Jeremy Grimshaw (he/him)

@jgrimshaw.bsky.social

Retired (recovering) implementation scientist. Ottawa, Canada.

This is so exciting! The German National Library of Medicine @zbmed.bsky.social just had its first open meeting on the plan for an open & independent PubMed safety net. Here's my write-up @plos.org on the meeting & how institutions & others can help absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g... #MedLibs

Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe

A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at the…

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My father, Frank Grimshaw, was a photographer with the UK National Coal Board in the North West of England from the late 1950s to early 1970s. He shot a remarkable body of work. We have an exhibition in Toronto, Canada 3rd May - June 22nd. (We are trying to organize a UK exhibition next year).

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Almost certainly true. 🧵 But 1) the limits on individual rights were often quite local - quarantine one ship, close one restaurant, etc. They were often of short duration. The COVID-19 pandemic meant the limits on rights were broad & lasted months

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It's not an exaggeration to say that the Trump/Musk regime has figured out a way to pull off a global holocaust without invading a single country or dropping a single bomb. When you see it as intentional and not as the unfortunate byproduct of cutting government waste it's very clarifying.

Bill McKay@mckay4senate.bsky.social · 2y ago

The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB

@thelancet.bsky.social editorial on Canadian healthcare. Given everything we have gone through in the last 5 years, it is easy to forgot what progress has been made (see 1st para). Implicit also is the worry that we could go backwards depending on the next election. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Health in Canada: a pivotal political moment

As Justin Trudeau steps down after a decade as leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party, Canadians face a pivotal moment. Although attention is focused on trade tariffs and souring relations with the U...

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Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us. That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history.

I've been stalking NIH Reporter to see if any new R01s fund at the 15% F&A rate, but... no new full R01s have funded since 2/10/2025, not a single R01 - across all of NIH - since 2/08. Only 18 grants have been newly funded - I am happy for the F31/F32/F30, R35, K99 trainees who have received $$.