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Genevieve Gore
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Health sciences librarian at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. We may seem to be screwed, but let's keep trying.

Public Health 41%
Computer science 27%
GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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#medlibs and #evidencesynthesis nerds - the next Library Evidence Synthesis Services Symposium (LESSS) is upon us and open for free registration 😊 sites.google.com/view/lesss/r...
LESSS 2026 - Register
Register Now for LESSS 2026 June 15-18, 2026 11:30am - 3:30pm
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Wikipedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem

go.nature.com/4pXIv2d
Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on
The online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it.
go.nature.com
Democratizing Knowledge Through Global Health Podcasts

Podcasts are a great way to learn, share, exchange, and democratize global health knowledge

Here is my new list of podcasts worth checking out!

communities.springernature.com/posts/democr...
Democratizing Knowledge Through Global Health Podcasts
Podcasts are a great way to learn, share, exchange, and democratize global health knowledge. Here are several wonderful podcasts worth checking out!
communities.springernature.com

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The U.S.'s ambassador to Canada is saying if we don't buy American military jets, more American military jets will fly into Canada www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | NORAD would be 'altered' if Canada doesn’t buy F-35 jets, warns U.S. ambassador | CBC News
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is warning of consequences to the continental defence pact if Canada does not move forward with the purchase of 88 F-35 fighter jets.
www.cbc.ca
Opinion: Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help

www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...
Heated Rivalry shows Canadian content doesn’t need the CRTC’s help
Streaming platforms already give Canadians the tools to seek out the content they want, in the language they want, and the success stories speak for themselves.
www.hilltimes.com
I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.

For the record, the small example I chose:

My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.

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Our colleagues in @mcgillscienceunion.bsky.social (AMPS) have put together an exhaustive fact-sheet on the stagnation of academic salaries at McGill—and the parallel rise of director/ manager salaries.

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* DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES

* AKADEMIKERPENSION CIO SAYS US `IS BASICALLY NOT A GOOD CREDIT'

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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anxiety

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David launched dozens of careers and mentored many more, helping Indigenous journalists find a voice in an industry that had rarely welcomed them. Story by @karynpugliese.bsky.social
Dan David 'Father of APTN News' passed into the spirit world
Dan David, an icon for hundreds of journalists, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, in Canada and South Africa, and changed how stories are told.
www.aptnnews.ca

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I added more than 20 books to this already great list of global health books!

communities.springernature.com/posts/if-you...
If you had to read one book on global health...
If there is 1 book that you would like all global health students to read, it would be.....? Here is an impressive list of over 475 books
communities.springernature.com
We've got ISSUES. Literally.

We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do?

arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563

A 🧵 1/n
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly

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Applications for the 2026 Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada, to be held April 7-10th, 2026, are now open. We will accept applications until February 2, 2026.

More details and the link to the application form can be found at libguides.uvic.ca/ESICanada/ap...

@carl-abrc.bsky.social #ESIC2026
LibGuides: Evidence Synthesis Institute - Canadian Edition: ESI Canada Spring 2026 - Application process
This guide is for the Evidence Synthesis Institute for librarians- Canadian Edition which piloted in October 2022 and will run annually until 2026
libguides.uvic.ca
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
These are disturbed people
How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io

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I have not been following this closely enough and have about 1 million questions, what do you mean it’s a completely private company?

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/u...
How One Father Created an Organ Empire
www.nytimes.com
One journal editor in chief called the results “concerning,” while another thought the analysis was looking for problems on purpose.
‘Elite cohort’ of biz school scholars and editors scratch each others’ backs, study finds
Image: Mohamed Hassan/Pixabay Academics who publish frequently in two top business journals often have prior working relationships with the editors who handle their papers, according to a new analy…
retractionwatch.com

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#medlibs - an interesting proposal, and seeming more necessary as the complexity of AI tool details and uses in #evidencesynthesis work increases:

Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist. doi.org/10.2196/80247
Transparent Reporting of AI in Systematic Literature Reviews: Development of the PRISMA-trAIce Checklist
Background: Systematic Literature Reviews (SLR) build the foundation for evidence synthesis, but they are exceptionally demanding in terms of time and resources. While recent advances in Artificial In...
doi.org
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.

Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca

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Admiral Holsey notified me/
He wouldn't blow up boats so they put him out to sea

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🤔"Nunavik ends year with record number of TB cases, as officials promise funding announcement to come"
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #tuberculosis

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“Quebec is doing nothing, absolutely nothing," said Innu Nation caribou lead Guy Bellefleur. "The communities with knowledge of the caribou are realizing that they have to take responsibility for the species that has always been their symbol."

www.aptnnews.ca/featured/inn...
Innu Nation forum slams Quebec government for caribou inaction
Innu Nation forum slams Quebec government for inaction to protect endangered woodland caribou and collapsing George River herd
www.aptnnews.ca

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Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com

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If I had ONE tip for librarians testing "Ai search" products is focus on relevancy. If you had time for just one query , test with a "tricky query". There is no one defintion of tricky, but a query that can easily return dozens/hundreds of relevant articles is definitely pointless to test! (1)

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How do large language models interpret words relating to probability like “unlikely,” “probably,” or “almost certain"?

The below shows what happens when we compare judgements from different models to a benchmark dataset of human judgments (data from: github.com/zonination/p...).
As Bluesky grows in popularity, so does the industry of spam-for-hire services attempting to exploit it. Google searches for the query "buy bluesky followers" abound with numerous examples of strangely similar websites peddling bogus Bluesky followers, reposts, and likes.