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Virologist and cinnamon bun baker.
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Brian Banks Ⓥ 🇨🇦
about 4 hours ago
Good story on it here (gift link):
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
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The sky’s the limit: The Squamish project that’s reshaping Vancouver
An 11-tower development on reclaimed Squamish Nation territory represents a path to economic independence. Not everyone’s happy about it
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd557669dfa23d98177e3259d60a9a5d6a931ea00c1f56142c8c30fe916b/LQXF4GBRVRFATIZZJ27H7O4Q7Q
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Joey Politano🏳️🌈
about 7 hours ago
had to go see the landback skyscrapers for myself
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PLOS Biology
1 day ago
#SARSCoV2
has optimized its replication fitness in the human host.
@rorymulloy.bsky.social
@corcoranlab.bsky.social
&co show that a
#nucleocapsid
gene mutation enhances production of a truncated protein that boosts viral fitness by suppressing
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responses
@plosbiology.org
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plos.io/3PIZMjr
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ProPublica
1 day ago
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
http://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1775186100&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Parker Molloy
1 day ago
New post! The people who actually know Jaden Ivey are worried about him. The people who've never met him want him to keep talking. I wrote about the difference.
www.readtpa.com/p/useful
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Useful
The conservative media machine doesn’t want Jaden Ivey to get help. It wants him to keep talking.
https://www.readtpa.com/p/useful
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Flora Graham
1 day ago
I am biased but this is the greatest and possibly only Artemis II video you need 🌝
www.youtube.com/shorts/Tc2vN...
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The science of Artemis II
YouTube video by nature video
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Tc2vN4EBV1Y
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Kristian G. Andersen
2 days ago
There have been no federal funding opportunities in the infectious disease space for close to 1.5 years. A while back, a few "forecasted" opportunities popped up, however, all of those just went the way of the dodo 👇 Good read on what's happening here:
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Tim Houston says 'progress' is more important than 'process,' echoing Mussolini's promises to make the trains run on time
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Tim Houston says 'progress' is more important than 'process,' echoing Mussolini's promises to make the trains run on time - Halifax Examiner
Houston now drowns government, decimates civil society, and uses his office as a nest of patronage and handouts to the wealthy, process be damned.
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/tim-houston-says-progress-is-more-important-than-process-echoing-mussolinis-promises-to-make-the-trains-run-on-time/
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Dale Smith
3 days ago
There is no small irony that so-called "libertarian" Danielle Smith is creating a Soviet system of denunciation for political wrongthink.
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Sara F.L. Kirk
3 days ago
Deploy the raccoon! A new front in
#PylonWars
has opened up & it is darn cute. A good likeness to our bike mayor too
@seebo429.bsky.social
#BikeHFX
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Community speaks up and wins. DFO denies ARCP's Dartmouth Cove infill application; company suing fisheries minister, MP
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/f...
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DFO denies ARCP's Dartmouth Cove infill application; company suing fisheries minister, MP - Halifax Examiner
Minister of Fisheries said infilling the cove would "permanently destroy the marine life."
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/federal/dfo-denies-arcps-dartmouth-cove-infill-application-company-suing-fisheries-minister-mp/
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Cllr Ed Lamb
4 days ago
“I feel I have done my job. People can see through the lies because they see, live and breathe it and they see things are better for them.”
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‘Changing a city is complicated’: Anne Hidalgo looks back on 12 years as Paris mayor
Political veteran says she faced ‘French misogyny and machismo’ while making Paris greener and more peaceful
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/changing-a-city-is-complicated-anne-hidalgo-looks-back-on-12-years-as-paris-mayor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Yasin Dagdas
4 days ago
New
#preprint
😍‼️ led by 2 incredible postdocs
@ninizhani.bsky.social
& Ranj Papareddy: transforming
#UFMylation
from a local ribosome rescue pathway to systems level regulator of mRNA splicing
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Aaron Clauset
4 days ago
tl;dr: NIH is running at about 60% of pre-Trump levels and NSF is running at about 20% of pre-Trump levels of funding-outlays (some directorates far below even that). Utterly catastrophic. An unforced disaster for U.S. society, and the world
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It's my peanut-shaped roundabout dream! Still possible if we don't cater to large truck turn radius??
