Greg Pyle
@pikewrangler.bsky.social
Writer of words, pedaler of bikes, paddler of canoes, and walker of overgrown trails. Part-time fish whisperer. Full-time opinionist. Recovering academic scientist. 🇨🇦
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🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
On measles and vaccines, Canada can’t keep ignoring the elephant in the room
Study after study has shown that political affiliation is one of the single strongest predictors of vaccination status.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨 My new piece: increasingly, vaccine hesitancy tied to political identity www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
Vaccines are a wedge issue, exploited by politicians to garner votes, by political commentators to build brands and by online influencers to get clicks.
#VaccinesWork
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Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Climate knowledge has been taken hostage to prevent climate action.
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
“It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.”
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Poilievre spent his entire time as MAGA Conservative leader feeding vaccine hesitancy instead of challenging it.
Now we’re living with the consequences. #cdnpoli
Now we’re living with the consequences. #cdnpoli
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Poilievre spent his entire time as MAGA Conservative leader feeding vaccine hesitancy instead of challenging it.
Now we’re living with the consequences. #cdnpoli
Now we’re living with the consequences. #cdnpoli
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Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are likely to increase this year, while those from land-use change will fall
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner.
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
It's worth looking up to see these amazing animals in action.
#BirdMigration #PhysiologicalAdaptation
#BirdMigration #PhysiologicalAdaptation
These mind-bending biological superpowers let birds fly for 11 days without food | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Tiny birds can cross continents, but where do they find the energy? Scientists are beginning to probe the engine rooms of these small wonders to find answers… Answers that could one day help us superc...
www.sciencefocus.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's worth looking up to see these amazing animals in action.
#BirdMigration #PhysiologicalAdaptation
#BirdMigration #PhysiologicalAdaptation
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"Economy also added 67,000 jobs, beating economists' expectations"
How often have the economists been correct since the Liberals took office in 2015?
We are bombarded with doom and gloom projection headlines daily and they are almost never correct.
Why???
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
How often have the economists been correct since the Liberals took office in 2015?
We are bombarded with doom and gloom projection headlines daily and they are almost never correct.
Why???
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada's economy gained 67,000 jobs in October | CBC News
The Canadian economy added 67,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked down to 6.9 per cent, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Economy also added 67,000 jobs, beating economists' expectations"
How often have the economists been correct since the Liberals took office in 2015?
We are bombarded with doom and gloom projection headlines daily and they are almost never correct.
Why???
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
How often have the economists been correct since the Liberals took office in 2015?
We are bombarded with doom and gloom projection headlines daily and they are almost never correct.
Why???
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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After months of rollbacks, climate experts cautious relief at emissions policies in PM Carney's first budget #Canada #cdnpoli
Liberals hold the line on industrial carbon pricing, the most important emissions-reduction tool
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Liberals hold the line on industrial carbon pricing, the most important emissions-reduction tool
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Cautious relief as Carney's first budget maintains some climate focus | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget has brought some qualified relief for climate policy experts, who were growing increasingly nervous that lowering carbon emissions was taking a backseat to sh...
www.cbc.ca
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
After months of rollbacks, climate experts cautious relief at emissions policies in PM Carney's first budget #Canada #cdnpoli
Liberals hold the line on industrial carbon pricing, the most important emissions-reduction tool
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Liberals hold the line on industrial carbon pricing, the most important emissions-reduction tool
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics 🧵
How many people do you know by name?
One study found that the average American knows 611.
In a world of 8 billion, that’s less than 0.00001%. A 100,000th of a percent.
We can’t see much of the world through our direct experience
How many people do you know by name?
One study found that the average American knows 611.
In a world of 8 billion, that’s less than 0.00001%. A 100,000th of a percent.
We can’t see much of the world through our direct experience
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The limits of our personal experience and the value of statistics 🧵
How many people do you know by name?
One study found that the average American knows 611.
In a world of 8 billion, that’s less than 0.00001%. A 100,000th of a percent.
We can’t see much of the world through our direct experience
How many people do you know by name?
One study found that the average American knows 611.
In a world of 8 billion, that’s less than 0.00001%. A 100,000th of a percent.
We can’t see much of the world through our direct experience
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Hey look.
Communism.
Communism.
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hey look.
