Mark D. Berry 🇨🇦
@markdberry.bsky.social
Yorkshireman in Canada. Human Biosciences professor https://www.mun.ca/human-biosciences/. Father. Science, Sports, Music. Prone to extreme sarcasm. General inability to suffer fools. Opinions personal
That was a very mature second half. Must admit though, I was utterly convinced initially that Gudmundsson had given a penalty away right at the end. #lufc
January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
That was a very mature second half. Must admit though, I was utterly convinced initially that Gudmundsson had given a penalty away right at the end. #lufc
Rode our luck a little. Need to sort out our left, Frimpong is giving us kittens every time he gets the ball. Justin has looked decent. Bournaaw solid. Nothing really sticking with Nmecha to relieve the pressure or bring others in to play. DCL to come on at around 60?
January 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Rode our luck a little. Need to sort out our left, Frimpong is giving us kittens every time he gets the ball. Justin has looked decent. Bournaaw solid. Nothing really sticking with Nmecha to relieve the pressure or bring others in to play. DCL to come on at around 60?
Happy new year everyone
January 1, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Happy new year everyone
And that's another year on the NordicTrack bike in the bag. This years stats:
202 workouts
97 hrs 19 mins total time
2,316 km
61,197 calories burned
45.7 km of elevation gain
Quite happy with that.
202 workouts
97 hrs 19 mins total time
2,316 km
61,197 calories burned
45.7 km of elevation gain
Quite happy with that.
December 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
And that's another year on the NordicTrack bike in the bag. This years stats:
202 workouts
97 hrs 19 mins total time
2,316 km
61,197 calories burned
45.7 km of elevation gain
Quite happy with that.
202 workouts
97 hrs 19 mins total time
2,316 km
61,197 calories burned
45.7 km of elevation gain
Quite happy with that.
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Kick-start your academic research in 2026 with our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of 50+ research tools compiled by researchers at our lab. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-...
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#AcademicSky #ComSky #DiscourseAnalysis #LibrarySky #PhDSky #PolCom #ResearchSky #ResearchMatters
Social Media Research Toolkit - Social Media Lab
The Social Media Research Toolkit is a curated collection of more than 50 tools compiled by researchers at the Social Media Lab.
socialmedialab.ca
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Kick-start your academic research in 2026 with our new Social Media Research Toolkit, a curated collection of 50+ research tools compiled by researchers at our lab. socialmedialab.ca/apps/social-...
#AcademicSky #ComSky #DiscourseAnalysis #LibrarySky #PhDSky #PolCom #ResearchSky #ResearchMatters
#AcademicSky #ComSky #DiscourseAnalysis #LibrarySky #PhDSky #PolCom #ResearchSky #ResearchMatters
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Ok here it is - out of 44 FDA approvals this year, 31 are small molecules (70%), 26 of those are oral drugs (84%), 22 of them are chiral (71%). This is the largest number and percentage of chiral FDA approved molecules in a single year. Fitusiran is not a small molecule, bonus.
December 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Ok here it is - out of 44 FDA approvals this year, 31 are small molecules (70%), 26 of those are oral drugs (84%), 22 of them are chiral (71%). This is the largest number and percentage of chiral FDA approved molecules in a single year. Fitusiran is not a small molecule, bonus.
And if you look at, for example Saskatchewan under NDP vs Tory governments, there's over 50 years of evidence the same applies in Canada
Republicans claim they’re better for the economy, but it hasn't been true for a century. Don't fall for it. They're better for the wealthy and that's it.
December 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
And if you look at, for example Saskatchewan under NDP vs Tory governments, there's over 50 years of evidence the same applies in Canada
Consider this a late Christmas present
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Consider this a late Christmas present
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Postdoctoral fellowship available in structure guided drug discovery in @RothLabUNC
Please RT
Please RT
December 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Postdoctoral fellowship available in structure guided drug discovery in @RothLabUNC
Please RT
Please RT
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Hoppy Holidays! 🍺🎄 Wild hops from the Canadian Maritimes have been mapped for genetic diversity, revealing unique traits that could help breeders craft the next seasonal beer. Read more in Genome Journal ▶️ https://ow.ly/fVPN50XJVWM
📸 gen-2023-0045_f1 #CSPHolidayScience
📸 gen-2023-0045_f1 #CSPHolidayScience
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hoppy Holidays! 🍺🎄 Wild hops from the Canadian Maritimes have been mapped for genetic diversity, revealing unique traits that could help breeders craft the next seasonal beer. Read more in Genome Journal ▶️ https://ow.ly/fVPN50XJVWM
📸 gen-2023-0045_f1 #CSPHolidayScience
📸 gen-2023-0045_f1 #CSPHolidayScience
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This is very different thinking than the US and perhaps a province or two in Canada.
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is very different thinking than the US and perhaps a province or two in Canada.
Clear skies, quiet ocean view off the deck, although a little chilly. Definitely a lull between yesterdays 15cm of snow, and tonights 25cm. Might even see if I can motivate Mrs B. for a Boxing Day stroll around the block
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Clear skies, quiet ocean view off the deck, although a little chilly. Definitely a lull between yesterdays 15cm of snow, and tonights 25cm. Might even see if I can motivate Mrs B. for a Boxing Day stroll around the block
Well this was nice to wake up to. 15-20 cm overnight snow. Shovelling it all away before the subsequent rain turned it all in to ice was less nice. And joy, another 20-25cm coming tomorrow night. At least it's an excuse to thoroughly sample the rum collection Santa brought me.
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Well this was nice to wake up to. 15-20 cm overnight snow. Shovelling it all away before the subsequent rain turned it all in to ice was less nice. And joy, another 20-25cm coming tomorrow night. At least it's an excuse to thoroughly sample the rum collection Santa brought me.
Reading between the lines, there's apparently a non-disclosure agreement in place, this is pretty damning of the performative culture of the senior leadership.
“I think they really misunderstood what I was supposed to be.”
Delores Mullings, Memorial University's Vice-Provost of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism, is leaving 8 months before contract ends. #EDI #MUN
theindependent.ca/news/lji/hea...
Delores Mullings, Memorial University's Vice-Provost of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism, is leaving 8 months before contract ends. #EDI #MUN
theindependent.ca/news/lji/hea...
Head of Memorial University’s EDI office leaving role – The Independent
In an interview with The Independent, Delores Mullings spoke candidly about challenges with the equity, diversity and anti-racism position
theindependent.ca
December 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Reading between the lines, there's apparently a non-disclosure agreement in place, this is pretty damning of the performative culture of the senior leadership.
Happy Holidays to my LUFC, music, academia, and "they seem like they're not a c**t", bsky hive.
Quick lunch break here, then back out to finish shovelling last night's snowfall, then should be time for a snooze. (judging by the forecast that cycle is going to be on repeat for next couple of days)
Quick lunch break here, then back out to finish shovelling last night's snowfall, then should be time for a snooze. (judging by the forecast that cycle is going to be on repeat for next couple of days)
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy Holidays to my LUFC, music, academia, and "they seem like they're not a c**t", bsky hive.
Quick lunch break here, then back out to finish shovelling last night's snowfall, then should be time for a snooze. (judging by the forecast that cycle is going to be on repeat for next couple of days)
Quick lunch break here, then back out to finish shovelling last night's snowfall, then should be time for a snooze. (judging by the forecast that cycle is going to be on repeat for next couple of days)
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We've reached the part of Christmas Eve where everyone's pretending they're not on social media, so here's the playlist link..began eight years ago as a bit of a joke, I haven't updated it for 2025, but you can sue me. #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2017/12/15/1...
Lots of Christmas Songs That Won’t Make You Scream
2024: See below. More songs, even more festive cheer. 2023: Like a secondhand foot spa from your uncle Neville, nobody wanted it, but it’s here again. This year 30 new songs have been added t…
arcticreviews.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We've reached the part of Christmas Eve where everyone's pretending they're not on social media, so here's the playlist link..began eight years ago as a bit of a joke, I haven't updated it for 2025, but you can sue me. #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2017/12/15/1...
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Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
December 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Trump has sued over jokes, tweets, interviews, and news articles but not once over any of the countless accusations of child rape. — That silence says everything.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Vaccines work people. and here is an explanation of how. If you don't believe that, f*** off back to the Space Nazi's site and stop following me
How Vaccines Actually Work
Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Vaccines work people. and here is an explanation of how. If you don't believe that, f*** off back to the Space Nazi's site and stop following me
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A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
How Vaccines Actually Work
Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
Happy Tibb's Eve everyone. Officially the start of the holiday season in Newfoundland.
And it's the 12th anniversary of signing the contract that brought me out here as Head of the Biochemistry Department, which this year we changed to the Human Biosciences Department.
And it's the 12th anniversary of signing the contract that brought me out here as Head of the Biochemistry Department, which this year we changed to the Human Biosciences Department.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy Tibb's Eve everyone. Officially the start of the holiday season in Newfoundland.
And it's the 12th anniversary of signing the contract that brought me out here as Head of the Biochemistry Department, which this year we changed to the Human Biosciences Department.
And it's the 12th anniversary of signing the contract that brought me out here as Head of the Biochemistry Department, which this year we changed to the Human Biosciences Department.
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This Christmas I am hoping that 3 spirits visit some of my dept colleagues to show them that academic jobs require them to do teaching, admin and research. All 3, all the time.
December 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This Christmas I am hoping that 3 spirits visit some of my dept colleagues to show them that academic jobs require them to do teaching, admin and research. All 3, all the time.
C**ts being c**ts. Again.
New Trump envoy says he will serve to make Greenland part of US
Denmark warns Washington to respect its sovereignty, while Greenland says it will decide its own future.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
C**ts being c**ts. Again.