Michael Burjack 🇨🇦
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Michael Burjack 🇨🇦
@michael.burjack.com
· Nov 10
“I'm very concerned that our society is much more interested in information, than wonder. And noise, rather than silence. … How do we encourage reflection? … Oh my, this is a noisy world.”
— Mr. (Fred) Rogers
— Mr. (Fred) Rogers
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Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
ALBERTA
SEVERE [no change]
About 1 of every 81 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 12.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.6 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.1 x higher
-Deaths: 21.6 x higher
ALBERTA
SEVERE [no change]
About 1 of every 81 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 12.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.6 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.1 x higher
-Deaths: 21.6 x higher
![This image describes the Canadian COVID Forecast for the fourteen-day period between Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025, which is produced by COVID-19 Resources Canada. Alberta's COVID Forecast outlook is SEVERE [no change] with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 16.2
About 1 of every 81 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 109,300-151,100
What these numbers mean: MODERATE 1-5, HIGH 5-10, VERY HIGH 10-15, SEVERE >15 COMPARED TO THE LOWEST POINT IN THE COVID PANDEMIC IN CANADA
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: VERY HIGH; 12.8X higher
Long COVID: HIGH; 6.6X higher
Hospitalizations: VERY HIGH; 14.1X higher
Deaths: SEVERE; 21.6X higher
HOW TO HELP:
EVERYONE:
UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
WEAR N95-type masks
AVOID indoor social gatherings
AVOID crowded non-essential places
If you ARE HIGH RISK: ALSO AVOID outdoor social gatherings
Who is HIGH RISK?
People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
ALL AGES: immunocompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection in the last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.Covid19Resources.ca](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbuobwdie7rzq4fburk63aft/bafkreiaohkbwbkguf4hsgt3q5em42wodp6s57b5en2lna7a5nbyi44vdbi@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
ALBERTA
SEVERE [no change]
About 1 of every 81 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 12.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.6 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.1 x higher
-Deaths: 21.6 x higher
ALBERTA
SEVERE [no change]
About 1 of every 81 people is infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections: 12.8 x higher
-Long COVID: 6.6 x higher
-Hospitalizations: 14.1 x higher
-Deaths: 21.6 x higher
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Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Folks have been telling me they’ve noticed I’ve gotten “a lot more political” on social media this year.
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
Of course I have.
The circumstances have gotten nightmarishly worse, and the consequences of inaction and staying silent infinitely more obvious.
Everyone needs to get “a lot more political.”
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A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A bunch of folks have asked me what this looks like in local currency terms. Here's the chart.
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
It's a similar story: The performance of the U.S. stock market during the Trump presidency is... ~~meh~~
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Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
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A decade ago, solar power barely registered in Hungary’s electricity mix — just 0.2% of generation. Back then, nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
November 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A decade ago, solar power barely registered in Hungary’s electricity mix — just 0.2% of generation. Back then, nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.
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Saying “reading books in public is performative” is a very quick and simple way to communicate to me that you are a stupid little pig I do not need to listen to and in that sense I appreciate it
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Saying “reading books in public is performative” is a very quick and simple way to communicate to me that you are a stupid little pig I do not need to listen to and in that sense I appreciate it
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I spoke with the Edmonton Journal about Canada losing its measles elimination status — the only G7 country to do so.
40% of outbreaks are in Alberta, where the UCP blocked its top doctor from urging vaccines.
Politics should never come before public health.
40% of outbreaks are in Alberta, where the UCP blocked its top doctor from urging vaccines.
Politics should never come before public health.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I spoke with the Edmonton Journal about Canada losing its measles elimination status — the only G7 country to do so.
40% of outbreaks are in Alberta, where the UCP blocked its top doctor from urging vaccines.
Politics should never come before public health.
40% of outbreaks are in Alberta, where the UCP blocked its top doctor from urging vaccines.
Politics should never come before public health.
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"Democrats will never fully support disabled people because disability is the antithesis of capitalism. It requires we take a step back from always making a profit when it comes to the lives of people who can produce no profit outside of extraction from our for-profit healthcare system."
100% this.
100% this.
When you actually think about how many issues are tied to disability you never think about, it’s intentional.
crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
crutchesandspice.com/2025/11/11/c...
Capitalists Were Never Going To Protect Your Healthcare When Your Disablement Is For Profit
When I first began my career in disability advocacy as a professional, I was bright-eyed, believing that I would be working with the most vocal supporters of DEI and who rallied behind diversity as…
crutchesandspice.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"Democrats will never fully support disabled people because disability is the antithesis of capitalism. It requires we take a step back from always making a profit when it comes to the lives of people who can produce no profit outside of extraction from our for-profit healthcare system."
100% this.
100% this.
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Favorite positive comment from my 6 month review:
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Favorite positive comment from my 6 month review:
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
“Willing to ask ‘dumb’ questions.”
Part of the staff+ role is being comfortable asking the question everyone is thinking but is afraid to say because it might sound dumb. Or the question that challenges some basic idea everyone assumes is correct.
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the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
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I used to assume that Rhodes wore an eyepatch because he lost his eye in battle or something, but it turns out that he just accidentally shot himself in the face.
