Jehannine (J9) Austin
@j9austin.bsky.social
Genetic Counselor, Professor/Dept. Head (Medical Genetics) at the University of British Columbia. Editor in Chief: Journal of Genetic Counseling. Prez of International Society of Psychiatric Genetics. Unceded Coast Salish Territories.
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Hi! Thought I’d introduce myself for new people 🙂 I’m a Canada-based researcher exploring clinical applications of genetics, especially in the context of psych conditions. I have depression/anxiety, I’m a genetic counselor, journal editor, I’m agender. I post here about all sorts! Nice to meet you!
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Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich
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I am really angry about all of the scientists who cozied up to Epstein even after it was known who he was.
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
You don't have to dirty your soul to be a successful academic or a scientist. Have some fucking pride. Have some fucking principles.
If you think you DO need to do that, all I can say is that I beg you not to go into academia or science.
If you think you DO need to do that, all I can say is that I beg you not to go into academia or science.
February 1, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I am really angry about all of the scientists who cozied up to Epstein even after it was known who he was.
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
I am nearly as angry at how many people are justifying this as "they had to, it's how academia works"
NO IT FUCKING WELL ISN'T
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It's an exciting week when half the academics who pen bestselling works of vast expanse and authority on hot topics have clearly spent their time assuring a convicted pedophile who can barely write a sentence how brilliant he is.
February 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It's an exciting week when half the academics who pen bestselling works of vast expanse and authority on hot topics have clearly spent their time assuring a convicted pedophile who can barely write a sentence how brilliant he is.
Here are some of the awesome pups I have gotten to meet and walk through my role as a volunteer with ElderDog.ca cant recommend this organization highly enough - walking pups for their people who cant? YES! 🐕🐩🐕🦺❤️
February 1, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Here are some of the awesome pups I have gotten to meet and walk through my role as a volunteer with ElderDog.ca cant recommend this organization highly enough - walking pups for their people who cant? YES! 🐕🐩🐕🦺❤️
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As others have pointed out, this mealy-mouthed excuse is par for the course for cowardly academics and creates the foundation upon which horrific acts of abuse that Epstein and his associates can thrive without pushback.
But also, holy shit that ratio.
But also, holy shit that ratio.
February 1, 2026 at 9:18 AM
As others have pointed out, this mealy-mouthed excuse is par for the course for cowardly academics and creates the foundation upon which horrific acts of abuse that Epstein and his associates can thrive without pushback.
But also, holy shit that ratio.
But also, holy shit that ratio.
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Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
January 31, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
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Folks using Hootsuite...
Hootsuite now has a contract with ICE.
I recommend you cancel your Hootsuite services.
Everyone who doesn't use hootsuite please e-mail them and tell them how disgusted you are that they have a contract with ice.
supportresponse@hootsuite.com
Hootsuite now has a contract with ICE.
I recommend you cancel your Hootsuite services.
Everyone who doesn't use hootsuite please e-mail them and tell them how disgusted you are that they have a contract with ice.
supportresponse@hootsuite.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Folks using Hootsuite...
Hootsuite now has a contract with ICE.
I recommend you cancel your Hootsuite services.
Everyone who doesn't use hootsuite please e-mail them and tell them how disgusted you are that they have a contract with ice.
supportresponse@hootsuite.com
Hootsuite now has a contract with ICE.
I recommend you cancel your Hootsuite services.
Everyone who doesn't use hootsuite please e-mail them and tell them how disgusted you are that they have a contract with ice.
supportresponse@hootsuite.com
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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This made me cry, no lie. Complicated reasons, one being its fuck you to the baked-in structures and strictures of the world that consider harm to be inevitable.
January 31, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This made me cry, no lie. Complicated reasons, one being its fuck you to the baked-in structures and strictures of the world that consider harm to be inevitable.
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Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
January 31, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Here is Peter Attia MD emailing Epstein’s assistant claiming he goes into “JE withdrawal” when he doesn’t see him.
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well, he practices what he preaches
January 31, 2026 at 2:33 AM
well, he practices what he preaches
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Protests work. Pattinson will not be selling their property to ICE. @hootsuite.com, you're next. Do the right thing.
Kudos to those who showed up @democracyrisingnow.bsky.social @indivisiblevan.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1164614...
Kudos to those who showed up @democracyrisingnow.bsky.social @indivisiblevan.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1164614...
Dual anti-ICE protests in Vancouver partly become a celebration - BC | Globalnews.ca
Two B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but one of them was not held.
globalnews.ca
January 31, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Protests work. Pattinson will not be selling their property to ICE. @hootsuite.com, you're next. Do the right thing.
Kudos to those who showed up @democracyrisingnow.bsky.social @indivisiblevan.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1164614...
Kudos to those who showed up @democracyrisingnow.bsky.social @indivisiblevan.bsky.social
globalnews.ca/news/1164614...
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Great 🙄... just what we need, another university ranking system that uses the proportion of highly cited researchers (deeply inherently biased) and citation counts "from a perspective intended to reduce bias" ... like how?
time.com/7358185/top-...
