GoForDays
@gofordays.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Hiker. Slow runner. Edmontonian. Evertonian.
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Remember those bad stories about microplastics in the body? Maybe not so fast. Turns out detecting them is tricky--it involves burning samples and examining the fumes--and researchers have often failed to account for big error sources, esp. that body fats, when burned, produce the same chemicals.
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Remember those bad stories about microplastics in the body? Maybe not so fast. Turns out detecting them is tricky--it involves burning samples and examining the fumes--and researchers have often failed to account for big error sources, esp. that body fats, when burned, produce the same chemicals.
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A few striking images that capture much of what has happened to US publishing in the last 30 years.
The Big Five US Trade Book Publishers
With all the imprints out there, it's sometimes difficult to know which imprint belongs to which of the big five publishers.
almossawi.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
A few striking images that capture much of what has happened to US publishing in the last 30 years.
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SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
Overdose app falters as Alberta government accelerates war on supervised consumption
Launched to government fanfare on sole-source contracts, the Digital Overdose Response System app is barely used most days and has registered just 51 ambulance dispatches over four years –– around 0.1...
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
SCOOP 🧵
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
The DORS app was supposed to keep people safe while using drugs at home. But in 4 years, it has activated just 51 ambulances.
The app isn't used 41% of days.
Meanwhile, the AB govt is dismantling the option that works: supervised consumption. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/overdose-app...
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Few individuals have had such a colossal & deleterious impact on the cultural psyche as the recently-departed Erich von Däniken. While he was not alone in fusing aliens into our conception of the distant human past, he was perhaps the most successful & the most harmful in doing so.
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Few individuals have had such a colossal & deleterious impact on the cultural psyche as the recently-departed Erich von Däniken. While he was not alone in fusing aliens into our conception of the distant human past, he was perhaps the most successful & the most harmful in doing so.
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The University Affiliated Child Care budget was about 300k a year, 0.0154 per cent of the operating budget.
The president of the University of Alberta has spent $190,403 in travel in ONE fiscal year.
Since taking office, the travel expense budget has doubled.
The president of the University of Alberta has spent $190,403 in travel in ONE fiscal year.
Since taking office, the travel expense budget has doubled.
January 5, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The University Affiliated Child Care budget was about 300k a year, 0.0154 per cent of the operating budget.
The president of the University of Alberta has spent $190,403 in travel in ONE fiscal year.
Since taking office, the travel expense budget has doubled.
The president of the University of Alberta has spent $190,403 in travel in ONE fiscal year.
Since taking office, the travel expense budget has doubled.
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The Joys of Premier League Officiating
December 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Joys of Premier League Officiating
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Many think winter cycling is extreme.
Mostly it’s just getting dressed.
15 km in −19°C → winter gear to corporate attire.
This is my system.
#yegbike
Mostly it’s just getting dressed.
15 km in −19°C → winter gear to corporate attire.
This is my system.
#yegbike
December 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Many think winter cycling is extreme.
Mostly it’s just getting dressed.
15 km in −19°C → winter gear to corporate attire.
This is my system.
#yegbike
Mostly it’s just getting dressed.
15 km in −19°C → winter gear to corporate attire.
This is my system.
#yegbike
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Don’t like rising property taxes? Consider:
- driving less/using transit more (to save our infrastructure)
- welcoming development in your mature neighbourhood (to add rate payers without building new infra)
- buying less from Amazon (they don’t pay taxes to us but use infra)
- going downtown
- driving less/using transit more (to save our infrastructure)
- welcoming development in your mature neighbourhood (to add rate payers without building new infra)
- buying less from Amazon (they don’t pay taxes to us but use infra)
- going downtown
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Don’t like rising property taxes? Consider:
- driving less/using transit more (to save our infrastructure)
- welcoming development in your mature neighbourhood (to add rate payers without building new infra)
- buying less from Amazon (they don’t pay taxes to us but use infra)
- going downtown
- driving less/using transit more (to save our infrastructure)
- welcoming development in your mature neighbourhood (to add rate payers without building new infra)
- buying less from Amazon (they don’t pay taxes to us but use infra)
- going downtown
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Just visited our nearby university library and was fascinated to learn from a librarian that it's true--students are bombarding them with requests for references that do not exist, the product of ChatGPT and its brethren. "It's a goddamned nuisance," she said. "They don't believe it's all made up."
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just visited our nearby university library and was fascinated to learn from a librarian that it's true--students are bombarding them with requests for references that do not exist, the product of ChatGPT and its brethren. "It's a goddamned nuisance," she said. "They don't believe it's all made up."
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Stopped by on Friday to wish Wendy & Glen well on the opening of the new Patricia Street Deli in Queen Mary Park.
The PSD operated in Jasper for 20 years until the wildfire last July. But they turned their loss into new gain.
Stop by starting Dec. 1 to try them out ! #yegfood #yegbiz
The PSD operated in Jasper for 20 years until the wildfire last July. But they turned their loss into new gain.
Stop by starting Dec. 1 to try them out ! #yegfood #yegbiz
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Less Scrolling, More Strolling...
