Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦
@michaelhendricks.bsky.social
Biologist, McGill University
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UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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Scandalous that this is happening at a time of high quality satellite monitoring @mark-carney.bsky.social @stand.earth
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Scandalous that this is happening at a time of high quality satellite monitoring @mark-carney.bsky.social @stand.earth
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The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is burning 250-year-old trees from some of Canada's oldest forests. These irreplaceable trees are being turned into wood pellets while Drax is receiving £2 million per day in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is burning 250-year-old trees from some of Canada's oldest forests. These irreplaceable trees are being turned into wood pellets while Drax is receiving £2 million per day in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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For everyone who replies to stuff like this with "obviously"
- it's NOT LEGIBLE TO MANY INSTITUTIONS UNTIL IT'S MEASURED
- WE NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE FOR THE THINGS "we all know"
- ACTUALLY SEEING THE MAGNITUDE AND NUANCES OF THESE KIND OF EFFECTS MATTERS AND IT MATTERS OVER TIME TOO
- it's NOT LEGIBLE TO MANY INSTITUTIONS UNTIL IT'S MEASURED
- WE NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE FOR THE THINGS "we all know"
- ACTUALLY SEEING THE MAGNITUDE AND NUANCES OF THESE KIND OF EFFECTS MATTERS AND IT MATTERS OVER TIME TOO
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
For everyone who replies to stuff like this with "obviously"
- it's NOT LEGIBLE TO MANY INSTITUTIONS UNTIL IT'S MEASURED
- WE NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE FOR THE THINGS "we all know"
- ACTUALLY SEEING THE MAGNITUDE AND NUANCES OF THESE KIND OF EFFECTS MATTERS AND IT MATTERS OVER TIME TOO
- it's NOT LEGIBLE TO MANY INSTITUTIONS UNTIL IT'S MEASURED
- WE NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE FOR THE THINGS "we all know"
- ACTUALLY SEEING THE MAGNITUDE AND NUANCES OF THESE KIND OF EFFECTS MATTERS AND IT MATTERS OVER TIME TOO
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
Journalists could easily just not talk to Loeb. It's the equivalent of asking a Bigfoot conspiracy theorist to chime in on every article about apes. (Which--who am I kidding--they totally would if the Bigfoot weirdo worked at Harvard.)
Great piece by astronomer and SETI leader Jason Wright on the endless, exhausting claims about 3I/Atlas by Avi Loeb.
"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
"zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence... because he’s demonstrably wrong"
sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...
Loeb’s 3I/ATLAS “Anomalies” Explained
Avi Loeb continues to claim that 3I/ATLAS has many anomalous behaviors that lead to the conclusion that it “might” be an alien spacecraft. He carefully hedges the probability that it is a spacecraft ...
sites.psu.edu
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Journalists could easily just not talk to Loeb. It's the equivalent of asking a Bigfoot conspiracy theorist to chime in on every article about apes. (Which--who am I kidding--they totally would if the Bigfoot weirdo worked at Harvard.)
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
Is it "surprising research"? @dasharez0ne.bsky.social taught us all this years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Is it "surprising research"? @dasharez0ne.bsky.social taught us all this years ago.
humanism: the only kind of trans I'm anti
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
humanism: the only kind of trans I'm anti
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Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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This is happening all around Ontario too.
Federal and provincial governments hate PSE and investing where their own reports say they should to improve the economy & human capital.
Federal and provincial governments hate PSE and investing where their own reports say they should to improve the economy & human capital.
a man is holding a sign that says slash it .
ALT: a man is holding a sign that says slash it .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is happening all around Ontario too.
Federal and provincial governments hate PSE and investing where their own reports say they should to improve the economy & human capital.
Federal and provincial governments hate PSE and investing where their own reports say they should to improve the economy & human capital.
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This is Canada's temporary foreign worker system in a nutshell. But making temporary residents pay more for health care really drives the sentiment home.
It says much about a society that is willing to profit from a group's labour, but unwilling provide them same dignity and support accorded to others.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is Canada's temporary foreign worker system in a nutshell. But making temporary residents pay more for health care really drives the sentiment home.
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Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A call to action for universities, academies, science organizations and funders to unite and join this effort.
Bernhard Sabel and Dan Larhammar
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
The Quebec government kneecapped one of Canada's great universities, now Carney stepping in to finish the job.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Concordia announces cost-saving measures due to foreign student drop | CBC News
Concordia University says it's deferring sabbaticals and won't be renewing some teaching contracts in response to federal and provincial immigration policies.
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Quebec government kneecapped one of Canada's great universities, now Carney stepping in to finish the job.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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*Graphic novel of the week! 'Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me' by Mimi Pond is a riveting and meticulously researched graphic biography of the infamous Mitford sisters. Gorgeous and inventive illustrations, and excellent storytelling about a bizarre family in turbulent times. @dandq.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
*Graphic novel of the week! 'Do Admit! The Mitford Sisters and Me' by Mimi Pond is a riveting and meticulously researched graphic biography of the infamous Mitford sisters. Gorgeous and inventive illustrations, and excellent storytelling about a bizarre family in turbulent times. @dandq.bsky.social
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Yes they are both timeless, but also: great grant writing music.
Recent celebratory concerts dedicated to the two composers Arvo Pärt and Terry Riley have been sites “not of reverence but of restless rediscovery,” Alex Ross writes. “Both retain the power to make the familiar strange.” https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/8foDqy
At Ninety, Arvo Pärt and Terry Riley Still Sound Vital
Both composers remain intriguing outliers, notable for the stubbornness with which they have held to their youthful convictions.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yes they are both timeless, but also: great grant writing music.
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This kind of inconsistency is often used to lift up a few women without helping all, maintaining misogyny. How many other women, and non-white people, could have had a similar effect given the chance or opportunity? We will never know.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This kind of inconsistency is often used to lift up a few women without helping all, maintaining misogyny. How many other women, and non-white people, could have had a similar effect given the chance or opportunity? We will never know.
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I had a post on Twitter about Watson’s support of (some) women and maybe I’ll port it over but I’ll repeat the gist here: this support didn’t reveal he was “complicated“ and therefore somehow worthy of some sort of reconsideration. It just revealed he was inconsistent.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I had a post on Twitter about Watson’s support of (some) women and maybe I’ll port it over but I’ll repeat the gist here: this support didn’t reveal he was “complicated“ and therefore somehow worthy of some sort of reconsideration. It just revealed he was inconsistent.
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I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
![“By choice [Rosalind Franklin] did not emphasize her feminine qualities.. There was never lipstick to contrast with her straight black her, while at the age of thirty-one her dresses showed all the imagination of English blue-stocking adolescents. So it was quite easy to imagine her the product of an unsatisfied mother who unduly stressed the desirability of professional careers that could save bright girls from marriages to dull men.. Clearly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. The former was obviously preferable because given her belligerent moods, it would be very difficult for Maurice [Wilkins] to maintain a dominant position that would allow him to think unhindered about DNA.. The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was another person’s lab”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:opitzjj6oapo6y3cr5ipwfdu/bafkreibj5i6hdhoinpdbtx5ij7e56lz5v6zg6d6aompkuvrxrdnmkfvj2m@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I read The Double Helix as an undergraduate. I was a science major at a women’s college taking molecular biology. Our professor taught us that Watson & Crick screwed Rosalind Franklin over.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.
So I read the book to learn more. I’ll never forget how reading this passage made me feel.