Kate Cook
@eskay8.bsky.social
scientist, coder, public servant, gardener, potter, writer, parent, Canadian
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Kate Cook
@eskay8.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I'm not posting much about my job because my employer frowns on that sort of thing but rest assured I am fighting the good fight.
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Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time | The Independent
Find out more: www.independent.co.uk/tech/...
#ClimateAction
Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time | The Independent
Find out more: www.independent.co.uk/tech/...
#ClimateAction
Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time
More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time | The Independent
Find out more: www.independent.co.uk/tech/...
#ClimateAction
Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time | The Independent
Find out more: www.independent.co.uk/tech/...
#ClimateAction
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Take over threats.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Take over threats.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
Tariffs.
Now MAGA has woken Canada’s sleeping giant: Franklin.
Last night in the studio. The plant pot is for a Christmas gift (getting close to the wire to have it done in time) and the mug bodies were a (successful, I think) attempt to use up the scraps left over from my nerikomi experiment. They are destined to be mugs.
December 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Last night in the studio. The plant pot is for a Christmas gift (getting close to the wire to have it done in time) and the mug bodies were a (successful, I think) attempt to use up the scraps left over from my nerikomi experiment. They are destined to be mugs.
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This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
There's no such thing as useless education.
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Drip drip drip
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
Company given $2M from Skills Development Fund run by Ford family dentist: sources
The company’s CEO also worked closely with the wife of the minister in charge of the grant program at the time
dlvr.it
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Drip drip drip
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
With all of the talk about Lansdowne 2.0, and improving transit access to the location, this is the perfect opportunity to get fully dedicated 24/7 bus lanes, not just during "peak" hours.
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
Delays for buses are almost constant throughout the day.
strongtownsottawa.ca/2025/11/08/a...
#Ottawa #Bank
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I'm not saying I want to spend more, far from that.
But, y'know, on the other hand, if I did see the true cost of hydro on my bill, I would be feeling an incentive toward household solar, or whatever, that I'm not feeling in the present case.
But, y'know, on the other hand, if I did see the true cost of hydro on my bill, I would be feeling an incentive toward household solar, or whatever, that I'm not feeling in the present case.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm not saying I want to spend more, far from that.
But, y'know, on the other hand, if I did see the true cost of hydro on my bill, I would be feeling an incentive toward household solar, or whatever, that I'm not feeling in the present case.
But, y'know, on the other hand, if I did see the true cost of hydro on my bill, I would be feeling an incentive toward household solar, or whatever, that I'm not feeling in the present case.
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Really, really smart catch here from the Star's Marco Chown Oved.
Is it a good idea for Ontario to be subsidizing household electricity to the tune of ~$8 billion a year?
That's a lot of spending to hide the true cost of our hydro bills.
www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Is it a good idea for Ontario to be subsidizing household electricity to the tune of ~$8 billion a year?
That's a lot of spending to hide the true cost of our hydro bills.
www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices
While the net result on residential hydro bills is minimal, the increase in the rebate will cost taxpayers an estimated $2 billion more per year — meaning power subsidies will
www.thestar.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really, really smart catch here from the Star's Marco Chown Oved.
Is it a good idea for Ontario to be subsidizing household electricity to the tune of ~$8 billion a year?
That's a lot of spending to hide the true cost of our hydro bills.
www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
Is it a good idea for Ontario to be subsidizing household electricity to the tune of ~$8 billion a year?
That's a lot of spending to hide the true cost of our hydro bills.
www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
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I head again today from Ottawa By-law, they're no longer accepting reports for illegal driveway expansions or hardscaping or front yard parking. Apparently there are only 4 officers for these zoning issues and there are far too many reports than they can keep up with. They need more resources.
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I head again today from Ottawa By-law, they're no longer accepting reports for illegal driveway expansions or hardscaping or front yard parking. Apparently there are only 4 officers for these zoning issues and there are far too many reports than they can keep up with. They need more resources.
Where is @dieworkwear.bsky.social to explain how Trump is getting white tie wrong?
September 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Where is @dieworkwear.bsky.social to explain how Trump is getting white tie wrong?
Today was kiddo's 5th birthday so I made a cake and brought it to the park because she said she wanted to invite her whole class. We wore fairy wings and decorated wands and they all ran around and had a good time. I am exhausted now though 😅
June 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Today was kiddo's 5th birthday so I made a cake and brought it to the park because she said she wanted to invite her whole class. We wore fairy wings and decorated wands and they all ran around and had a good time. I am exhausted now though 😅
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Listening to some hot tunes on the bus this morning 🔥
June 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Listening to some hot tunes on the bus this morning 🔥
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(and here's the key takeaway)
"The lived experience of heightened responsibility creates ample opportunities for feelings of guilt as well as the development of distrust in biomedical authority over child-rearing."
"The lived experience of heightened responsibility creates ample opportunities for feelings of guilt as well as the development of distrust in biomedical authority over child-rearing."
June 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
(and here's the key takeaway)
"The lived experience of heightened responsibility creates ample opportunities for feelings of guilt as well as the development of distrust in biomedical authority over child-rearing."
"The lived experience of heightened responsibility creates ample opportunities for feelings of guilt as well as the development of distrust in biomedical authority over child-rearing."
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"of reproductive activities like breastfeeding, infant food introduction, and home hygiene by linking care work to the politics of biomedical knowledge...
June 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"of reproductive activities like breastfeeding, infant food introduction, and home hygiene by linking care work to the politics of biomedical knowledge...
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Here's what I say at the end of the chapter: "Allergy science has placed the home and the family under a microscope for the better prat of a century, positioning it as as site where both risks and remedies are located.
In the process, it has sharpened rather than attenuated the political tenor...
In the process, it has sharpened rather than attenuated the political tenor...
June 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Here's what I say at the end of the chapter: "Allergy science has placed the home and the family under a microscope for the better prat of a century, positioning it as as site where both risks and remedies are located.
In the process, it has sharpened rather than attenuated the political tenor...
In the process, it has sharpened rather than attenuated the political tenor...
I made some funny looking tall mugs at the studio tonight. #pottery #slabbuilding
June 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I made some funny looking tall mugs at the studio tonight. #pottery #slabbuilding
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May 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Dark academia: spending a lot of time in the microscopy room as a grad student
May 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Dark academia: spending a lot of time in the microscopy room as a grad student
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