Frances Wright
@fwright15.bsky.social
Cancer surgeon - breast cancer and melanoma at University of Toronto
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Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams
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Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies have been directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for the first time, according to a new analysis. The research has been hailed as a “leap forward” in the legal battle to hold big oil accountable for the damages being caused by the climate crisis.
The research found that the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were by themselves enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible. The study shows, in effect, that those emissions caused the heatwaves. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
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Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family reut.rs/4mW46Hi
Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family.
reut.rs
August 27, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family reut.rs/4mW46Hi
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Gaza aid site offered a 'women only' day. It didn't stop the killing
Gaza aid site offered a 'women only' day. It didn't stop the killing
Families say mothers Mary Sheikh al-Eid and Khadija Abu Anza were shot while seeking aid from GHF station in southern Gaza.
www.bbc.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Gaza aid site offered a 'women only' day. It didn't stop the killing
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Discovery of a genetic mutation that markedly enhances the response to cancer immunotherapy
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
July 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Discovery of a genetic mutation that markedly enhances the response to cancer immunotherapy
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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Pay attention to what he’s doing. Immigration is not an invasion.
June 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pay attention to what he’s doing. Immigration is not an invasion.
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What on earth? Such an invasion of women's privacy
This is a dark turn indeed.
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss.
New national guidance suggests officers could look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs.
#HerBodyHerChoice
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss.
New national guidance suggests officers could look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs.
#HerBodyHerChoice
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What on earth? Such an invasion of women's privacy
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Weight-loss jabs could halve risk of obesity-related cancers, study finds
Weight-loss jabs could halve risk of obesity-related cancers, study finds
Experts say findings are transformational and could herald new era of preventive medicine
Weight-loss jabs could almost halve the risk of obesity-related cancers, a landmark study suggests.
Cancer experts said the findings were “transformational” and could herald a “whole new era of preventive cancer medicine”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Weight-loss jabs could halve risk of obesity-related cancers, study finds
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This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
May 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This isn’t a good idea even if the plane was being donated to the U.S. government. But Trump GETS TO KEEP THE PLANE??? It’s simply a cash payment to Trump in exchange for favors. Just wildly illegal.
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April 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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This is also known as disappearing people without due process
The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy"
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
April 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is also known as disappearing people without due process
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Last week, President Trump removed key protections from a marine protected area that's home to coral reefs, whales, sea turtles, and countless fish. My op-ed for @us.theconversation.com explains why that's bad and we should not do that.
theconversation.com/trump-is-str... 🧪🦑🌎🐟
theconversation.com/trump-is-str... 🧪🦑🌎🐟
Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last week, President Trump removed key protections from a marine protected area that's home to coral reefs, whales, sea turtles, and countless fish. My op-ed for @us.theconversation.com explains why that's bad and we should not do that.
theconversation.com/trump-is-str... 🧪🦑🌎🐟
theconversation.com/trump-is-str... 🧪🦑🌎🐟
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The Conservative Party will end public funding for university research on "woke" topics, according to its platform released this week.
The platform doesn't define "woke" — but the party has increasingly used the term to attack the Canadian government’s climate policy.
The platform doesn't define "woke" — but the party has increasingly used the term to attack the Canadian government’s climate policy.
Poilievre's plans for 'woke' research spook Canadian academics
The Conservative leader's vow to eliminate poorly-defined "ideology" from public university research funding is an echo of the rhetoric used by US President Donald Trump to justify massive funding cut...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The Conservative Party will end public funding for university research on "woke" topics, according to its platform released this week.
The platform doesn't define "woke" — but the party has increasingly used the term to attack the Canadian government’s climate policy.
The platform doesn't define "woke" — but the party has increasingly used the term to attack the Canadian government’s climate policy.
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People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Woah. I thought this was an exaggerated joke but Poilievre’s quote is real and it sounds spectacularly like 1984 doublespeak. Vote wisely, Canada! 💪🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7188964
Borrowed from @halfgoonhalfgod.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7188964
Borrowed from @halfgoonhalfgod.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Woah. I thought this was an exaggerated joke but Poilievre’s quote is real and it sounds spectacularly like 1984 doublespeak. Vote wisely, Canada! 💪🇨🇦 #ElbowsUp #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7188964
Borrowed from @halfgoonhalfgod.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7188964
Borrowed from @halfgoonhalfgod.bsky.social
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Did you know an estimated 99% of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries?
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
April 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Did you know an estimated 99% of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries?
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
Most of these deaths are preventable.
This #WorldHealthDay, stand with them by sharing this tile. ❤️
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U.S. scientists, state policymakers, farmers, and others who depend on up-to-date climate data on Thursday confronted an information blackout from federal regional climate centers across much of the country.
U.S. climate data websites go dark
Lapse may be temporary, but draft budget plans would eliminate service
scim.ag
April 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
U.S. scientists, state policymakers, farmers, and others who depend on up-to-date climate data on Thursday confronted an information blackout from federal regional climate centers across much of the country.
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Meanwhile, DOJ lawyers are threatening medical journals for not providing adequate "viewpoint diversity" and for misinforming their readership, which I suppose means not publishing enough of the stupid shit that RFK Jr., JB, etc. keep saying.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
www.medpagetoday.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Meanwhile, DOJ lawyers are threatening medical journals for not providing adequate "viewpoint diversity" and for misinforming their readership, which I suppose means not publishing enough of the stupid shit that RFK Jr., JB, etc. keep saying.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."
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Federal voters should look to Ontario’s vanishing environmental protections | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2025... #onpoli #cdnpolitics
Federal voters should look to Ontario’s vanishing environmental protections
Federal voters should look to Ontario’s vanishing environmental protections.
thepointer.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Federal voters should look to Ontario’s vanishing environmental protections | The Pointer thepointer.com/article/2025... #onpoli #cdnpolitics
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No fewer than four anti-Carney articles at the top of the NP’s website today. Looks like there was a directive to drop anything else.
March 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
No fewer than four anti-Carney articles at the top of the NP’s website today. Looks like there was a directive to drop anything else.
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A "chilling" new level of political interference: NIH's solicitations for grant proposals will from now on be reviewed to check if they align with Trump's priorities.
www.science.org/content/arti... (by @sarareardon.bsky.social)
www.science.org/content/arti... (by @sarareardon.bsky.social)
Trump officials will screen NIH funding opportunities
Staff at biomedical agency worry about political interference in setting priorities
www.science.org
March 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A "chilling" new level of political interference: NIH's solicitations for grant proposals will from now on be reviewed to check if they align with Trump's priorities.
www.science.org/content/arti... (by @sarareardon.bsky.social)
www.science.org/content/arti... (by @sarareardon.bsky.social)
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A Fifth Estate story airing next week reveals that Poilievre's Axe The Tax t-shirts were made in Hungary by a company whose board of directors include Stephen Harper. So much for Poilievre & putting “Canada First”! Looks like lining his friend’s pockets comes first.
March 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A Fifth Estate story airing next week reveals that Poilievre's Axe The Tax t-shirts were made in Hungary by a company whose board of directors include Stephen Harper. So much for Poilievre & putting “Canada First”! Looks like lining his friend’s pockets comes first.
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An urgent argument for the #HPV vaccine. The vaccine can prevent six types of cancers -- cervical, oropharyngeal, anal and more -- but continues to be underutilized, by Lisa Doggett www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social
An urgent argument for the HPV vaccine
Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
An urgent argument for the #HPV vaccine. The vaccine can prevent six types of cancers -- cervical, oropharyngeal, anal and more -- but continues to be underutilized, by Lisa Doggett www.npr.org/sections/sho... via @npr.org @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social