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@crafty_caro @refashionista Thanks. Hope one of the bivalents comes to the under-12s soon.

@crafty_caro @refashionista Can kids (under 12) get bivalent boosters?

I was excited to vote for @cmckenney and @ArielTroster last week. They both have shown how much they care about everyone in this city, and they will bring real and positive change to so many of our city services. This is a real moment of opportunity for Ottawa. Let’s seize it.

@ajnabieh @IPEdmonton I haven’t upgraded to elastomeric but definitely didn’t fly in KN94 or equivalent. I used (and have) Dräger X-plore N95 and Vitacore CAN99, both from CanadaStrong. I flew in the Dräger and teach in the Vitacore. I have extras of both if you can’t get your own by Monday

@jacobjkrich ? @IPEdmonton ? I forget who else I know who has been following the progressive science on this...

Calling all my COVID-nerd friends: is it worth upgrading from my day-to-day KN94 for an airplane flight? The flight is short enough that I can stay masked from airport to airport, but I'm going to support someone undergoing chemo, so I want to be extra cautious.

@FBorgal Kids too old to carry around with a cargo bike but too young to trust with e-bikes of their own. If I can’t take them with me, what’s the point of an e-bike? Expect I’ll get one when they move out or are old enough to ride their own safely (and lock them carefully).

@Audrey_Giles @Ester__Island @PatrickAoust I have found filters in all of the rooms (SITE and FSS) where co2 levels have gone over 900 or 1000 during class/meeting, but not in the rooms that keep co2 levels low (below 600), even in the same bldg. So it looks like they know which rooms need them. But I’d love more info.

First day giving labs on person with full class numbers in a couple years. Hoping the Corsi-Rosenthal box I made helps 🥲

💥Exciting results: We show how to scalably calculate molecular spectra on an analog quantum computer. Our ion-trap experiment's agreement with theory is stunning. See @ryjmac thread for all the details!👇

@erinelmvale @Ester__Island @uOttawa Absolutely! Masks should be mandated again. Students (and professors) who are ill should be encouraged not to be in the class and accommodated to make that easy.

@jacobjkrich @Ester__Island @uOttawa Except that there is NO consistency. The administration needs to address this

These are literally the 3 top trending posts on the @uottawa subreddit this evening 😮‍💨 whomsoever could have foreseen this

Ariel is wonderful and will be a great city councillor. She cares deeply for all her neighbours. She has strong progressive values but isn’t an ideologue. Her priorities for the city are attainable and will make it so much better! Plus, my house is (briefly) in her video!

@ajnabieh Please take care of yourself, Emily! Let us know if we can help

Since it’s about to become obvious I’m not teaching, I might as well say it explicitly: I’m on sick leave for a while, hopefully just a couple months. I’m having a lot of feelings about this, but it’s very necessary.

Feb 5 vs Aug 28. Such a better reason for Kent St to be full! #HappyPride

@regina_bateson @uOttawa I wrote to @recteurUOpres and @jillscott68 yesterday to request a classroom masking policy yesterday. We should all be filling their inboxes.

Meanwhile @uOttawa we’re told to “respect everyone’s individual choice” & the university is still posting outdated guidance (from June!) touting the “continued improvement of the COVID-19 situation in Ontario & in Ottawa-Gatineau.” It’s as if the last wave never happened…🤦🏻‍♀️

@ArielTroster But it’s only one way right now. Making it two way for bicycles would be phenomenal.

@ArielTroster Gilmour may be the easiest to get done, as Jordan Moffat (formerly @jordobicycles) has pointed out. It has signalises intersections at every cross street out to Elgin, is relatively low car traffic, and well located in the community. Would be a great bike artery.

Deamalgamation is a reasonable and democratic response to the governance challenges in Ottawa. I’d love to see it taken seriously.

On my way to see Hamilton in Ottawa in one hour with my daughter, and this is the best thing to watch for!

Here’s the return trip. Definitely better but not what I’d call “good.”

Peaked at 4000ppm

I really appreciate that #ViaRail still requires masks on the trains, but what is wrong with the ventilation on these cars? 3600ppm of CO2 (and it’s still rising!) means we’re not getting sufficient fresh air and are all breathing in each other’s breaths. #COVIDisAirborne