Communism.
Communism.
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Earlier this year, I met a Croatian journalist who was in the US doing a piece on America’s politics and I asked her what surprised her. And she said, “What you all call the far left is just being normal.”
Pitt said, "recalls shouldn't be approved just because people disagree with government policy. Recalls are meant to address breaches of trust, serious misconduct or a sustained failure to represent constituents, not political disagreements," she said.
OK, now do the notwithstanding clause.
OK, now do the notwithstanding clause.
Second MLA, Angela Pitt, facing recall petition: Elections Alberta | CBC News
A second member of the Alberta legislature is facing a citizen petition to recall her from her job. United Conservative Party MLA Angela Pitt has represented Airdrie since 2015.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Pitt said, "recalls shouldn't be approved just because people disagree with government policy. Recalls are meant to address breaches of trust, serious misconduct or a sustained failure to represent constituents, not political disagreements," she said.
OK, now do the notwithstanding clause.
OK, now do the notwithstanding clause.
Still waiting to see him lower drug prices by “1200, 1300, 1400, 1500 percent”.
Dictators don’t like math—because math insists on reality.
We’re still trying to work out how this math maths. Is he suggesting people are crossing illegally out of the US into Mexico and Canada? Math exposes the lie, but when reality is inconvenient, the authoritarian will simply demand a new one.
We’re still trying to work out how this math maths. Is he suggesting people are crossing illegally out of the US into Mexico and Canada? Math exposes the lie, but when reality is inconvenient, the authoritarian will simply demand a new one.
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Still waiting to see him lower drug prices by “1200, 1300, 1400, 1500 percent”.
"[T]he measure of a mature relationship lies in the ability of diplomatic envoys and their leaders to speak candidly without losing composure. Ambassador Hoekstra failed that test. Canada should not mirror his incivility, but neither should it let his rude and intemperate outburst pass in silence."
Really good article. The criticisms of Carney using tried & true diplomacy while negotiating with a hostile regime, are absurd, naive, and in my view, bad faith propaganda. Hoekstra demonstrated exactly what chest-thumping, ignorance & boorish behaviour achieve: chaos & breakdowns in talks. #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"[T]he measure of a mature relationship lies in the ability of diplomatic envoys and their leaders to speak candidly without losing composure. Ambassador Hoekstra failed that test. Canada should not mirror his incivility, but neither should it let his rude and intemperate outburst pass in silence."
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Sad how physicians who've been professionally sanctioned for misinformation and malpractice become martyrs for the anti-vaccine movement so that they can make more money and target people with even more harmful propaganda.
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sad how physicians who've been professionally sanctioned for misinformation and malpractice become martyrs for the anti-vaccine movement so that they can make more money and target people with even more harmful propaganda.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Cleaning the scientific house: Rebuilding trust in science requires confronting the harms of ghostwriting
American science is under attack. Recent cuts to funding and staffing of federal agencies, layoffs of scientists, and rescission of billions of dollars in grants are unprecedented in US history and th...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My latest: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
www.livescience.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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"The Old Issue," the Rudyard Kipling poem from 1899 from which we draw the phrase "No Truce With Kings," might make a good reading for the next #NoKings Day. This is an excerpt, full text at this link (h/t George L.): www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_o...
October 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"The Old Issue," the Rudyard Kipling poem from 1899 from which we draw the phrase "No Truce With Kings," might make a good reading for the next #NoKings Day. This is an excerpt, full text at this link (h/t George L.): www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/poem/poems_o...
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Magnitude 3.5 quake in Sudbury, Ont., caused by mining activities, says Earthquakes Canada #Ontario
Seismologist says natural earthquakes are rare in the Sudbury area
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Seismologist says natural earthquakes are rare in the Sudbury area
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Magnitude 3.5 quake felt across Greater Sudbury caused by mining work, Earthquakes Canada says | CBC News
Earthquakes Canada has confirmed that a magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt widely across Greater Sudbury Friday morning was mining induced.
www.cbc.ca
October 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Magnitude 3.5 quake in Sudbury, Ont., caused by mining activities, says Earthquakes Canada #Ontario
Seismologist says natural earthquakes are rare in the Sudbury area
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Seismologist says natural earthquakes are rare in the Sudbury area
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM