DPA Weston PhD
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DPA Weston PhD
@drdpaweston.bsky.social
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Retired Teacher & Special Ed Advocate Former Geologist/Marketing Manager Dyslexic Learner Canada Forever 🇨🇦 https://westoka.com/books/
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More than 2,600 rallies were planned across the U.S. — including in Atlanta, pictured above. (Alyssa Pointer/Reuters)
About 8 years ago, I was almost hit in my school’s parking lot by a parent driving fast to get his kid to school

Complained to the principal, who did nothing,

Speed cameras are now in place!

www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-r...
‘A real dark day’: Toronto City Hall reacts to Doug Ford’s move to ban speed cameras
The Ford government tabled legislation Monday to ban automated speed cameras in Ontario.
www.thestar.com
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The most upsetting part of No Country for Old Men to me is when Tommy Lee Jones monologues and his eyes are looking somewhere else and quickly move back and forth. Looks exactly like how my grandad used to look when telling a story and searching for a memory he couldn’t find. What a film.
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And arbitration will come next
Why (and how) Smith May Override Alberta Teachers’ Constitutional Rights

Crowded classrooms. Insufficient resources. Overflowing facilities.

And perhaps the threat of back-to-work legislation backed up by the Notwithstanding Clause.

It's getting ugly.
youtu.be/aPDbT-84q3I
Why (and how) Smith May Override Alberta Teachers’ Constitutional Rights
YouTube video by Energi Media
youtu.be
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The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein
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Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was published OTD in 1953.

“Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord.”

#booksky 🐡
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I kind of love that humans have loved heists throughout history. Some of the oldest stories are heist stories, and here we are down for another one.
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Hey Mike Johnson, let’s see who showed up for what you called the “Hate America” rally.
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This is called HARKing

🧪Hypothesizing After Results are Known is a tactic to "fit" a narrative to data.
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Treatments for acne offer only partial and temporary reductions in symptoms – but two vaccine candidates could offer new hope. This article is part of our Nature Outlook on Skin. 🧪
Acne vaccines could offer robust defence
Researchers are hoping to trick the immune system into fighting back against the bane of adolescents everywhere.
go.nature.com
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James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST

Resolving the Dynamic ISM with IR Echoes around Cas A

TARG: #ECHOW1-NIRCAM
2024-08-19 2024-09-16 2024-09-30 2024-10-16
PI: Jencson, Jacob
NIRCAM 4x f444w f360m f335m f300m

yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger
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Boosting this to the science feed🧪
very much enjoyed a great article by @maxcavitch.bsky.social in @tamarindlit.co.uk just now, in which he talks about his collection of rocks, and how they all .....taste different?!
You can read it online...but in print, its a very beautiful thing: