Jon (he/him)
Jon (he/him)
@jonosborne.bsky.social
Doctor. Dad.
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In Ukraine, we had this joke in 1990s:

“Breaking News! Suddenly, underneath some foreign country, the researches have found American national resources!”
- referring to US going after foreign country’s resources

With this in mind, read this ⬇️

unn.ua/en/news/zele...
Zelensky refuses to sign document on transfer of 50% of Ukrainian mineral resources to the US - WP | УНН
УНН Economy ✎ The US Congressional delegation in Munich offered Zelenskyy to sign a document on the transfer of 50% of Ukraine's future mineral resources. The Ukrai…
unn.ua
February 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I’m betting they’ll install HEPA air filtration in industrial poultry farms before they install them in your workplace 😓 #H5N1

“…until the poultry industry realizes they have to have airtight barns with HEPA filter intake, they’re going to continue to see this virus show up and show up and show up”
Wind-blown avian feces may be route of transmission for bird flu, infectious disease expert warns
Dr. Michael Osterholm says that the primary kind of birds impacted by the flu is migratory waterfowl, like geese and ducks, and these birds often hang out in farm fields where they defecate.
www.mercurynews.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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🚨 Jim Flaherty’s former chief of staff calls out Poilievre’s wife for trying to diminish the role of Carney during the 2008 financial crisis…and it is mic-drop worthy.
February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I’m always amazed by this.
Some People asking what they could take to “boost their immune system” so they don’t get sick.
My answer: A vaccine.💉
Their reply: No, I meant something else, like vitamins or a natural product instead.
a woman is making a funny face with the words `` unbelievable '' written next to her .
ALT: a woman is making a funny face with the words `` unbelievable '' written next to her .
media.tenor.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🧵

Just to recap what is happening, since public health has gone AWOL:

* This is the worst flu season in 15 years. Not just number of cases but number of *severe* cases.

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February 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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a nazi speaking at a nazi rally. it’s really not deeper than that.
January 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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"Ban fossil fuel advertising. Remove lobbyists from negotiations. End subsidies. The science is clear, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. It’s time to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco."
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...
We need to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco
To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and stem disinformation that blocks effective climate action, a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of fossil fuel products and indust...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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A bunch of losers went out and threw Nazi salutes in Alberta, Canada yesterday while holding racist signs.

Might be time for the media to stop calling them “hand gestures” and start reporting on this big fucking problem for what it is!
January 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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The focus on handwashing & surface hygiene (alone) is like giving patients pond water to drink & pond water in their IVs, as long as the glasses and IV bags are super-duper clean and disinfected. Viruses & bacteria are 2-D beings (like in that TNG episode), doncha know...
December 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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The richest 1% now has as much wealth as the rest of the world combined, according to Oxfam.
They are pushing planet Earth to the abyss
www.bbc.com/news/busines...
Oxfam says wealth of richest 1% equal to other 99%
The richest 1% now has as much wealth as the rest of the world combined, according to Oxfam.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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“The reality is that people are dying from COVID in our hospitals, and we really are doing very little to prevent them getting ill and getting infected. And we wouldn't do the same for any other infectious disease,” Vipond said.
www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/o...
Over 300 COVID outbreaks hit Alberta acute care facilities last year
Read the full story and comment on stalbertgazette.com
www.stalbertgazette.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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Analysis of tissues from 15 autopsies shows that COVID has the capability to replicate and evolve in different body sites, which aligns with the “viral reservoir” theory.

The virus was detected in virtually all organs

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Multi‐Organ Spread and Intra‐Host Diversity of SARS‐CoV‐2 Support Viral Persistence, Adaptation, and a Mechanism That Increases Evolvability
Intra-host diversity is an intricate phenomenon related to immune evasion, antiviral resistance, and evolutionary leaps along transmission chains. SARS-CoV-2 intra-host variation has been well-eviden....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 14, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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“Here again we see evidence of the stranglehold fossil fuel interests have on Canada’s climate ambition, which have stalled efforts to seriously address oil and gas emissions and allowed them to balloon to account for 1/3 of Canada’s overall climate pollution.” www.theenergymix.com/canada-sets-...
'Pathetic, Painful': Canada Sets 45-50% Emissions Target for 2035, Looks to Provinces for More
The federal government tried Thursday to put the onus on the provinces to bring down greenhouse gas emissions as it released a national emission reduction target for 2035 that is only marginally more ...
www.theenergymix.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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You can make almost 100 eBikes and 240 eBike batteries for the same amount of materials as one stupid assed cybertruck. Average commute distance in Canada is 11.9km. You can do that in 30min on an eBike.
April 20, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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I think it's possible to design an economic system whereby the incentives guiding personal and institutional acts align perfectly with environmental stewardship. At present the incentives are aligned the opposite way, so we must pile on regulations and tax incentives an effort to swim against power.
April 21, 2024 at 3:21 PM