sometimes when i'm sad about chromatography, i go to the storage room to see the 3.0 kg pre-packed silica columns and remind myself that i will hopefully never have to use one

"Palantir itself openly acknowledges that its tools are meant to “optimize the kill chain”" "...using Palantir’s software would increase dependence on a U.S. provider. It also poses the risk of losing data sovereignty and thereby national sovereignty." www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/h...

It’s wild that the enduring memory of these two hockey teams is probably going to be how the men’s team laughed at a misogynistic joke made at the expense of the women’s team.

OpenAI is a menace. Two recent stories make that clearer than ever. One day you have Sam Altman denigrating humanity to defend AI. The next, WSJ reveals OpenAI could have alerted Canadian police of a potential mass shooter, but refused pressure from employees. That person went on to kill 8 people.

I wonder what the tech bros think of other people? Wow that's a dark take.

This one hits hard.

Crépuscule d’hiver (Baie St. Paul) Clarence Gagnon 1915

Ten glorious years of a guy who has mostly been the president and always been the main character of American political life doing posts like this and everyone trying to figure out what cable news segment he saw, misunderstood in the way a dog might misunderstand a crossword, and made into policy.

U.S. legal scholars baffled as Prince Andrew arrested for Epstein ties, Korean president sentenced for insurrection

"Kennedy, in a bestselling 2021 book, explicitly rejected germ theory...in favor of 'miasma theory,' which pediatrician and vaccine inventor Paul Offit describes as 'a long-abandoned medical theory that holds that diseases are caused by poisonous vapors.'" 👇

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

In this podcast they mention how when the US added people at the International Criminal Court to a sanctions list they lost access to basic banking which was under control of the US. Today I read how UK is setting up banking alternatives to avoid US sanctions. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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when i hear techie people say everyone should just be self-hosting the digital services they need instead of using centralized platforms, i think of crypto enthusiasts saying everyone needs their own wallet they must personally protect or they lose all they money

So this weekend TikTok removed our video about Elon Musk showing up in the Epstein files for "promoting misinformation", which we're sure has nothing at all to do with billionaire Trump megadonor Larry Ellison taking over control of TikTok's algorithm.

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

The CBC made this clever & cute video that uses kids to explain the rules of curling:

Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist. Cool. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Aaand there you go: Trump’s sudden about-face on the most important Canada-US border crossing came after meeting with the billionaire family that owns the rival bridge. Nice scoop, confirming suspicions of everyone who has followed this file and is familiar with Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/w...

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Whenever I read Trumps posts I get this image in my head. Except it is also terrifying at the same time.

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Thinking about the lost data in the US government. Planet Money: What happens when governments cook the books Episode webpage: www.npr.org/2025/08/08/1... Media file: prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtr...

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We take randomness for granted.
 Early PRNGs were BAD. Thousands of scientific papers used to rely on RANDU, created by IBM in the 1960s.

In 1D space, it looks ok! Map in 3D…you start to see the issues. Now, there *was* a better solution...but it would cost you.

Here is my latest. Sylvain Charlebois, Canada's beloved commentator on the food industry, thinks that not giving us access to raw milk is communism. noraloreto.substack.com/p/canadas-fo...

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Welcome, piles of slop filling up the journals with clouds of useless wordy garbage. Case in point:

I see the good words of @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com about Crime Coin (currently in the midst of a rebrand to Pedo Coin) are going around again. Because they're good words, let's enjoy them again.

I received a Humble Bundle of the Murderbot Diaries by @marthawells.com and I'm on my third time in a row reading them! Here's a great keynote by the author explaining origins and meaning to the stories. marthawells.dreamwidth.org/649804.html

The most ridiculous over reach in international diplomacy since Rudolf Hess crashed his plane in Scotland. This numptie needs a handler.

American cloud service providers want to encrypt data with the private keys are inaccessible to them to secure data. However, if the American government wants trade leverage (or foreign territory) etc. they just insist access is denied - pull the plug. apnews.com/article/euro...

Premier Eby calls out treason of those meeting with American officials to break up our nation. CBC chastises Eby saying blunt talk will encourage the treason "curious" to commit treason. Since when are we worried about those who are "curious" about treason? #epicfail www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Eight refineries are funneling $500m–$1bn a day to Moscow by buying Russian oil. Sanction them, and Putin’s war economy collapses within six months says @billbrowder.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

Sunday morning budgie fly time.

“Technical failures, cyber-attacks and natural disasters can all bring down key parts of the internet. And as the US government makes increasing demands of European leaders, it is possible to imagine Europe losing access to the digital infrastructure provided by US firms.”

Jeffrey Epstein did not stop raping children after his 2008 conviction. Jeffrey Epstein did not stop facilitating the rape of children after his 2008 conviction. He kept doing it. That is the context of people treating him as a normal person after his conviction. /1 www.cnn.com/2020/01/15/u...

Watching the beginning of the original Jurassic Park. This is what OSHA is for.

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

For decades in Canada, we built thousands of affordable co-op homes every year. In 1995, the federal and provincial governments stopped financially supporting co-op construction. Thirty years of underinvestment in affordable homes has contributed to the housing crisis we face today.

Impact factors get brought up sometimes in scientific debates, but many people are not familiar with what they mean. Learn more about impact factors, and what they can – and can't! – tell you about a journal here. 👇 scienceupfirst.com/science-101/... #ScienceUpFirst

“ice hockey”

baffling that the media isn’t making more of an issue out of how carney is gutting key federal agencies/depts and what that’s going to mean for gov capacity when we’re supposed to be more independent and capable. food inspection, health canada, statscan, global affairs — all being cut, and more

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It’s easy to forget since he’s still a high public official but Homan straight up took $50,000 in cash from undercover agents on camera and then nothing happened

I am hearing that RFK Jr.’s minions are going to go after HPV vaccines. I’ve got problems with these people and now you’re going to hear about them, first from a personal perspective and then from a professional one. It all boils down to this: WE HAVE A SAFE VACCINE THAT PREVENTS CANCER.

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