Carcajou
@thomasduchaine.bsky.social
Canadian Academic (Cancer, Genomics, RNA research). Interest in science, arts, education, politics, coffee, books, crafted beer, food. Opinions are my own.
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Defend medical research
October 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Defend medical research
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In honour of the late Leonard Cohen's birthday
Ron sing "Dance Me To The End Of Love" RS
youtu.be/urcwEBz31O8?...
Ron sing "Dance Me To The End Of Love" RS
youtu.be/urcwEBz31O8?...
RON SINGS "DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE" WRITTEN BY LEONARD COHEN
YouTube video by Rawnboy
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September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In honour of the late Leonard Cohen's birthday
Ron sing "Dance Me To The End Of Love" RS
youtu.be/urcwEBz31O8?...
Ron sing "Dance Me To The End Of Love" RS
youtu.be/urcwEBz31O8?...
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In Opinion | Almost every new lifesaving drug starts with government-funded research. But what happens when that funding is cut? In this Opinion video, meet the scientists who are trying to save the lives of you and your family.
Opinion | Trump Is Defunding Medical Research. It Could Cost You Your Life.
They hoped to make tomorrow’s medicines. Then came Trump.
nyti.ms
August 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In Opinion | Almost every new lifesaving drug starts with government-funded research. But what happens when that funding is cut? In this Opinion video, meet the scientists who are trying to save the lives of you and your family.
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Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Did RFK just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
www.noahpinion.blog
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Did RFK Jr just take away your cancer treatment?
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
mRNA promised to help turn cancer from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
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Canada Misses Deadline to Get Shaken Down
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Canada Misses Deadline to Get Shaken Down
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-Cicada (and me)
-Cicada (and me)
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
…….aaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaaAAAAaAaAaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
-Cicada (and me)
-Cicada (and me)
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Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Trump's 3/27 executive order targets the Smithsonian for advancing "the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct."
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
Trump argues that the exhibit's statement, below, is unscientific. He's wrong. As a biology professor and population geneticist, I agree with every word of it.
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Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?
May 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Am I crazy or did we just have a convo about how we can't fund cancer research?
Really not sure I want any of that ‘golden dome’ thing over my head.
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Really not sure I want any of that ‘golden dome’ thing over my head.
Can’t wait for the visit of the new pope in the the WH. There can only be ONE!
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Can’t wait for the visit of the new pope in the the WH. There can only be ONE!
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Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
May 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".
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🆕 'Supporting medical science in the USA'
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
April 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🆕 'Supporting medical science in the USA'
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
Read the latest Lancet Editorial: tinyurl.com/2ra3r7e8
📖 Full issue: tinyurl.com/5n74jjn7
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Momentum is growing. Key debrief items:
- 500+ university presidents standing together
- NSF director Panch resigns amidst huge budget cuts. The Lancet calls for RFK to resign.
- updates on student visas, Women’s Health Initiative & so much more
This was Week 14 - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- 500+ university presidents standing together
- NSF director Panch resigns amidst huge budget cuts. The Lancet calls for RFK to resign.
- updates on student visas, Women’s Health Initiative & so much more
This was Week 14 - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
Week 14
Figuring out what to focus on now & next in science and higher ed
buttondown.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Momentum is growing. Key debrief items:
- 500+ university presidents standing together
- NSF director Panch resigns amidst huge budget cuts. The Lancet calls for RFK to resign.
- updates on student visas, Women’s Health Initiative & so much more
This was Week 14 - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
- 500+ university presidents standing together
- NSF director Panch resigns amidst huge budget cuts. The Lancet calls for RFK to resign.
- updates on student visas, Women’s Health Initiative & so much more
This was Week 14 - buttondown.com/liminalcreat...
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As a kid, I visited my dad in the hospital before he died of pancreatic cancer.
Three years ago, I held my husband’s hand as he died of pancreatic cancer.
People are doing the same right now all over the country.
F#ck RFK jr and the ignoramus running the NIH.
Three years ago, I held my husband’s hand as he died of pancreatic cancer.
People are doing the same right now all over the country.
F#ck RFK jr and the ignoramus running the NIH.
April 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
As a kid, I visited my dad in the hospital before he died of pancreatic cancer.
Three years ago, I held my husband’s hand as he died of pancreatic cancer.
People are doing the same right now all over the country.
F#ck RFK jr and the ignoramus running the NIH.
Three years ago, I held my husband’s hand as he died of pancreatic cancer.
People are doing the same right now all over the country.
F#ck RFK jr and the ignoramus running the NIH.
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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If six months ago you'd told me that in autumn 2025 I'd have to go to Canada to get my annual COVID vaccine but I wouldn't do it because coming back through immigrations was too risky for someone who had criticized the government, I would have looked at you like you were having a stroke.
In what proportions is our new NIH Director a flaming ignoramus vs. a brazen liar?
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya on mRNA tech:
"The next step is [to halt] the mRNA platform itself... the manufacturer has no idea what dose they're giving, no idea where it goes in the body, and whether they are producing off-target antigens"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q25tg5qy6kzwtuecpe6b4shw/bafkreie7wm23po34vcypd5357s2a2dgav7bhdzypwmkdjgb7jxsfijjf2y@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If six months ago you'd told me that in autumn 2025 I'd have to go to Canada to get my annual COVID vaccine but I wouldn't do it because coming back through immigrations was too risky for someone who had criticized the government, I would have looked at you like you were having a stroke.
Loki surveys his kingdom. Judgement is imminent.
April 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Loki surveys his kingdom. Judgement is imminent.
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Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is, by Lewis Kay www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is
Before we look to take advantage of fleeing American talent, let’s nurture the Canadian talent we have here by increasing R&D spending
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Recruiting U.S. scientists is a fine idea – except we’re barely supporting Canadian scientists as it is, by Lewis Kay www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Instead of going to Starbucks this morning I brewed my own coffee, shouted someone else’s name, and set a $5 bill on fire.
April 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Instead of going to Starbucks this morning I brewed my own coffee, shouted someone else’s name, and set a $5 bill on fire.
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Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
April 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just spoke with my CDC sources. They were in tears.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
Budgets cut. RFJK has ordered them not to publicize bird flu symptoms in exposed workers. Not to test them. Not to speak.
They know people are getting sick. And they’re being forced to stay silent.
This is not just a cover-up. It's cruelty.
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Can we skip the 1938-1945 part and go right to Nuremberg?
April 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Can we skip the 1938-1945 part and go right to Nuremberg?
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Take your kids when you vote.
My students wrote to Mark Carney citing their concerns about tariffs. Several students worried about parents losing their jobs and having to move away from friends
… he wrote back.
My students will never forget that a politician took their concern’s seriously!
My students wrote to Mark Carney citing their concerns about tariffs. Several students worried about parents losing their jobs and having to move away from friends
… he wrote back.
My students will never forget that a politician took their concern’s seriously!
April 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Take your kids when you vote.
My students wrote to Mark Carney citing their concerns about tariffs. Several students worried about parents losing their jobs and having to move away from friends
… he wrote back.
My students will never forget that a politician took their concern’s seriously!
My students wrote to Mark Carney citing their concerns about tariffs. Several students worried about parents losing their jobs and having to move away from friends
… he wrote back.
My students will never forget that a politician took their concern’s seriously!