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The World’s Top Universities of 2026
Explore the top universities of 2026 leading in innovation, academic performance, and global engagement.
time.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Great 🙄... just what we need, another university ranking system that uses the proportion of highly cited researchers (deeply inherently biased) and citation counts "from a perspective intended to reduce bias" ... like how?
time.com/7358185/top-...
time.com/7358185/top-...
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Based on what this writer saw at Davos, "they have largely given up on organic adoption by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."
‘They are no longer strategizing for voluntary adoption by those who come to recognize the technology’s utility by electively applying it to the problems they face. They are planning how to cross the chasm by forced adoption.’
By @mattseybold.bsky.social
By @mattseybold.bsky.social
"You have to use it. You have to trust it.": Forced Adoption of AI is The Subtext of Davos
Authoritarianism is the AI Bailout; But If AI Doesn't Need a Bailout, Does it Need Authoritarianism?
theamericanvandal.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Based on what this writer saw at Davos, "they have largely given up on organic adoption by consumers. They have moved on to a new dream of forced adoption mandated by government and managerial coercion."
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The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The climatologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The epidemiologist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The activist told me
historians
will wonder
why we didn’t do more.
The historian told me
that nobody
listens to historians.
I find it very hard to know how to engage with this sort of thing, because the degree to which the point is absolutely missed by this statement is kind of mind boggling...
Its not about what they may or may not do with your product, its that by doing business with them at all you are complicit...
Its not about what they may or may not do with your product, its that by doing business with them at all you are complicit...
January 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I find it very hard to know how to engage with this sort of thing, because the degree to which the point is absolutely missed by this statement is kind of mind boggling...
Its not about what they may or may not do with your product, its that by doing business with them at all you are complicit...
Its not about what they may or may not do with your product, its that by doing business with them at all you are complicit...
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"The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US academia"
annastansbury.github.io/website/Stan...
annastansbury.github.io/website/Stan...
annastansbury.github.io
January 27, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US academia"
annastansbury.github.io/website/Stan...
annastansbury.github.io/website/Stan...
Please... make it stop...
“The idea is to put ChatGPT front and center inside software that scientists use to write up their work in much the same way that chatbots are now embedded into popular programming editors.
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
It’s vibe coding, but for science.”
OpenAI’s latest product lets you vibe code science
Prism is a ChatGPT-powered text editor that automates much of the work involved in writing scientific papers.
www.technologyreview.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Please... make it stop...
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Tell our 🇨🇦 representatives that it is not acceptable for ICE to use Canadian vehicles and weapons. Sign here.
#CdnPoli
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#CdnPoli
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Stop the Contract: No Canadian Weapons to ICE - Leadnow
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January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Tell our 🇨🇦 representatives that it is not acceptable for ICE to use Canadian vehicles and weapons. Sign here.
#CdnPoli
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#CdnPoli
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Vancouver businessman Jim Pattison’s range of holdings includes a warehouse in Virginia that ICE wants to buy and convert into a detention centre.
The leader of the BC Green Party is calling for a boycott of Save-On-Foods and other businesses he owns. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #uspoli
The leader of the BC Green Party is calling for a boycott of Save-On-Foods and other businesses he owns. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #uspoli
A Pattison Company’s Possible Deal with ICE Brings Boycott Threats | The Tyee
Trump’s immigration enforcement agency wants to buy a warehouse for a ‘processing centre’ in Virginia.
thetyee.ca
January 27, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Vancouver businessman Jim Pattison’s range of holdings includes a warehouse in Virginia that ICE wants to buy and convert into a detention centre.
The leader of the BC Green Party is calling for a boycott of Save-On-Foods and other businesses he owns. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #uspoli
The leader of the BC Green Party is calling for a boycott of Save-On-Foods and other businesses he owns. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli #uspoli
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A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 AM
A Canadian-made armoured vehicle was spotted on Minneapolis streets the day ICE murdered Alex Pretti.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
The company that sold ICE that monster as part of a $10 million deal? Roshel.
What’s more:
Canada’s government brought Roshel’s CEO on a trade mission SIX DAYS AFTER Renee Good was murdered.
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UBC’s most recent financial report, the 2025 Statement of Financial Information, reveals that the university’s top ten earners received a median salary well over $650,000.
ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-sof...
ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-sof...
UBC’s highest-paid employee made $1.11 million in 2024
UBC’s most recent financial report, the 2025 Statement of Financial Information, reveals that the university’s top ten earners received a median salary well over $650,000.
ubyssey.ca
January 26, 2026 at 7:14 PM
UBC’s most recent financial report, the 2025 Statement of Financial Information, reveals that the university’s top ten earners received a median salary well over $650,000.
ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-sof...
ubyssey.ca/news/ubc-sof...
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Hi @beynate.bsky.social I saw your comments about ICE on Instagram this weekend and I would love it if the INDU Committee investigates how Canadian companies are supporting ICE and if that is compatible with Canadian law or in the interest of Canada. 🇨🇦
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Hi @beynate.bsky.social I saw your comments about ICE on Instagram this weekend and I would love it if the INDU Committee investigates how Canadian companies are supporting ICE and if that is compatible with Canadian law or in the interest of Canada. 🇨🇦