Bev Pausche, APR
@bevpr.bsky.social
Semi-retired PR. Curious. Blood #cancer survivor. #Covid-19 #N95
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“Grok says” - you might as well be quoting a Magic 8-Ball, what the fuck is wrong with you
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X reut.rs/498SoUk
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this.
reut.rs
January 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
“Grok says” - you might as well be quoting a Magic 8-Ball, what the fuck is wrong with you
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Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Canada: Our Prime Minster studied at Oxford and Harvard, was the Governor of both the Banks of England and Canada, and is recognized as one of the sharpest financial minds around.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
America: oh yeah? Our guy has to take dementia tests every week.
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Denmark is proposing a law that allows you "full copyright" of your image, voice, etc. This is a policy that should have been enacted 10 years ago.
I really think we are just not at all prepared for the tsunami of social harm that "AI" is about to dump on us.
Lovely. “I am an actress. He has used AI to falsely impersonate me [by] sending voice messages to people using my voice and likeness in an effort to destroy my reputation and disturb the peace,” Law stated in her filing.
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Denmark is proposing a law that allows you "full copyright" of your image, voice, etc. This is a policy that should have been enacted 10 years ago.
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I wish every Canadian understood this. Because, uh, yeah
5. Under the Trump administration, the US is no longer an ally of Europe or Canada, it has aligned itself with Russia.
January 2, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I wish every Canadian understood this. Because, uh, yeah
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Europe and Canada need to move carefully to avoid creating further dangers, but they need to decouple from the US in areas like defence planning, intelligence sharing, and defence procurement.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Europe and Canada need to move carefully to avoid creating further dangers, but they need to decouple from the US in areas like defence planning, intelligence sharing, and defence procurement.
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So people need to stop treating Putin’s continued presidency like a less-than-ideal but necessary way to avoid Russian collapse. They also need to recognise that Putin is 73. He wants to live for ever but he’s not going to. www.reuters.com/business/med...
Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality
When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans cou...
www.reuters.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
So people need to stop treating Putin’s continued presidency like a less-than-ideal but necessary way to avoid Russian collapse. They also need to recognise that Putin is 73. He wants to live for ever but he’s not going to. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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In 2026 there will be more mass media articles and commentators ridiculing people taking precautions to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection while simultaneously hundreds of pieces of research will be published further demonstrating the long-term harms of infection.
Ignore the ridicule.
Ignore the ridicule.
January 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
In 2026 there will be more mass media articles and commentators ridiculing people taking precautions to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection while simultaneously hundreds of pieces of research will be published further demonstrating the long-term harms of infection.
Ignore the ridicule.
Ignore the ridicule.
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New report from @ccpa: Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs have smashed every compensation record on the books as average workers fell behind due to inflation. #inequality #wealthtax Part 1/2
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
New report from @ccpa: Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs have smashed every compensation record on the books as average workers fell behind due to inflation. #inequality #wealthtax Part 1/2
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It’s an interesting question, but presumably more EU countries are open to idea of Canada joining now - given US betrayal, etc - than previously. In any event, lots of options/models for closer ties other than full EU membership, as article below outlines.
Good reminder! Not to mention NFLD being super close to 🇫🇷St. Pierre + Miquelon. The recent piece👇 details the many benefits of EU membership (and the long road to get there), and pros + cons of other options for closer integration - the 🇬🇧, 🇳🇴, and🇨🇭 models. Key point = start talks with EU now.
How Canada could get much closer to Europe
In the face of economic tensions with the United States, Canada must explore new alliances. Would applying to join the European Union be a viable solution?
policyoptions.irpp.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It’s an interesting question, but presumably more EU countries are open to idea of Canada joining now - given US betrayal, etc - than previously. In any event, lots of options/models for closer ties other than full EU membership, as article below outlines.
“Brazilian researchers found that covid-19 triggered a sharp rise in T cell exhaustion and cellular ageing…the strongest effects were seen in CD8+ T cells, which suppress latent viruses such as EBV and VZV. These effects were seen even after mild infections.”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
Myco...
www.bmj.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
“Brazilian researchers found that covid-19 triggered a sharp rise in T cell exhaustion and cellular ageing…the strongest effects were seen in CD8+ T cells, which suppress latent viruses such as EBV and VZV. These effects were seen even after mild infections.”
