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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 5h

Okay that is enough National Post for me (forever)

Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 7h

This is beyond cringe. I just can’t tell who it’s more embarrassing for: the writer or the subject.

nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Justin Trudeau ‘just too vanilla’ for Katy Perry, says Canadian ‘super fan’ who voted Conservative

"To be honest with you, I think he kind of stole my thunder," Braiden Palumbo said of the former prime minister

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 12h

at this point it would be interesting journalism if someone could locate a Young Republican groupchat that was not full of overt Nazis

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 8h

The deep efficiency of the invisible hand.

karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 11h

the number of unsold condos in metro Vancouver is approximately the same as the metro Vancouver homeless population

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vancouversun.com/business/rea...

Metro Vancouver's glut of empty condos: What's unsold and why?

No amount of incentives seems to be able to reverse the glut. How did we get here? And how bad could it get? Read more.

vancouversun.com

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 6h

I think protein supplementation might become even more important with glipination, ideally in an easy to consume form because otherwise the risk of not consuming enough may increase fast. Hopefully an area that will get some research attention

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 7h

Dylan Mackay, nutrition clinical trialist from Winnipeg in the middle of Canada ,COIs is I am a colleague or supervisor of some of the authors, I also apply for lots of money every year to do diet trials in CKD (with limited success) #NephJC

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 7h

Dieticians is fighting words...
But I agree, we need better trials, unfortunately we don't have the type of profit motive for a trial looking at protein intake that DAPA had. But if anyone is feeling generous we could definitely put a multimillion dollar research project into diet in CKD to good use

Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 9h

It is the least aroused pass of all time from me

A headline above a picture of Sam Altman with the headline "ChatGPT creator denies sister's childhood rape claim"

A headline above a picture of Sam Altman which says "Sam Altman says ChatGPT is getting into erotica by the end of the year"

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 11h

Also true

Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 11h

Wow, say what you want about Charlie Kirk's politics (they were horrible), but dunking on a dead guy this hard is totally fair game because freedom of expression

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 11h

Why would anyone want an on-demand clanker slop film that is guaranteed to be mid

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 15h

Billionaires who buy media don't do it for them to succeed in a sales and income sense. Success for them is less independent power of the fourth estate and more control and tools for the capital class

karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao WaPo has fewer than 100K circulation now. It turns out “alienate your liberal subscriber base” is not a good strategy when the Republicans also hate you. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18h

bluesky needs group chats so bad

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Kevin C Klatt, PhD, RD @kcklatt.bsky.social · 17h

MMWR stole the show in the first round of headlines about CDC cuts but in the chaos, many missed that the NHANES mobile team remains RIF'd. This is the backbone of this key survey that contains some of the only representative anthropometric, biochemical, clinical and dietary data on the country.

STAT @statnews.com · 19h

Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 16h

They don't really want nutrition data collected if it might contradict the preconceived and inflexible theories that are being pushed by these MAHA grifters who are now unfortunately in control

STAT @statnews.com · 19h

Protecting the nation’s public health demands data, whether it be new measles cases, a surge in ER visits, or shifting patterns in obesity. The most recent job cuts at the CDC threaten the mostly unseen foundation of that research enterprise.
www.statnews.com/2025/10/14/c...

CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off

NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.

www.statnews.com

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 1d

i got some bad news about the rest of academia

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

WEALTH
IS NOT THE FRUIT OF LABOUR
BUT THE RESULT OF ORGANISED, PROTECTED, ROBBERY.
FRANZ FANON

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 1d

Feast of Thanksgiving !

A table full of dishes served family style, with deep fried turkey, salt beef, peas pudding, boiled dinner (carrots, turnip and cabbage), garlic mashed potatoes, savory dressing, sweet potato mashed topped with marshmallows pecans, and Yorkshire puddings and cranberry sauce

A plate with deep fried turkey, salt beef, peas pudding, boiled dinner (carrots, turnip and cabbage), garlic mashed potatoes, savory dressing, sweet potato mashed topped with marshmallows pecans, and Yorkshire puddings topped with turkey gravy

A flight of pies, one lemon meringue, one apple and one pumpkin

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 1d

Wow that was fast

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 1d

Deep frying a turkey, past the first step it is in the oil and it didn't explode...

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 1d

We should have an economy that isn't based on a small number of people self-dealing and wash-trading a make-believe future that nobody asked for

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Hend Amry @libyaliberty.bsky.social · 1d

Jews Muslims and Christians have always been there. Israel is a European colonial project. And an apartheid state that has committed a genocide. Holy books have no role to play in international law.

Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 1d

You don't need a holy book to know that Jews were in Israel a lot more recently than ancient times.

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Dylan MacKay @dylanmackayphd.bsky.social · 1d

Yup, so much bad, so very little good

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 1d

The fact that I can’t immediately tell if a video is AI now actually makes me sick to my stomach. I cannot believe there are people who think this is a good thing

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 1d

For a very long time, this weird libertarian mishmash basically ran under the national radar because Portland was so small. But the whole time, my understanding of Portland was as a place where absurdist, self-determining approaches to everyday experiences were the norm.

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