I'm showing this image at the Sugarbowl in Dec. Old buildings are special places that should be treasured; especially communal ones like #theatres & churches. If you haven't noticed, the togetherness of the last century is dissipating.
#yeg #yegarts #photography
I'm showing this image at the Sugarbowl in Dec. Old buildings are special places that should be treasured; especially communal ones like #theatres & churches. If you haven't noticed, the togetherness of the last century is dissipating.
#yeg #yegarts #photography
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Less Scrolling, More Strolling...
I'm showing this image at the Sugarbowl in Dec. Old buildings are special places that should be treasured; especially communal ones like #theatres & churches. If you haven't noticed, the togetherness of the last century is dissipating.
#yeg #yegarts #photography
I'm showing this image at the Sugarbowl in Dec. Old buildings are special places that should be treasured; especially communal ones like #theatres & churches. If you haven't noticed, the togetherness of the last century is dissipating.
#yeg #yegarts #photography
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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New Jersey and Virginia have chosen well by electing
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @spanbergerforva.bsky.social as their next governors!
They are proven leaders who won by focusing on what matters most - how politics and policy can make everyday life better and more affordable.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @spanbergerforva.bsky.social as their next governors!
They are proven leaders who won by focusing on what matters most - how politics and policy can make everyday life better and more affordable.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
New Jersey and Virginia have chosen well by electing
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @spanbergerforva.bsky.social as their next governors!
They are proven leaders who won by focusing on what matters most - how politics and policy can make everyday life better and more affordable.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social and @spanbergerforva.bsky.social as their next governors!
They are proven leaders who won by focusing on what matters most - how politics and policy can make everyday life better and more affordable.
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Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
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Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today, I submitted 456,365 Albertans’ signatures to Elections Alberta, petitioning the Premier to do the right thing, avoid a divisive and economically harmful referendum, and allow MLAs to vote and reaffirm that Alberta’s future is in Canada.🇨🇦
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
Alberta is #ForeverCanadian
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The canary in the coal mine has died.
Around the world, authoritarianism is taking hold of once strong democracies. If we ignore the seeds being planted in our own legislature, it will be at our peril.
Using Notwithstanding in this way is a BIG step over a "do not cross" line
Around the world, authoritarianism is taking hold of once strong democracies. If we ignore the seeds being planted in our own legislature, it will be at our peril.
Using Notwithstanding in this way is a BIG step over a "do not cross" line
October 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The canary in the coal mine has died.
Around the world, authoritarianism is taking hold of once strong democracies. If we ignore the seeds being planted in our own legislature, it will be at our peril.
Using Notwithstanding in this way is a BIG step over a "do not cross" line
Around the world, authoritarianism is taking hold of once strong democracies. If we ignore the seeds being planted in our own legislature, it will be at our peril.
Using Notwithstanding in this way is a BIG step over a "do not cross" line
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@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
www.michigandaily.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
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Election day: How and where to vote - Taproot Edmonton edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/...
Election day: How and where to vote
It's Oct. 20, election day, and Edmontonians are heading to the polls to elect their next mayor and council. Here's what you need to know.
edmonton.taproot.news
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Election day: How and where to vote - Taproot Edmonton edmonton.taproot.news/briefs/2025/...
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Hey #YEG!
Are you still undecided about the October 20 (Monday) municipal election?
Try out @taprootedmonton.ca's survey and find out which candidates you're most aligned with!
edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/surveys...
Are you still undecided about the October 20 (Monday) municipal election?
Try out @taprootedmonton.ca's survey and find out which candidates you're most aligned with!
edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/surveys...
Take the Taproot Survey
Where do you stand on issues raised by voters in the 2025 municipal election?
edmonton.taproot.vote
October 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Hey #YEG!
Are you still undecided about the October 20 (Monday) municipal election?
Try out @taprootedmonton.ca's survey and find out which candidates you're most aligned with!
edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/surveys...
Are you still undecided about the October 20 (Monday) municipal election?
Try out @taprootedmonton.ca's survey and find out which candidates you're most aligned with!
edmonton.taproot.vote/2025/surveys...
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Greetings, and happy #PortfolioDay! My name is Mark A Garlick. I've been space illustration for 30 years and animation for around 15.
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender
October 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Greetings, and happy #PortfolioDay! My name is Mark A Garlick. I've been space illustration for 30 years and animation for around 15.
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender
#SciArt #spaceart #Blender
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"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism
October 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism
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Remember 1988?
That's when Edmonton last got a new hospital!
Population in 1988: Nearly 600,000
Population today: 1.1 million
Fun!
That's when Edmonton last got a new hospital!
Population in 1988: Nearly 600,000
Population today: 1.1 million
Fun!
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Remember 1988?
That's when Edmonton last got a new hospital!
Population in 1988: Nearly 600,000
Population today: 1.1 million
Fun!
That's when Edmonton last got a new hospital!
Population in 1988: Nearly 600,000
Population today: 1.1 million
Fun!
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Well that was a fun (albeit a bit chilly) ride to honor Dr M.
My heart is full.
My heart is full.
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Well that was a fun (albeit a bit chilly) ride to honor Dr M.
My heart is full.
My heart is full.