#BikeHfx
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Lilah Sturges
6 days ago
and instead they KILLED IT just weeks after introducing version 2.0, which was absolutely certainly the death knell for Hollywood, except for the tiny problem that it was setting more money than you’ve ever seen in your life on fire every minute it was alive and it had no monetizable use cases
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Lilah Sturges
6 days ago
I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED
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EvolDir
6 days ago
Join the One Health research meeting at Dalhousie University, July 6-9. Topics include zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance, and bioinformatics. Registration is $50. Details:
https://zambi.ca
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ZAMBI 2026
ZAMBI 2026
https://zambi.ca
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David Seater 🚶♂️🚴🏻♂️🏳️🌈
6 days ago
Advocacy may take a while but it does get results! I-90 ramps at Rainier finally have raised crosswalks and warning lights.
@nondriver.bsky.social
@jrock08.bsky.social
@r343l.bsky.social
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Hackney Cyclist
6 days ago
Rokin, Amsterdam in 1979 and today
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This is what municipal politics could look like everywhere.
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Carole Cadwalladr
7 days ago
NEW: I’ve found an opaque financial vehicle owns a large chunk of the Observer. And neither it or the Guardian will say who it is. Why? Well there is a clue. Which goes by way of Saudi Arabia… 1/
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The broligarchy's war on journalism
The capture of US media by Trump allies is accelerating and the UK is the next in line. Plus: the mystery money behind my old newspaper.
https://substack.com/@carolecadwalla/note/p-184097202?r=nv9u6&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
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Brent Toderian
5 months ago
Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?” A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages. It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning. Since then, it’s only gotten worse. Do the steps sound familiar?
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Brent Toderian
7 days ago
8. Too many engage in what I call “The Populist Playbook,” where lies and disinformation are deliberately spread and then used as an excuse to delay or derail badly-needed urban change in cynical ways. Chances are you’ve seen this where you live. It’s dishonest manipulation.
bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Joshua Weitz
7 days ago
A 20% budget cut atop multiyear funding-induced cuts to research and direct terminations of projects underway will further degrade American leadership in science. This is early news & not even a proposal or appropriations - precisely the reason to speak out now.
rollcall.com/2026/03/27/s...
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Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding
The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowledge of t...
https://rollcall.com/2026/03/27/sources-white-house-to-propose-20-percent-cut-to-nih-funding/
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
7 days ago
We’re building the Manhattan-side bike lane and pedestrian entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge in time for the World Cup. New Yorkers deserve to enjoy the game on their feet, on their bikes, and with ease.
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Charlie Angus
7 days ago
A politician with the guts to say it: "No American child from the blue collar or the middle class should have to die fighting in Iran. Let the Epstein class fight the Epstein War." - Premier Wab Kinew at the NDP national convention, Winnipeg.
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Prof. Zoë Waller
8 days ago
More superb science from Team Nguyen. So nice to see these structures come together!
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Marc Drumm
10 days ago
PA-ADOPT is pleased to announce our 21st free and open eTextbook: "Virology Lab Exercises for Undergraduates" by Eric Ryndock, Associate Professor of Biology at
@millersvilleuni.bsky.social
paadopt.org/bookshelf/vi...
#HigherEd
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Nature Communications
8 days ago
#Virology Prenatal exposure to #Zika virus disrupts social-emotional development and cortical visual function in infant macaques
@mohrlab.bsky.social
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Prenatal Zika virus exposure disrupts social-emotional development and cortical visual function in infant macaques - Nature Communications
Prenatal Zika virus (ZIKV) exposure can lead to a spectrum of developmental issues, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Here the authors show that prenatal ZIKV exposure in macaques disrupts neurodevelopment, causing prolonged maternal attachment and visual deficits at 3 months that normalize by 12 months, independent of sensory function.
http://dlvr.it/TRjxKT
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Dal Gazette
9 days ago
Dalhousie University graduate students who receive funding from the provincial government were stunned to learn their scholarships are being cut from next year’s budget.
dalgazette.com/news/provinc...
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Provincial budget cuts $3.7M in graduate scholarships
Dalhousie University graduate students who receive funding from the provincial government were stunned to learn their scholarships are being cut from next year’s budget.
https://dalgazette.com/news/provincial-budget-cuts-3-7m-in-graduate-scholarships/
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8 days ago
Dalhousie University is hiring a limited term instructor! See link for more info:
csmb-scbm.ca/instructor-d...
