Craig McCormick
@craigmccormick.bsky.social
Virologist and cinnamon bun baker.
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So Twiter has long been a Nazi haven and stroker of Elon's ego, but now it also generates child porn if you ask it! So I think the best time to leave Twitter was years ago, and the second best time is now. Here's what I wrote when I left in 2023:
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...
Goodbye, Twitter
Yeah, I’m done. Elon’s just awful.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
So Twiter has long been a Nazi haven and stroker of Elon's ego, but now it also generates child porn if you ask it! So I think the best time to leave Twitter was years ago, and the second best time is now. Here's what I wrote when I left in 2023:
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...
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Russian banking system collapsing?
a man in a suit is standing in front of a crowd of people and says `` oh no '' .
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of a crowd of people and says `` oh no '' .
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Russian banking system collapsing?
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#NewResearch
The long-term existence of diverse virulent phages within cultures of Escherichia coli and others challenges the virulent–temperate dichotomy and points to non-canonical phage lifestyles.
#MicroSky 🦠 @peterdoug.bsky.social @emggroupucph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The long-term existence of diverse virulent phages within cultures of Escherichia coli and others challenges the virulent–temperate dichotomy and points to non-canonical phage lifestyles.
#MicroSky 🦠 @peterdoug.bsky.social @emggroupucph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Persistent virulent phages exist across bacterial isolates - Nature Microbiology
The long-term existence of diverse virulent phages within cultures of Escherichia coli and others challenges the virulent–temperate dichotomy and points to non-canonical phage lifestyles.
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 PM
#NewResearch
The long-term existence of diverse virulent phages within cultures of Escherichia coli and others challenges the virulent–temperate dichotomy and points to non-canonical phage lifestyles.
#MicroSky 🦠 @peterdoug.bsky.social @emggroupucph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The long-term existence of diverse virulent phages within cultures of Escherichia coli and others challenges the virulent–temperate dichotomy and points to non-canonical phage lifestyles.
#MicroSky 🦠 @peterdoug.bsky.social @emggroupucph.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Year review:
561,109** #BikeHfx bikes counted in 2025
51,696** Almon
49,323** Barrington
10,191** Bridge
44,094 COLT
41,344** Dart Cove
41,720 Gottingen
38,418** Hollis
18,709 Lwr Water
117,087** South Park
4,818 Uni Arts (last May 1)
105,191** Vernon
38,518** Windsor
** all-time record
561,109** #BikeHfx bikes counted in 2025
51,696** Almon
49,323** Barrington
10,191** Bridge
44,094 COLT
41,344** Dart Cove
41,720 Gottingen
38,418** Hollis
18,709 Lwr Water
117,087** South Park
4,818 Uni Arts (last May 1)
105,191** Vernon
38,518** Windsor
** all-time record
January 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Year review:
561,109** #BikeHfx bikes counted in 2025
51,696** Almon
49,323** Barrington
10,191** Bridge
44,094 COLT
41,344** Dart Cove
41,720 Gottingen
38,418** Hollis
18,709 Lwr Water
117,087** South Park
4,818 Uni Arts (last May 1)
105,191** Vernon
38,518** Windsor
** all-time record
561,109** #BikeHfx bikes counted in 2025
51,696** Almon
49,323** Barrington
10,191** Bridge
44,094 COLT
41,344** Dart Cove
41,720 Gottingen
38,418** Hollis
18,709 Lwr Water
117,087** South Park
4,818 Uni Arts (last May 1)
105,191** Vernon
38,518** Windsor
** all-time record
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We are looking for a Postdoc at the Center for Gene Expression in Copenhagen. Deadline for applications is the 11th of January. If you are interested in 3D chromatin, SMC complexes, and super-resolution microscopy, join us. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Postdocs at Center for Gene Expression in Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine - Copenhagen, Hovedstaden (DK) job with University of Copenhagen | 12849488
We are looking for 2 or more highly motivated postdocs interested in ribosome biology, 3D chromatin organisation, or regulation of protein turnove...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
We are looking for a Postdoc at the Center for Gene Expression in Copenhagen. Deadline for applications is the 11th of January. If you are interested in 3D chromatin, SMC complexes, and super-resolution microscopy, join us. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Did you know you can have as many library cards as you want, even if they’re from other countries?
The more you get, the harder you’re supporting local communities in those places bc they rely on membership for funding?!
Mine are from Cali, Philly, My Town, Halifax+ anywhere else that has Libby
The more you get, the harder you’re supporting local communities in those places bc they rely on membership for funding?!
Mine are from Cali, Philly, My Town, Halifax+ anywhere else that has Libby
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Did you know you can have as many library cards as you want, even if they’re from other countries?
The more you get, the harder you’re supporting local communities in those places bc they rely on membership for funding?!
Mine are from Cali, Philly, My Town, Halifax+ anywhere else that has Libby
The more you get, the harder you’re supporting local communities in those places bc they rely on membership for funding?!
Mine are from Cali, Philly, My Town, Halifax+ anywhere else that has Libby
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Very cool to see numbers consistently trending up for the established counters like SP here and Vernon!
Related, if you want to "push back" against Austerity Andy and tell Halifax Council you want more investment in cycling (and other needed services), you can do that on Jan 27, 6 pm, City Hall
Related, if you want to "push back" against Austerity Andy and tell Halifax Council you want more investment in cycling (and other needed services), you can do that on Jan 27, 6 pm, City Hall
Previous year counts for South Park:
2025: 117,087
2024: 108,570
2023: 95,822
2022: 70,617
2021: 97,198
2020: 30,423
2019: 2,649
2025: 117,087
2024: 108,570
2023: 95,822
2022: 70,617
2021: 97,198
2020: 30,423
2019: 2,649
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Very cool to see numbers consistently trending up for the established counters like SP here and Vernon!
Related, if you want to "push back" against Austerity Andy and tell Halifax Council you want more investment in cycling (and other needed services), you can do that on Jan 27, 6 pm, City Hall
Related, if you want to "push back" against Austerity Andy and tell Halifax Council you want more investment in cycling (and other needed services), you can do that on Jan 27, 6 pm, City Hall
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Important to keep expectations realistic, but a leftist mayor that understands the importance of housing supply, *and* uses his first day to tackle issues surrounding it, is both hope inducing and one heck of a way to ring in a new year.
January 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Important to keep expectations realistic, but a leftist mayor that understands the importance of housing supply, *and* uses his first day to tackle issues surrounding it, is both hope inducing and one heck of a way to ring in a new year.
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2025's bike stats. Over half a million bikes counted at HRM's 12 counters with several posting all-time highs (Hollis, Barrington, Dartmouth Cove, South Park, Vernon, Windsor).
Previous year counts:
2025: 561,109
2024: 519,798
2023: 383,304
2022: 264,790
2021: 265,574
2020: 64,332
2019: 32,510
2018: 57,902
2025: 561,109
2024: 519,798
2023: 383,304
2022: 264,790
2021: 265,574
2020: 64,332
2019: 32,510
2018: 57,902
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
2025's bike stats. Over half a million bikes counted at HRM's 12 counters with several posting all-time highs (Hollis, Barrington, Dartmouth Cove, South Park, Vernon, Windsor).
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If only there were ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AT THE HOUSE RIGHT THIS SECOND…wait! There are.
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If only there were ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AT THE HOUSE RIGHT THIS SECOND…wait! There are.
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
January 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
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This is a person who understands visuals. I know we already knew this, but it's just worth repeating because wow.
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This is a person who understands visuals. I know we already knew this, but it's just worth repeating because wow.
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Almost every scientist I know in Canada is trying to reduce the size of their lab because of the tenuous operating funding situation, meanwhile govt throws $$$ at recruitment.
Could scholarships be the key to Canada’s brain gain? https://macleans.ca/society/canada-can-be-a-refuge-for-americas-grad-students/
Canada Can Be a Refuge for America’s Grad Students - Macleans.ca
A new scholarship model is scooping up skilled researchers, newly untethered after disastrous funding cuts down south
macleans.ca
January 1, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Almost every scientist I know in Canada is trying to reduce the size of their lab because of the tenuous operating funding situation, meanwhile govt throws $$$ at recruitment.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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No one:
Absolutely no one:
Me: Halifax's Multi-Modal level of service framework is undermining both the IMP and Road Safety Framework and if it's not updated to reflect the new parking minimum changes Halifax is about to get a lot of staff reports saying we need more automotive infrastructure.
Absolutely no one:
Me: Halifax's Multi-Modal level of service framework is undermining both the IMP and Road Safety Framework and if it's not updated to reflect the new parking minimum changes Halifax is about to get a lot of staff reports saying we need more automotive infrastructure.
