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Brian Owens
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Science journalist and leatherworker.
Reporter for @chco-tv.bsky.social
Author of Lyme Disease in Canada
New Brunswick 🇨🇦
www.scibri.com
The latest salvo in @ponddrop.bsky.social campaign to get a second dog #BlueJays
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Canadian friends: here's a petition to stop AB and SK from Notwithstanding their anti-trans-healthcare legislation (this will make sense to Canadians). Don't let them shield their bigotry from Charter scrutiny!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Petition e-7027 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
December 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
On the #Raptors broadcast is Kia and Leo's on-air relationship a bit? Or do they really hate each other as much as it sounds like?
December 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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whoops, time is broken
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
One of my favourite leather designers has come up with a ridiculous/awesome shark bag. Just putting it out there in case anyone wants to commission me to make one for them...
vasileandpavel.com/en-ca/produc...
PDF + VIDEO + DXF Hammerhead Shark Bag Pattern
Make a sculptural hammerhead shark leather crossbody. Instant download: PDF pattern (A4/Letter), DXF for laser cutting, materials list + tutorial. Design by Vasile and Pavel Leather Patterns
vasileandpavel.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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NEW from me...
New Brunswick gas prices plunge, but industry contemplates fighting it - again

Holt government’s latest move in gas war has dropped prices to a low not seen since August 2021 (!)

What happens next still to be determined

tj.news/new-brunswic... #NB
N.B. gas prices plunge; industry contemplates fighting it - again
Holt government’s latest move in gas war has dropped prices to a low not seen since August 2021, with what happens next to be determined
tj.news
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎶That's the power of love🎶 Couples-based cardiac care improves healthy behaviours and mental health. My story for @medscape.com 🧪#medsky
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Couples-Based Cardiac Care Improves Healthy Behaviors
Review suggests that focusing on patient relationships can improve cardiac care.
www.medscape.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good news for St Stephen, looks like a hotel might actually get built. Though I'm trying really hard not to respond to this with the Charlie Brown football gif.
chco.tv/new-hotel-an...
New hotel announced for St. Stephen - CHCO TV26
The Municipal District of St. Stephen has announced a new partnership to build the long-awaited hotel. MDSS will work with Amsterdam Inn and Suites, a company based out of Sussex. The brand is owned b...
chco.tv
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Good news for runners - a long-term study of male marathoners has found that endurance running does not appear to cause lasting damage to your heart. My story for @medscape.com 🧪#cardiosky #medsky

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Marathon Running Does Not Appear to Damage Heart
Ten-year follow-up of male marathoners showed no long-term negative effects on heart health.
www.medscape.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Good news for runners - a long-term study of male marathoners has found that endurance running does not appear to cause lasting damage to your heart. My story for @medscape.com 🧪#cardiosky #medsky

www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Marathon Running Does Not Appear to Damage Heart
Ten-year follow-up of male marathoners showed no long-term negative effects on heart health.
www.medscape.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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In a year since the US election NB borders saw 577,000 fewer Canadians coming back from the US. A 32% year over year reduction. But recent months have seen less of a decline in YoY traffic than the peak of the 51st state rhetoric.
December 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.

Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.

I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.

www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The ad agencies who are producing this sludge should be blacklisted by all of the unions representing human actors and human film industry trades. History will remember you as scabs to the human race.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad

The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'

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December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I got to visit some of these caves last week with the @wcsj2025.bsky.social

Really fascinating site...and a picture I took there is now the background wallpaper on my phone.
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Haven't even started my safari at Dinokeng game reserve yet and saw these guys just on the drive in to the lodge.
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What is the point of having the World Cup draw before they have determined all of the teams that will actually be taking part?
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A visit to the Sterkfontain Caves at the Cradle of Humankind world heritage site today with @wcsj2025.bsky.social #WCSJ2025
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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An early morning trip to the Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Building in Pretoria with colleagues from @wcsj2025.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Kevin who played tour guide and gave his moving reflections on Mandela's legacy. #WCSJ2025
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Ok BirdSky, what is this bird I saw in Pretoria this morning?
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
An early morning trip to the Nelson Mandela statue at the Union Building in Pretoria with colleagues from @wcsj2025.bsky.social

Huge thanks to Kevin who played tour guide and gave his moving reflections on Mandela's legacy. #WCSJ2025
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Has any prime minister ever gotten less political value out of a giant investment than Justin Trudeau got from TMX? Obviously environmental groups/voters were never going to like it, and most everyone else just pretends it never happened because it complicates the narrative.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM