That JSTweedie | Ottawa
@jstweedie.bsky.social
Former federal public servant. Now doing a PhD to figure it all out. Complex systems, decision making, and digital transformation. And my humans. And cats. Never forget the cats. Nor music.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
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this is
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I know not everyone is a fan of Substack, so if you want to access our Insight Monitor, you can do that directly through our website.
Free articles are in our news section, and paywalled articles are in our members area:
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Free articles are in our news section, and paywalled articles are in our members area:
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Membership area for Insight Threat Intelligence — Insight Threat Intelligence
Access to the Insight Monitor newsletter
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November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I know not everyone is a fan of Substack, so if you want to access our Insight Monitor, you can do that directly through our website.
Free articles are in our news section, and paywalled articles are in our members area:
www.insightthreatintel.com/members
Free articles are in our news section, and paywalled articles are in our members area:
www.insightthreatintel.com/members
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Staring at Canada's own gender-based analysis of its budget. Give you one guess at the main beneficiary of all the major spending investments....
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Staring at Canada's own gender-based analysis of its budget. Give you one guess at the main beneficiary of all the major spending investments....
Seriously good word play.
science fiction fans: oh jeez imagine if the epstein drive were real what kind of future would we live in
science fiction fans: that's not what we meant but we'll take it
science fiction fans: that's not what we meant but we'll take it
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Seriously good word play.
Really? You're still on substack? Really?
[Horrified at the number of academic researchers still using substack.]
[Horrified at the number of academic researchers still using substack.]
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Really? You're still on substack? Really?
[Horrified at the number of academic researchers still using substack.]
[Horrified at the number of academic researchers still using substack.]
She nailed it.
Four little letters. Massive repercussions.
Add this book to your reading list, folx.
Four little letters. Massive repercussions.
Add this book to your reading list, folx.
What is the most hidden yet effective way to mark inequality inheritance? For sociologist Xu Lingling, the answer is time www.sixthtone.com/news/1017810
How Inherited Time Impacts the Lives of Young Chinese
Through her research, the sociologist Xu Lingling has discovered how those from rural and lower-class backgrounds are at a disadvantage for getting ahead — because of how much more time it takes them ...
www.sixthtone.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
She nailed it.
Four little letters. Massive repercussions.
Add this book to your reading list, folx.
Four little letters. Massive repercussions.
Add this book to your reading list, folx.
When you take a nap cos you have a headache...then wake up with a worse headache and nausea...
Le sigh.
Le sigh.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
When you take a nap cos you have a headache...then wake up with a worse headache and nausea...
Le sigh.
Le sigh.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
@dieworkwear.bsky.social Any thots on the suit? www.laineygossip.com/david-beckma...
David Beckman was knighted and only some of his kids were there
David Beckman was knighted and only some of his kids were there along with Victoria Beckham | Celebrity Social Media, November 4, 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social Any thots on the suit? www.laineygossip.com/david-beckma...
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"The polycrisis is a Western-centric narrative masquerading as global... The conversation on polycrisis rarely, if ever, acknowledges the agency of the non-Western world or the solutions it has offered" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/p...
The Global Polytunity
Yuen Yuen Ang sees cascading crises as a rare opportunity for the transformation of development institutions and ideas.
www.project-syndicate.org
October 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"The polycrisis is a Western-centric narrative masquerading as global... The conversation on polycrisis rarely, if ever, acknowledges the agency of the non-Western world or the solutions it has offered" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/p...
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We had a lively (fun!) prep call for our panel yesterday. I think you're going to really dig the mix of people the CSA Group has assembled for the Nov 5th Policy Pathways Conference. Please consider joining us for this important conversation about Canada’s future. Register here: bit.ly/3IeRiwU.
Building a Thriving Canadian Economy
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October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We had a lively (fun!) prep call for our panel yesterday. I think you're going to really dig the mix of people the CSA Group has assembled for the Nov 5th Policy Pathways Conference. Please consider joining us for this important conversation about Canada’s future. Register here: bit.ly/3IeRiwU.
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @mark-carney.bsky.social Or, the GC could revitalise owning & managing public assets & vital infrastructure. Bring Canada Post back into the fold.
Think beyond a market fixer role. Focus on common assets and the public good. Be mindful of accessibility issues as well.
Think beyond a market fixer role. Focus on common assets and the public good. Be mindful of accessibility issues as well.
Liberal government instructs Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News
With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...
www.cbc.ca
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @mark-carney.bsky.social Or, the GC could revitalise owning & managing public assets & vital infrastructure. Bring Canada Post back into the fold.
Think beyond a market fixer role. Focus on common assets and the public good. Be mindful of accessibility issues as well.
Think beyond a market fixer role. Focus on common assets and the public good. Be mindful of accessibility issues as well.
youtube.com/watch?v=SPEy...
Watch part of Stan's story here.
And pour one out for him sometime, yeah?
Watch part of Stan's story here.
And pour one out for him sometime, yeah?
The Man Who Saved the World (Documentary) - Stanislav Petrov saved the world from a Nuclear War
YouTube video by Md. Abrar Karim
youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=SPEy...
Watch part of Stan's story here.
And pour one out for him sometime, yeah?
Watch part of Stan's story here.
And pour one out for him sometime, yeah?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl... Not all orders should be obeyed.
All hail Petrov, for being a true hero. And bearing the cost.
All hail Petrov, for being a true hero. And bearing the cost.
Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl... Not all orders should be obeyed.
All hail Petrov, for being a true hero. And bearing the cost.
All hail Petrov, for being a true hero. And bearing the cost.
Add me...
I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Add me...
@ronanmkennedy.bsky.social Thanks for the follow back. Just read your 2022 paper, and looking forward to reading the 2024 RaC one. Cheers.
September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
@ronanmkennedy.bsky.social Thanks for the follow back. Just read your 2022 paper, and looking forward to reading the 2024 RaC one. Cheers.
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Water governance requires institutional transformation, recognising the global water cycle as a common good. Today at #UNGA, I'll deliver a keynote at the UAE Permanent Mission roundtable on water for peace, stability & multilateral cooperation.
Our report on The Economics of Water➡️ buff.ly/zog6UCd
Our report on The Economics of Water➡️ buff.ly/zog6UCd
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Water governance requires institutional transformation, recognising the global water cycle as a common good. Today at #UNGA, I'll deliver a keynote at the UAE Permanent Mission roundtable on water for peace, stability & multilateral cooperation.
Our report on The Economics of Water➡️ buff.ly/zog6UCd
Our report on The Economics of Water➡️ buff.ly/zog6UCd
I do think Disney is in for a surprise on this one.
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."
ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
September 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I do think Disney is in for a surprise on this one.
No notes.
September 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
No notes.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @mark-carney.bsky.social Filing under: another bad call by this government.
-an anti-genocide, pro-Jewish, anti-Zionist Canadian.
-an anti-genocide, pro-Jewish, anti-Zionist Canadian.
Hip-hop group Kneecap barred from entering Canada for supporting 'terrorist organizations' | CBC News
The Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap has been banned from entering Canada over what the federal government says is their "open endorsement of terrorist organizations."
www.cbc.ca
September 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/politic... @mark-carney.bsky.social Filing under: another bad call by this government.
-an anti-genocide, pro-Jewish, anti-Zionist Canadian.
-an anti-genocide, pro-Jewish, anti-Zionist Canadian.