SCZoomers 🇨🇦
@sczoomers.bsky.social
Zoomers of the Sunshine Coast BC
Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidence-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19 since Feb 2020.
@SCZoomers on mstdn.ca, twitter & tiktok
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Independent, moderated, timely, deep, gentle, evidence-based, clinical & community information regarding COVID-19 since Feb 2020.
@SCZoomers on mstdn.ca, twitter & tiktok
https://www.facebook.com/groups/163204518044728
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That coffee shop feeling—when you see the sign before tasting anything and feel that little lift? That's your brain time-travelling.
New McGill research published in Nature shows neurons literally shift backward in time. Scientists watched it happen.
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New McGill research published in Nature shows neurons literally shift backward in time. Scientists watched it happen.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
That coffee shop feeling—when you see the sign before tasting anything and feel that little lift? That's your brain time-travelling.
New McGill research published in Nature shows neurons literally shift backward in time. Scientists watched it happen.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
New McGill research published in Nature shows neurons literally shift backward in time. Scientists watched it happen.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
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Your brain is brilliantly lazy—and new MIT research proves that's why you're so efficient.
For decades, scientists thought we were "rational economists" scanning entire environments, building perfect 3D maps, calculating optimal paths before moving.
We were wrong.
For decades, scientists thought we were "rational economists" scanning entire environments, building perfect 3D maps, calculating optimal paths before moving.
We were wrong.
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Your brain is brilliantly lazy—and new MIT research proves that's why you're so efficient.
For decades, scientists thought we were "rational economists" scanning entire environments, building perfect 3D maps, calculating optimal paths before moving.
We were wrong.
For decades, scientists thought we were "rational economists" scanning entire environments, building perfect 3D maps, calculating optimal paths before moving.
We were wrong.
Why surface proteins matter: They're what our immune systems recognize.
23 amino acid differences. 11 changes on the "neuraminidase dark side"—the exact region our broad-spectrum antibodies target.
Existing cross-protection? Possibly compromised.
#InfectiousDiseases #Immunology
23 amino acid differences. 11 changes on the "neuraminidase dark side"—the exact region our broad-spectrum antibodies target.
Existing cross-protection? Possibly compromised.
#InfectiousDiseases #Immunology
Post 1/6: A virus just rewrote its rulebook in our backyard. We weren't watching. Now it's teaching us what we should have known all along. 🧬🕊️
The H5N1 D1.1 story—a thread on viral evolution, surveillance failures, and what happens when we track pandemics with incomplete data.
The H5N1 D1.1 story—a thread on viral evolution, surveillance failures, and what happens when we track pandemics with incomplete data.
January 14, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Why surface proteins matter: They're what our immune systems recognize.
23 amino acid differences. 11 changes on the "neuraminidase dark side"—the exact region our broad-spectrum antibodies target.
Existing cross-protection? Possibly compromised.
#InfectiousDiseases #Immunology
23 amino acid differences. 11 changes on the "neuraminidase dark side"—the exact region our broad-spectrum antibodies target.
Existing cross-protection? Possibly compromised.
#InfectiousDiseases #Immunology
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By measuring the CO2 level in a room, you can determine the level of investment made in its ventilation and therefore the importance given to the comfort and health of its occupants. Our interpretation is below.
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
By measuring the CO2 level in a room, you can determine the level of investment made in its ventilation and therefore the importance given to the comfort and health of its occupants. Our interpretation is below.
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BREAKING: Flu Continues to Surge in the US 15+ Million Cases, 180,000 Hospitalizations, 7,400 Deaths
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
BREAKING: Flu Continues to Surge in the US 15+ Million Cases, 180,000 Hospitalizations, 7,400 Deaths
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What if everything your industry "knows" is wrong?
The backwards high jumper. The mayor with mimes. The scientist who proved trees cooperate.
They all practiced "vujá dé"—seeing familiar problems as if for the first time.
New Heliox episode explores how defiant innovators changed the world. 🧵
The backwards high jumper. The mayor with mimes. The scientist who proved trees cooperate.
They all practiced "vujá dé"—seeing familiar problems as if for the first time.
New Heliox episode explores how defiant innovators changed the world. 🧵
January 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
What if everything your industry "knows" is wrong?
The backwards high jumper. The mayor with mimes. The scientist who proved trees cooperate.
They all practiced "vujá dé"—seeing familiar problems as if for the first time.
