Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦
@d-macphee.bsky.social
Reproductive Scientist. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Opinions my own.
Chill science. Chill dissent. Chill reason. Doubtmonger. These are the goals. Fauci's legal woes could deter scientists from government service www.axios.com/2026/08/05/f... via @axios.com
Fauci's legal woes could deter scientists from government service
It's part of a broader erosion of the federal health workforce.
axios.com
Very pleased to finally share the main story from my PhD, now published in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🎉 Using a sea anemone we discovered and characterised epithelial cell extrusion as the mechanism underlying starvation-induced cell loss. 🔗 Open-access article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epithelial cell extrusion underlies starvation-induced cell loss in a sea anemone - Nature Communications
Epithelial cell extrusion in a sea anemone shares key hallmarks with bilaterians and is dynamically regulated by nutritional status. During starvation-induced body shrinkage, extrusion likely contribu...
nature.com
🦪 Dredging and pollution devastated the once-bountiful oyster reefs of Chesapeake Bay. Careful science may help bring them back. #NationalOysterDay ✍️ @timvernimmen.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4hwbhVf
Shucking the past: Can oysters thrive again?
Dredging and pollution devastated the once-bountiful reefs. Careful science may help bring them back.
knowmag.org
Been saying for several years that oil&gas are just following the tobacco playbook verbatim. And we are falling for it again. Data centres/AI is the next one, currently implementing chapter 1
Blue Oleta@blue-oleta.bsky.social · 19h ago
Rogers Layoffs Stemmed from ‘Corporate Decisions’ Taking Precedent Over Workers, Union Says “Workers are often the last to be considered when these decisions are made.” pressprogress.ca/rogers-layof...
Rogers Layoffs Stemmed from ‘Corporate Decisions’ Taking Precedent Over Workers, Union Says
“Workers are often the last to be considered when these decisions are made.”
pressprogress.ca
BC’s Longest Nursing Strike Ends After Mediators Step In Their recommendations include sending the union and employer into binding arbitration over wage increases. pressprogress.ca/bcs-longest-...
BC’s Longest Nursing Strike Ends After Mediators Step In
Their recommendations include sending the union and employer into binding arbitration over wage increases.
pressprogress.ca
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Having made Alberta’s blue flag a symbol of separatism, separatists are furious some folks see it as a symbol of separatism! albertapolitics.ca/2026/08/havi...
Having made Alberta’s blue flag a symbol of separatism, separatists are furious some folks see it as a symbol of separatism! - Alberta Politics
Alberta separatists, having run our uninspiring Tory Blue provincial flag up the metaphorical flagpole and declared it to be a symbol of independence and “absolutely gorgeous” to boot, have their knic...
albertapolitics.ca
In July we had an update to #LibreOffice, said hello to new members at The Document Foundation (the non-profit behind LibreOffice), posted sections from the foundation's Annual Report, and more: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
We invite you to submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue: Proteostasis. This issue will be coordinated by two of our Academic Editors: Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/pr...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button isn't scientifically accurate but it was inspired by a real genetic disorder. This article explores the biology of progeria, how a single gene mutation disrupts our cells, and why this fictional story has real science behind it. 🎬🧬 mcgill.ca/x/5BZ
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Movie slumps are the worst. You know when you’re looking through the titles on your streaming services, but nothing sounds quite right? And as you continue to look with little success, you get increas...
mcgill.ca
Polling shows Canadians support a new pipeline from Alberta to B.C. — if they don’t have to pay for it. Companies aren’t lining up to shell out, either. Here's a look at the economics of pipelines in Canada, including the cost of fossil fuel emissions and climate change thenarwhal.ca/canadian-pip...
The cost breakdown of a new Canadian pipeline | The Narwhal
Canadians aren’t sure they want to pay for a new pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast. We break down the basic costs of building and operating them
thenarwhal.ca
Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate
Donald Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ means reneging on them. That’s why Canada cannot capitulate
Countries that sign deals with the Trump administration are quickly finding out that the stability and certainty they hoped to purchase was an illusion.
theconversation.com
Having made Alberta’s blue flag a symbol of separatism, separatists are furious some folks see it as a symbol of separatism! albertapolitics.ca/2026/08/havi...
Having made Alberta’s blue flag a symbol of separatism, separatists are furious some folks see it as a symbol of separatism! - Alberta Politics
Alberta separatists, having run our uninspiring Tory Blue provincial flag up the metaphorical flagpole and declared it to be a symbol of independence and “absolutely gorgeous” to boot, have their knic...
albertapolitics.ca
My husband received his copy of Pregnancy Interrupted already, but I opened it first! bookshop.org/p/books/preg...
