What did Watson and Crick discover in 1953?” “Rosalind Franklin’s notes!” Now would be a good time to listen to my interview with the brilliant @matthewcobb.bsky.social about Franklin, Watson, Crick and the discovery of the double helix. geneticsunzipped.com/blog/2023/8/...

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

I am very interested in this as Caylan Ford was the UCP candidate in my riding. She has now started a charter school that Peter “Canada’s aboriginal problem” has been advocating. Please read and donate if you can

“While the budget pours money into infrastructure and emphasizes resource extraction, it fails to leverage our country’s most significant economic drivers: people, research and education.”

This is how Canadian healthcare is privatized. #cdnpoli #Canadasky

Reposting this for no particular reason at all. ⚒️

You can’t afford a coal mine. You can’t afford a gas turbine. You can’t afford an oil rig. Only fossil fuel states and billionaires can. But you can afford a solar power station on your roof. Now, ask yourself why you encounter so much anti-renewable energy propaganda.

From winning the nobel prize for co-discovering the structure of DNA to becoming a pariah for his rank racist views towards Black people and overt sexism towards women. One can only hope before his death that he found time to reflect and change for better. www.npr.org/2025/11/07/n...

There’s a viral post on Twitter with 134k likes because when Zohran got a question from a disabled person in a wheelchair he … answered it. Idk man maybe we shouldn’t regard that as heroic

Finally a news article that reports it like it is! www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...

That’s a lot of people. The Calgary Herald should really make clear why that piece was pulled.

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

How to say what you can’t say without saying it. Go, go Schilling!

"No new data centers unless they are running on 24/7 renewables and with the active participation of communities." – Rachel Kitchin, Stand.earth We couldn't agree more. Data centers shouldn't be built unless communities consent and we can confirm they won't be harming the climate.

This is scary stuff. Thanks to the UCP's Bill 2, it's illegal for the head of the Alberta Teachers Association to speak publicly about the strike. #1984 #ableg #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social

I've said it before, I will say it once more. Every city councillor & the mayor in Calgary should have to take transit at a minimum once per week from their residence in the ward to work (i.e.: City Hall) and return home. We would immediately have improved transit service if they were using it. 🚌🚉

NO "turbo cancer" associated with nRNA vaccines, but possible "turbo" benefits? mRNA covid vaccines may “turbo charge” cancer immunotherapy, research suggests bmj.com/content/391/... Patients with mRNA vaccine "... gained significant benefit in terms of survival & disease progression..."

When most people think of solar energy, they think of rows of photovoltaic (PV) panels on rooftops or vast solar farms out in the desert. But portable plug-in solar devices small enough to generate power right off a balcony could be coming to an area near you.

This. This. This. The man behind the curtain is still there even though our nation clearly kicked him to the curb. Harper continues to try and manipulate Canadian politics. #nevervoteconservative

Coffee at Stan's Alex Janvier ~ Densuline n.d.

Oh my this video is worth a watch. It shines a light on the wealth disparity between Calgary neighbourhoods and the differences between public and private schools. I wonder if Len Webber knew how his interview footage would be used.

Since 2019, researchers have selected about 1,200 college and high school students to receive $400 no-strings “contributions” to use “to pursue what matters most” to them — something that benefits their community, family or even themselves. 6-8 weeks after... (1/2) No paywall: archive.ph/6xBRY

Some comments from me on the geohazards that could impact an oil pipeline from AB to BC coast, following @davidebybc.bsky.social and First Nations' continued opposition. More thoughts in the below thread from ~6 months ago 🧪⚒️ @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Today feels like a good day to remind everyone that there is literally no empirical evidence that economic growth will just continue if the world heats up to, say, 3°C by 2100. Continued growth is just *assumed* in every economic model of the relationship between temperatures and growth. 🧵

“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...

The UCP government pretty clearly tried to artificially suppress demand for COVID-19 vaccines by forcing people to pay out of pocket for them. It didn't work. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Europe's on it! No pressure, #Canada. (At least Alto High Speed Rail is in the new budget...)

When asked by Stephen Colbert why he was wearing a mask in public, Tom Hanks said.. “I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons” More celebrities need to speak out like this.

Budget 2025 shows that ‘austerity’ applies to efforts to protect people and the planet—but that more money can always be found for military spending and polluting industries. Read our full analysis & members' quotes on the federal budget and Climate Competitiveness Strategy. ⬇️ shorturl.at/z1ueW

“I think the only way that we can, let’s say, discourage the Government of Alberta from pushing some of this stuff through, is if those who are directly impacted speak up in unison and do it loudly.” thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land... @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli

the internet wasn't a complete failure

This feels like a fundamental realignment in Canadian politics. The Conservatives are completing their regression, begun in the 2015 “barbaric cultural practices” election, to their Reform Party roots. The Liberals now resemble not the Mulroney PCs but the Harper Conservatives. And the NDP is MIA.

#Budget2025 analysis from @policyalternatives.ca: Major military spending will come at a huge cost to vital public programs and services. Which parties will support the minority government on this one? By @davidmaccdn.bsky.social @hadrianmk.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

For anyone who thinks this government actually cares about universities & colleges, consider the following statement from the budget. "New international student arrivals have also declined by approximately 60 per cent compared to 2024. This is a start, but we recognise there is more work to do."

This government's signal legacy in higher education is going to be "we torched whatever we could right across the country because we couldn't figure out how to control the southern Ontario housing market". Ford can't/won't build houses? Better knife some more rural colleges in NB or BC.

Kneecap to the PSE sector - TOTAL temporary resident target (TFWs plus international students) to be roughly halved, from 670K to 370K. That's minimum a $2 Billion hit to the sector. Probably more. Will work this out later

Out of budget lockup. I recently wrote: "Ottawa imposes a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts... yet a family buying a semi in Scarborough pays the equivalent of 15 percent in [DCs] and land transfer taxes." Today the gov't addressed this by eliminating the luxury tax on yachts.

So, which 3 opposition MPs will be swayed by joining Eurovision??

Looking for a budget summary and you aren't an oligarch or the owner of a mid-sized company? Check out what the @ccpa has put together: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

July: corporate donations become legal again for Alberta parties July-Sept: at least $471K in corp donations to UCP, which made the change. Injury lawyers and car dealers are so far biggest givers to Danielle Smith's party: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by me

Sure glad Poilievre didn't win. "But this is another key Trudeau-era climate policy that Carney has dropped since becoming leader, after ending the consumer carbon tax and pushing back the electric-vehicle sales mandate." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

“Now she wants the federal gov to intervene in B.C. to help Alberta, but don’t do anything in Alberta to help the rest of Canada. Come on, you cannot double-talk all the time like that,” - Jean Chrétien verbally Shawinigan handshakes Dani Smith in an interview w/CBC’s The House. Great interview.

Since i finished writing this essay, one pedestrian was hit and killed by a driver in downtown Calgary. Speed wasn’t deemed a factor.

Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:

Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones." cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...

@emmettmacfarlane.com: "Instead of any sort of nuanced debate over the validity of specific mandatory minimums... we get blind outrage from the politicians... who will leverage the average Canadian’s ignorance to their political benefit." 💯 open.substack.com/pub/emmettma...

This story deserves more attention. The UCP govt handed over tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and is now refusing to explain why. Alberta's Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

1/ 🧵 Contrary to the UCP, Alberta didn’t have to use the notwithstanding clause to legislate the teachers back to work. The “no choice” take doesn’t hold up. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

This is horrific. Danielle Smith is dismantling the public healthcare system, and this is the result. When is enough enough, Alberta? I mean come on. No amount of devout party loyalty is worth screwing over kids with cancer. #ableg #cdnpoli

Universal healthcare is nation-building. Budget 2025 should invest in head-to-toe care—because every Canadian deserves it, not just those who can afford it. #cdnpoli #Budget2025