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Mélodie B. Plourde
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Science rules! 🔬🧬🌳🌄☕🍫🌌🚵🏻‍♀️🦫🐸
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anonopin.bsky.social
The unexpected lesson from Chernobyl is that if you get the humans out of an area - even if that area is MASSIVELY polluted - nature heals itself incredibly quickly, We need large areas everywhere without people in them
November 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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sarahdorner.bsky.social
I often wondered about this. J’ai enfin la réponse.
tuthanhha.bsky.social Tu Thanh Ha @tuthanhha.bsky.social · 20h
I hadn't given it much thoughts until now but I just learned that there is a reason why in most French-speaking countries 'eighty' is 'quatre-vingts' -- literally 'four twenties' -- and that reason is the ghostly presence of the ancient Gauls' base 20 counting system.
Excerpt from a book: “Though the conquered cities of Gaul embraced Latin as their language of administration, Gaulish survived in the countryside, and it left its imprint in French. The French way of writing ‘eighty’ as‘four-twenties' (quatre-vingts), is a relic of Gaulish vigesimal counting in the otherwise decimal Roman system.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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ledevoir.com
Une étude de l’IRIS a comparé la situation qui a cours dans 25 pays de l’OCDE. #santé
Les pays donnant davantage de place au privé en santé ont une mortalité en moyenne plus élevée
www.ledevoir.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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emp1.bsky.social
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November 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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jessicacalarco.com
Humans are bad at big numbers. Which makes it easier for billionaires (and trillionaires) to get away with hoarding wealth. Because most people just can't comprehend how much money that is.

So, I appreciate this WaPo effort to help people visualize what ridiculous amounts of wealth really mean.
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined See how your profession stacks up against Musk’s pay. By Alyssa Fowers and Leslie Shapiro Every elementary school teacher On average, Musk will make $3 billion more per year than the 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Each figure represents 1,500 elementary school teachers. Together, they made $97 billion last year
November 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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nhervieu.bsky.social
Le bilan est sidérant :

- Explosion des revenus des ultra-riches :

En 2003, ils gagnaient en moyenne, 95 fois plus que les ménages les plus modestes. En 2022, c'est 167 fois plus.

- *Mais* réduction de leur taux moyen d'imposition :

De 29,2 % en 2003, il a été ramené à 25,7 % en 2022...
Revenu moyen des foyers à très hauts revenus a plus que doublé entre 2003 et 2022 Graphique (trois courbes sur l'accroissement des revenus : Des très hauts revenues, de l'ensemble des foyers, du foyer du premier quart des revenus)
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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nditf.bsky.social
FFS! Canada Post is NOT a business. It is a public service, like parks and fire departments. Decide what services it should provide and fund it properly.

Are we expecting police departments or highway maintenance to turn a profit?
CFO reports Canada Post is 'effectively insolvent' as losses skyrocket to $1B through Q3
Amid 20-month contract dispute with CUPW, Crown corporation's chief financial officer Rindala El-Hage reveals 'unprecedented' operating numbers at annual meeting — an eighth straight year of losses.
www.thestar.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
She was called the Sherlock Holmes of Saskatchewan.
Through her career, she heavily influenced the development of forensic pathology, solved numerous unsolved crimes and became a legendary figure in the history of the RCMP.
This is the story of Frances Gertrude McGill.

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The image is a black and white photograph of a person working at a desk with scientific equipment. The person is holding a human skull and appears to be examining or working on it with tools. There are various items on the desk, including what looks like a microscope on the left, several small containers, and other scientific instruments. The setting suggests a laboratory or research environment focused on anthropology or forensic science.
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
crazy

IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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racheledini.bsky.social
At risk of flogging a dead horse: this whole letter is a reminder that the creative process is an end in and of itself, and vital to self-actualisation. You can’t experience BECOMING, as he puts it, by outsourcing it to ChatGPT.
michaelwarburton.bsky.social Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 9d
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.

KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.

His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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matthieudugal.bsky.social
Regarder la promesse d'Elon Musk de fabriquer encore plus de chars, envoyer encore plus de satellites en orbite et construire des robots pour faire le ménage à notre place dans des maisons énergivores 3x trop grandes pour nos besoins et repenser à cette publication.
Le numérique est une ressource non renouvelable
A l’échelle de quelques générations, faute de matière première, nous ne pourrons plus fabriquer d’ordinateurs.
www.greenit.fr
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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kwolbachia.bsky.social
My new ImageJ / Fiji toolkit is out 🔥! The goal is to make image handling & visualization easy, with an intuitive interface! Install it on Fiji with the "Image Viewer" update site
#microscopy #ImageJ #FluorescenceFriday #microscopyMonday
imagej.net/plugins/imag...
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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deonandan.bsky.social
As many of you know, I was born in Guyana. Just found this excellent set of YouTube videos exploring the history of the Guianas. Little known story for most people in the world, and yet a globally impactful one.

youtu.be/iaR53L2CFN0?...
The Guianas: South America's Weirdest Countries?
YouTube video by Lost in Context
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Happy Halloween
Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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amunts.bsky.social
What a gem from @dudinlab.bsky.social @gautamdey.bsky.social @centriolelab.bsky.social in Cell! Expansion microscopy atlas of >200 eukaryotes comparing cytoskeletal architectures revealing structures not seen before. Stunning visualisation! Exactly the kind of transformative cell biology we need.
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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chronicleflask.katday.com
Do you know your lemons? You should! This is importantly for everyone: male or female #KnowYourLemons 🍋 #BreastCancer
www.knowyourlemons.org/share
Share Breast Health Knowledge — Know Your Lemons® for Early Detection
Share life-saving breast health knowledge with friends and family using Know Your Lemons resources, stories, and tools.
www.knowyourlemons.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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francisb-sciences.bsky.social
America sung over the Canadian national anthem..

F### Trump ! 🇨🇦
October 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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sebrioux.bsky.social
Ce que ce genre de nouvelle ne mentionne jamais, c'est la partie de la #pollution produite en Chine que l'ont peut attribuer au Canada de par l'énorme quantité de biens qu'on y fait fabriquer. 88 milliards d'importation chinoise en 2024.
www.journaldemontreal.com/2025/10/23/i...
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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kelporama.bsky.social
When the predatory journal scam email says I'm a leading expert and a prestigious researcher
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October 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I often get attacked for posting about the potential harms caused by dietary supplements, and I do not care.

It’s important for the public to have accurate information.

Supplements are made by companies just like Big Pharma, except without intensive FDA oversight.

They can cause harm.
Herbal supplements were supposed to make them healthier. Instead, they got sick
Common compounds like turmeric and ashwagandha can overwhelm the liver and lead to health complications
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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anonopin.bsky.social
Books. No cookie preferences. No cookies. No GDPR. No pop ups. No bots. No floating videos. No AI. No ads. No trackers. No misinformation. No fascist techbros. No distracting animations. No paywalls. No influencers. How good are these things? Books are frickin awesome
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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reprorightsdoc.bsky.social
Pregnant women are people. “Pregnant people” doesn’t erase cis women’s experiences with pregnancy — it expands the frame.

It helps make all reproductive health safer and more accessible for everyone.
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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aemonten.bsky.social
I'm always looking for ideas for CSH Protocols.

If you know of a field that would benefit from a curated and authoritative collection of review articles and step-by-step protocols, please let me know! 🧬🧪

We've recently done one on fly neurobiology, bacterial genetics, xenopus, and more!
March 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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nicolekearney.bsky.social
There is a LOT of data in GBIF (1.9 billion records), but there is currently no way for Indigenous people to identify their data. So GBIF launched an Indigenous Data Task force to strengthen indigenous voices & ensure ethical use of their data. @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social #LivingData2025 @GBIF.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM