Gwynedd Pickett
@gpsforthebrain.bsky.social
Cerebrovascular neurosurgeon. Mom. Professor. President 🇨🇦 Neurosurgical Society. Survival skills: archery, knitting, backwoods camping. she/her
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There are now 4 sets of anti-AI itty-bitty paintings in my Ko-Fi shop ko-fi.com/1626SLXL3044...
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 PM
There are now 4 sets of anti-AI itty-bitty paintings in my Ko-Fi shop ko-fi.com/1626SLXL3044...
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the classic NO AI ONLY BRAIN in purple and blue watercolor artologica.etsy.com/listing/4458...
February 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
the classic NO AI ONLY BRAIN in purple and blue watercolor artologica.etsy.com/listing/4458...
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I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
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This revelation reminds me of someone pointing out to me, in the midst of burning out in veterinary practice, that “first do no harm” also included me.
To anyone that needs clarification, "your best" is what you can accomplish without damage to your physical, mental and emotional health, not what you can accomplish by destroying them
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
This revelation reminds me of someone pointing out to me, in the midst of burning out in veterinary practice, that “first do no harm” also included me.
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HRM Call to Action! ☎️ 💻📨 Phone/email script below ⬇️
Andy Fillmore wants to take away dedicated bus lanes by opening them up to “high occupancy vehicles” (HOV).
That’s any vehicle with just 2+ people! 🚗🛻🚚🚙🚗🛻🚚💨
globalnews.ca/news/1166132...
Whether you drive, bike, or use transit, this is bad news.
Andy Fillmore wants to take away dedicated bus lanes by opening them up to “high occupancy vehicles” (HOV).
That’s any vehicle with just 2+ people! 🚗🛻🚚🚙🚗🛻🚚💨
globalnews.ca/news/1166132...
Whether you drive, bike, or use transit, this is bad news.
Halifax councillors considering carpool lanes to help ease traffic congestion - Halifax | Globalnews.ca
The mayor said he believes moving ahead with high-occupancy (HOV) lanes could help the municipality take control of its own roadways and planning.
globalnews.ca
February 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
HRM Call to Action! ☎️ 💻📨 Phone/email script below ⬇️
Andy Fillmore wants to take away dedicated bus lanes by opening them up to “high occupancy vehicles” (HOV).
That’s any vehicle with just 2+ people! 🚗🛻🚚🚙🚗🛻🚚💨
globalnews.ca/news/1166132...
Whether you drive, bike, or use transit, this is bad news.
Andy Fillmore wants to take away dedicated bus lanes by opening them up to “high occupancy vehicles” (HOV).
That’s any vehicle with just 2+ people! 🚗🛻🚚🚙🚗🛻🚚💨
globalnews.ca/news/1166132...
Whether you drive, bike, or use transit, this is bad news.
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Unable to sleep in hospital? It's not just a horrible zombie feeling- it increases postop complication rates. 😱
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Postoperative Sleep Dynamics Across Surgical Risk Using Wearable Device Technology
This cohort study among participants in the All of Us Research Program database characterizes postoperative alterations in sleep stages and determines how these trajectories vary across different surg...
jamanetwork.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Unable to sleep in hospital? It's not just a horrible zombie feeling- it increases postop complication rates. 😱
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
'...each 10-minute reduction in change in total sleep duration was associated with higher odds of Clavien-Dindo grades I and II complications.'
#MedSky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The list of things council is considering cutting in order to keep taxes “flat” is insane. (From Sam Austin’s website). Call your councillor and tell them you won’t support them if they support these cuts.
February 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The list of things council is considering cutting in order to keep taxes “flat” is insane. (From Sam Austin’s website). Call your councillor and tell them you won’t support them if they support these cuts.
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I’ve started responding to all slop with ai;dr
February 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I’ve started responding to all slop with ai;dr
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"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
Robert F Kennedy Jr admits he used to 'snort cocaine off toilet seats'
The US health secretary made the confession to podcaster Theo Von during an episode of his show, This Past Weekend, as he opened up about his past drug use.
news.sky.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"I'm not scared of a germ... I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
This is a direct quote from the secretary of Health and Human Services. I lack words to describe how unhinged it is to have this person dictating healthcare policy for 350 million people.
news.sky.com/story/robert...
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I kind of love that I woke up this morning, spent 15 minutes on Bluesky, saw extensive commentary on Bad Bunny’s performance, including a fabulous in-depth, detailed analysis of various layers of symbolism that I missed, and still didn’t know who won the Super Bowl. 😄
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I kind of love that I woke up this morning, spent 15 minutes on Bluesky, saw extensive commentary on Bad Bunny’s performance, including a fabulous in-depth, detailed analysis of various layers of symbolism that I missed, and still didn’t know who won the Super Bowl. 😄
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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? 😊
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? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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? 😊
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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Joe Fortes saved over 100 people from drowning along the coastal waters of Vancouver.
He taught hundreds more how to swim, on his way to being declared Vancouver's Citizen of the Century.
This is the story of a man who loved to swim.
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He taught hundreds more how to swim, on his way to being declared Vancouver's Citizen of the Century.
This is the story of a man who loved to swim.
🧵 1/8
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Joe Fortes saved over 100 people from drowning along the coastal waters of Vancouver.
He taught hundreds more how to swim, on his way to being declared Vancouver's Citizen of the Century.
This is the story of a man who loved to swim.
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He taught hundreds more how to swim, on his way to being declared Vancouver's Citizen of the Century.
This is the story of a man who loved to swim.
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have I told the story of talking about Groundhog Day with a group of philosophers, and the Americans all simultaenously realizing that all the non-Americans thought Groundhog Day was made up for the movie
October 19, 2023 at 12:22 AM
have I told the story of talking about Groundhog Day with a group of philosophers, and the Americans all simultaenously realizing that all the non-Americans thought Groundhog Day was made up for the movie
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We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015
Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
We have a perfect Rectangular February coming up, first time we’ve had one since 2015
Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
Maybe this is what finally closes the loop and fixes the world
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This whole time, the "problem" in the trolley problem was failing to ask a professional, who actually knows what they're doing, to solve it.
January 31, 2026 at 5:27 AM
This whole time, the "problem" in the trolley problem was failing to ask a professional, who actually knows what they're doing, to solve it.
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Translation-
There is no penalty to having a 'surgical pause' for frail patients to take a holistic multidisciplinary look; and the options are basically optimise and go for it, or don't operate at all, because half-pie surgery adds nothing.
2/2
There is no penalty to having a 'surgical pause' for frail patients to take a holistic multidisciplinary look; and the options are basically optimise and go for it, or don't operate at all, because half-pie surgery adds nothing.
2/2
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Translation-
There is no penalty to having a 'surgical pause' for frail patients to take a holistic multidisciplinary look; and the options are basically optimise and go for it, or don't operate at all, because half-pie surgery adds nothing.
2/2
There is no penalty to having a 'surgical pause' for frail patients to take a holistic multidisciplinary look; and the options are basically optimise and go for it, or don't operate at all, because half-pie surgery adds nothing.
2/2
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Gosh 🤔. Thought-provoking results.
'Medical optimization before surgery produced 1-yr survival comparable to immediate operation, ...step-down to less invasive plans conferred only a short early survival advantage and converged with nonsurgical management by 12 months.'
#MedSky
1/2
'Medical optimization before surgery produced 1-yr survival comparable to immediate operation, ...step-down to less invasive plans conferred only a short early survival advantage and converged with nonsurgical management by 12 months.'
#MedSky
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Frailty Screening and Multidisciplinary “Surgical Pause” Can Define Who Proceeds to Surgery or Alternatives
Frailty-based pathways using the Risk Analysis Index help surgeons determine when to proceed, modify, or defer surgery in high-risk patients.”
www.facs.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Gosh 🤔. Thought-provoking results.
'Medical optimization before surgery produced 1-yr survival comparable to immediate operation, ...step-down to less invasive plans conferred only a short early survival advantage and converged with nonsurgical management by 12 months.'
#MedSky
1/2
'Medical optimization before surgery produced 1-yr survival comparable to immediate operation, ...step-down to less invasive plans conferred only a short early survival advantage and converged with nonsurgical management by 12 months.'
#MedSky
1/2
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Academic researchers (including grad students): did you know that your campus administrators may have access to your full hard drive (including research data), placing you in violation of the TCPS and whatever data access & mgmt plan was approved by your REB?
January 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Academic researchers (including grad students): did you know that your campus administrators may have access to your full hard drive (including research data), placing you in violation of the TCPS and whatever data access & mgmt plan was approved by your REB?
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As a Canadian, what I've learned so far:
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
January 27, 2026 at 3:07 AM
As a Canadian, what I've learned so far:
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
- Minnesotans are very nice and VERY organized
- Mainers are aggressively xenophobic but in a way that lCE will not like
- Philadelphians crave the blood of their enemies
- LA is ground zero for chaos tactics that never lose
- New Yorkers love gay hockey
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The Feeling You Haven't Had in a Long Time
Steve Driscoll
2021
Steve Driscoll
2021
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The Feeling You Haven't Had in a Long Time
Steve Driscoll
2021
Steve Driscoll
2021
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Many Canadians know him from the "I smell burnt toast!" Heritage Minute, but Wilder Penfield greatly advanced our understanding of the human brain.
His work expanded our knowledge of brain tumours, headaches, memory mechanisms and more.
This is his story.
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His work expanded our knowledge of brain tumours, headaches, memory mechanisms and more.
This is his story.
🧵 1/10
January 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Many Canadians know him from the "I smell burnt toast!" Heritage Minute, but Wilder Penfield greatly advanced our understanding of the human brain.
His work expanded our knowledge of brain tumours, headaches, memory mechanisms and more.
This is his story.
🧵 1/10
His work expanded our knowledge of brain tumours, headaches, memory mechanisms and more.
This is his story.
🧵 1/10
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If you want to come to Annapolis Valley or Halifax, Nova Scotia, comment below and we can connect. I've worked in front line patient care across Canada. I can answer whatever you need or help you find answers!
Or check out NS's link below:
novascotiahealthcareinfusion.notion.site/Nova-Scotia-...
Or check out NS's link below:
novascotiahealthcareinfusion.notion.site/Nova-Scotia-...
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 PM
If you want to come to Annapolis Valley or Halifax, Nova Scotia, comment below and we can connect. I've worked in front line patient care across Canada. I can answer whatever you need or help you find answers!
Or check out NS's link below:
novascotiahealthcareinfusion.notion.site/Nova-Scotia-...
Or check out NS's link below:
novascotiahealthcareinfusion.notion.site/Nova-Scotia-...