Devon Greyson
@greyson.bsky.social
Academic & writer. 🇨🇦Applied Public Health Chair. I study health information practices & interventions, often pertaining to vaccination and/or gender. I also bicycle & drink coffee a lot, and write fiction a little. Recovering classical bassist.
Another plea to save me from genAI invading my apps: In MS Word online, HOW ON EARTH can I disable Copilot? I don't want it. I don't want my students to use it. I googled but the responses I have found don't work for me. Halp?
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Another plea to save me from genAI invading my apps: In MS Word online, HOW ON EARTH can I disable Copilot? I don't want it. I don't want my students to use it. I googled but the responses I have found don't work for me. Halp?
An OG No Kings (apparently now referred to as "hate America" with no irony by this fellow) rally:
October 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
An OG No Kings (apparently now referred to as "hate America" with no irony by this fellow) rally:
Which must always be followed by this gem of unknown provenance:
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Which must always be followed by this gem of unknown provenance:
War is peace, vaccines are slavery, Florida policy is pro-choice.
September 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
War is peace, vaccines are slavery, Florida policy is pro-choice.
Okay Vancouver people & tree people, WHAT is going on with this tree along the Stanley Park
Seawall?
Seawall?
August 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Okay Vancouver people & tree people, WHAT is going on with this tree along the Stanley Park
Seawall?
Seawall?
I guess since the usual typo of "pubic" wasn't available for school collections, they had to get creative with this leading question that lumps books teaching kids the names of their body parts with pornography.
June 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I guess since the usual typo of "pubic" wasn't available for school collections, they had to get creative with this leading question that lumps books teaching kids the names of their body parts with pornography.
Stoked for this webinar, "Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces" on June 19 from ASIS&T SIG-HLTH: www2.asist.org/a/Events/Con...
May 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Stoked for this webinar, "Cripping Conferences – Rethinking Accessibility and Participation in Academic Spaces" on June 19 from ASIS&T SIG-HLTH: www2.asist.org/a/Events/Con...
One year ago tonnes of us across the pacific northwest had our minds blown by phenomenal auroras. The most amazing display I have seen in my life so far. Grateful for such experiences.
May 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One year ago tonnes of us across the pacific northwest had our minds blown by phenomenal auroras. The most amazing display I have seen in my life so far. Grateful for such experiences.
It logs you into a "Grayscale-Group" dashboard (note spelling—unlikely created by a Canadian or Brit) featuring prominently the EUR/USD exchange rate in live time, as well as Tesla share price. It invites you to DEPOSIT FUNDS to Buy or Sell.
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It logs you into a "Grayscale-Group" dashboard (note spelling—unlikely created by a Canadian or Brit) featuring prominently the EUR/USD exchange rate in live time, as well as Tesla share price. It invites you to DEPOSIT FUNDS to Buy or Sell.
The scammy website that pretends to be from the Government of Canada and asks for your personal info. If you create an account...
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The scammy website that pretends to be from the Government of Canada and asks for your personal info. If you create an account...
If you clock on that ad link, it takes you to a shockingly close copy of the CBC news website, complete with sidebar advertising CBC shows, CBC header, etc. Only the URL really betrays that you are on another website. In this fake article, there is a link to...
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If you clock on that ad link, it takes you to a shockingly close copy of the CBC news website, complete with sidebar advertising CBC shows, CBC header, etc. Only the URL really betrays that you are on another website. In this fake article, there is a link to...
As I have seen it, this scam starts on Facebook with a sponsored post from "Canada Votes", whose page says they are an advertising agency and whose l profile pic looks like the CBC logo against a maple leaf when seen as a small icon. It links to a fake CBC article...
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
As I have seen it, this scam starts on Facebook with a sponsored post from "Canada Votes", whose page says they are an advertising agency and whose l profile pic looks like the CBC logo against a maple leaf when seen as a small icon. It links to a fake CBC article...
🚨🚨SCAM / ELECTION INTERFERENCE TARGETING CANADIANS 🚨🚨
Someone—and it is currently unclear who—is stealing content from the Canadian Government and the CBC to try to fool Canadians into a) thinking PM Carney is announcing a new "CanFirst" initiative, and b) giving their contact info to them.
Someone—and it is currently unclear who—is stealing content from the Canadian Government and the CBC to try to fool Canadians into a) thinking PM Carney is announcing a new "CanFirst" initiative, and b) giving their contact info to them.
April 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🚨🚨SCAM / ELECTION INTERFERENCE TARGETING CANADIANS 🚨🚨
Someone—and it is currently unclear who—is stealing content from the Canadian Government and the CBC to try to fool Canadians into a) thinking PM Carney is announcing a new "CanFirst" initiative, and b) giving their contact info to them.
Someone—and it is currently unclear who—is stealing content from the Canadian Government and the CBC to try to fool Canadians into a) thinking PM Carney is announcing a new "CanFirst" initiative, and b) giving their contact info to them.
I took this photo over lunch that Wednesday, when I realized everything was changing & wanted to remember this normality. Hamantaschen. Tea. My tidy desk.
March 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I took this photo over lunch that Wednesday, when I realized everything was changing & wanted to remember this normality. Hamantaschen. Tea. My tidy desk.
I just looked again & am still seeing nil (-) in the wk 6 column. Can’t seem to get it all in one screenshot on my phone w/o truncating the row header. Are you seeing it on this table or in text somewhere else?
February 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I just looked again & am still seeing nil (-) in the wk 6 column. Can’t seem to get it all in one screenshot on my phone w/o truncating the row header. Are you seeing it on this table or in text somewhere else?
? Am I missing this somewhere else? Looks like nil cases reported to me in each of the first 5wk of 2025. Thx.
February 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
? Am I missing this somewhere else? Looks like nil cases reported to me in each of the first 5wk of 2025. Thx.
Just amazing. How can we help people in the US see that the global community is simultaneously laughing at them & preparing to take up arms against a war of US aggression? www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
February 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just amazing. How can we help people in the US see that the global community is simultaneously laughing at them & preparing to take up arms against a war of US aggression? www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Searching from Canada we see:
February 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Searching from Canada we see:
These are some of the most superb owls I have personally seen.
February 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
These are some of the most superb owls I have personally seen.
Do most Americans think the MD Anderson Cancer Center should lose nearly $40M/year?
February 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Do most Americans think the MD Anderson Cancer Center should lose nearly $40M/year?
Possibly the "best" part of the completely sliced & diced "overview" is this, defining the term "Greyson" as referring to Dr. Jeffrey Long.
January 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Possibly the "best" part of the completely sliced & diced "overview" is this, defining the term "Greyson" as referring to Dr. Jeffrey Long.
Oh no. Google pretending GenAI is a search tool has done it to me personally now!
I was searching the DOI for my paper 'The Activated Patient Paradox' & AI overview conflated my work with another researcher named Greyson, an expert on Near Death Experiences. Then attributed it to a 3rd person!
I was searching the DOI for my paper 'The Activated Patient Paradox' & AI overview conflated my work with another researcher named Greyson, an expert on Near Death Experiences. Then attributed it to a 3rd person!
![Google's AI Overview at top of search results for [Greyson activated patient paradox] reads, "The "Greyson Activated Patient Paradox" refers to a phenomenon observed by Dr. Jeffrey Long in his research on near-death experiences (NDEs), where seemingly unresponsive or heavily sedated patients exhibit sudden, unexpected moments of lucidity or awareness, often displaying detailed descriptions of their surroundings or even conversations with deceased loved ones, just prior to death or during a critical medical situation."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5thkfym74bqggxv4cdb7lzuw/bafkreiebtwng2ql6barp5tlv6cou3rn74cgciivzibvl36orqlsflayrti@jpeg)
January 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Oh no. Google pretending GenAI is a search tool has done it to me personally now!
I was searching the DOI for my paper 'The Activated Patient Paradox' & AI overview conflated my work with another researcher named Greyson, an expert on Near Death Experiences. Then attributed it to a 3rd person!
I was searching the DOI for my paper 'The Activated Patient Paradox' & AI overview conflated my work with another researcher named Greyson, an expert on Near Death Experiences. Then attributed it to a 3rd person!
January 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM