Glad to see the Royal Society of Canada ( @src-rsc.bsky.social ) is no longer on X.

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Dr. Kirsty Duncan - she lived every minute of her shortened life - and each was jam-packed. A huge loss. Gift link. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/46242ee...

Hide and seek.

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Silence is interpreted as acceptance (however reluctant it may be). Likewise, simply complaining is not helpful. This is a time for explaining the impact of cuts to science. It's not easy as these imacts are non-linear and it's often impossible to connect all the dots. And it's not the time for ...

Good grief, the CommonCV will outlive Researchfish.

Normal and cancer whole genomes and transcriptomes. We do sequencing right. 😎

In the latest @theglobeandmail.com feature, Sinai Health’s Dr. @danieljdrucker.bsky.social is recognized for the discovery that helped lead to Ozempic - and the ongoing breakthroughs unfolding at Sinai Health today. Read the full story here:

Principal investigator job alert @ircm.bsky.social! We are recruiting a new junior faculty member working in the field of cancer. Apply before February 22nd. Contact me if you have more questions. www.ircm.qc.ca/en/position-...

Notifications are getting out of control.

Would really appreciate CBC choosing a weekend to binge watch Catherine O’Hara from SCTV to Schitt‘s Creek and damn the torpedoes. Even the Winter Olympics come a distant second.

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“Good writing is unpredicted text” is such a fundamental truth that AI slop should turn on itself and refuse publication.

Everything that RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya and fellow anti-vaccine zealots have said about COVID vaccines is garbage, as proven by world class, international scientific studies.

Trying out Aeronaut (@aeronautapp.com), a MacOS app for Bluesky (on the MacAppStore). C$20 a year. So far, I’m impressed with it’s screen efficiency and it’s a big improvement over the web interface. Reminds me of TweetBot (sniff). But would love to be able to edit… 😬

Methinks I prefer our 🇨🇦 solution. bsky.app/profile/saro...

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Why do funding agencies continuously play around with investigator initiated/response-mode competitions? Because this mechanism, essential for supporting new ideas, is outside of their control and reveals their inadequate budgets.

This amazing woman worked so hard for science and sport in Canada. She set up the Standing Committee on Science and Research, was a powerful voice for science in parliament and after being diagnosed with two cancers continued to advocate for good. Proud to have known the Rt Hon Kirsty Duncan. RIP 💔

Sorry birds, gonna need you peck me out.

Weather guy on Global just said “let’s talk about the low temperatures, which is why it’s feeling cold”.

Until restaurants declare cilantro as an ingredient on menu items I will be tempted to surreptitiously put soap flakes into salt pots. 🤢

Somebody finally explained Mark Carney’s Davos speech to Trump using monosyllabic words. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

It's hard to know exactly how many American's understand how badly the reputation of their great nation has fallen in the past year, given media biases and both-side-isms. But Ling might give a few more some pause for thought.

Siri, provide visual analogy of the anticipated stability of the Board of Peace. Some excellent #scicomm at work in this video.

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The absence of things is often not appreciated. You forget. Like adverts on BlueSky. Wonderful. And diseases like measles, Rubella, polio, smallpox…

Or not. The effectiveness of any assembly is dependent on its membership. Even then, it can be dysfunctional. The most democratic nations are no fools and won’t lend their credibility nor subject themselves to the associated stink. This is most definitely a club Groucho Marx would snub.

One of the biggest barriers to collaborative health research is the difficulty in safely and securely sharing health research data. I'm delighted that Josip is taking on this challenge in leading a powerful team that is building a federated platform that respects the value of health data.

Paul Wells translation of the stunning beginning of the speech.

This is 🦇💩 crazy. A visualization of the cuts, over just one year, suffered on the US research system through cuts to NIH and NSF. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Axis of Feeble?

Waiting for @elisabethbik.bsky.social to prove that this is actually two men in a cow suit.

The only reason the US would need Greenland for its defence, given that it is currently under the protective umbrella of NATO, is if the US was going to leave NATO. If the US occupies Greenland, NATO is effectively dead.

I know he's joking but the real joke is that if sanity prevails in the US and American's (have the chance to) vote out this administration, it will be over the price of groceries not the use of tear gas, pepper spray and violence against fellow Americans.

All Denmark needs to do to defend Greenland is to surround its shores with Lego bricks. it has been optimizing their anti-personnel effectiveness through a massive clinical trial of parental feet. It surely has a strategic stockpile.

A universal truth for every country in 2026. We are eating the seed corn of our futures to pay for billionaire tax breaks and alchemy solutions to world problems. The beast being fed is insatiable.

One has to admire his strategic genius. Only problem is you’d need a Finnish icebreaker or four to pierce the thick headedness.

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Seriously, preprinting means your science is accessible to everyone, virtually immediately. No paywalls. Sunlight is also a disinfectant and the number of sloppy preprints I've encountered is tiny.

In a world that seems intent on reversing years of peace and progress, spend a few minutes reading about Lindsay, her fury friends and her outlook on what is truly precious in life. #Inspiration #Thriving

A brief history of the BioRxiv and MedRxiv preprint services, their meteoric growth and supportive role during the pandemic. Submitting preprints should be the primary step for scientific dissemination. journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

ICE is entirely consistent with the Trump world view of might is right. It’s government sponsored thuggery within the US (particularly blue states) whilst the threats to other countries are the externalised version.

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❄️☕👩🏻‍💻 Tribute to Dr. Frank Beier (1965–2025) www.oarsijournal.com/article/S106... He was a champion of EDIA, leading meaningful policy changes & supporting opps 4 equity-deserving groups. Western has established an award in his name to support underrepresented students entering basic science research

A lucid and passionate argument for de-platforming X. But like cigarettes, some will remain addicted despite proven harms. So the key is to make clear what X actually is, a socially unacceptable megaphone of hate, association with which implies personal consent of its content.