Brian Wirzba
@bjwrz.bsky.social
science and news junkie.
lover of nature, music, art, movies & pop culture.
seeker of mercy, justice, kindness, and peace.
poster of typos and my own opinions.
lover of nature, music, art, movies & pop culture.
seeker of mercy, justice, kindness, and peace.
poster of typos and my own opinions.
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HCWs need easy and free access to vaccines. Without the vaccine, there is greater risk that they will pick up Covid or the flu and pass it on to a vulnerable resident.
Hey AB, let's talk about vaccine access - specifically what it used to be like for busy HCWs caring for sick ABs with highly infectious diseases🧵 :
- in the hospitals, roving vaccine teams would come around and give you a shot while on shift!
1/10
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- in the hospitals, roving vaccine teams would come around and give you a shot while on shift!
1/10
buff.ly/YuuaRKL
New COVID-19 vaccine policy: Why we are concerned | AMA
The Alberta government has introduced significant changes to the way Albertans will access COVID-19 vaccines this fall. ...
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August 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
HCWs need easy and free access to vaccines. Without the vaccine, there is greater risk that they will pick up Covid or the flu and pass it on to a vulnerable resident.
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“From 1981 to 2015, there were an average of 18 smoke hours per year in the city of Calgary. No year had over 100.
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
Debates (Hansard) No. 7 - June 3, 2025 (45-1) - House of Commons of Canada
Debates (Hansard) No. 7 - June 3, 2025 (45-1) - House of Commons of Canada
www.ourcommons.ca
June 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“From 1981 to 2015, there were an average of 18 smoke hours per year in the city of Calgary. No year had over 100.
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
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It’s really disappointing. The smoke has so many layers of bad - the health impacts, the reminder of the reality of climate change and the overarching reminder that the order we create out of nature is fundamentally so fragile - nature always bats last.
And so few seem fussed.
And so few seem fussed.
June 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s really disappointing. The smoke has so many layers of bad - the health impacts, the reminder of the reality of climate change and the overarching reminder that the order we create out of nature is fundamentally so fragile - nature always bats last.
And so few seem fussed.
And so few seem fussed.
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Fruit Shop, By-Ward Market, Ottawa
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1922-1927
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1922-1927
May 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Fruit Shop, By-Ward Market, Ottawa
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1922-1927
Kathleen Moir Morris
c. 1922-1927
I have many of his books but was only able to see one of his exhibitions. Standing in front of a massive Sebastião Salgado print is life changing. RIP knowing the world is more truly seen because of your vision🕊
May 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I have many of his books but was only able to see one of his exhibitions. Standing in front of a massive Sebastião Salgado print is life changing. RIP knowing the world is more truly seen because of your vision🕊
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Saguenay
Bobs Cogill Haworth
n.d.
Bobs Cogill Haworth
n.d.
May 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Saguenay
Bobs Cogill Haworth
n.d.
Bobs Cogill Haworth
n.d.
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#SouthSudan: MSF strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State.
Bombing of only hospital in Old Fangak puts healthcare of 110,000 people at risk.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
Bombing of only hospital in Old Fangak puts healthcare of 110,000 people at risk.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
South Sudan: MSF strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan. The attack began at around 4:30am when two helicopter gunships first dr...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
May 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#SouthSudan: MSF strongly condemns the bombing of its hospital in Old Fangak, Jonglei State.
Bombing of only hospital in Old Fangak puts healthcare of 110,000 people at risk.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
Bombing of only hospital in Old Fangak puts healthcare of 110,000 people at risk.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/south-sudan-...
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As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared www.timesunion.com/news/article...
As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared
An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to...
www.timesunion.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared www.timesunion.com/news/article...