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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this is, indeed, a crusade by the people directly running the New York Times to destroy the rights and lives of trans people in this country
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
this is, indeed, a crusade by the people directly running the New York Times to destroy the rights and lives of trans people in this country
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
they have blood on their hands and they’re proud of it
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Articles like Nick's shouldn't be necessary. It should be fucking obvious to everyone that people who blamed 'lockdowns' for peoples' post-viral health issues were always self-serving and dishonest. 'Immunity debt' was never believable just in terms of basic common sense.
Wild to see my article become BMJ’s biggest piece of the year. I want to be clear about something going forward:
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
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🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
My work is about getting important ideas in front of people who need to see them, and who might be able to do something about them.
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🔗 www.bmj.com/content/390/...
“Our biggest hit of the year, Nick Tsergas ’s fascinating piece on “immunity theft” or why what we think we know about the lockdowns of the covid-19 pandemic reducing our immunity to other diseases is possibly wrong. “
Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In
Mun-Keat Looi (BMJ: International news and features editor) on Linked In
January 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Articles like Nick's shouldn't be necessary. It should be fucking obvious to everyone that people who blamed 'lockdowns' for peoples' post-viral health issues were always self-serving and dishonest. 'Immunity debt' was never believable just in terms of basic common sense.
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If the field is finally ready to have the conversation, good. Let’s have it with focus — on the science.
I’m supportive of anyone pushing for serious engagement with COVID’s immune consequences. But I’m not here to litigate who said what first (everyone knows), or to settle personal scores.
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I’m supportive of anyone pushing for serious engagement with COVID’s immune consequences. But I’m not here to litigate who said what first (everyone knows), or to settle personal scores.
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January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
If the field is finally ready to have the conversation, good. Let’s have it with focus — on the science.
I’m supportive of anyone pushing for serious engagement with COVID’s immune consequences. But I’m not here to litigate who said what first (everyone knows), or to settle personal scores.
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I’m supportive of anyone pushing for serious engagement with COVID’s immune consequences. But I’m not here to litigate who said what first (everyone knows), or to settle personal scores.
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza’s mom, Elsa, has MS. She was doing well until, as she said:
“It wasn’t until five years ago, when I got Covid, that things started to go downhill in a way where there was no more hiding it”.
I also have MS. And this is why I wear a mask indoors in public.
“It wasn’t until five years ago, when I got Covid, that things started to go downhill in a way where there was no more hiding it”.
I also have MS. And this is why I wear a mask indoors in public.
Dear Fernando | By Elsa Mendoza
Your accomplishments will NEVER impact how proud of you I am.
www.theplayerstribune.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza’s mom, Elsa, has MS. She was doing well until, as she said:
“It wasn’t until five years ago, when I got Covid, that things started to go downhill in a way where there was no more hiding it”.
I also have MS. And this is why I wear a mask indoors in public.
“It wasn’t until five years ago, when I got Covid, that things started to go downhill in a way where there was no more hiding it”.
I also have MS. And this is why I wear a mask indoors in public.
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People age 70+ should not be taking aspirin at any dose for prevention. Results of randomized trials show higher risk of all-cause mortality, major bleeding events and deaths from cancer. p 153, SUPER AGERS book
January 1, 2026 at 10:12 PM
People age 70+ should not be taking aspirin at any dose for prevention. Results of randomized trials show higher risk of all-cause mortality, major bleeding events and deaths from cancer. p 153, SUPER AGERS book
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What happens when govt defunds hospitals?
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634 including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery”
Makes it easier to sell us for-profit clinics #ONpoli
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634 including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery”
Makes it easier to sell us for-profit clinics #ONpoli
Tens of thousands of Canadians died waiting for medical care in the past year: report
A new report is raising alarm over growing wait-list deaths in Canada.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 1, 2026 at 11:05 PM
What happens when govt defunds hospitals?
