Steph 🍁
@calmandcurious.bsky.social
🇨🇦 looking for whimsy, but also wondering about how to proceed in these times.
Mom to three elementary school-aged kids.
Current challenge: #PhD in #education
Other interests/challenges: #t1d, #RA, #ADHD #Autism #AutoimmuneDisease
Mom to three elementary school-aged kids.
Current challenge: #PhD in #education
Other interests/challenges: #t1d, #RA, #ADHD #Autism #AutoimmuneDisease
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Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Join us to ride the first weekend GO Train Kitchener to Toronto! Help us mark a major milestone.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
Toronto activities: TTCriders Streetcar Summit, Santa Claus Parade, or just enjoy the city.
Return via 4:48pm train or train to Bramalea + bus. Weekend GO Passes are $10, kids under 12 ride free.
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Diapers and baby gear are urgently needed by new moms living at Reception House! Please drop off donations at 101 Frederick Street, Suite 700 in Kitchener.
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Diapers and baby gear are urgently needed by new moms living at Reception House! Please drop off donations at 101 Frederick Street, Suite 700 in Kitchener.
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Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Almost everywhere in the City of Toronto has fewer people that it did 50 years ago
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Huh. CBC has an online French/English language learning tool. mauril.ca/en/
Discover Mauril: a free, fun and engaging way to learn French and English!
Ready to take your French and English language skills to the next level? Add the free Mauril app to your language learning toolbox and test your listening comprehension skills with audio and video con...
mauril.ca
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Huh. CBC has an online French/English language learning tool. mauril.ca/en/
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C-peptide levels greater than 50 pmol/l are associated with clinically important differences in CGM metrics and likelihood of achieving TIR and TBR targets #T1D #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
Persistent C-peptide secretion is associated with favourable CGM metrics in adults with type 1 diabetes - Diabetologia
Aims/hypothesis Residual endogenous insulin secretion, reflected by measurable C-peptide, has been linked to improved glycaemic management in type 1 diabetes. We aimed to assess the relationship betwe...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
C-peptide levels greater than 50 pmol/l are associated with clinically important differences in CGM metrics and likelihood of achieving TIR and TBR targets #T1D #DiabetesResearch link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🔓
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#WorldDiabetesDay 1) Adults can get #type1diabetes and kids can get #type2diabetes. 2) Both arise from genetics and environment. The "genetic" #diabetes types are separate. 3) The tech is helpful, but it doesn't automate control (yet). 4) Beyond "lifestyle," T2D is also socioeconomic.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#WorldDiabetesDay 1) Adults can get #type1diabetes and kids can get #type2diabetes. 2) Both arise from genetics and environment. The "genetic" #diabetes types are separate. 3) The tech is helpful, but it doesn't automate control (yet). 4) Beyond "lifestyle," T2D is also socioeconomic.
I'm a day late, whoops!
Loved this infographic by @breakthrought1dca.bsky.social
about type 1 diabetes prevalence in Canada.
Loved this infographic by @breakthrought1dca.bsky.social
about type 1 diabetes prevalence in Canada.
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I'm a day late, whoops!
Loved this infographic by @breakthrought1dca.bsky.social
about type 1 diabetes prevalence in Canada.
Loved this infographic by @breakthrought1dca.bsky.social
about type 1 diabetes prevalence in Canada.
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本日の講演
北岡明佳 （2025） 錯視によってつくられる形 形の文化会秋のフォーラム オンライン・2025年11月15日（土） 14:15-15:30
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/kat...
北岡明佳 （2025） 錯視によってつくられる形 形の文化会秋のフォーラム オンライン・2025年11月15日（土） 14:15-15:30
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/kat...
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
本日の講演
北岡明佳 （2025） 錯視によってつくられる形 形の文化会秋のフォーラム オンライン・2025年11月15日（土） 14:15-15:30
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/kat...
北岡明佳 （2025） 錯視によってつくられる形 形の文化会秋のフォーラム オンライン・2025年11月15日（土） 14:15-15:30
www.psy.ritsumei.ac.jp/akitaoka/kat...
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There were once dreams of eradicating measles - I remember discussion on it in my MSc epi class.
The loss of progress on measles is not only a health loss for kids (measles can be disabling & deadly), it’s also a massive economic loss.
We save billions/yr not having to vaccinate & treat smallpox.
The loss of progress on measles is not only a health loss for kids (measles can be disabling & deadly), it’s also a massive economic loss.
We save billions/yr not having to vaccinate & treat smallpox.
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There were once dreams of eradicating measles - I remember discussion on it in my MSc epi class.
The loss of progress on measles is not only a health loss for kids (measles can be disabling & deadly), it’s also a massive economic loss.
We save billions/yr not having to vaccinate & treat smallpox.
The loss of progress on measles is not only a health loss for kids (measles can be disabling & deadly), it’s also a massive economic loss.
We save billions/yr not having to vaccinate & treat smallpox.
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Kitchener GO Train weekend schedule! (Sat & Sun)
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Kitchener GO Train weekend schedule! (Sat & Sun)
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
7:49 Kitchener -> Union 9:35
15:49 Kitchener -> Union 17:35
16:48 Union -> Kitchener 18:38
22:48 Union -> Kitchener 00:38
Great (if minimal) start for daytrips into Toronto.
I hope no one in Toronto was planning daytrips to Kitchener.
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My granny never got over the First World War. She lost so many relatives, neighbours, school mates. She shared stories of the trenches to me and my sister.
I write about her, Canada's "100 Days" and the staggering price we paid to end the First World War.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-10...
I write about her, Canada's "100 Days" and the staggering price we paid to end the First World War.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-10...
