Ugh, every time I have to rejigger my CV, contributions document, etc. for SSHRC I curse this system that disincentivizes trans/inter/multidisciplinary research. What a headache. (Also why do we have a tri-council CV format if we're only going to use it here & there?!?!)

If you were talking to me about your love of discrete choice experiments in the past week, can you reach out? I have been to too many events lately to keep everyone straight, but I'd like to follow up on our chat!

How does "Navigation Guide" methodology differ from regular systematic review methodology? Everything I skim about it sounds just like...systematic review. #MedLibs #CanMedLibs

After an ocean of offensively simplistic reporting that makes it sound like a vast conspiracy has been uncovered, here is a response from the man who actually discovered the SRY gene.

Very disturbing and unethical. Akido, a medical startup, is using an AI system to diagnose patients & provide treatment reca at clinical visits with medical assistants. The worst part of all of this is who is being targeted (or tested) first w. this technology: Medicaid patients who are unhoused.

“diversity is not cosmetic—it is a measurable predictor of impact. Inclusion is not ideological—it is a condition for excellence. Access is not a bureaucratic burden—it is a gateway to untapped potential and a diversity dividend” @malindasmith.bsky.social universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-...

Remember when it seemed like we could work with tech companies to improve platform governance? It is past time to lean into other options. Looking for thinking on what governments in particular can do—any recommended reading?

I know in the past ppl have calculated losses (economic, to science) of US gov shutdowns. Would love to see modelling specific to the current situation in which those losses are already hemorrhaging, perhaps w different outcome budget scenarios (could shutdown actually stem losses in this case?).

It is so unbelievable to hear a POTUS speak like this to other global leaders. Is there any precedent for this? Did any other historical leaders tell the rest of the world they were going to hell? 😳

I guess it’s time yet again to share one of the most useful xkcd comics for intro stats/epi slide decks: xkcd.com/552

In the US, people in high positions of authority so blatantly engaging in such sloppy disinformation efforts about health that aren’t even secret at all does feel like a new era.

Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT: “The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”

The US systemic tolerance for such incoherence on the part of the President is truly shocking.

So, who will be making $ off this policy change?

Good luck to any TX universities trying to recruit (or retain) faculty this year.

Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring. So Science did a study. ChatGPT failed. Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...

Hey #MedSky or #SciSky, who is doing experimental/clinical research on low dose testosterone for endometriosis and/or peri/menopause? I've seen theoretical articles but am curious where the empirical studies are happening & would love to follow. #ResearchBatSignal

20,000 of the 85,000 annual US H1-B visas given are to researchers with advanced degrees. Faculty, postdocs, scientists. Headlines are emphasizing the blow to "tech" (which as I understand it mostly means greater tech oligopoly as smaller firms can't afford this) but higher ed will also take a hit.

Apparently this excellent study with appropriate (sibling) control group may be germane to people again today:

This was pretty interesting. We in Canada are quick to blame the US; this year's measles outbreaks spread from NB to TX, it seems, and took root so strongly there due to specific community distrust in government that goes back to their settlement's establishment (from Canada).

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

So. Again: There's no such thing as a "Generative AI" system that doesn't generate bullshit, because the processes whereby bullshit is generated are the exact same processes via which "Gen AI" do anything at all. And this was obvious from even a broadly theoretical understanding of their operations

Oof, Beaverton, too real. I got a note that I finally got off a local co-op housing waitlist & was invited for an interview. Eligibility for the unit included a child <18 years, which I definitely had back when I applied in ~2010. However, said child had grown up while we waited for an offer.

Surprise!

”Finnish Air Force jets joined planes from Italy and Sweden to intercept the Russian aircraft and escort them back into Russian airspace. Russia has denied violating Estonian airspace.” They deny it, as expected. RUS would play the victim if the MiGs were shot down. yle.fi/a/74-20184006

Lovely thread to read here about a bizarre & wonderful social media phenomenon (and a cool book).

IN THE USA… Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them? Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...

ICE is hiring a law librarian. Requirements do not include graduation from an ALA-accredited MLIS program, which is the standard qualification for "librarian" in the USA. #USpoli #LIS

In times of volatility, misinformation rushes to fill the void necessarily created by unexpected incidents. Fact checking like this is especially important, as we are all prone to confirmation bias.

Love to see science advancing our potential to target booster vaccinations only to those who need them! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"Street sweeps need to end." "When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence." #BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Drugs #Housing

I still am having trouble believing the cast of characters who have been appointed since January to run federal health in the United States. If you had written a story and said this would happen anytime up until 2024, your editor would have told you it was unbelievable and to tone down the satire.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

THIS is actual pro life policy action.

IN 2025 WHY ARE WE STILL USING SIGNATURE PAGES on some of these funding competitions?!?!? Why are some okay for online consent but not others? #YesCIHRImTalkingAboutYou

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

"What are we to make of a man who called for the execution of the American president, and then was executed himself? What are we to make of an NFL that, on one hand, encourages us to “End Racism,” and, on the other, urges us to commemorate an unreconstructed white supremacist?'

Incredible achievement that the one price that the Trump administration has brought down notably is "cocaine."

Epistemic arrogance is the attitude of overestimating what one knows, leading to unwillingness to learn from others. Epistemic arrogance is especially harmful because, via the “concealment effect”, it prevents the testimonies of marginalized individuals WHO KNOW from being heard and believed.

Apparently militarizing a city against the wishes of the residents is not good for small businesses.

What happened after Canadian journalist @rachelgilmore.bsky.social posted about the potential repercussions of Kirk’s murder: doxxing and violent threats thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

First autumnal day when I close windows against the chill outside always feels like a turning point in the year. 🍂🍁☕️

Let’s talk about meme wars and how it leads to networked incitement. Following Kirk’s murder a stream of harassment targeted lgbtq people and HBCUs, while white nationalists rallied in Huntington Beach @brittanymehmedovic.bsky.social @jonstewartdaily.bsky.social @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social

THANK YOU @bostonjoan.bsky.social & LA Times! Folks, please check this out—any analyses taking the these memes as face value is missing the mark. www.latimes.com/politics/liv...

I hear my former institution, where my department chair was targeted by TPUSA’s Professor Watchlist, is flying flags at half mast for Charlie Kirk. This seems like a hostile workplace environment to me. I hope the teachers’ & TAs’ unions can speak out in support of staff/faculty.

Microbiology and Immunology and the Michael Smith Labs are seeking candidates for an Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement position. Learn more and apply at: www.msl.ubc.ca/careers/ #IndigenousinSTEM #BlackInNature #WomenInSTEM #MinoritiesInSTEM #DiversityInSTEM #STEMEducation

We paid $4-$5 billion in illegally fixed prices for BREAD? Criminal charges would send a much clearer message to the Grocery Barons. Or how about breaking up the corporate clubs that price gouge, collude and control every sector of our economy? Broken systems need systemic solutions. #cdnpoli

Academics who were targeted by Kirk & his organization, please alert your campus safety team, and your union if you have one, about any new threats you are receiving.

it’s early but it seems like maybe this is relevant again (wrote it last week fml)

The past few days so much has swirled around online about the Kirk shooting at an event on a US uni campus. I try not to speculate on breaking news b/c so much early info ends up being misinfo (or disinfo in some cases). One thing has really been starkly clear, though.