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@gloomen.bsky.social
Industrial designer of useful things for healthcare. Medical & scientific illustrator. Recovering medical school anatomist and gross anatomy/pathology guy. Once held a piece of Einstein's brain. Friend to other peoples cats and dogs (it's not weird).
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Just a reminder that there are plug-ins and extensions that, over the next few days (or years), you can use with your browser to replace certain words with words that you prefer. I use Word Replacer Max. Here is an example of it at work. #Orangefacedshitgibbon
Good at art but interested in biology and medicine; took all the hard courses and spent undergrad swimming up and down a pool so didn't have the marks for med school; went into medical illustration instead; fell into teaching anatomy in a medical school, retrained as industrial designer. Still teach
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Good at art but interested in biology and medicine; took all the hard courses and spent undergrad swimming up and down a pool so didn't have the marks for med school; went into medical illustration instead; fell into teaching anatomy in a medical school, retrained as industrial designer. Still teach
Passing a massive project milestone on a picture perfect Friday morning calls for a celebratory cappuccino and sausage role. Today is a good day.
October 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Passing a massive project milestone on a picture perfect Friday morning calls for a celebratory cappuccino and sausage role. Today is a good day.
Bonkers video analyzing Canada's womens rugby team tactics and how they're changing the game. The lads at Squidge are in complete admiration, as am I. Even if you don't follow it rugby appreciate what happens in a team sport when one team moves at lightspeed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGi6...
So how did Canada reach the Rugby World Cup Final? | Canada v New Zealand Analysis
YouTube video by Squidge Rugby
www.youtube.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Bonkers video analyzing Canada's womens rugby team tactics and how they're changing the game. The lads at Squidge are in complete admiration, as am I. Even if you don't follow it rugby appreciate what happens in a team sport when one team moves at lightspeed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGi6...
🇨🇦 If you haven't been following this, the Canadian women's rugby team has been dark horses all tournament, but they are very, very good. Just dismantled world champions NZ to earn a spot in the World Cup final, probably against England. Bravo, ladies.
September 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🇨🇦 If you haven't been following this, the Canadian women's rugby team has been dark horses all tournament, but they are very, very good. Just dismantled world champions NZ to earn a spot in the World Cup final, probably against England. Bravo, ladies.
Interesting wicked problem A couple of things: 1. logistics-wise, hospitals are as far apart as possible making it tenuous and costly; 2. Canada almost has no native medical device manufacturing, even if it did at least some part of it will be overseas; 3.
“Built Here, Bought Here” to promote a Canada 🇨🇦 1st movement in healthcare’s supply chain. Is it even possible? Podcast for CIHI with Anne Snowdon @uwindsor.bsky.social
Spotify: ow.ly/CrYl50Lo4tr
Apple: ow.ly/Q4F950Lo4kO
YouTube: ow.ly/1FBG50S7iCA
www.longwoods.com/content/2767...
Spotify: ow.ly/CrYl50Lo4tr
Apple: ow.ly/Q4F950Lo4kO
YouTube: ow.ly/1FBG50S7iCA
www.longwoods.com/content/2767...
September 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Interesting wicked problem A couple of things: 1. logistics-wise, hospitals are as far apart as possible making it tenuous and costly; 2. Canada almost has no native medical device manufacturing, even if it did at least some part of it will be overseas; 3.
In my late teens, after the fights with my parents had slowed and we had come to some peace, I gave my Mom 'Love you Forever' for Mothers Day. She cried. She's 86 now, and she still keeps that copy on her bedside table, while I do my best to fulfill its promise.
This news of Mr Munsch saddens me.
This news of Mr Munsch saddens me.
Canadian children’s author Robert Munsch approved for MAID 😢
Canadian children’s author Robert Munsch approved for MAID
Robert Munsch, the beloved Canadian author behind children’s books such as ‘Love You Forever’, ‘The Paper Bag Princess’ and ‘Mortimer’, has been approved for medical assistance in dying (MAID).
www.ctvnews.ca
September 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
In my late teens, after the fights with my parents had slowed and we had come to some peace, I gave my Mom 'Love you Forever' for Mothers Day. She cried. She's 86 now, and she still keeps that copy on her bedside table, while I do my best to fulfill its promise.
This news of Mr Munsch saddens me.
This news of Mr Munsch saddens me.
Years ago, I was at a anatomy/pathology conference and there was a talk on bumper height and bone damage, can't remember by whom. Bumpers hitting mid tib/fib, they just shatter both. But when they're high enough to impact the femur, two things can happen...
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
September 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Years ago, I was at a anatomy/pathology conference and there was a talk on bumper height and bone damage, can't remember by whom. Bumpers hitting mid tib/fib, they just shatter both. But when they're high enough to impact the femur, two things can happen...
Chapeau, Monsieur. Chapeau.
August 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Chapeau, Monsieur. Chapeau.
Behold, the educational foundation for several generations of Canadians.
August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Behold, the educational foundation for several generations of Canadians.
Oh mein gott there is so much zucchini.
August 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Oh mein gott there is so much zucchini.
Local mechanic now servicing all makes and models.
August 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Local mechanic now servicing all makes and models.
Before learning to replace spokes (it's kind of easy), I would take my bike to the local bike store and the guy would be like "yeah, we'll probably get to it early next week, so..."
Really? It takes five days to replace a spoke? Gosh, I guess you're super busy fixing really expensive racing bikes
Really? It takes five days to replace a spoke? Gosh, I guess you're super busy fixing really expensive racing bikes
Listen to the CBC radio Metro Morning interview with @lanrickbennett.bsky.social inspired by his article for Spacing about the need to recognize bike mechanics as a profession. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8oA...
