🇨🇦Cath Ennis🇨🇦
@enniscath.bsky.social
Freelance scientific and medical writer, editor, and writing coach for biotech, pharma, and academic life sciences: https://wordomics.com
Any sufficiently advanced editing is indistinguishable from magic
Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam territory
Any sufficiently advanced editing is indistinguishable from magic
Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam territory
This is very good www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
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November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This is very good www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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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)
Yes, this. Even the boycott aspect is much, much more about the "51st state" crap than the tariffs. The tariffs suck, but many countries are being hit with them - Canada isn't really being singled out like we are with the annexation talk. Sick of reading "Canadians are upset because of the tariffs"
I legitimately think this article misses the mark, because Canadians are not avoiding travel out of some principled boycott of the USA over tariffs.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yes, this. Even the boycott aspect is much, much more about the "51st state" crap than the tariffs. The tariffs suck, but many countries are being hit with them - Canada isn't really being singled out like we are with the annexation talk. Sick of reading "Canadians are upset because of the tariffs"
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November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Beautiful!
The #Goldeneyes centre ice logo at the Pacific Coliseum. Vancouver is the only #PWHL team with a permanent logo at centre ice.
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Beautiful!
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I am fully in support of evil people getting completely dragged on the day of their death and let it be a lesson to the current cohort as to how they will be remembered.
November 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I am fully in support of evil people getting completely dragged on the day of their death and let it be a lesson to the current cohort as to how they will be remembered.
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
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According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
I first started wearing contacts when I moved to Canada and learned to ski (wearing glasses under ski goggles is not fun), initially as an occasional thing but eventually almost every day. It was nice not to have to deal with foggy and/or rain-spattered glasses in the winter!
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I first started wearing contacts when I moved to Canada and learned to ski (wearing glasses under ski goggles is not fun), initially as an occasional thing but eventually almost every day. It was nice not to have to deal with foggy and/or rain-spattered glasses in the winter!
I know this is just a distraction from the fact that the Liberals have presented a Tory budget, but I miss Eurovision and would love Canada to be part of it!
@steveburgess53.bsky.social: The main thing is that by participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, we will indicate Canada is turning toward Europe and away from Trump’s America.
We do not join in on “51st State of Mind.” Our tune is more like “50 Ways to Leave Your Neighbour.” 🎤🎶
We do not join in on “51st State of Mind.” Our tune is more like “50 Ways to Leave Your Neighbour.” 🎤🎶
Please Advise! Is Carney Going to Get Us into Eurovision? | The Tyee
That’s the budget promise, says Dr. Steve. And about time.
thetyee.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I know this is just a distraction from the fact that the Liberals have presented a Tory budget, but I miss Eurovision and would love Canada to be part of it!
I actually love this! I was prepared to be disappointed and to need some time to get behind the name, based on the league's track record of very meh names and the leaked Seattle name in particular, but this is awesome! Suck it, Torrent!
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I actually love this! I was prepared to be disappointed and to need some time to get behind the name, based on the league's track record of very meh names and the leaked Seattle name in particular, but this is awesome! Suck it, Torrent!
@thepwhl.com where can I watch the Seattle and Vancouver name announcements online, please?
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
@thepwhl.com where can I watch the Seattle and Vancouver name announcements online, please?
I really, really hope the NDP are watching and learning www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty
For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I really, really hope the NDP are watching and learning www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They're ahead of many humans, then www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
They're ahead of many humans, then www.science.org/doi/full/10....
I am "more than one friend has now cancelled on me due to shingles vaccine side-effects" years old
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I am "more than one friend has now cancelled on me due to shingles vaccine side-effects" years old
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Trump responds to Reagan ad with own commercial featuring Jean Chrétien strangling protestor
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Trump responds to Reagan ad with own commercial featuring Jean Chrétien strangling protestor
Shawinigan, Quebec - US President Donald Trump has responded to Ford’s anti-tariff commercial with his own anti-protestor commercial featuring previous Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Trump responds to Reagan ad with own commercial featuring Jean Chrétien strangling protestor
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I worked on a couple of very cool manuscripts this week that included some methods I used to use myself. I ended up dreaming last night that I was back in my postdoc lab setting up for a cell transfection experiment. I haven't picked up a pipette for 20 years, but dream-me remembered all the steps!
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I worked on a couple of very cool manuscripts this week that included some methods I used to use myself. I ended up dreaming last night that I was back in my postdoc lab setting up for a cell transfection experiment. I haven't picked up a pipette for 20 years, but dream-me remembered all the steps!
IT HAS BEEN DECREED by my 12-year-old niece that no-one in my generation of the family may say “looks maxing”, or ideally any other kind of maxing. However, my subsequent use of “making bank” was ruled to be age-appropriate
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
IT HAS BEEN DECREED by my 12-year-old niece that no-one in my generation of the family may say “looks maxing”, or ideally any other kind of maxing. However, my subsequent use of “making bank” was ruled to be age-appropriate
My gym was showing Sesame Street (with subtitles) on one of the TVs in the cardio area today. It was actually kind of awesome, and most people seemed to end up watching that rather than the Jays highlights on the other TV. We all learned a lot about how to express our feelings in a productive way.
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My gym was showing Sesame Street (with subtitles) on one of the TVs in the cardio area today. It was actually kind of awesome, and most people seemed to end up watching that rather than the Jays highlights on the other TV. We all learned a lot about how to express our feelings in a productive way.
How come PubMed, which is a site that could really, really benefit from AI-assisted search, is one of very few websites I use that isn't embedding AI in everything? 🤔
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
How come PubMed, which is a site that could really, really benefit from AI-assisted search, is one of very few websites I use that isn't embedding AI in everything? 🤔
I attended an event at the Museum of North Vancouver last night, and was delighted to find their streetcar exhibit getting into the Hallowe'en spirt!
October 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I attended an event at the Museum of North Vancouver last night, and was delighted to find their streetcar exhibit getting into the Hallowe'en spirt!
Well worth reading - they've provided the full text of the speech, with the parts used in the Ontario ad in bold www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
What exactly did Ronald Reagan say about tariffs? | CBC News
The Ontario government ad that has triggered President Donald Trump's wrath, uses excerpts of a 1987 speech by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Here's what the ad says and the text of Reagan's ori...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Well worth reading - they've provided the full text of the speech, with the parts used in the Ontario ad in bold www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Stayed up way too late the last couple of nights finishing The Pitt. It’s like having ER back, and that makes me happy
(Con: no George Clooney 😞
Pro: I don’t have to watch it with the three medical student flatmates who used to talk over half the dialogue in ER as they tried to diagnose everyone)
(Con: no George Clooney 😞
Pro: I don’t have to watch it with the three medical student flatmates who used to talk over half the dialogue in ER as they tried to diagnose everyone)
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Stayed up way too late the last couple of nights finishing The Pitt. It’s like having ER back, and that makes me happy
(Con: no George Clooney 😞
Pro: I don’t have to watch it with the three medical student flatmates who used to talk over half the dialogue in ER as they tried to diagnose everyone)
(Con: no George Clooney 😞
Pro: I don’t have to watch it with the three medical student flatmates who used to talk over half the dialogue in ER as they tried to diagnose everyone)
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God-fearing conservative open to fearing everything else as well
God-fearing conservative open to fearing everything else as well
LONDON, ON - Self-professed "god-fearing Christian" and registered Conservative voter Graham Cortland has recently expressed an openness to being afraid of numerous other aspects of everyday life.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
God-fearing conservative open to fearing everything else as well
While the schadenfreude is obviously delightful, it still terrifies me how close these clowns came to power www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. Conservatives management committee calls on John Rustad to resign as leader | CBC News
John Rustad is facing calls to resign as leader, according to a scathing letter from the B.C. Conservative Party management committee.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
While the schadenfreude is obviously delightful, it still terrifies me how close these clowns came to power www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...