Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

Covid vaccines = improved pregnancy outcomes.👇 "COVID-19 vaccination is associated with a lower risk of severe disease and preterm birth regardless of variant time period." Study: Vaccination & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... #VaccinesWork

The report from @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social says many parents across [ #NovaScotia] are paying much more for childcare services than a provincial goal set in 2021 of $10 per day... [and #NS has not] achieved its goal of creating 9,500 new childcare spaces. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

The only way to reduce traffic is to *reduce traffic*. We need to give people a way to get around the province without a car. Nova Scotia needs to rebuild our train network. That's the real solution. It's actually obscene that we had better public transportation two centuries ago than we do today.

What?

The price of formula is a national public health scandal IMO! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This was one of the glaring omissions for me in this budget & discussions of priorities. Investment in mental health has so many positive ripple effects & can lower other costs

Nova Scotia Liberals urge government to prevent HRM infant feeding clinic closure By @mmughees.bsky.social

This is outrageous. Breasfeeding is HARD and ppl need to be supported to establish & and keep going. Support is vital. Atlantic Canada already has the lowest rates of bf in the country. This will worsen it acadiabroadcasting.ca/liberals-urg...

The messaging around this, at least in the UK where I lived at the time, was unbelievably inconsistent & confusing. I hoped & trusted I was doing the right thing when I got my 2nd dose at around 4 months pregnant in early 2022.

As long as Canada is nation-building we should consider universal basic mouthguard care.

Are you interested in #policyexperiments or #policyinnovation? @sreejanair01.bsky.social & I are excited to announce the launch of the Policy Experimentation and Innovation Research Network- a new Thematic Research Network under the International Public Policy Association.

Ha, would love to beam myself up to my alma mater for this panel!

Interesting (esp as I get more and more into public health research) & valuable piece by @paulcairney.bsky.social & colleagues on poli sci approaches to preventative healthcare. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Has anyone read Research Nova Scotia's new strategic plan? It is..... interesting, to say the least.

Today, @nationalobserver.com is launching a tool to search municipal meeting transcripts across Canada. The tool has already helped us unearth a climate denial network targeting towns and cities, report on AI data centers, measure our impact and more. Journalists and researchers, sign up for free!

Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.

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The Conference on Policy Process Research 2026 is in Bern, Switzerland, January 20-23. You can submit your paper or presentation ideas here - policyprocessresearch.org - and can attend in person or online.

No words....

If arguments about care, ethics, morals, decency, humanity, dignity, etc do not make a difference, maybe ones about money will? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

If you're wondering about the relationship between policy change and policy experiments....look no further 😆 I have a new article out in @policysciences.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #policychange #policyexperiments

It’s Birth Trauma Awareness Week. This year, we focus on marginalised groups facing extra barriers in maternity care, from racial disparities to challenges faced by disabled and neurodivergent mothers. Let’s listen. Let’s learn. Let’s do better. #GoodMaternityCareforAll #BTAW25

Calling all women: The IWK Foundation wants to hear your health stories www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @maggiearchibald.bsky.social 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

And do you even know if you're using it? Indexing on databases is being done by AI and results are sometimes wildly inaccurate, as I have recently found out...

Freedom opens in Salt Yard on the Halifax Waterfront "Proudly rooted in African Nova Scotian culture, Freedom serves reimagined comfort food we’ve grown up with and offers locally made goods by ANS makers from our communities. Located in the Salt Yard, - we’re a place to eat, learn, and give back."

Very interesting & tallies with my findings on experimentation @ Cdn Heritage. I would put leadership at the top of the list; in my work I found that it was not enough for leaders to accept experimentation/innovation - they need to actively *champion* it

I no longer live in the UK but still follow updates relating to maternity services carefully. I have mixed opinions on @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social announcement of a national inquiry. +it will bring more resources & attention to a vital issue. -issues are *already known* ACTION is what is needed

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

1 in 5 Canadians don’t have access to a family doctor. We need to hear from you, so we can get that number down. Help us rebuild #PrimaryCare by sharing your experience and participating in the OurCare survey, in partnership with @unityhealthto.bsky.social. Take the survey: ourcare.ca/survey.

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This is essential reading

Agreed

I've never been to a conference with so many encouraging messages. 😊👏🏽

🌅 Early View 🌅 "What is successful policy experimentation?" by @katemattocks.bsky.social is now available in Policy & Politics! Curious about how governments can better design and learn from policy experiments? This article offers a new framework: doi.org/10.1332/0305...

Truly gigantic and terrible news re. the state of arts & humanities as well as Canadian university funding in general.

Delighted to share that my new book 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘵: 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 is out today with @ubcpress.bsky.social!

Atlantic Canada enjoying the 2 hours when rest of Canada pays attention to it #CanadaVotes

Great piece on health care, childcare & care economy in this election

Pleased to share a new piece on @healthydebate.bsky.social. This is a new research area for me: the politics of perinatal mental health. healthydebate.ca/2025/04/topi... Special thanks to @lucycbarker.bsky.social #perinatalmentalhealth #maternalmentalhealth

Fascinating paper

💡What is successful policy experimentation? Read our new Policy & Politics blog post here! 📝 policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/04/23/w...

The future of the CBC is on the ballot April 28. Will English-language services be defunded under Poilievre, or strengthened under Carney? @mediapolicy.bsky.social's latest piece, a must-read on the future of Canada’s public broadcaster & what’s really at stake. 🔗 policyoptions.irpp.org?p=116541

Very important issue. Excellent piece

Birth trauma is indeed "a thing". There have even been 2 public inquiries into BT worldwide - one in New South Wales (Australia) & one in the UK. BT & perinatal mental health are slowly becoming recognized issues on political agendas.

This is what good public policy looks like