Matt Oliver
@sameo416.bsky.social
Red River Métis ∞ Scotch-breed ∞ RCAF Veteran ∞ Feral theologian ∞ aerospace/electrical ∞ P.Eng. ∞ he/him ∞ lawful chaotic ∞ Disabled ∞ rrmc rmc sfu uec ∞ nd
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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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A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
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I wrote this in @calgaryherald.com two years ago.
Things are even worse now:
Our healthcare system has no regular hospital beds available in Calgary as per AHS. Trans kids have been dehumanized by our government. The Govt makes vaccinations difficult to get.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Things are even worse now:
Our healthcare system has no regular hospital beds available in Calgary as per AHS. Trans kids have been dehumanized by our government. The Govt makes vaccinations difficult to get.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Why I chose Alberta; and what went wrong
Calgary doctor and medical professor says the Alberta that attracted him to move here no longer exists.
calgaryherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I wrote this in @calgaryherald.com two years ago.
Things are even worse now:
Our healthcare system has no regular hospital beds available in Calgary as per AHS. Trans kids have been dehumanized by our government. The Govt makes vaccinations difficult to get.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Things are even worse now:
Our healthcare system has no regular hospital beds available in Calgary as per AHS. Trans kids have been dehumanized by our government. The Govt makes vaccinations difficult to get.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
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As if Indigenous genocide and slavery did not ALSO happen on this side of the Turtle Island border! A past MSW pal once tried to tell me that racism had decreased in North Bay because they did not have an International Foods aisle in the grocery when she grew up there! She remains employed though! 🙃
December 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
As if Indigenous genocide and slavery did not ALSO happen on this side of the Turtle Island border! A past MSW pal once tried to tell me that racism had decreased in North Bay because they did not have an International Foods aisle in the grocery when she grew up there! She remains employed though! 🙃
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I wonder how much worse it is in the uninsured population.
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I wonder how much worse it is in the uninsured population.
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Whispers: <we are still in the pandemic >
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Whispers: <we are still in the pandemic >
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Correct. Many were surprised when they developed brain fog after their infections. nos.nl/artikel/2477...
Opmerkelijke groei aantal volwassenen met geheugenproblemen na coronapandemie
Jaren na het uitbreken van de pandemie kampen meer Nederlanders opeens met een achteruitgang van het geheugen.
nos.nl
December 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Correct. Many were surprised when they developed brain fog after their infections. nos.nl/artikel/2477...
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From 2022 onwards people simply accepted the risk to their lives so that they could return to normal. Of course, the risk of dying during the acute phase of Covid went down, but the risk certainly did not go back to what we had without Covid.
December 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
From 2022 onwards people simply accepted the risk to their lives so that they could return to normal. Of course, the risk of dying during the acute phase of Covid went down, but the risk certainly did not go back to what we had without Covid.
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Zayed Al Aly's work shows that repeated Covid is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, neurological conditions, auto-immune conditions and diabetes. It is not a cold, even when you are vaccinated.
December 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Zayed Al Aly's work shows that repeated Covid is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, neurological conditions, auto-immune conditions and diabetes. It is not a cold, even when you are vaccinated.
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Covid, even ‘mild cases’ causes immune suppression and organ damage. We’ve know this for many years. Why I’m always in an N95!
December 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Covid, even ‘mild cases’ causes immune suppression and organ damage. We’ve know this for many years. Why I’m always in an N95!
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Agreed - follow the money.
December 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Agreed - follow the money.
Another actuarial report from June 2025 concerning excess mortality.
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
December 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Another actuarial report from June 2025 concerning excess mortality.
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
"The analysis of excess mortality offers valuable insights into the Covid pandemic. Excess mortality was originally attributed to the Covid pandemic; however, it has persisted beyond the height of the Covid pandemic,
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We're at my late mother's house. My 5-year-old opens the freezer and finds half-eaten ice cream. "This is from when Ajee was on this Earth", he says. "This is ice cream that Ajee ate."
So now we are nostalgically eating it. And yes, I realize he just totally played me into getting ice cream.
So now we are nostalgically eating it. And yes, I realize he just totally played me into getting ice cream.
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We're at my late mother's house. My 5-year-old opens the freezer and finds half-eaten ice cream. "This is from when Ajee was on this Earth", he says. "This is ice cream that Ajee ate."
So now we are nostalgically eating it. And yes, I realize he just totally played me into getting ice cream.
So now we are nostalgically eating it. And yes, I realize he just totally played me into getting ice cream.
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When I read that it felt like he voted for Trump himself.
December 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When I read that it felt like he voted for Trump himself.
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First christmas without my boys 😮💨😮💨 they will be home tomorrow thankfully
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
First christmas without my boys 😮💨😮💨 they will be home tomorrow thankfully
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I agree...Sumas Lake is coming back one way or another...and all the pump house upgrades in the World will not stop it from happening...it is long overdue to listen to Indigenous voices on these problems...they have the solutions...the more we rely on Settler superiority the harder it will be.
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I agree...Sumas Lake is coming back one way or another...and all the pump house upgrades in the World will not stop it from happening...it is long overdue to listen to Indigenous voices on these problems...they have the solutions...the more we rely on Settler superiority the harder it will be.
Adolf Eichmann would approve.
“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Adolf Eichmann would approve.
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The university should apologize to the instructor and give back their job. That won't happen but I'm just saying aloud what the correct move would be. This student should accept the 0, which is what you deserve if you're a bigot at your instructor ...
December 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The university should apologize to the instructor and give back their job. That won't happen but I'm just saying aloud what the correct move would be. This student should accept the 0, which is what you deserve if you're a bigot at your instructor ...
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everything else aside, it's really funny to me that her argument was: there's only one gender. she's such a dipshit, this latest grifter.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
everything else aside, it's really funny to me that her argument was: there's only one gender. she's such a dipshit, this latest grifter.
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Podcast Jay wants you to know he’s unbothered by the nickname. Not at all.
Also, he opposed lockdowns in 2020.
Also, he opposed lockdowns in 2020.
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Podcast Jay wants you to know he’s unbothered by the nickname. Not at all.
Also, he opposed lockdowns in 2020.
Also, he opposed lockdowns in 2020.
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Canada: Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital | insauga
All visitors to an Ontario hospital must start wearing masks to stop the spread of respiratory illnesses. In a move reminiscent of the height of the pandemic, Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington annou...
www.insauga.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Canada: Increase in cold, flu, and COVID cases brings return of masks to Ontario hospital.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington announced a mask mandate effective Dec 22. Everyone entering must wear a mask in patient care areas; masks are provided at entrances to reduce spread and protect patients.
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An important heads up!
But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
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But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
An important heads up!
But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
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But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
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