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John Dupuis
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Librarian at York University in Toronto. Check out my Covid-Is-Not-Over Substack: https://johndupuis.substack.com/
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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · Nov 16
I'm getting hundreds of new followers everyday, so my "checking to see if you are a real person before following back" idea seems to have been pitched out the window. If you are a real person and want me to follow you back, just say hi, or make a comment or whatever and I'll be happy to follow back
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edroso.bsky.social
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
Sarah Kendzior • 4m I've been suspended from BlueSky. I don't know why. I wasn't online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explanation. It seems there's a crackdown. If you enjoy my work and want to make sure you can access it, subscribe! It's free - I would never paywall in times of peril — and voluntary paying subscribers keep it going. It would be great to have your support at this time. Thanks!
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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indyfromspace.bsky.social
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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jessicawildfire.bsky.social
If Bluesky will suspend writers like Sarah Kendzior, then I have no use for this platform. It's less than useless.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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kenburnside.bsky.social
Free Sarah Kendzior.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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moriartylab.bsky.social
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025

SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Alberta: SEVERE - 16.2 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 11.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 14.5 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.1 North: VERY HIGH - 11.5 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 12.7 Ontario: HIGH - 9.2 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7.7 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 13.1 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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2020willbelit.bsky.social
As I watched it, I was thinking the same. It also applies to lack of awareness around dangers of AI, climate emergency and the rise of techno fascism unfortunately!
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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juliadoubleday.bsky.social
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
dupuisj.bsky.social
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world by @juliadoubleday.bsky.social

www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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stephaniecarvin.bsky.social
What a preventable tragedy caused by a disinformation grievance industrial complex. Shameful.
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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elisabethbik.bsky.social
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data, text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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jetjocko.bsky.social
Sharon was, to my great benefit, my boss, teacher, and mentor. And goddamn could she write. This lede!
brittanytrang.com Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 3d
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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nicktsergas.ca
omg.

Meta clearly trying to polarize the issue of digital sovereignty by running this in the Hub.
Screenshot of an article in Canada's "centre-right" new-media outlet, with headline "AI sovereignty isn’t the answer for Canada’s economic future" A line at the bottom of this very lengthy commentary reads, "This article is presented in partnership with Meta."
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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dupuisj.bsky.social
Not taking Covid seriously enough, Maximising social harm, Cardiovascular complications, Occupational brain fog, and more

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Not taking Covid seriously enough, Maximising social harm, Cardiovascular complications, Occupational brain fog, and more
Bonus Not today little Brazilian bat
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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canadahealthwatch.ca
Woman shares story of near-death experience in Winnipeg hospital ER https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/you-have-to-advocate-for-yourself-woman-shares-story-of-near-death-experience-in-winnipeg-hospital-er/

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
Berkal recalls the emergency room being very busy and the hallways were packed with people.
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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joepublic.bsky.social
The collection of data on Americans — and the use of software to analyze and connect this information for policymaking — are a “constitutional minefield, rife with #privacy disasters and standing invitations for government overstep and abuse,” wrote Abigail Kunkler.

#security #uspoli #surveillance
Report: Government data mining has gone too far – and AI will make it worse
A digital privacy group says agencies are collecting too much data on Americans and using AI tools to make connections that may not be valid.
cyberscoop.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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deerberrynz.bsky.social
About Post-Exertional Malaise #ChronicIllness
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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stopgenai.com
Weaver is the most prominent computer scientist to explain that cryptocurrency's value is completely derived from organized crime. And its invention dramatically increased ransomware attacks.

Watch him explain the unsustainability of Gen AI datacenters @davidgerard.co.uk
youtube.com/watch?v=a5rL...
The futile future of the gigawatt datacenter
YouTube video by Pivot to AI
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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kcrowe.bsky.social
this is the only kind of internecine conflict I would like to exist
joolia.bsky.social Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 5d
The new British competitive knitting show hosted by Olympic diver Tom Daley has been denounced by the knitting community of the Shetland islands for its imprecise portrayal of fair isle knitting and negative attitude toward a technique known as steeking
Shetland knitting group ‘shocked and saddened’ by representation in Channel 4 show
A GROUP protecting Shetland’s knitting heritage has criticised a new Channel 4 show for spreading “negative misconceptions about Fair Isle knitting...
www.shetnews.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
dupuisj.bsky.social
Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner

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Why I Can’t Just Meet You for Dinner
The Reality of Post-Exertional Malaise
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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evanhadfield.bsky.social
If corporations are legally people I personally should be legally allowed to kill them in self-defense
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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stopgenai.com
Not taking Covid seriously enough? That's 99.9% of you dangerous, obnoxious, plague spreading fools. Wear a goddamn respirator masks, you shitheads.
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
dupuisj.bsky.social
Not taking Covid seriously enough, Maximising social harm, Cardiovascular complications, Occupational brain fog, and more

open.substack.com/pub/johndupu...
Not taking Covid seriously enough, Maximising social harm, Cardiovascular complications, Occupational brain fog, and more
Bonus Not today little Brazilian bat
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social
So much. Holy Hell. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget  offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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artologica.net
Fascinating! By @easternblot.bsky.social #sciart
Oldest Blue Pigment In Europe Might Have Been Stone Age Make-Up
Blue pigment is much older than previously thought. Stone Age people had it, but didn't use it for cave art. It might have been a form of prehistoric make-up instead.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM