Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦
@tryangregory.bsky.social
Back off man, I'm a scientist. Professor. Evolutionary biologist. Genome size, junk DNA, applied evolution, sci comm, philosophy of science. Also political stuff. Plus jokes. Onions have 5x more DNA than you do (not a joke). He/him.
"It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone," writes @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. "The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties."
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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🤖🫧💥 www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
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One of at least 8 incumbent Green or NDP seats handed to the Conservatives because of "We all have to vote Liberal to stop Poilievre!" rhetoric. In any case, May absolutely needs to go. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Former Green MP Mike Morrice announces he's running to be party's next leader | CBC News
Mike Morrice, the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Kitchener Centre in southern Ontario, has announced he's one of two candidates running to be the next leader of the federal party.
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Some people really don't like the being a scholar part of being a scholar.
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
"Everything is just data so we can computer it" has broken so many brains I swear
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
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If it separates, Alberta would have to reckon with fact that nearly all the oil it exports to US gets shipped through other Canadian provinces. By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces | CBC News
Canada and separated Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But there are no guarantees in trade talks, experts say.
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One of the clearest descriptions of climate dynamics for laypeople that you’ll ever hear: “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse.”
This isn't the new normal. It's just the beginning
This summer’s disasters appear to have boosted climate multilateralism, at least within Europe, and underscored the need to tackle fossil fuels. But we may not be waiting long for the scientists' “wor...
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If he (far more accurately) ran as a Conservative with 100% identical policies as he has now, would people still support him? In other words, how much of it is partisanship and branding rather than the man or his actions? 🤔
Unofficial CP24 Mirror@cp24-mirror.bsky.social · yesterdayCarney has ‘no obvious challenger’ among Conservatives, new poll says
"It is currently unclear whether there is a connection between the current heatwave and the reported cases of illness...However, high temperatures pose a significant stress, especially for high-yielding dairy cows, and can make them more susceptible to disease" www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Swiss cows struck by mystery illness
A virus spread by biting midges never before seen in Switzerland is thought to be responsible for a surge in sickness in Swiss dairy cows, authorities said Monday.
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Live your life such that no one has to say "Please don't speak ill of the dead, no matter how awful they were in life" about you.
Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 2d agoSad to see people posting on social media negatively about Rod Liddle, who died yesterday. If I have disagreed with you very strongly in life - and you die - I hope I'll be either silent, or kind.
It gets worse. Taxpayers contribute to fire departments and police departments and yet they hope they'll never need them!
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
Ah. See, the issue is that in fact you're one of the worst humans ever to live.
Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦@deonandan.bsky.social · 3d ago
"When it comes to social, economic, and environmental policy, [the Carney government] is following through on its promise to “nation-build” with a sweeping program of austerity, deregulation and cuts," writes @lukewsavage.bsky.social. #GiftLink 🎁 #CdnPoli www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
James 🇨🇦@jemotluk.bsky.social · 3d ago"In 2025 millions of Canadians rallied behind what they took to be a promise of renewed economic sovereignty and progressive nation-building. Over the past year, the government they elected has effectively delivered the exact opposite." #cdnpoli
I always try to accommodate requests to talk to media about my research, COVID evolution, or... um... whatever else. Fun times when I update my CV with all this stuff, including about my famous toilet or what the hell Minions are or how Pokemon have sex. :-) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/b...
The Rise of the Japanese Toilet (Published 2025)
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"In 2025 millions of Canadians rallied behind what they took to be a promise of renewed economic sovereignty and progressive nation-building. Over the past year, the government they elected has effectively delivered the exact opposite." #cdnpoli
Mark Carney promised to take on Donald Trump. He’s done anything but
While Prime Minister Mark Carney said he be “Elbows up” to Trump, his policy choices have essentially aligned Canada with America.
thestar.com
This is like "Vaccines don't work. So we'll test to see if they work." "Our randomized study compared two groups. One group didn't get vaccinated. The other group looked at the syringes on the table then rubbed the labels on their forearms and left." "See? Vaccines don't work."
Linsey Marr@linseymarr.bsky.social · 2d agoNew JAMA paper describes an RCT with portable air filters in nursing homes in the UK. Filters were undersized and not always on. Guess what...there was no difference in wintertime respiratory infections. It's like testing a new drug at 20% of the recommended dose. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/can...
Mark Carney has: -scrapped consumer carbon tax -scrapped oil/gas emissions cap -cut $1.3B from environment Canada -weakened industrial carbon pricing -axed 2 billion trees program -approved 1M barrels/day pipeline -weakened greenwashing laws While this is happening:
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away
OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...
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"Campus reforms" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...
bloomberg.com
More Americans died as a result of COVID than were killed in combat in every one of their wars since 1775 combined.
Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d agoI worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Am teaching a course on Pain & the humanities this yr, and I can't stop thinking about this 1950 experiment conducted in New York hospitals and Cornell University hospital, where physicians burned the hands of women in labor (IN LABOR) to create a measure for pain/study pain thresholds. #histmed
Another addition to our EHS special collection on scientific racism! @reubenfakoyabrooks.bsky.social Jordan O. Lafayette Tasmin Alexander & Bushra Abu-Helil assess the work of @reednetwork.bsky.social & outline a framework for institutional allyship: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A Four-Pillar Framework for Advancing Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in the Life Sciences | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core
A Four-Pillar Framework for Advancing Racial and Ethnic Inclusion in the Life Sciences
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