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634 including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery”
Makes it easier to sell us for-profit clinics #ONpoli
“Ontario recorded the highest number of wait-list deaths: 10,634 including more than 9,100 diagnostic-scan deaths where patients died before reaching the point of receiving or being scheduled for surgery”
Makes it easier to sell us for-profit clinics #ONpoli
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Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
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Wishing everyone a happy new year and we will be forging ahead in 2026 with renewed energy to find answers for people living with #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme and other infection-associated chronic conditions and illnesses. Speaking for myself, here are some questions I
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January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Wishing everyone a happy new year and we will be forging ahead in 2026 with renewed energy to find answers for people living with #LongCOVID, #MECFS, chronic #lyme and other infection-associated chronic conditions and illnesses. Speaking for myself, here are some questions I
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UNLESS you're Jon Stewart.
If you're Jon Stewart, you can just le-e-an into that plume of flying contagion maskless — hoover it up like your lungs are a shag-carpeted conversation pit and you're serving hot phlegm fondue on the sterno for a swingin' Covid / flu party behind your neck tie.
If you're Jon Stewart, you can just le-e-an into that plume of flying contagion maskless — hoover it up like your lungs are a shag-carpeted conversation pit and you're serving hot phlegm fondue on the sterno for a swingin' Covid / flu party behind your neck tie.
January 1, 2026 at 5:56 PM
UNLESS you're Jon Stewart.
If you're Jon Stewart, you can just le-e-an into that plume of flying contagion maskless — hoover it up like your lungs are a shag-carpeted conversation pit and you're serving hot phlegm fondue on the sterno for a swingin' Covid / flu party behind your neck tie.
If you're Jon Stewart, you can just le-e-an into that plume of flying contagion maskless — hoover it up like your lungs are a shag-carpeted conversation pit and you're serving hot phlegm fondue on the sterno for a swingin' Covid / flu party behind your neck tie.
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Americans in need of healthcare services provided by Planned Parenthood will no longer have access as Medicaid will no longer fund.
Female veterans will no longer have access to full healthcare benefits, may include lifesaving abortion care.
Backdoor abortion ban & death
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Female veterans will no longer have access to full healthcare benefits, may include lifesaving abortion care.
Backdoor abortion ban & death
share.google/AMJ7vm9q9A7M...
Court allows White House to end Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states
Appeals court reversed injunction blocking Trump administration’s defunding of reproductive healthcare giant
share.google
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Americans in need of healthcare services provided by Planned Parenthood will no longer have access as Medicaid will no longer fund.
Female veterans will no longer have access to full healthcare benefits, may include lifesaving abortion care.
Backdoor abortion ban & death
share.google/AMJ7vm9q9A7M...
Female veterans will no longer have access to full healthcare benefits, may include lifesaving abortion care.
Backdoor abortion ban & death
share.google/AMJ7vm9q9A7M...
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This helps us in Canada know which level of government is responsible for what government services.
#Canada #Government #ProvGovt #FederalGovt #MunicipalGovt
#Canada #Government #ProvGovt #FederalGovt #MunicipalGovt
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
This helps us in Canada know which level of government is responsible for what government services.
#Canada #Government #ProvGovt #FederalGovt #MunicipalGovt
#Canada #Government #ProvGovt #FederalGovt #MunicipalGovt
Just wear an N95. See that spewing from the mouth? Smaller particles don’t fall to the ground. They linger in the air.
www.wired.com/story/cold-a...
www.wired.com/story/cold-a...
How to Make It Through Cold and Flu Season
Reduce your chances of catching these respiratory illnesses, and make sure you don't spread it to others.
www.wired.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Just wear an N95. See that spewing from the mouth? Smaller particles don’t fall to the ground. They linger in the air.
www.wired.com/story/cold-a...
www.wired.com/story/cold-a...
So many people I know have been/are sick right now. It’ll be a few weeks more before it settles down, so please wear an N95 indoors. We’re fine until we’re not.
Happy New Year for those not in bed!
Happy New Year for those not in bed!
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
So many people I know have been/are sick right now. It’ll be a few weeks more before it settles down, so please wear an N95 indoors. We’re fine until we’re not.
Happy New Year for those not in bed!
Happy New Year for those not in bed!
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“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!