Joel

Singer and Guitarist in @buxtonroadband, CIS 4x400 medalist, Skier, Swing Dancer, Golfer, and Mechanical Engineering Technologist. Evidence Enthusiast. He/Him.

[Joel @JoelVank]

If I die from a politically preventable cause (such as guns or a lack of pandemic response) I beg of you to politicize my death from your very first breath after hearing the news. Its not too soon to bring it up. Its already too late. Don't let it be too late for the next person.

[Joel @JoelVank]

@SmokesIndoors @KevinMedland "Winner" of the fight scores the next goal roughly 50% of the time. My hot take is that fighting is useless in 99% of situations so the score doesn't matter.

Makes a great narrative device for the post game though. ;)

[Stéphanie Chouinard @DrSChouinard]

How much damage can a newspaper do to its credibility in one day?
The NatPost is about to find out.

[Scott Squires @scottsquires.bsky.social @scott_squires]

@drseanmullen Covid and smoking

[lelu @lelulolololol]

do not cede masking, even if the admin cooperates on finance transparency, removing masks should not be a concession whatsoever, even figuratively. attacks on masking is about repression and eugenics.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

When CBC apologizes for running a collaborationist program normalizing threats to Canadian sovereignty, Hanomansing writes condescending posts about his critics, and "defund the CBC" people use this in their campaign, remember that it could have been avoided if they had listened.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.

[Gina 😷 SARS2isAirborne #VoteGreen 💚 @Saffiya_Khan1]

As Mehdi Hasan said;

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Marco Rubio: “For years to come, there are many people on the right...that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump because this is not going to end well.”
(2016)

[Julia Marie @julia_doubleday]

Calling ppl who talk about our right to clean air “forever covid” people is as if you called the ppl who talked about our right to clean water after the broad street pump “forever cholera people” lol

That is the opposite of what we are! You are that!

[Nitasha Tiku @nitashatiku]

Google removed the pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from its AI principles

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

Here’s a little more detail from Prof Beggs’ testimony where he again confirms that the BULK of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is carried in the small airborne aerosols, NOT in the larger droplets which rapidly fall to the ground.

This is CRUCIAL for infection control purposes.

[Dr. Sean Mullen @drseanmullen]

If you think this is bad, take a look at the brain damage caused by COVID. You’ll carry around a 32oz steel water bottle for purified water, but won’t put on a mask to purify the air you breathe—air that could seriously harm or kill you this decade. Bonus: masks also block airborne microplastics. Care for one, care for all.

[Laura Miers @LauraMiers]

When a young family member died of a massive cerebellar stroke in 2022, everyone readily acknowledged their previous Covid infections caused it. In 2025, as a family member in their early 40s dies in their sleep, that is literally THE LAST THING on anyone’s mind. As Covid has accelerated behind the scenes, quietly killing people en masse, the vast majority of Americans have ABSOLUTELY no idea because public awareness is declining as the virus continues mutating & surging. People have NO IDEA we’ve been reporting RECORD DEATH since 2021 & the largest increase in pediatric mortality in over 50 years, but they don’t care.

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"The UN has described the need for aid in Gaza as staggering, as most Palestinians returning to their homes following Sundays ceasefire have found them destroyed"

Do we have any idea who destroyed them?

[danita @danitasteinberg]

ohhhhhhh people who haven’t masked since 2021 MAYBE 2022 if we’re lucky posting about recognizing propaganda might be the thing that does me in. I am once again asking for everyone to put it together.

[Jess @MeetJess]

Sting cancels shows and awards performance on advice of doctor

An announcement on the British singer's Instagram page said the decision had been made "due to illness" but did not include any more details. https://t.co/yjjYY0TPEn

[Great Grey Owl @greatgreyowls]

I regularly go to a clinic at a hospital that posts handwashing compliance numbers. Usually ~75%.

Then numbers dropped. (Around when masks stopped being mandated).

Then they stopped updating the signs.

Then they removed the signs.

We've gone backwards.

[Myk is Walking Backwards @mykola]

Pandemic went out of control they defunded testing and tracking to hide it.

Now the climate is out of control they’re defunding meteorology to hide it.

If you see it for the latter but not the former please take a beat and reflect on that.

[Joel @JoelVank]

@nerd_endurance @cycletips123 Yup. "Pogi" good is hardly prophetic. It's the easiest bet in sports.