Benjamin King

We should stop referring to what ICE agents wear as “masks,” as it feeds into stigmatization and actual legislation to ban face-masks, including respirators. ICE agents technically do not wear masks; they wear neck gaiters. However we should refer to them as what they actually are: hoods

Minnesota should get the Nobel peace prize.

The Ottawa Senators are blasting all the heated rivalry music at the game, so they don't mind profiting on queer sens fans but they do mind supporting them by not signing a bad homophobic goalie

Linus hearing they signed a homophobic goalie:

A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud

RFK Jr announces the removal of Covid vaccine for kids & pregnant people

Has he seen a Covid placenta?

You’re higher risk for everything when pregnant, including severe Covid. It causes low birth weight babies & all kinds issues.

Next it’ll be “only sick kids & pregnant people die of covid”

Diagram showing the ancestry of Nimbus (NB.1.8.1). The evolution of NB.1.8.1 has including three recombination events, including XBB (Kraken) and BA.2.86 (Pirola) lineages.

Evolutionary tree of SARS-CoV-2 variants showing the small fraction of diversity covered by every variant with a Greek letter except "Omicron", and the enormous diversity within "Omicron", including Nimbus NB.1.8.1.

Meet "Nimbus", aka SARS-CoV-2 variant NB.1.8.1.

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Second last paragraph, after a lot of talk about how much lower American taxes are… 🙄

Emily Clark, Ottawa legend

We fucked-around with vibes-based Public Health when it came to COVID and now we're finding out (even more) with #measles.

Everyone who backed the "you do you" and "vaxx-and-relax" approaches to COVID were simply getting on board Andrew Wakefield's train, whether they knew it or not.

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social Everything is Tuberculosis even old Glasgow trams

Go Sens Go

After that plane literally flipped upside down after smashing into the runway and 100% of people survived, I hope every person who ever said “what’s even the point of seatbelts on a plane” feels like a real doof.

“Why don’t they play popular music at the Super Bowl anymore.”

— Man who thinks 1996 was 10 years ago.

When did Donald Trump become our "customer"? Is Ontario for sale?

#onpoli #Election2025

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: He choked.

The market started to tank, and suddenly, he said, “Oh, didn’t you guys already have a plan to deal with the border back in December? I love that—I’ll take that.”

This is Mr. Art of the Deal.

Yes! And it's much easier to get rapid tests here than back home where you are. Pharmacies still offer them though it's about $18 CAD for a box of five (which is not the worst, to be fair). People were just convinced it's a past thing.

There's almost no testing. Only 300 tests across the whole country and tons of people with symptoms won't get the type of test (PCR) counted in these stats or just won't test at all.

The myopia of the American authors surprised that Canadians are talking about boycotting US publishers while this is ongoing is completely wild to me. Yes, it’s unfair that you will be collateral damage. You know that your government just plunged two major economies into recession overnight, right?

#GoSensGo

At this rate your next LFR will need to be delivered by Microsoft Sam

I feel fortunate. Surprised (in a way) as there have been exposures, so also very fortunate.

"Jacob Trouba, Duck" has been said so many times before but never in this way

@stevedangle20.bsky.social I was at a Glasgow Clan game and was yelling at the goalie to stay in his net, when the dude in front of me said "I think you mean 'if you're a goaltender, TEND THE GOAL!'"

Anyways dudes rock and I was sitting right behind an SDPN listener who is a big NYR fan

I hate the Habs but man it's so hard for me to be a Patrik Laine hater.

I've seen bigger Bens tbh