Exactly. The error a lot of critics of Trump science "policy" continue to make is failing to understanding that the catastrophic consequences they (accurately) describe are in fact the goal.

condition of this should have been an immediate cessation of the separation referendum

Donald Trump declared making more than 22,000 stock transactions in 2025, according to the FT analysis. His immediate predecessor, Joe Biden, made 13 transactions over four years. In his first term, Trump made 517. ft.trib.al/ld3ItuQ

This is an important concern. The anonimization we did handled the reference section as well. We indeed saw a minor gender disparity in the score which becomes more significant at the very top. We however found no evidence of gender information leaking into the evaluation.

We also tried a hyper aggressive anonimization strategy which risks removing scientific content but gender disparity remained. There could be many possible reasons for this phenomenon, but we do not believe the QED score is itself biased.

Today's editorial page cartoon. #bdnmb

There is clearly bias and always has been - e.g. the BC homeowner’s grant, the principal residence exemption etc https://youtu.be/JhCPofM70pA?si=qMovSh5ki25b-Q_n

I wanted to like QED's new 1% preprint ranking. I really did. But the more I looked at the data, the more uncomfortable it made me. Here is my full peer review. open.substack.com/pub/blekhman...

I’m curious whether QED used copyrighted biorxiv manuscripts to train their models.

8 years since my dad was killed serving a university that still has not publicly recognized his service. Disappointing. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.4731050/ubc-professor-killed-by-rogue-wave-remembered-as-a-wonderful-person-1.4731053

There's a lot of dudes in this list. I wonder if the reference sections of preprints were included in analysis and if somehow it's selecting against science done by women.

Welcome to the resistance (checks notes) Moody's Ratings fixedincome.fidelity.com/ftgw/fi/FINe...

I know it seems like a heretical idea, but one way to figure out if a preprint is really interesting (to you) is... to read the preprint. Then, in the spirit of sharing, send a note to authors: a simple kudos or a more detailed question. I do this a dozen times a year. It's awesome. Try it.

tech capture of the NSF: “it allows NSF to make awards to nontraditional recipients such as a limited partnership or a venture capital firm, some of which might have been created solely for the purpose of receiving the NSF award.”

Vancouver to international World Cup visitors: a city where it’s high 20s and sunny everyday, Granville Street is bustling around the clock and the chance of you walking home and seeing Mo Salah perched on someone’s shoulders celebrating downtown is not zero (Video: SalahWorld11 on X)

Both totally unnecessary and extremely funny that the Guardian has an interactive graphic for you to change the color of the US flag's blue to the color of the Reflecting Pool from 8 to 19 June and counting

Meanwhile, while the government is happy to throw $ at apprenticeships, they are slowly starving science.

We need more apprenticeships to Build Canada! Throw Billions of dollars at the problem! (apprenticeship enrollments rose to an all-time high in 2024)

what happened to "draining the swamp"? www.cnn.com/2026/06/16/p...

👎 www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hocke...

has a major American newspaper declared the US the loser of any war in the country's entire history in this fashion -- even Vietnam? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Won’t Have ‘Tolls’ but It Will Have ‘Fees’ lol www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...

Kudos to this Seattle teacher taking the vital message of the need for research funding to her high school students and colleagues. Simply appalling that mere mention of DEI should mean cancellation of funds to educate our youth. Let’s hope more of our great educators can carry her message forward.

🤮 -> color match

what's the rally for? popularity?

if you ever think you’re having a bad day, just know this person exists

this is nuts. part of it is likely the cameras at pretty much every intersection in the city that have sprung up over the last few months

Excited to see this out! https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aed4221

✨ Nominate a Canadian #StemCell researcher for the 2026 Till & McCulloch Award! This award recognizes the most impactful peer-reviewed publication between June 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026. Submit your nomination and help celebrate Canada’s #ScientificExcellence. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/tmm/till-mcc...

literally the only place in the US government where COI matters

Multi-modal comparison of primary and stem cell-derived β-cells nominates targets for maturation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

very funny that City of Vancouver staff, who refused to obey a unanimous council vote to start providing real time updates on a platform other than just X, responded to X's new posting limits by giving up entirely it's fun to just ignore the will of council

This just out in Diabetes Care. The need to highlight the destructive plans of the administration continues. Everyone needs to post comments to the OMB website. Relevant links in the article. Don’t delay!! diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

No one has ever died because they did not have a curbside parking spot. But countless people on bicycles have been killed because we value parking more than a protected bike lane.

Really awful. Write to American Diabetes Association CEO Charles "Chuck" Henderson at [email protected] and Chief Scientific and Medical Officer Rita Rastogi Kalyani at [email protected]. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/w...

Who’s going to bring a class action lawsuit?

(🧵1/10) Here are publications that came out last month from CIRTN labs! Works are from the labs of Drs: Ferron, Rutter, Hill, Hull-Meichle, Johnson, P. MacDonald, Levings, Rabasa-Lhoret, Riddell, Screaton and Sefton.

wow. www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Canadian employers are paying the price after AI proves unable to replace laid off staff www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...

It's not the thing that's caused the most death and harm, but pointlessly and maliciously torching our deep-rooted relationship with our closest national friend and neighbor is, in terms of history and national character, one of the most depressing aspects of the broader catastrophe.

Grateful that Anya in my group has been funded!

SCN is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2026 Summer Studentships. 👏 16 undergraduate students from across the country are undertaking summer research placements at academic institutions under the mentorship of leading #RegenMed researchers. 🔬 🔗 stemcellnetwork.ca/news/stem-ce...

1) I have never once trusted western blot data from any antibody company. 2) Thermo should be sued into oblivion.

***NEW #CIHR Notice of Decision details — NOD will now indicate grant rank relative to funding line in the peer review committee. — CIHR says this is especially relevant for the 75-89.99% band where “there is no material difference” between approved/not approved

“Meritocracy”

The VSB continues to show how inept they are

“Units of the NIH are privately directing grantees to request permission in advance for any co-authorship with a scholar affiliated with a foreign institution, even if all the work was done in the United States.” Grantees also told to remove papers with foreign authors from progress reports.

Earlier this week I posted an example of a fake western blot provided by ThermoFisher to demonstrate the validity of a p53 antibody. I considered it an amusing curiosity. In fact Thermo Fisher Scientific has systematically manipulated antibody validation data!

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I guess we’re celebrating ferry week @jmcelroy.bsky.social. Missed last ferry by one car. Looking forward to the car alarms