Patrick Devaney
@patrickdevaney.bsky.social
UBC CS PhD student - formal verification of hardware and software (also occasionally theory of computation) - hobbyist nature photographer - #CovidIsAirborne
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Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.
The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare
...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
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Matthew McConaughey is on the Texas sideline, which implies that they're losing because they're not using Agentforce, the powerful new AI from Salesforce
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Matthew McConaughey is on the Texas sideline, which implies that they're losing because they're not using Agentforce, the powerful new AI from Salesforce
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
can’t tell if my antidepressants aren’t working or if they just weren’t built for this. like, zoloft was introduced in the 90s it barely needed to work then. if you got sad you could just buy a house.
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Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
A poll from the journal Nature found that 75% of researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country. That includes a man who’s been dubbed the "Mozart of Math." (This PBS story on the scientific brain drain is heartbreaking & ominous for medicine, imo.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Imagine if Canada was investing in research and universities, instead of burning everything down.
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It's one of the things I think folks struggle with is that you're not actually nostalgic for an era of factory work, you're nostalgic for an era of union jobs, massive-scale construction of affordable housing, and mass immigration
November 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
It's one of the things I think folks struggle with is that you're not actually nostalgic for an era of factory work, you're nostalgic for an era of union jobs, massive-scale construction of affordable housing, and mass immigration
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This is what I mean when I say that present-day covid denialism is right wing. It was a plan born of corporatists and wholly adopted by centrists and even leftists eager to pretend the pandemic was over, which should immediately give anyone thinking about it pause.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is what I mean when I say that present-day covid denialism is right wing. It was a plan born of corporatists and wholly adopted by centrists and even leftists eager to pretend the pandemic was over, which should immediately give anyone thinking about it pause.
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Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 30, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
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that’s awesome. hey does anyone know how climate change will affect the range of tropical diseases like malaria ? and whether countries that haven’t had to deal with it in decades have resilient health systems rich with expertise and flexible enough to respond to newly endemic tropical diseases?
“Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health” by John Koutroumpis for #GreekReporter:
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greekreporter.com/2025/10/29/b...
Bill Gates Calls for Redirecting of Climate Funds to Global Health - GreekReporter.com
Bill Gates urges global donors to focus less on climate change and more on eradicating disease and hunger in the world’s poorest nations.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
that’s awesome. hey does anyone know how climate change will affect the range of tropical diseases like malaria ? and whether countries that haven’t had to deal with it in decades have resilient health systems rich with expertise and flexible enough to respond to newly endemic tropical diseases?
October 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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I've had to explain to way too many Americans that LA isn't unwalkable because it's too big, it's too big because it's unwalkable. Half the city is parking lots or roads to get to parking lots. Rest is zoned for single family homes. The only problem that's unique to the US is hyperindividualism.
day 2:
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
dodger stadium's 16,000-spot parking lot is so huge, it could fit ~10 more dodger stadiums in its place. a monument to socal's asphalt addiction more than to baseball.
meanwhile in toronto, an actual walkable, bustling city exists around the stadium
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've had to explain to way too many Americans that LA isn't unwalkable because it's too big, it's too big because it's unwalkable. Half the city is parking lots or roads to get to parking lots. Rest is zoned for single family homes. The only problem that's unique to the US is hyperindividualism.
Option 3: I’ve studied the math and algorithms that make this tool work. (Generative) AI sucks.
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Option 3: I’ve studied the math and algorithms that make this tool work. (Generative) AI sucks.
Tonight's harvest supermoon 🌕 in Vancouver, BC.
@bskyphotos.bsky.social #SuperMoon #HarvestMoon #photography #NaturePhotography #Astrophotography
@bskyphotos.bsky.social #SuperMoon #HarvestMoon #photography #NaturePhotography #Astrophotography
October 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tonight's harvest supermoon 🌕 in Vancouver, BC.
@bskyphotos.bsky.social #SuperMoon #HarvestMoon #photography #NaturePhotography #Astrophotography
@bskyphotos.bsky.social #SuperMoon #HarvestMoon #photography #NaturePhotography #Astrophotography
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Sleep is super important to me and I consider it central to my success. I sleep 7.5 to 8 hours every day without fail and try to fit in a 9-10 hour day a month. I consider myself lucky to be able to and thus prioritize it, and generally feel a lot of energy all the time.
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Is this the “perfected by science” bit?
October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Sleep is super important to me and I consider it central to my success. I sleep 7.5 to 8 hours every day without fail and try to fit in a 9-10 hour day a month. I consider myself lucky to be able to and thus prioritize it, and generally feel a lot of energy all the time.
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These people would be in for a huge surprise if they opened an American history book 🙃
I’m still processing what happened this morning.
Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?
Is it now the administration’s position that the U.S. military does not observe or adhere to the laws of war?
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
These people would be in for a huge surprise if they opened an American history book 🙃
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What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
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my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
September 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
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man, that's wild, what killed them?
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
8 walking and biking safety tips that just might save your life
In 2024, 7,100 pedestrians were killed on the road, and in recent years, more than 1,000 cyclists have been hit and killed annually. Safety experts explain how bikers and walkers can stay safe.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
man, that's wild, what killed them?
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# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
September 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
# of paragraphs for news orgs to mention there's no discernable need to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
The Guardian: 1st paragraph
BBC: 4th paragraph
AP: 5th paragraph
Time: 6th paragraph
Politico: 8th paragraph
NPR: 9th paragraph
CNN: 10th paragraph
NBC: 12th paragraph
Fox News: never mentions
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imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
September 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off
The best cognitive bias is selection bias, everyone I follow on Bluesky says so.
No one else around me thinks this but the best cognitive bias is pluralistic ignorance
No the best cognitive bias is the false consensus effect, everybody agrees about that
September 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The best cognitive bias is selection bias, everyone I follow on Bluesky says so.