Why Canada Must Recognize Bicycle Mechanics as a Profession.
YouTube video by Lanrick Jr Bennett
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Before learning to replace spokes (it's kind of easy), I would take my bike to the local bike store and the guy would be like "yeah, we'll probably get to it early next week, so..."
Really? It takes five days to replace a spoke? Gosh, I guess you're super busy fixing really expensive racing bikes
Really? It takes five days to replace a spoke? Gosh, I guess you're super busy fixing really expensive racing bikes
Don't even know what this is, but it's cold, sparkling, and it's so danged hot out that it should be perfectly drinkable.
August 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Don't even know what this is, but it's cold, sparkling, and it's so danged hot out that it should be perfectly drinkable.
When you plan to fly Porter into Toronto Island for the transit connections to get home, but Porter lands you at midnight at Pearson instead, you're practically marooned. Hour 3 now of trying get home 02:32. Southern Ontario transit is not at its best at this time.
July 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
When you plan to fly Porter into Toronto Island for the transit connections to get home, but Porter lands you at midnight at Pearson instead, you're practically marooned. Hour 3 now of trying get home 02:32. Southern Ontario transit is not at its best at this time.
Telefrancais and The Math Patrol.
July 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Telefrancais and The Math Patrol.
I just don't think it really benefitted anyone to allow ice hockey to be played below the Mason-Dixon line.
June 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I just don't think it really benefitted anyone to allow ice hockey to be played below the Mason-Dixon line.
Yeah but is it the REAL fake Holy Grail?
"It be not made of resin".
www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/184...
"It be not made of resin".
www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/184...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Holy Grail Chalice Prop
www.juliensauctions.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Yeah but is it the REAL fake Holy Grail?
"It be not made of resin".
www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/184...
"It be not made of resin".
www.juliensauctions.com/en/items/184...
This is the kind of transit Toronto needs. It doesn't need to be fancy. Miniature trains take up almost no space, are cute and endearing, and compared to full size transit are probably orders of magnitude cheaper. Miniature trains for all!
The miniature train is off to a strong start for the 2025 season with ridership up 34% over 2024. The railway operates Thursday through Monday from May 17 to September 1, running every 10 minutes from 12:00 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. Tickets are $10 per rider and infants ride for free.
June 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is the kind of transit Toronto needs. It doesn't need to be fancy. Miniature trains take up almost no space, are cute and endearing, and compared to full size transit are probably orders of magnitude cheaper. Miniature trains for all!
"It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas."
June 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas."
Fun fact: my Dad designed the EZ-Pass system in the early 90's. Before there were GPS tags, his company would often work with law enforcement (FBI, State etc) to put hidden transponders on vehicles of interest. They would train the law enforcement guys how to install antennas in the roads around,
You almost never hear a driver complain that EZ-Pass is an arm of the surveillance state, but you almost always hear that about speed cameras. I wonder what the difference is!
I think I underestimated how many people on here are both anti-car *and* pro-surveillance (as long as it's only for the 95% of americans who drive) bsky.app/profile/vita...
May 28, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Fun fact: my Dad designed the EZ-Pass system in the early 90's. Before there were GPS tags, his company would often work with law enforcement (FBI, State etc) to put hidden transponders on vehicles of interest. They would train the law enforcement guys how to install antennas in the roads around,
I love the NEJM image challenge. Today, mmm. 🤌
A less clinical, far less mature version of me would say: "This right here is a classic case of truck nuts".
A less clinical, far less mature version of me would say: "This right here is a classic case of truck nuts".
May 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I love the NEJM image challenge. Today, mmm. 🤌
A less clinical, far less mature version of me would say: "This right here is a classic case of truck nuts".
A less clinical, far less mature version of me would say: "This right here is a classic case of truck nuts".
I spend a strange amount of time creating IFU's of various sizes for the medical devices I work on (and of course nobody reads or follows), and frankly I'm with Hannah Fry on this. North American paper sizes are disgusting.
youtube.com/shorts/KW_bv...
youtube.com/shorts/KW_bv...
The most beautiful invention of all time
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
youtube.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I spend a strange amount of time creating IFU's of various sizes for the medical devices I work on (and of course nobody reads or follows), and frankly I'm with Hannah Fry on this. North American paper sizes are disgusting.
youtube.com/shorts/KW_bv...
youtube.com/shorts/KW_bv...
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Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this.
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
New documents reinforce that Science Centre closure was not supported by engineers
The Ontario Science Centre was shuttered on June 21, 2024, with the Ontario government claiming that a structural roof issue made it unsafe. New documents suggest that the engineers inspecting the roo...
www.canadianarchitect.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this.
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
www.canadianarchitect.com/draft-engine...
Most favoritest time of the year. Everything so green, so new, so much new life afoot. Saw snakes, butterflies, beaver, woodpeckers etc.
And the ubiquitous, prominently placed bag of dog poo in the woods. What is really going through the mind of a dog walker when they do this?
And the ubiquitous, prominently placed bag of dog poo in the woods. What is really going through the mind of a dog walker when they do this?
May 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Most favoritest time of the year. Everything so green, so new, so much new life afoot. Saw snakes, butterflies, beaver, woodpeckers etc.
And the ubiquitous, prominently placed bag of dog poo in the woods. What is really going through the mind of a dog walker when they do this?
And the ubiquitous, prominently placed bag of dog poo in the woods. What is really going through the mind of a dog walker when they do this?