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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 58m

JFC.

🫧 Hurry up and burst.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

A student on TikTok has been documenting her journey with a professor who “wrote” the anatomy textbook and it’s all a bunch of AI hallucinations.

She’s saying that, understandably, the students are doing super poorly!

Behold what we’re teaching the healthcare professionals of tomorrow:

A diagram of the bones and (some) deep muscles of the hand and forearm. AI says that we only have four digits. It’s also identified a tendon as the median nerve, another tendon as the ulnar nerve, among other issues.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the neck. It hallucinated the “ennocleidomasid” muscle, and the “anterior scalpalin muscle”.

An AI generated diagram of the muscles of the lateral thigh. It says that the gluteus Maximus (the big juicy butt muscle) is on the anterior side. It also points to the quadriceps muscle and says “attattment”. It also says that the same structure is the tibia AND the deep fascia of the leg.

An AI generated diagram of the bones of the hand and forearm. This time AI says we have 6 digits. It also says that the radius is the ulnar artery. Among other many issues.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 1h

Rain rain barkels

PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social · 1h

O! What wonders AI will bring to the classroom!

freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

Bad computer graphic handed out in a classroom

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 2h

This must rank as one of the more hilarious headlines I have seen in a long time.
Nothing like the political media in Ottawa for continually missing the moment as we watch democracy and the rule of law disintegrate on our unguarded border.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 2h

WHAT

UNB Faculty 4 Palestine @unbfac4palestine.bsky.social · 2h

At UNB, professors and students were surveilled for Palestine solidarity because, per campus security, the university is the President’s “house.”

“If I tell my kids my kids you can’t do this, I don’t need to write it down… He’s the President and he can set the rules.”

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3h

The new normal.

Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 7h

Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy

Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations

Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.

www.nature.com

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 4h

Unlocked | Josie Sabatino: Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 3h

JFC. 🤦

The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 4h

Unlocked | Raquel Garbers: Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing

www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 3h

That's de Adder's take:

www.hilltimes.com/cartoon-dead...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 12h

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14h

“Like a smartwatch reminding you to stand up or drink water, Evergreen will notice if a student who normally visits the fitness center hasn’t done so or encourage a student to leave the library after studying for six hours…”

Dartmouth Builds Its Own AI Chatbot for Student Well-Being

The undergrad-assisted research project will draw on students’ data to provide chatbot support and personalized plans for health and wellness.

www.insidehighered.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 15h

It has very little overall similarity to HIV in any respect except that they both can affect immune systems (and not in the same way either). SARS-CoV-2 does a lot more than that, impacting many different systems.

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17h

Yes, SARS-CoV-2 affects a lot more than the immune system, which is one reason I don't care for the metaphor.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

"'Socialist' is right in their name!"

- People whose minds will be blown when they hear the truth about the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 18h

Wake up babe, Pierre Poilievre's on Twitter claiming the Nazis were socialists again

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

Betcha it's not remotely shocking.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/14/t...

There's a shocking disparity between how high income and low income earners feel about the economy

New JPMorgan data shows how different Americans in different income brackets perceive the economy.

www.cnbc.com

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Breen Ouellette (he/him) @breeno.bsky.social · 18h

The genocide case against Israel is proceeding, as it should.

War crimes don't vanish after the conclusion of war.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 18h

"The case is proceeding."

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says the US-backed agreement to end Israel's war on Gaza will have no bearing on his country’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/xhyzpq

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

www.salon.com/2022/12/02/n...

Calling COVID “airborne AIDS

Despite blunting the immune system, COVID is very unlike HIV. Experts say

www.salon.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

He also is on record that "airborne AIDS" isn't a good metaphor (in the same article as me).

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

Neat.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

How COVID-19 Might Be Tied to Other Respiratory Disease Outbreaks

This Medical News story discusses the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and recent increases in other respiratory diseases.

jamanetwork.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

www.salon.com/2022/12/02/n...

Calling COVID “airborne AIDS

Despite blunting the immune system, COVID is very unlike HIV. Experts say

www.salon.com

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

I'm on record as not liking the "airborne AIDS" metaphor for various reasons, but I'm also on record that I think SARS-CoV-2 very well may cause immunity theft.

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due to the immune dysfunction caused ...

www.ajpmfocus.org

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 18h

Just FYI, it's only mid-October in Japan.

CIDRAP @cidrap.bsky.social · 18h

Japan sees early flu activity, with school closures

Japan typically reports increased influenza activity at the end of November.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/i...

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21h

Only about 0.0003% of the world's population follows me on here. Y'all are the elite.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21h

And the USA is a great strategic partner whose policies we need to adopt even if it means crushing tariffs that affect our farmers? Come on.

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21h

If you see this, quote post with your favourite Pokémon. (Wrong answers only)

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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 21h

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

No aid scale-up yet in Gaza, aid agencies say

A major ramp-up of aid needed to ease famine and suffering in Gaza after two years of war has yet to happen, the Red Cross and U.N. agencies said on Tuesday, as Israeli authorities warned of slower aid flows as the southern Rafah crossing remained shut.

www.reuters.com

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