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“Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“Let’s be honest: The real issue isn’t me—it’s you.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
That’s ridiculously frustrating 😩
July 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
That’s ridiculously frustrating 😩
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Good advice...
4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’ theconversation.com/when-it-come...
1. Dodgy experts don’t acknowledge uncertainty
2. The dodgy expert doesn’t strive to be objective
3. Dodgy experts cherry-pick evidence
4. Dodgy experts don’t change their mind when the evidence changes
4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’ theconversation.com/when-it-come...
1. Dodgy experts don’t acknowledge uncertainty
2. The dodgy expert doesn’t strive to be objective
3. Dodgy experts cherry-pick evidence
4. Dodgy experts don’t change their mind when the evidence changes
When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’
Even if we feel we have some understanding of science, few of us have the time or the capacity to verify every claim made by every so called ‘expert’.
theconversation.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Good advice...
4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’ theconversation.com/when-it-come...
1. Dodgy experts don’t acknowledge uncertainty
2. The dodgy expert doesn’t strive to be objective
3. Dodgy experts cherry-pick evidence
4. Dodgy experts don’t change their mind when the evidence changes
4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’ theconversation.com/when-it-come...
1. Dodgy experts don’t acknowledge uncertainty
2. The dodgy expert doesn’t strive to be objective
3. Dodgy experts cherry-pick evidence
4. Dodgy experts don’t change their mind when the evidence changes
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We are looking for a talented Research Assistant to work in the #RNATherapeutics Core Facility at the @ircm.bsky.social in beautiful Montreal.
More details on the position and on how to apply here:
www.ircm.qc.ca/en/position-...
More details on the position and on how to apply here:
www.ircm.qc.ca/en/position-...
Research Assistant - RNA Therapeutics Core Facility
www.ircm.qc.ca
May 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We are looking for a talented Research Assistant to work in the #RNATherapeutics Core Facility at the @ircm.bsky.social in beautiful Montreal.
More details on the position and on how to apply here:
www.ircm.qc.ca/en/position-...
More details on the position and on how to apply here:
www.ircm.qc.ca/en/position-...
Wondering how High-Fidelity uses AI in the editing and reviewing of your grants and manuscripts?
We don’t. We use our PhD-educated brains and years of experience writing, editing, and evaluating scientific literature.
Hope that clears things up.
We don’t. We use our PhD-educated brains and years of experience writing, editing, and evaluating scientific literature.
Hope that clears things up.
I do not, and refuse to use AI for my writing.
My writing is traditional, handmade, artisanal.
*sips tea with pinky in the air*
My writing is traditional, handmade, artisanal.
*sips tea with pinky in the air*
a man in a suit and tie with glasses on
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with glasses on
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May 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Wondering how High-Fidelity uses AI in the editing and reviewing of your grants and manuscripts?
We don’t. We use our PhD-educated brains and years of experience writing, editing, and evaluating scientific literature.
Hope that clears things up.
We don’t. We use our PhD-educated brains and years of experience writing, editing, and evaluating scientific literature.
Hope that clears things up.
TODAY!!! Treat yourself to the peace of mind that comes with knowing what to expect BEFORE there's a deadline for doing the big daunting thing you don't know how to do!
We've got a great gang of researchers coming; all we're missing is YOU!
Register here: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/TACV
We've got a great gang of researchers coming; all we're missing is YOU!
Register here: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/TACV
April 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
TODAY!!! Treat yourself to the peace of mind that comes with knowing what to expect BEFORE there's a deadline for doing the big daunting thing you don't know how to do!
We've got a great gang of researchers coming; all we're missing is YOU!
Register here: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/TACV
We've got a great gang of researchers coming; all we're missing is YOU!
Register here: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/TACV
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Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
National Letter
Open Letter from Canadian Researchers to the Federal party leaders Click here to sign this letter See who has signed - version française se trouve à page 3 - Dear Party Leaders We, the undersigne...
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April 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Dear Canadian researchers, faculty, RAs, PDFs and grad students, this letter is for the federal party leaders asking them to defend and expand Canadian research sovereignty with a historic investment in science, please sign and share
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Sign the petition! Canadians: An Open Letter to Canadians: Let's Ensure Canada's Research Reflects All Canadians
An Open Letter to Canadians: Let's Ensure Canada's Research Reflects All Canadians
🚨 Canada needs research that works for everyone! 🚨
Science shapes the policies that impact our daily lives—from healthcare to climate action to economic growth. But if our research doesn’t include di...
