@ntombis.bsky.social
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Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
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Dear Jon Stewart c/o @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
December 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Dear Jon Stewart c/o @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
I recently watched, with great surprise and disappointment, a weeklyshowpodcast segment in which you and other "personalities," gleefully mocked and derided the relatively small subset of individuals who continue to wear a face mask in public.
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You need to read this story.
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You need to read this story.
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If you go into hospital, you shouldn’t have to worry about getting more sick. Unwrap a new special episode: “Beyond Baggy Blues—How to Stop COVID in Hospitals” with Dr Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social, Board Chair of the Canadian COVID Society @cancovsoc.bsky.social. Prevention is possible!
December 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If you go into hospital, you shouldn’t have to worry about getting more sick. Unwrap a new special episode: “Beyond Baggy Blues—How to Stop COVID in Hospitals” with Dr Dick Zoutman @dickzoutman.bsky.social, Board Chair of the Canadian COVID Society @cancovsoc.bsky.social. Prevention is possible!
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The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
December 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The whole point of being an academic is that you need to be willing to spend three days creating a 700-word footnote that you will later delete. And you need to LIKE IT.
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I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
CDC funds controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns
Scientists question the value of the proposed study, which will investigate a vaccine long known to be efficacious and safe
www.science.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am glad to see large media outlets reporting on this. Hopefully it shames the researchers into not continuing with the planned study or at minimum making sure ALL children in the study receive the birth dose of the HepB vaccine.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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The abrupt removal of Mary T. Bassett as director of the Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, is not the neutral transition Harvard presents. It is a profound betrayal of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s stated commitments to health, dignity, and justice.
The abrupt removal of Mary T. Bassett as director of the Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, is not the neutral transition Harvard presents. It is a profound betrayal of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s stated commitments to health, dignity, and justice.
By Removing Bassett, Harvard Chan Is Abandoning Its Mission | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
To remove Bassett and “focus” FXB on children’s health suggests a chilling reversal: Harvard has moved from naming structural inequities to disciplining anyone who insists on exposing them.
www.thecrimson.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The abrupt removal of Mary T. Bassett as director of the Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, is not the neutral transition Harvard presents. It is a profound betrayal of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s stated commitments to health, dignity, and justice.
The abrupt removal of Mary T. Bassett as director of the Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, is not the neutral transition Harvard presents. It is a profound betrayal of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s stated commitments to health, dignity, and justice.
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This week’s newsletter is heavy, and in hindsight probably should’ve come with a content warning? I dunno. I'm on a flight to bury my father. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
How to bury your father
This week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do you lovingly care for an aging parent who treated you like shit? This question has been sitting in my...
buttondown.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This week’s newsletter is heavy, and in hindsight probably should’ve come with a content warning? I dunno. I'm on a flight to bury my father. buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
Great piece on the value of education! It’s worth it for its own sake. No one can take away the impact of education on your brain and thinking processes. It’s liberating!
"The thing is, even if you're just thinking in terms of fiscal value, having gone through a degree program and being able to put it on your resumé/CV isn't the most significant return on your investment: the way you have further developed your mind is."
December 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Great piece on the value of education! It’s worth it for its own sake. No one can take away the impact of education on your brain and thinking processes. It’s liberating!
Oh yes! Javier looks like the one in charge of everything. Good boy!
This is our new CEO, Javier. I have officially adopted him. He is estimated to be 8 years old and he's deaf, so there's no need to give any feedback on his job performance. He is just a perfect gentlemen and I am so grateful he made his way to me. 14/10 no bias at all
December 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oh yes! Javier looks like the one in charge of everything. Good boy!
Every accusation is a confession
President Trump has called European allies of the U.S. “weak” and criticized their handling of issues such as migration and the war in Ukraine. “I think they don’t know what to do,” Trump said in an interview with Politico published Tuesday. “They’re decaying.”
Follow live.
Follow live.
President Trump Calls European Nations ‘Weak’ and ‘Decaying’: Live Updates
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Every accusation is a confession
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This May Offend Some People... But It Needs To Be Said
December 7, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This May Offend Some People... But It Needs To Be Said
It did not have to be this way.
Excellent read!
Excellent read!
NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s @gingerthompson.bsky.social pursues the question:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here:
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It did not have to be this way.
Excellent read!
Excellent read!
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36 years ago, 14 young Montreal women were murdered for one reason: They were women.
Misogyny & violence against women remain deeply rooted in our society. In the past year, there have been horrific attacks in BC that remind us how urgently we need to address this issue.
(1/2)
Misogyny & violence against women remain deeply rooted in our society. In the past year, there have been horrific attacks in BC that remind us how urgently we need to address this issue.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
36 years ago, 14 young Montreal women were murdered for one reason: They were women.
Misogyny & violence against women remain deeply rooted in our society. In the past year, there have been horrific attacks in BC that remind us how urgently we need to address this issue.
(1/2)
Misogyny & violence against women remain deeply rooted in our society. In the past year, there have been horrific attacks in BC that remind us how urgently we need to address this issue.
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36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
36 years ago today, 14 women, most of whom were studying engineering, were killed by an anti-feminist gun man at École Polytechnique in Montreal. I was a young graduate student studying physics at the time and I will never forget. #MontrealMassacre #NeverForget 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️ 🎢 #AcademicSky 🇨🇦
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Rapid Reaction: LSHTM experts respond to US vote to end hepatitis B #vaccine recommendation for newborns
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Rapid Reaction: LSHTM experts respond to US vote to end hepatitis B #vaccine recommendation for newborns
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
They warn more babies in the US will become infected with the virus, which is associated with liver #cancer
#PublicHealth
👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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Rising temperatures linked to shorter, poorer sleep for US adults
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects differed by season, with more sleep loss occurring from Jun to Sep, with people in West Coast areas losing ~ 3 x as much sleep as people in other regions
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects differed by season, with more sleep loss occurring from Jun to Sep, with people in West Coast areas losing ~ 3 x as much sleep as people in other regions
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
Impact of heat exposure on sleep health and its population vulnerability in the United States
Rising temperatures are associated with impaired sleep quantity and quality. Yet, little is known about population vulnerabilities. We aim to assess t…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Rising temperatures linked to shorter, poorer sleep for US adults
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects differed by season, with more sleep loss occurring from Jun to Sep, with people in West Coast areas losing ~ 3 x as much sleep as people in other regions
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effects differed by season, with more sleep loss occurring from Jun to Sep, with people in West Coast areas losing ~ 3 x as much sleep as people in other regions
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12...
Wondering how many Black African authors contributed to this publication.
Nature research paper: Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes
go.nature.com/4arYx0b
go.nature.com/4arYx0b
Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes - Nature
The genomes of 28 ancient southern African individuals dated to between 10,200 and 150 years before present offer insights into the evolution of Homo sapiens.
go.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wondering how many Black African authors contributed to this publication.
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Love this latest Public Health is Dead episode from @DaniAtomicus with @juliadoubleday.bsky.social & @wanderingkayli.bsky.social
A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
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www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
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www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
Bad Press — Public Health is Dead
Coming Soon
www.publichealthisdead.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Love this latest Public Health is Dead episode from @DaniAtomicus with @juliadoubleday.bsky.social & @wanderingkayli.bsky.social
A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
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www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
A perfect breakdown of how media manufactured consent for mass disability, death & the "vax and relax" Covid narrative
🎯
www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bad...
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When professional associations fail public health
@amyhagopian.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
@amyhagopian.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
When professional associations fail public health
The destruction of Gaza's health system represents one of the worst humanitarian crises
of our time and demands a response from professional health organisations. European
public health associations h...
www.thelancet.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
When professional associations fail public health
@amyhagopian.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
@amyhagopian.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... via @thelancet.com
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Giving mendacious and cruel people free reign on healthcare and vaccine regulations will leave a lasting negative legacy on the health of the nation. Historians will write about this. Many will die as a result of the irresponsible actions of a misguided few.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA claims Covid shots killed 10 children and vows new vaccine rules
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Giving mendacious and cruel people free reign on healthcare and vaccine regulations will leave a lasting negative legacy on the health of the nation. Historians will write about this. Many will die as a result of the irresponsible actions of a misguided few.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Confused by all the various takes on the AB-Fed MOU?
Is it good for the climate? Bad? Horrendous?
Here's a primer from the Canadian Climate Institute, who I trust.
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Is it good for the climate? Bad? Horrendous?
Here's a primer from the Canadian Climate Institute, who I trust.
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Federal-Alberta MOU risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy
While promised improvements to industrial carbon pricing are positive and important, other aspects of Alberta-Canada MOU will undermine policy effectiveness across the country.
climateinstitute.ca
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Confused by all the various takes on the AB-Fed MOU?
Is it good for the climate? Bad? Horrendous?
Here's a primer from the Canadian Climate Institute, who I trust.
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Is it good for the climate? Bad? Horrendous?
Here's a primer from the Canadian Climate Institute, who I trust.
climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Love it!
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Love it!
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Bonkers but totally in line with the ongoing insanity
Guy who called Covid vaccines “dangerous” has been named the second in command at the CDC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Guy who called Covid vaccines “dangerous” has been named the second in command at the CDC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Bonkers but totally in line with the ongoing insanity
Guy who called Covid vaccines “dangerous” has been named the second in command at the CDC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Guy who called Covid vaccines “dangerous” has been named the second in command at the CDC
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Live at @uvic.ca tonight! Join the livestream: tinyurl.com/RLAG-uvic-live
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Live at @uvic.ca tonight! Join the livestream: tinyurl.com/RLAG-uvic-live