U of T election results: a decisive vote in favour of competence and against hate mongering. Thanks to those who retweeted and/or heeded the call.

(Just maybe nobody tell Elon that Twitter was used to combat hate instead of fomenting it, I don't want to get suspended.)

Amen👊🏻… good morning you lovely lot ❤️have a fabulous day much love from me as always ☕️👋🏻❤️🥰😘

This is an unusually in-depth article on schools and the need for clean air. Thanks, Simon!

Concerned about air quality/safety in schools? I provided a deputation to the Toronto District School Board meeting on Monday.

My 5-minute bit starts at 24:50. Then some Q&A.

I felt a readiness to listen at the TDSB. Glad I was given the opportunity.

tdsb.on.ca/Leadership/Boa…

I was really glad to have this chat with Jonna Brewer in NB about public awareness of Long COVID.

Maybe even the best radio conversation I have had to date.

And all before 7am.

A (non-COVID) fun item for New Year's Eve:

What is the most vexing Wordle word you can imagine?

We have: 'oomph', 'fluff', and 'myrrh'.

(Also maybe 'ginch' because of all the things that rhyme with it, and who'd have thought it'd be a valid Wordle word?)

Our 2023 holiday gingerbread creation: a perfect scale model of Toronto's CN Tower.
(The original 1794 tower, that is.)

Happy to be quoted here BUT, to New Brunswick spokesperson Sean Hatchard:

We have known for ~2 yrs that with Omicron, rapid tests are more sensitive when throat is ALSO swabbed - the instructions were written pre-Omicron.

Please stop misinforming, FFS.

cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…

By way of follow-up to my thread to journalists, h/t to @bevpr for pointing me to this thoughtful reflection on reporting about Long COVID:

nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opi…