New Heliox episode explores how defiant innovators changed the world. 🧵
The backwards high jumper. The mayor with mimes. The scientist who proved trees cooperate.
They all practiced "vujá dé"—seeing familiar problems as if for the first time.
New Heliox episode explores how defiant innovators changed the world. 🧵
Consider how people respond to an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including Healthcare Workers, Public Health Workers, and many individuals... This might start to explain why.
You think you're making rational choices. The checkout line. Your insurance plan. How much to save.
But here's the truth: Someone designed those choices. The environment is never neutral.
This is choice architecture—the invisible hand shaping your life.
🧠 New Heliox podcast 👇
But here's the truth: Someone designed those choices. The environment is never neutral.
This is choice architecture—the invisible hand shaping your life.
🧠 New Heliox podcast 👇
January 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Consider how people respond to an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including Healthcare Workers, Public Health Workers, and many individuals... This might start to explain why.
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Your brain starts in chaos. Instead of fighting it, what if you learned to dance with it?
New AI research on "predictive alignment" reveals we've had learning backwards all along. The chaos isn't a bug to be fixed—it's the feature from which intelligence emerges. 🧠✨
New AI research on "predictive alignment" reveals we've had learning backwards all along. The chaos isn't a bug to be fixed—it's the feature from which intelligence emerges. 🧠✨
December 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Your brain starts in chaos. Instead of fighting it, what if you learned to dance with it?
New AI research on "predictive alignment" reveals we've had learning backwards all along. The chaos isn't a bug to be fixed—it's the feature from which intelligence emerges. 🧠✨
New AI research on "predictive alignment" reveals we've had learning backwards all along. The chaos isn't a bug to be fixed—it's the feature from which intelligence emerges. 🧠✨
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🧠 Your zip code predicts your brain health better than your birthday.
New science proves chronic poverty, pollution, and loneliness aren't just stressful—they're literally changing your neurobiology at the cellular level.
443M healthy years lost to brain disease in 2021 alone.
New science proves chronic poverty, pollution, and loneliness aren't just stressful—they're literally changing your neurobiology at the cellular level.
443M healthy years lost to brain disease in 2021 alone.
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🧠 Your zip code predicts your brain health better than your birthday.
New science proves chronic poverty, pollution, and loneliness aren't just stressful—they're literally changing your neurobiology at the cellular level.
443M healthy years lost to brain disease in 2021 alone.
New science proves chronic poverty, pollution, and loneliness aren't just stressful—they're literally changing your neurobiology at the cellular level.
443M healthy years lost to brain disease in 2021 alone.
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Your brain has a limit—around 7 things. We built systems for 70. But here's the liberating truth: that's not the problem. That's the design specification.
New Heliox finale: Why understanding our cognitive boundaries unlocks better systems. 🧠✨
New Heliox finale: Why understanding our cognitive boundaries unlocks better systems. 🧠✨
December 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Your brain has a limit—around 7 things. We built systems for 70. But here's the liberating truth: that's not the problem. That's the design specification.
New Heliox finale: Why understanding our cognitive boundaries unlocks better systems. 🧠✨
New Heliox finale: Why understanding our cognitive boundaries unlocks better systems. 🧠✨
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William Azaroff, Who Builds Non-Profit Housing, Runs for Mayor via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
William Azaroff, Who Builds Non-Profit Housing, Runs for Mayor | The Tyee
One of two nominees for the OneCity mayoral candidacy, the Strathcona resident also draws from arts industry experience.
thetyee.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
William Azaroff, Who Builds Non-Profit Housing, Runs for Mayor via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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Creativity as Medicine
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Creativity as Medicine
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
We've been thinking about aging all wrong. Brain decline? Not inevitable—it's negotiable.
New Nature study: creative experiences literally rewind your brain's biological clock.
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/creativity
We are working with the federal government to encourage adoption of ASHRAE 241 ventilation standards in new and existing buildings.
Our work is currently focused through ISED / ISDE.
Evidently, ASHRAE 241 has been pushed to the 2030 revision of the Canadian Building Code.
Our work is currently focused through ISED / ISDE.
Evidently, ASHRAE 241 has been pushed to the 2030 revision of the Canadian Building Code.
When the prime minister nearly died of COVID-19, the UK's succession plan consisted of a verbal instruction. Not written. Not formal. Just good fortune that key decisions had already been made. That detail captures something essential: how institutions are held together. Not by design. By luck.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are working with the federal government to encourage adoption of ASHRAE 241 ventilation standards in new and existing buildings.
