What are the ethical parameters of modelling infectious diseases, particularly during an outbreak or pandemic? Sara Del Valle, Michael Plank, & I answer this question in our new paper looking at the ethics of disease modelling for public health policy, particularly as it pertains to school closures.

Nothing feels like being home like watching Baroness Von Sketch Show! ❤️😆

Tom Homan took a bag of cash from an undercover FBI agent the right way. by Ezra Klein

La Diaria(14-09-2025 10:36): Historia: Julia Paternain, la primera uruguaya en ganar una medalla en un Mundial de atletismo https://ladiaria.com.uy/deporte/articulo/2025/9/historia-julia-paternain-la-primera-uruguaya-en-ganar-una-medalla-en-un-mundial-de-atletismo/

So cool to watch Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce run what will - likely - be her last 100m race at the #WorldAthletics Championship. What an amazing career! Absolute beast 💪 What a legend!

Well done Victoria - important step in the right direction! #Aboriginal #sovereignty #selfdetermination

#NBA nerd open question: How much of the Ballmer/Kawhi Leonard/Aspire saga is being interpreted through the post-truth glasses of 2025? What LEGAL effect, if any, will this have? Gist (clumsily stated): the evidentiary standard in the NBA CBA allows for circumstantial evidence in cases ...

'One presumes this specific advice [to wash one’s underpants if you’re fired] came about after staff learned that 10% of the university was about to be slashed, 400 workers were about to lose their jobs and, as the cry of “are you shitting me?!” roared throughout the campus tower,...

@sidlowe.bsky.social How’s that for Real Oviedo? They score even on the other side of the continent! Even when they’re not playing, technically! (Viñas para Uruguay contra Peru)

Looks like this will be a great opportunity for those working on #AMR and #ethics, #justice. Exciting stuff!

Call for Papers Special Issue in the Monash Bioethics Review SpringerEthics Antimicrobial Resistance, Historical Responsibility & Intergenerational Justice Funding support for open access Deadline: 01 April 2026 link.springer.com/collections/... Contact: [email protected]

Nothing says 'prevention' like cutting funds to your federal public health agency after a pandemic. @mark-carney.bsky.social - how is gutting public health 'efficient'? How much will this cost when Canada is left unprepared for the next pandemic?

Just registered for PSA Around the World Eastern Europe. Hope you do too! Organised by @philsci.bsky.social with @eenphilsci.bsky.social this online conference over three afternoons in November covers the past and the present of #philsci in Eastern n Central Europe (where it arguably started!)

There are a lot of ultracrepidarians at academic conferences, eh?

After this weekend across Australia a vocal minority made themselves heard, I say…

I feel there are far greater unsettling questions in our time: - why is wealth inequality growing unabatedly? - how do we respond to growing authoritarianism? - whatever happened to Alf? (Such a great show)

Whole thing worth the read. This part by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social stood out given what’s going on in Aus universities right now and how we underestimate our power and refuse to own up to the fact that universities are targeted because we are/could be powerful. We have a duty to teach and agitate

the city I live in is occupied by armed federal agents checking people's papers at random public transportation stops and people are still doing this

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political. Two genders - male, and political. Two religions - Christian, and political. Two races - white, and political.

I am looking to supervise a law doctoral student at @lawmcgill.bsky.social to start in September 2026 interested in the economic contributions of #innovation in Canada. Apply directly to the Grad Office (not through me). Info at www.mcgill.ca/law/grad-stu...

Titles of books I’ll never write: “Continental Philosophy: It’s a Vibe”

Man, this is stunning. Need to read up about it now!

🎤💧 "There was no control group because in Denmark, only 2% of children are unvaccinated, which is too small for meaningful comparison" Hviid added www.reuters.com/business/hea...

In these dark times, we need more @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social 😂

Our team looking for a new Research Associate to work on our health misinformation research! Check it out...👇 Job posting: apps.ualberta.ca/careers/post...

No consent, no sharing of his medical records. Commercial interests of a football club are not public health interests so there’s no discussion whether consent can or should be overridden. Take it from me, I’m an (football obsessed) ethicist! PS: Barça are so goddamn dysfunctional …

🎉 New SHE Research Pod is up! 🎉 This time, it's @klmackay.bsky.social who's interviewing me about my recent paper on the notion of place and how it relates to coercive measures in infection disease control. con't

THIS! 👇👇👇 “World Athletics asserts the SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex. But biological sex is much more complex, with chromosomal, gonadal (testis/ovary), hormonal and secondary sex characteristics all playing a role.”

Jane Jacobs - thank you for giving me the language to explain why I despised growing up in Mississauga and why I loved moving to Toronto (despite consecutive generations of city halls’ attempt to murder it).

An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague Heidi Levine.

“Hidalgo spearheaded legislation that constrains her eventual successor from reversing her policies & long-term goals, such as the creation of 55 acres of new green areas by 2040…” New Seine swimming pools are just the latest city-building legacies Paris Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social is leaving.

“These are not just statistics. They are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, cousins, siblings, grandchildren – lost to a system that continues to harm our people,” Thorpe said.

Fellow Canadians: are you, too, disappointed about what’s *not* being talked about by our public broadcaster on its website? The absence is deafening (Or where it is mentioned, the headline reads insipidly. Like this…)

Whether it’s Biden’s use of an autopen or Trump’s lewd drawings to Jeffrey Epstein, both sides are involved in controversies involving pens.

“The report says Smith's United Conservative Party government complicated the response by regularly requesting information and by attempting to make decisions despite not having jurisdiction.”

This is a 10/10 dad joke.

The statue of Macquarie on the north end of Hyde Park is a dead ringer for Michael Jackson. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. Just saying… #Sydney

“To win a crowd is no art; for that only untruth is needed, nonsense, and a little knowledge of human passions. But no witness to the truth dares to get involved with the crowd.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

Queremos paz.

The evolution of the English language occurs in all sorts of ways.

At least this saga ends with the right, positive conclusion!

It was so much fun chatting to @dsilvaphd.bsky.social on SHE Pod about all things #AIEthics! We chatted about a recent paper I wrote with Mjaye Mazwi and Lauren Oakden-Rayner where we asked, when is an accurate model a bad thing? And why? www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

🥳 New SHE Pod is up! This episode, I chatted with the awesome and funny @mdmccradden.bsky.social about #AI, #bioethics and whether we can have too much diagnostic precision (and what would that even look like). We also talked about the potential of bioethics whitewashing re: AI hype/reaity.