actionnetwork.org
April 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Sign the petition! Canadians: An Open Letter to Canadians: Let's Ensure Canada's Research Reflects All Canadians
Canadian researchers who apply for NSERC, CIHR, or SSHRC grants: Join us for a free webinar on the new Tri-Agency CV, including how to organize your contributions into an engaging story. Your reviewers will appreciate it! pages.hifiscicomm.ca/TACV
Crafting your narrative: How to write a Tri-Agency CV
Register for our free webinar on April 16, 2025 at 1:00 pm EDT
pages.hifiscicomm.ca
April 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Canadian researchers who apply for NSERC, CIHR, or SSHRC grants: Join us for a free webinar on the new Tri-Agency CV, including how to organize your contributions into an engaging story. Your reviewers will appreciate it! pages.hifiscicomm.ca/TACV
Gentle reminder that trips to the US probably aren’t a great idea right now
##EconSky
Our seminar speaker for tmr was coming from U Toronto. He was apparently detained (politely) for several hrs by US customs in CA. He was then cleared to travel to the US after his flight had left. Needless to say, no seminar tmr.
Our seminar speaker for tmr was coming from U Toronto. He was apparently detained (politely) for several hrs by US customs in CA. He was then cleared to travel to the US after his flight had left. Needless to say, no seminar tmr.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a snl logo
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a snl logo
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April 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gentle reminder that trips to the US probably aren’t a great idea right now
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1/ So...about that that Conservative "announcement" about ending wokeness in federal research funding. It's not (yet) a published policy, but a line in a speech, which the party has only distributed in French (no English translation avaiable on the website).
www.conservateur.ca/pierre-poili...
www.conservateur.ca/pierre-poili...
Pierre Poilievre partage sa plateforme pour le Québec à la nation québécoise - Parti conservateur du Canada
Québec (QC) – Pierre Poilievre, chef du Parti conservateur du Canada et de l’Opposition officielle, a partagé le contenu de sa plateforme pour le Québec dans un discours devant les citoyens de la Capi...
www.conservateur.ca
April 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
1/ So...about that that Conservative "announcement" about ending wokeness in federal research funding. It's not (yet) a published policy, but a line in a speech, which the party has only distributed in French (no English translation avaiable on the website).
www.conservateur.ca/pierre-poili...
www.conservateur.ca/pierre-poili...
Canadian researchers: Did you know that soon you won't be able to apply for Tri-Agency grants without a project-specific 5-page narrative CV?
Because you don't have enough to do already, am I right?!
Our new CV Switchover Solution will help simplify the process. Coming NEXT WEEK!
Because you don't have enough to do already, am I right?!
Our new CV Switchover Solution will help simplify the process. Coming NEXT WEEK!
March 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Canadian researchers: Did you know that soon you won't be able to apply for Tri-Agency grants without a project-specific 5-page narrative CV?
Because you don't have enough to do already, am I right?!
Our new CV Switchover Solution will help simplify the process. Coming NEXT WEEK!
Because you don't have enough to do already, am I right?!
Our new CV Switchover Solution will help simplify the process. Coming NEXT WEEK!
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I'm thrilled to co-organize the inaugural #AdiposeBiology conference with Jacqueline Beaudry, Hoon-Ki Sung, and @sablesys.bsky.social!
📍Montreal, Canada
📅 August 19-20, 2025
Registration opens Jan 1, 2025. Mor info in the coming weeks.
Hope to see you there! @AdiposeBiology #AdiposeBiology2025
📍Montreal, Canada
📅 August 19-20, 2025
Registration opens Jan 1, 2025. Mor info in the coming weeks.
Hope to see you there! @AdiposeBiology #AdiposeBiology2025
November 30, 2024 at 11:15 AM
I'm thrilled to co-organize the inaugural #AdiposeBiology conference with Jacqueline Beaudry, Hoon-Ki Sung, and @sablesys.bsky.social!
📍Montreal, Canada
📅 August 19-20, 2025
Registration opens Jan 1, 2025. Mor info in the coming weeks.
Hope to see you there! @AdiposeBiology #AdiposeBiology2025
📍Montreal, Canada
📅 August 19-20, 2025
Registration opens Jan 1, 2025. Mor info in the coming weeks.
Hope to see you there! @AdiposeBiology #AdiposeBiology2025
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If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
March 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations.
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers.
Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...
One more day to make your CIHR Project Grant application as awesome as possible! FOR FREE! Click here to nab our Ultimate Project Grant Checklist before it's gone until the Fall: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/Ultimate_PG_Checklist
March 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
One more day to make your CIHR Project Grant application as awesome as possible! FOR FREE! Click here to nab our Ultimate Project Grant Checklist before it's gone until the Fall: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/Ultimate_PG_Checklist
5 more days! Here's some help achieving a manageable level of whelm: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/Ultimate_PG_Checklist
February 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
5 more days! Here's some help achieving a manageable level of whelm: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/Ultimate_PG_Checklist
Exciting new tool just dropped! Get it here for FREE: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/Ultimate_PG_...