Whateverrrrrr U.S. to close consulates in Canada, other countries, Reuters sources say www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
U.S. to close consulates in Canada, other countries, Reuters sources say
The U.S. State Department has notified Congress that it plans to close five foreign missions in a rare downsizing of America’s global diplomatic footprint, according to people familiar with the notice...
ctvnews.ca
Canada’s new Food Security Strategy won’t end food insecurity. The strategy largely overlooks the single biggest contributing factor: inadequate incomes, by Nick Saul and Jasmine Ramze Rezaee www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Canada’s new Food Security Strategy won’t end food insecurity
The strategy largely overlooks the single biggest contributing factor: inadequate incomes
theglobeandmail.com
What are Canadians supposed to do when their provincial government undermines their healthcare system? On the latest episode of Sources, we're sharing a recording of a virtual health panel we held last month on the subject of ‘when provinces go rogue.' 🎧 pressprogress.ca/canadian-hea...
Canadian Healthcare: When Provinces Go Rogue
Guest panelists discuss the ways provinces are undermining Canada's healthcare system
pressprogress.ca
I'm so proud to announce that the first first-author manuscript of my PhD student @yihan-wang.bsky.social (Han) has just been published in @geroscience.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... We asked why human testis maintain their function throughout ageing. 🧪 #reprosky (1/6)
Normal spermatogenesis in older men is associated with compensatory transcriptome changes - GeroScience
Male reproductive ageing is a complex process involving progressive and detrimental histological and physiological alterations to the testis and beyond. Age-related morbidities often confound reproduc...
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“honeybees were facing serious threats. Varroa destructor, an invasive, parasitic mite…wax moths, hive beetles, fungi, viruses that caused paralysis or wing deformities, bacteria that could wipe out all of a colony’s young.” #OneHealth @naohun.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/s...
Meet the Bee Vet, Now Making Hive Calls
Veterinarians are gingerly embracing the honeybee, a vital pollinator for agriculture but one that’s in increasing danger.
nytimes.com
❗️Zelensky: Today, many were shocked by another video of the Russian drone safari against people in Kherson. The man was injured by the explosion. The world must see this. It must see every fact that Russia has gone mad, and every fact that the Russian military enjoys killing and mocking people.
It's publication day! The 3rd edition of "The Scientist's Guide to Writing" is available TODAY. It's expanded and it's as up-to-date as I can make it. If you've been using this book - thank you. If you haven't: today is a great time to start! scientistseessquirre... 🧪🌍
It’s publication day! “The Scientist’s Guide to Writing”, 3rd edition
Some things don’t ever get old, and I can tell you that publication day for one of your books is one of those things. Today is that day: the new 3rd edition of The Scientist’s Guide to Writing is o…
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I have a previous edition of this book and it's excellent, I can only advise it to any scientist.
Stephen Heard@stephenbheard.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's publication day! The 3rd edition of "The Scientist's Guide to Writing" is available TODAY. It's expanded and it's as up-to-date as I can make it. If you've been using this book - thank you. If you haven't: today is a great time to start! scientistseessquirre... 🧪🌍
When the House Hippo first appeared on Canadian televisions, it seemed that everyone wanted one to appear in their homes. This commercial became a part of the Canadian cultural landscape and even today, the House Hippo is beloved by Canadians. 🧵 1/10
What brings a Nobel Prize winner back to Cell Bio? New ideas. New inspiration. Marty Chalfie says the meeting enhances his enthusiasm for research. Join the scientific leaders shaping what’s next: https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/
My piece in today's Winnipeg Free Press. Trump threatens tariffs over Canada's wildfire smoke. Well, turnabout is fair play. He's allowing dread disease-carrying ticks to cross the border to Canada. Time for tariffs and export taxes! #NoTrumpTicks #Satire www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/anal...
Opinion: Ticked off by Trump’s tantrums
U.S. President Donald Trump recently threatened tariffs on Canadian products for the wildfire smoke that wafts across the border.
winnipegfreepress.com
Ernest Hemingway’s Personal Library Contained Thousands of Books—Here Are Some of the Authors www.mentalfloss.com/literature/a... All of these authors are at PG: www.gutenberg.org #books #literature
Check out this new (optional) #LibreOffice extension to control Impress presentations from your phone or other devices: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