Rhodes: Trump should “call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing”
On The Gateway Pundit podcast, Stewart Rhodes announces he is relaunching the Oath Keepers
www.mediamatters.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I used to assume that Rhodes wore an eyepatch because he lost his eye in battle or something, but it turns out that he just accidentally shot himself in the face.
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This is a great idea. No child is special because of the way their family worships. No school gets to select and reject students.
Everyone interacts on equal footing.
#DefundPrivateEducation
Everyone interacts on equal footing.
#DefundPrivateEducation
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is a great idea. No child is special because of the way their family worships. No school gets to select and reject students.
Everyone interacts on equal footing.
#DefundPrivateEducation
Everyone interacts on equal footing.
#DefundPrivateEducation
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The booing really threw Mr. State Your Name.
![A tweet from highprogressive (@highprogressive) says:
“Funniest part of this is actually him saying ‘[state your name]’ out loud instead of using his name.”
It’s quoting a post from Acyn (@Acyn) that reads:
“Trump getting booed at the Commanders game.”
Below is a Fox News screenshot showing Donald Trump speaking into a microphone at an event, with the caption “LIVE” and “THE BIG WEEKEND SHOW.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y4zs4cabaezzwx3bz2e5nnj2/bafkreidbrxcs5b7bwlx2k656idtbb2jfbk7gzskln35uezbqoii3q6ukku@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The booing really threw Mr. State Your Name.
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I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.
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1/10
🇨🇦 UCP BASE'S NEXT DEMANDS FOR DANIELLE SMITH 🇨🇦
CBC's Jason Markusoff writes that Premier Danielle #Smith repeatedly puts her #UCP base's wishes into action.
Now, at this month's party convention, the "grassroots will bid to push the Smith government farther than ever."
#AbLeg #UCP #AbPoli
🇨🇦 UCP BASE'S NEXT DEMANDS FOR DANIELLE SMITH 🇨🇦
CBC's Jason Markusoff writes that Premier Danielle #Smith repeatedly puts her #UCP base's wishes into action.
Now, at this month's party convention, the "grassroots will bid to push the Smith government farther than ever."
#AbLeg #UCP #AbPoli
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Women were excluded from clinical trails until 1993 in the U.S. and 1997 in Canada. @namshine.bsky.social talks with @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) about excluding women has shaped medicine and harmed women’s health, on (MIS)Treated: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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🌟 wanted to share my recollections of an unforgettable 1999 meeting with the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India. in a private meeting i had the opportunity to share my #ChildHonouring philosophy. 🙏
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🌟 wanted to share my recollections of an unforgettable 1999 meeting with the Dalai Lama at his home in Dharamsala, India. in a private meeting i had the opportunity to share my #ChildHonouring philosophy. 🙏
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I, for one, am shocked - - that the guy who couldn't be bothered to fully participate in the 2018 WWI Armistice centennial because of rain is desecrating Veterans Day.
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time.com/5451385/trum...
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I, for one, am shocked - - that the guy who couldn't be bothered to fully participate in the 2018 WWI Armistice centennial because of rain is desecrating Veterans Day.
time.com/5451385/trum...
time.com/5451385/trum...
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The ostrich saga was for the birds
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Thanks @picardonhealth.bsky.social for a coherent opinion about the ostrich saga.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Thanks @picardonhealth.bsky.social for a coherent opinion about the ostrich saga.
Opinion: The ostrich saga was for the birds
Government’s decision to cull 300 birds in B.C. was for the public good
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The ostrich saga was for the birds
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Thanks @picardonhealth.bsky.social for a coherent opinion about the ostrich saga.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Thanks @picardonhealth.bsky.social for a coherent opinion about the ostrich saga.
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From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
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Having shitty, corrupt, thuggish cops is expensive.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Having shitty, corrupt, thuggish cops is expensive.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
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“What is new is the confluence of three trends:
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Welcome to Tesla Capitalism
Or: JVL explains why Americans are toying with socialism.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“What is new is the confluence of three trends:
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The sheer scale of wealth for the richest.
The untethering of compensation from performance.
The amount of harm these figures are willing to inflict on society.
All three are rising to a dangerously high tide.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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"The reality is that because climate change is a global crisis, international relations are an inescapable part of it. COPs are the modern arena of geopolitics. And like it or not, they can’t be ignored."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
UN climate summits are an arena of politics worthy of your attention
Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, I’m here to tell you you’re de...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The reality is that because climate change is a global crisis, international relations are an inescapable part of it. COPs are the modern arena of geopolitics. And like it or not, they can’t be ignored."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/a...
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This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is actually good spin, or would have been. But the fact that the Democratic cave happened without even a coordinated, agreed-upon message like this indicates the depth of the leadership void.
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Unfortunately, and I say this as someone who always votes: I have absolutely no confidence that if democrats take over every branch of government with a majority we will get our healthcare back.
“If Jeanne Shaheen or Angus King, or ideally just Chuck Schumer, went to the mics and said: We have tried everything we can to make Republicans give you back your health care. They refuse to do so. The only way you’re going to get your health care back is to elect Democrats.”
Now that Dems have capitulated, at the very least they should now make every future extension of funding contingent on Trump following the law. Any lawbreaking must be met with: No more votes from us, period.
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
My exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social on that point:
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Unfortunately, and I say this as someone who always votes: I have absolutely no confidence that if democrats take over every branch of government with a majority we will get our healthcare back.