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Mike Sasges

@uvmike.bsky.social
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Engineer, amateur musician, 25 years in UV disinfection. Covid aware - still masking.

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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Our public health officer uses the slogan “be kind, be calm, be safe”. But her advice for this winter is to wash your hands and sneeze into your elbow. Wouldn’t the greater kindness be to mask to protect others? I do.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wikipedia is useful.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Different woman. Same name.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Different Margaret Hamilton.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Attending an in-person conference for the next few days. Must ignore the implicit peer pressure to remove my N95. Do I really want to get sick so that others can pretend COVID is over?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who wore it better?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
But where else can you easily go to get Dengue?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And he can’t afford to get his pants hemmed.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
youtu.be/ZlH60lm3mz0?...
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How Sneeze Particles Travel Inside An Airplane [Simulation]
YouTube video by Ansys
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I never posted when I was on Xitter, but I post here where the discussion is civil.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When we were husking corn, my dad would offer us a quarter if we found a cob with an odd number of rows. He never had to pay, but we probably husked faster.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Had to go read the abstract to realize you weren’t talking about erectile disfunction. 😁
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes it would save a trillion dollars, but for whom? If it’s not for corporations or the wealthy then it doesn’t matter. Sadly.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I think sexism was a factor in Trump’s victories. It only takes a small portion of the electorate consciously or unconsciously voting by gender to swing the victory.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Shouldn’t we start by getting government off Microsoft apps and Windows OS? Seems like a pretty big vulnerability.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
As a professional engineer, it has always bothered me that some software developers call themselves engineers. What training do they have in ethics, law, and liability? What professional society adjudicates claims of malpractice, disciplines or expels members?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
That’s usually the mode of transmission. Legionella in the warm recirculating cooling tower water gets aerosolized. Often with the help of evaporator fans on the towers.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I’m vaccinated once for shingles and multiple times for Covid. I can’t figure out the (very mild) shingles episodes. They don’t seem to correlate with anything. Fortunately the pain is mild, like a localized sunburn.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yes.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’m vaccinated, now on my third episode of shingles since 2020.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If the care resources are the limiting factor, then the corollary is that those who do not pay will receive slower or worse care.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Whitest white? www.purdue.edu/newsroom/arc...
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Purdue University is a world-renowned, public research university that advances discoveries in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The obvious solution is for Canada to cut down all the forests and sell wood pellets to the UK for “green” power generation. No more forest fires, lots of power. What’s not to like? /s
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
You can imagine different causes: less prejudice, more self confidence.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yet another subsidy for fossil fuels.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
“Too loose”?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
“Cool clutter” was just lying there for the taking.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Without the comma, doesn’t it mean you’re abstaining from behaviors that could harm you through chastity?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Thank you for continuing this work. I don’t know where else to find good information on current risk. ❤️
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I find that nobody wants to talk to you if you’re wearing a mask. I enjoy that on airplanes. Everywhere else - not so much.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Strange phrasing: “warning around the donation”. There’s no risk to the donor.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Loved the article - thanks! Entertaining and informative.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Same
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I enjoy it more when they urge fear and panicking. We need more people running around with their hair on fire. Sheesh!
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
They say stupid things and people write it down and repeat it.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
While BC Hydro forecasts electricity generation shortfalls. Brilliant.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
And somebody needs to share the data, which doesn’t support the most favourable option: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
nejm.org
“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina | NEJM
From November 2018 through February 2019, person-to-person transmission of Andes virus (ANDV) hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in Chubut Province, Argentina, and resulted in 34 confirmed infe...
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This paper is open access, and pretty clearly shows airborne transmission at a wedding: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
nejm.org
“Super-Spreaders” and Person-to-Person Transmission of Andes Virus in Argentina | NEJM
From November 2018 through February 2019, person-to-person transmission of Andes virus (ANDV) hantavirus pulmonary syndrome occurred in Chubut Province, Argentina, and resulted in 34 confirmed infe...
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
How does that differ from the environment on busses, airplanes, and office buildings, other than possibly humidity?
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Someone should ask the good doctor how that lines up with the documented infection at a wedding when a person walked past the infected source patient.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
today's essential read for all humans. trishgreenhalgh.substack.com/p/respirator...
trishgreenhalgh.substack.com
Respiratory protection and the precautionary principle in the current Andes virus outbreak
An open letter to the World Health Organization on 11th May 2026 by Don Milton, Trisha Greenhalgh, David Fisman, Amanda Kvalsvig, Lidia Morawska, Joe Vipond and Jonathan Samet
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
And they’ll try to hire non-union trades, to minimize cost.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
As someone else said: these are the guys who believe the stripper really likes them.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
In springtime you can see nature turn gray dirt into beautiful, colorful, fragrant blossoms.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Meanwhile, Canada is pausing taxes on gasoline and diesel, encouraging fossil fuel consumption.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Reminds me of the folks who “clean” their contact lenses by popping them in their mouth.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I believe these are prohibited by an international treaty.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
“We know all of the things that we can do to protect ourselves” but we won’t tell the public about them.
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
If you need a robot to perform backflips, great! If you want a robot that can do up buttons on a patient’s shirt…
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Mike Sasges @uvmike.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Shouldn’t the title be “Vitamin D Supplementation probably not beneficial for long Covid”?
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