January 1, 2026 at 1:58 PM
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Me: Halifax's Multi-Modal level of service framework is undermining both the IMP and Road Safety Framework and if it's not updated to reflect the new parking minimum changes Halifax is about to get a lot of staff reports saying we need more automotive infrastructure.
Absolutely no one:
Me: Halifax's Multi-Modal level of service framework is undermining both the IMP and Road Safety Framework and if it's not updated to reflect the new parking minimum changes Halifax is about to get a lot of staff reports saying we need more automotive infrastructure.
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
Last hike in bluemountainfriends.ca for 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026, and doing my part to protect this beautiful urban wilderness.
December 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Last hike in bluemountainfriends.ca for 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026, and doing my part to protect this beautiful urban wilderness.
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Proximity labeling users: check out this study by @zhixingchen2.bsky.social and Peng Zou, which establishes how much contact-dependence vs. diffusion is responsible for biotinylation — tl;dr TurboID has a much smaller effective radius! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2
Spatial barcoding reveals reaction radii and contact-dependent mechanism of proximity labeling - Nature Chemical Biology
A DNA nanoruler platform enables precise measurement of the labeling radii of TurboID and APEX2, uncovering their contact-dependent mechanisms. These findings redefine the enzymology of proximity labe...
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Proximity labeling users: check out this study by @zhixingchen2.bsky.social and Peng Zou, which establishes how much contact-dependence vs. diffusion is responsible for biotinylation — tl;dr TurboID has a much smaller effective radius! www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/2
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“When the wind is strong, hydro reservoirs can hold back water; when it’s calm, hydro releases it.”
Passive energy storage (vs battery storage) is extremely good. This is all extremely good.
Passive energy storage (vs battery storage) is extremely good. This is all extremely good.
John Risley’s $75-billion bet on Atlantic Canada’s energy future www.saltwire.com/news/john-ri...
John Risley’s $75-billion bet on Atlantic Canada’s energy future
The billionaire entrepreneur on reviving the Atlantic Loop, shelving hydrogen, and why 2026 is the make-or-break year. Find out more here
www.saltwire.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“When the wind is strong, hydro reservoirs can hold back water; when it’s calm, hydro releases it.”
Passive energy storage (vs battery storage) is extremely good. This is all extremely good.
Passive energy storage (vs battery storage) is extremely good. This is all extremely good.
Reposted by Craig McCormick
John Risley’s $75-billion bet on Atlantic Canada’s energy future www.saltwire.com/news/john-ri...
John Risley’s $75-billion bet on Atlantic Canada’s energy future
The billionaire entrepreneur on reviving the Atlantic Loop, shelving hydrogen, and why 2026 is the make-or-break year. Find out more here
www.saltwire.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
John Risley’s $75-billion bet on Atlantic Canada’s energy future www.saltwire.com/news/john-ri...
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@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social given the relationship between ARC and HSV-1, interesting finding, n'est-ce pas?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Phosphorylated tau exhibits antimicrobial activity capable of neutralizing herpes simplex virus 1 infectivity in human neurons - Nature Neuroscience
The authors found that the Alzheimer’s disease-associated protein tau, widely considered pathogenic when hyperphosphorylated, has a natural function as part of the innate immune system in the brain an...
www.nature.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:29 AM
@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social given the relationship between ARC and HSV-1, interesting finding, n'est-ce pas?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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My @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File today: An appreciation of Hospice Halifax & a look at what private equity is doing to US hospices. Plus, sex, drugs & lobster rolls; the latest on Dartmouth Cove, NSP & the Sanctuary Arts Centre, & my Kid Rock marathon.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
How private equity is ruining hospice care in the U.S. - Halifax Examiner
In contrast, Hospice Halifax gets it right.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
December 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File today: An appreciation of Hospice Halifax & a look at what private equity is doing to US hospices. Plus, sex, drugs & lobster rolls; the latest on Dartmouth Cove, NSP & the Sanctuary Arts Centre, & my Kid Rock marathon.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...
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Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...
Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down
Mayor Michelle Wu's ran on more protected bike lanes around the city to satisfy a perceived demand for better cycling infrastructure.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Bostonians Wanted More Bike Lanes: Now They Have Them, and Traffic Is Down www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bostonians-w...