@nunavutlight.bsky.social
Parent, data nerd, socialist public health keener. And a recent Canadian patriot, thanks to orange man
With the demise of the US CDC, what would happen if Canada insisted on vaccination certificates at the US border? Many countries require visitors to have Yellow Fever certificates for entry. How is this any different?
September 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
With the demise of the US CDC, what would happen if Canada insisted on vaccination certificates at the US border? Many countries require visitors to have Yellow Fever certificates for entry. How is this any different?
"The CDC you knew is over" - Demetre Daskalakis.
September 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The CDC you knew is over" - Demetre Daskalakis.
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Supreme Court lets Trump fire the 3 of 5 Democratic members of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of items consumer goods like toys, cribs, appliances, electronics.... What could possibly go wrong?
July 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Supreme Court lets Trump fire the 3 of 5 Democratic members of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, which monitors the safety of items consumer goods like toys, cribs, appliances, electronics.... What could possibly go wrong?
The no-longer-Librarian-Of-Congress, Carla Hayden, is GONE. Fired by Trump because she is a person of colour and female? Nah... ridiculous thought. Oh, also keen on literacy and the freedom to read. Oops! Best if US citizens can't read these days.
May 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The no-longer-Librarian-Of-Congress, Carla Hayden, is GONE. Fired by Trump because she is a person of colour and female? Nah... ridiculous thought. Oh, also keen on literacy and the freedom to read. Oops! Best if US citizens can't read these days.
"Not a good day" doesn't really encapsulate this particularly well. Bloody Hell. Again.
This does not sound good, if true… what is the rational behind killing one of the most successful enterprises in this country - and I mean, science? 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"Not a good day" doesn't really encapsulate this particularly well. Bloody Hell. Again.
Dr. Casey Means: Phenomenal choice for US Surgeon General? Life-style "influencer" with 7 real scientific publications to her name, hasn't had a medical license since 2019.
Death knell to US healthcare, to say nothing of US citizens.
Death knell to US healthcare, to say nothing of US citizens.
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Dr. Casey Means: Phenomenal choice for US Surgeon General? Life-style "influencer" with 7 real scientific publications to her name, hasn't had a medical license since 2019.
Death knell to US healthcare, to say nothing of US citizens.
Death knell to US healthcare, to say nothing of US citizens.
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Let him have it, Bill.
BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.”
@financialtimes.com
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@financialtimes.com
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May 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Let him have it, Bill.
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Macron shook one hand.
April 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Macron shook one hand.
Some assembly required
April 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Some assembly required
Whooping cough resurgence? Makes one wonder about diphtheria and tetanus... In the US, it's hard to know, RFK having fired 10,000 public health workers. Luckily, like measles, nothing that eye of newt and toe of frog can't fix.
There have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to CDC data.
'Fighting to breathe': Whooping cough surges as vaccination rate falters
There have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to CDC data.
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April 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Whooping cough resurgence? Makes one wonder about diphtheria and tetanus... In the US, it's hard to know, RFK having fired 10,000 public health workers. Luckily, like measles, nothing that eye of newt and toe of frog can't fix.
This is a serious, 45 minute youtube podcast between a US prof and Mark Carney. It is the best description of his plans for Canada and the US-Canadian relationship that I've seen. It is worth your time. Especially if you are uncertain who to vote for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11q...
Canada’s Role in a Shifting Global Order — with Mark Carney | Prof G Conversations
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
www.youtube.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This is a serious, 45 minute youtube podcast between a US prof and Mark Carney. It is the best description of his plans for Canada and the US-Canadian relationship that I've seen. It is worth your time. Especially if you are uncertain who to vote for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11q...
2025-04-11 in Nature Briefing:
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
2025-04-11 in Nature Briefing:
Great news: Swiss Chocolatier, Lindt, is now shipping directly to Canada to avoid US Tariffs! Just in time for Easter!
April 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Great news: Swiss Chocolatier, Lindt, is now shipping directly to Canada to avoid US Tariffs! Just in time for Easter!
With thanks to "The Other 98%"
April 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
With thanks to "The Other 98%"
I cannot keep up with the deplorable acts on academic freedom: March 27-Trump signed exec order “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History” directing the Smithsonian to reverse and remove public scholarship and activity related to race and gender.
April 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I cannot keep up with the deplorable acts on academic freedom: March 27-Trump signed exec order “Restoring Truth & Sanity to American History” directing the Smithsonian to reverse and remove public scholarship and activity related to race and gender.
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RFK Jr. must be so proud!
The Texas measles outbreak has hit 400 cases
Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status
Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status
Texas Measles Outbreak Hits 400 Cases
Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
www.huffpost.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
RFK Jr. must be so proud!
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For US🇺🇸 scientists/virologists🦠 - if you want to find better ways for your science and career, please let me know. Let us find better ways. Please do repost/retweet
March 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
For US🇺🇸 scientists/virologists🦠 - if you want to find better ways for your science and career, please let me know. Let us find better ways. Please do repost/retweet
I have no words.
March 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I have no words.
Nature polled 1608 scientists:
March 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Nature polled 1608 scientists:
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NEW BOMBSHELL REPORTING FROM DER SPIEGEL
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Hegseth, Waltz, Gabbard: Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online
Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike. Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including ...
www.spiegel.de
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW BOMBSHELL REPORTING FROM DER SPIEGEL
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
Mobile numbers, email addresses and even some passwords belonging to top Trump officials including Mike Waltz, Pete Hegseth, and Tulsi Gabbard have been found online, revealing an additional grave, previously unknown security breach at the highest levels. 1/
OMG. Bring on Bird Flu: "More than $12 billion in federal grants that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent issues were canceled." NYTimes 2025-03-26
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
OMG. Bring on Bird Flu: "More than $12 billion in federal grants that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent issues were canceled." NYTimes 2025-03-26
In case there is any doubt about the sincerity of Trump's 51st state comments, it's instructional to see what Signal chats reveal: What Vance, Hegseth et al say in private=what they say in public, e.g. dissing Europe....
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In case there is any doubt about the sincerity of Trump's 51st state comments, it's instructional to see what Signal chats reveal: What Vance, Hegseth et al say in private=what they say in public, e.g. dissing Europe....
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