Udo Schuklenk
@schuklenk.bsky.social
🇨🇦 I’m one of the Editors of Bioethics. My own research interests are currently MAiD, conscience, queer, gay, public health, reproductive health care, feminism, philosophy, research ethics, publishing ethics. I’m a hobby photographer and travel junkie.
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Udo Schuklenk
@schuklenk.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Conscientious Refuser Accommodation Continues to Undermine Patient Care
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Conscientious Refuser Accommodation Continues to Undermine Patient Care - Schuklenk - Bioethics - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
National Academies - Statement on CDC’s Updated Vaccine Guidance
National Academies respond to CDC’s updated vaccine guidance, offering scientific context and clarity on vaccine safety.
www.nationalacademies.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
NEW: The National Academies release statement saying the revised language on @CDCgov web page on links between vaccines and autism, which cited some of the academies work, did not provide the full context. 1/2
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
www.nationalacademies.org/news/stateme...
And there we go again…
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
And there we go again…
Truth
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Truth
Reposted by Udo Schuklenk
Atlantic: Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes? / It hasn’t been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Atlantic: Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes? / It hasn’t been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
www.thestar.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
“What’s disturbing about the scandal though, is how blatant it is. Political appointees are handing out hundreds of millions of dollars from a public slush fund to organizations that are either close to the government or that hire the right political insiders.”
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Map has been updated with 2 ER closures in #Ontario in 1 week
Everyday we scan the internet to track what Doug Ford won’t
Pls take this info to your family,friends,co-workers - someone you know and love will be profoundly affected by this malfeasance
www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
Everyday we scan the internet to track what Doug Ford won’t
Pls take this info to your family,friends,co-workers - someone you know and love will be profoundly affected by this malfeasance
www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
ERs Closed in Ontario 2024 - Google My Maps
This map shows all ERs in Ontario closed either temporarily or permanently from January1/24 on. Click on icon for details, Here's the link to 2023's map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1aD55Pt...
www.google.com
November 18, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Map has been updated with 2 ER closures in #Ontario in 1 week
Everyday we scan the internet to track what Doug Ford won’t
Pls take this info to your family,friends,co-workers - someone you know and love will be profoundly affected by this malfeasance
www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
Everyday we scan the internet to track what Doug Ford won’t
Pls take this info to your family,friends,co-workers - someone you know and love will be profoundly affected by this malfeasance
www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...
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Editorial on HPV: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
Globe editorial: A killer disease that should no longer exist
The existence of an effective HPV vaccine should have meant cervical cancer was stamped out. Instead, it’s the fastest growing cancer in Canada
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Editorial on HPV: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
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EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
Exclusive: CDC to end all monkey research
Studies related to HIV and other infectious diseases will be phased out, sources say; fate of the agency's animals remains unclear
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: CDC to end all monkey studies. Decision handed down by recent college grad and former DOGE employee who is now deputy chief of staff at the agency. Animals were being used in studies of HIV prevention. Some may be euthanized. My latest for @science.org
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I know it's late, but I wanted to share again that from now until Cyber Monday, I'm offering 20% off your first year on an annual Patreon membership.
I'm trying to get to 1000 paid subs by the end of the year and right now I'm at 876. patreon.com/katelynburns
I'm trying to get to 1000 paid subs by the end of the year and right now I'm at 876. patreon.com/katelynburns
Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
patreon.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I know it's late, but I wanted to share again that from now until Cyber Monday, I'm offering 20% off your first year on an annual Patreon membership.
I'm trying to get to 1000 paid subs by the end of the year and right now I'm at 876. patreon.com/katelynburns
I'm trying to get to 1000 paid subs by the end of the year and right now I'm at 876. patreon.com/katelynburns
Physical Accessibility of Medicines in Countries Hosting Trials for FDA Approvals url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
Physical Accessibility of Medicines in Countries Hosting Trials for FDA Approvals
This cross-sectional study aims to determine whether and when medicines receive market authorization in the countries where they are tested for US Food and Drug Administration approval, as well as tre...
jamanetwork.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Physical Accessibility of Medicines in Countries Hosting Trials for FDA Approvals url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
Important paper, if unsurprising findings… some things never change
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
Reposted by Udo Schuklenk
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
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Is Canada considering scrapping a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicle imports? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @joannakyriazis.bsky.social (@cleanenergycanada.org) & Addisu Lashitew (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social) tonight at 8pm | Producer: Mike Attenborough
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Is Canada considering scrapping a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicle imports? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @joannakyriazis.bsky.social (@cleanenergycanada.org) & Addisu Lashitew (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social) tonight at 8pm | Producer: Mike Attenborough
Reposted by Udo Schuklenk
Reposted by Udo Schuklenk
Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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A dark day in #AB!
Using the notwithstanding clause against #trans kids is an admission the the legislation is unconstitutional. To my family this is personal.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ABpoli
#TotalRecall #ABResist
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Using the notwithstanding clause against #trans kids is an admission the the legislation is unconstitutional. To my family this is personal.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ABpoli
#TotalRecall #ABResist
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November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A dark day in #AB!
Using the notwithstanding clause against #trans kids is an admission the the legislation is unconstitutional. To my family this is personal.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ABpoli
#TotalRecall #ABResist
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Using the notwithstanding clause against #trans kids is an admission the the legislation is unconstitutional. To my family this is personal.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ABpoli
#TotalRecall #ABResist
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
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3 papers @thelancet.com today on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and a call for action
The health risks
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health risks
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
3 papers @thelancet.com today on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and a call for action
The health risks
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health risks
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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It’s publication day! Spread the word. The perfect Christmas gift for the pessimist in your life.
November 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It’s publication day! Spread the word. The perfect Christmas gift for the pessimist in your life.
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Who we gotta embarrass into saving PBS
PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C.
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end.
“We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.”
current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS
WETA to cut staff, cancel ‘PBS News Weekend’ and close News Hour West bureau
The restructuring includes the elimination of 34 positions, following another round of cuts made in September.
current.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Who we gotta embarrass into saving PBS
I can so relate to this
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I can so relate to this
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Reposted by Udo Schuklenk
Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to see AI's results in the Canadian government!
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.