Fergus Heywood
@fergusheywood.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Strategy & Operations for CBC’s OTT service, Gem. I also help make #AI-powered digital therapeutics for neurodivergent kids. #Musician. #Storyteller. #Geek. #Designer of #games & #immersiveentertainment. Food and #cocktail nerd.
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I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
Let's All Remember When We Saved The World
To remind ourselves we can do it again.
everythingisamazing.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I honestly don't think everyone talks enough about how amazing it was when the world came together to fix the hole in the ozone layer, so I wrote this:
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/lets-all-r...
It's a good reminder of what we're capable of.
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"By a vast degree, the majority of politically motivated violent attacks... are still to this day committed by members of the far right and almost all cis men."
The Real Charlie Kirk
Akela Lacy, Natasha Lennard, and Ali Breland on the weaponization of Charlie Kirk’s murder and increasing political violence.
interc.pt
September 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"By a vast degree, the majority of politically motivated violent attacks... are still to this day committed by members of the far right and almost all cis men."
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Nova Scotia's iconic Blue Nose is refusing to travel to Trumpland. This is a huge decision given the role they play in the international schooner festivals. But they will not cross the border.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
August 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Nova Scotia's iconic Blue Nose is refusing to travel to Trumpland. This is a huge decision given the role they play in the international schooner festivals. But they will not cross the border.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
The Blue Nose is your dime. If they can hold the line against fascism. So can you.
Keep the boycott strong.
This is fantastic news.
I mentioned to a couple of people that I had a surprise waiting to be shared when Moderna got approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. It’s approved, and the big news??? Completely produced domestically!!!!! 🥳🤩
Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!
Approved as usual for all aged 6mo+!
August 24, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is fantastic news.
First harvest, all from seed! Hot Portugal, Cayenne, 7-Pot Brain, and something I’m told was called “Bruno Mars” but I’m not sure if that’s a legit name. There are tons more of those, but I’m waiting to see what they do colour-wise. The seem to go from green to purple to yellow to orange. #chilies
August 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
First harvest, all from seed! Hot Portugal, Cayenne, 7-Pot Brain, and something I’m told was called “Bruno Mars” but I’m not sure if that’s a legit name. There are tons more of those, but I’m waiting to see what they do colour-wise. The seem to go from green to purple to yellow to orange. #chilies
They’re winning on Measles too.
I think a lot of folks have forgotten the VAST differences in hospitalization & death from COVID-19 that we saw between vaccinated and unvaccinated people, once the mRNA vaccines started being rolled out in large quantities in 2021:
These charts show how much more often unvaccinated Albertans are being hospitalized and dying from COVID-19 | CBC News
Recent rates of hospitalization, intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death among unvaccinated Albertans have been at least eight times higher — and as much as 60 times higher — compared to the ful...
www.cbc.ca
August 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
They’re winning on Measles too.
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It’s vandalism.
(Pity the poor Vandals and Philistines… whom the CPB might have helped us to understand better than to use their names as bywords for heedless destruction of cultural goods. But… here we are).
(Pity the poor Vandals and Philistines… whom the CPB might have helped us to understand better than to use their names as bywords for heedless destruction of cultural goods. But… here we are).
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a bastion of civilization and a beacon of culture.
Its demise is a work of malicious philistinism.
Its demise is a work of malicious philistinism.
BREAKING
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down.
August 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
It’s vandalism.
(Pity the poor Vandals and Philistines… whom the CPB might have helped us to understand better than to use their names as bywords for heedless destruction of cultural goods. But… here we are).
(Pity the poor Vandals and Philistines… whom the CPB might have helped us to understand better than to use their names as bywords for heedless destruction of cultural goods. But… here we are).
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Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time
On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...
www.stereogum.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.
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Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
July 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.
Felt like a post-work mojito, and had a couple of strawberries left that were pretty much only good for muddling. I think I chose wisely. #cocktail
July 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Felt like a post-work mojito, and had a couple of strawberries left that were pretty much only good for muddling. I think I chose wisely. #cocktail
I… I’ve got nothing.
July 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I… I’ve got nothing.
Today’s heatwave #cocktail is a variation on the Fort Lauderdale, by the incomparable Sam Ross. I swap the gin for Havana 3 and call it a Hanlon’s Point.
July 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today’s heatwave #cocktail is a variation on the Fort Lauderdale, by the incomparable Sam Ross. I swap the gin for Havana 3 and call it a Hanlon’s Point.
This is really interesting work and demonstrates the powerful potential of VR as a tool to help stress and anxiety in clinical settings. (Even if the term “forest bathing” makes my eyes nearly roll out of my head).
Virtual forest bathing using VR technology can improve emotional well-being – especially if the virtual natural environment appeals to multiple senses, such as hearing, sight and smell, at once.
New study @cen-mpib.bsky.social and UKE: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas...
New study @cen-mpib.bsky.social and UKE: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas...
Virtual forest bathing alleviates stress
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has demonstrated in a recent pilot study that virtual forest ...
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is really interesting work and demonstrates the powerful potential of VR as a tool to help stress and anxiety in clinical settings. (Even if the term “forest bathing” makes my eyes nearly roll out of my head).
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
Another heat wave #cocktail - Trader Vic Grog (circa 1960 or so).
Smith & Cross and Appleton 12 rums, lemon, passionfruit, pineapple, with Elemakule Tiki bitters as a sub for Angostura.
Smith & Cross and Appleton 12 rums, lemon, passionfruit, pineapple, with Elemakule Tiki bitters as a sub for Angostura.
July 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Another heat wave #cocktail - Trader Vic Grog (circa 1960 or so).
Smith & Cross and Appleton 12 rums, lemon, passionfruit, pineapple, with Elemakule Tiki bitters as a sub for Angostura.
Smith & Cross and Appleton 12 rums, lemon, passionfruit, pineapple, with Elemakule Tiki bitters as a sub for Angostura.
Did a whole bunch of work around the house this morning and afternoon. Rewarding myself with today’s #cocktail - a classic 1954 Piña Colada with a little less pineapple juice (and no nutmeg garnish, because I forgot).
July 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Did a whole bunch of work around the house this morning and afternoon. Rewarding myself with today’s #cocktail - a classic 1954 Piña Colada with a little less pineapple juice (and no nutmeg garnish, because I forgot).
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