Our work is currently focused through ISED / ISDE.
Evidently, ASHRAE 241 has been pushed to the 2030 revision of the Canadian Building Code.
Our work is currently focused through ISED / ISDE.
Evidently, ASHRAE 241 has been pushed to the 2030 revision of the Canadian Building Code.
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‘Mild’
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
‘Mild’
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Hot from the #preprint
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Torque-based immune cell chemotaxis in complex environments
Directed migration in chemical gradients is crucial to the immune response, yet how immune cells navigate complex tissues remains incompletely understood. Using in vitro migration assays and theoretic...
www.biorxiv.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hot from the #preprint
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Leukocyte + #CellMigration + physics = cool
Microtubules enable torque-based steering during dendritic cell migration.
Actomyosin contractility is required for noise-modulation strategy used by neutrophils.
Full @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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'RECOVER-TLC invites public comments on upcoming clinical trials'
'Patients, caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers can sign up to provide feedback on RECOVER-TLC’s plans to study potential Long COVID treatments.'
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
'Patients, caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers can sign up to provide feedback on RECOVER-TLC’s plans to study potential Long COVID treatments.'
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.
recovercovid.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
'RECOVER-TLC invites public comments on upcoming clinical trials'
'Patients, caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers can sign up to provide feedback on RECOVER-TLC’s plans to study potential Long COVID treatments.'
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
'Patients, caregivers, advocates, healthcare providers, and researchers can sign up to provide feedback on RECOVER-TLC’s plans to study potential Long COVID treatments.'
recovercovid.org/news/recover...
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My longstanding observations with the Vagus Nerve damage in Long C-19 remains strong...
As per @harryspoelstra.bsky.social
#Nerve_of_Joffe 🤦🏻♂️
www.jacionline.org/article/S009...
As per @harryspoelstra.bsky.social
#Nerve_of_Joffe 🤦🏻♂️
www.jacionline.org/article/S009...
Autonomic dysfunction and vasoregulation in Long COVID-19 are linked to anti-GPCR autoantibodies
www.jacionline.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My longstanding observations with the Vagus Nerve damage in Long C-19 remains strong...
As per @harryspoelstra.bsky.social
#Nerve_of_Joffe 🤦🏻♂️
www.jacionline.org/article/S009...
As per @harryspoelstra.bsky.social
#Nerve_of_Joffe 🤦🏻♂️
www.jacionline.org/article/S009...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Systems don't fail catastrophically—they fail quietly. A 2011 flu plan governing 2020. January warnings unheeded. Intelligent people trapped in institutional thinking. Our new Heliox episode examines the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's hard lessons on governance failure.
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Systems don't fail catastrophically—they fail quietly. A 2011 flu plan governing 2020. January warnings unheeded. Intelligent people trapped in institutional thinking. Our new Heliox episode examines the UK COVID-19 Inquiry's hard lessons on governance failure.
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We built a highway for viruses, then forgot how they travel.
The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We built a highway for viruses, then forgot how they travel.
The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
The next pandemic won't wait for us to remember.
Are we ready? 🦠💨
New Heliox episode:
The Invisible War We're Not Fighting
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
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We're at the edge. Coral reefs already gone. Ice sheets cracking. But the same physics that threatens us can save us. Which way will we tip?
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
November 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We're at the edge. Coral reefs already gone. Ice sheets cracking. But the same physics that threatens us can save us. Which way will we tip?
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
New episode: The Edge of Everything 🌍
🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 helioxpodcast.substack.com/publish/post...
We are working towards making Clean Air, indoors and out, Send your email to the NRC and Codes Canada team, and explain why you think ASHRAE 421 should be included as part of the Canadian Building Code. There is a letter template with addresses in HelioxPodcast "The Air We Share" on Substack.
Can Canada bet its way out of decades of decline? 🇨🇦
We dig into the $311B gamble that might finally change everything. Or won't.
The Arithmetic of Hope: Canada's Budget 2025
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/arithmetic...
We dig into the $311B gamble that might finally change everything. Or won't.
The Arithmetic of Hope: Canada's Budget 2025
🎧 Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/epis...
📖 Read: helioxpodcast.substack.com/p/arithmetic...
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We are working towards making Clean Air, indoors and out, Send your email to the NRC and Codes Canada team, and explain why you think ASHRAE 421 should be included as part of the Canadian Building Code. There is a letter template with addresses in HelioxPodcast "The Air We Share" on Substack.