Lindy Smith

@alisonborealis.bsky.social hey, can you contact me?

Not sure if you still have my numbers…

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

Nine of the CDC directors over the past 48 years have a lot to say about what RFK Jr is doing vs health of Americans
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

For those trying to gaslight about vaccinations during the pandemic, just remember:

Every hospital in the world had a COVID unit

No hospital had a vaccine side effects ward

#medsky #covid #vaccinations

Gonna miss you Tom.

May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

On this Chairteenth, we celebrate the good folks of Montgomery, especially our guy AquaMayne. Special shout out to the folks who, within 72 hours, recreated this in their apartment complex. A COMMUNITY!! 💀

Elizabeth Warren: "We have Republicans, in theory, they could stand up to him. But I say 'in theory.' It's the most spineless bunch of people I've ever seen."

Jonathan Haidt Promoted a Fringe Theory on Trans Youth — Assigned The author of “The Anxiety Generation” told Margaret Hoover for PBS that young people become trans due to peer contagion effects. There is no evidence for this claim.

As in:

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

To be fair I'm not a fan of that book. As I understand it, it doesn't hold up to actual studied, and further, the author has said some hinky shit too (re: trans folks) that makes me pretty much write him and his book right the hell off.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

this work saved millions of lives in 2021, won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and is cancelled in 2025

Honestly it's one of the only "truths" you can learn from history. So much of History is complex, but you can see this simple repeating pattern:

- We only get through this together
- Small things add up
- Find people already doing the work
- If nobody is, start. Anywhere.

Full text available at https://theijf.org/open-by-default/25039256 starting on page 88

Full text available at https://theijf.org/open-by-default/25039256 starting on page 88

Full text available at https://theijf.org/open-by-default/25039256 starting on page 88

Full text available at https://theijf.org/open-by-default/25039256 starting on page 88

Here are Canada's healthcare unions warning public health and IPC that COVID must be treated as airborne on February 7th, 2020, and decisions must involve workers and OHS experts.

As usual they were brushed off by medicine's administrator class, protecting "their" turf.

theijf.org/open-by-defa...

MYTH #1 “Ottawa is stealing Alberta’s wealth and giving it to Quebec!” TALKING POINT We send billions to Ottawa. They turn around and hand it to Quebec. Alberta always pays more than it gets back. We carry the load — and get none of the credit. We’re done being taken for granted. REALITY Equalization is funded through federal taxes—not from Alberta’s bank account. It’s a shared insurance plan Alberta isn’t using—but could one day need. So who’s signing that cheque to Quebec? BREAKDOWN Equalization is not a transfer from Alberta to other provinces—it’s a federal redistribution program funded by personal and corporate income taxes. Alberta doesn’t send money to other provinces; it just doesn’t receive extra support because its economy is stronger. Meanwhile, Alberta receives billions every year from Ottawa through the Canada Health Transfer, EI, infrastructure funding, and emergency disaster aid. Equalization is not theft—it’s a social safety net we may one day need. Sources: Feehan (U of A), School of Public Policy; Government of Canada June 2025 GIVE VOICE

MYTH #2 “We’ll vote to leave Canada in 2027 and be free!” TALKING POINT Alberta has the right to hold a referendum. A majority vote gives us the mandate to act. That’s how we assert self-determination. No one in Ottawa or the courts can deny it. It’s time for Alberta to reclaim its freedom. REALITY You can’t separate without negotiation, constitutional change, and respect for Indigenous rights. The Clarity Act isn’t a suggestion—it’s binding law. Where does the Clarity Act say Alberta can leave unilaterally? BREAKDOWN The Clarity Act (2000) outlines the conditions under which a province may begin the process of separation. A successful referendum must have a clear question and result in a clear majority. But that alone is not enough. The federal government is constitutionally obligated to negotiate, and Indigenous peoples hold rights that must be respected. Separation requires amending the Constitution — which means buy-in from the rest of Canada. It’s not simple or fast. Sources: Clarity Act; Wesley (2022); Robertson Thesis (2023) June 2025 GIVE VOICE

We’ve updated our Alberta Myth series. Eight in this series.
Seems timely, with the Alberta Next Town Hall propaganda tour rolling across the province.
Let’s push back with facts. 🧵
#AlbertaFirst #AbLeg #AbPoli #MythBusting #GiveVoiceAB

Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust A complex blend of personal, social and environmental factors fuels vaccine skepticism.

Vaccine hesitancy: How social and technological issues converged to spawn mistrust theconversation.com/vaccine-hesi...

"The COVID pandemic has proven how damaging misinformation, disinformation, information voids and information gaps can be to public health..."

#VaccinesWork

Young people more prone to believe in conspiracies, research shows | CBC News People under the age of 35 are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than other age groups, according to recent research out of the University of Ottawa.

Young people more prone to believe in conspiracies www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"...people younger than 35 are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than other age groups"

@philofwrite.bsky.social: "That fear & perpetual sense of disaster can lead people to believe in conspiracy theories"

You’re Not Imagining It. Health Misinformation Is Everywhere | The Walrus And yes, some of it has probably gotten to you

I’ve spent decades studying how health and science are represented in the public sphere. And it has never been as bad as it is right now.

Here are my current top 10 concerns thewalrus.ca/before-you-s... via @thewalrus.ca

Soon: chatting on 680 CJOB about this mess!

R.F.K. Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research

Completely horrifying.👇 Anti-science monster.

RFK Jr. Cancels mRNA Vaccine Research www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Reality: Vaccine...
- saved millions of lives
- < hospitalization
- < long COVID
- > pregnancy outcomes
- < healthcare costs
- promising platform for other diseases!
- etc, etc!!!

RIP writer Flannery O’Connor, died this day 1964.

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”

“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.”

You owe it to yourself to go to Edmonton in the summer. Every 15 hours of daylight day in august is precious and worthy of celebration. Support Edmonton's 2030 worldcon bid.

YouTube video by Creative Boom Samuel L. Jackson Wants You to Eat Seaweed (and Back Wind Farms)

Language warning, but you know Samuel Jackson’s style.

I know Tr*mp has recently poo-poohed wind farms, but closer to home, Premier Smith has been absolutely idiotic in her comments.

Watch, and enjoy Sam say what we’ve all been thinking:

youtu.be/TRzEzU7kwyQ?...

Come on, "Royale with Breeze" was right there.

Top CDC covid vaccine adviser quits after RFK Jr. ended recommendations Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

A top coronavirus vaccine adviser at the CDC has resigned, citing concerns that she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials rescinded recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong The health secretary has made many inaccurate statements about vaccines. But the science is clear that vaccines have dramatically reduced childhood illness, disability and death.

I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong

by @jakescottmd.bsky.social (congrats Jake - keep it up!)

theconversation.com/im-a-physici...

Imagine responding to a proposed *update* on standards with the retort: "but this is out of alignment with the standards!"

a man in a white tank top and hat is standing on a boat in the ocean . ALT: a man in a white tank top and hat is standing on a boat in the ocean .

Hi hi!

Motherfucking wind farms…

Debate over whether to make respirator use in health care settings universal should begin by eliciting responses to the following question:

If universal respirator use among health care workers could prevent the death of one patient/year, would you consider such a policy/practice 'worth' it?

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