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@bjwilson059.bsky.social
Scottish Canadian retired academic.
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
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On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On Oct 1 the Standing Committee on Science and Research passed an egregious motion calling for the disclosure of disaggregated data for research applications to federal granting council from 2020-2025. On Oct 20 they amended the timeframe to 2000-2025.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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I once had a discussion with a senior grocery store executive about a federal emergency planning meeting they were involved with where they were talking about needs and supplies of things in emergencies
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I once had a discussion with a senior grocery store executive about a federal emergency planning meeting they were involved with where they were talking about needs and supplies of things in emergencies
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You know the assignment 👍
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
You know the assignment 👍
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If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.
October 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.
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I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.
Here it is:
Here it is:
Media and MAGA Calls for Trump to Catch a Nobel Peace Prize Rather Than An ICC War Crimes Indictment Are Obscene
The second-biggest threat to global peace after Putin has earned a cell for war crimes—not a humanitarian award. That his grotesque and scammy appeal for a Nobel Peace Prize is working is terrifying.
sethabramson.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I can’t adequately express how mystified and nauseated I am by the conversation about Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize that corporate media is now leading. But as a journalist, attorney, historian and Trump presidential biographer I’m now obligated to make the case *against* in full.
Here it is:
Here it is:
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If you thought that in Canada, fully credentialed physicians wouldn’t be spreading disinformation like this on their social media, you’d be wrong.
To quote Dr. Hart “that’s insanely irresponsible.”
To quote Dr. Hart “that’s insanely irresponsible.”
September 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
If you thought that in Canada, fully credentialed physicians wouldn’t be spreading disinformation like this on their social media, you’d be wrong.
To quote Dr. Hart “that’s insanely irresponsible.”
To quote Dr. Hart “that’s insanely irresponsible.”
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Exactly, how much did the RCMP cost per person last year? Why are they not making a profit? Or the Canadian military, stop talking about the Canada Post as a for profit entity, it is a national service. Also let it expand into banking and financial services (as a co-op) and other sectors (grocery?)
Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Exactly, how much did the RCMP cost per person last year? Why are they not making a profit? Or the Canadian military, stop talking about the Canada Post as a for profit entity, it is a national service. Also let it expand into banking and financial services (as a co-op) and other sectors (grocery?)
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The Bonavista Biennale is taking place til Sept 14th at sites all around the Peninsula.
Artist Haruna Sugisaki from Japan invited local people to help paint these murals using pigments derived from the land - like plants, rocks, dirt.
#Biennale #BonavistaPeninsula #Newfoundland #ContemporaryArt
Artist Haruna Sugisaki from Japan invited local people to help paint these murals using pigments derived from the land - like plants, rocks, dirt.
#Biennale #BonavistaPeninsula #Newfoundland #ContemporaryArt
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Bonavista Biennale is taking place til Sept 14th at sites all around the Peninsula.
Artist Haruna Sugisaki from Japan invited local people to help paint these murals using pigments derived from the land - like plants, rocks, dirt.
#Biennale #BonavistaPeninsula #Newfoundland #ContemporaryArt
Artist Haruna Sugisaki from Japan invited local people to help paint these murals using pigments derived from the land - like plants, rocks, dirt.
#Biennale #BonavistaPeninsula #Newfoundland #ContemporaryArt
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Don’t let them get away with scapegoating newcomers
September 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Don’t let them get away with scapegoating newcomers
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Firearm access is one of the main reasons why rural women represent less than 16% of the Canadian population but make up almost 1/2 of all femicides.
Most of the firearms are owned legally, proving we need true prevention strategies to stop the epidemic of femicides in Canada.
Most of the firearms are owned legally, proving we need true prevention strategies to stop the epidemic of femicides in Canada.
New gun law protections target domestic violence, but real prevention must start earlier
Without comprehensive legislative and societal reforms to address intimate partner violence, the measures in Bill C-21 risk being little more than a bandage on a gaping wound.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Firearm access is one of the main reasons why rural women represent less than 16% of the Canadian population but make up almost 1/2 of all femicides.
Most of the firearms are owned legally, proving we need true prevention strategies to stop the epidemic of femicides in Canada.
Most of the firearms are owned legally, proving we need true prevention strategies to stop the epidemic of femicides in Canada.
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Why not head into beautiful Perth this Saturday and check out the Writers Fair at the Farmer's Market while you're there? Twelve local authors, including me: we'll have books to sell, and we'll be giving short (15 minute) talks as well! Sept 6 from 9 to 12 at the Crystal Palace - rain or shine!
September 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Why not head into beautiful Perth this Saturday and check out the Writers Fair at the Farmer's Market while you're there? Twelve local authors, including me: we'll have books to sell, and we'll be giving short (15 minute) talks as well! Sept 6 from 9 to 12 at the Crystal Palace - rain or shine!
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Getting set to launch @meidascanada.ca on Labour Day Monday. With the altec B 39 microphone.
Good enough for 5-year-old Gladys Knight
good enough for Good Night and Good luck
good enough for resistance in the ages of gangster fascists.
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Good enough for 5-year-old Gladys Knight
good enough for Good Night and Good luck
good enough for resistance in the ages of gangster fascists.
@meidastouch.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Getting set to launch @meidascanada.ca on Labour Day Monday. With the altec B 39 microphone.
Good enough for 5-year-old Gladys Knight
good enough for Good Night and Good luck
good enough for resistance in the ages of gangster fascists.
@meidastouch.bsky.social
Good enough for 5-year-old Gladys Knight
good enough for Good Night and Good luck
good enough for resistance in the ages of gangster fascists.
@meidastouch.bsky.social
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So my academic friends who run quant surveys… did we know that qualtrics included a section about using data to train genAI in their privacy statement? Are u including this in ur IRB? Cuz ppl I’m asking say they didn’t know and this is not my neck of the woods (I am a qual researcher lol)
July 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So my academic friends who run quant surveys… did we know that qualtrics included a section about using data to train genAI in their privacy statement? Are u including this in ur IRB? Cuz ppl I’m asking say they didn’t know and this is not my neck of the woods (I am a qual researcher lol)
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It continues to surprise me how many Canadian and European decision makers are a) unaware of how bad the situation inside the US is, and b) deny the internal context has much to do with the foreign policy context
Too much attention in Europe being paid to Trump's incoherently futile diplomacy and not enough to his dangerously destabilising actions in US domestic politics
August 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It continues to surprise me how many Canadian and European decision makers are a) unaware of how bad the situation inside the US is, and b) deny the internal context has much to do with the foreign policy context
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Nationalize Air Canada and then pay the employees a living wage, this is the answer here
UPDATE: The liberals have ordered a return to work ending the strike less than 48 hours after it started. Air Canada takes hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies yet their staff eat leftover meals because they can't afford groceries.
Disgraceful
Disgraceful
August 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Nationalize Air Canada and then pay the employees a living wage, this is the answer here
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I assume the Conservative Party will wholeheartedly support ambitious climate action given that accelerating climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is making the wildfires burning across Canada bigger, hotter and more frequent.
Conservative MP says federal inaction on wildfires led to Atlantic Canada forest bans www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I assume the Conservative Party will wholeheartedly support ambitious climate action given that accelerating climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is making the wildfires burning across Canada bigger, hotter and more frequent.
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Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?
August 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?
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The 2025 Canada Games have begun, marking the first time since 1977 that Newfoundland and Labrador has hosted the Canada Summer Games.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Don't miss the action — here's how to keep up with the 2025 Canada Games | CBC News
The 2025 Canada Games have begun in Newfoundland and Labrador. Don't miss a second of the action — here's where you can see, hear and read CBC's coverage.
www.cbc.ca
August 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The 2025 Canada Games have begun, marking the first time since 1977 that Newfoundland and Labrador has hosted the Canada Summer Games.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It was eighty years ago today...
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It was eighty years ago today...
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People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned.
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
UMich cancels doctoral epidemiology program admissions for 2026
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will not admit a 2025-2026 admissions cycle cohort to its PhD in Epidemiologic Sciences program.
www.michigandaily.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
People thought I was overreacting when I said Trump’s list of “banned” words meant epidemiology was itself defacto being banned.
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
But this week U Michigan announced they aren’t even accepting applications for the 2026 epi PhD admissions cycle.
www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
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On Wednesday, join me for a discussion about the …
July 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
On Wednesday, join me for a discussion about the …
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Also spotted in Ole' Scotland, a sign that surely Rachel will relish. 😎
July 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Also spotted in Ole' Scotland, a sign that surely Rachel will relish. 😎