SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Here’s to 2026

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced $2.5-billion in economic aid to Ukraine during a meeting with President Zelensky in Halifax, Canada today. The financial assistance will "will help unlock financing from the IMF (International Monetary Fund),"

Keep going. The Russians and their enablers are on the wrong side of history and they are going to lose.

Ukraine’s cause — freedom, democracy, sovereignty — is Canada’s cause. At this critical juncture, we are reinforcing our support with up to $2.5B in new loan guarantees and other mechanisms to help Ukraine secure a just and lasting peace, and to recover and rebuild. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news...

Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.

shel silverstein was a prophet

Me to a C. elegans after 72 hours

December Critical Mass! ❄️ @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social #yycbike #criticalmassyyc

I support DEI and stand up against bigotry!

I am a DEI supporter!

I support DEIA! Do you? D-Diversity E-Equity I-Inclusion A-Accessibility I hope every progressive will commit to examining their language & biases & think about equity, inclusion, and accessibility. No one is perfect. We all have growing to do. That's okay. Let's all learn together. Save & Share

Ok, rude.

This year, millions of Canadians made the choice to buy Canadian — and by introducing our new Buy Canadian Policy, so did Canada’s new government. Here’s to buying more Canadian in 2026.

A VSV-vector vaccine simultaneously targeting H5N1 hemagglutinin (HA) and matrix protein 2 (M2) induces robust neutralizing and ADCC antibody responses and provides full protection against lethal H5N1 infection in a mouse model https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.26.696590v1

A book that was STOLEN by those thieving c*nts at Anthropic to feed their plagiarism machine. They steal 10 years of work then their disgusting machine summarizes it back to me WRONG AND GARBLED. All you ignorant AI fan bois can fuck off into the sun.

“If you care about the bottom line, and you care about budgets and taxes, then you should care about urban biking, because it’s a money saver,” he concludes. #MobilityIsEquity dailyhive.com/vancouver/bi...

“Several years later, my wife rides everywhere: to physio, to shopping, to restaurants, to doctor appointments, to the park — everywhere. She tucks her cane into her panniers. That’s important, because walking far still hurts. And cycling keeps us active and moving, which is important as one ages.”

The @theatlantic.com claims that Canadians will use "treachery" to make America and its media look "silly". No, we are a democratic people who hate thugs and their pusillanimous enablers. Deal with it.

Merry Christmas to us all may you get everything you want which in Jair Bolsonaro’s case is apparently an IV drip and being woken up every 3 hours for rounds

this man is the Shohei Ohtani of being hospitalized and getting arrested.

Thinking of my friend @sullivanlab.bsky.social as I blast Neil Diamond Christmas album during supper prep. Miss that guy. He was great company in the Ganem/Bishop lab annex at UCSF.

BK Polyomavirus (BKPyV) linked to bladder cancer via APOBEC. “Common Childhood Virus Causes DNA Damage Driving Bladder Cancer” www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/oncol...

How long-term persistent virus infection could cause inflammatory-associated cancer in uninfected cells: Polyomavirus BKPyV www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Vesicle and non-vesicle-mediated inter-kingdom delivery of an Argonaute from nematode to mouse link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Check out @lizthayer.bsky.social's new preprint exploring factors that influence cell-to-cell heterogeneity in interferon (IFN) induction potential!

Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world! #WorldBollardAssociation

"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!

To all US cancer researchers who are thinking about leaving the US … here is a link to research funding in Canada. We offer a sane society, world class universities, a high standard of living, great cities like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, … sshrc-crsh.canada.ca/funding-fina...

One of the most successful pedestrian streets in the world, the Strøget in Copenhagen, was filled with cars until a 2 year pedestrianization pilot project in 1962. The opposition argued “no cars means no business,” but the street has been a massive retail success, the city’s busiest shopping street.

Ubisoft Halifax workers form a union

61 workers at Ubisoft Halifax have formed the first North American union at Ubisoft. www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ubi...

Kids these days.

The Journey. Creative developed w/ @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.

2025 Headline of the Year nominee (April)

2025 Headline of the Year nominee (February)

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Clearly RFK Jr. is not aware the individual pediatricians he thinks parents should discuss vaccines with are the same pediatricians who have been collectively calling out his bull$hit for decades. Vaccines are safe and effective. Pass it on.

!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

I highly recommend watching this segment, not just because the CBS News execs and the White House didn’t want you to, but because these men were tortured and they deserved to have their voices heard.

Viruses are everywhere! Wonderful TWIV podcast this week on marine viruses, featuring interviews with @tomdelmont.bsky.social, Susana Coelho from @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social and our own John Archibald from @dalhousie.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-12...

Thinking about a PhD and excited by algal development and evolution? 🌿🧬 Our IMPRS program has an open doctoral position in the department of Susana Coelho. More projects will be posted soon, so keep an eye on the page—or browse the current list here: lnkd.in/gEMXNQY6 Deadline: 19 January 2026

All Cogswell bikeways are now open! I updated the Halifax bikeway map on Wikipedia, marking Amalamek Way, Brunswick Street, and Dutch Village Road as complete. #BikeHfx

Science took a massive hit this year. A crippled #NIH = 1. Incomplete studies that could lead to next gen treatments 2. Unfinished clinical trials that put patients' lives at risk 3. Brain drain w/ China as new leader 4. Fewer next gen scientists get trained 🧪 theconversation.com/this-year-ne...

#BikeHfx I've requested bike parking at Horseshoe Island Park. This is a quaint spot for picnics, fishing, and a quiet moment by the water. There is about a dozen parking spots for vehicles, nada for bikes If you agree, send an email! www.halifax.ca/transportati...

One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.

This may be the best angle ... #RipCity #ShaedonSharpe #Blazers