Dylan MacKay
@dylanmackayphd.bsky.social
Dad | #T1D my pancreas is on my phone | Assistant Professor of #NutSky and Chronic Disease | Newfoundlander in Winnipeg | Deutscher | Clinical Trialist | ADHD | he/him | Old man playing Rocket League | views my own
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Dylan MacKay
@dylanmackayphd.bsky.social
· Sep 26
People with type 1 diabetes #T1D can sometimes seem aloof and unapproachable. I want to let you know it isn't because we know we are so hot (we do), it is because we are really busy trying to stop our bodies from killing us.
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Seeing too many articles talking about challenges accessing extremely pricey drugs in Canada that make no mention of the absolutely outrageous amounts of money the pharma companies are pulling in.💰💊
Vertex is on track to make $10 Billion+ USD off Trikafta this year (again). 👀A 10x blockbuster drug!
Vertex is on track to make $10 Billion+ USD off Trikafta this year (again). 👀A 10x blockbuster drug!
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Seeing too many articles talking about challenges accessing extremely pricey drugs in Canada that make no mention of the absolutely outrageous amounts of money the pharma companies are pulling in.💰💊
Vertex is on track to make $10 Billion+ USD off Trikafta this year (again). 👀A 10x blockbuster drug!
Vertex is on track to make $10 Billion+ USD off Trikafta this year (again). 👀A 10x blockbuster drug!
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"... [$25 mil over 6 years] to Statistics Canada to implement the [Magic Beans] and Technology Measurement Program (TechStat), which will use [fairy dust] to measure how [magic beans are] being used by organizations and understand the [magic's] impact on 🇨🇦 society." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa launches AI register showing how the tech is being used within federal departments | CBC News
Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali announced Friday morning the federal government has launched its first public AI register that outlines how artificial intelligence is being used or tested within ...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"... [$25 mil over 6 years] to Statistics Canada to implement the [Magic Beans] and Technology Measurement Program (TechStat), which will use [fairy dust] to measure how [magic beans are] being used by organizations and understand the [magic's] impact on 🇨🇦 society." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Remember that crazy AI slop image of the mouse with the human genitals, yeah it hasn't gotten any better it seems
November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Remember that crazy AI slop image of the mouse with the human genitals, yeah it hasn't gotten any better it seems
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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My favourite Baldwin video:
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My favourite Baldwin video:
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The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The greatest irony of this comment is that it's actually fossil fuel companies (and the governments they've captured) who are living in the past. The rest of the world is moving towards renewables, and all this multi-billion dollar fossil fuel infrastructure is going to be worthless stranded assets.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
I for one do long for the past when we didn't have smoke season as Canada burns, but also how can Mr. Guilbeault stay in the same party as this guy
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I for one do long for the past when we didn't have smoke season as Canada burns, but also how can Mr. Guilbeault stay in the same party as this guy
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An excerpt from my book to address this kind of pseudoscience apologetics.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
An excerpt from my book to address this kind of pseudoscience apologetics.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
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I mean of course Trump would recognize territory gained through war, he has plans for Venezuela, Greenland and Canada (but he'd prefer an anschluss with Canada)
The Putin loyalists win, America sells out Ukraine. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I mean of course Trump would recognize territory gained through war, he has plans for Venezuela, Greenland and Canada (but he'd prefer an anschluss with Canada)
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Why does every target trial emulation study have to include a bit that says "this shows how great target trial emulation is. RCTs are non-generalisable and expensive"? Imagine if every RCT said "this shows how great RCTs are. We did not have to rely on strong, untestable assumptions".
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Why does every target trial emulation study have to include a bit that says "this shows how great target trial emulation is. RCTs are non-generalisable and expensive"? Imagine if every RCT said "this shows how great RCTs are. We did not have to rely on strong, untestable assumptions".
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Free online Intro to INSPECT-SR workshop in January - this one was designed to be convenient for Australian colleagues but may work for others too: www.trybooking.com/uk/FPDL
Introduction to INSPECT-SR Training Workshop Jan (Australia)
An introductory 2-hour online workshop will introduce participants to the INSPECT-SR tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled...
www.trybooking.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Free online Intro to INSPECT-SR workshop in January - this one was designed to be convenient for Australian colleagues but may work for others too: www.trybooking.com/uk/FPDL
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Good morning, generative AI is murdering science and cutting up its body as we speak
Beep? Boop. 🧪
They used an automated tool to detect AI papers after human readers got suspicious. Peer reviews were the worst, at 21% flagged as totally-AI generated. 1% of papers were flagged as fully AI, 9% more than 50%.
By @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social:
They used an automated tool to detect AI papers after human readers got suspicious. Peer reviews were the worst, at 21% flagged as totally-AI generated. 1% of papers were flagged as fully AI, 9% more than 50%.
By @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social:
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Good morning, generative AI is murdering science and cutting up its body as we speak
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
Just watched the Low Priority movie, and it kicked my ass. if you have diabetes it might be a rough watch, but it is definitely something everyone in healthcare should watch
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Just watched the Low Priority movie, and it kicked my ass. if you have diabetes it might be a rough watch, but it is definitely something everyone in healthcare should watch
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Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
Nothing makes you more of a socialist than walking down Bay St. early in the morning seeing the unhoused people sleeping on the grates in front of the luxury goods ads on the giant temples dedicated to greed
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Nothing makes you more of a socialist than walking down Bay St. early in the morning seeing the unhoused people sleeping on the grates in front of the luxury goods ads on the giant temples dedicated to greed
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Still cracks me up that not long ago everyone was like “Trials are too expensive”, and the solution to this is to do massive AI models with colossal piles of data. More expensive, more assumptions, weaker causality. 🍌🍌
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Still cracks me up that not long ago everyone was like “Trials are too expensive”, and the solution to this is to do massive AI models with colossal piles of data. More expensive, more assumptions, weaker causality. 🍌🍌
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How do I get people to understand that high quality data collected with intention and analyzed by experts have even more potential to revolutionize health care?
Can't even make jokes anymore because Deloitte did use AI to say that AI is good...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/newfo...
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/newfo...
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
How do I get people to understand that high quality data collected with intention and analyzed by experts have even more potential to revolutionize health care?
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property rights, boo hoo. give us the fast train!
Critics worry about Liberal plan to fast-track high-speed rail | CBC News
In an effort to halve the approval time for Canada’s new high-speed rail network, the Liberal government is streamlining how it expropriates land in a way that some say could compromise property right...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
property rights, boo hoo. give us the fast train!
How is this guy so consistently wrong
who actually likes electricity? raise your hand. haha, i see a joker back there. but ask yourself: how many times do you turn on the light in morning, just for fun? what about the afternoon. never, right? and why are you staying up so late? our forefathers tucked themselves in at 6pm like god inten—
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
How is this guy so consistently wrong