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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The government is also, as we reported yesterday, separating children from families in the interior, labeling them "unaccompanied," putting them in shelters, and using payments and coercive memos to get them to give up their legal rights and leave the country.

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“You kidnapped my son”

ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Heat pumps are pretty awesome but solar thermal is definitely better. So are ervs. Better roi, whether it's dollars or kWh you are after. I'm a way this is just politics, then. I mean it's good that it's kind of aligning with what really matters but it also isn't, is it. Not very well.

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David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yeah, that coughing and "something going around" discussions is COVID. That nice low summer is over. Toronto's wastewater viral load is showing a consistent upward trend in COVID-19 and nearly zero levels of influenza A & B and RSV. wwater.ca/Ontario/Toro...

Most recent wastewater virus levels for Toronto, with date ending week ending September 27, 2026, showing a clear upward trend in COVID-19 and minimal for influenza and RSV.

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David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Another one to add to the list of studies of CR boxes! The supplemental data includes inferred CADR for each unit deployed as well as sound pressure measurements in two classrooms at several distances.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bluesky is so useless. Twitter is abominable but at least it's something. Why is the resistance always so pathetic?

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The hilarious thing is that no matter what he did he would be the worst at it ever. Yet somehow he got shooped into a job that is normally expected to go to a skilled and respectable person

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton seems awesome but I hope she would agree, given her political efforts, that hero and celebrity are not good for the cause of justice or indeed almost anything, in general. Remember the enormous number of invaluable women who toil for the benefit of all without a shred of fame.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is really interesting imo

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

After all this time, people still have not even begun to clue in to the reality not only of climate change but more critically the underlying causes of the inaction to address it. The ruling class maintains their grip on both the bodies and minds of the great majority.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I've very nearly run out of stuff to do on the bqf project. We should have started making the molds five months ago or something. I've been able to work around that but it hasn't been very efficient. In maybe two weeks I'll really be reduced to complete waiting.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Yes please do. I noticed there is a very unusual streak of irresponsibility in American culture. But the lunatics are actually your neighbors etc and nobody else can solve this problem. Either you do it or it doesn't get done, and you go down too.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The oil has to stay in the ground anyway. The only thing that bothers me is that the infrastructure in the aggressor country is bound to be untouched.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It never ceases to amaze me how much people complain about the price of oil going up. Unfortunately it's become abundantly clear people are not going to stop burning so much oil without that happening. They've had time, the deadline has long past.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Pilot kit production has begun for the big quiet fan. Pilot means the method will change. The general plan is to keep going and change the approach over time to reduce cost and increase production rate. By subbing in molded parts for instance, that's the first major stop.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We are so rarely around other animals. All I could even do is get a pet. I loved having a cat but my place is too small now 😭

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

But remember there are many many more women who have and today do have the capacity to do this kind of thing and more and yet are denied the opportunity to even try. We need to stop the hero worship thing for the future, that can be done while appreciating the heros of the past.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

He did not die unknown, he is well remembered. And this is not sustainable ok, we can't keep depending on the extremely rare heros to solve this kind of absolute insanity. Vast damage was done by the lead to several generations.

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Public Health Action Network @publichealthaction.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Our mission is clean indoor air for all, and we promote evidence-based information about COVID, healthy indoor air, and avoiding airborne pathogens. Stay up to date with our weekly newsletter: phan.global/contact.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The only way at this point is to stop fossil fuel infrastructure, as trump is doing. Maybe that's what they are doing? I somehow doubt they are that smart.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You also *let* them do that in broad daylight for how long? That doesn't sound like enforcing the law. When everyone is allowed to shoplift whatever they want their whole lives and pay some tiny fraction of it later, then ok, I guess.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Man progress on the bqf really has been too slow. We aren't immortal.... For a meeting hopefully early next week, sounds like finding for some molds is hopefully ok. Also I uh further improved the blades a bit.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Alas nobody told anyone. We just did not know. Maybe nobody knew?

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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Facts, plain and straightforward 💯🎯

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Public Health Action Network @publichealthaction.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

On July 19, 2026, the COVID-19 Long Haulers Discussion Group on Facebook will host an online meeting (www.facebook.com/groups/covidlongha…) with Cat Fraser, a public health advocate and strategist who's developed a “bioreality” tool (laboflivedexperience.com).

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I was mocked when I included this IPCC finding in my book, but I do understand that it can seem unbelievable. So I’m sharing it again, in this heatwave, noting also that 3C heating is twice what we have now, and the impacts of global heating are non-linear. #EndFossilFuels

warming. According to the most recent IPCC report, 3 degrees Celsius of heating would mean that, for around three months of the year, the entire East Coast of the United States-from Maine to the Midwest and the Great Plains-and half of California would be exposed to "hyperthermic conditions that pose a risk of mortality." Southern California, the Southwest, the Deep South, and Florida would be this fatally hot nearly half the year.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Probably worth mentioning you can kill everyone in the room before anyone even realizes what's happening if you use too much and/or have sufficiently poor ventilation

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I buy way too much stuff on Amazon but when I review my purchases and see if there was another way, there isn't really. The solution is to nationalize it. They are doing something useful that other people can't figure out, they are just being abusive/criminal in the process.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

You'd need approximately 3.3 per classroom to meet ashrae 241 and also ansi 12.60 (noise) at the same time. More if you need 40 cfm per person or more (outbreak scenario) and it's a large class.

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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Filtering the air may help prevent your own infection from becoming more severe If everyone in a household becomes infected with the same virus, does it help to isolate from each other and can you be a danger to yourself? Read on to find out... 🧪🧵1/ #AirQuality #IAQ #Ventilation #Infection #COVID

This grouped bar chart, titled "COVID Positive Abnormal Chest CT by Air Quality Setting", displays the percentage of abnormal chest CT scans among COVID-positive patients across three different tiers of air quality control. The graph compares overall and asymptomatic cases, illustrating a clear downward trend in the percentage of abnormal scans as air filtration and ventilation efficiency improve from household levels to high-efficiency aerosol control.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's so hilarious how much everyone appreciated Obama now. He did do a ton of evil shit though, don't forget that, I'm not American so I don't consider it a responsibility to be that well versed on the subject but iirc he was no angel either, just so so much less bad.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I'm not a big fan of complaining about the environmental impact of data centres because the reality is it's what they are going to be used for that is the real doozy. People don't have the discipline to just focus on what really matters.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It's really time to make the first mold for the bqf. I'm waiting for funding approval. If it doesn't come through I can still use resin casting, but if I proceed with that now and funding comes through it would have been a real waste of time.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

In a way it's hilarious people are surprised though. The American gov and esp military is a bunch of genocidal psychos that murder little girls all the time. You really can't expect a shred of decency in any way shape or form. Shun them or get eaten.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This subject comes up every once in a while. People always think a return to some supposed golden age is the answer. I don't. We should leapfrog ahead to good engineering, leveraging the best tools and infrastructure there is.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

A vibrant color historical photograph capturing the brilliant ophthalmologist, inventor, and academic Dr. Patricia Era Bath (1942–2019) in an office or laboratory setting, radiating an aura of confident intelligence and warm approachability. Occupying the center and right of the shot, Dr. Bath sits facing forward, smiling brightly with a direct, engaging gaze at the camera. She is dressed in a professional white medical lab coat—subtly embroidered with "Dr. Bath" in red cursive on the left lapel—worn over a light blue button-down denim shirt and accented by a polished gold chain necklace. Pens are visible tucked into her left coat pocket. Positioned prominently to her right on the left side of the frame is a large, white medical laboratory microscope or ophthalmic imaging equipment with black eye-pieces. The background shows a white wooden bookshelf packed with colorful medical texts, binders, and stacked papers. This portrait carries immense historical significance, honoring a legendary trailblazer in STEM who became the first Black female doctor to patent a medical device—the revolutionary Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment—fundamentally restoring sight to millions worldwide.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I'm afraid that's ancient history now. MSF is ok but the WHO, CDC, any branch of the government, I wouldn't trust those lying genocidal scumbags with string. Even most epidemiologists I've seen mess up too many times, I still listen but always with more than a grain of salt.

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Important #Ebola terminology: “Bundibugyo” is not a strain of Ebola virus—it is a distinct Ebolavirus species, separate from Zaire & Sudan. A species is a major genetic grouping with differences in virology, epi & medical countermeasure effectiveness; a strain is a genetic variant in a species.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I was lying in the park today and a corgi puppy came out of nowhere and started playing with me. I can die now, life is complete.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

There was also a recent article about the evolution of the virus dodging antivirals surprisingly well though. This might work for now but it won't keep working.

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Félix Fischer @felix91gr.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

RA is another form of enshittification. It's only possible to abuse in this way if we have an oligopoly (like FAANG) that decides what the rules should protect.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

The engineering of the big quiet fan is going well but I have started to become very upset at the degree to which people ignore and disrespect the work I do and even what I say. People who are supposed to be collaborating often do not even read what I say.

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Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. @repdexteror.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I introduced a War Powers Resolution to end the illegal and immoral war in Iran. We must stop the bloodshed. We must stop the carelessness. End. The. War.

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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

STOP THE MADNESS TODAY H. Con. Res. 75 – Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran. (Sponsored by Rep. Gottheimer / Foreign Affairs Committee) www.congress.gov/119/bills/hc...

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Whackamole. This can be circumvented trivially easily. No set of rules can substitute for good faith, or aligned incentives. Remove all evil people from positions of influence and reorganize society so nobody has excessive power over the lives of others.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Sigh. You see from the comments how profoundly people do not understand things. There is no reason you can't have a microcontroller. The fundamental problem here is closer to widespread lack of understanding of all the stuff we depend on, and evil people in charge of everything important.

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kscottz @kscottz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I have had a hardware startup idea stuck in my head for awhile now. A consumer electronics / durable goods company (TVs, washers, etc) that builds high quality and low tech products with 30 year lifetimes and serviceable parts. Maybe it has legs. wheelfront.com/this-alberta...

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This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price

This Alberta Startup Sells No-Tech Tractors for Half Price .Read automotive and aftermarket news today on Wheel Front

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I remember long ago seeing a Ted talk, which won the prize for best Ted talk, emphasizing detection and response in virus outbreaks. Lately I've realized this omits actual prevention through consistent masking, hand washing and so on, which is an even better idea.

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OpenERV @openerv.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I have to wonder with all the cuts to science and so much more humble stuff that needs to be done, is Artemis really the most cost effective way to do the most relevant science?

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