"This study provides additional, solid evidence that there is value in being up-to-date with your COVID vaccines for pregnancy." COVID-19 vaccination lowers risks during pregnancy, UBC study finds www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #VaccinesWork

Again my home country Chile voted against their own interests. Ladies and gentlemen: Chile has a far right government. It hurts.

Strange ice crystals this morning at the Summit Woods in Montreal.

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

Elecciones en Chile este Domingo. Me entrevistaron en español en Radio Canadá. Chilean elections this Sunday. I was interviewed as an expat. I worry about the misinformation by the traditional news media that may give a win to the far right. ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/es/notic...

“We also found support for the connection of foreign disinformation with negative social media activity about vaccination”

Data from DoorDash has replaced the Federal Bureau of Stats in the US 😬

Montréal November 10, 2025

Terrible news. Keep safe and get the vaccine!

Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research theconversation.com/strict-schoo... "...policy-level solutions work. But they require comprehensive implementation and adequate enforcement mechanisms."

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

I have never seen such a perfect image

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“The White House’s mass firing of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff on Friday has decimated offices related to injury prevention, respiratory disease surveillance, and chronic disease.” www.statnews.com/2025/10/11/c...

"The three most important things you can do to keep. birds safe this time of year during their migration are to keep cats indoors, turn your lights off and use window mitigation." www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

I am so waiting for the Noble Peace Prize winner on October 10th. Just to gloat that he didn’t get it.

How to Get Your Kids Into STEM Even When Its Future Is Uncertain www.wired.com/story/the-im...

You don’t have to “taught it out”

As the new term begins, here are 99 lab hacks to make your working lives easier go.nature.com/4pEZ6ZJ

Health Canada calls bullshit. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Autumn is here in Montreal. Pics from this morning.

I canceled yesterday and stated that my reason was not supporting totalitarian regimes. Today, I just got this notification. Maybe they are worried that this is an international boycott?

I recognize the image from the atlas! Amazing work.

#womenInScience.

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It’s sad to see how successful the US regime has been at polarizing the people and creating a hell of “us versus them”, where so many just see the worst intentions in the other. I don’t see an easy way out from this. So tragic.

“US Department of Energy” unbelievable

🔬 "La science n'est pas une affaire d'opinion personnelle !" Yasmine Belkaid, Directrice générale de l'Institut Pasteur, dénonce le démantèlement de la recherche US et réaffirme le rôle crucial de la science face aux défis sanitaires mondiaux. ↘️ www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats...

Countries on track to eliminate cervical cancer: -Australia by 2028 -Sweden by 2027 -Rwanda by 2030 -UK by 2040 -Indonesia by 2030 -Bhutan 2030 -El Salvador by 2030 -Canada by 2040 How? HPV vaccine. Same one RFK Jr is trying to ban. You will note USA is not on this list.

Goodbye to AJ Hudspeth, my postdoc mentor and one of the most brilliant scientists of our time. www.rockefeller.edu/news/38152-a...

mRNA tech is some of the coolest, most powerful, most promising scifi shit humans are currently doing. They are being investigated to help with cancers, autoimmune diseases, M.S., stroke recovery, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and high cholesterol.

Thanks to @neuralensemble.bsky.social, Graziella Di Cristo, @dianamitchell.bsky.social at the @cra-chusj.bsky.social and @facmed-umontreal.bsky.social , our colleagues and all the Canadian Neuroscience community. @canacn.bsky.social

If you want to be informed about the relentless attack on science and the valiant volunteers who combat it: I just made a starter pack with my favourite (12 names) go.bsky.app/T1WsZ69

Survey results: 57% scientists and postdocs are considering leaving US academia www.biorender.com/2025-science...

"people used to be so much tougher they didn't need vaccines/pasteurization/air conditioning" no idiot they just died

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' - Isaac Asimov

What a great idea!

love that my local bookstore has a "banned books in the USA" table

EVICTED: USA National Science Foundation (NSF)

Vera Rubin: First images of the first US telescope named after a woman scientist and they are breathtaking! The telescope is located in Chile.

The Economic Benefits of Canada’s Public Health Care System: Open letter from economists, health policy experts, and experts in related disciplines centreforfuturework.ca/2025/06/17/t... via @jimbostanford.bsky.social et al. Sensible, evidence-based, & equitable. Honoured to be a signatory.

The Trump admin has launched another assault on science, targeting over $30B of funding. This is a wide-sweeping crisis - a direct assault on Congress, the law, AND public science. This fight for science is just as much a fight for democracy. #StandUpForScience zurl.co/NA6BY

Congratulations dear Alanna! well deserved.

No waste, fraud or abuse.

As someone who watched the first Star Wars movie when it came out and haven’t missed any! I think I say wit authority that Andor is the best one! bsky.app/profile/rbre...

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