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!
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"
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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
leadnow.ca/campaigns/no...
#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...
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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. 🇨🇦
I called and left them a message this morning. Option 2 from their main menu allows you to do this.
Heads up, #Vancouver. Local company Hootsuite has a contract with ICE to the tune of $2.8 million. You can call them at (604) 681-4668 to let them know what you think of them partnering with a state agency that is terrorizing and killing its own citizens
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
I called and left them a message this morning. Option 2 from their main menu allows you to do this.
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Heads up, #Vancouver. Local company Hootsuite has a contract with ICE to the tune of $2.8 million. You can call them at (604) 681-4668 to let them know what you think of them partnering with a state agency that is terrorizing and killing its own citizens
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Heads up, #Vancouver. Local company Hootsuite has a contract with ICE to the tune of $2.8 million. You can call them at (604) 681-4668 to let them know what you think of them partnering with a state agency that is terrorizing and killing its own citizens
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/21/v...
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The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
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We can’t possibly continue to refer to fascism in the US as “emerging” ….it has so completely *emerged* already. Past tense.
If this were literally any other country we wouldn’t be going there…
If this were literally any other country we wouldn’t be going there…
Dear colleagues in science - it is time to stop normalising the emerging fascism of the US by attending conferences there as though everything is fine.
January 26, 2026 at 12:49 AM
We can’t possibly continue to refer to fascism in the US as “emerging” ….it has so completely *emerged* already. Past tense.
If this were literally any other country we wouldn’t be going there…
If this were literally any other country we wouldn’t be going there…
Art feels especially important at times like this. Bluesky is great for finding art. Bluesky-prompted art I have bought:
A felted spotted towhee
A plushie tardigrade
A 3d printed volcano tissue box cover
An eel facts advent calendar
A fox painting
Permission to use a poet’s words for a tattoo
😍
A felted spotted towhee
A plushie tardigrade
A 3d printed volcano tissue box cover
An eel facts advent calendar
A fox painting
Permission to use a poet’s words for a tattoo
😍
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Art feels especially important at times like this. Bluesky is great for finding art. Bluesky-prompted art I have bought:
A felted spotted towhee
A plushie tardigrade
A 3d printed volcano tissue box cover
An eel facts advent calendar
A fox painting
Permission to use a poet’s words for a tattoo
😍
A felted spotted towhee
A plushie tardigrade
A 3d printed volcano tissue box cover
An eel facts advent calendar
A fox painting
Permission to use a poet’s words for a tattoo
😍
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Hivemind: I'm looking for someone out there who has the original 1930 editions of Nancy Drew #3-5. They each had four interior illustrations that none of the ebooks preserve. Who's going to be my hero today?
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Hivemind: I'm looking for someone out there who has the original 1930 editions of Nancy Drew #3-5. They each had four interior illustrations that none of the ebooks preserve. Who's going to be my hero today?
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Look at what’s happening in the States. Nobody should be sending football teams there in the summer. Boycotts really should be happening.
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Look at what’s happening in the States. Nobody should be sending football teams there in the summer. Boycotts really should be happening.
Theres a protest at their offices on Friday next week (30th) - 3-5pm
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Theres a protest at their offices on Friday next week (30th) - 3-5pm
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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The new Crome Lab at BC Cancer is up and running — and we’re hiring!
We’re recruiting a PDF for a newly funded project on ILCs & NK cells in Type 1 Diabetes, using spatial genomics and single-cell approaches.
🔗 jobs.phsa.ca/job/postdoct...
#Immunology #SingleCell #SpatialGenomics #Type1Diabetes
We’re recruiting a PDF for a newly funded project on ILCs & NK cells in Type 1 Diabetes, using spatial genomics and single-cell approaches.
🔗 jobs.phsa.ca/job/postdoct...
#Immunology #SingleCell #SpatialGenomics #Type1Diabetes
Postdoctoral Fellow - Innate Lymphoid Cells and Spatial Genomics in Type 1 Diabetes, Crome Lab, Terry Fox Laboratory - BC Cancer Vancouver | Working at Provincial Health Services Authority | Careers a...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Innate Lymphoid Cells and Spatial Genomics in Type 1 Diabetes, Crome Lab, Terry Fox Laboratory BC Cancer Vancouver, BC We are recruiting a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to...
jobs.phsa.ca
January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The new Crome Lab at BC Cancer is up and running — and we’re hiring!
We’re recruiting a PDF for a newly funded project on ILCs & NK cells in Type 1 Diabetes, using spatial genomics and single-cell approaches.
🔗 jobs.phsa.ca/job/postdoct...
#Immunology #SingleCell #SpatialGenomics #Type1Diabetes
We’re recruiting a PDF for a newly funded project on ILCs & NK cells in Type 1 Diabetes, using spatial genomics and single-cell approaches.
🔗 jobs.phsa.ca/job/postdoct...
#Immunology #SingleCell #SpatialGenomics #Type1Diabetes
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January 23, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Sky Lights
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Since so many people are fangirling over Carney's supposed "historic" speech in Davos, I want to offer an alternative reading.
This is not left cynicism, but a sober reading of imperial positioning in this moment.
1) Carney squarely positioned Canada as a middle power.
This is not left cynicism, but a sober reading of imperial positioning in this moment.
1) Carney squarely positioned Canada as a middle power.
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Since so many people are fangirling over Carney's supposed "historic" speech in Davos, I want to offer an alternative reading.
This is not left cynicism, but a sober reading of imperial positioning in this moment.
1) Carney squarely positioned Canada as a middle power.
This is not left cynicism, but a sober reading of imperial positioning in this moment.
1) Carney squarely positioned Canada as a middle power.
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Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. The government is only listening to industry voices and that needs to change.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
A civil society initiative to advance AI law, policy, and regulation centred around human rights and the public interest
www.peoplesaiconsultation.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Canadians deserve to have a say over if, how, and to what extent AI is part of our future. The government is only listening to industry voices and that needs to change.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.
That's why I'm participating in the People's Consultation on AI, and I *strongly* encourage you to do the same.