I think it’s a good time to rewatch The Front.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Cullion [KUL-ee-un] (n.) - A base, despicable, or vile fellow; a rascal. A rude, mean-spirited person. Used in a sentence: “That slubberdegullion is a smelly old cullion, strutting through gilded halls; if you mention the list, he’ll clench up his fist and say that the news is false.”

A polarizing sentence for a summery offence. Surely it’s all about the optics.

Oh man, I’ve gotta get to Greenland!

The world’s first case of personalized CRISPR therapy! This is an amazing achievement with a Canadian connection - the CRISPR therapy was delivered using lipid nanoparticles developed by Acuitas Therapeutics, a company based in BC 🧪 🇨🇦

Was honoured to be a keynote at the #ScienceDiplomacySummit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center in Washington earlier this week. We need science diplomacy now more than ever, to promote global cooperation and address shared challenges. 🌍🔬 🔗Read my remarks: science.gc.ca/site/science...

Report: Anti-Science Attitude Strongest Among Those Who Believe Turtle Has Little Apartment Inside Shell theonion.com/report-...

*Whom.* Who’s zooming WHOM.

Thinking fondly of a time when, of all the world’s chaotic events, it was the the rock ‘n roller cola wars that finally sent Billy Joel over the edge.

The Health Canada website is always an option for accurate and reliable info. www.canada.ca/en/public-he...

The promise of this technology goes way beyond vaccines. The dumbasses trying to hinder its development are making it so that we all lose out. www.newscientist.com/article/2473...

Is the Great One a great Canadian? www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2xz...

In dark uncertain times, it’s ever more important to have hope. Not passive hope. We need to work, resist, fight w/ hope. Pls read this excellent speech by 🇨🇦 Vice-Chief Science Advisor & remember that the human scientific spirit will not be dimmed #science 🧪 www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-s...

❤️ NYC for its walkability and great public transit, and fewer cars makes it way better. Congestion pricing is working. 1/2

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...

❤️ youtu.be/vDxYQd51Xuk?...

Happy new year to you. May your 2025 predictions be evidence-based, and your resolutions measurable.

Doesn’t seem right to be charging extra for some guy’s effort to focus on the topic at hand…

This is fascinating. “… although individual ants cannot grasp the global nature of the puzzle, their collective motion translates into emergent cognitive skills.” Full paper is here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... www.threads.net/@itsthemind/...

A couple more for my photo collection of Marty Short sporting his Order of 🇨🇦 pin on latenight television… These are from his hosting of @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social last night and induction into the 5-Timers club.

The holidays are a time for extending your reach and widening the embrace of your fellow human beings…

Guerilla copyeditor pulling back the curtain on big publishing.

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To be clear: I will only wish you a “Happy belated birthday” on those occasions when your birthday is late. 🥳 blueskyroast.com/roast/carajm...

Taking this occasion of Sagan’s 90th birthday to reflect on the awesome and somewhat comforting reality that “the earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.” There’s a lot of stuff out there in the universe… Maybe some of it is intelligent?

Marty Short sans Order of Canada insignia, but with unmistakeable Hamilton accent.

It’s nice when your work makes headlines. Well, the good headlines anyway.

August 21, 2017, @mitchmaloney.bsky.social and I camped out in a cornfield in Sublimity, Oregon, with 4 cameras, 2 telescopes, a gallon of coffee, and several other friendly stargazers to view the total solar eclipse. youtu.be/KvllUCURzsY?... (1/2)

Interesting set design with raked seating onstage lets the actors sit audience-style and watch *us* while riffing on life imitating art. Line, please!

The Politicization of Science Diplomacy The governance of global public health requires stronger institutions for science advice rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/the-politi...

Pretty good, eh? Well I guess this one’s going to the top of my reading list.

Good morning to everyone except people who get to the top of the escalator and stop.

My work is never dull.

Gotta love Marty Short’s commitment to sporting his Order of Canada pin on late-night tv over the years.

What is this… The Garden of Forking Paths?!!!

Er… Here again is the article on the historical context of Public Health v. Science in the case of covid’s airborne transmissibility. (Previous link was broken.) Really demonstrates the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration. Tear down these silos! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Current view from my office: • Ottawa City Hall • Snow-dusted public lawn • Beaver Moon. kRAzY Beaver Moon.

*Whom.* Who’s zooming WHOM.

Too bad the word “miasma” carries so much historical baggage… It could be reconstrued as a useful synonym for “bioaerosol”. Plus it has that cool plural inflection that could make for some catchy rhymes in public health messaging. (Piñata?) Great article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Never forget you good buddy. Sam October 26, 2001 — November 20, 2016

Finishing a speech just in time for the weekend…