Canada's 100 Days: A Remembrance Day Reflection
On the 11th hour of the 11th month of the 11th day, everything stops in Canada.
charlieangus.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
My granny never got over the First World War. She lost so many relatives, neighbours, school mates. She shared stories of the trenches to me and my sister.
I write about her, Canada's "100 Days" and the staggering price we paid to end the First World War.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-10...
I write about her, Canada's "100 Days" and the staggering price we paid to end the First World War.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/canadas-10...
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I stay away from Twitter as much as I can these days, but I make an exception for my fave Blue Jay Kevin Gausman. Go off, pitching king, you are singlehandedly healing my broken baseball heart with your delightful spelling of potpourri
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I stay away from Twitter as much as I can these days, but I make an exception for my fave Blue Jay Kevin Gausman. Go off, pitching king, you are singlehandedly healing my broken baseball heart with your delightful spelling of potpourri
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Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Buried in the Doug Ford govt's fall budget are changes that would remove parts of Wasaga beach from provincial protection. As I reported in August, those parts are 60% of the world’s longest freshwater beach and the main nesting area for the endangered piping plover: thenarwhal.ca/wasaga-beach...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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a friend who worked in AI said to me a few years ago there were multiple ways it could completely paralyse central/local govt & i thought he meant some kind of hacking but his two egs were: AI-generated planning submissions and AI-generated FOI, produced in such quantities the system just gums up
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
a friend who worked in AI said to me a few years ago there were multiple ways it could completely paralyse central/local govt & i thought he meant some kind of hacking but his two egs were: AI-generated planning submissions and AI-generated FOI, produced in such quantities the system just gums up
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Education needs to be more than walking the halls with an Educational Assistant or spending time in a sensory room. Actual educational programming needs to be happening for ALL kids.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Education needs to be more than walking the halls with an Educational Assistant or spending time in a sensory room. Actual educational programming needs to be happening for ALL kids.
From What You Have Heard is True, by Carolyn Forché:
"[War] begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress." ...
"[War] begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress." ...
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
From What You Have Heard is True, by Carolyn Forché:
"[War] begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress." ...
"[War] begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress." ...
Yikes. Yet another reason to avoid Teslas (and GenAI embedded stuff more generally)...
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yikes. Yet another reason to avoid Teslas (and GenAI embedded stuff more generally)...
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‘An officer nearly lost their life’: OPP urge drivers to respect road closures after vehicle drives through fatal collision scene - After a fatal school bus crash near London claimed one life on Nov. 2, police say a second fatality was narrowly avoided.
‘An officer nearly lost their life’: OPP urge drivers to respect road closures after vehicle drives through fatal collision scene
After a fatal school bus crash near London claimed one life on Nov. 2, police say a second fatality was narrowly avoided.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
‘An officer nearly lost their life’: OPP urge drivers to respect road closures after vehicle drives through fatal collision scene - After a fatal school bus crash near London claimed one life on Nov. 2, police say a second fatality was narrowly avoided.
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My hot take is that companies that mandate a return to the office should be forced to pay an additional tax. That new tax revenue should be used exclusively to fund better public transit for the city they occupy.
Empresas que exigem o retorno ao escritório deveriam pagar impostos adicionais para financiar um transporte público melhor.
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My hot take is that companies that mandate a return to the office should be forced to pay an additional tax. That new tax revenue should be used exclusively to fund better public transit for the city they occupy.
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driving.ca/column/motor...
‘[Poilievre’s] announcement seemed to reveal a breathtaking lack of understanding regarding how automobile manufacturing works, which cars Canadians buy, or the cars we manufacture here in Canada’
Good article.
Skippy really is grossly unqualified, & a moron. #NeverPP
‘[Poilievre’s] announcement seemed to reveal a breathtaking lack of understanding regarding how automobile manufacturing works, which cars Canadians buy, or the cars we manufacture here in Canada’
Good article.
Skippy really is grossly unqualified, & a moron. #NeverPP
Motor Mouth: Why Pierre Poilievre won't get elected
Canada's official leader of the opposition has finally come up with an auto industry policy—and it’s a complete dud!
driving.ca
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
driving.ca/column/motor...
‘[Poilievre’s] announcement seemed to reveal a breathtaking lack of understanding regarding how automobile manufacturing works, which cars Canadians buy, or the cars we manufacture here in Canada’
Good article.
Skippy really is grossly unqualified, & a moron. #NeverPP
‘[Poilievre’s] announcement seemed to reveal a breathtaking lack of understanding regarding how automobile manufacturing works, which cars Canadians buy, or the cars we manufacture here in Canada’
Good article.
Skippy really is grossly unqualified, & a moron. #NeverPP
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The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
Lies, damn lies, and Fraser Institute studies
Maybe they didn't expect anyone to fact check their work. I did it anyways.
maxfawcett.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Fraser Institute published a study on the fiscal cost of Canada’s low-carbon economy -- one that (shocker!) found lots of money spent on relatively few jobs.
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
I fact checked it for them. It didn't go well.
maxfawcett.substack.com/p/lies-damn-...
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
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Saturday strolls 💚
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Saturday strolls 💚
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Three words: pine, crab, sauce. There’s a fourth word that combines with the others to create another common word. What is it? When you finally get it, it may feel instantaneous. A recent study shows what happens in the brain during “aha” moments.
How Your Brain Creates ‘Aha’ Moments and Why They Stick | Quanta Magazine
A sudden flash of insight is a product of your brain. Neuroscientists track the neural activity underlying an “aha” and how it might boost memory.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Three words: pine, crab, sauce. There’s a fourth word that combines with the others to create another common word. What is it? When you finally get it, it may feel instantaneous. A recent study shows what happens in the brain during “aha” moments.