David Suffling
suffling.ca
David Suffling
@suffling.ca
Comp sci (sw security, tool dev, data sci), social justice, politics.


Img credit: C. Riens, go.x32.ca/hg.
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I wrote a short interactive article👆

It uses simulations to demonstrate how different cardiac arrhythmias can develop.

Try it out! (It has defibrillators ⚡️)

jenevoldsen.com/posts/excitable-cells

#medsky #cardiosky #cccsky #emimcc
February 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Nice job, ACM! It's so great to see organizations voicing that diversity, equity, and inclusion are still core values.

#WomenInSTEM #Computing #WomenInTech #Diversity
February 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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'“She’s a quack,” says Joe Schwarcz, director of the McGill University Office for Science and Society and professor of chemistry, who works to address medical misinformation.' via @michellegamage.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...
A Conservative MLA Represented Herself as a Medical Doctor. She Isn’t | The Tyee
Medical misinformation experts say Jody Toor’s credentials don’t stand up.
thetyee.ca
January 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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If there is a way to communicate with me that isn't calling me on the phone, please use that.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
4% of dog owners _admit_ their pooch is not vaccinated against RABIES?!

Any dog out in public but unvaccinated against rabies should be (a) vaccinated or (b) put down.
Pet vaccination rates are showing a worrisome decrease.

The pet owners' vaccine concerns mirror the mistaken concerns of humans who are vaccine hesitant over effectiveness, side effects, and the number of #vaccines. A #publichealth expert weighs in: https://buff.ly/4gQiaQ3 #pets #episky
Vaccine hesitancy among pet owners is growing – a public health expert explains why that matters
About 4% of dogs and 12% of cats remain unvaccinated against rabies, posing risks for society.
buff.ly
January 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The word "fraud" is not used even once in this CBC article about grocery corporations committing fraud.

It's been said many times, but many Canadians aren't getting it, so I'll say it again: it's not the carbon tax that is making food expensive, it's price gouging.

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #onpoli
January 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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PierrePoilievre says the high cost of food is caused by the carbon tax. How many Canadians know Poilievre’s Chief Advisor is a lobbyist for Loblaws?
CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat. #cdnpoli #peipoli
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
CBC investigation uncovers grocers overcharging customers by selling underweighted meat | CBC News
The problem of grocers selling underweighted meat and overcharging customers is prevalent and ongoing, a CBC News investigation has found.
www.cbc.ca
January 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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NEW: Meta changed its Community Guidelines today to permit "allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality" @knibbs.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have 'Mental Illness'
Meta rolled out a number of changes to its “Hateful Conduct” policy Tuesday as part of a sweeping overhaul of its approach toward content moderation.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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It begins
January 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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It’s time for THE charger.

Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging new mobile electronic devices in the EU.

It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need!

#DigitalEU
December 28, 2024 at 7:09 AM
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We need more research on autistic burnout, as "Although autistic adults often discuss experiencing 'autistic burnout' and attribute serious negative outcomes to it, the concept is almost completely absent from the academic and clinical literature."

www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....
“Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout | Autism in Adulthood
Background: Although autistic adults often discuss experiencing “autistic burnout” and attribute serious negative outcomes to it, the concept is almost completely absent from the academic and clinical...
www.liebertpub.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:48 AM
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👍
December 27, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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One difference between this and shooting a CEO on a NYC sidewalk is that the former is murder on a mass scale.

A second difference is that we chose as a society to prosecute one while excusing the other as an acceptable human sacrifice to capitalism, which is horrific. WTF is wrong with us?
December 27, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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In US poll, 69% think insurance industry bears some blame for CEO killing www.axios.com/2024/12/27/b...

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December 27, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.
December 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.

All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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You’re still arguing about tabs vs. spaces? May I present…
December 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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December 25, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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December 25, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Be careful on the roads!

From what I've seen this evening, I'm guessing a good chunk of drivers are impaired to a greater or lesser degree.
December 26, 2024 at 2:43 AM
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We're being cooked in our own juices so that a bunch of trust fund babies could sip champagne on a super yacht while we choke on the ashes
December 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Quark, on the other hand, would hold out surprisingly long
December 25, 2024 at 12:27 AM