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Late Evening
Franklin Carmichael
1938
Franklin Carmichael
1938
April 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Late Evening
Franklin Carmichael
1938
Franklin Carmichael
1938
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We’re seeing a huge increase in interest of U.S. medical graduates exploring options to practise in Canada. Recruiting doctors and health care workers need to be a priority, on a national level. www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
Canada must act quickly to turn U.S. ‘brain drain’ into Canadian ‘brain gain’: CMA
Canada must act quickly to attract the American medical and scientific professionals who no longer feel valued in Trump’s United States with its mass layoffs and the elimination of health programs and...
www.cma.ca
April 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We’re seeing a huge increase in interest of U.S. medical graduates exploring options to practise in Canada. Recruiting doctors and health care workers need to be a priority, on a national level. www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
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😂😂😂Yooooooo they figured out that global warming is gonna be worse than we thought and in response they are “examining how to maintain profits” like seriously we are so screwed
"Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that #ClimateChange will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree goal and are examining how to maintain profits." www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-...
Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Warming
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree goal and are examining how to maintain profits
www.scientificamerican.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
😂😂😂Yooooooo they figured out that global warming is gonna be worse than we thought and in response they are “examining how to maintain profits” like seriously we are so screwed
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Launching Greyling
Christopher Pratt
1992
Christopher Pratt
1992
April 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Launching Greyling
Christopher Pratt
1992
Christopher Pratt
1992
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it's as if we have an unhealthy dependence on O&G revenue
April 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
it's as if we have an unhealthy dependence on O&G revenue
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This is real. Trump appears to be suggesting his tariffs on Canada will result in fentanyl dealers getting dinged at customs.
April 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is real. Trump appears to be suggesting his tariffs on Canada will result in fentanyl dealers getting dinged at customs.
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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My latest for @thetyee.ca
Bleeding Money: Alberta's Private Health Shift via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Bleeding Money: Alberta's Private Health Shift via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Bleeding Money: Alberta’s Private Health Shift | The Tyee
The UCP’s surgical initiative has crimped care and raised costs, concludes a report. It’s not a new pattern.
thetyee.ca
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
My latest for @thetyee.ca
Bleeding Money: Alberta's Private Health Shift via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
Bleeding Money: Alberta's Private Health Shift via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
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val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
April 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
val kilmer’s turn in TOP SECRET is one of the single best comedy performances ever committed to film, both in terms of comic precision and mechanical virtuosity. just watch this whole clip in its entirety; it’s stunning
Can confirm that admitting teams have been begging for supports to expand capacity and allow 4 safe care for years. Without it docs have left and fewer admitting teams result. Those teams have safety limits as well. The Frontline HCW is doing their best. We need execs to come, see, listen & act.
Maybe with some actual leadership in the Acute Care Agency, the disintegration will slow, and someone can attempt to address this chaos?
Our HC teams have literally been begging for help to fix our ED overcrowding, yet govt decided "refocusing" was to get 100% of its attn
13/14
Our HC teams have literally been begging for help to fix our ED overcrowding, yet govt decided "refocusing" was to get 100% of its attn
13/14
April 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Can confirm that admitting teams have been begging for supports to expand capacity and allow 4 safe care for years. Without it docs have left and fewer admitting teams result. Those teams have safety limits as well. The Frontline HCW is doing their best. We need execs to come, see, listen & act.
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You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
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Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
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Is this normal? I mean, journalistically.
March 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Is this normal? I mean, journalistically.
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This is from the Canadian Medical Association, not exactly a bunch of wild radicals.
(also, the chocolate is available online here)
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(also, the chocolate is available online here)
peacebychocolate.ca/products/92g...
March 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is from the Canadian Medical Association, not exactly a bunch of wild radicals.
(also, the chocolate is available online here)
peacebychocolate.ca/products/92g...
(also, the chocolate is available online here)
peacebychocolate.ca/products/92g...
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Breakwater
Christopher Pratt
1976
Christopher Pratt
1976
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Breakwater
Christopher Pratt
1976
Christopher Pratt
1976
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
March 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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I'm just hoping Canada 2025 doesn't become France 1940.
“Columbia was just such a warning,” he said. “I just became very worried because I didn’t see a strong enough reaction in other universities .... I see Yale trying not to be a target. That’s a losing strategy.”
Yale Professor who Studies Fascism Flees to Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale Professor who Studies Fascism Flees to Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I'm just hoping Canada 2025 doesn't become France 1940.