N1) mRNA vaccines elicited neutralizing antibodies against 2.3.4.4b HPAI isolates from 2022 and 2024 and protected ferrets from lethal infection.
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Joe Oliver @joeoliver.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
My son has played in a soccer league where every time - every single time - the winner of the championship is the team that gels the best and is the most positive and encouraging. It’s the team with the motivating, selfless, build-you-up glue guys. Every time. Build your teams around those people.
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We actually went to 35,824 feet (10,919 m). 😉 🌊
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