#ScienceJobs
#CanadaResearch
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Dalhousie University
8 days ago
Backed by the $1.7-billion Canada Global Impact+ Research Talent Initiative, Dalhousie is recruiting world-leading researchers to Nova Scotia. We invite candidates from around the globe interested in bringing their impactful research programs to Canada to apply by April 19:
buff.ly/GSXNHkr
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Brent Toderian
8 days ago
Dear transportation officials. “Roads” and “streets” are NOT the same things in cities. “Roads” suggest rural or suburban contexts, and a big focus on vehicle movement (“traffic sewers”). Streets suggest urban contexts, multi-modal movement, and a LOT MORE than just movement. Language matters.
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Suzanne Rent
8 days ago
My daughter, her boyfriend’s mom, and I went to a workshop called “cake therapy for slightly unhinged women” and we decorated cakes. This is mine, which got a bit squished on the drive home.
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Vote Ron Davis
9 days ago
Congrats Paris, which just elected another socialist party mayor over the right wing candidate. This means continuity with Anne Hildago’s world leading interventions that have transformed Paris from a car-clogged, noisy, polluted city into a rapidly greening pedestrian/bike utopia.
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Robert Reich
8 days ago
In three months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by fast food and delivery companies -Cracked down on bad landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.
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Adam van Koeverden
8 days ago
Promise made, promise kept. Recognizing a historic milestone for our country, today our government has been recognized by NATO for achieving our 2% defence spending target. Huge thanks to all Canadians in uniform.
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Brent Toderian
8 days ago
This tactic should be recognizable to a LOT of us. But we don’t have to fall for it.
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Laura White, P.Eng.
8 days ago
Coffee drop-in tomorrow, 27 March, 10 am to noon, Cafe Du Port, 1597 Barrington. Chat with me for 10-15 mins. See you soon.
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9 days ago
Keep up the good work.
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Choctaw Nation Buys Former Big Lots Warehouse, Closing Off Oklahoma ICE Detention Site
The sale is the second time in months that a large Oklahoma warehouse pursued by ICE for detention use has instead gone to another buyer.
https://open.substack.com/pub/projectsaltbox/p/choctaw-nation-buys-former-big-lots?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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Dr. Headbutt 🌈🧪
8 days ago
Cool cool cool cool
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Alt CDC (they/them)
8 days ago
Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies! Incredible! Truly shocking! It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶 This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪 Science: 2,978,547 🧠🪱: -785
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Yep, a mom's COVID shot during pregnancy protects her baby, a large study finds
A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5759732/covid-vaccination-pregnancy-safety-efficacy?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=bsky.app&utm_campaign=npr
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Kai Johnsson
9 days ago
A high-affinity split-HaloTag for live-cell protein labeling. And much more.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A high-affinity split-HaloTag for live-cell protein labeling
Nature Communications - Lin and colleagues present high-affinity split-HaloTag pairs for protein tagging and multiplexed labelling. This versatile system allows protein visualisation with diverse...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-71032-8.epdf?sharing_token=SwhuERz3x4x2PtMpZqm37NRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NXCWvaKYk-Xuv2MiEQauHVVSmwrm7JkH9-xVP0jtLIGprbOnnbhq4EY96uHN8z7403Rcd4G5Nl05giDgwf3hq5Fjl0jf7e8f_4EjinQx-8kLaQuydUy4n0PtwFaPbr_PQ%3D
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
8 days ago
One person in this photo deserves a 20% WNBA revenue share and it’s not me. Congratulations to the WNBPA on their historic labor agreement.
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Alex Plante 🐀👑
9 days ago
hey canadians! i've added a handful of new prints and stickers to my shop! in case you are interested! if not! go to hell! sorry that was a bit intense! the bit is getting away from me a smidge!
aplante.com/shop
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Phil Plait
8 days ago
WOW They're selling prints of it, if you want to have some gorgeous star-forming nebular astronomy on your wall.
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David Ho
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Sal Sawler
9 days ago
People who are more law-smart than me: can the public put forward a judicial review of the NS PC government‘s handling of this budgetary process and the conflicts of interest related to government spending over the last couple of years?
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