Matt Oliver
@sameo416.bsky.social
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Matt Oliver
@sameo416.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/t... by @mark-ungrin.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
Trump’s cronies aren’t what broke public health
The structural blind spots that undermine medical progress and how to fix them.
canadahealthwatch.ca
Excellent reflect from most awesome friend and colleague @mark-ungrin.bsky.social.
"Five years ago, on April 3, 2020, the world’s top bioaerosol scientists warned the WHO that COVID was transmitted in infectious aerosols, tiny particles that drift in the air like smoke.
"Five years ago, on April 3, 2020, the world’s top bioaerosol scientists warned the WHO that COVID was transmitted in infectious aerosols, tiny particles that drift in the air like smoke.
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@sameo416.bsky.social Thank you for all of your help on this, Matt. I really appreciate it. 🙏🏼
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@sameo416.bsky.social Thank you for all of your help on this, Matt. I really appreciate it. 🙏🏼
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November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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1/6 🧵A newsletter subscriber messaged: "Yes, I get the implications. What I don’t get, specifically why in that moment when they were dealing with a strong hand, those eight Democrats broke rank and caved"
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
1/6 🧵A newsletter subscriber messaged: "Yes, I get the implications. What I don’t get, specifically why in that moment when they were dealing with a strong hand, those eight Democrats broke rank and caved"
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
Here you go...a very simple explanation:
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You are only just barely engaged in satire at this point vs. simple observation.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
You are only just barely engaged in satire at this point vs. simple observation.
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Here is another video from the same day. This *may be* the same guy who pointed the handgun from within the car. Do you think the way his holstered sidearm looks in this might comport with the way the Sig Sauer would look?
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Here is another video from the same day. This *may be* the same guy who pointed the handgun from within the car. Do you think the way his holstered sidearm looks in this might comport with the way the Sig Sauer would look?
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It's a Sig Sauer P320-M17 with an added Magwell at the bottom of the grip to make it easier to slide in the extended 21-round magazine.
You can tell by the unique muzzle and slide configuration at the front. The coyote tan color is another giveaway.
You can tell by the unique muzzle and slide configuration at the front. The coyote tan color is another giveaway.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
It's a Sig Sauer P320-M17 with an added Magwell at the bottom of the grip to make it easier to slide in the extended 21-round magazine.
You can tell by the unique muzzle and slide configuration at the front. The coyote tan color is another giveaway.
You can tell by the unique muzzle and slide configuration at the front. The coyote tan color is another giveaway.
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This fellow says the same as in your thread above.
It's a Sig Sauer P320-M17 with an added Magwell at the bottom of the grip to make it easier to slide in the extended 21-round magazine.
You can tell by the unique muzzle and slide configuration at the front. The coyote tan color is another giveaway.
You can tell by the unique muzzle and slide configuration at the front. The coyote tan color is another giveaway.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This fellow says the same as in your thread above.
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Local woman wakes up, is wondering if anyone has 2 free or low cost tickets to Sigur Ros in Edmonton tonight for local woman and her husband, makes oatmeal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Local woman wakes up, is wondering if anyone has 2 free or low cost tickets to Sigur Ros in Edmonton tonight for local woman and her husband, makes oatmeal.
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Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta accounts for 38% of Canada's measles cases this year
It’s not the flex you think it is Alberta, herd immunity is tanking 😑
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Thought I would lose my mind. I had to walk out and postpone the procedures until I could come back with a scrubber.
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Thought I would lose my mind. I had to walk out and postpone the procedures until I could come back with a scrubber.
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Meanwhile this is how respiratory aerosols are captured by infectious disease researchers who understand physics.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Meanwhile this is how respiratory aerosols are captured by infectious disease researchers who understand physics.
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This is literally the method they used for aerosol droplet sample collection.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This is literally the method they used for aerosol droplet sample collection.
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Haha, true.
Here's the link if anyone's wondering. It doesn't get much more Dunning-Kruger than this. "Doing science" with no idea how anything works and an ego that says you have no need to talk to real experts to find out.
If you're doubtful the pandemic could really just be one giant screwup...
Here's the link if anyone's wondering. It doesn't get much more Dunning-Kruger than this. "Doing science" with no idea how anything works and an ego that says you have no need to talk to real experts to find out.
If you're doubtful the pandemic could really just be one giant screwup...
Detection and quantification of infectious severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 in diverse clinical and environmental samples - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Detection and quantification of infectious severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 in diverse clinical and environmental samples
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Haha, true.
Here's the link if anyone's wondering. It doesn't get much more Dunning-Kruger than this. "Doing science" with no idea how anything works and an ego that says you have no need to talk to real experts to find out.
If you're doubtful the pandemic could really just be one giant screwup...