The Ultimate CIHR Project Grant Checklist
pages.hifiscicomm.ca
February 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Exciting new tool just dropped! Get it here for FREE: pages.hifiscicomm.ca/Ultimate_PG_...
If you spend your entire review raving about how excellent someone’s proposal is, give them one minor suggestion to improve it, and inexplicably dock them 0.6 points, you need to take a real hard look at yourself. Full stop.
February 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you spend your entire review raving about how excellent someone’s proposal is, give them one minor suggestion to improve it, and inexplicably dock them 0.6 points, you need to take a real hard look at yourself. Full stop.
Sigh. Sometimes I read grant reviews and the only logical conclusion I can see for the scoring is straight-up sexism. Or racism. Or both. It’s incredibly disheartening.
February 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Sigh. Sometimes I read grant reviews and the only logical conclusion I can see for the scoring is straight-up sexism. Or racism. Or both. It’s incredibly disheartening.
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In case anyone was wondering why the government was so heavily invested in scientific research (pre-DOGE) here is a clear explanation from one of the workers on the chopping block:
February 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In case anyone was wondering why the government was so heavily invested in scientific research (pre-DOGE) here is a clear explanation from one of the workers on the chopping block:
Oh, hey, just so everyone knows… we’re a Canadian company.
Also, no tariffs on services, so we remain here for our US clients, too. Big hugs folks. This is just deplorable and you’re all in our hearts ❤️
Also, no tariffs on services, so we remain here for our US clients, too. Big hugs folks. This is just deplorable and you’re all in our hearts ❤️
Every company in Canada marketing their products right now:
Hey Canada. 🇨🇦 As a Canadian company, we’re Canadians and that means we live in Canada. Get the # 1 Canadian thing in Canada right now and support a Canadian company. [picture of a person bundling up in a Canadian flag for some reason]
Hey Canada. 🇨🇦 As a Canadian company, we’re Canadians and that means we live in Canada. Get the # 1 Canadian thing in Canada right now and support a Canadian company. [picture of a person bundling up in a Canadian flag for some reason]
a woman is standing in front of a red maple leaf with the letter x on her belt
Alt: Robyn Sparkles dancing in front of a Canadian flag
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February 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Oh, hey, just so everyone knows… we’re a Canadian company.
Also, no tariffs on services, so we remain here for our US clients, too. Big hugs folks. This is just deplorable and you’re all in our hearts ❤️
Also, no tariffs on services, so we remain here for our US clients, too. Big hugs folks. This is just deplorable and you’re all in our hearts ❤️
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With all the carnage being indiscriminately wrought on scientists in the US, remember, a war on science is a lost war. Science doesn’t care what you or anybody else thinks. You either embrace science or you chase imaginary demons. It took us centuries to realize this.
February 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
With all the carnage being indiscriminately wrought on scientists in the US, remember, a war on science is a lost war. Science doesn’t care what you or anybody else thinks. You either embrace science or you chase imaginary demons. It took us centuries to realize this.
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My heart breaks for all those at NIH with all these illegal exec orders & firings
These are irrecoverable losses for US science & health
Don’t think for a second similar purging of science & health ecosystems won’t happen in 🇨🇦 if PP & the Cons win the federal election
It will
#dontvoteconservative
These are irrecoverable losses for US science & health
Don’t think for a second similar purging of science & health ecosystems won’t happen in 🇨🇦 if PP & the Cons win the federal election
It will
#dontvoteconservative
(Sorry I took a brief timeout for uncontrollable weeping)
In other NIH news, I have heard from multiple sources that NIH plans to fire most, if not all, probationary employees this afternoon. The numbers I am hearing are >5000.
Lots of folks extramural staff, intramural scientists, etc.
In other NIH news, I have heard from multiple sources that NIH plans to fire most, if not all, probationary employees this afternoon. The numbers I am hearing are >5000.
Lots of folks extramural staff, intramural scientists, etc.
a man with glasses and a mustache is making a sad face
ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is making a sad face
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
My heart breaks for all those at NIH with all these illegal exec orders & firings
These are irrecoverable losses for US science & health
Don’t think for a second similar purging of science & health ecosystems won’t happen in 🇨🇦 if PP & the Cons win the federal election
It will
#dontvoteconservative
These are irrecoverable losses for US science & health
Don’t think for a second similar purging of science & health ecosystems won’t happen in 🇨🇦 if PP & the Cons win the federal election
It will
#dontvoteconservative
We finally made it here from the Bad Place! Looking forward to finding all our treasured peeps—and making some new ones
a person is peeking out of a door with the words `` i have arrived '' on it .
Alt: a person is peeking out of a door with the words `` i have arrived '' on it .
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February 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We finally made it here from the Bad Place! Looking forward to finding all our treasured peeps—and making some new ones