Here's the link if anyone's wondering. It doesn't get much more Dunning-Kruger than this. "Doing science" with no idea how anything works and an ego that says you have no need to talk to real experts to find out.
If you're doubtful the pandemic could really just be one giant screwup...
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IMO the study where aerosols were “caught” in ziplock bags is also a contender.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
IMO the study where aerosols were “caught” in ziplock bags is also a contender.
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If Evidence Based Medicine has a poster child, it's the 2015 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control study claiming N95s interfere with breathing in pregnant women.
Here's their setup, which they described as "simulating the actual wearing of an N95 respirator".
The RCT "gold standard" 🤣
Here's their setup, which they described as "simulating the actual wearing of an N95 respirator".
The RCT "gold standard" 🤣
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If Evidence Based Medicine has a poster child, it's the 2015 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control study claiming N95s interfere with breathing in pregnant women.
Here's their setup, which they described as "simulating the actual wearing of an N95 respirator".
The RCT "gold standard" 🤣
Here's their setup, which they described as "simulating the actual wearing of an N95 respirator".
The RCT "gold standard" 🤣
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I think this one is a winner. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic but I think even kids in elementary school would probably propose something more appropriate.
IMO the study where aerosols were “caught” in ziplock bags is also a contender.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I think this one is a winner. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic but I think even kids in elementary school would probably propose something more appropriate.
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goal: try to make most of day off and attend the big deal Remembrance Day ceremony downtown
chaotic plan: do workout on canal, try to time things right so workout ends near monument, try not to get hypothermia during ceremony, jog home
chaotic plan: do workout on canal, try to time things right so workout ends near monument, try not to get hypothermia during ceremony, jog home
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
goal: try to make most of day off and attend the big deal Remembrance Day ceremony downtown
chaotic plan: do workout on canal, try to time things right so workout ends near monument, try not to get hypothermia during ceremony, jog home
chaotic plan: do workout on canal, try to time things right so workout ends near monument, try not to get hypothermia during ceremony, jog home
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Thinking of a nurse seeing my intense anxiety at the poor ventilation and safety standards and offering me a paper bag to breathe in.
On the good news side, our handwashing compliance is up 0.325% year over year!
Between this and the speed camera stuff, there is a death drive in large parts of mainstream Canadian policy and society.
Public safety conversations, bellowing, in Canada are all a sham and performative when looked at through these frames.
Public safety conversations, bellowing, in Canada are all a sham and performative when looked at through these frames.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Thinking of a nurse seeing my intense anxiety at the poor ventilation and safety standards and offering me a paper bag to breathe in.
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It has come to my attention that fucko buckos don’t find the phrase fucko bucko (or the many variants) whimsical or funny and this just confirms my belief that it’s a versatile (and not ableist or otherwise problematic) insult and should be celebrated.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It has come to my attention that fucko buckos don’t find the phrase fucko bucko (or the many variants) whimsical or funny and this just confirms my belief that it’s a versatile (and not ableist or otherwise problematic) insult and should be celebrated.
On the good news side, our handwashing compliance is up 0.325% year over year!
Between this and the speed camera stuff, there is a death drive in large parts of mainstream Canadian policy and society.
Public safety conversations, bellowing, in Canada are all a sham and performative when looked at through these frames.
Public safety conversations, bellowing, in Canada are all a sham and performative when looked at through these frames.
Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
On the good news side, our handwashing compliance is up 0.325% year over year!
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Earlier today.... 👇
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
Trump To Unpaid Air Traffic Controllers: ‘Get Back To Work ‘NOW!!!’ Or Leave Profession
President Trump threatened to dock the pay of unpaid air traffic controllers who missed work during the shutdown—a move that aviation experts say will only make matters worse.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Earlier today.... 👇
Want to recognize the awesome work of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, enabling the distribution of native seeds in eastern Canada, and teaching many about native plants.
I've been honoured to have some interactions with them, and it always brings me hope to see.
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
I've been honoured to have some interactions with them, and it always brings me hope to see.
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library – The Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Want to recognize the awesome work of the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, enabling the distribution of native seeds in eastern Canada, and teaching many about native plants.
I've been honoured to have some interactions with them, and it always brings me hope to see.
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
I've been honoured to have some interactions with them, and it always brings me hope to see.
wildflowerseedlibrary.ca
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🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?
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I'm not even in the industry and I never fly and it's got me clenching toroidal muscles I didn't know I had.
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm not even in the industry and I never fly and it's got me clenching toroidal muscles I didn't know I had.
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The vast majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free — except Conservatives:
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
Large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free
A large majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free. Alberta and Quebec have begun charging for the vaccine.
cultmtl.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The vast majority of Canadians agree that the COVID-19 vaccine should be free — except Conservatives:
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%
🔴 LPC: 90%
🟠 NDP: 91%
⚜️ BQ: 79%
🔵 CPC: 44%